Chapter Ninety-Eight: You Must Choose Before You Arrive

Senior Brother told me that Grandmaster Wu would leave the next day. As a result, on www.biquge.info the second day, I waited in my room until almost noon without waiting for a letter from my brother.

He didn't pay attention to me all morning, I had no water or food, and I sat in my room looking at it, relying on a copy of the "Opening Notes" in my hand to divert my attention.

Later, I finished reading a thin book, and the elder brother came over.

He brought water over and said, "Little third son, I'm really sorry. There are only two people around Master, me and my brother, and as soon as the guests come, we don't have time to spare. You're your own family, so don't worry about that. ”

I walked into the room with the water, and he said in the back: "That Grandmaster Wu has already left, you can go and see Master after you pack up." ”

I turned my head and said, "Senior brother, I'm not too early. ”

He said, "Anyway, it's going to be lunch, so let's have lunch together then." ”

I didn't speak, just stared at him.

The senior brother said helplessly: "Then I'll send a plate of dim sum to the master, okay?" ”

"Hmm." I answered, and took a step, but suddenly I remembered something, so I stopped and asked him, "Have you told my father about my coming?" ”

"Yes," said the elder brother, "I said it this morning." Then he said, "Then I'll go first." With that, he left the room.

After I packed up, I went to Master's first.

There are two large and stocky water tanks in the courtyard, in which lotus flowers are planted, and in one of the water tanks, a white lotus flower spreads its petals and is spitting fragrance.

I was going up the stairs when I suddenly heard a cough coming from inside the room. When I entered the house, I saw Master sitting on a wooden chair drinking tea.

In just two months, Master's face has lost a lot of weight.

I stepped forward and saluted, and softly called "Master."

"Azhu." He smiled, motioned for me to sit down, then pointed in the direction of the table, and said, "The steamed bun that your senior brother brought you." ”

Steamed bread? I was stunned for a moment, and looked at the porcelain plate on the table, and sure enough, it was a plate of steamed buns with white flowers.

Why did the elder brother send steamed buns over? Didn't he say to deliver snacks?

Is this what he meant by dim sum?

Although it is quite small, it looks cuter than ordinary steamed buns. But they're still steamed buns.

I didn't speak, but walked over to the table and brought the plate. That's it, just steamed buns.

I didn't rush to eat, but first said to Master, "Master, are you feeling better now?" Ah Zhu came home to find out that you were sick. ”

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Master said, "A serious illness is also an experience of life, and when I am sick, I can understand many things. ”

"What did Master understand?" I wondered.

He looked at me and said, "When we went to Tanzhou together, you talked to me a lot, and at that time I thought that you had such strange ideas all of a sudden, but now when I think about it, I think they actually have another kind of wonder." ”

I smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Master, are you making fun of me?" ”

He looked very serious and said, "No fun." ”

Master seldom laughed with others, thinking that he really felt something when he was sick. It may be what I said, but it has something to do with what I said.

I pursed the corners of my mouth and said, "Ah Zhu also told you, but that's just because I think things are a little different." ”

"yes, that's why I said that's a different kind of thing." Master said.

"How is it 'wonderful'?" I asked.

Master took a sip of tea and said, "I feel that people will be more relaxed than before." ”

"That's good." I said with a smile, and after saying that, I took a small steamed bun and ate it.

Master asked me, "You went home because of Fenglin's business?" ”

I nodded, swallowed the steamed bun in my mouth, and said, "My father told Master about you?" ”

"Well, he's worried about it, but I'm already trying to persuade him." Master said.

I didn't speak, thinking to myself that in front of Daddy, Master's words should be more effective than mine.

Master asked me again, "How are you doing with Young Master Lan?" ”

Looking at Master's somewhat embarrassed and embarrassed expression, I suddenly felt very warm in my heart. Master, he has always disliked paying attention to the trivial matters of his parents, but now he asks me if I am doing well with Lan Sheng, because Master really cares about me as an apprentice.

"Me and Lan Sheng," inexplicably, I paused, and added, "It's okay." ”

Most of the time, I can finish this sentence smoothly in front of others, but there are times when I suddenly find that I need to put in a lot of effort to say it completely. Especially when you're so relaxed.

Between me and Lan Sheng, I can really only use "okay" to describe it. I'm just careful not to provoke the ever-present contradictions between us, and then just devote myself to enjoying the world of the two of us, which we don't have.

Master looked at me suspiciously, and said, "What's the matter with your look?" ”

"I ......," I hurriedly covered my face. Then he put all the steamed buns in his hand into his mouth, chewing them, and thinking, how to tell the master such a thing?

Master didn't speak, just looked at me with his eyes.

I swallowed the steamed bun, was silent for a while, and said, "Master, have you ever been in a difficult situation?" That is, no matter what you choose, the result will be painful. ”

The master was stunned for a moment and said, "Since no matter what you choose, it will be painful, so what's the point of choosing?" Isn't it because we choose to be less painful? ”

I was choked up.

Master continued, "Maybe it's because it's not yet time for you to make a choice, and you're just waiting and weighing. ”

Haven't you had to make a choice? Wait-and-see trade-offs?

I suddenly felt like I was empowered.

Master's words were so straightforward, and they immediately explained the root cause of my trouble. It really wasn't so much that I had to make a choice, and I struggled with it, just because I feared the worst would happen.

"It's like what happened to me this time," Master added, "Sect Master Wu came to question me last night, why is there a woman in this Holy Lotus Hall?" I told him that the woman was my apprentice. Once upon a time, there were rumors that I had taken in a female apprentice. They asked me too, but I didn't admit it. I told him directly last night that I do have a female apprentice. ”

I couldn't help but widen my eyes when I heard this, and exclaimed, "Sect Master Wu actually knows? ”

I remembered the strange knock on the door last night, it turned out that it was deliberately tempted by Grandmaster Wu. I nervously asked Master, "Did he say anything?" (To be continued.) )