Chapter 378: Love is Often Feeling Indebted (4K Revised)

Ferris wheels are a classic date Holy Land.

An enclosed space.

A quiet atmosphere.

And a slowly rising height.

When steel and machinery turn slowly, the noise of the outside world is isolated, leaving only the slight sound of breathing inside, and eye contact face-to-face.

Therefore.

Even in the current era of Spiritual Qi Recovery, the popularity of the Ferris wheel remains undiminished.

"Mo Li, come on up."

Xu Xi took Xu Moli's hand.

With light steps, they boarded one of the cabins.

Hum—

The world began to turn.

The night color flowed between the steel parts, like thick and heavy syrup, covering the inside and outside of the cabin, with only a very few voids illuminated by the evening lights of the amusement park.

That was colorful neon.

As the height rose, it was flattened by the horizon into flickering micro-lights.

Then it was refracted by the glass into intermittent rasters.

Soft and psychedelic.

Extraordinarily magical.

The girl's eyes blinked gently, and those scattered night lights shattered into tiny spots.

It's so slow…

After sitting on the Ferris wheel, the first thing Xu Moli felt was such a simple thought.

But she didn't hate it.

Because in this small space, there were only her and her brother.

This was a private space belonging to this moment, named [Xu Xi and Xu Moli], undisturbed, quiet and leisurely.

"Has Brother ever been to an amusement park before?"

Xu Moli asked.

She sat opposite Xu Xi, turning her head to look at the night view outside the window, which were hazy, flickering architectural lights, becoming smaller and smaller as the height rose.

Looking from Xu Xi's angle.

He could just see the girl's side profile brushed by the colorful light from outside, looking fair and soft.

"Never been."

Xu Xi reached out his hand to help Xu Moli tidy the hair on her forehead.

"When I lacked money, I didn't dare to come."

"When I had money, I didn't want to come."

Listening to Xu Xi's answer.

The young girl turned around, her expression looking surprised, then her eyebrows curved, revealing a happy appearance.

"Then Mo Li is very happy."

"Why?"

"Because Brother's first amusement park visit is with Mo Li."

He extended a finger.

Slightly bent.

Flicked lightly.

"Brother, it hurts~~~"

The lights interlaced, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, the movement of the cabin brought changes in light and shadow together.

Xu Xi looked helpless and flicked Xu Moli's forehead again.

"Don't say such ambiguous things."

"If someone hears it, it's very easy to misunderstand."

"…Mo Li knows," the girl nodded obediently.

Did she really know she was wrong? Xu Xi couldn't quite tell, and didn't intend to pursue it.

He just flicked her smooth forehead lightly again.

As a punishment.

The Ferris wheel rotated at a constant speed, the cabin made of heavy steel was like grains of sand in the starry Universe, obscuring the moonlight in the sky time and time again.

Xu Xi watched.

Watching the alternation of clouds and moon.

"Here," after punishing his eccentric little sister, Xu Xi took out a few candies, all of which were flavors Xu Moli loved.

Lime flavor, blueberry flavor, strawberry flavor.

"Thank you, Brother."

She took the candies with both hands.

The young girl's fingers gently peeled off the candy wrapper, holding one of the candies in her mouth, like tasting a very precious treasure, savoring it carefully.

Savoring it very slowly, slower than the passage of time.

Savoring it very delicately, finer than the trivial daily life.

"The candy Brother gives is still the most delicious."

Xu Moli smiled and said, she didn't finish eating it all at once, but solemnly sealed the remaining candies in a small space.

Saying she wanted to save them to savor later.

Such an expression.

Made Xu Xi think of a long time ago, when the witch first came to the real world, the strange dream he saw.

In the dream, there were scenes of the witch traveling the world alone, and also scenes of Mo Li lying on the sickbed, staring at the ceiling with dull eyes, waiting for her brother to return.

"If it's not enough to eat, you can ask me for more."

"No need, Brother."

The Female Immortal's tone was playful, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was quite beautiful.

"Mo Li has enough with these."

"These candies are very sweet, one can be eaten for a long time."

As she spoke.

Xu Moli's gaze turned to the window again.

In this short time, the cabin had risen even higher, the crowd on the ground was like black dots, melting into the night, indistinguishable from each other.

"Brother…"

The light voice became blurred in the movement of the mechanical twisting.

"These two months, I have been very happy."

"Really… thank you very much, Brother."

"Always indulging me, always tolerating me, accepting all my willfulness and unreasonableness."

Slim fingers held the iron handrail unnaturally.

Seeming hesitant.

Seeming indecisive.

Finally, she said an honest apology: "I'm sorry."

"Okay, I know."

The cabin happened to move to the dark side, the interior was dim and lightless, making it impossible to see people's faces clearly.

The echoing voice, however, was still the familiar gentleness.

The girl felt guilty.

Thinking that she had kidnapped Xu Xi's time.

But Xu Xi didn't think so, the light from outside passed through the cabin glass, hitting his face lightly, half bright, half dim.

"Mo Li, do you still remember life in Blackstone City?"

Blackstone City.

In the first simulation, the Mortal city where Xu Xi relied on his sister for survival before entering the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Mm, I remember," Xu Moli nodded.

Xu Xi smiled, and in the dim cabin, recounted the life in Blackstone City of the past.

That was a time full of hardship, relying only on the two of them cuddling for warmth.

Cold.

And shivering.

"Mo Li, actually I have always felt very sorry for you."

Xu Moli's pure eyes reflected the silent night world, as well as the familiar figure in front of her.

She was very confused.

Why her brother would harbor apologies.

Xu Xi gently stroked the girl's head and spoke softly: "Actually, I have always wanted to give you a prosperous living environment, but I failed to do so."

"I feel very guilty, because my purpose in saving you was not to make you suffer."

"Later, we entered the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"Life started to get better, so good that I thought it would continue like that."

"But I was still too arrogant…"

"Arbitrarily thinking that an environment with abundant Spiritual Qi would be good for you, but it ended up making you fall into a coma for many years."

"Mo Li, because of my mistake, you missed the most important childhood of your life."

Xu Xi paused, his tone relieved: "So I like these two months very much, because it makes me feel that I am making up for the regrets of the past."

Ah…

The world became quiet.

Only the bright eyes were trembling.

Xu Moli didn't know what words to use to describe her feelings at this moment.

It was clearly Xu Xi who saved her, that alone was better than everything, better than a thousand words.

But Xu Xi was still feeling guilty for not being able to bring her a happy life.

A sentence echoed in the girl's mind.

[Love, is often feeling indebted]

"Brother…"

Xu Moli smiled at Xu Xi.

That complex smile contained the coquettishness of childhood, the fragility of being sick, and the resilience of growth.

Only no sadness and tears.

Because such an expression would make her brother worry.

"Brother, in the future, can you continue to accompany me to do these willful and boring things?"

"Mm, of course."

The answer was affirmative.

The symptoms of the calamity of heaven had long been cured.

But the crack in her heart from parting with her brother was only healed with warmth at this moment.

The silent night sky.

A new round of fireworks show began to bloom.

"Bang! Bang bang!", colorful fireworks burned out recklessly, brilliant and eye-catching.

The giant Ferris wheel operated at a constant power, bringing each cabin to the most prominent vertex.

Finally.

The cabin hit the tail of the night sky.

The engagement of steel pierced through the choking smoke of fireworks.

The cabin that Xu Xi and Xu Moli were riding in climbed slowly to the top, at the highest point of the entire amusement park, overlooking the city lights at the end of the horizon.

"Brother, can I sit next to you?"

Xu Moli suddenly asked.

Xu Xi agreed.

So, the girl squeezed to Xu Xi's side, letting her head rest on Xu Xi.

Blinking her curious eyes, watching the fireworks outside with Xu Xi, seeing the flowing light and color, sparse sparks darting in all directions.

Because the cabin was at the highest point.

When the fireworks outside bloomed.

Inside the cabin, distinct wave-like light and shadow ripples would form, rippling in the palm of the hand, beautiful and dreamy.

At this moment, Xu Xi thought of many things.

There were things that happened in the first simulation, and also things spent together not long ago.

The regrets of the past overlapped today, making them no longer dim and lightless.

"What is Brother thinking about?"

"Thinking about how you hugged my leg and cried when you were little because you refused to go to school."

"How can you still remember such things!"

The girl widened her eyes.

Seeing her sister like this, Xu Xi couldn't help but find it funny: "Isn't it normal for me to remember things about Mo Li?"

As he spoke.

Xu Xi habitually wanted to touch Xu Moli's head.

His fingers touched the black hair.

But he touched a cloth-like object.

"This is…" with the help of the faint light, Xu Xi saw the true face of the cloth-like object, it was a pitch-black cloth strip tied around her long hair.

No, that wasn't right.

To be more precise.

It was a white cloth that had turned black after being soaked in blood.

"Ah, this is…" Xu Moli explained to Xu Xi, and after listening for a while, Xu Xi roughly understood the situation.

In the first simulation, Xu Xi died and his Dao dissipated.

The items left behind, besides a Wooden Sword, were only fragments of incomplete clothing stained with blood.

Therefore.

At that time, Xu Moli picked up these few "relics", tied them to her own long hair, reminding herself not to forget to take revenge for Xu Xi.

"Change it, Mo Li."

"Okay, Brother."

Xu Xi reached out.

He untied the blood-stained hairband for the girl.

The past had become the past, the two had reunited, there was no need to cling to such things anymore.

Under the blooming fireworks, Xu Xi gathered the girl's hair, and with meticulous and gentle movements, replaced it with a new hairband and tied it up.

"Brother."

"What's wrong."

"Nothing, just wanted to call you."

Xu Moli suddenly laughed, laughing brightly.

She hugged Xu Xi's arm, sticking closely together, and in the last time before the Ferris wheel ended, watched the remaining fireworks show with Xu Xi.

Buying clothes, watching movies, shopping.

Watching the sunrise, watching the waves, watching the fog.

Enjoying Brother's cooking alone.

Occupying Brother's space alone.

A date lasting two months, it really makes people happy…

The cabin was quiet, with only the sound of even breathing.

Outside the window, it was bright, and the gorgeous fireworks divided the night.

Xu Moli understood a little why couples on Earth liked to choose the Ferris wheel as a dating spot.

It was quiet here.

So quiet that the inner and outer worlds were separated.

As if the world was vast, the crowds surged, but you and I possessed an exclusive space for two.

So sweet that one wouldn't want to give it up.

"Brother," Xu Moli called again, her voice very light, but incredibly clear in the empty night, "In the future, I will never lose you again."

Only you, it can only be you.

Go to the future with you.

Witness the scenery with you.

No matter how long, it will not change.

"Okay," for this willfulness, Xu Xi responded again.

——————

The Ferris wheel slowly stopped.

The fireworks show hadn't ended yet.

When Xu Xi and Xu Moli walked out of the cabin, above their heads was still a colorful splendor, crossing the sky to release light, until it burned out everything and annihilated.

"Mo Li, is there anything else you want to play?"

Xu Xi asked.

"No, Brother, let's go home."

Xu Moli shook her head.

They had already spent a very wonderful time today, and continuing further would have no interest.

Looking back at the Ferris wheel.

The girl's mouth curled up slightly.

Great, Brother's first amusement park visit was with her.

The first experience is the most impressive.

Even if someone else dates Brother some day in the future, that would only be the "second one".

As everyone knows.

People only remember the first place!

Xu Moli's expression was happy, holding Xu Xi's arm tightly: "Brother, let's go quickly, I'm a little hungry."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Xu Xi raised his hand.

Tearing the distorted space, creating a passage leading directly to the Courtyard.

The two crossed the passage entrance together, one foot was still in the amusement park, and the next they returned to the spacious Courtyard near the city center.

Moonlight poured onto the pond surface.

The water and light were one color, rippling on the surface of the dragon blood grass, making its color turn blue.

The Courtyard at night, everything was so quiet and peaceful.

"Brother."

Xu Moli giggled: "I want to eat… today"

The smile suddenly froze.

As if noticing something, Xu Moli's footsteps stopped.

Entanglement, regret, reluctance, all kinds of emotions emerged on her face.

"Is there a problem, Mo Li?", Xu Xi noticed the girl's abnormality.

"Brother, don't you think the winner should have more rewards?", Xu Moli asked instead of answering.

"This… it really should."

"Since Brother thinks so, then I am relieved."

A slight coolness like a dragonfly touching water.

Bloomed on the cheek.

Before Xu Xi could react to what had happened, the night sky above the Courtyard suddenly cracked, collapsing into a scene above Chaos.

Four familiar figures stepped out one after another.

Klisa, Wu Yingxue, Ele, and the unexpected Sevia.

…

"Don't fight anymore, you guys don't fight anymore!!"

Xu Xi had a nightmare.

In the dream, besides him, there were five Supreme girls.

Even Hero Sevia, who had no news after the simulation ended, was also listed among them.

"Lord Wizard, this is no longer a general Spirit Monster, we must strike hard!"

She shouted like this.

Protecting Xu Xi behind her.

After that, Xu Xi dreamed of the heavens sinking, the five Supremes fighting more and more fiercely, and Chaos constantly cycling between repair and destruction.

"What a nightmare with a deep impression…"

Xu Xi woke up from the bed.

The sun was bright, scorching and dazzling, revealing his tired expression.