"What's your name?" A tall young man who was admiring the flowers in the courtyard and wearing a double sword at his waist turned around, and what caught his eye was a delicate girl of the same age, holding a small food box in her hand, looking at him with a smile.

"Ouyang He." The boy replied honestly. The girl uncovered the lid of the box in her hand and handed it over,

"Let's eat a sesame cake."

“...... Thank you. ”

"Ouyang He...... Is it the box of this box, or the river of the willow river? The girl asked.

"No, it's this ......" Ouyang He swallowed the sesame cake and stretched out his fingers to scratch in the air.

"Oh, I see, 'how to solve my worries'." The girl nodded, and added, "The poem I just read." Ouyang He didn't know how to answer for a while, thought about it, and asked, "Then, what's your name?" The girl tilted her head,

"I, of course my surname is Yuan." Yes, why didn't he expect it, Ouyang He felt that he was too dull.

Ouyang He followed Master Li Zhen to the predecessor Yuan Fu's house as a guest today, so the girl in front of him who appeared in the Yuan family's mansion, wearing a beautiful blue dress, and was generous, was Yuan Fu's daughter.

"Miss Yuan...... Then your ......" Ouyang He asked, but remembered that the woman's maiden name could not be told by the way.

"My name is Yuan Pianjiao." The girl also scratches her name with her finger,

"We martial arts practitioners don't have to pay attention to so many rules, you tell me your name, and I should tell you my name." Yuan Pianjiao stuffed a piece of sesame cake into his mouth, and the two were silent for a while, but Yuan Pianjiao opened his mouth and asked, "Then the Uncle Li who came today is your master?" Ouyang He nodded and said, "We just moved to live nearby, so we came to visit Senior Yuan." Yuan Pian's eyes brightened even more, and he smiled: "Hey, where do you live?" I'm usually going to play with you, okay? A smile also appeared on Ouyang He's face,

"It's the second room in Ziwei Lane next door."

"That's close, you can come to me when you're free," Yuan Pianji's attention shifted to Ouyang He's blade again,

"You also use dual swords, can you lend me a look?"

"Hmm." Ouyang He drew his sword, and handed it to Yuan Pianqi with the hilt facing outward. Yuan Pianqi put the snack box on the ground, took the sword with both hands, took two steps back, and neatly pulled a sword flower.

"Good!" Ouyang He cheered, although he was just a sword flower, he could already see Yuan Pianji's solid martial arts skills.

Yuan Pianjiao bit her lower lip and laughed,

"Don't let my father hear it, he should teach me not to be complacent." Ouyang He said seriously: "But it's really good." In the attic in the distance, Yuan Fu and Li Zhen stood side by side and looked at the two young men in the courtyard.

Li Zhen twisted his beard and asked, "I'm not bad here, right?" Yuan Fu's face was expressionless,

"I really shouldn't have let him in." Li Zhen squinted at his friend,

"Don't dislike his origins." Yuan Fu raised his chin and said, "Am I that kind of person?" Li Zhen said: "You are naturally not an ordinary man, and your daughter will not be an ordinary woman in the future...... Unless you don't let it. Yuan Fu rolled his eyes,

"Don't be too happy, she'll make her own choice." Li Zhen smiled and said no more. After that, the two young people often practiced martial arts and played together.

On this day, Yuan Pianqi came to look for Ouyang He again, but was told by the servant that he had gone out with his master the day before yesterday and had not returned.

"Daddy has also been out for the past two days, are they making an appointment?" Yuan Pianqi thought to herself. Ouyang He staggered through the woods on the outskirts of the city, with a small arrow in his right arm.

He gasped for breath and sat down under a tree due to exhaustion. After making sure that the surroundings were safe, Ouyang He first took the medicine to treat internal injuries, then tore the clothes from the wound on his right arm, pulled out a dagger, and gritted his teeth to cut the flesh of the arrow.

The dagger fell to the ground. Ouyang He broke out in a cold sweat, biting the back of his left hand tightly, the pain made him almost scream, but he couldn't make a sound, it was not safe, and the master said that people in the rivers and lakes should not change their faces and not say a word in the face of pain.

Ouyang He was so painful that he rubbed his forehead against the big tree beside him. He has been afraid of pain since he was a child, very afraid. But his identity makes it impossible for him not to be hurt for the rest of his life.

When can I get used to the pain? Ouyang He didn't know, and he didn't have the heart to think about it now.

Ouyang He was about to pull out the arrow, and when he turned his head, an unexpected figure appeared in the bushes in front of him-Yuan Pian.

The two of them looked at each other, and they were so surprised that they couldn't speak, and they seemed to be holding their breath, and they could only hear the chirping of insects and birds in their ears.

Yuan Pianqi was trained by her father to walk silently since she was a child, and Ouyang He was distracted by the pain, so naturally he couldn't detect her approach.

"Why are you hurt?" Yuan Pianqi finally came back to his senses and hurriedly rushed to Ouyang He's side.

"Help me...... Pull it out......" Ouyang He pointed to his arm. Yuan Pianjiao immediately calmed down,

"I haven't pulled out the arrow, you bear with it."

"Hmm......" When the arrow was pulled out, blood beads splashed on Yuan Pian's beautiful face, Ouyang He almost gritted his teeth, and he couldn't even hold it when he took out the wound medicine, and dropped the bottle on the ground.

Yuan Pianqi picked up the bottle, and after applying the medicine, he took out his handkerchief and said while bandaging it: "I just went to look for you, and I will come out to play by myself when you are not there...... When you smell blood, you think it's a small animal, why are you! ”

"I ......" Yuan Pianqi saw Ouyang He's weak appearance, so he didn't continue to ask,

"You can rest for a while, I'll keep watch by the side, and we'll go back together later."

"Good ......" Ouyang He leaned on the trunk of the tree and fell asleep quickly, Yuan Pianjiao noticed that he had abrasions on his forehead, and the back of his left hand was also bitten, and he wanted to help with the medicine but was afraid of alarming him.

Forget it, these two places are just minor injuries, let's take medicine when you wake up, Yuan Pianqian thought. She looked at Ouyang He's sleepy eyes with a frown, and only felt that her heart was tight.

Did you meet an enemy? Villains? Demon Cult? Yuan Pianjiao was thinking nonsense, while picking up the dagger that fell to the ground and playing with it, and did not forget to be alert to the movements around him.

Ouyang He didn't sleep long, and after waking up, Yuan Pianqi came up to help him apply the medicine. Ouyang He felt very embarrassed, because the injuries on his forehead and the back of his hand were caused by himself.

When will he get used to the pain, he finally thought about it silently. Ouyang He stood up with the trunk of the tree, and Yuan Pianqi handed the dagger back to him.

Ouyang He looked at Yuan Pian's face.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Pian asked, tilting his head.

“...... It's nothing. ”

"Where's Uncle Lee?"

"Uh...... Master, he has other things to do, so I'll come back first. ”

"Have you met an enemy or not?" Ouyang He squeezed out a smile,

"It's just a bunch of roadblockers."

"Oh......" Next, the two of them embarked on the way home, but Ouyang He's footsteps were vain after being injured, and he accidentally stepped on the air halfway and almost fell, but fortunately, his left hand climbed the trunk in time, and he just wanted to stand firm,

With a "bang", the sleeve of the left arm hooked by the branch cracked widely. Yuan Pianjiao

"Poof" before laughing, the voice suddenly stopped. Ouyang He turned his head and just saw the expression on Yuan Pian's face that was still frozen - fear.

Yuan Pian swallowed his saliva and wanted to adjust his expression, but he knew that it was too late. She was in a panic in her heart, why, why did Ouyang He have a nightmare tattooed on his arm - a hideous wolf head with a wide open mouth.

"You...... Scared? Ouyang He asked hesitantly, it was getting late, and he was standing in the shadow under the tree, making it impossible to see his expression.

Yuan Pianjiao shook her head slowly, and she felt her body become stiff. Xiao He won't hurt me!

Yuan Pianqi said repeatedly to himself in his heart. Xiao He won't hurt me, but he is Xiao He with a wolf's head tattooed...... A voice came out of Yuan Pian's heart.

She seemed to go back to her childhood, when on that bright moonlit night, a burly man with a masked face broke into the house and killed several of his servants.

In the end, it was Daddy who fought with him for a long time before he was killed, and Daddy himself was injured. She had been hiding behind the pillar, watching in horror what was happening, and when the man had fallen to the ground, her father had gone up and tore the sleeve of his left arm, only to see a terrible wolf's head tattooed on the man's arm.

She didn't know what happened next, because she was quickly taken away by the nurse, and in the days that followed, the family was calm, but no one mentioned the events of that night again, as if there had never been such a bloody and terrifying night.

Yuan Pianqi also closed her mouth very obediently, only occasionally having nightmares, and the tattoo would always appear in her dreams.

Now the wolf head in the dream has reappeared, appearing in the person he cares about. Yuan Pianqi felt that it was difficult to even breathe.

Ouyang He looked at his left arm and said suspiciously: "You know this tattoo, how can you ......?"

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Yuan Pian interrupted him with a sigh of relief,

"You, if you want to hurt my family, I will never let it!" Ouyang He was stunned. Yuan Pianqi continued: "Why are you with bad people, Xiao He is so good, why are you ......" The voice of the speaker gradually became a trembling cry.

"Wait a minute!" Ouyang He hurriedly interrupted, "What are you talking about?" How could I hurt your family? And, I, what bad guy am I with? Yuan Pian's heart was even more confused, pointing at Ouyang He's left arm and stomping his feet: "That tattoo!" Isn't it a bad guy tattoo? A few years ago he came to my house and killed several people! Daddy was injured trying to kill him! ”

"Ah....... "Ouyang is clear,

"You mean that traitor, I've heard Master mention it."

"What?" Yuan Pianqian frowned.

"Didn't Senior Yuan tell you anything?"

"What is he going to tell me? Xiao He, who are you! Yuan Pian said hurriedly. Ouyang He sighed, originally Senior Yuan didn't say it, and he shouldn't have said it in theory, but in this situation, not to mention that it can't be passed, fortunately, Pianjiao is the daughter of the Yuan family, and it doesn't hurt to know.

"This tattoo is on me, Master, and your father Yuan's predecessors."

"Huh?"

"Our title is 'Gray Wolf', and we are sent by the imperial court to the people to monitor the situation in various places and report to the authorities...... Master said that this is to maintain the stability of the country, eh...... He also has to assist the government in eradicating the Demon Sect that has been rampant in the open and secret for decades. So in the past two days, Master and I, as well as Senior Yuan, also went out because we found the traces of the Demon Sect, and it went well, but they still have follow-up things to deal with, so I came back first, I didn't expect to meet robbers halfway....." Yuan Pianjiao's brows were still frowning,

"Really?"

"Really, I swear. Moreover, when Senior Yuan comes back, you can ask him...... However, I tell you privately, I'm afraid he'll be angry. Yuan Pian tilted his head,

"Who's angry, yours or mine? so that he won't be angry with you. Yuan Pian frowned and stretched, slightly

"Snort",

"I was scared to death, I thought you were a bad person." Daddy is really, he doesn't tell me anything. Yuan Pianqi thought a little angrily, but she understood her father's intentions in her heart.

Ouyang He breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "Misunderstanding." The two continued to walk side by side, and Ouyang He thought for a while and said, "Pianjiao, there is one more thing I want to tell you." ”

"Say it!" Yuan Pian's eyes looked at Ouyang He seriously.

"I'm actually the illegitimate son of General Chaojia."

"Huh?"

"I took my mother's last name, and she died not long after giving birth to me. The general handed me over to the master, and although I am his son, there is no such person as me in the Jia family. ”

"Oh, that's right." Yuan Pian said.

"You don't dislike my background?" Yuan Pian raised his eyebrows and said, "Why should I dislike it?" Can you choose whether to be his son or Uncle Lee's son? Ouyang He couldn't help laughing, and he only felt very warm in his heart,

"Master treats me like a father and son."

"That's good. Will you stay here in the future? ”

"Yes!" Ouyang He nodded,

"I was transferred with Master just to assist Senior Yuan, and Master said that I would take over Senior Yuan's position in the future."

"Then we can stay together forever!" Yuan Pianqi said happily,

"And, now that I know who you are, I can help you!"

"Hmm!" At some point, the two of them had already held hands and walked together on the way back to the city.