a hundred times

Since Zhou Chuze woke up, the two have been inseparable, eating and living together.However, now that Ye Zhuchen said "live with me" so solemnly, Zhou Chuze felt a layer of embarrassment. He could hear that Ye Zhuchen said live together had more meaning.

He didn't answer, Ye Zhuchen didn't rush, just looked at him with a smile.

I don't know how long the stalemate lasted, Zhou Chuze felt the heat rushing to his cheeks, his heart was in a mess, and he didn't know how to speak, when a happy voice happened to come from outside: "Master, the master is back!"

Ye Zhuchen muttered dissatisfiedly: "So fast?"

Zhou Chuze turned his eyes away and said, "Go and see uncle first."

"Alright, I'll give you some time to think about it." Ye Zhuchen smiled meaningfully, "Anyway, I've been waiting for so long before you lose your memory, and I don't mind waiting a little longer."

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and a series of dishes were brought out from the kitchen and placed in the dining room.

Zhou Chuze sat down restlessly, only to realize that there were only three people at the table.Ye Zhuchen's voice was relaxed, he called "Father" and said, "This is Chu Ze."

At such a time, Zhou Chuze naturally couldn't back down anymore, leaned slightly, and forced a smile to the person sitting above him: "Hello, Uncle." His etiquette seemed to be innate, respectful but not humble.

Different from Ye Zhuchen's exquisite and impeccable beauty, Ye's father is handsome and resolute, with the generosity of a prairie man. When he reaches middle age, he does not look old at all, and his temperament is particularly deep.

He nodded and asked kindly, "Your surname is Zhou?"

Zhou Chuze said, "Yes."

Father Ye smiled, without the roughness of an ordinary man of a different race, his smile was mellow and calm, "Your master often talks about you, he and I are friends."

Zhou Chuze was a little embarrassed, his mind was blank, and he didn't even know what kind of person his master was. He didn't know how to answer Ye Zhuchen's father, so he could only smile back.

Fortunately, Father Ye didn't talk much, and said directly: "Use your chopsticks."

Eating is a big event for Ye Zhuchen. Although Zhou Chuze is not as weak as before, his body is not much stronger.Ye Zhuchen was used to serving Zhou Chuze these days, so he didn't say much, picked up his junior brother's bowl and poured soup into it.

With elders watching, Zhou Chuze felt rather embarrassed, so he couldn't help but softly said, "I'll do it myself."

Ye Zhuchen: "It's fine."

Zhou Chuze was ashamed, but he heard Father Ye say: "Let him come, since he is going to leave for a lifetime, he should be treated well." Then he asked slowly, "When do you plan to get married?"

Zhou Chuze was completely stunned.

"Chu Ze lost his memory, I haven't mentioned this to him yet." Ye Zhuchen put the soup bowl in front of Zhou Chuze and smiled, "Look, it scared him."

Father Ye said lightly: "It's good that it doesn't affect the relationship. We're all home, and we should get married next time. We can't lose our status." Seeing Zhou Chuze in a daze, he said, "Our Ye family doesn't have any relatives or friends. There is no need to be nervous about getting married, it is just so that you can officially settle down."

Ye Zhuchen didn't take it seriously: "There's nothing wrong with wandering around the rivers and lakes."

Father Ye ignored him and only asked, "Chu Ze, are you willing?"

Zhou Chuze couldn't speak, he just felt that after entering Ye's house, everything that happened caught him off guard.

Ye Zhuchen suddenly said: "Forget it, don't force him."

"It's just asking." Father Ye was silent for a while, then said, "Your mother asked me the same thing back then. She once said, if this place makes you feel at ease, I beg you to stay."

Ye Zhuchen said coldly, "But you're leaving."

Father Ye smiled bitterly, and looked at Zhou Chuze, "Some things can only be asked in the heart, and it's okay to forget everything, just ask your heart, whether you want to stay with Zhuchen."

So no more.

After Father Ye mentioned the past, the atmosphere on the table froze.Although Ye Zhuchen served Zhou Chuze's soup as usual, but from the beginning to the end, his face was always cold, showing a chill that made Zhou Chuze feel strange.

■

The night wind is cool.

After dinner, Ye Zhuchen said he had something to go out, but he disappeared for a long time.Zhou Chuze flipped through two books in the room, but he couldn't read them. He thought wildly, but he didn't wait for Ye Zhuchen to come back.

He sighed, pushed the door and went out, only to find that the person he had been waiting for for a long time was standing alone in the courtyard blowing a breeze.The starry sky is bright, the moon hangs high, the branches and leaves are sparse, the water is clear and the sky is bright, all of which make him look alone.

Zhou Chuze stared at his figure, and his heart felt pain after wave.

It was Ye Zhuchen who turned around first, and said, "Why don't you sleep?"

Zhou Chuze walked up to him, didn't answer, and whispered: "Are you angry?" His eyes were as bright as stars, with light shining in them, and he looked at Ye Zhuchen with some anxiety, not knowing how much he was to others temptation.

"It's none of your business." Ye Zhuchen smiled meaninglessly. He was slightly taller than Zhou Chuze, and reached out to touch his long satin-like black hair, as if to comfort him, "It's my problem with him."

It was just a simple movement, but Zhou Chuze's mood was indeed stabilized in this intimacy.

"...you talk, I'll listen."

"Well, I'm actually just angry with him and my mother." Ye Zhuchen said with a dull expression on his face, "Well, it's actually a story of chaos and abandonment. When my father was young, he ran into my mother's place by mistake, that is, he was exiled. Gu, relying on his good martial arts, did not die, and went in with half his life, and was rescued by his mother."

Zhou Chuze frowned for a story that started in chaos and ended in abandonment.

"At that time, my grandmother had just passed away, so he was lucky. If my grandmother had been there, my mother would not have been sad and let his rhetoric prevail... I don't know what happened, I only know that he later He wanted to leave, so my mother let him go, and don’t come back when he leaves.”

"After he left, my mother found out that I was here."

"He has been regretting it all the time, maybe it's not regretting it, but he still thinks about his mother. He tried every means to enter the Valley of Relegation, and then he really sent someone to waste half his life to enter and learned of my existence."

"Later, he negotiated a lot of conditions with my mother, so I had a father, and I went out of the exile valley to learn art from a teacher." Ye Zhuchen said lightly, "Actually, he knows it himself, and earning a son back It's time to snicker, he and my mother may end up with nothing after all."

After Zhou Chuze finished listening, he was silent for a long time before saying, "The one who suffers the most...is you."

Ye Zhuchen shook his head: "How can I say these things clearly, in fact, my mother has already let go, and I am heartless, more bitter, maybe my father."

He raised the corners of his lips and smiled again, regaining his usual look, "If it were me, I would never treat you like that. The person you like, it's too late to put it in the palm of your hand, and it's too late to let people suffer a little bit, the slightest sin .”

Zhou Chuze's heart warmed up, and he saw in Ye Zhuchen's eyes seriousness and concentration that he had never seen before. He felt that his hands and feet were soft, and he had no power to resist in front of this person.

"Chu Ze, let me take care of you and marry me, okay?"

This sentence came out of Ye Zhuchen's mouth, with the sound of the spring breeze blowing over the jade, gentle and tender, in fact, there is no need to ask his own heart, because the whole heart has already surrendered in front of him.

How could there be a second answer?

When Zhou Chuze heard his answer, his heart beat almost like this: "Okay."

■

The wedding was prepared very quickly, and it was scheduled for three days later. In order to cooperate with Zhou Chuze, everything was done according to the customs of the Han people.Three days before the wedding, the couple had to live separately. Ye Zhuchen was very disciplined and did not meet Zhou Chuze for three full days.

— After all, he has many other things to do.

A secret road leads directly to the mountain peak behind Ye's house, and in the valley where several water canals meet, hides the most powerful martial arts force in the whole world today - Paganism.

Dongliang Valley was originally the base camp of the Demon Cult where the martial arts in the Central Plains had turned pale.

It was also the place where Zhou Chuze's father, Zhou Renfeng, was buried.

Ye Zhuchen has not joined the church for a long time, and some important affairs need to be done by the former leader who has retired.The former leader was naturally Ye Zhuchen's father, a generous elder in Zhou Chuze's eyes.

In front of the pagan altar, a father and a son stand side by side.

"The play has already been performed with you." Ye Xiao has long since lost his previous Confucianism, replaced by the majesty of a superior, "As soon as the matter is over, return to the front line immediately."

"I don't lead the army."

Ye Xiao frowned: "The reason."

"It will be exposed in front of Chu Ze." Ye Zhuchen said it as a matter of course, "And I have never understood what the role of the position of marshal is. Is it the merger of counselor and general?"

"Zhuchen, you are not a person who will act recklessly."

"It's hard to say." Ye Zhuchen smiled, "But this time it doesn't matter if I go out or not. I've already told Khan the solution. Do I have to be in charge of what to do next? Dacheng doesn't have any good generals now. Compared with us, there is only strategy, and it is better for me to direct behind the scenes."

Ye Xiao said in a deep voice: "Leave that aside for now, you have put too much thought into the Zhou family's children, are you serious?"

"of course."

"Then why did you lie to him again? You are not someone who doesn't think about the consequences." Ye Xiao was puzzled.

Ye Zhuchen nodded and said: "Yeah, I'm not a person who doesn't think about consequences, but I have considered all the consequences, but I haven't found a good one. But I am also a person who does whatever it takes to achieve the end. Up to now, I have also It's just a gamble."

"What are you gambling?"

"Bet, for me, whether my purpose is more important or his is more important."

"Interesting, do you have a rivalry in your mind right now?"

Ye Zhuchen didn't speak for a while, squinting his eyes for a while, and suddenly said: "So what about you, father? Do you have a rivalry in your heart now? Is your mission or mother important?"

Ye Xiao was silent.

After a long time, he said, "Zhuchen, some games...you never know if you win or lose."