Monument of Life and Death

  Chapter 1121 Slow reflection

  Is this what you look like?

  In my impression, I seem to have always looked like this for so many years, without changing.

  Although due to the habit effect, it is usually difficult for me to notice the changes in myself, but after these years, Xiaolan feels that the appearances of Miss Xiaoyin and Daochang have changed.

  Especially Dao Chang, Dao Chang has long since changed from a handsome young man to a stable middle-aged handsome man.

  Why have I always been like this?

  Xiaolan seemed to realize this problem for the first time, she suddenly raised her head, and tugged at Qin Yin's sleeve.

   "Miss Xiaoyin, do you think I have changed?"

   "Changes?" Qin Yin immediately became vigilant, "Xiao Lan, what's wrong with you? Do you feel something is wrong?"

   "No... don't get me wrong," Xiaolan hurriedly waved her hands, "Sister Xiaoyin, don't you think I haven't grown up at all after so many years?"

  After listening to Xiao Lan's question, Qin Yin was stunned for a few seconds, then racked her brains and said in a way she thought was more tactful, "Actually... this question...we have discussed it behind your back..."

   "Have you discussed it behind my back?" Xiaolan became energetic when she heard it, "Great, what is the result of your discussion?"

   "It's... er... Taoist priest, you tell me!"

  The Taoist priest cleared his throat, turned his back, pretended not to hear Qin Yin's words, sat next to Yi Yao and pretended to chat with him.

   "You..." Qin Yin gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "Don't pretend to be foolish, Daoist, you're the happiest!"

   "What...what are you talking about me..." Xiaolan gradually realized that she might not hear anything good, and looked back and forth between Qin Yin and Daoist with aggrieved eyes, "Sister Xiaoyin, just tell me."

   "Xiaolan, then you don't want to..."

   "I'm not angry," Xiaolan said seriously, "I... try not to be angry."

"Xiao Lan, it's like this," Qin Yin swallowed her saliva, and said hesitantly, "Xiao Lan, you need to know something, that is... some people will grow up earlier, and then stop growing. It will be earlier, so…”

   "You mean... I won't grow any longer?" Xiao Lan suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue.

"Of course, it might still be possible in the future," Qin Yin saw that Xiao Lan's face was turning green, and quickly added, "As the saying goes, you're still running around at twenty-four. You're not yet an adult, and in the future there will be more Chance…"

   "I...I won't grow any longer..."

  Xiao Lan couldn't listen to Qin Yin's words at all. She opened her mouth in disbelief, and looked at the darkness in the distance with teary eyes.

  To be honest, I have experienced so many things, but it is the first time I have experienced the feeling of collapse.

  I...I'm only ten...teen years old, and I won't grow tall anymore. Is it fair to say it?

"You must have failed to raise Xiaolan well," Luo Jiutian heard what they were discussing, and came to join in the fun, "Nowadays, children are very tall, and their parents have given them a lot of nutrition... how about Give me Xiaolan, I promise to make Xiaolan grow to 1.7 meters..."

   "You support yourself first," Qin Yin said bluntly, "Xiaolan is mine."

  Qin Yin and Luo Jiutian debated in Xiaolan's ears about her ownership. Xiaolan sighed, feeling that they were noisy.

   swish... swish...

   Not long after, a warm body sat down next to her. Xiao Lan turned her head to the side, and it was Jasmine.

  Jasmine groped and took Xiaolan's hand, showing a childish smile.

   "Xiaolan, what's wrong with you?" Jasmine asked softly, "Why did you suddenly think about the height problem?"

  Xiao Lan looked at Jasmine's appearance.

  When I met Jasmine for the first time, I didn't feel that Jasmine was much older than me, but looking at Jasmine now, Xiaolan can already clearly feel that Jasmine is her sister.

  Indeed, over the past few years, Jasmine has grown much faster than herself.

   "Jasmine, have you gotten taller in the past few years?"

   "It's only three or four centimeters taller," Jasmine said after thinking, "Why do you ask me this?"

   "Only" grew three or four centimeters taller.

  Xiaolan doesn't want to talk to her anymore, but seeing Jasmine's innocent appearance, she can't bear it.

   "You've all grown taller," Xiaolan pouted, "I'm the only one who hasn't grown taller at all."

  Jasmine smiled softly, "Height doesn't mean anything. There are many very powerful people, but they are not tall."

  Xiao Lan felt that she was not comforted, she continued to lean over to look at the black water on the shore, staring at her swollen reflection and sulking.

   After a while, Xiaolan felt that Jasmine beside her also leaned over. She squinted her eyes and glanced in Jasmine's direction, but frowned in confusion.

  Xiao Lan blinked hard a few times, as if suspecting that she was wrong.

  Just now, she didn't see Jasmine's reflection.

  Xiao Lan simply rubbed her eyes, and when she put down her hands, she looked at the water again, only to see Jasmine's reflection next to her own, lying perfectly flat on the water.

   Could it be that just now... I really misread it?

  Xiao Lan scratched her head, not quite understanding what happened.

   "Miss Xiaoyin," there is really no other way, Xiaolan can only move out the rescuers, "Come here for a while."

  Qin Yin was standing with the Taoist priest, and when he heard Xiao Lan's call, the two came over together.

"What's wrong?"

   "Miss Xiaoyin, you... just take a look in the water." Xiaolan clasped her hands and said hesitantly.

   "Why so mysterious?" Qin Yin looked at Xiao Lan, leaning over to the water.

  Other people also gathered together, and everyone looked at it together.

  As soon as Qin Yin's upper body leaned over the shore, Xiao Lan shouted with wide-eyed eyes, "Miss Xiaoyin, look! You have no reflection!"

   Again!

  Qin Yin's reflection did not appear in time, just like Jasmine, half a minute later, that blurred face slowly surfaced on the water.

   "Hey, it appeared now," Luo Jiutian pointed at Qin Yin's reflection, "but Xiaoyin's reflection didn't appear immediately, what's going on?...Xiaoyin, it could be you..."

   "No, it's not Miss Xiaoyin's problem," Xiaolan said, "It's the same with Jasmine just now, it's like the water here, the reflection is slower."

   Taoist priest lowered his head and meditated.

   "Is there such a possibility?" After a while, the Taoist priest said, "The world we are currently in is not real."

   As he spoke, the Taoist priest raised his head and looked at the darkness around him.

   "You mean, we are in an illusion?" Xia Hua asked.

"It may be an illusion, or it may be...a world specially created for us," Dao Chang said. "If you want to escape from here, first...you must know how he monitors us, that is, find ..."

   "Those eyes!"

  (end of this chapter)