Lin Zhennan's ability to observe words and emotions is something that has been honed in his decades-long dart career. Don't look at him and Qiao Heng are now considered father and son, but he is clearly aware that Qiao Heng has never had a heart-to-heart with him.

The other side did not even hide this at all.

Like before, whenever he came back with everyone from darts, when he asked Ping'er what had happened at home during his absence, Ping'er never hid it from him, not only would he complain to him about some unpleasantness he had encountered before, but occasionally proudly show off to him the prey he had hunted alone.

He watched Ping'er grow up little by little, and the sorrows and joys that the other party had experienced, he, as a father, had never really been missing.

But this time, Ping'er closed her heart.

The other party no longer shares his joys, sorrows and sorrows with him, which is not quite right, or should I say that Ping'er no longer takes the initiative to open her heart to communicate with anyone.

Anyone.

Even if Ping'er looks directly into the eyes of others when talking to people, and looks honest, it is difficult for others to really enter his eyes.

I think that once upon a time, whenever the horsewhip sounded in the air on the long street outside the dart bureau, plus a clear whistle, Lin Zhennan knew that this was Ping'er's partner who came to ask him out to play. When Ping'er heard this voice that seemed to be a code, she often didn't even eat the meal that had just been set, begged him for mercy, and then went to get together with her friends in a hurry.

But look at the present, who is beside him? Liu Qin, who had to be taken care of by the emperor's order, and Jin Ji, who was like a righteous brother who was accepted in order to relieve loneliness.

He had no friends.

He turned himself into a cold, hard and fragile mirror, and whenever he appropriately reacted to the words and deeds of others, he was just a perfect reflection of what others expected from their hearts.

In the face of such Qiao Heng, Lin Zhennan sometimes couldn't hold back his sighs when he was alone with him.

Then he saw Qiao Heng looking at him with some puzzlement.

Of course, Qiao Heng didn't understand why Lin Zhennan sighed for no reason, he asked, "What's wrong?"

「...... It's nothing, you keep reading. Lin Zhennan wiped his sword as he wrapped the hilt with a new strip of cloth.

Qiao Heng didn't really take it seriously, based on his experience, it should be that he didn't know what to do unintentionally, but the other party didn't know how to explain it to him.

"Is there something wrong with my behavior? If so, just tell me. 」

The tone of his speech is just right, if he is tough, he will appear to be angry, and if he is weak, he will look cowardly. He found a balance between the two, slightly distressed, with a bit of dazedness and sincerity wrapped in humble advice.

"There's no such thing, you're thinking too much. 」

Lin Zhennan is too familiar with what Ping'er was like before, so the more Ping'er behaves like this, the more he knows that everything is different from before.

But Lin Zhennan couldn't speak to teach, as early as that day, Ping'er asked him "What about my mother", and he was speechless, he already had a premonition of the next situation.

He didn't know if Ping'er was secretly blaming him, a father, for not protecting his mother, but one thing was for sure, his image in Ping'er's eyes had completely collapsed in the old days, how powerful and omnipotent he was in Ping'er's mind before, and how weak and powerless he was now.

Facts have proved that he, the father, is not so strong in martial arts and has great magical powers, and the evil sword spectrum that Ping'er has always been proud of is even more than Erer.

Not to mention that Ping'er doesn't know how to treat him, how can he, a father, not know what attitude to treat Ping'er?

Lin Zhennan groped for how to repair the relationship between the two.

He saw that Qiao Heng liked to be alone, he read books in his spare time, and when he was tired, he sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, but many times, even if he was resting, his eyebrows were always slightly wrinkled.

Lin Zhennan couldn't figure out whether he had a heart attack again, or if he had troubles lingering in his heart that he couldn't solve.

He didn't know how to help Qiao Heng, and he hadn't even figured out what deal he had with the imperial court from Ping'er's mouth until now.

The court and the people in the rivers and lakes are on the same page, although he is standing in the court as the champion today, but his background is destined to be just seeking skin with the tiger. Once the identity is made public, there will inevitably be ups and downs. Who can guarantee that if this time is hit by the waves again, they will be able to get up from the bloody water again?

The only thing he could do was to come to the bookstore again after Qiao Heng finished reading the book in his hand and asked the shopkeeper, "Are there any new books that have been published recently? 」

Every time Qiao Heng received the book that Lin Zhennan brought him, he accepted it as usual. It's just that sometimes......

Turning the page, he couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Qiao Heng looked at the description in the book that evolved from beautiful and beautiful to fragrant, and then lowered his head and laughed, with a little helplessness between his eyebrows.

"Don't you open a book when you buy it and see what's inside?"

Lin Zhennan finally realized that something was wrong, he took out the book from Qiao Heng's hand and glanced at it, the explicit and bold language between the lines came into his eyes, and he tried to defend himself: "...... This is recommended by the shopkeeper in the bookstore. 」

He even began to wonder if the books recommended to him by the shopkeeper the previous times were reliable.

However, Lin Zhennan's mood was not bad at this time, he looked at the smile on Qiao Heng's face that had not completely receded, there was no moderate courtesy in it, only natural true feelings, relaxed and comfortable.

Just like when they were still in Fuzhou.

Lin Zhennan's good mood was maintained until the next day.

He stood with his arms crossed and watched Jin Ji practice martial arts, only to see that the young man made a silver sword like a white dragon.

After Jin Ji finished practicing, he put away his sword and stood in front of Lin Zhennan, and when he looked at him with an expectant look, Lin Zhennan praised him with ease.

When he was in the dart game, as the head of the dart, he was always indispensable to teach those young people who had just joined the Fuwei dart game to practice martial arts. How to appease and motivate these hairy boys, he has long been able to practice makes perfect.

The only thing that puzzled him was that he could see that Jin Watch's swordsmanship did not match his internal strength very well. Although the sword moves are exquisite, they are much inferior to the progress of internal strength.

And when he asked, Watchman Kim explained a little depressedly, "Brother asked me to focus on internal strength. 」

Lin Zhennan could almost imagine what Qiao Heng, who said such a thing, was thinking at that time

In the hands of the Qingcheng faction, the Fuwei Dart Bureau was wiped out like a chicken and a dog, if even the famous swordsmanship of warding off evil spirits on the rivers and lakes was nothing more than that, how could there be any need to practice other swordsmanship? It is better to focus on internal strength!

He didn't persuade anything, but just told Jin Ji to continue practicing.

Liu Qin glanced at Lin Zhennan.

He came from a real family of rivers and lakes, and his vision is definitely much higher than that of ordinary martial artists, and he is also aware of this matter. It's just that his courage and youthful spirit have long since turned into powder along with the Liu family, and he would rather be a silent person than make a mess of people by pointing it out without authorization.

He believed that Qiao Xiu had his arrangement.

When the sun was setting, Lin Zhennan came to convey internal force to Qiao Heng as usual, and the internal force slowly stopped after swimming in Qiao Heng's meridians for three hours in a row.

Although it is a palliative method that does not cure the root cause, to be honest, this can at least ensure that Qiao Heng has a good night's sleep, and even the whole day the next day. He has been in this world for a long time, and it is only since Lin Zhennan came to him that he has rarely had a few nights of high-quality sleep.

Lin Zhennan tried to talk to Qiao Heng, but he didn't know how to speak, so he used Jin Ji as a wedge and said, "I heard Jin Ji that kid say that you let him focus on practicing internal strength, so that he can't see anything in the short term, but in the long run, he will always suffer when he walks the rivers and lakes in the future, so you should let him put more effort into his sword moves." 」

Qiao Heng wondered if Jin Zang was looking for Lin Zhennan to be a lobbyist, he was very calm, and then expressed his attitude bluntly

"But I don't want to. 」

Lin Zhennan was stunned for a moment.

This is really capricious and indifferent enough.

"It's not a question of whether you want to or not......

Qiao Heng didn't mean to argue with him, nor did he show his impatience, but he also didn't explain his words.

"Okay, okay, you don't want to. 」

In fact, just now, after Lin Zhennan said those words, he was ready for Qiao Heng to tell him not to meddle in his affairs, young people are always reluctant to dictate to their elders in their own affairs.

Maybe the two will have an argument, from swordsmanship to evil sword spectrum to Fuwei dart game.

Lin Zhennan is not afraid of quarrels, as long as Ping'er can open his heart and let people know what his true thoughts and plans are in the bottom of his heart, and what is the dispute between words and tongues?

But what Lin Zhennan was waiting for was obviously not what he wanted.

"Whatever you want, you know it in your heart. Lin Zhennan said.

Otherwise, what else could he do? In front of his own son, did he have a second choice but to let it go?

Of course, he found out that Qiao Heng was hiding something, and his intuition told him that he should ask clearly and investigate it carefully, but he still let go of this topic for the time being.

It's just that when it comes to Watchman, I have to think of another young man in the mansion.

Qiao Heng casually asked a few words about Liu Qin's recent performance, Liu Qin's temperament is not as extroverted as Jin Ji, except for the time when he had a nightmare late that night and was bumped into by him and then broke down, Qiao Heng has never seen him emotionally exposed, which is even more troublesome.

Lin Zhennan praised a few words truthfully, and then reminded: "You have too much to do with the imperial court, you have to remember to leave a way back for yourself. 」

No......

Qiao Heng's heart was undisturbed.

Because he was very clear about it all along

If there is really fate in this world, then his back road has been cut off and taken away by this invisible hand from the beginning. He has no way back at all.

How can he "keep" something like this that he didn't own in the first place and didn't exist at all?

His so-called back road, only by relying on himself to fight and grab, can he hold this line of vitality in his hands.

On this point, he has no doubts.

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