Chapter 14: Recognition
At this time, the people who belonged to the "flow" in the Liufeng Building had left, and the rest of the people had also scattered, leaving only Qu Yuehuai, Yuan Qian, Tian Qianli, Chan'er, Zhan Duxiao, Tuoba Yabu and Wei Guangqian in the restaurant.
"Yabu visits my uncle. Tuoba Yabu looked at Wei Guangqian and saluted.
"Good boy, he's grown so big in a flash, and his kung fu is good. Wei Guang said with a smile on Tuobayabu.
"Why did Uncle Zhan come here? Neither Senior Brother Zhan nor I thought of it. ”
"To recover such an object. Wei Guangqian said, took out the crystal bracelet from his arms, and looked at Zhan Duxiao at the same time, "Twilight, take a look, do you still recognize it?"
Wei Guangqian took out the crystal bracelet and presented it in front of everyone, in addition to the joyful expression on Zhan Duxiao's face, Tian Qianli's eyes also flashed a strange emotion.
"This is the love of my father and mother. Zhan Duxiao laughed and said, "Daddy finally got it back." ”
Qu Yuehuai, Yuan Qian, and Chan'er couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Zhan Duxiao's name for Wei Guangqian. Zhan Duxiao immediately held Chan'er's hand, dragged her to Wei Guangqian, and introduced:
"This is my father, who has lived in seclusion for many years, Zhan Qiguan, the former palace master of the Demon Palace. Dad, this is the daughter of King Gong of the Lonely Kingdom and the Lord of Helian County, Princess Chanyuan. ”
"Chan'er has seen Uncle Zhan. Chan'er looked at Zhan Qiguan and saluted with a light smile.
"No need to be polite. Zhan Qiguan stopped Chan'er for a moment, and looked at her with a smile.
"Today, thanks to Uncle Zhan, Brother Tuoba and the three valley masters, Chan Yuan was able to save her life, and Chan Yuan thanked you in advance. Chan'er said as she bowed to a few people to show her gratitude.
The princess was serious. Qu Yuehuai replied on behalf of Yuan Qian and Tian Qianli, "You are Jialu's sister, just like my sister." I promised her that I wouldn't hurt you a bit. ”
"Putting aside the friendship between our two families, since you call me brother, what is there to be polite to me?" Tuoba Yabu said softly to Chan'er.
"What, you only thank them, but not me?" Zhan Duxiao squeezed Chan'er's hand, her eyes full of smiles.
"Twilight ......" Chan'er looked at the affection in Zhan Twilight's eyes, and her heart tightened.
Tian Qianli looked at the warm scene of Zhan Qiguan, Zhan Duxiao father and son, Tuoba Yabu, Chan'er and others recognizing the old in his eyes, and felt an indescribable boredom, so he moved his steps and took two steps towards the door of the room, and was about to step out of the door silently, but was stopped by Zhan Qiguan:
"Resignation, don't you even want to say hello and leave?"
"I'm afraid that Senior Zhan has recognized the wrong person. Tian Qianli's body stiffened, stopped, but did not look back.
"Tian Qianli, Tian character dismantling, ten mouths and thousands of li, is a 'word'. ”
"The juniors don't understand what the seniors are saying. ”
"There are no outsiders here except me, Twilight, Yabu and Chan'er, who are your two brothers. Your appearance may not be very similar to when you were a child, but the martial arts moves are all the shadow of Senior Brother Shui, and when you see this crystal bracelet that was taken away by you in the Demon Palace in the past, the instant bright light in your eyes has already betrayed you. ”
"Dad, do you mean that Tian Qianli is a water resignation?" Zhan Duxiao looked at Tian Qianli's back, and suddenly understood why Tian Qianli was so familiar with the terrain of the Demon Palace, just because he had lived in the Demon Palace for a period of time when he was a child.
"Could it be the grandson of Ba Xue's predecessor and the son of Shui Qi, the general of Yi Guo, Shui Ci?" Tuoba Yabu was also quite surprised, if everything is true, then they are all brothers from the same family.
"Resignation, the matter has come to this, don't you still want to recognize us?" Zhan Qiguan said again.
"Yes, I stole the crystal bracelet when I sneaked out of the Demon Palace, and I used it to exchange it for food. Tian Qianli turned around and indirectly admitted Zhan Qiguan's words, but his eyes were not shocked, and he couldn't see any emotional ups and downs.
Chan'er looked at Tian Qianli, that is, Shui Ci, and recalled what he said when he came to her not long after she first entered Shibuya, and then she understood the deep meaning of his words. It is no wonder that he was able to see through the truth of the "Gentle Township" and offered to keep this secret.
"I'm not pursuing this against you. Zhan Qiguan shook his head and continued, "It's just that you didn't say goodbye back then, and we have been worried." ”
"Now that the seniors see that the juniors are well, they don't have to worry anymore. Although Shui Ci acquiesced in his life experience, he still maintained an estranged title from Zhan Qiguan.
"Ci'er, I just want to take care of you for Senior Brother Shui, you come back to us, we are together like a family, okay?"
"The descendants of the four apprentices of Que Lao actually gathered here......" Shui Ci's gaze swept over Tuoba Yabu, Zhan Duxiao and Chan'er one by one, and finally returned to Zhan Qiguan, paused for a moment, and said with a chuckle, "But the Shui family has been ruined, and Shui Ci has already died, whether you are three relatives or hot, it has nothing to do with my Tian Qianli, and I am not rare at all." ”
That's not true...... Chan'er looked at Shui Ci, as if she had seen through his heart. If you really think like that, you wouldn't have said those things to me in the first place, and you wouldn't have been reluctant......
Shui Ci noticed Chan'er's gaze and looked at her, when he saw the enthusiasm in Chan'er's eyes, Shui Ci felt his heart stinged even more, so his voice was a little colder, and said:
"Today's events, I just don't think they happened, and when I go out of this gate, you are you, and I am still me. ”
Tuoba Yabu and Zhan Duxiao turned to leave when they saw Shui Ci, exchanged a look with each other, and wanted to rush up to stop him, but were stopped by Chan'er.
"Brother Tuoba, Twilight, I'll talk to him. After Chan'er finished speaking, she hurriedly chased Shui Ci and ran to the courtyard.
Shui Ci walked at a very fast pace, Chan'er did not use light work, it was impossible to catch up with him, plus there was still water in the yard that had just rained, Chan'er waded step by step to the corridor connecting the first courtyard, Shui Ci had already walked through the first courtyard, and was about to enter the lobby of the restaurant.
Shui Ci listened to the bell ringing on Chan'er's body all the way, and the contradiction between wanting to see her and not wanting to see her became more and more intense, but suddenly, the bell behind him was out of rhythm and made a short loud noise. Shui Ci subconsciously turned around, only to see Chan'er stumbling on the edge of a puddle in the yard due to the haste under her feet, Shui Ci's pupils suddenly contracted, and when she came back to her senses, she had rushed to Chan'er's side and stretched out her hand.
Chan'er put her hand on Shui Ci's hand, stood up with the strength of his hand, and then gave him a sly smile. Only then did Shui Ci realize that he had fallen for Chan'er, his face changed, and he was about to turn around and leave.
"Brother Water. Chan'er hurriedly spoke.
"Don't call me that. Shui Ci said coldly.
"Thank you. ”
"How many times do you have to thank you?, are these two words so worthless?" Shui Ci glanced at Chan'er and said.
"Not thank you for today. Chan'er shook her head lightly and said, "I want to thank you for not caring on the surface, but your heart has always been warm and has always cared about me." ”
"Is that kind of meaningless friendship so important in your eyes? When I was Tian Qianli, you rejected me thousands of miles away, but when you found out that I was a member of the Shui family, you thought I was like Tuoba Yabu and Zhan Duxiao?"
"It's not pointless. I...... I don't know how much you have suffered before you get used to erecting all the protection on your body, but we are all your family and just want to be good to you. ”
"You really want to be nice to me?"
"Yes. ”
"Then you come with me, and from now on to the ends of the earth, away from everything here. ”
“…… I can't. ”
"You are all liars, you all say that I am important and will accompany me, but you will not agree to meet any of my requests. Back then, I just wanted to go to my father's grave to worship, but Zhan Qiguan said that it was a self-defeating net, and he wouldn't let me go; Zhan Duxiao and I both liked to eat hard peaches, and Zhan Qiguan saw it and asked Zhan Duxiao to let me be my younger brother; even now, you just want to be with Zhan Duxiao and even Tuoba Yabu, and you don't want to choose me...... You say that I am family, but you don't treat me as family at all, you just blindly be polite and blindly want to stabilize me. I'll always be a marginal person!"
Chan'er looked at the forbearance in Shui Ci's eyes, and felt a pain in her heart: Brother Shui's self-esteem is too strong, so he will be so vulnerable, if I could have discovered his life experience earlier and treated him better, maybe we wouldn't be what we are today.
"Nothing to say?" Shui Ci looked at the silent Chan'er and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I told Qu Hanyan that I would not leave, and that I would go back to Renshibuya, and I didn't lie to him. Chan'er said softly.
"You really ...... Do you want to marry a big brother?" Shui Ci frowned unconsciously and said, "You won't be happy." ”
"I know you don't care as much as you seem, if you want me to be happy, just recognize me as a sister, and don't resist our friendship, okay?"
Shui Ci hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.
Chan'er smiled on her face, but there was a little sadness in her heart, she knew that even though her original intention was to warm Shui Ci's heart, she was just relying on Shui Ci's feelings for her to tie him up, and owed a relationship that could not be repaid......
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On the south mountain of Liancheng, after Ruo Hui's burial, Qu Hanyan, Chu Xue and Nanying stood in front of Ruo Hui's tomb for a long time, while Zhang Yu and Hua Wangqiu stood a little farther away with the wine jar in their hands, quietly waiting for Qu Han's death.
"In fact, the rule of 'flow' is that all those who defect will die and have no life. If it weren't for Ruoyi's example first, which made Miss a little unbearable, I would have been a dead person at this moment. Chu Xue stared at the tombstone, as if she was saying to herself, and as if she was saying to Nanying and Qu Hanyan, "It was Ruo Yi who used her life to exchange my chance to be free." ”
Hearing this, Nanying raised his right hand and put his arm around Chu Xue's shoulder, patting her on the shoulder to soothe her emotions.
"Ruoyi likes all kinds of flowers, but my favorite is the bauhinia flowers on this mountain, I'll pick some. Chu Xue looked at Nanying and said.
"Be careful, I'm waiting for you here. Nanying nodded and said.
"Hmm. ”
Feeling that the first snow was far away, Qu Hanyan's eyes were still on the tombstone, but he said to Nanying:
"Why don't you go with her, stay here alone, aren't you afraid that I will attack you?"
"Do you know exactly who I am?" Nanying looked at Qu Hanyan fearlessly.
"Yuan Jiutian has only one apprentice, and there is only one younger brother who makes Emperor Luo hate him. Qu Hanyan paused, and then said, "Ming people don't say secret words, you know who I am anyway, don't you?"
"After you are the princess of the previous dynasty, the throne of the Night Kingdom should belong to your Qu family, and it is natural for you to hate that person. But I'm not interested in any of that, it doesn't matter if you're going to kill him or chop him up, maybe I'll be happier than you. ”
"But after all, you are the son of Emperor Tao, and the father and son jointly took away everything from my Qu family, maybe I also have an indelible hatred for you. ”
"Killing me won't do you any good, it will only make him snicker on the sidelines, you shouldn't let this kind of good thing happen in front of him, right?"
"You are much more courageous than he is. Qu Hanyan smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.
"Don't compare him to me. Nanying's smile faded a few points in an instant.
"Okay, let's get down to business and talk about the possibility of cooperation?"
"How to cooperate?"
"I will join forces with you to send him back to the West, I will get back what I want, and you will no longer have to live a life of fear and fear of being hunted down. ”
"You're going to break into the palace and assassinate him? ”
"I know, there is Jiang Yanpei, there are a number of internal guards, and even your three uncles have also served under Emperor Tao, and they have returned to the Night Country after a while, and they have become enemies and friends with Emperor Luo. Unless I fight with the belief that I will lose both, I may not even be able to touch a single hair of him, which is why I have not chosen this path to take revenge all these years. ”
"So what do you want to do?"
"I've been deploying for so long, it's not in vain, the time is getting more and more ripe, and I only owe the east wind. ”
"When are you going to do it, and what can I do?"
"When the time is right, I'll send someone to inform you that it's definitely something you can do and always want to do. Qu Hanyan smiled secretly.
"Hmm. Nanying pressed the doubt in her heart and agreed.
Qu Hanyan retracted his gaze and looked at Ruoyi's tombstone again, his eyes softened for a while, and he said silently in his heart: Ruoyi, it won't be too long, I will definitely make them all pay, this is the closest to my goal, as long as I am ruthless, as long as I am ruthless to her...... Qu Hanyan repeated it over and over again in his heart as if he was hypnotizing himself, and his eyes became more and more unfathomable.