Chapter III

After Master asked Alain to promise her those things that night, Alain hadn't seen Master since the next morning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info asked the people in the house, but they all shook their heads and said they didn't know. Only Ah Fu, the old man who got up early every day to clean the yard, only heard the sound of the door opening. Then I never heard a sound again.

At first, Alain thought that Master was just going out to visit friends or to do something, so he didn't pay much attention to it. And it's not the first time that Master has gone out quietly like this. Anyway, when Master goes out like this, he usually comes back in two or three days. So Lan didn't take it to heart. In the few days that the master was away, he still followed the master's teachings and walked in the courtyard.

This has been the case for almost a month. Until one morning, Master collapsed at the door, covered in blood.

Ah Fu was still sweeping the yard that morning. Then he heard a knock at the door. However, according to Master's rules on weekdays, this kind of person who comes directly and knocks on the door will never be seen. If you want to see Master, you have to have someone come and hand you over at least three to five days in advance. And it's not enough to just hand over the name post, if the master thinks that this person doesn't need to be seen, then even if he dies at the door, the master won't go out to take a look. So Ah Fu didn't pay attention to it at the time, and just swept the ground by himself.

The knock on the door lasted for a time when there might have been a small half-pillar of incense. Even Ah Fu was impatient to knock it. So he walked to the door and said outside, "Please come back."

But the people outside the door kept knocking. But no matter how Ah Fu asked who the person outside the door was, the person outside didn't speak. It's just a hard knock. There is a lot of like you won't stop knocking on the door.

The knock on the door continued for another half pillar of incense. Ah Fu couldn't help it, and he was about to open the door with a broom. But as soon as the door opened, Ah Fu was frightened by the appearance of the two people in front of him.

There were two people at the door. One is a woman who picks up rags in this area of the streets. This woman Ah Fu has seen many times when he went grocery shopping. There were a few times when I couldn't stand it anymore, and I took a few cents out of my pocket and handed it to her. So the impression is quite deep.

The other one is the one in charge.

At this time, the head of the house was covered in blood. Blood stained the garment, forming black-brown scabs on the outside. If you don't look closely, you think the clothes are black.

The head of the house is supported by the woman who is in tatters. However, because the head of the house is a person who practices martial arts, his weight is slightly heavier than that of ordinary people. The woman couldn't hold on, and both of them sat in the doorway.

Ah Fu came back to his senses, dropped the broom and hurriedly went to help the master up. At the same time, he reached out and probed his nose, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief when he found that there was still breath. And he hurriedly called for the master to be helped into the house.

Alain was still walking in the courtyard. Hearing Ah Fu's shout, he originally wanted to turn around to look. But suddenly I remembered that the master was not allowed to move while practicing. So he gritted his teeth and didn't move. Until two hours later.

This was the first time Alain had seen Master in a month. For the first time, I saw the unconscious Master covered in blood.

Seeing so much blood for the first time, Alain's face turned pale. When you open your mouth, you want to cry. But before the word "wow" could come out of his throat, Alain thought about what he had promised his master that night a month ago. So he slammed his teeth hard, stared at him and held back. It's just that the tears that have welled up in his eyes can't be taken back. Just like that, one by one fell to the ground as Alain stared.

The master was injured so badly that the whole house was in chaos. Some went to call a doctor, some went to boil water to wipe their wounds, and some went to get hemostatic medicine. Floundered. Alain was soon forgotten by his subordinates.

Alain had never seen Master so badly injured. Even scratching the skin on weekdays is very rare. Not to mention that it is so serious that it is already unconscious.

Alan had never seen his master practice martial arts. Or maybe I've never seen Master do kung fu in front of me. But Alan inexplicably believed that Master must be a very powerful kind of person. It's like...... It's like the kind in shadow puppetry, the kind of one person, one knife. will be able to defeat all opponents' heroes. But now......

As evening approached, the house slowly returned to its original silence. Alain was the only one standing at the door of the master's room, wanting to enter, but he was afraid to see the bloody scene in the daytime.

Afraid.

It's not that you can't be afraid if you don't be afraid. This kind of fear that comes from the depths of the heart is not so easy to dissolve.

"Alain?" Master's voice came from the room.

Master woke up? Alain was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced. I pushed the door and wanted to go in. But as soon as his hand was pressed on the door, he hesitated.

Afraid. I'm still scared.

"Come in." Master said.

"Yes." Alain replied timidly and pursed his lips. Close your eyes and push the door open.

Stood in the doorway for a moment. His instincts told Alain that there didn't seem to be anything in the room that he was afraid of.

Alain slowly opened his eyes and found that the room was indeed clean, without a trace of blood. And the smell of blood seems to be gone.

"Master." Alain walked to the edge of the bed, leaned his hands on the edge of the bed and whispered.

Master seems to have lost a lot of blood. At this time, the face and lips are white. But fortunately, Master has woken up.

Master nodded, and opened his eyes to look at Alain.

Alain and Master looked at each other for a moment, and then hurriedly looked away again.

"Master, where have you been these days?"

The Master closed his eyes, as if he was building up the strength to speak.

After waiting for a while, Master said slowly, "Do you remember what Master told you that night?" ”

Alan nodded: "Master told Alan not to be afraid. After speaking, he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly changed his words: "You can't be afraid." ”

Master nodded. But then he shook his head again: "I'm afraid ......" said and closed his eyes again. But this time, Alain could tell from the master's expression that the master must have thought of something. Because this kind of expression Alain had never seen before.

"Alain." Master said.

"Yes."

"Now Master allows you to be afraid."

Alan was stunned and didn't understand what the master meant: "Alan doesn't understand. ”

Master smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's just that Master wants you to keep your fear in your heart and not say it." Don't show it. Don't let others see that you're scared. ”

"That'...... So how do you do that? ”

Master closed his eyes again. Only this time Alain waited for a long, long time. Just when Alain was about to think that Master had fallen asleep, Master said slowly, "Bring your clothes and follow me to a place tonight." (To be continued.) )