The Words of the Number One

Shen Baiwu and Ji Yu broke up unhappy. On the way back to Xueming Pavilion, Shen Baiwu gritted his teeth and said nothing, but his breathing became more and more rapid, and finally he fainted at the gate of the courtyard. The servants rushed to help Shen Baiwu up and put him on the bed. The doctor hurried over to diagnose the pulse and prescribed medicine. He repeatedly told Shen Baiwu that he had been kneeling in the snow and caught cold in a serious illness. Now that his body is very fragile, he must not be angry. Nor should anger consume the mind.

We all agreed, and after the doctor and other servants retreated, Gu Ling wondered what happened. While taking care of Shen Baiwu, I briefly told him what happened. Gu Ling looked at me with wide eyes and said, "So you...you were poisoned by Ji Yu to help him?"

"You can say that."

"This...you actually don't like Ji Yu..." Gu Ling didn't finish his sentence, he looked at me like he was looking at some rare and exotic beast, it seems that in his inherent cognition, women would like Ji Yu .

I smiled lightly and asked, "Did he be liked by many girls since he was a child?"

"It's more than that! I wonder if he is a poison specially made for women. There is no girl who is not fascinated by him. You say it's because he is good-looking..." Gu Ling seemed to feel that these words were out of place. He observed my expression, cleared his throat and said, "Miss Jiujiu, I'm really sorry for threatening you like this."

"What do you apologize for? It has nothing to do with you."

"But... what are you going to do?"

"Wait for Shen Baiwu to wake up." I wiped Shen Baiwu's face with a towel, he was lying on the light yellow quilt and frowning slightly, his face was as pale as paper.

Ji Yu usually lied to others but rarely backtracked. At that time, when he lost to me in the word guessing game, he obediently took his medicine. This time he knew that I couldn't win and he made such a request, probably because he really didn't want to give me an antidote.

I can use **** powder. He has always wanted to get close to Shen Baiwu, and in order to seek friendship with Shen Baiwu, he will probably recognize my identity. Once my identity is restored, Ji Yu will not be able to bear me. From a moral point of view, he must give me an antidote. But this also means that the rest of my life will be tied to Jiang Sanzhi and his great cause of restoring the country.

I should have another way, if I really made up my mind to leave Ji Yu, I don't want to wonder why he backed out.

I shook my head, just feeling a headache.

It was already evening when Shen Baiwu woke up, he sat up from the bed a little weakly, I took the freshly brewed medicine and fed him to drink. After he finished drinking the medicine, his complexion improved slightly, and he silently stared at the fire in a daze, with the fire shining in his eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking. After a while he let out a long sigh and asked me to sit beside him.

"What do you want to do?" His voice was weak, but his expression was serious.

I told Shen Baiwu my current thoughts, Shen Baiwu frowned when he heard the word "Jiang Sanzhi", and said: "If you get too entangled with Jiang Sanzhi, you will be in more trouble in the future. This person is not good, I am Advise Bai Feng to drive him out of Zhao country."

What Shen Baiwu said is right, it is precisely because I understand this that I feel distressed.

He rubbed his forehead and said seriously: "Jiujiu, I ask you to answer me seriously. Do you want to be free or go back to Ji Yu's side?"

Shen Baiwu's question was beyond my expectation. Even though he already knew that Ji Yu had poisoned me to control me, he still asked me if I wanted to go back to Ji Yu's side.

I was dazed for a moment before I realized it, and said with a smile, "I want to be free."

Yes, I want to be free.

Shen Baiwu looked at me with burning eyes, as if he was judging the authenticity of my words. In the end, he smiled slightly, as if he had made up his mind, he pointed to the cabinet in the room and said, "There are chessboards and chess boxes on the bottom floor, take them here."

I found the chessboard and chess box as Shen Baiwu said. They are neatly placed, but have been covered with a thin layer of dust, as if they have not been used for a long time.

I wiped them clean and brought them over, Shen Baiwu took the chess box and grabbed a few of them one by one, and looked up at me.

"Play a game of chess with me, Jiujiu." Shen Baiwu was always arrogant and indifferent, but his aura was especially strong at this moment.

Probably because of Ji Yu's condition, why does Shen Baiwu want to try my chess skills for himself? But I know that my chess skills are not bad, but I am definitely not Ji Yu's opponent. It is really difficult to get the antidote through this method.

Seeing Shen Baiwu's resolute attitude, I didn't say these words, and sat opposite him to be invited to play chess.

Just after a while, I realized something was wrong, Shen Baiwu was terribly powerful.

I have never felt such coercion before, being pressed every step of the way, I have no strength to fight back, and I can't even pant loudly. My chess pieces are being eaten away little by little, and every move feels closer to the dead end.

The candlelight was flickering in Shen Baiwu's eyes, he picked up the chess pieces with a haughty and focused expression, each move was crisp and neat. At first, he still pursed his lips seriously, but slowly he calmed down, with a smile on his lips and a gleam in his eyes.

I played chess with Xu Zihuan step by step, I played chess with Ji Yu with all my strength to resist, but I played chess with Shen Baiwu but I was defeated and fell into his siege after a while.

I lost, the defeat was like a mountain, and only when I lost did I realize that my palms were sweating.

Shen Baiwu's chess skills are so high, even surpassing Ji Yu's.

He never played chess or talked about chess with others. When Xu Zihuan asked Ji Yu for advice, he just watched with cold eyes, as if he had no interest. Now this performance is really unexpected, I looked at him, Shen Baiwu seemed to be in a trance for a long time before he realized it, and said flatly: "I haven't played chess for eight years, I thought I had forgotten it."

He lowered his eyes to tidy up the chess game, put the pieces on the chessboard back into the chess box one by one, and said, "Do you still remember what I said, if you want Ji Yu to be soft, you have to beat him first?"

"You beat him at chess?"

"Ji Yu's chess is taught by me."

The black chess piece rested in Shen Baiwu's pale palm. He looked at the chess piece and said slowly: "When I was young, I was good at playing chess and won all over Kyushu. After I defeated Ji Yu in the country of Yan, he learned chess from me and became friends just like that. .He's brilliant and a quick learner, and if it wasn't for... maybe he'd beat me."

"After I came back from the country of Yan, I couldn't play chess anymore."

This is the first time I heard Shen Baiwu say that Ji Yu is his friend.

I haven't carefully speculated about their relationship, but from the past described by Shen Baiwu in a few words, I can feel the intimacy they once had, and the weirdness they have now.

When Shen Baiwu played chess with me, I could see the shadow of the past from him. Concentrated and strong, he is the son of Zhao Guo who was outstanding ten years ago, without a trace of heaviness and world-weariness, he is a vigorous and proud young man.

Of those two, one is elegant, calm, good at chess and good at governance, and the other is rebellious, Aiqin loves swords, but they never come back. They shouldn't live like this, they should be bright and smooth, and everyone should look up to them and be happy.

Pei Mu, Yan Wang and Yan Shizi ruined the two best young men in the world.

They really deserve what they deserve.

Shen Baiwu smiled wryly, and said: "Ji Yuming knows that only I can beat him, he forces me to pick up the chess game to teach you how to play chess, and also forces you to play against him with all your strength, it seems like a double temptation."

I couldn't help feeling funny when I heard this.

What is he doing, obviously he wants to send me out.

Why should he give up when he wants to, and regret when he wants to, and come to test how much Shen Baiwu cares about me and how determined I am to leave him?

I picked up the black chess piece from Shen Baiwu's palm, and said to him: "Cheng Guangjun, can you teach me how to play chess?"

Shen Baiwu looked at me upon hearing this, his eyes flickered for a while, and asked again: "Do you really want to be free?"

"yes."

"Maybe I'm not as good as I was back then."

"And me, you and I are enough. And you are too modest."

A smile slowly appeared on his thin face, and he nodded in agreement.

Before playing this game of chess with me, Shen Baiwu should have made a decision during the long silence and trance. Shen Baiwu has not played chess for eight years, yet he is willing to make an exception for my antidote.

I couldn't help asking: "Cheng Guangjun, why are you willing to help me?"

Shen Baiwu seemed to be surprised by this question, he said: "When I asked you to come, I didn't expect Ji Yu to agree. But I should be responsible for you to the end for getting you involved in these things. What's more, you have been paying attention to me these days. Take care of me, I see it in my eyes, and I feel deeply."

While talking, he looked at me with a pair of bright eyes. Although Shen Baiwu's complexion was not good, his facial features were excellent, because he was as pale as snow, but he felt clean and inviolable.

Just like the name of his residence—Xueming.

This is really a nice guy, what can I do for him?

"Cheng Guangjun, do you want me to stay and stay by your side?" I asked.

We got along very well during this time, and I could feel Shen Baiwu's vague dependence on me. A few times he opened his mouth and asked me - have you ever thought about it... and then stopped talking, I guess he wanted me to stay.

Shen Baiwu was stunned for a moment, the chess pieces in his hand scattered on the chessboard. He seemed to be frightened by the voice, and he was silent for a moment and lowered his eyes and said, "You don't have to care about these."

"Cheng Guang-jun doesn't want me to stay?"

Shen Baiwu coughed twice, his expression a little embarrassed.

I looked at his reaction and confirmed what I thought in my heart, and said with a smile: "Cheng Guang-jun, if I can be free, I would like to stay by your side and take care of you. But if there is a day when I want to leave, I hope you don't stop me." I."

"Are you really willing?" After a while of silence, Shen Baiwu asked in a low voice.

"Very willing to."

"That's naturally...very good."

Shen Baiwu coughed a few times in embarrassment, saying that he was hungry, so I laughed and left the room to go to the kitchen to get supper.

Walking on the road, the wind gusts at night, and the breath of green grass in early summer blows in. I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

I also wondered why Shen Baiwu wanted me to stay. At that time, he asked himself to abolish the position of the dead son, and asked himself to divorce, even the servants refused to stay for a long time, how determined to be alone.

Perhaps after so many years, Shen Baiwu would also be lonely.

His life is short, and he still wants to catch something. For example, a friend at odds, for example, this cold me.