When I saw the red rope, I was in a state of confusion, and the sword in my hand was almost unstable, but it was only a moment, I picked the tip of the sword, and a red rope that had been cut in two fell to the ground.

Mo Zi went to pick up the two halves of the red rope in disbelief and looked at me in disbelief.

Gao Changgong and Zheng Shuyao also looked at me in surprise.

Somehow, I was a little out of control, and said, "If you have the ability, you can show your true tricks, I don't need you to let me." What are you doing this, are you deliberately teasing me? ”

Why do you have to wear the red rope that you once lost ruthlessly? What the hell is he?

Mo Ziwu clenched the red rope in his hand, collected the loss on his face, and showed a smile as faint as morning light between his eyebrows, "In this competition, winning or losing is not important to me. The important thing is that you can be happy. ”

With a "ding", I threw the long sword to the ground fiercely, and said coldly: "Hypocrisy!" ”

"Ah Qing!" Gao Changgong couldn't help but reprimand.

I wasn't in the mood to stay here any longer, so I turned around and left.

"Sister Aqing!"

I ignored the cries behind me.

Why, why am I angry, why do I care about that red string? Even if he wears that red string, so what? He didn't care about me because of guilt, insecurity, or any other reason. It's been seven years, and I've long forgotten about him, he's just a trivial silhouette in my memory.

Everything about him has nothing to do with me, Qingqiang, you calm down, don't be distracted by small things.

At lunchtime, I did not eat in the dining room, but called the maid to bring the food to the room.

While eating, I suddenly heard a faint sound of a flute in my ears, which was quite familiar, and I couldn't help but push open the door and lean in front of the door to listen.

The sound of the flute lingers in mid-air, clear and melodious, sometimes low as flowing water and clear waves, and the fishing boat sings softly; Sometimes it is as deep as the wind blowing green bamboo, and the bamboo is noisy; Sometimes it is as quiet as the breeze and the sun, and the sunset sinks into the water and half the river is red. The beautiful sound of the flute is swirling, disappearing from time to time, like the fragrance of lotus in summer, pervasive, mixed with sadness as light as mist.

I listened and listened, my face gradually changed, and I walked along the sound of the flute, the sound of the flute became clearer and clearer, and when I walked to the rockery lake, there was a person, facing the water of the lake, holding the flute.

The sound of the flute was unbearable, and I raised my voice, "Enough, stop blowing!" ”

The sound of the flute stopped abruptly, and Mo Zichou turned around and looked at me with complicated eyes.

"I don't like this tune, it's annoying, don't let me hear it again."

What "Gentleman's Walk", I don't want to hear it at all.

Seeing that I was leaving, Mo Ziwu hurriedly asked, "Why, didn't you like to listen to it before?" ”

I said disdainfully: "What I liked in the past doesn't mean I still like it now, I used to like the red rope, but now I want to split it in half when I see it." Mo Shaoxia, you won't be so stubborn, do you think that what you like has to be liked for a lifetime? ”

Mo Ziwu's clear eyes instantly dimmed, looking at me, there seemed to be countless words to say in his eyes, and finally, he asked softly: "Qingqiang, how have you been doing all these years?" ”

I asked him coldly, "What do I have to do with you?" ”

It hurt me and asked me if I was doing well, what's the point?

Being stared at coldly by me, Mo Ziwu's inquiring voice lowered, "I want to know, why did you come to Qi Country and become the concubine of King Lanling, what happened?" ”

I continued to ask him, "Why can't I come to the Qi Kingdom, and why can't I become the concubine of the King of Lanling?" ”

"I thought you ......" Mo Zi looked at me worriedly and did not continue.

I grabbed him and asked him, "What do you think I am?" ”

Mo Ziwei gave me an unexpected answer, "I thought you were with Yuwen Yong." ”

The anger in my heart suddenly "poofed", and I still restrained my face: "Joke, do you think that what you think must be right?" Mo Shaoxia, you are too self-righteous. ”

Mo Zi was worried and apologized, "I'm sorry Qingqiang, I don't know ......"

"You want to know how I'm doing, don't you? Then I'll tell you, I'm doing well. King Lanling is very good to me, he is the best-looking and best-behaved man I have ever seen. With such a talented and good-looking man, what woman would not like, and it is the luck of my life to be able to marry him. "I was unhappy in my heart, but I held on to my breath, but I said it sincerely on my face.

"Marry him...... Is it the luck of your life? Mo Ziwu repeated my words slowly, his voice was as low as water, and he lowered his eyes, unable to see what he was thinking.

"No matter who you marry, it's good if you're happy, and I'm happy for you when I see you doing well." Mo Ziwu raised his eyes and showed a faint smile.

Think I'm doing well to reduce my guilt and let go of my baggage?

I smiled back, "Yes, I'm doing well now, and I don't care about the past anymore." You can also throw away things like "Gentleman's Walk", red strings, etc., I don't want to see or hear these meaningless things. ”

Mo Ziwu's face turned pale, and he said a little unwillingly: "If that thing really means nothing to you, then why do you care about it?" ”

My smile deepened, "It's like I used to like a flower, and when I don't like it anymore, and the flower is broken, rotten, and annoying, I have to throw it away, and I don't put the nasty thing around me." ”

Seeing that Mo Ziwei was hurt by my merciless words and his face was depressed, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.

"Is everything in the past just annoying to you?"

Behind him was Mo Zi's inaudible whisper, like a small stone thrown into a lake, which soon disappeared without a trace.

——

"You weren't there during dinner today, but Henga came."

I was a little surprised, I thought that Gao Changgong was here to blame me for losing my temper with Mo Zi in the martial arts training field this morning, but I didn't expect him to just mention Hu Lu Hengjia when he opened his mouth.

However, Hu Lu Hengjia knows about Mo Ziwei and Zheng Shuyao, these three people are inextricably linked, don't you feel embarrassed when you eat in the same hall?

I looked at Gao Changgong and waited for him to say what was going on.

Gao Changgong looked at me and said very hesitantly: "There is something I haven't told you, five years ago, Heng Jiata opened his mouth to me and asked to marry Ah Sleeve. ”

Hu Lu Hengjia begs to marry Ah Sleeve?!

"I knew that Ah Sleeve had no intention of treating him, and I didn't agree." Gao Changgong said slowly, "But today he mentioned this to me again, he hasn't married a wife all these years, I really can't bear it." It's better for the sake of his infatuation, persuade Ah Sleeve to accept him. ”

I was originally afraid that Hu Lu Hengjia would hurt Ah Sleeve because of the past, but after so many years, I can understand that he is just hard-mouthed and will not really do anything to Ah Sleeve.

Thinking of Hu Lu Hengjia's hard waiting in the open and secretly over the years, I couldn't refuse, so I said tactfully: "I am very grateful for his affection for Ah Sleeve. But Ah Sleeve, I know her temperament, if I don't like it, I don't like it, and no one can force her. ”

"I know that feelings cannot be forced, so when Hengjia proposed to marry Ah Sleeve, I rejected him. King Xiang has a dream, but the goddess has no heart. I don't want to put him in pain. I thought that in a few years, he would be able to forget about Ah Sleeve. But I really underestimated his dedication to feelings, all these years, he has been in a hopeless bitter love, this kind of pain that I can't ask for, I can best understand. I don't want my brother to suffer like this anymore, I want to help him fulfill his wish. Gao Changgong turned his eager gaze to me.

That kind of longing gaze almost softened my heart, but when I thought of Ah Sleeve's happiness, I still kept my sense and said: "Ah Sleeve has a low status, I don't know how to be sophisticated, I really don't deserve General Hu Lu, and I ask General Hu Lu to find another good match, don't bother with Ah Sleeve anymore." So, it's good for everyone. ”

"Find another good match, if you can find another match, you can find it a long time ago, why wait until now?"

I bit my lip slightly and said, "Then I have no other way, I can't force General Hu Lu to like others." In the same way, he can't force Ah Sleeve to like him. ”

Gao Changgong clasped his hands on my right palm, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, "You are Ah Sleeve's sister, she listens to you the most." As long as you say, she will listen, and you will persuade her. ”

I withdrew my hand and said, "Yes, she listens to me, but I will never force her." I know best how torturous it is to be with people I don't like. I'm not going to let my sister suffer that, but I'm not going to do anything that makes her unhappy in the slightest. ”

"You feel sorry for your sister, but I also feel sorry for my brother, I have never seen Hengjia like someone so much. In the past seven years, how many family affairs he has refused, how much pressure he has withdrew, how much he has been scolded by General Hu Lu, and he insisted on not marrying a wife, just waiting for Ah Sleeve. At this point, even the ice cubes should be softened, is your sister hard-hearted? Gao Changgong was in a hurry, and his face was not so good.

When he said this, I was also a little angry, "So, or is it our Ah Sleeve's fault?" I never knew that it was also a fault to not like a person. Is it that if you get the favor of your little general Hu Lu, you have to be rewarded, and if you don't reciprocate, you will be hard-hearted? There are some things in this world that are not rewarded if you pay, you are not required to pay, and you blame others if you don't get a return for paying, you are really good! This kind of like, we can't afford it! ”

After listening to this, Gao Changgong regretted it a little, and just wanted to say something, the door was vigorously pushed open with a "bang".

"Enough!" Ah Sleeve walked in with a face full of anger.

Ah Sleeve walked up to Gao Changgong and said angrily: "Lord, you don't have to ask my sister to marry me, whether I want to marry or not, whether I want to marry or not is my business, you don't have to care!" ”

"I'm telling you, I don't want to get married, I want to be with my sister all my life, and you don't want to separate me from my sister. Even if my sister is already married to you, you can't force her to marry me off! ”

After being beaten by Ah Sleeve, Gao Changgong looked at our sisters and said with a guilty face: "It's my fault today, I only think about Hengjia's happiness, but I forget that all the efforts in this world are not deserved to be rewarded, and I shouldn't be strong." I won't talk about it again. ”

"Ah Sleeve, don't worry, I won't embarrass you."

Gao Changgong got up and left.

Ah Sleeve stared at him angrily as he left, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he immediately closed the door.

——

Ah Sleeve was angry when he thought of King Lanling, and he actually talked to his sister to marry her off, but fortunately his sister did not agree.

My sister still can't bear her.

Thinking of this, Ah Sleeve showed a happy smile on his face, as bright as clouds.

However, this smile disappeared when he saw Mo Ziwu walking over.

"Ah Sleeve, you stop."

Mo Ziwu blocked Ah Sleeve's way.

"What do you want to do?" Ah Sleeve looked at him defensively.

Mo Ziwu stared at her, ice slowly appeared in his eyes, and said, "Back then, why did you lie and say that your sister liked Yuwen Yong?" ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Su Shi's "Butterfly Love Flowers: Spring Scene" in the Northern Song Dynasty: "The laughter gradually fades away, and the sound gradually fades quietly, but the amorous but ruthlessly annoyed." ”