Looking at the smiling Ji Haiyun, Zhang Longqian blinked and was stunned for a long time before finally uttering an unbelievable syllable.

“…… Ha? ”

What did he say? No heart? Could it be that I heard it wrong?

Just when Zhang Longqian was so skeptical, he saw that Ji Haiyun still maintained a straightforward smile, and spoke again without the slightest hesitation or wavering.

"You heard you right, Miss. For the sake of the Zhang family, the people of the Ji family must give up their self and heart, which is a rule that existed a long time ago. That's why my 'heart' ......" raised his hand and gently pressed his chest, his smile was as bright as the sun, "It's been a long time since I was here." ”

Zhang Longqian's eyes widened.

She wanted to ask Ji Haiyun if she was joking, but Ji Haiyun's smile made her unable to speak.

It was something she had never seen before, a smile that was so bright that it felt hollow.

Her instincts told her that it was true.

“…… Why? ”

Looking at Ji Haiyun like that, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but make a confused sound.

Zhang Hanguang is not an indifferent person, and it is impossible for the Zhang family to make outrageous acts as cold as the Cang family, so why does this rule still exist?

Why...... Ji Haiyun agreed with a smile like this?

Compared with Zhang Longqian's vacillation, Ji Haiyun seemed very calm: "It's very simple, because we ...... Those of us in the Ji family all have a purpose that must be sacrificed to achieve the 'heart', not to mention that I am the 'young master', and for the sake of the 'family', I am destined to bear more. ”

That is a "responsibility", but it is also a "shackle".

Zhang Longqian didn't understand, but looking at Ji Haiyun like that, she still couldn't bear it: "You...... Didn't you think about escaping? ”

Ji Haiyun was stunned for a moment, but then smiled.

"I've thought about it, and I've tried it."

Perhaps in order to escape such a fate, he had made great efforts and sacrifices, but now Zhang Longqian only heard the sound of standing water, and he could not guess from it whether anything had happened before.

Moreover, no matter how much effort he made in the past, he is still the "young master of the Ji family".

The results speak for themselves.

What a sad and abominable thing it is to not be able to decide your own fate!

But then, Ji Haiyun said something unexpected.

"However, this is not forced by anyone, but my own choice, and I have no regrets at all."

For Ji Haiyun, who gave up her "heart" for the sake of the family and for the responsibility, and could still say this calmly at this moment, for some reason a kind of anxiety appeared in Zhang Longqian's heart, she frowned, and roared impatiently.

"Why compromise? Why admit such a fate? You're obviously yearning for freedom, aren't you?! ”

Looking at Zhang Longqian, who showed anger between his eyebrows and eyes, Ji Haiyun was stunned, and then smiled helplessly.

"Miss, you always say things that I don't expect. Indeed, what I have always liked most is freedom, and I used to practice freely in the mountains alone, and to be honest, I really don't like to be bound by orders. ”

"Then why are you ...... now?"

Haiyun, you, you have to smile more! Look, just like me!

The cheerful voice seemed to sound in his ears, Ji Haiyun lowered his eyes, and the curvature of his lips became very soft.

"Because, I met a person, a person who made me feel that it didn't matter even if I lost everything, as long as it was for that person, the so-called 'freedom', the so-called 'heart', even if I gave it all up, why not?"

Raising his eyes to look at Zhang Longqian, who was angry and anxious because of his business, Ji Haiyun's face raised a warm and sunny smile.

"That man...... It's my heart. ”

That smile was so dazzling that Zhang Longqian's vision couldn't help but shake, she looked at Ji Haiyun who was staring at her calmly, and all she found in those eyes was warmth and firmness.

Zhang Longqian didn't know who the "person" Ji Haiyun was talking about, but that kind of gaze must only be revealed when he thinks of the most important person.

Realizing this, the unexplained anxiety in Zhang Longqian's heart finally subsided slightly, but there was a faint emotion that climbed into her heart.

I can't bear it.

Looking at the hearty Ji Haiyun, Zhang Longqian asked softly: "That person...... Is it really that important to you? ”

"Of course." The smile on his face was warm and bright, and Ji Haiyun's voice was nostalgic and firm, "Everything I have exists for that person." ”

For some reason, hearing such words, Zhang Longqian's chest couldn't help but throb slightly.

obviously had nothing to do with her, but she felt unbearable and heartache because of Ji Haiyun's words, his smile, and his firmness.

Why?

Seeing a slight confusion on Zhang Longqian's face, a trace of sigh flashed in Ji Haiyun's eyes, and then he raised his hand and rubbed Zhang Longqian's head, and said with a smile: "Don't be so depressed!" I won't abandon you, Miss, because of this! ”

The joking words made Zhang Long subconsciously push his hand away and fight back.

"Who is depressed because of this!"

So Ji Haiyun immediately pretended to be surprised and said, "Huh, isn't it? I thought that you were worried that I would leave you because of this, so I was depressed, but it turned out that I was self-inflicted? ”

Although he knew that Ji Haiyun was deliberately interrupting, since he didn't want to stay on this topic any longer, Zhang Longqian could only sigh and put away the worries about him in his heart, and started to fight with his topic.

talked a lot with Ji Haiyun, and the time in the afternoon was quickly over, and after receiving Nangong Piao's last treatment, he reported to Zhou Miao who called that he really did not violate the agreement, and then Zhang Longqian lay back on the hospital bed.

Ji Haiyun, who was in charge of taking care of her, was already sleeping in the bed and clothes next door, listening to his steady breathing, but Zhang Longqian kept his eyes open and couldn't fall asleep immediately.

Even if a few words made Ji Haiyun divert the topic, she still couldn't let go of it in her heart.

Although he has no right to interfere, is Ji Haiyun's choice really good?

Looking at the starry sky outside the window and lying for a long time, Zhang Longqian finally let out a slight sigh and turned sideways.

She didn't notice that until she fell asleep, a pair of eyes were quietly watching her.

Full of intense and complex colors.

The next day, after Nangong Piao came over for diagnosis and treatment again, she definitely told Zhang Longqian that the yin qi in her body had been regulated, so Zhang Longqian, who was finally able to leave the hospital, first called Zhou Miao Bailu to report, and then thought that she had asked for leave in the past few days anyway, so she simply asked Ji Haiyun to take her to the Taoist wooden character practice field.

After entering the practice ground alone as usual, Zhang Longqian slightly adjusted his mood that had become a little slack in the past two days, and then silently urged Danyuan to draw out mana.

Seeing that the graduation exams for the junior class will be held in less than two weeks, if there is no progress in spells, she will really not be able to catch up.

If you can't even pass the graduation exam, what capital do you have to protect your friends?