Embers

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qiao Chuhe came here often.No one knows that he desperately needs someone to accompany him now, even if that person is his taciturn younger brother.

Everyone is good, someone is good.In the past ten years, he thought he had adapted to loneliness, but since that night, he found that he could no longer think and plan calmly by himself.

Nie Budu's lonely whispers seemed to still be echoing in his ears, which made all his previous assumptions and plans start to loosen, and he only felt that he had fallen into an inexplicable confusion.

Of course Ember didn't dislike his coming, but she didn't care what he was thinking either.Except for Ye Bozhou, mentioning any of the past events would make him unbearable.

Qiao Chuhe was very upset, even when no one spoke, Li Mei's role appeared at this time.

He would often come over to deliver things to Ember, and would talk to Qiao Chuhe by the way.Ember didn't think they were noisy, but often sat on the side in silence, as if her soul had already entered another world.

Of course Qiao Chuhe knew Li Mei's thoughts, and felt a little helpless seeing Yu Jin always like this.

He also persuaded Li Mei: "Look at you, you are good-looking, and you are kind and gentle. If you don't have any kind of lady you want, why are you planted on this tree?"

Li Mei lowered her head and smiled, two beautiful dimples appeared on her fair cheeks, but she didn't say anything.

Qiao Chuhe wanted to say something more, suddenly, he felt a slight change in the air around him, raised his head, and Nie Budu was standing not far away expressionlessly looking at them.

His whole body tensed up, and he was suddenly speechless.

But Nie Budu didn't pay him too much attention, he didn't even smile, he walked straight among them, opened the door and entered Ember's room.

Qiao Chuhe was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He woke up in his own room that day, his body was clean, his clothes were changed, and there was still medicine for wind and cold by the bedside.

Everything is appropriate, but there is nothing that Nie Budu personally intended.

Nie Budu is the leader of the Demon Cult, and every one of his bed partners is taken care of by someone.

After that, he didn't see Nie Budu again, it's been half a month.

Li Mei looked at him worriedly: "Brother Qiao, are you alright?"

Qiao Chuhe rolled his lips: "Of course not, let's go, I'll take you to see something fun."

In the room, as usual, Ember kept an appearance that strangers should not get close to.

Nie Budu was silent for a while, then said: "Look, what I brought you."

Ember had no interest in what he would bring until Nie Budu put something in front of him.

His breathing stagnated uncontrollably for a long time, and his hands were trembling slightly.He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Nie Budu.

Nie Budu remained expressionless: "I picked it up that night."

Ember stared blankly at the long sword on the table, stretched out her hand to touch it, but stopped in mid-air.

He was afraid that as soon as he stretched out his hand, the sword would disappear, just like Ye Bozhou, who left him forever before he could react.

Jieyou, Ye Bozhou's saber is also the tenth most famous sword in the sword manual. At this moment, lying quietly in front of him, the scabbard is still gorgeous and exquisite, just like when it was hanging on Ye Bozhou's waist. There is no trace of the passage of time.

After a long time, he still mustered up the courage to touch the blade.The familiar touch made him feel a little dazed for a moment, and he called out in a low voice: "Master..."

Of course he tried to look for it later, but Nie Budu never allowed him to leave the Demon Cult, so he asked Li Mei to go back to the Xiaxian Gate to look for it. Unfortunately, Li Meizai searched carefully all day but couldn't find it. He thought it was taken away by Bai Dao's people, but he never thought that it fell into Nie Budu's hands long ago.

At this time, seeing his worries again, he immediately lost a lot of hostility towards Nie Budu.

Relieving worries is really important to him.

That is the sword that Ye Bozhou hardly leaves his body, and it is also the most fettered item with Ye Bozhou. It has been with Ye Bozhou for 25 years.

Seeing Jieyou, it was as if Ye Bozhou was still by his side, which made his long-dry heart seem to be injected with gurgling water, and temporarily revived his soul.

Nie Budu stood aside, looked at the expression on his face, knew that this was the best chance, and asked, "Why did you survive?"

Ember's hand paused.

Nie Budu continued: "With your infatuation for him, it's not an exaggeration to follow him to death, but why would you rather spend your life here than persist in living?"

Ember caressed Jieyou lightly, and it seemed that she could still hear that familiar voice that made people cry.

"He said, let me live for him."

Nie Budu was not surprised, he had already had this kind of guess before coming here, and what Yu Jin said at this time was exactly in his favor.

But he still sighed softly in his heart. Seeing Ember's appearance for such a long time, he inevitably felt that Ye Bozhou was a little cruel to him.

Although as a master or a lover, one should hope that Ember can live well in the world without him, but for the stubborn Ember, it is undoubtedly tantamount to being extremely lonely for a lifetime.

Maybe he knows Ember well enough, but he still feels that a lifetime is too long, and sooner or later, Ember will let go of the past with him and start a new life.

When thinking about this, what kind of mood will Ye Bozhou feel?Or maybe he didn't have time to think about anything, and the best arrangement has already been blurted out.

In this way, maybe it is good for Ember, it is good for Nie Budu, it is good for Li Mei, it is good for Qiao Chuhe, but it is only bad for Ye Bozhou.

But Nie Budu understood very well that this was not something he should be involved in, and he still had business to do.

"He wants you to survive, and of course he hopes that you can live well. Whether as a master or a lover, I don't think he wants to see you like this."

Ember looked at him coldly, and resisted his persuasion from the bottom of her heart.

Nie Budu paused for a moment, and said: "Abomination of life, wasting time, and doing nothing, is this what you live out for him? If this is his life, would he want it to be like this?"

Ember had already stood up, raised her foot and was about to go out.

Nie Budu didn't move, and stood there looking at him with burning eyes: "Life is so long, but he has only experienced 32 years, and he is always trapped in a small courtyard at the Xiaxian Gate. There are so many scenery that he has never seen before." , There are so many roads that have not been traveled, and so many people worth meeting have never been seen. You lived for him, but you didn’t live it out. When you come down to see him in the future, how will you explain to him? "

Ember's footsteps involuntarily stopped.

He thought about their previous ideas, traveled all over the world, and saw all the great rivers and mountains.He also thought of the Jiangnan that Ye Bozhou yearned for, where the winter would not be very cold, the spring would have a gentle spring breeze, and a pear tree would be full of blooms.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help thinking of the previous plan, leaving the Xiaxian Gate, saving Qiao Chuhe, killing Nie Budu, and the two of them went to a far away place to live their lives quietly.

But now, everything has been out of control, the entire Xiaxianmen was destroyed because of him, Qiao Chuhe still stayed in the Demon Sect, Nie Budu was still his aloof leader of the Demon Sect, and the person who promised to spend his whole life with him had already taken a step ahead .

In just a few months, everything has changed beyond recognition, this is the past that Ember doesn't want to think about.

Seeing that he was motionless, Nie Budu had some confidence in his mind, he no longer forced him, and was ready to leave after passing him.

The moment they rubbed shoulders, Ember glanced at him.

Of course Nie Budu understood the cold hatred in that look, he was very calm and even said happily: "I understand."

Early the next morning, Ember appeared at the door of Nie Budu's room again.

He was wearing a moon-white cloud brocade gown with gorgeous gold silk patterns embroidered on the neckline and cuffs, his long hair tied behind his head with a plain white belt, and a worry-free waist tied around his waist.

With the wind blowing, Nie Budu could smell the early spring pear blossoms on his body almost immediately.

This dress looked familiar, Nie Budu looked at it for a long time, and remembered that Ye Bozhou often wore white clothes like this, and with the smell, it must be Ye Bozhou's clothes.

He suddenly felt an indescribable mood.

But Ember didn't care about his mood, and said blankly: "I think what you said makes sense, so I'm leaving."

Nie Budu frowned slightly: "Where are you going?"

Ember said indifferently: "Jiangnan."

Nie Budu looked at him: "What are you going to Jiangnan for?"

Ember's answer was still very concise: "Traveling in the mountains and rivers."

"..."

Nie Budu felt that he might not have woken up.

But Ember had obviously thought it over, seeing his silence, she thought that he had acquiesced that he left the Demon Cult, and turned around to leave.

Nie Budu came back to his senses and immediately called him to stop: "Stop."

Ember tilted her head, looking at him impatiently.

For the first time, Nie Budu regretted what he had said.He deeply felt that it was a problem with his choice of words. He clearly hoped that he could take over the Devil's Cult and complete his plan. Why did he finally understand it like this!

But the most urgent thing is to stop him.

"I told you before that the outside is very dangerous. Once you step out of the Devil's Cult, your life will be in danger."

Ember couldn't help frowning: "What's the problem?"

"..."

Nie Budu paused, almost forgetting that although the person in front of him could not commit suicide, he was always hoping that someone could kill him.

He could only say again: "You have no money with you, not even money."

Ember calmly took out a large handful of banknotes from his chest: "You gave it before."

"..."

Nie Budu, who is as clever as a tongue and as good at calculating, felt for the first time that "everything is out of control".

"Aren't you afraid that the "Wrong Flower Heart Sutra" will come back again and go mad and kill other people?"

Ember's cold gaze immediately swept over.

That was one thing that he didn't want to mention again in his life, it was the sore spot where he always thought of it as if the wound was being torn open again.He looked at Nie Budu, with dark currents in his eyes.