Chapter4

"You Master Zheng shouldn't try to use deceptive methods to gain the recognition and respect of others, and you are questioning him in private, and you are not in front of everyone, in fact, you are taking into account the honor of the Quansheng Daoist Hall and your Master Zheng. It's just that by chance the reporters heard it, it's not what you want. ”

Qu Xiangnan said slowly.

"You're a good boy, you didn't do anything wrong."

Hearing Master's words, the boulder that was weighing heavily on Baicao's heart fell down with a "plop", and she suddenly felt very relaxed. Although she had told herself over and over again that she had done nothing wrong, it was not her who was at fault, but every night she could not sleep soundly, and she always wondered over and over again if she had done something wrong.

"Can I come back?"

The corners of her lips lifted excitedly, and she forcibly suppressed the excitement in her heart, and her eyes sparkled. Since she is not wrong, then she can return to the Quansheng Gym.

"Herb ......"

Qu Xiangnan's eyebrows locked deeply, avoiding her eyes. He heard about this in his hometown in the countryside, and he also tried to call the angry Senior Brother Zheng several times.

"Is it that Uncle Zheng doesn't forgive me......"

Looking at the master's gloomy face, Baicao's heart gradually sank again. In fact, she still got into trouble, so she felt uneasy every night. She knew how the masters and uncles had always treated the master, but she still caused such an incident, and the master would be very embarrassed.

"I am willing to apologize to Uncle Zheng! I'm willing to accept any punishment! As long as Master Zheng can forgive me and allow me to return to the Quansheng Gym, no matter what you want me to do, I will ......" Seeing that the master didn't speak for a long time, she was a little panicked. Even the moment she was kicked out of the Quansheng Gym, she had never been so flustered, because she felt that it was temporary, as long as the master came back, she could go back, she had always thought so!

"It's the master who has caused you to be tired," Qu Xiangnan let out a long sigh and said bitterly, "You are a gifted child, if it weren't for the master, you would have been able to participate in all kinds of actual battles a long time ago, and you would have already made a name for yourself in the taekwondo world." Because of Master, you are also looked down upon by others, and you have been humiliated and unfair. Sometimes I think that if I hadn't taught you taekwondo, your future would have been much brighter. ”

"Master!"

Baicao shouted in horror.

"Master is useless, knowing that you have been wronged, there is no way to help you uphold justice." Qu Xiangnan's heart was also extremely painful, but he himself was also under the fence in the Quansheng Daoist Hall. If he left the Jeonsheng Gym, no other gym would accept him, who was considered a disgrace to the taekwondo world, and Guangya, his daughter, if he left, she would no longer be able to stay in the Jeonsheng Gym. He owes his daughter too much, how can he bear to break her stable life again.

"I understand, Master, I'm sorry, but I was the one who caused the trouble...... I...... I'll figure it out on my own, Master doesn't have to worry about me. Her heart was frightened, painful and panicked, and the tears in her eyes blurred her vision, but she didn't dare to let herself cry, and bit her lip desperately.

She has been practicing hard since she was a child, just to want to one day be able to raise her eyebrows for her master and let the world know that her master Qu Xiangnan is a great person, and she is by no means a scum and a shame. Now, she has not been able to make Master proudly stand in front of the world again, but she has made Master embarrassed like this.

"Baicao, you continue to live in the Songbai Dao Pavilion first, and when Senior Brother Zheng's anger subsides, I'll see if there is a way for you to come back."

Qu Xiangnan patted the back of her hand, but his hand was so cold that it made her suddenly feel a touch of sadness.

"Yes, Master."

In the sadness and hesitation, her heart was empty. In the past, even if she was despised and hated by other disciples in the Quansheng Daoist Hall, she didn't care, because she had a master. Master taught her not to be pressured in the unexpected world, and that it was enough to keep her inner principles and beliefs, but now......

In the twilight of dusk.

Baicao walked out of the master's room in silence, and a figure stood in front of her.

"Do you regret it now?"

Standing in the light and shadow of the sunset, Guangya glared at her and said with a sneer:

"I've heard you all talking. Haha, you finally know how ridiculous you are! Everyone despises him and hates him, but you worship him like a fool and consider him a teacher! The year before last, Master Zheng planned to accept you as an apprentice, but you rejected Master Zheng in public, making Master Zheng embarrassed! ”

"Qi Baicao, have you always felt that you are very great, loyally following a master who is despised by everyone, even if because of this master, you are isolated and excluded by all the people in the gym, you have no chance to fight, and you have no chance to compete on behalf of the gym! But you think you're great, don't you?! ”

"And now? What's the matter, are you disappointed, when you are in trouble, he only cares about preserving himself, and even you, his most beloved disciple, can give up without blinking! So, he's an out-and-out scum, and you're the biggest fool and idiot in the world! You finally recognize him, you will trust him to follow him, hahahaha, do you also think you are stupid! ”

Guangya's laughter echoed in the glow of the courtyard, and Baicao looked at her silently, until she couldn't laugh anymore, and then said slowly:

"He's your father."

"He's not! He is a shameful man! Guangya's face turned white, and she said sharply, "I don't recognize him, he did something despicable, and killed his mother, he is not my father!" ”

"Guangya, don't you really know how much Master loves you?" Baicao took a breath and said gloomily, "But you never pay attention to the master, you don't talk to the master, and you stare at the master with contempt like the other disciples in the hall, do you know how uncomfortable the master is?" Although Master never talked to me about the past, I don't think Master will be what they say it is. I am a disciple of Master, I can trust Master, you are Master's daughter, why can't you trust Him? ”

"Haha, you trust him, and the result of your trust in him is that you do what he usually teaches you, and you are kicked out, but he can't say a word to you!" Guangya said disdainfully, "If he can conflict with Uncle Zheng for you, even if he is kicked out because of this, I will start to respect him a little!" ”

After speaking, Guangya looked coldly at Qu Xiangnan's door and snorted.

******

When Baicao returned to the Songbai Gym, it was already dark. She didn't go back to her room first, but just picked up her broom and silently began to sweep the road, which was what she was supposed to do in the evening. The disciples of the Songbai Daoist Hall who walked past her looked at her one by one with strange eyes, and then someone ran towards her excitedly and shouted:

"Baicao, why did you come back!"

It's Xiaoying.

Looking at Xiaoying's red and excited face, Baicao's heart felt sour, if Xiaoying hadn't taken her in, where would she be at this moment? But how long can she continue to stay in the Songbai Dao Pavilion, and how can the Songbai Dao Pavilion allow her to stay forever.

"Oops, something big happened while you weren't there! The Kim Min-joo you defeated yesterday actually came with all the disciples of the Changhai Daoist Pavilion to seek revenge, as if he was going to kick the gym! Later, they couldn't wait for you to come back, they seemed to be in a hurry to get on the plane and return home, so they had to leave in a huff, and you can't imagine how depressed their faces were when they left! Xiaoying said like a cannonball, and in her excitement, she didn't notice that Baicao, who continued to sweep the floor, was a little more silent than usual.

"I'm so excited! Changhai Daoguan finally didn't dare to underestimate us anymore, hahahaha! Who told them not to send the big disciples to communicate at the beginning, it's big, hahahaha! It's a pity that you weren't there just now, otherwise it would be better to beat them up again! ”

Xiao Ying thought about it, uh, in fact, Baicao may not be able to beat the dark-skinned young man next to Jin Minzhu, who seems to be very powerful.

"But it's okay if you're not here, the image of the mysterious master has been created, they will definitely miss you, and they will say that a little girl sweeping the floor in the Songbai Daoist Pavilion is unfathomable, and the Songbai Daoist is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, hahahahaha!"

"Ah, Senior Brother Ruobai."

Suddenly seeing Ruobai's figure coming over, Xiaoying immediately closed her mouth, stood up straight, and then respectfully bent down to salute him, shouting:

"Senior Brother Ruobai is good!"

Baicao held a broom in his hand and bowed his head to Ruobai silently.

Ruobai's gaze fell on Baicao.

He looked at her slowly, as if it was the first time he had seen her, and the scrutiny in his gaze made Baicao raise his head and meet his eyes. Those eyes are as bright as the moon, and they are as distant and distant as the moonlight.

She was slightly stunned.

Ruobai looked away from her, looked at the broom in her hand, and said, "You don't have to do this in the future." ”

“……？”

"I apologize to you on behalf of Xiuqin, she shouldn't have pretended Master's order to let you do all the cleaning work, I haven't even noticed it, please forgive me." Ruobai's voice was as pale as moonlight.

"What, is it Senior Sister Xiuqin who pretended to be Master's order to let Baicao work?!" Xiao Ying was stunned, and immediately became angry, "Senior Sister Xiuqin, why is this happening!" Baicao is fine, and it didn't hinder her, and she also said good things for Xiuda, how can Senior Sister Xiuqin ......"

"It's that I like to do this, it's not anyone else's business."

From the beginning, she knew that Xiuqin deliberately wanted to embarrass her, but only when she worked hard would she feel a little at ease, otherwise she would feel like a cheeky person, living in the Songbai Dao Pavilion for nothing.

"Please let me keep doing it."

She held her breath and looked at Ruobai.

Ruobai stared at her for a few seconds, looked at the pleading in her eyes, and said lightly, "Whatever you want." ”

Wakashi's back disappeared into the twilight at the end of the path.

Xiaoying continued the previous topic, wrapped around Baicao, who was sweeping the floor, and kept talking: "It seems that Jin Minzhu cares about you very much, she won't dare to look down on people so much in the future!" And oh, everyone is starting to accept that they like you, have you noticed the way people look at you...... Hey, why aren't you excited? By the way, where did you go after school today, it seems that you are very silent at this time, is there something unhappy? ”

Is she unhappy?

The night was deep, a few stars twinkled among the thick foliage, and Baicao sat on the tree with her knees crossed, the leaves gently swaying and rustling in her ears. She looked up at the starlight in the night sky, and the stars that had calmed her every time before were now only a cool feeling in her chest.

Master is her only relative.

Dad was originally a doctor in a small clinic near the Quansheng Gym, but after her parents passed away one after another, Master adopted her, and it was Master who gave her food and shelter and taught her taekwondo. Before she met Master, she never knew what Taekwondo was. But whenever she practiced taekwondo, there was always excitement in Master's eyes, and when she attacked with neat kicks, Master stared at her, as if he saw the hope of a lifetime.

So she practiced more and more focused.

If becoming a taekwondo master can make Master happy, then no matter how difficult it is, she will continue to practice until the day she succeeds.

Master also always taught her to remember shame, patience and perseverance at all times. No matter what you do, you must not violate the principle of being a human being. At first, she didn't understand why Master had to repeat these warnings to her over and over again, until she heard about Master in the sneering tone of others.

She didn't believe the rumors.

It was impossible for the kind and sad Master to do such a thing, and although every time she cautiously tried to ask Master, Master always sighed silently and did not answer her, she still firmly believed that Master was not what was rumored. Since then, she has redoubled her requirements to be honest and innocent, and she must not smear the slightest black for her master.

But the result of what she did was-

Kicked out of the Quansheng Gym.

On a large tree with dense foliage.

Baicao buried her head deep in her knees, and the leaves rustled like her confused heart.

She always thought.

As long as Master returns, he can end his life of being kicked out of the Quansheng Gym.

Although in the Quansheng Gym, except for the master, the other masters and disciples had always treated her coldly, as if she was invisible. But no matter how cold it is, the Quansheng Gym is always her only home, not to mention that she still has a master.

Can't go back?

She could hear the helplessness in Master's words, and she understood that Master must have tried his best and tried his best for her, but he still couldn't go back?

So, after all, she did something wrong. If she pretended not to see the fake plank at all, if she didn't say a word, she would happily welcome Master back in the Quansheng Dojo Hall right now, help Master pack up her things, and let Master see the progress of her recent practice.

Stars twinkle among the leaves.

I don't know how long it took, she slowly lifted her head buried in her knees, took a light breath, and pressed her hand on the thick branch under her and was about to jump down, but suddenly froze.

Under the tree sat a young man.

The boy seemed to have been sitting there for a long, long time, and the starlight shone on him through the leaves, as if a light was circulating and blooming from his body.

Baicao stays in the trees.

I don't know if I should jump or not.

The leaves rustle softly.

The night was silent.

He sat quietly alone, as if asleep, as if the whole world were his. She didn't dare to disturb him, and her breathing involuntarily slowed down.

"Leaving?"

The young man seemed to notice her movements, raised his head slightly, looked up and smiled at her who was sitting in the trunk of the tree a little overwhelmed, and in the starlight of the night, there seemed to be a gentle flow like water under his eyes.

Baicao looked at him in a daze.

My mind went blank.

He stood up, held out his right hand to her in the tree, and asked, "Do you want to come down?" ”

She jumped down from the tree, her right hand falling on his right hand that was reaching out to her, warm, warm, and she blushed suddenly, and hurriedly withdrew her hand.

"You...... Why ...... here" didn't know what to say, but she didn't speak, and the silence made her heart beat chaotically.

"I'm coming to see you."

Hatsuhara said quietly, with a natural tenderness in his voice.

"Huh?"

She looked at him in bewilderment.

"You've been in the tree for a long time, and it looks like something sad is going on."

From the window of the hut she could see the tree, and she sat alone on it with her knees folded, as if forgotten by the whole world, and her body was as sad as the starlight. Looking at her from afar, this sadness suddenly made it impossible for him to continue reading calmly.

"Is there anything upset about? Would you like to talk to me? ”

Only then did Baicao realize that she had unknowingly walked to Hatsuhara's hut, and the big tree she climbed was facing his window. The words that Xiuqin had said flashed in her ears, Brother Hatsuhara likes to be quiet, and no one can disturb her.

"I'm sorry to bother you."

She said apologetically.

"Do you have to keep such a distance from people?" Hatsuhara stared at the short-haired girl with fawn-like eyes in front of her.

Her eyes widened slightly, not knowing what he meant.

"Laugh when you're happy, talk to your friends when you're sad, and don't sit alone." He touched her short hair, like he was her brother, "I saw the actual battle you had with that little Korean girl yesterday, her legs are very neat, and her words are also very good." That kind of energetic appearance is suitable for you. ”

"I ......"

The sudden compliment made Baicao's face flush, her eyes shining brightly, and then she hung her head uneasily, stared at her toes, and said:

“…… In fact, I did something wrong yesterday, I should have endured, and I shouldn't have deliberately kicked her out, at that time I had a sense of revenge and deliberately wanted to humiliate her......"

"Silly girl." He laughed nicely and gently rubbed her hair again, "How old are you?" ”

"Fourteen."

"Yes, you are only fourteen years old, which is the hot-blooded age of love and impulsiveness, and you are not a monk who has attained the Tao."

“……”

She looked at him dumbfoundedly.

"Do what you love, do what you feel is right, and that's it." In the night, Hatsuhara's eyes smiled like stars.

"However, it seems that I have done something wrong," she bit her lip gloomily, "everyone says that I have done wrong, and although Master says that I have done the right thing, there is nothing he can do to help me...... I'm sad in my heart......"

"Do you think you're doing something wrong?" He could tell that she was talking about something else, maybe it was that thing that made the girl's eyes always have a touch of melancholy.

"I don't know...... But I regret it, if I had known that this was the result, maybe ...... Maybe I won't do it......"

"So you think you're doing something wrong?"

"No, I didn't do anything wrong!" Her chest heaved slightly, "I just regret it...... No, I don't really regret it either...... I didn't know it was going to be like this...... "It's so incoherent that he can't understand what she's saying, in fact, she's in a mess herself, she just feels so sad that she is about to explode!

"Look, you did what you thought was right until now, didn't you?"

“…… Be. ”

"There are a lot of consequences that you can't control yourself," he said, staring at her, "and all you can do is do what you think is right." As for the rest of the matter, since it's not up to you to control, don't think about it anymore. ”

"But ......"

"There is no predicament in the world that you can never get out of, as long as you can keep going." Hatsuhara smiled at her and said, "Trust your own judgment." ”

The wind was gentle that night.

The leaves rustled above him and hers.

Baicao slept soundly all night.

Since she was kicked out of the Quansheng Gym, she had never slept so soundly, and the starlight-shrouded figure of the young man in her dream seemed to have been leaning under the tree, accompanying her.