Not to mention that Yuan Feng was stunned by Xiao Ruiyuan's shouting, even Chu Xingyue was shocked by this child's mournful voice.

With her eyes wide open, she looked at the child who was kneeling in front of Yuan Feng at the moment and was crying, for some reason, she seemed to be able to feel his pain, and her heart began to ache faintly.

"You said that as long as I follow you, you will teach me skills, I will come to you now, why don't you accept me?"

"I'm not afraid of hardship, and I'm not afraid of being tired, as long as I can learn the ability to avenge my sister and my relatives, even if I suffer all the pain in the world, I can grit my teeth and endure it."

"You are now the only person I can rely on, why are you rejecting me? Am I not doing well enough, are you not satisfied? ”

Listening to Xiao Ruiyuan's hoarse and painful voice, Yuan Feng seemed to have an iron heart, looked at him with pain and anger on his face, and spoke to him in the coldest voice, "Are you curious why I changed my mind?" Well, I'll tell you. ”

"Because your eyes are full of hatred and ambition, people with such eyes are very dangerous, I will not find a dangerous person to stay by, not because I am afraid of you, but if I really give you the ability, you use this ability to harm others, will I not become a sinner through the ages."

Xiao Ruiyuan didn't expect Yuan Feng to be worried about this, so he quickly knelt down in front of Yuan Feng and pulled his clean sleeves with his bloodstained hand, "Master, I won't do that kind of thing, and I won't do what you're worried about." ”

"Really?"

Yuan Feng sneered in disbelief, "You know? A long time ago, there was also a man who knelt in front of my people and swore to her that he would never tell him the secret she had told him, and that he would use the skills given to him to harm others, and afterwards, he did fulfill his promise not to use those skills to harm others, but the people he harmed were his mentors, his saviors, and his mentors. ”

"Being bitten by a snake for a year and being afraid of the well rope for ten years, this bloody lesson tells us not to be a good person casually, especially close to those who have bad intentions and dark hearts."

Yuan Feng stretched out his finger and gently touched Xiao Ruiyuan's cold cheeks, looking at his dark and bright eyes, a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"At the beginning, I saw that you were a pure-minded person, so I wanted to keep you by my side, but now, you are full of resentment, and everything you do in the future will be extremely purposeful and aggressive, which is very different from the style I have always upheld, so I can't accept you; Child, take this money to bury your sister properly, and then, find a place to live in peace, you are still too young, and hatred is too heavy for you. ”

Xiao Ruiyuan listened to Yuan Feng's words, and knew that no matter how he prayed to him at this moment, he would not agree to himself.

However, he will not give up easily, since this path does not work, then he chooses to take another path.

Xiao Ruiyuan pushed Yuan Feng's hand holding the silver ticket away, his stubborn eyes swept over Yuan Feng's body, and finally, it fell on Chu Xingyue's body.

The woman in front of him already knew who she was, looking at her beautiful and moving face, he seemed to see his sister again, he hurriedly stood up and wiped his fingers with the patched clothes on his body, and walked quickly to Chu Xingyue, and carefully helped her up.

Seeing that her ankle seemed to be injured, he immediately squatted down quickly, stretched out his hand and gently pressed on the injured place a few times, and finally raised his head, looked at Chu Xingyue with dark eyes, and comforted her with a hoarse voice.

"Princess Niangniang, it's not in the way, it's just an ordinary sprain, pain is inevitable, but as long as you rest for two days, rub some medicinal oil and get better."

Watching Xiao Ruiyuan's series of actions be familiar and straightforward, not to mention that Chu Xingyue was stunned, even Yuan Feng was stunned.

Hey, this little rabbit cub, his head is really fast enough, and he immediately knows that he has shown favor to the young master?

Yuan Feng grinded his back tooth socket angrily, and was just about to come up and grab this kid's collar and throw him away, but was stopped by Chu Xingyue with his eyes.

"What's your name?"

Xiao Ruiyuan lowered his head, he knew that the only way to keep himself was to tell the truth.

However, if he had told the truth, would these people have been more reluctant to keep him if they had noticed his identity?

After hesitating, his eyes met Chu Xingyue's frank look, and finally, Xiao Ruiyuan gritted his teeth, closed his eyes fiercely, and said to Chu Xingyue with a momentum of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, "My name is Xiao Ruiyuan." ”

Xiao Ruiyuan?

Chu Xingyue's pupils immediately flashed, and when he met this child who was less than her shoulder height, a soft color appeared on his face, he must have been extremely scared, so he didn't dare to open his eyes when answering his name.

Just now he said that his family was killed, and his sister also left him behind, so in this world, isn't he the only one left, alone?

Same with her?!

Thinking of this, Chu Xingyue seemed to have found resonance in Xiao Ruiyuan's body, and when she looked at him again, her eyes were full of soft colors.

"Your name is very nice, and you can see that your parents took the trouble to give you this name, and they must love you very much and love you very much."

Xiao Ruiyuan opened his eyes and looked at Chu Xingyue with a sneer, he didn't expect her to react like this after hearing his name, he thought that she might be acting, after all, after more than half a year of wandering, he had really looked down on too much coldness in the world, and his heart had been hurt too much.

However, when he saw her gentle watery eyes, for some reason, the red eyes were overflowing with tears again, but he forced him to endure and refused to slip out of his eyes.

Xiao Ruiyuan nodded fiercely, and let out a soft 'um' sound from between his snorts, which was his reply to Chu Xingyue's words, you must know that at this time, he was really a little afraid to speak again, worried that he would not be able to bear it anymore and cry bitterly.

How could Chu Xingyue not see the stubbornness of a child's dress, looking at Xiao Ruiyuan, who was thin and thin, distressedly, and after doubting his true identity, he had to have pity for what he was doing now.

raised his head, looked at Yuan Feng, who was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Ruiyuan's actions, and said, "Let's take him with us." ”

"Young master, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Yuan Feng said anxiously, "Although this kid has a poor background, he has repeatedly encountered the worst changes in the world, and I am afraid that there has already been a change in his heart; The young master used to live in ignorance of the world, and he didn't know that the most poisonous and powerful thing in this world was not the deadly poison, nor the strongest martial arts, but the human heart; As the so-called unpredictable people's hearts are comparable to snakes and scorpions, we were gullible at will, and only then did we suffer the tragedy of extermination, and now we must be more cautious and never let the events of the year happen again. ”

Chu Xingyue listened to Yuan Feng's words of persuasion, but her eyes fell on Xiao Ruiyuan's face that was hurt by his words.

Immediately, he showed his dissatisfaction, and immediately shouted, "Yuan Feng, he is still just a child, don't you think it's too cruel to him when you use such harsh words to talk about him?" ”

"He has just lost his last family member, and he is like duckweed in this world, and if we don't take him with us, will we just watch him become a beggar again, begging along the streets?"

"I know that you are defensive, fearful, and afraid, and I will not blame you for these feelings, but Yuan Feng wants to tell you that not everyone in this world is a bad person, and not everyone will do treacherous things like the person back then; If you still remember the tragedy of those years and mention it with your mouth open, then even if we return to the north and return home, we and our people will still live in pain and suffering, fear and fear. ”

"I'm not asking you to forget the past, but I want you to try to accept it again, show the kindest compassion in our hearts, and believe that this child is different from the person back then, is it okay?"

Yuan Feng looked at Chu Xingyue silently, and his equally dark eyes fell on the little beggar who was held in Chu Xingyue's hand.

There is a sentence that the young master said correctly, that is, if he still remembers the past, then they will still live in a nightmare and will never be able to get real liberation.

It's just that how can the grudges and wariness of a hundred years be easily said to be let go?

Yuan Feng glanced at Xiao Ruiyuan and said, "He can follow if he wants, but I won't teach him easily, and if I find out that he has any strange behavior, even if he is a child, I will kill him with my own hands." ”

When it came to the last sentence, Yuan Feng's murderous aura was revealed, and Xiao Ruiyuan, who was frightened, was full of excitement, and even his face turned a little whiter.

Chu Xingyue was not frightened by such Yuan Feng, but took Xiao Ruiyuan's hand tightly and said to him, "Why don't you hurry up and go to apprenticeship?" ”

Xiao Ruiyuan was reminded by Chu Xingyue and immediately came back to his senses.

immediately ran to Yuan Feng, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yuan Feng three times, and his hoarse voice finally brought the immature joy exclusive to children, "The apprentice will ask the master to say goodbye, and in the future, I will ask the master to teach me more, and the apprentice will remember it in his heart and be taught with an open mind." ”

Listening to Xiao Ruiyuan's clever words, Yuan Feng turned his head and let out a cold snort, but although his attitude was tough, he still softened his words after all, and said, "Get up, don't think about how good you will be to be a teacher in the future, as long as you dare to be disobedient, the teacher will never spare you." ”

"The apprentice doesn't dare, the apprentice will be obedient and filial to the master and the princess."

Chu Xingyue looked at Xiao Ruiyuan's delicate and beautiful little face, and then looked at Yuan Feng's hard-hearted and soft-hearted posture, and suddenly realized that from now on, the two of them would be the closest people to him.

Looking back at the inn that was burned by the fire and only had a fire shelf, his heart was slightly sour.

Zhao Ling, from now on, you will be completely erased from my life, just like this fire, with the burning of the night, except for the layers of dust left behind, there will be nothing left.

Chu Xingyue looked up at the reddened half of the night sky that was burned by the fire, opened her red lips, and said in a firm tone, "Let's go." ”