That night, Ye Chaoxiao and Bai Yanruo's residence-

"Squeak—"

The wooden door of the room was slowly pushed open, the outside light shone obliquely, and there was no light in the room, the light of the wooden door opened formed a figure on the ground, and the figure then walked in, snapped his fingers, and several lamps in the room were also lit and lit. Bai Yanruo put the wine jug and wine glass in his hand on the table by the window, and while pouring the wine, he said slowly to Ye Chaoxiao, who was curled up on the bed:

"Are you complaining that I am arrogant and involved in your affairs with the martial arts?"

Since Tianxianglou came back, Ye Chaoxiao stayed in his room and didn't come out, and he didn't say a word, Bai Yanruo can basically guess his thoughts, after all, his own affairs are too weak because he can only let others help, this situation really makes people feel bad, not to mention that Ye Chaoxiao himself is a child with strong self-esteem, and it is normal to be depressed. Although this stuffiness can be dissipated quickly, it is best to channel it, and with this in mind, Bai Yanruo entered Ye Chaoxiao's room again.

If Bai Yan's plan is very successful, and he will challenge the military enemy by himself, then there is basically no "unfairness" of bullying the small, plus there are Xiao Yihan and Ling Xiaozhi as witnesses, this battle contract is almost settled, and in the case that the party Ye Chaoxiao has no choice at all-

Half a month later, in the inner courtyard qualifying match, Bai Yanruo, who is a freshman in the inner court, will replace Ye Chaoxiao to challenge the Feng King's martial enemy, if the martial enemy wins, Ye Chaoxiao will return to the martial family, and if the martial enemy fails, the martial family will hand over the bones of Ye Chaoxiao's mother. However, Ling Xiaozhi also added an additional content, that is, about the competition between Ye Chaoxiao and Ying Tianzhong, in these two competitions, Ye Chaoxiao and Bai Yan are considered one team, and Ying Tianzhong and the martial enemy are the other team, and both teams must win to be able to practice the content of the above bet. Although the assassination of Ye Chaoxiao was stirred up and he was unwilling, but thinking of the gap between Ye Chaoxiao and Ying Tianzhong, if Bai Yan was far from himself, the martial enemy would happily agree, after all, if he wanted to bring Ye Chaoxiao back to the martial family in the name of justice, this was the only way.

"Brother Bai, I know you want to help me, it's just ......"

"Just what? I didn't care how you felt? It was indeed my negligence, but there was no other way at the moment...... As long as your mother's grave is still in the samurai family, you will be held hostage by them, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Hearing Ye Chaoxiao's whisper, Bai Yanruo smiled bitterly, and then said lightly, handing the wine glass to Ye Chaoxiao as he spoke, paused, and said again:

"Rest assured, knowing that you won't drink, this is not wine, it is a juice brewed from spirit fruits, which is good for the body. ”

Hearing Bai Yanruo's explanation, Ye Chaoxiao was relieved, stretched out his hand to take the wine glass handed over by Bai Yanruo, took a sip slightly, and felt a little sour, and then he raised his head and raised a doubt to Bai Yanruo that he had hidden in his heart for a long time:

"Brother Bai, when and how did you know my ...... My Past ......"

"Many people have checked your past, since you entered the Qizhong Temple, and even more so after entering the inner courtyard...... Ling Xiaozhi, Xiao Yihan, they have more or less checked...... I knew a little more than them, though, and a little earlier. Bai Yanruo seemed to have expected Ye Chaoxiao to ask this question, sighed, and said slowly, as he spoke, he took out a small bottle from his arms, which was much smaller than an ordinary jade bottle with a charge. He put the small bottle in front of Ye Chaoxiao's eyes, and said with some hesitation:

"This bottle contains a liquid made from purple rhombus pollen, which has a sleeping effect...... In order to prevent your cultivation from being too tired and tired of your body, I added this thing to the medicinal solution you used to quench your body, and a trace amount of Ziling flower anther liquid helps to relieve physical fatigue and ease the effect of strong medicine. But because of this...... I have heard many of your dream words, those things...... I pretty much know about it. ”

"Brother Bai, you ......"

Ye Chaoxiao was extremely surprised, he could understand other people's investigation of him, after all, his progress in the past six months could indeed be described as incredible, but what he never expected was that his secret was leaked by himself in such a way that no one could have imagined. Ye Chaoxiao was shocked and speechless, but at this time, he found that Bai Yanruo's eyes actually revealed a deep and incomparably sad emotion, such an emotion was something Ye Chaoxiao had never seen before, it was unimaginable that Bai Yanruo, who was lazy and idle on weekdays, would actually reveal such deep emotions in his eyes!

"Don't worry, I won't say it...... However, you can also ask me questions if you accidentally know your secret, and you can ask anything, even if it is as compensation for knowing your secret. Bai Yanruo sat down on the chair next to Ye Chaoxiao's bed, took a sip of juice, and said slowly. Hearing Bai Yanruo's words, Ye Chaoxiao raised his head slightly, and a slight hesitation flashed in his eyes, yes, he had always had a question in his heart that he wanted to ask Bai Yanruo, but he didn't say it all this time. He swallowed, still asking with some restraint:

"This ...... Is it okay to ask any question?"

"Of course, anything can be ...... Whenever you want to know ......"

"Okay, that my question is, Brother Bai, your ...... No, when did you meet Senior Ling and Senior Xiao? I feel that you have known each other for a long time, and besides, the relationship is still very good......" Ye Chaoxiao said hesitantly, he originally wanted to ask Bai Yanruo about his past, but when he said this, it immediately became another question. Bai Yanruo glanced at him, seemed to understand his embarrassment, and did not say anything, but took another sip of juice and said slowly:

"The two of them and I entered the Qizhong Academy in the same period, to be exact, the three of us were the top three in that freshman class...... However, they entered the inner courtyard smoothly and did not stay in the outer courtyard for a long time, and I didn't want to enter the inner courtyard for some special reasons, so I have been practicing in the outer courtyard, it's as simple as that...... Why, you don't want to ask that, do you? ”

"You don't have to ask...... Then I'll just say, you can listen to it as a bedtime story-" Bai Yanruo paused, drank the juice in his cup, sat down in his chair a little weakly, and said slowly:

"Once upon a time there was a boy who came from a powerful family, and this family was very powerful, absolutely beyond your imagination, and the boy's father was the head of the family...... The only child, in the eyes of everyone, this boy will definitely inherit his father's place in the future and become a generation of tyrants. But...... The boy did not choose this path and left the family. It's just because his mother is a woman who is not recognized by this family...... To be exact, it was a woman who had been married and had children......"

Because of this, the woman has never been recognized by the family, even if the man she fell in love with is the head of the family, there is nothing she can do, and in the end she can only do it without anyone knowing...... Leaving with hatred, including his children, they didn't see her for the last time...... So, from then on, the boy left the family, and although it was not completely disconnected, it was almost the same......"

"Brother Bai...... You...... No, the boy...... That's you......"

Although Bai Yanruo has been trying to restrain his emotions when he said these words, trying to act like "this is just a story" as much as possible, the hands that trembled slightly when he spoke, and the crystalline sparkle in the corners of his eyes, he couldn't deceive anyone. It was at this time that Ye Chaoxiao understood why Bai Yanruo seemed to have been deliberately protecting himself since he was still in the outer courtyard, and even had a slight feeling of not hesitating to give up his life - whether it was the full protection when he was in the Yuehua Mountain Range, or the anger when dealing with the enemy today, it was not from, at least not mainly from the concern of being a roommate, but from the empathy of a fellow person.

"As I said, you can think of this story as a bedtime story, even though the story is rather dull, but this kind of dullness is only something that can be passed by a sleep. Hearing Ye Chaoxiao's inquiry, Bai Yanruo did not answer directly, although this answer was already obvious. He raised his head, blinked his eyes, and showed his usual comforting smile, and said gently, and as he spoke, he picked up the flask and glass, and was about to walk towards the door, when suddenly he remembered something, stopped, and said in a faint voice:

"So, let's share the responsibility of filial piety with that kid a little bit...... Otherwise, he might really be crushed by the guilt......"