Yu Hongchen

After getting the exact address where he was staying, he was full of fighting spirit and went all the way there.

Meng Rushuang, as the lord of Buchan Palace and a distinguished guest of Qiushuimen, lives in a secluded and quiet courtyard in the middle of the gate.

Xie Liuchen followed the sound of gurgling water all the way to the courtyard door, and was about to knock on the door when a soft voice came from the river: "Are you looking for me?"

Looking towards the river, the palace lord was sitting on the bank of the river, and the white moonlight shone on her thin body.

Xie Liuchen walked over and said, "I'm here to apologize, I lost my composure just now, I shouldn't have shot at Palace Master Meng."

"Sit?" Meng Rushuang patted the grass beside her.

Xie Liuchen hummed, sat down with his legs bent, and stood side by side with her.

Meng Rushuang pointed to the full moon in the sky: "Does it look good?"

Xie Liuchen nodded: "It looks good."

Meng Rushuang stared at the sky and the moon obsessively, and said: "There are many beautiful places in this world, but I have never been there. Have you ever been to a place where ordinary people live?"

"I've been there." Xie Liuchen said, "But I don't like it."

"Why?" Meng Rushuang asked softly.

Xie Liuchen answered it as a matter of course: "Because there is no senior brother Shang."

Meng Rushuang tilted her head and looked at him, blinking: "So you are such a person."

"Huh?" Xie Liuchen was puzzled.

"Didn't you notice?" Meng Rushuang said.

Xie Liuchen was stunned: "What did you find?"

Meng Rushuang said earnestly: "When you talk to others, you are serious and well-proportioned, but when you meet the owner of the Shangshang sect, your tone completely changes, soft and arrogant, as if acting like a spoiled child."

Xie Liuchen subconsciously denied it: "How can I be coquettish?" But he was very proud in his heart, and his impression of her was a little better.

Meng Rushuang sighed again as if disappointed, and said to herself: "Sect Master Shang is a generous and steady person, and you who are liked by him must also be a very good person."

Xie Liuchen was very embarrassed, thinking what was wrong with him, he even stabbed Senior Brother Shang with a sword.He whispered: "I'm actually... very sorry for him..."

Meng Rushuang pondered for a while, and said: "But he is not angry with you, it means he still has you in his heart."

"You mean, I still have a chance?" Xie Liuchen figured out what she meant, and his heart beat like a drum.

Although Senior Brother Shang kept saying that he didn't like him anymore, at least he was very gentle towards him and never said harsh words to him. Does that mean-Senior Brother Shang was just angry with him, not that he really didn't love him anymore?

The more he thought about it, the more he believed in this idea, and the expectation in his heart increased.Looking at Meng Rushuang's thin face, she felt that she was understanding, Xie Liuchen praised sincerely: "You are so kind, I will make you my friend!"

Meng Rushuang smiled softly and said: "Okay, we will be friends from now on."

The two of them were about the same age, and they could chat easily again, and a few words cleared up the previous misunderstanding.Xie Liuchen smiled, seeing the moonlight in front of him like water and the long river like a stream, illuminating the frosty night coldly, he saw a familiar silver hairpin stuck in Meng Rushuang's head, and suddenly woke up and said: "Ah, I see. , you came to Qiushuimen to find Sister Cui!"

Hearing this, Meng Rushuang's face darkened, and her tone became depressed: "Yes, I really want to see her, but she keeps avoiding me."

Xie Liuchen suddenly said: "Do you like Sister Cui?"

Meng Rushuang pouted her mouth and thought for a while, then slowly shook her head: "I don't know if that counts as liking. I have been in poor health since I was a child, and I died once. Rescued me from the gate of hell, my mother was afraid that something would happen to me, so she raised me in Buchan Palace, and never allowed me to go out. But I was too lonely, I really wanted to go out, once when the palace people were not paying attention, I sneaked out I entered the palace, hid outside the door, and didn't dare to go far, but was seen by Sister Cui."

"She seemed to know who I was. She squatted by the door and talked to me a lot, and asked me if I would like to go to the mortal world with her. Hiding at the gate of the palace, I played with me for a long time, and told me many things that I have never seen or heard. I asked her: "Is it fun in the mortal world?" She said: "It's fun, the world is ten feet soft Red, Shilihe Lantern, as long as I want to go, she will take me to see all kinds of beautiful scenery.'”

She touched the silver hairpin on her head, and continued quietly: "Before I left, I begged her to bring me a birthday gift when she went to the mortal world. She agreed, but she never showed up again." Lost, "After my mother passed away, I found out that it was my mother who was afraid that my life would be damaged if I moved my heart. She wanted her not to see me again, so she kept avoiding me."

Xie Liuchen thought: "No wonder she looks so depressed. If I can't meet Brother Shang in this life, I will be depressed for the rest of my life." Asked: "Then sister Cui has been avoiding you, will you be sad?"

Meng Rushuang's answer was beyond his expectation: "It used to be, but later, it won't be anymore. Look how round the moon is. I like the moon in the sky, but I never think about taking it off. Keep it private. Do you have to own it if you like it?"

Xie Liuchen understood: "What you like is not Sister Cui, but the beautiful memories of the past; what you yearn for is not Sister Cui, but the world of mortals she described."

Meng Rushuang narrowed her eyes and lowered her head: "Maybe."

Xie Liuchen said: "Don't worry, Sister Cui will come back."

In the middle of the night, when the frost was getting thicker, Xie Liuchen worried that she would be too weak, so he told her to go back to the yard to rest earlier, and said goodbye.

The corner of his mouth turned up slightly, and he ran all the way to the yard of Shanglihang, pushed open the door of his room, and said generously: "Senior brother Shang, I was wrong!"

Shang Lixing was sitting at the table wiping his sword. Hearing this, he raised his head, his eyes flickered, and he asked intentionally, "Where did you go wrong?"

Xie Liuchen said: "Master Menggong is a good girl, I shouldn't have pushed her, I told her I'm sorry, and I've become good friends with her!"

Shang Lixing laughed a few times, the hand that wiped the sword trembled slightly, seeing the clarity of the Qiushui sword, reflecting the happy smiling face of the person by the door, he put the sword back into its sheath.Xie Liuchen closed the door with a smile and approached him.Shang Lixing sighed slightly: "Junior Brother Xie, do you know what quality I admire most in you?"

Xie Liuchen walked to his side, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"You are very sincere." Shang Lixing said.

"Sincerely?" Xie Liuchen didn't understand again.

Shang Lixing bowed his head and said: "Right is right, wrong is wrong, never do things against your will, when you say you know you are wrong, you are really aware of your own shortcomings, and you are not perfunctory me because you are afraid that I will get angry. .”

Being flattered by a loved one is the deadliest love word in the world. Xie Liuchen was a little flustered when he heard it, and only heard Shang Lixing say leisurely: "It's not like some people who say it's good, but actually come to do it behind their backs." It's against that set. This is also the biggest difference between you and Qi Huan."

Xie Liuchen's face suddenly changed.

Shang Lixing lowered his head, didn't notice his abnormality, beckoned him to sit down, and asked: "You must already know your own life experience?"

Xie Liuchen was startled, and immediately said, "You want to drive me to Xiya Mountain?"

Shang Lixing asked, "Do you want to go back?"

Xie Liuchen shook his head resolutely: "I don't want to go to Xiya Mountain, I want to be with you."

Shang Lixing thought for a while, then nodded lightly: "Well, okay, next time Xiya Mountain comes to ask for someone, I will help you reject them."

The previous unpleasant trip to Xiya Mountain made him feel the hatred of the monster race towards the human race. He really did not want to thank his junior brother to return to Xiya Mountain to inherit the position of the demon king and become an enemy of the human race.What's more, Yuan Sang and others in the monster clan are very scheming, and Junior Brother Xie may be subject to many limitations after returning. Since he doesn't want to go back now, it's good to stay at Qiushuimen.

Junior brother Xie is not suitable for intrigue, he is only suitable for practicing swords.

Xie Liuchen hummed obediently, fixed his eager eyes on him, and wanted to wait for him to continue to say something, but the other party seemed not ready to speak any more.He suddenly panicked: "You called me here just to say this?"

Shang Lixing asked back: "Otherwise?"

Xie Liuchen asked dryly, "Don't you want to reconcile with me?"

Shang Lixing was startled, his mouth moved, then closed again, and he didn't speak for a long time.Just when Xie Liuchen was so anxious that he was about to cry again, he slowly said, "I thought you understood some things, but you don't."

"Know what? What do you want me to know?" Xie Liuchen's eyes widened, and he grabbed his sleeve tightly.

Shang Lixing looked at him with gentle eyes: "Junior Brother Xie, do you know how I have lived in the past 50 years?"

"I..." Xie Liuchen's face was as calm as water, but his heart was already overwhelmed.He couldn't figure out Shang Lixing's thoughts, so he didn't dare to answer for a moment.

I only heard Shang Lixing say again: "There are some things I didn't want to say at first, threatening me with the kindness of the past will not make me happy except to increase your sense of guilt."

Under the candlelight, his eyes were bright and soft, and his tone was vague, "I want to rot the words in my stomach and let everything go with the wind. It never happened, but tonight, I have to say it." .”

Xie Liuchen froze on the spot, trying to see a fake look on Shang Lixing's face, but the other party's expression was always very serious, even with rare sadness and compassion.For a moment, he thought that all of this was his own imagination, and Senior Brother Shang didn't call him over tonight, nor did he say these words to him.

Shang Lixing opened his mouth again at this time: "In the first year you left, I often stood outside the Qiushui Gate, hoping to see you come back as soon as possible, and say to me, 'Brother Shang, I really miss you. you'."

Xie Liuchen said hoarsely, "Then..."

Shang Lihang fell into memories: "In the second year, I started to give up going to the gate every day and wait in the study instead. Sometimes the gatekeeper came to me for something, and I would use this name to walk out of the yard and walk around the Qiushui gate. I look forward to meeting you unexpectedly. Even when I go out occasionally, I will rush back to the Qiushui Gate after finishing the matter, hoping that you will throw myself into my arms the next moment the door is opened."

Xie Liuchen felt sore in his heart, took a deep breath, and asked, "Then... how long did you hold on this time?"

Shang Lixing sighed softly: "I persisted for about two years. After two years, I found that Qiushuimen had been looked at thousands of times by me, and I was tired of looking at every plant and tree, and I gradually stopped leaving the study. Wait until later The first..."

He smiled lowly, "I can't remember how many years it was, but one day suddenly, I saw myself walking back to the room as usual, and the moment I pushed the door, there was no wave in my heart, and I didn't have any expectations. I stopped at the door of the room, a little dazed, and suddenly didn't know what I was obsessed with, and I didn't know what every opening the door meant to me, from that moment on, I really let go."

"Just like now, uh—" He seemed to be afraid that Xie Liuchen would not understand, paused, and explained: "It's like, even if you are sitting in front of me now, my heart is as still as water."

There are often those who practice the ruthless way in the world, who are cold in nature, practice to a certain level, have a superior state of mind, and can do everything like the wind, without lingering in their hearts.Shang Lixing is not a cold person, but he said that his state of mind is calm, which only shows that he really let go.Xie Liuchen listened silently. After a long while, he managed to force out a sentence: "You said that you would wait for me to grow up."

Shang Lixing looked at him with a serious expression: "Junior Xie, no matter how deep the love is, it can't bear the endless waiting. When all emotions are exhausted, there will be no love without hatred."

"There is no hate, and there is no love..." Xie Liuchen blankly touched this face that was close in front of him, but seemed far away in the sky, with a confused and puzzled expression: "Why do you still treat me so nicely? Why don't you hate me?" Me? Just scold me a few words--" At this point, a boulder suddenly seemed to fall from his chest, making it difficult to move, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.

He was wrong.It turned out that this person asked him to come here not to get back together with him, but to break up completely!He understood at this moment.Brother Shang is really broad-minded and has no temper. He even let go of his old love and hatred for him.

He finally couldn't help crying: "How can you be so good and so bad?"

Shang Lixing remained motionless, allowing him to touch his face, perhaps the night was so beautiful that he had a chance to express his thoughts that had been hidden for 50 years, and he even felt a sense of relief after speaking.

He heard his voice pretending to be relaxed and said: "Junior Xie, after tonight, we are still brothers, you can continue to live in Qiushuimen."

"I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it!" Xie Liuchen covered his ears and interrupted him harshly.He hugged Shang Lixing violently, and kept crying and pleading: "Brother Shang, shall we do it again? I will treat you well in the future, and I will never leave you again. Really, I will never let you down again." is you!"

Shang Lixing said softly: "You know, playing around is useless to me."

"Of course I can love and spoil you as before, but that's not love, but out of brother's affection for brother."

Xie Liuchen roared: "Brother's affection! Who wants to be your brother!"