33. The Long Night

"Say it!"

Now that they have spoken, Zhao Yi naturally can't continue to pretend to be "unresponsive......

What kind of excuse like "I'm resting and cultivating, I can't pay attention to you", if he still wants to use it to prevaricate at this moment, it would be his stupidity!

"Master, you can teach me martial arts! It's the kind of martial arts that needs the assistance of internal strength! I don't want to learn the kind of fist embroidered legs that only have moves, but no internal strength!"

"You want to learn martial arts?!"

Zhao Yi pursed his lips a little reluctantly, and then deliberately made a mistake, "I remember, when we traded, we only taught you medicine and poison......

The implication is that if Gao Ran wants to learn, then he has to come up with other chips that can be exchanged!

"Hmph, dead old man, I can't see that you're quite greedy......"

Gao Ran secretly scolded him in his heart with some disdain.

However, on the face, she still pretended to be well-behaved and obedient, and continued to stick to Zhao Yi's side softly, using her extremely weak and soft voice (if she is not mistaken, such a voice should be the most resistant to a man - even though Zhao Yi is an old man, but he is also a man after all), deliberately elongated and coquettishly said, "Oh, master-master--don't do this! Actually, my learning martial arts is not only good for me, but also good for you!"

"Me?!What good can I do?!"

"Of course it's beneficial! Master, I didn't say you! You've lived for such a long time, so you have to think about it in a longer direction......

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Yi had obviously heard Gao Ran's deliberate guidance, and knew that she must have something to say.

Instinctively told him that although Gao Ran's current behavior was indeed coquettish with him, what she was going to say next was definitely not as perfunctory and unobtrusive as she seemed on the surface......

What she is going to say next must still have some truth!

It wasn't just a matter of trying to make him happy - who made them essentially the same kind of people?!

Although he looks big and unserious on weekdays, everyone knows in their hearts that no one is a fool!

It's just that everyone just wants to live a rare and confused life--a qiē, just to make themselves happier!

Thinking like this, Zhao Yi's expression became much stricter, and even the eyes that looked at Gao Ran began to become serious.

"Hehe, Master, think about it, how long can you stay by my side?! It can't be a lifetime, right?! No matter how much ability you have...... However, with my intelligence and understanding, I am confident that in ten years at most, I will be able to learn at least eighty percent of your skills! By then, you probably won't be able to take me with you like you are now, right?!"

"Hmm...... That's just as well!"

Zhao Yi listened to what Gao Ran said, thought about it carefully, and felt that he ...... If that time had come, he would probably have done that!

So, by then, you won't be around me all the time. But if that's the case, then here's the problem! Master, I'm a person who doesn't have any martial arts at all! If you refuse to teach me martial arts...... Then what will I do when you leave?!Who will protect me?!Is it just to rely on the poison techniques you taught me to defend myself?!The rivers and lakes are sinister, Master...... Do you really hope that one day, I will be invincible to strong opponents because I don't know martial arts, and I don't even have the ability to escape! That's why I was finally captured...... Master, do you really wish I would have such a day?! If such a humiliating thing really happened, and someone else spread it...... Then where are you going to put your 'medical saint's face?!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ran saw that Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly brightened a lot!

It seems that he agrees with her idea!

She knew that as long as it involved his face, he would not care!

So, she hurriedly continued to say, "Master, if the time comes, everyone in the whole world will know that the only disciple who has been personally accepted by this 'medical saint' in the world is actually a 'sick seedling' who can only make poison but can't even do the slightest effort...... Perhaps, some people will laugh at you for not having the vision to fall in love with such a promising apprentice as me, and maybe, some people will laugh at your inability to teach a decent apprentice......

"Okay! Don't talk about it! I'll teach! I'll just teach! For the sake of the old man's face, I have to teach too! And you, if you dare not fight in the future, see how I clean you up!"

To be honest, Zhao Yi, who has always been playful, when he accepted Gao Ran's apprentice, in addition to liking it, he thought she was very interesting, but he really didn't think about it so much......

Now, being reminded by Gao Ran, he realized that the appearance of the apprentice he accepted would affect the evaluation of him by others......

It is a trivial matter to teach her martial arts in vain, but she did not get any benefits;

If she insults his title of "Medical Saint" because of her incompetence, it will be a big deal!

Such a humiliating thing, if it really happens, where will his old face go?!

After being moved by Gao Ran's words, Zhao Yi immediately took action.

He thought, fortunately, Gao Ran is only five years old now, although his physique is a little weaker, but it happens to be the most suitable age to learn kung fu!

Now that you've decided to teach her kung fu, it's natural to hurry!

I saw him take out two rolls of silk from his luggage and throw them to Gao Ran.

"These two volumes, one is the notes I wrote on some techniques for diagnosing the disease, and the other is the inner strength of the mind that teaches you to cultivate internal strength. If you are too weak to learn martial arts, you have to start by cultivating internal strength. When your physique is stronger, I'll teach you the external moves. You can study it for yourself now! In a month's time, I will come back to test the results of your practice! Don't disgrace me!"

After speaking, Zhao Yi stopped paying attention to Gao Ran, and walked alone to sit cross-legged under a big tree on the other side opposite Gao Ran, and continued to meditate quietly.

Seeing that the goal has been achieved, Gao Ran will not bother Zhao Yi so uninterestingly.

She just excitedly held the two rolls of silk in her hand, got up, returned to the fire again, and sat down next to Gao Xi.

But she didn't have the energy to pay attention to anyone else—even the tall man next to her.

At this moment, Gao Ran was only thinking about it, and she couldn't wait to read through the two volumes in one breath!

And, Gao Xi, who had never made a sound on the side, saw that Gao Ran threw himself into the silk completely with all his mind, and he was already transparent at all......

His mood began to get a little complicated......

While thinking back to the look when Gao Ran was coquettish just now, he felt itchy in his heart just by looking at it, and on the other hand, he carefully looked at her at the moment, so attentive and extremely excited, and what was written on her face was full of happiness and satisfaction, as well as the happiness of what she had gained......

At this time, she has long lost the delicate and well-behaved aura of being coquettish just now, but her whole body exudes a quiet aura of "idlers do not disturb" - anyone who sees it will know that she is now concentrating on studying what she is extremely interested in.

If you dare to disturb her like this, then this person, if he is not a fool, is definitely deliberate!

"Actually, that's pretty good. Just quietly accompanied her and looked at her...... Even if you don't do anything, it's fine......"

For some reason, the more Gao Xi looked at Gao Ran, the warmer his heart became......

It was so warm that even he had an illusion - could it be that he was too close to this fire, not only his body was warmed, but even his heart was also warmed? !

I just don't understand why I feel so weird?!

But he didn't hate it, on the contrary...... I like it!

"Like?!"

When Gao Xi realized that he had lived for 16 years, he used the word "like" for the first time to describe his feelings, which was by no means an ordinary thing for him!

Only then did he realize that he could be a normal person, or he could be like an ordinary person, and he could also have feelings like "like......

It's just that this feeling has been "sleeping" before Gao Ran appeared!

Otherwise, how could he have lived like a cold-blooded and cold-hearted senseless animal for sixteen years - just that, he is the most suitable killer like this......

However, after Gao Ran appeared, he began to have a feeling similar to "warmth" in his heart.

Touched, moved, liked...... These feelings that he had never had before were finally awakened in the "deep sleep" after Gao Ran appeared, and began to sprout and grow quietly in his heart......

Such a special feeling, such a feeling that he could become "ordinary" in the first place, made him cherish it immensely!

And, Gao Ran, who gave him such a special feeling, was even more special and irreplaceable for him!

He began to believe, and even, wished that he could absolutely believe that his encounter with Gao Ran was destined!

Thinking about it, Gao Xi silently removed his gaze, which had never left Gao Ran's gaze since just now, and instead lowered his eyes, staring at the fire that had been burning quietly in front of him with some sadness.

From time to time, add some branches to it, so as not to make the fire smaller, and I am afraid that Gao Ran will get cold......

Although Gao Ran personally introduced Qiao'er before, he was her friend.

But Gao Xi knew in his heart that he was her subordinate, and she was his master.

Even if he could not completely obey her, he did not dare to disobey Qiu Yueze's orders......

Between him and her, there was a Qiu Yueze, his real master, and the benefactor who had saved him from a pack of hungry wolves!

Gao Xi doesn't know what kind of future he and Gao Ran will have?

He didn't dare to think about it......

He only wished that he could be with her silently as he was now—the longer, the better!

He only hoped that the time to separate from her would not come too soon—he knew that unless Qiu Yueze allowed it, he would eventually have to return to his true master......

Thinking of this, Gao Xi looked up with some sadness at the starry sky above his head, which had always been silent and shining alone......

"I really hope that there will never be dawn...... Just let me stay with her quietly like this!"

When he thought about it like this, there was only a strong reluctance left in Gao Xi's heart, which could not be explained or exhausted......