CHAPTER XXII

treat

Shen Qing has a good memory, and he clearly remembers that Ling Xiao said it himself at the beginning - in their place, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all compulsory courses!

Ling Xiao didn't refuse, and asked her with a "hmm" with her chin, "What do you want me to participate in?" ”

"Calligraphy, painting......" Shen Qing counted them one by one with his fingers, "Musical instruments, huh...... Or is it still distinctive? ”

Ling Xiao looked at her, supported her chin with one hand and turned the pen with the other hand, let out a long "oh", smiled and raised her eyebrows and asked her, "Then I've got it all, okay?" ”

"Really?" The little girl's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and she nodded her head sharply, "Okay, good!" ”

Ling Xiao finally couldn't hold back, burst out laughing, and didn't bother to answer for a while, but some people really couldn't stand it-

"Calligraphy and painting are individual competitions, and there is no limit to the number of people in each class, and the more people who participate, the better. As for the rest, they are all competitions on behalf of the class, and they still have to be discussed by the whole class first. ”

Xu Chenyuan pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and interjected with a straight face.

"I know, it's just talking, and Ling Xiao can't be so busy alone." Shen Qing was blocked by him, and he was not happy, glared at him dissatisfied, and muttered in a low voice, "Aren't you just a little bit higher than my score in the musical instrument competition last year?" Singing, dancing, or whatever, if you have the ability to play a musical instrument, my family Lingxiao will definitely blow you up in minutes! ”

The expressionless young man glanced at Ling Xiao, stretched out his hand and rubbed the corners of his eyes, as if he was trying his best to endure something.

Ling Xiao was a little amused: "So confident in me? ”

The little girl jerked her head.

"As far as my memory goes—" Ling Xiao turned his pen, his voice lengthening slightly, "I don't seem to have played any instrument in front of you?" ”

How did the little girl's confidence in her come from?

It seemed that he didn't expect Ling Xiao to reveal such information, and the class leader was stunned, and his face suddenly became even darker.

Shen Qing puffed up his chest and his face was full of righteousness: "It's you who said it yourself-you are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!" ”

"And you're going to believe it?" Ling Xiao asked her with a smile, her expression remained unchanged, but her eyes suddenly became deeper.

"Believe!" The little girl nodded as a matter of course, "You ...... Well, not so modest, but never big talking. Ling Xiao is powerful at everything! ”

Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed out loud - not the kind of subtle chuckle, but a laugh that almost disregarded the image and had no scruples.

Almost everyone in the classroom subconsciously looked at her—she laughed so vividly, but she didn't seem to be rude at all, but it made everyone who listened feel happy.

The girl in the black dress was slender and beautiful—but her eyebrows were sparse and sparse.

"Thank you." Ling Xiao smiled enough, and with a rare straight look, he reached out and touched the top of the little girl's head - it was undoubtedly a joy to be unconditionally trusted.

Shen Qing didn't seem to understand why Ling Xiao thanked him for a while, but seeing her as if she was very happy, he couldn't help but bend his eyebrows and laugh.

……

As Ye Lin's assistant, Shi Jun found that today's top boss was a little abnormal, and he didn't know what he was thinking about and frequently wandering - in fact, in the past six months, he has been thinking like this more than once, and he also frequently looked at his mobile phone, and he didn't know whether he wanted to call or what call he was waiting for.

After all, it was the crown prince, and he didn't delay his work, Shi Jun hesitated again and again and didn't say much, but when he sent the report in the afternoon, he unexpectedly saw Ye Lin looking at his mobile phone and showing a smile - the smile was slightly surprised, and it seemed to be a little surprised.

Anyway, it's like a slightly depressed mood seems to have gotten better all of a sudden.

Ye Lin was indeed a little absent-minded today - Ling Xiao went to school.

This was Ling Xiao's first day of school, and Ye Lin was a little worried—even though he knew that Ling Xiao didn't need his worries at all, he still couldn't help but wander and think, "Is she used to it at school?" "How do you get along with your classmates?" "Can you keep up with the class?" "Do you think it's too restrictive in school?" And so on and so forth.

- It's like a menopausal woman who worries about her daughter.

Ye Ershao said that he was in a bad mood, especially - he was so worried about her, but it was until noon, not to mention the phone, she didn't even come to a text message.

But fortunately, Ling Xiao was still not so unconscionable - a text message finally came in the afternoon, saying that he was staying very well at school, and that he was invited to dinner tonight, which was regarded as thanking him for his help.

Ye Ershao suddenly felt that his mood was light, he looked at the text message again, hesitated for a moment, deleted all the "care" he had just typed, and reverted three words reservedly:

"Got it."

At half past five in the afternoon, Ye Lin stepped on time to get off work.

The road is always congested during rush hour commuting. Ye Lin was a little irritated and stopped in the convoy that had not moved for a long time, frowned, and finally found his mobile phone and sent a text message to Ling Xiao, telling her that she might have to wait a while to arrive, and if she was hungry, she would eat first.

Ling Xiao quickly replied to the text message-

"There's no hurry. Waiting for you to eat. ”

Ye Lin's frowning brows because of irritability and impatience suddenly stretched, and he couldn't help but hook his lips.

However, when Ye Ershao hurriedly arrived at the better hotel and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the small private room, the originally eager stride under his feet suddenly stopped-in the private room, Ling Xiao was not the only one, Shen Qing and Song Yu were actually there, and they were sitting next to Ling Xiao left and right at this time.

The three girls were meeting head to head together, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but they all turned a blind eye to Ye Lin who had just entered the door - it was not right to say that they were ignoring, these three people might not have noticed him coming in at all.

"Ahem!" Ye Ershao coughed vigorously twice to increase his sense of storage.

Fortunately, the "cough*" was still very effective - all three girls looked up at the same time.

"You're here?" Ling Xiao nodded at him, stretched out his hand and pointed to the seat opposite her, "Sit down." Stuck in traffic? ”

"Rush hour is inevitable." Ye Lin replied, seeing that the places around Ling Xiao had been occupied, he could only sit opposite her in resignation, looking at the three affectionate girls, and asked casually, "Why are you so happy?" ”

"Brother Ye Lin, Ling Xiao painted me a picture today!" After all, Shen Qing was familiar with Ye Lin, and at this time, he called someone, and took out the small peach blossom that Ling Xiao had painted for her at school during the day, as if offering a treasure, with a face full of pride.

Over there, Song Yu also nodded at Ye Lin and laughed softly: "Ling Xiao is treated differently, I'm jealous, and he painted one for me just now." ”

Ling Xiao shook his head with a little crying and laughter, glanced at the piece of paper in Song Yu's hand, which was obviously torn from the notebook casually, and explained with a smile: "This is Du Heng." ”

Ye Lin sat in place, glanced at the two paintings as usual, didn't seem to be very interested, quickly looked away, and said lightly: "Have you ordered the dishes?" Order and serve. ”

Ling Xiao answered, called the waiter, and soon served the dishes one after another.

"I'm very smooth at school," halfway through the meal, Ling Xiao suddenly stopped his chopsticks and looked serious in a rare way, "Thank you for your help these days." ”

Shen Qing seemed to be slightly stunned, completely unaware that Ling Xiao's treat tonight was for such a reason, and he shook his head and raised his cup in a hurry; Song Yu was older after all, and although he was a little surprised, he quickly reacted, smiled softly and shook his head; Ye Lin, who was particularly silent this night and didn't seem to be in a good mood, raised his eyes and looked over, he looked at her quietly for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand.

The two girls can't drink, Ye Lin can't drink when he drives the car - the three of them drink juice, and Ling Xiao ordered a bottle of wine and drank it unhurriedly.

Ye Lin suddenly stretched out his hand to take the wine bottle, poured half a glass of wine into the glass where he had already drunk the juice, and then clinked glasses with her, raised his head and drank it.

……

Ye Lin couldn't drive after drinking, so the group found a substitute driver - just enough to fill a car. sent Shen Qing and Song Yu home in turn, and it was not too early for Ye Lin and Ling Xiao to finally arrive home. Ye Lin entered the door, sat on the sofa a little tiredly, and reached out to loosen the collar and tie of his shirt.

Ling Xiao mixed him a glass of warm honey hydrolysis.

Ye Lin stretched out his hand to take it but didn't drink it immediately, but raised his head and stared at her carefully for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "You painted them all." ”

"It's just that I just have time to do graffiti," Ling Xiao smiled, his tone was rare and gentle, "Drink honey water, take a shower and rest early." ”

Ye Lin opened his mouth as if he had something to say, but after a while, he finally closed his mouth without saying a word, lowered his head and quickly drank the honey water, and stood up with a "hmm" and walked to his room.

He entered the room, turned around and was about to close the door, but unexpectedly bumped into Ling Xiao's sight.

The man paused and looked at her in silence.

Ling Xiao suddenly bent his eyebrows—the conceit and madness in her body seemed to suddenly disappear in this instant, replaced by a gentleness that he had barely seen in her.

"Ye Lin." She called out to him softly.

Ye Lin answered, but did not speak.

"Thank you." She paused, then whispered, "I'm sorry. ”

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Ye Lin to answer, she had already turned around and returned to her room without hesitation.

Ye Lin stood in silence for a while and closed the door.

Early the next morning, the sleepy Ye Lin opened the door - Ling Xiao went out to practice before dawn every day, and he was still the only one this morning. It's just that after he opened the door completely, he was suddenly stunned-

On the door of his room, there was a piece of paper - it was a painting.

The painting is a landscape - it is the landscape of the south of the Yangtze River in the smoke and rain, with small bridges and flowing water, flourishing plants and trees, and drizzle.

is different from the two "graffiti" that she gave to Shen Qing and Song Yu yesterday, this one obviously has too much care, less of the casual and uninhibited nature of her two paintings yesterday, and a little more rare gentleness; Even the payment and seal are readily available.

Ye Lin carefully removed the rice paper and walked into the living room—the breakfast on the table was still steaming with fog.

CHAPTER XXIII

Eight hundred meters

The second period on Tuesday afternoon is physical education, but it is not an elective for the whole grade, and it is still a class-based class.

It had just arrived at noon, and when he returned to the classroom after lunch, Shen Qing's whole body was wilted, lying on the desk with his head drooping, and there was a breath of "no love in life" all over his body.

Ling Xiao reached out and patted her on the shoulder.

The little girl Shen Qing wailed, turned around and threw herself into Ling Xiao's arms at once—half a year was enough time for her and Ling Xiao to become familiar to the point of having no scruples.

She was originally a lively and simple character, although she was inevitably a little willful because she was pampered since she was a child, but she was always a sensible and measured girl. Every time she looked at her, it reminded her of the junior sisters in the valley in the past, and even herself when she was a child - although Wanhua Valley is not isolated from the world, it has always been like a paradise, with beautiful scenery, kindness and friendship among classmates...... The children, who were not allowed to leave the valley because of their young age, were always loved and carefree by everyone, until they developed a self-willed and conceited body.

Later, it was to set foot in the turbulent and unpredictable rivers and lakes under the mountains outside the valley - the young children finally grew up in the rivers and lakes until they grew old; Later, there were years of wars and wars, and soldiers were in trouble-the generals still died in a hundred battles, and how many ordinary children could return safely?

Maybe it's something that he can't get, so he pins his hopes on the people around him - Ling Xiao always seems to have an extraordinary gentleness and patience for Shen Qing. At this time, seeing her throw herself into her arms without any scruples, Ling Xiao was not angry, touched the top of her head and asked her good-naturedly:

"What's wrong?"

Ling Xiao's arms were warm, and there seemed to be a good smell of flowers. The little girl hugged her waist and rubbed it, buried her head and said in a muffled voice, "The second period in the afternoon is physical education class." ”

Ling Xiao didn't ask, just said a soft "um".

Her "indifference" obviously made Shen Qing even more depressed, raised his head and glanced at her with some grievances, puffing out his cheeks, and his voice was sorrowful: "Last week, the teacher said that I would measure 800 meters today." She said that while the weather is just right now, it is neither hot nor cold......"

She paused slightly, and then added in frustration: "I haven't passed the 800 meters since junior high school...... Every time I just run half a lap, I get too tired. When I finally finished running, it was like I lost half my life, and I couldn't pass! ”

"I'm not much better, and at most I've just passed each time." Qin Xiaolan in the front row turned around and interjected with concern.

Today's 800 meters is nearly two miles of road1. Ling Xiao mentally converted the length of this distance, estimated how much time it would take him to finish if he didn't use light work, and then thought about it and asked, "How much time does it take to pass?" ”

"Within four minutes, right? I don't know, no matter how much it is, I can't pass it. Shen Qing had obviously given up on himself.

Ling Xiao smiled and shook her head, and didn't ask any more questions, just touched the little girl's head to smooth her hair.

……

The first class in the afternoon starts at half past one and lasts forty-five minutes. When the bell rang at two o'clock and the teacher left the classroom, Shen Qing lay on the table and didn't want to move again.

"It's time to go to the playground." Ling Xiao bent down and called her.

The little girl covered her ears and pretended not to hear anything.

Ling Xiao wasn't angry, thought about it, leaned down again, lowered his head closer, and laughed softly: "If you don't get up again, I'll carry you down?" ”

She had obviously covered her ears and listened to other people's voices much more dimly, but Ling Xiao didn't seem to be affected at all, and her voice was so clear that it sounded close to her ears, making it impossible for her to pretend she didn't hear it. And she leaned over and said softly with a smile, "I'm going to carry you down?" The sound is so good...... It looks like even the ears are going to be pregnant!

Shen Qing finally couldn't deceive himself anymore, and raised his head with a red face, and saw Ling Xiao looking at him with a smile.

"Go...... Just go. Shen Qing puffed out his cheeks and muttered quietly, in the end, he still compromised.

"Don't be afraid," Ling Xiao patted her on the shoulder, "I promise you will pass." ”

Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, and a pair of eyes suddenly lit up so that he could almost emit light, looking up at her with his face up: "Really? ”

Ling Xiao smiled silently.

She didn't speak, but Shen Qing seemed to have a sense of trust in her for no reason. She just said it so casually, and there was no follow-up, but the little girl inexplicably believed it at once, as if she suddenly came to her spirit, and suddenly jumped up to her and grabbed her arm: "Then let's go to class!" ”

Ling Xiao shook her head a little funny, and let her be cute and not refuse.

Physical education classes are separate for boys and girls. The girl here is also a female teacher, who looks about thirty years old; Probably because of her work, her skin is slightly darker than that of ordinary women, and she has a well-proportioned and professional-looking body.

After a lap of jogging to warm up, the teacher took the girls to stretch and warm up for the next 800 meters, so as to avoid straining their muscles due to the sudden strenuous exercise.

Shen Qing was in the row in front of Ling Xiao, and while pressing the lunge, she frequently turned her head to look at Ling Xiao - she still hadn't said what could she do to pass!

It's just that Ling Xiao didn't seem to explain to her, just warmed up seriously by herself. Shen Qing pursed his lips, but in the end, he still chose to believe in his little friend and didn't ask any more.

Five minutes later, the girls of Class 5 stood on the starting line of 800 meters.

The teacher held the stopwatch in one hand and raised it in the other: "Everyone is ready-"

Everyone leaned forward slightly, preoccupied.

"Run!" The raised hand fell instantly.

Nearly twenty figures just ran on the runway at the same time.

For a whole class of girls, the running speed is naturally fast and slow. However, in a middle-distance run like this, endurance is also very important, and it is not usually necessary to start with all your strength. Therefore, although Shen Qing and Qin Xiaolan were not surprisingly still in the last few, they were not too far away from the girl who ran first.

Ling Xiao ran unhurriedly in the middle.

At the beginning, there was still not much difference, but after half a lap, the "vanguard" had gradually opened up a significant distance from the last man. Ling Xiao's ears were excellent, and he could clearly hear not far behind him, Shen Qing's footsteps and breathing had begun to become heavy, rapid, and disordered. Ling Xiao thought about it for a while, and suddenly turned around.

Then she held out her hand.

Shen Qing could barely speak at this time, and could only barely raise his head to look at her, and his delicate little face was already flushed.

Ling Xiao sighed, took a few steps back, and then grabbed her hand.

"It didn't work, before...... Someone else took me on the run, but it still didn't work. Don't ......" Shen Qing took a few big breaths, and finally could barely say a word. As soon as I opened my mouth, I felt that my throat was already a little sweet. She paused, took a few more breaths, and was about to tell Ling Xiao to leave herself alone and not to waste her efforts, but suddenly stopped-

I don't know if it's an illusion, as if there was an inexplicable warm breath coming from the palm of Ling Xiao's hand, and then little by little it spread all over her body-she was already sweating profusely, but this heat not only made her feel hotter, but even brought an unusually ironing coolness when it flowed to the limbs, as if the whole person was relaxed, making her so comfortable that she couldn't help but sigh.

It was as if I had gained strength all of a sudden, and even my steps became lighter.

Shen Qing's eyes widened and he looked at Ling Xiao in some surprise.

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his index finger to his lips with his other hand and made a silent gesture.

- Wanhua martial arts, there are two mental methods. One of them is the flower tour, which is strong and sharp, and the points are intercepted and the pulse is cut, and the life and death are judged; The second is the way of deviating from the scriptures, on the righteousness and peace, urging the machine, and then there is no one who can come out of the right, with the medical skills of Wanhua and the nine needles of Taisu, that is, there is the effect of life and death of human flesh and white bones.

Ling Xiao has always been a good student, but he doesn't want to cheat lightly. It's just that seeing Shen Qing's wilting appearance is really pitiful, in the end, she still softened her heart, and gave her some internal force that deviated from the scriptures, helping her to stimulate her vitality, stimulate her potential, and warm her meridians.

Although Shen Qing is simple, he is extremely smart. As soon as she saw Ling Xiao's silent action, she immediately knew that she must have used some special method, and immediately pursed her lips and shook her head violently, indicating that she didn't know anything.

Ling Xiao smiled, took Shen Qing to speed up his pace, and soon caught up with Qin Xiaolan, who was not far ahead.

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment - she and Shen Qing had known each other for a long time and were familiar with her person, so they dared to lose her internal strength without any scruples. But Qin Xiaolan only met yesterday after all......

Ling Xiao sometimes feels that "young children and old people" is probably really a portrayal of himself. Just like now, she didn't hesitate for long before she made a decision-she ran forward, stretched out her hand to pull Qin Xiaolan, who was already running red-faced and heavy-footed, but just smiled at her and encouraged: "Come on!" It's almost there, I'll run with you! ”

But he didn't lose any internal strength to her.

Ling Xiao didn't know whether she was alert or hard-hearted in doing so, but she didn't linger on this issue for too long - she didn't dare to say whether the decision she made was right or wrong, at least she had never regretted it so far.

Rao is Shen Qing has the help of Ling Xiao's internal strength, but after all, he has always lacked exercise, and when he finished running 800 meters, when he heard the teacher report the score of "three points and fifty", he still suddenly relaxed his nerves, stumbled a soft step and almost fell. Even she is still like this, not to mention Qin Xiaolan, who was almost dragged by Ling Xiao throughout the whole process - just after the key point, she almost sat down and couldn't take half a step.

Ling Xiao quickly grabbed both of them one by one.

"Don't rest right away, take two more steps." A girl came over with concern and said, "It's not good for your health to stop immediately." ”

Qin Xiaolan answered, wiped the sweat from her face, and reluctantly tried to take a step.

"I really can't walk......" Shen Qing relied on his intimacy with Ling Xiao, lying on her shoulder and coquettishly.

"Then don't go." Ling Xiao sighed a little helplessly, reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes, "Stand up." ”

Shen Qing was stunned, raised his head in some confusion, but subconsciously stood up obediently - the next moment, he saw that Ling Xiao's words had not fallen, but he suddenly raised the index finger and middle finger of his right hand. Before she even had time to see Ling Xiao's movements, her chest already had the touch of her fingertips.

CHAPTER XXIV

refuse

The place touched by her fingertips seemed to suddenly burst into a hot stream, spreading and spreading along the meridians...... Shen Qing's eyes widened and she looked at Ling Xiao's hand in a daze—in fact, she didn't see anything clearly at all, and stood in a daze for a long time before she opened her mouth and let out an unconscious "Huh? ”

The whole body, especially the chest, seemed to be relaxed all of a sudden, and the breath was no longer panting, and the heartbeat was not so fast, and it even seemed to be ...... It's not so hot.

"It's okay, go rest. You are too spoiled, exercise more in spring and summer, and recuperate well in autumn and winter. This time, Ling Xiao finally resisted her coquettishness and cuteness, and pushed the little girl away with a firm will, and then looked at Qin Xiaolan, who was slowly "moving" on the side, and grabbed her.

What happened to Shen Qing just now was repeated again.

This time, the "onlookers" finally saw it clearly - Ling Xiao clicked a few times, and almost instantly, his back hurt, his face was no longer red, his breath was not panting, and he could climb ten floors in one breath......

"Ling Xiao," someone finally couldn't hold back and asked her tentatively, "What is this?" ”

"I've been practicing Chinese medicine since elementary school, and I've just pressed a few related acupoints to soothe my muscles." Ling Xiao replied casually without much concern - in fact, it is important to find the right acupoint, but if it were not for the internal force of the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley and the technique of cutting off the pulse of the acupoint, it would never be possible to achieve such immediate results. It's just that Ling Xiao knows that Chinese medicine is declining in this era, and it is impossible for any of these classmates to understand this, so he flickered without scruples. The reason why I didn't lose the internal force when I ran just now was because it was too obvious and abnormal, but now I can hide the internal force under the massage acupoint and no longer attract attention. Although she doesn't show such a glaring thing as internal force, she is not deliberately clumsy.

High-profile pride when you are incapable is called arrogance; And the pride of power is called conceit.

Sure enough, the students who didn't know anything about Chinese medicine didn't have the slightest doubt about it, but they all sighed in surprise that Chinese medicine was so magical, and they were already curiously poking their heads over and asking with great interest:

"Ling Xiao, I heard that eating black sesame seeds is good for hair, is it true?"

"Ling Xiao, can drinking rose tea really make you beautiful?"

"Ling Xiao, I, I ...... every month Ahem, it hurts so much that it's useless to drink brown sugar water, what should I do? ”

"Sky ......"

The "magic" of the new classmates is in front of them, and the girls are very curious.

Ling Xiao shook his head a little crying and laughing, but he was not angry, and answered the questions of his classmates one by one in an orderly manner, and he was very patient.

Until the teacher on the side shouted: "Come and register your results after resting!" Only then did the crowd stop talking and shift their positions to the teacher.

Ling Xiao didn't squeeze forward, and waited patiently for a long time on the side, until all the students had already registered their results and dispersed, and then he leaned over to report his results a little unhurriedly:

"Ling Xiao, three points and fifty."

"You're new this week, aren't you?" The teacher paused and did not write down the grades, but raised his head to look at her. Seeing that Ling Xiao nodded a little carelessly, he frowned slightly, "I saw it when you ran eight hundred just now, and you haven't done your best to pull the two of you, right?" ”

As she spoke, she carefully examined the girl in front of her, who even looked a little weak—her face was fair, and there was no redness after strenuous exercise; The forehead is refreshing, and there is no sweat at all; Even the hair was not messed up at all, and the waist-length hair was so lazily draped behind the shoulders that it was not tied up at all.

Ling Xiao shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer.

That's the default.

The teacher paused, and couldn't help but ask again: "Not only did you not do your best, but it was also very easy, right?" ”

Ling Xiao sighed: "Teacher, you have something to say. ”

"I don't mean anything else," the teacher really really "has something to say", at this time he glanced at her and simply put away the scorebook, "You also know that our school not only has good grades in cultural classes, but also ranks among the best in the country in sports." You run at full strength, what is your best time in the 800 meters? Interested in joining your school's track and field team? ”

- She has been teaching this class for more than a year, and she knows how well the students are doing in sports. Pulling the two students who usually count down to run for three points and fifty, and running so easily, even the hairstyle is not messed up...... I don't know how amazing the results should be if I really want to run without scruples.

Ling Xiao was stunned for a while, and was rarely silent for a while, and suddenly spoke: "Actually...... I really don't know. ”

The tone is very serious and sincere - all her understanding of No. 1 Middle School comes from Ye Lin, but she really doesn't know that No. 1 Middle School is also proud of its achievements in sports.

The teacher seemed to be choked by her serious and sincere appearance, and for a while he almost couldn't lift it up in one breath, and his chest was very blocked.

Ling Xiao didn't seem to notice this, he really thought about it when he touched his chin, but finally shook his head.

"Don't think about it anymore?" The teacher breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded him step by step, "It won't take up too much time, after all, it's still about learning." ”

Ling Xiao didn't hesitate, he still shook his head firmly, as if he wanted to explain something, he paused slightly after glancing at the other party, and suddenly said, "I'll be honest, don't be angry." ”

Although Ling Xiao is conceited, he has always respected the teacher. Compared with the modern teacher-student relationship, Ling Xiao, who was born in the Tang Dynasty and is also a famous and decent family, has more natural and heartfelt respect for the teachers, and he is not as unscrupulous as usual when he speaks.

"Don't be angry." The teacher immediately patted his chest and assured.

Ling Xiao let out a "hmm" and said bluntly without any twist: "I don't want to participate, because it's not challenging for me at all - I dare say I can easily outperform all the other team members, but such an effortless victory doesn't mean anything to me." ”

Even if she doesn't use internal strength, she is too much better than her peers. She wants a challenge, a problem, a pressure, not a victory that is confirmed before it even starts.

- That doesn't make any sense.

It's like a thousand flowers and seven attempts, she has also lost and failed over the years, but it doesn't matter - next year, the year after tomorrow, the year after tomorrow...... After seven trials, she finally passed all of them, becoming one of the youngest disciples in the history of Wanhua Valley to pass the seven tests.

When she said this, her arms were folded in front of her chest, and she looked a little lazy, but her phoenix eyes were amazingly bright. In the afternoon, the sun had begun to gradually move westward, and the sun had pulled a shadow on her side, which was not too long, but it seemed to be inexplicably tall.

The physical education teacher looked at her and was stunned, but finally did not persuade again.

……

Ling Xiao is a day student and does not participate in evening self-study. She went home after school at five o'clock in the afternoon - No. 1 Middle School was a little far from Ye Lin's apartment, and when she got home, Ye Lin was already sitting at the dinner table waiting for her.

Does he seem to be in a good mood today? Ling Xiao looked at the food on the table, which was obviously much richer than usual, and raised his eyes to look at Ye Lin with some surprise—but unexpectedly, the man's heroic eyebrows were slightly knotted, as if he was having some difficult trouble, and he was not happy.

Ling Xiao didn't ask, washed his hands and sat down at the table to eat with him.

Halfway through the meal, Ling Xiao seemed to be aware of it and raised his head slightly to look at Ye Lin opposite.

Ye Lin didn't know when he had stopped his chopsticks and looked at her without saying a word with the bowl.

looked at each other, and finally Ye Lin opened his mouth first: "You don't ask me?" ”

"We're not...... Have you never asked about private matters? Ling Xiao seemed to be a little surprised—of course she could see that he was in trouble, but she didn't ask questions or interfere, and it had always been a tacit agreement between them.

Ye Lin was stunned, as if he felt irrefutable, and after being silent for a while, he smiled faintly: "My father called over today - he knows that I have taken in a girl, and he wants to see you." What do you say? ”

Ling Xiao swallowed a piece of green vegetables, and his chopsticks paused slightly.

After a while, she slowly said "oh": "You can see it if you say it, and if you don't see it, you won't see it." ”

Ye Lin didn't expect her to answer like this, and was immediately stunned. Even though she knew that she just didn't care and didn't pay attention to it at all, her tone was still much lighter because she was involuntarily brisk because of her "obedience":

"Are you free after school tomorrow? Actually, it's nothing, they may not get along very well, but you don't take it personally. ”

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows noncommittally.

Ye Lin's mood didn't know why he seemed to be a little nervous, but he felt that it was a rare lightness. After taking a comfortable shower and changing into pajamas, I unexpectedly heard a knock on the door.

opened the door, and sure enough, standing at the door was Ling Xiao, who had also finished washing.

"What's the matter?" There seemed to be a smile on the man's face.

"Hmm." Ling Xiao answered and stretched out his hand.

Ye Lin lowered his head and saw that a bank card and a pill were stuffed into his hand.

The man seemed to be aware of it, and a handsome face suddenly sank: "What is this?" ”

"There is 10,000 yuan in this card, and the password is my birthday. There is still a lot less than the money I owe you, and I will pay you back in the future. I was going to talk about it before the New Year, but now it seems that it has caused far more trouble to your life than I expected. I will do my best to find a house and move out. Ling Xiao looked at him and explained lightly with a calm expression, "This is the antidote - after eating this one, you will no longer have to be coerced by me." ”

"Antidote?" Ye Lin stared at her fixedly for a long time, then picked up the small pill with his free hand, lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly sneered and threw it casually - the small pill drew a parabola and fell into the trash can accurately.

"Actually, there's no poison at all, am I right?" He met the little girl's slightly furrowed brows and asked in a cold voice.