Taotie took a pot of wine and disappeared without a trace.

Jian Yunyi also drank a pot of wine, and finally said that he was going to find the gluttonous food, and then...there was no more.

Xuan Ming:...

I'm a tavern owner so bully, right?

You are sure that I won't walk out of the gate, right?

it is good! I won't go out!

It was night, and the whole tree-lined alley was brightly lit.

The little boy in the Huangquan Tavern has recently changed to a new one. The new boy is named Ah Fu.

"Boss, Miss Qiao is still drinking."

Ah Fu walked to the back kitchen and looked at Xuan Ming, who was concentrating on cooking in the back kitchen, and reported in a low voice: "Boss, do you want to see her?"

"It's okay, leave her alone."

Xuan Ming curled his lips, then put the side dishes he had cooked directly on the plate and handed it to Ah Fu: "Go, give her this dish."

"Oh, good."

Ah Fu nodded, and brought the plate of stir-fried vegetables directly to Qiao Xuejun's table: "Miss Qiao, have something to eat. Our boss personally made it for you."

"Ok?"

Qiao Xuejun raised her eyes with drunken eyes and looked at Ah Fu: "Xuanming fried it? Why doesn't he come to drink with me? I won't eat if he doesn't come."

"At this time there are many guests, the boss is busy greeting the guests."

Ah Fu replied in a low voice.

"The guests?"

Qiao Xuejun looked around, and sure enough, at this hour, the Huangquan Tavern was already full of people.

No, it's not people, it should be ghosts.

Many of these ghosts are wandering souls. The wandering souls have forgotten a lot of the past, but they are not reconciled to reincarnation. They don't know what they are waiting for, but they still stubbornly continue to wait.

Among the guests in the tavern, in addition to the wandering souls, there are also some new ghosts who are greedy for the world and are unwilling to leave the world.

Seeing them all drinking Xuanming's wine with complicated and painful faces, Qiao Xuejun stood up suddenly and Shi Shiran walked into the back kitchen.

"Xuan Ming, you help those new ghosts and wandering souls to get rid of every day, help them forget everything, enter the cycle of reincarnation, it is a great merit, but... how about you?"

Qiao Xuejun looked straight at Xuan Ming's face: "When will you be free?"

She heard Jiang Lixing tell the story of Xuanming. Although she did not know the specific past events, Qiao Xuejun knew that Xuanming was sealed here because of those past. Now that the time limit for the seal has come, he still refuses to leave. Still can't let go of the past?

"I put it down a long time ago."

Xuan Ming smiled faintly at Qiao Xuejun: "Because of letting go, I will continue to stay here. This is the life I chose."

"I do not believe."

Hearing Xuan Ming's words, Qiao Xuejun shook her head with suspicion, Xuan Ming could only shrug her shoulders; "Why don't you try to use mind reading?"

"I do not."

Hearing Xuan Ming's words, Qiao Xuejun's expression suddenly changed slightly: "Sometimes your heart will deceive you, and people will change their hearts, right?"

After experiencing mundane love, Qiao Xuejun really understands that even if you can read your mind, you can't control everything.

Hearing Qiao Xuejun's words, and feeling her drunkenness, Xuan Ming muttered: "If you are willing to quit drinking, I will prove it to you. I really put it down."

"You prove it first!"

Qiao Xuejun looked reluctant.

Seeing her appearance, Xuan Ming shook her head, then untied her apron and pulled Qiao Xuejun all the way to the gate of Huangquan Tavern. Before Qiao Xuejun could react, Xuan Ming was already holding her hand. , Stepped out.

"Sometimes things that you find difficult and impossible to accomplish are actually...just the first step."

Xuan Ming turned his head and smiled at Qiao Xuejun and whispered softly. This was his first step.

Qiao Xuejun was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly he suddenly became clear: "I'm the one who counts, I will stop drinking from today!"

Letting go is liberation. It's also the first step to start again.