"Cuizi, Lady Qiang told you to come over."

Someone came early in the morning to pass the word, this is the first time I have been summoned by Qiang, I don't know what reminded her of me as a person.

When I arrived, she sat in the garden pavilion and fiddled with the roses, and when she saw the color and shape, it was sent by the lying branches. She pruned all the branches to the same length and inserted them into a porcelain-white vase.

I looked at her hands as white as a vase, glanced at my own, and couldn't help but wipe the stains off my fingertips. I stood for a moment, and she hadn't even spoken to me or even looked at me.

This kind of situation also exists in the mountains, either to exercise the patience of the practitioner, or to be punished for making mistakes. I don't know which one she is.

After she had arranged all the flowers, she began to say, "I heard that you performed well in the appraisal meeting, and even I was praised by the elders for leading you well." ”

She gave me a meaningful glance in her usual tone, and we both knew in our hearts that she wasn't taking me. But I still went on to say, "Congratulations, Master. ”

"No, I don't have my share in this matter, you just congratulate yourself."

Even if she didn't show emotion, the words were enough to justify her displeasure. "Apprentices naturally need the master's teaching to improve."

"So someone else taught you?"

I asked rhetorically, "Does Master mean that you didn't teach me?" ”

Rose's hand paused, and she turned to meet my eyes, she was testing me and I was testing her, until a bird chirped and landed on the table before she continued, "You'd better not be too busy in front of me." ”

The bird flew away at the sound of the man, and Rose pulled a wing from the abandoned branch and shot it at it. I took off one of my objects and blocked it, and the bird was hit on its wings and fell some distance away, flying away in horror.

"It seems that this apprentice of yours does not listen to the master."

I saluted her, "If Master breaks its wings, it won't live." ”

"If you don't teach it a lesson, it won't know that there are some places you can't trespass."

Rose picked up a rose, pulled the stem, wrapped it in a circle with her hand, and looked up at me.

"Aunt Qiang!" A little girl dressed in pink about my age ran up to me and threw herself into Rose's arms.

Qiang puts down the flower branch and hugs the little girl, "Fluttershy, why are you here?" ”

"My father was always afraid that something would happen to me and wouldn't let me go out, so I sneaked out while he wasn't there. And we're going to move out soon, and I can't bear Aunt Qiang. She was lying on Qiang's neck, saw me on the side, and asked, "Who is the man over there?" Do you have something to do today? ”

Qiang smiled softly, it was the first time I had ever seen her smile. "She's going to be gone soon, there's nothing to do today, and I can spend another day with Fluttershy." With that, she takes Fluttershy away.

This is a rare thing. But was she trying to do something to me?

On the way back, I met Koeda, who wore a red mask and only showed a pair of eyes, which I wouldn't have recognized if it weren't for them. "Lying branches?"

He was tending to the flowers and plants, and when he heard my voice, he stood up and his eyes bent, "Cuizi." ”

"What's wrong with your face, why are you wearing a mask?"

"This." He touched his mask, "Qiang said that my eyes are beautiful but my face is very ordinary. ”

"That's why you covered your face?"

"Hmm."

After wearing the mask, I did see his eyes first, which made people have a curiosity to explore the true face underneath.

"You're not doing that." I told him solemnly, "If someone else says you don't look good, will you cover it too?" ”

"Well, it's not ......"

"I think your face is good, and you don't have to care about other people's opinions."

“…… Well. Wozhi's dodgy eyes didn't seem to have figured it out.

Low self-esteem can't be cured by a few words, so I ask him about Fluttershy.

"Do you know who Fluttershy is?"

"She's the daughter of Lord Ziteng."

I have heard of Ziteng, he is the only man who is not bound by the laws of the mountains, everyone says that he loves his daughter very much, in order to give her a safe environment, he will retire immediately, regardless of the things in the world. He also deliberately built a mansion somewhere else and laid a strong barrier. In a few days, they'll move out.

But he's very mysterious, I've never met him, and people who have seen him say he's not easy to get along with. Since it's not easy to get along, why is it different only for Qiang?

"Here's for you." Lying on the branch gave me a blue-purple flower.

"It's so beautiful, what kind of flower is this?"

"It's a bellflower flower."

Kikyo? I held it and turned the stem, and it looked like a pentagram from above. At the back of the book Wang Yuzi gave me, there is a pattern that looks very similar to it, and it is used to deal with monsters, so I have a good impression of it.

"Thank you, I love it."

"Great." Wo Zhi was very happy to hear me say that he liked it, "Because I saw it and felt that it matched the color of your spiritual power, I made my own decision." It's great that you like it too. ”

"How do you know my spiritual power is this color?"

"I went to move flowers during the assessment meeting, so I was lucky enough to see them."

Even he knew that no wonder Qiang was looking for me. Wang Yuzi said that I should not study too much, is it to prevent the current situation?

However, I just did what I had to do, and both the elders and the previous masters taught me to be diligent and not to slack off because of my talent. Why be deliberately lazy now.

On days when I don't need to train, I often climb up trees to watch Rose and Fluttershy play, catch butterflies in the yard, pick flowers in the garden, and swing under the trees. It doesn't look out of the ordinary.

One day I was about to climb a tree when a child popped up in the grass next to the wall, Fluttershy. She was also startled when she saw me lifting my legs up the tree.

I immediately stood up and asked her, "You're looking for Qiang?" ”

“…… Well. ”

"She just went out, you might have to wait a while."

"Well, I'll wait for her to come back." After saying that, she sat on the grass with something wrapped in blue cloth and looked like a book.

"There's nothing here, you go and wait in her yard."

"Hmm...... I haven't walked through here, I don't know the way. ”

It turned out that he was lost, "I'll take you there." ”

"Okay, thank you!" He smiled at me.

I also wanted to smile as brightly as she did, and then say no, but I felt the corners of my mouth pull up. I suddenly found the reason why Wang Yuzi always said that I didn't have a child. I put the corners of my mouth up with both hands, is that how I smile?

"That...... What's wrong with your mouth? Fluttershy was shocked by my movements.

I put my hand down, "It's okay, my face is stiff and moving." ”

"Oh......"

Without saying a word, I took her to a familiar place, and she immediately ran out into the yard. I parked outside and didn't go in.

"Why don't you come in."

"I've got something to do."

"Oh, can I ask you something?"

"You say."

"I have a surprise for Aunt Qiang, don't tell her I'm going to hide it yet."

"Okay."

……

Surprise? As I sit in the tree and watch Rose come back, Fluttershy jumps out to scare her, and Rose pretends to be frightened and lifts her up in a circle. Fluttershy then pulls out something wrapped in blue cloth and gives it to Rose.

Rose looks excited when she opens it, holding Fluttershy's face. All I could see was a black book, and she immediately wrapped it up and left Fluttershy alone before entering the house.

What book excites her so much?