CHAPTER XXVIII

heartbeat

In recent years, the smog has become more and more severe, and the lights are always bright at night, and the more developed the city, the more rare it is to see the stars at night. But at this moment-

Even if the sky is full of stars, it doesn't seem to be as bright as the phoenix eyes in front of you.

Ye Lin was almost stunned, and subconsciously reached out and touched his chest. My heartbeat seemed to skip a beat in one moment, and the next moment it seemed like something suddenly hit my chest hard.

The heart is like a drum.

Ling Xiao didn't seem to notice his abnormality, and finished eating the barbecue in his hand by himself, and then changed the string, as if he finally realized that Ye Lin hadn't spoken for a long time. Thinking that he was still sullen about being misunderstood and scolded by his father, Ling Xiao let out a "hmm" and turned his head to look at him-

"Your father said yesterday that he wanted to see me, and today I will kick me out as soon as I arrive, presumably someone said something to him during this day."

-- But no matter who said it, my dearest father didn't believe in his character, and it always made people feel very wronged.

She was still eating when she spoke, and her words sounded a little slurred, but she didn't look rude at all, but with a different kind of casualness and heroism.

Ye Lin finally turned around suddenly. He almost subconsciously turned his head away from his gaze, and it took several seconds to finally completely find his logic, digest the meaning of Ling Xiao's words, and nodded slightly:

"I know who it is."

Ling Xiao didn't seem to be surprised at all, just glanced at him with some sympathy, stretched out his hand and handed him a skewer of barbecue, and thoughtfully did not speak.

Ye Lin took the skewers she handed over, opened another jar of wine and took a sip, and suddenly asked her, "If you were me, what would you do?" ”

Ling Xiao sighed, and said casually without any sincerity: "Beat him? ”

Ye Lin seemed to have expected her to have such a "rude" answer, sighed a little crying, and said in a low voice: "My eldest brother and I are half-siblings. ”

"I can see it," Ling Xiao nodded, his expression was not the slightest surprise, but rather a clear expression, "You look much more pleasing than him." ”

"......" Ye Lin was choked by her words, and wanted to refute something, but he didn't know why there was still some secret joy in his heart. The words rolled in his throat and finally swallowed, he simply ignored Ling Xiao's words, just pretended that he hadn't heard anything, and continued to say to himself:

"My eldest brother's mother, my father's former wife, heard that she died shortly after giving birth to my eldest brother. When my mother married my father, my eldest brother was seven years old. ”

"She was just from an ordinary family and met my father by chance. Maybe my father had been widowed for a long time at that time, and he really wanted to marry again, and he was afraid that his stepmother's strong personality would not be good for his eldest brother, so he married my mother, who had a gentle personality and was also beautiful. ”

"My father has a very strong personality and has always been a man of the same coin, my mother...... After all, she is just the daughter of an ordinary family, and I am afraid that he will anger me, so I have never dared to choke with him for more than 20 years. ”

"Actually, my mother is really good-tempered and gentle, and she has always done her best to her eldest brother, sometimes even better than me," he said here, his tone seemed to suddenly be a little more angry and aggrieved, but it seemed to be a little emotional, "But maybe...... No matter how good it is, it's not a biological mother after all, and when she married in, her eldest brother was no longer a child who didn't understand anything, and she always felt that it was our mother and son who stole his things, and he had been fighting with me everywhere since he was a child. My father treated us equally, but he was very strict with our brothers since we were young. When I was a child, sometimes I couldn't get the first place in the exam, and I didn't dare to sign for him when I came back......"

"Actually, I'm really curious." Ling Xiao listened as usual, didn't eat again, leaned on the railing beside him with a small wine jar, and looked at him with blazing eyes.

She seems to be so unscrupulous forever, and she doesn't know what it is. Ye Lin was a little cramped by her, and looked away slightly, and then heard the little girl sigh with some sighs:

"It's not easy for you to be crooked in this environment for more than 20 years, and even now you can be so soft-hearted and good-tempered."

-- My father is rigid and strict, my brother is for tat, and my mother is gentle but sometimes partial...... If it was changed, she would definitely not be able to bear it anyway.

That's kind of ...... Complimenting him? But I don't know why I think it's weird...... Ye Lin coughed lightly in a low voice, and lowered his head to eat without saying a word. At this time, Ling Xiao leaned over again:

"You really don't have to move out?"

She drank the wine, and her voice was slightly drunk, softer than usual. Leaning too close, the voice was like an intimate whisper, scratching the heart and bringing out a burst of itching.

Ye Lin subconsciously wanted to get out of the way and widen the distance between the two, but in the end, he didn't know why he didn't move away at all, he just stiffened his body and leaned over from her, listening to her slightly joking voice ringing in his ears.

Ye Lin took a deep breath, only then did he feel that his movements seemed to be no longer so stiff, and he turned his head to look at Ling Xiao, with a slight surprise in his eyes: "When did you become such a mother-in-law?" Is it really the Ling Xiao I know, wasn't he transferred? ”

"Shut up!" Ling Xiao also seemed to feel that her mother-in-law was not as cheerful as usual, and she immediately became a little annoyed.

It was rare to have the upper hand in the sharp-toothed little girl, Ye Lin only felt that his mood seemed to be better all of a sudden, and he finally had a smile on his face and looked at her with his head sideways.

"I don't know what to do." Ling Xiao gave him a blank look without any image, and angrily stuffed him with a skewer of skewers to block his mouth, "Eat yours!" ”

Ye Ershao, who was born in the second generation of the rich, sat on the stone steps of the park, eating the barbecue of the roadside stall and drinking wine, but laughed out loud without any image.

Did Ling Xiao really say that he could only be angry and ashamed? Ye Lin didn't know, but he didn't really believe it in his heart - how eloquent she was and how lethal her mouth cannon was, he had already learned it, and he could always force something to say if it didn't make sense. At this time, I'm afraid it's probably just to comfort yourself and make yourself relax.

The father's misunderstanding and distrust are certainly sad. But in fact...... He's used to it, too. This time, at least there was someone with him—laughing with him, listening to him, comforting him in a roundabout way.

And--since yesterday they spread out all the qiē and made it clear, it seems to be ...... Suddenly, they became much closer.

Ling Xiao leaned to the side and looked up at him, casually tossed the wine jar, and his eyebrows were flying.

……

Ling Xiao and Yan Kuang discussed it, and finally decided to participate in the "Future Cup" Youth National Calligraphy Competition - it's not that Ling Xiao doesn't want to go to a higher level competition, but except for the "Youth Competition", the submission requirements for the rest of the calligraphy competitions are all over 18 years old, and Ling Xiao is only 16 years old now.

In fact, Yan Kuang, who proposed to win a national award, seems to have ignored this point at the time.

Ling Xiao was once again dissatisfied with the age line of adulthood in this era, but she didn't dwell too much on it - since the status quo was like this, it was useless to complain, she could only do the best she could under the existing rules.

The "Future Cup" is the heaviest calligraphy competition in the country under the age of 18. The call for papers is from the beginning of May to the end of October this year, for half a year, and it is only half a month before the deadline; The results were announced in January of the following year.

"It's not good to blame me, I forgot the age limit at that time." When Yan Kuang called, his voice was full of annoyance, "But fortunately, it's not a loss-making deal, although it is a youth award, but the judges are all authorities in the circle." When the results come out, I'll contact you again......"

Ling Xiao just said "You can do it", and then picked a piece of text and sent it according to the address of the solicitation, and then almost ignored it - Yan Kuang's income is linked to her, and she is not afraid that he will not care. As for how it should work, he must know a lot more than she does as a businessman.

There was a martial arts class on Friday. In order to make it easier for students to correct their movements while practicing, martial arts classes are held in the dance room, right next door to the yoga room. Shen Qing took Ling Xiao's arm and went to physical education class with her, and then reluctantly waved goodbye at the door.

Ling Xiao pushed the door into the dance room alone - the large mirrors made the room look extra empty and spacious.

Ling Xiao leaned on the side of the pole, and the old god was playing with his mobile phone on the ground.

She found out very clearly that in this era, science and technology are developed and hot weapons are prevalent, but martial arts have long since withered. Although there are still people who practice martial arts, they only learn some foreign kung fu and have no internal strength. Wanhua martial arts is exquisite, she is talented and has practiced hard since childhood, and the martial arts of this era are not on the same level as her at all. The reason why she chose martial arts was because she was curious, and she wanted to see with her own eyes what martial arts in this era were like and how they were taught; Second, I actually want to be lazy.

In the past six months, she has spent almost all of her time studying, even if she is now in school and on the right track, campus life is also a completely new experience for her, and there are still many things she needs to learn and master one by one. No matter how smart and diligent she is, she is human after all and will always get tired. The nerves were too tense and would break one day, so she simply chose a less important physical education class that she was sure of and didn't need to worry about.

The class bell rang as scheduled, Ling Xiao put it away and watched the teacher push the door in.

The man who entered the door was unexpectedly young, and he looked to be in his early twenties, with good facial features, a tall body, a straight back, and a steady gait, and he looked a little stern and indifferent. Although the muscles are not exaggerated, they are firm and well-proportioned -- in fact, this is what a practitioner should look like, after all, learning martial arts is not bodybuilding, and symmetry and coordination are the standard for good practice.

This man has a good set of bones - Ling Xiao could tell at a glance that his qualifications were extraordinary.

It's just a pity that there is no internal force at all. If she was born in her era and was lucky enough to meet a famous teacher, I am afraid she could also achieve a generation of masters.

"You're a new transfer student? My surname is Nie," the teacher finished the team and asked the other students to review the content of the previous lesson by themselves, but he directly found Ling Xiao first, and looked at her clothes and frowned slightly, "Don't wear jeans next time, wear loose sweatpants, which is convenient for movement and not easy to get injured." ”

Considering that there was a martial arts class today, Ling Xiao specially did not wear a long skirt, but changed into jeans that he didn't often wear, but he didn't expect to be "educated".

However, Ling Xiao is not an unreasonable person, knowing that this is indeed the case for ordinary students, he did not refute at the moment, but only nodded obediently in response.

"The martial arts class is hard, and I have to practice more by myself when I go back. If you don't feel comfortable after today's lesson, you can go to the teaching office to change classes. Originally, the first week of the elective course was an audition, and if you don't like it, you can change it. You're late, so you should be able to change it after going on today. But if you don't change and continue to take this course, my requirements will be stricter, and I won't let go of water just because you're a girl. "This Teacher Nie's personality and appearance seem to be quite different, but he is unexpectedly patient and considerate.

After he finished speaking, seeing that the little girl in front of him who looked soft and weak nodded obediently and agreed, he immediately had no pity for the jade, but continued with a straight look:

"They are a month earlier than you, and the progress is faster than you, so it's better for you to practice more by yourself after class. Watch them practice today, and then you can practice the basic horse steps for a while. ”

As he spoke, he was about to demonstrate, when he saw the beautiful and delicate little girl in front of him suddenly raise her hand and look like she had something to say.

He nodded and motioned for her to speak.

"Actually...... I have a foundation. Zamabu was completely meaningless to Ling Xiao, although she wanted to be lazy, she didn't want to waste her time on such things, so she immediately said seriously, "Teacher, I have studied martial arts." ”

Teacher Nie was slightly stunned for a moment, with some surprise in his expression, and as if he had some surprise that could not be concealed: "How long have you been studying?" In that case, why don't we practice our hands, and I'll see where you've gotten to? ”

- Don't blame him for having itchy hands, in this era, there are too few people who learn martial arts.

Ling Xiao looked up at him, with a rare slight hesitation - she had a pretty good impression of this teacher. Say yes or say no? Is it better to win him or lose to him? Is it better to win him casually, or to pretend to be a little better?

A generation of masters, Ling Xiao Woman, frowned slightly and thought seriously.