Sole decision

Zhou Ce brought Pei Zhaoxue to his room. He turned on the light, and then took out a long box from the cabinet. Pei Zhaoxue glanced at it, and when the box was opened, there was a mantra knife lying inside.

Zhou Ce pointed with his chin: "Try?"

Pei Zhaoxue didn't know what Zhou Ce meant, so he didn't move.Zhou Ce simply pulled the saber out of the scabbard, making a sound of metal tearing, he flicked the saber lightly, facing Pei Zhaoxue, and said, "The Zhou family's mantra saber has been passed down from ancient times for a hundred years. There are countless dead souls, and it is a treasured sword that is not born in the world. Later, when life was peaceful, the sword became a decoration."

"Nobody uses it anymore."

"But I think you like it very much." Zhou Ce said, "Try it."

This time, Pei Zhaoxue took the knife, but in the next second, he put the knife on Zhou Ce's neck with his backhand, without any expression on his face.Zhou Ce wasn't afraid either, he didn't move.

Pei Zhaoxue asked, "Why?"

"What why?" Zhou Ce said, "Is it why I didn't hide or why I gave it to you? If it's the former, I don't have to worry about it. If you want to kill me, you will never do it on a whim. And it won't be pointing at me. If it's the latter... I, Zhou Ce, want to give someone something, do I need a reason?"

"The Mantra and Law Saber is a family heirloom of your Zhou family." Pei Zhaoxue said.

"Old-fashioned." Zhou Ce tilted his head: "Even if you didn't give it to me back then, I could still stand where I am now. If I don't have the ability, it doesn't matter how many knives I have. Knives are dead things. You have to believe in yourself. Axue, this knife is just a decoration in my hand, and it is worth it if it is allocated to you."

Pei Zhaoxue asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Zhou Ce asked back, "Are you afraid?"

Pei Zhaoxue withdrew the knife and put it into the scabbard, closed it lightly, and held it in her hand.He didn't answer Zhou Ce's question, put the knife on the table, and smiled.He smiled lightly, as if the corners of his mouth were slightly tugged, and Zhou Ce felt satisfied.

They have studied together since childhood, and Pei Zhaoxue has a very high talent in sword skills.It's a pity that Pei Zhaoxue was not born in ancient times, if he was then, he must have been a famous swordsman all over the world.Cold weapons have fallen, and they can only become a symbol and be hung high in the end, but they seem to be more important than people.

Zhou Ce didn't believe this, he had done too many unorthodox things, and he scoffed.

He just saw Pei Zhaoxue's courage to fight thousands of enemies with a knife, so he made such a decision somehow.In his heart there was somewhat of a gentleman's righteousness of "gifting a treasured sword to a hero", and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was repaying Pei Zhaoxue for saving his life.

Zhou Ce saved Pei Zhaoxue's life, and he wanted Pei Zhaoxue to pay him back for the rest of his life.Later when he did that to Pei Zhaoxue, Pei Zhaoxue's calm reaction surprised him.He always secretly speculated how Pei Zhaoxue would retaliate against him, and he has not seen any action from Pei Zhaoxue until now.

Pei Zhaoxue could have let him die at that time, but Pei Zhaoxue turned back to save him with his life.

This person doesn't like to talk or express his emotions, so Zhou Ce can only guess and think.For Pei Zhaoxue, is the promise or the enmity important?He may be kind, but Zhou Ce doesn't think he deserves Pei Zhaoxue's kindness.He was even a little apprehensive, he was afraid that he would fall into Pei Zhaoxue's calm tolerance instead.

Pei Zhaoxue's thoughts were too deep, Zhou Ce was not sure that he could figure it out after all kinds of experiences.He looked at the knife in front of Pei Zhaoxue. This knife meant a lot to the Zhou family, but Pei Zhaoxue downplayed it.

It's just that he noticed that Pei Zhaoxue's palm was suddenly clenched.

"Zhou Ce, you have to think of a way." Pei Zhaoxue said suddenly, "Calculate the accounts and settle the accounts." He said this lightly, as if there was only one million and 80 debts between the two of them, and each took out the account books one by one. After checking clearly, both parties will refund more and make up less, and there will be no relationship in the future.

Zhou Ce took advantage of Pei Zhaoxue's words.However, Zhou Ce seemed unable to bear Pei Zhaoxue's attitude, and said in a cold tone that disrupted the peaceful atmosphere, "Don't you even have the heart to hate anyone?"

As soon as these words came out, Pei Zhaoxue raised his slightly lowered eyes, stared at Zhou Ce seriously, and then asked Zhou Ce: "Is it worth it?"

This is what Pei Zhaoxue kept asking herself.The education he received in Zhou's family since he was a child was "revenge for revenge", and he never felt that there was anything wrong.If he hadn't gone to Yancheng, he would have followed these four words to the end.

After returning from Yancheng, he secretly investigated many past events.Most of the people who experienced that are no longer there, but if you investigate carefully, you can still find some unreasonable clues.

It turned out that the past was just a version of a story he had naively believed.

When the situation became more and more clear to him, he was on the verge of losing control or not.He sat alone in the room, watching the slowly setting sun outside, without even moving his posture. It was only when the sun disappeared completely that he seemed to regain his senses.

He thought about many things, from childhood to adulthood.He felt that he should hate Zhou Xiangyun, or Zhou Ce, but at this moment their faces appeared in his mind, and he felt a little empty again.One must know that in the past, even if one of his subordinates killed an unknown brother, he would return blood for blood and a tooth for a tooth.The Zhou family's education has always been like this, and Zhou Ce was able to slaughter crazily for that unwillingness.Now, will he do the same?

It's easy to love and hate, but it's too hard to let go.

The past few days in Pearl Manor were also a state of emptiness for him. He didn't think about the troublesome things in reality at all, and the relationship between him and Zhou Ce was also relaxed like never before.He looked at the sea, and occasionally thought about the world beyond the sea and the sky. If there was really a divine power separating the sea at this time, would he choose to cross the sea and leave.

He asked Zhou Ce a question, and he was also thinking about the answer. It was not whether Zhou Ce was worth it, but whether all this was worth it to his life.He suddenly felt that everything was very light, no matter which way he went, he didn't care so much, maybe it's not important to cling to a meaning, life is like wind and water, so what if it flows naturally?

Pei Zhaoxue's question is like tossing a coin. The heads and the tails will make him make different choices. What is the choice, whether it is good or bad, whether to be an angel or a devil, it is very calm for him matter.

Now the coin is on the ground and spinning in circles.

However, Zhou Ce misunderstood the subject because Pei Zhaoxue ignored it. He preconceived that Pei Zhaoxue was saying that he was not worthy of Pei Zhaoxue's hatred. Such an insignificant attitude made Zhou Ce look like a clown.

He knew that he wasn't worthy of Pei Zhaoxue's love, and now he wasn't even worthy of hatred. This kind of blow made his hairs stand on end.He suddenly wanted to pump himself, to get rid of his emotions.It turned out that just now, he felt very wronged, as if he had expected to get something, and if he couldn't get it, he would feel sad.

They hadn't even been friends, if it wasn't for his wishful thinking, the ending might be good, but it might not be what he thought.Zhou Ce always likes to "do what he knows he can't do", and there is nothing he can't do by force.Thinking of this level, he immediately became ruthless again, and said to Pei Zhaoxue, "Why do you have a settlement with me?"

After hearing this, Pei Zhaoxue thought about it seriously for a while, then stroked the blade with her fingers, moving very slowly.Suddenly, he chuckled with unknown meaning, seemed a little relieved, and said softly to Zhou Ce, "Okay."

Now, Zhou Ce really couldn't understand what Pei Zhaoxue was doing, he just tensed up, feeling like the rain was about to come.In the end, Pei Zhaoxue grabbed the knife and said, "You gave it to me, so I will accept it."