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"Head of the family, Miss Bai Ling is back." The old butler with snowy sideburns and frosty mustache arched his hand towards Bai Yanhe, who was writing behind his desk.

"What did you say?" The brush in Bai Yanhe's hand froze, and the thick ink suddenly bloomed a pitch-black flower on the paper, and the faint fragrance of ink also wafted in the air.

"The head of the family, Miss Bai Ling is back, and she is waiting outside the door." The rickety old butler replied immediately.

Bai Yanhe looked back at the white paper, picked up the pen and continued to write, and at the same time instructed the old butler, "Let her in." ”

"Yes." The old butler lowered his hand in understanding, then opened the two antique wooden doors and said to the girl outside the door, "Miss, please come in." ”

Then a young and beautiful figure stepped into the house on canvas shoes, and Bai Yanhe also put the brush on a piece of jade in time, looked at the girl in front of him and said, "Sit down." ”

"No need." Bai Ling looked at Bai Yanhe, who was dressed in a royal blue suit, and said.

"Do you still have a grudge against your family?" Bai Yanhe raised his eyes and looked at Bai Ling's expression.

Bai Ling nodded calmly when she heard this.

"It's right to have a grudge, after all, no one can resist the elders' decisions at that time." Bai Yanhe said softly, "Including my eldest brother, who is your father." ”

"But it's different now." Bai Yanhe suddenly raised his voice and said, "As long as you want to return to the Bai family, you can do it at any time, and there will be no objection from anyone." ”

Bai Ling shook her head slightly and refused, "I won't come back." ”

"It's because of the outside world." Bai Yanhe smiled faintly and said, "The outside world is indeed very exciting, enough to make people forget to return. ”

Bai Ling was silent, she was just used to a life, and she didn't want to change.

"Today is a bit special, why did you choose to come today?" Bai Yanhe asked.

"I heard that there are many people who don't practice knives anymore, and this is not the Bai family I know." Bai Ling replied.

"That's true." Bai Yanhe admitted, and then said calmly, "But it's not my fault, it's their own reason. ”

"I know they gave up on their own initiative, but I don't want the Bai family's knife to be mixed with some others."

"I didn't expect that after so many years, you still have the shadow of your father in your thoughts." Bai Yanhe looked at Bai Ling quietly and said.

"A knife has always been just a knife."

"You're wrong, knives, never just knives." Bai Yanhe stood up, and there was not a trace of wrinkles in the ironing of the smooth suit.

I saw Bai Yanhe slowly walk to a map hanging on the wall, looked at the map and said calmly, "We belong to this world, and we are in contact with this world all the time. And the world is changing all the time, so we are slowly changing. ”

"As we change the world, the world changes us."

Bai Ling pondered for a while and said, "But there are some things that require us to persevere. ”

"Persistence?" Bai Yanhe shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Is it just to stick to those wrong things?" ”

Bai Yanhe raised his eyes and pointed to an area with a large fingernail on the map and said in a deep voice, "This is the ninth district of the imperial capital, it is only so small, but it accommodates four or five families that are the same as the Bai family, and one or two of these families could be easily destroyed by the Bai family decades ago, but now, they and the Bai family stand side by side on the same piece of land, hand in hand." ”

"It's ridiculous."

Bai Yanhe turned his head to look at Bai Ling on the side and said calmly, "So now, do you think the insistence on these things is still correct?" ”

Bai Ling was silent for a while, and then spoke, "The Bai family's knife also once stood in the whole world. ”

"It is precisely because of this that we, immersed in the glory of the past, do not realize that we are being abandoned by this world step by step, and when we look back and find that we are out of step with this world, what we were once proud of has now become a joke that the world talks about."

Bai Yanhe said lightly, "This is the reality. ”

Bai Ling opened her mouth to refute, but was interrupted by Bai Yanhe waving her hand,

I saw Bai Yanhe move the map hanging on the wall away, and a dark grid immediately appeared in front of Bai Ling's eyes.

Hidden in the dark is a knife, which is placed on a knife holder made of pineapple wood.

The mirror-like blade was cold-cooled and reflected Bai Yanhe's slightly vicissitudes of life, and a bit of cold light kept flowing on the high burning blade.

Bai Yanhe raised his hand and gently stroked the back of the knife, his eyes were soft, as if he was comforting his own child.

The index finger was lightly snapped, and a crisp buzz suddenly sounded on the blade, and the knife roared loudly.

Bai Yanhe grabbed the gilt-trimmed handle and removed the entire knife from the knife holder.

"Vientiane?!" Bai Ling looked at the knife in Bai Yanhe's hand and was stunned.

"I didn't expect you to remember the name of this knife." Bai Yanhe smiled faintly at Bai Ling, and then said, "There are all kinds of things, nothing can be contained, and everything can be listed." ”

Bai Ling said softly, "The reason why it is called Vientiane is because the people who died under this knife have seen the most beautiful scene in their lives. ”

"You're right," Bai Yanhe nodded slightly, and then put the knife back on the knife holder, "It's a pity that even if it's as perfect as it, it was abandoned by the times in the end." ”

"I haven't used it since I returned to the Bai family, and it's been four years."

Listening to Bai Yanhe's emotion, Bai Ling couldn't help but ask, "Do you really want it to be dusty?" ”

"It's just time to rest, and it's the end of its life, according to us."

Bai Lingdai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she expressed dissatisfaction, "The Bai family's knife can only be regarded as a way back if it is broken." ”

Bai Yanhe said unhurriedly, "Are you willing to let them break?" ”

"You use them as ornaments, so what's the difference between death and death for them?"

Bai Yanhe sat back at the desk, took out a long box from the table and put it in front of Bai Ling, his index finger was lightly picked, and the lock of the long box was opened in response, only to see another "Vientiane" lying quietly inside.

Looking at the girl's surprised gaze, Bai Yanhe said lightly, "In the past, people changed, but the knife did not change. Now it's the other way around, the person is still the same person, but the knife is no longer the same knife. ”

"This knife is made in imitation of 'Vientiane', just to choose a material that can contain magical power." Bai Yanhe explained to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling raised her eyes and looked straight at Bai Yanhe and said, "Not only the knife has changed, but even the person has changed." ”

"I'm going to participate in the family competition."

"Why are you wading through this muddy water?" Bai Yanhe asked.

Bai Ling said calmly, "No matter what you think, what I want to prove is-"

"The Bai family's knife has never been matched before."

"Now, too."

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