Chapter 40: The Puppeteer
It was dark outside, but the girl's eyes were as bright as stars.
As soon as the door was closed, Xiao Dizi couldn't wait to grab Lu Qiming's sleeve and worshipped: "Master, this is really amazing!"
Lu Qiming looked around the room and asked her casually, "What did the little flute see?"
Xiao Dizi took a deep breath and said seriously: "I have to memorize every word that Master just said to them!"
Lu Qiming laughed: "How can it be so exaggerated." β
"That's not an exaggeration. The girl clasped her hands on her chest and counted them one by one: "From the beginning of the dinner, although what Master said was very natural and polite, as long as those who heard it had a ghost in their hearts, they could not help but defend itβbut when they heard that Master had no intention of questioning, they would panic and regret it, and they would make mistakes again and again.
"The most important thing is that when narrating my brother's condition, as long as one of Brother Yu and Sister Yin really cares, there will definitely be mood fluctuations - and this is something that will inevitably happen!
"After this, the master suddenly mentioned that the income of the mountain villa was not good, and they were already weak-minded, and now they would think that the master already knew that they were greedy for the resources of the martial academy for their own use. But they never expected that what Master was going to say was the 'Dasheng Dynasty', which had nothing to do with the previous one!
"The repeated mistakes in the past have made them unable to keep their calm, especially Sister Yin. At this time, the master easily found out the fact that their Yin family is no longer with our Lu family!"
The girl spoke very quickly, and had obviously been thinking about it in her mind for a long time. At the end, two excited blushes had burned on her cheeks, and her eyes looked up at Lu Qiming with blazing eyes, "What they think and how they react - Master knows everything and can control it - this is simply art!"
As early as when Xiao Dizi said the middle, Lu Qiming had already turned his head to stare at her. He listened to her quietly and sighed softly: "Xiao Dizi has always been a smart child. β
The girl was stunned. She heard the complicated meaning in Lu Qiming's tone, and suddenly panicked: "Master, am I not right......
"Perhaps. Lu Qiming smiled slightly, and asked her again: "Does that little flute know the purpose of my doing?"
Xiao Dizi hesitated: "Isn't it to get this information......
Lu Qiming smiled: "But these are all things we already know." β
The little flute fell silent, meditating.
But Lu Qiming didn't mean to test her. He squatted down, looked into the girl's eyes, and said seriously: "Little flute, you have to remember one sentence." β
The girl nodded.
Lu Qiming said in a low voice: "When you have the ability to decide the fate of others - don't do it. β
But...... Isn't this the purpose of cultivating to become stronger? Xiao Dizi thought so in his heart, but he didn't really ask. She nodded as if she didn't understand, and replied, "As long as it's Master's words, I'll remember it." β
Lu Qiming smiled, patted her shoulder, and stood up again. He walked around the room, casually arranging simple formations, and said, "The reason why I talked to them so much just now is because I was worried that I had accidentally wronged innocent people. β
Xiao Dizi hurriedly followed him and asked, "But are they really innocent? β
"If not, it would be nice to let them do less wrong things and take a few more steps back. Lu Qiming sighed, "What I can do has come to an end, and how to choose what to do in the future is up to them." β
The girl wrinkled her little nose slightly, and said, "Master, I still have one more questionβis Brother Yu's physical condition really like you said at the banquet?"
Lu Qiming stopped, his eyes falling on the flickering candle on the table.
He shook his head and said, "No." His time was numbered. β
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There is always a death. But how exactly can we add more meaning to a short lifespan?
- Yu Chengran looked at his wife's quiet sleeping face, thinking in his heart.
He once had a clever physician to cover up his physical condition. Now no one but himself knows the true condition of his body, including his wife Yin Qiushui. She only thought it was a serious illness that didn't hurt her life - and even then, she had been sleepless at night, and if she had known the truth, she didn't know how she would have reacted......
He couldn't let that happen.
Yu Chengran raised his hand and stroked her soft cheeks, quietly sat up from the bed, and took the coat from the hanger.
It's just that he had to stop halfway through it.
Droplets of sweat quickly oozed from his forehead, his breathing was difficult and rapid, and his face was unusually pale. He made a harsh sound in his throat that seemed to cough and wheeze, and his expression was already in extreme pain, but he was still holding back.
However, the pain of the illness was not as difficult as the anxiety in his heart - this disease could never have been committed tonight, but what happened now?!
Yu Chengran raised his hand with difficulty, trying to grab the white porcelain bottle on the side of the pillow, but his arm trembled incessantly, and he tried his best to repeat it four times but failed.
Yin Qiushui was awakened by the sound, and when she saw her husband's condition, tears instantly filled her eyes. She hurriedly grabbed the porcelain vase and threw it off the cap, carefully pressing it to his lips.
The cold potion dissipated into his body, quickly suppressing the violent internal breath that was stirring in his body. Yu Chengran's breathing quickly calmed down, and the painful color between his eyebrows gradually dissipated, but his vision did not return to clarity as after taking the medicine in the past, but became more and more drowsy, as if the whole world was shaking, and everything was cloudy......
Yu Chengran was shocked in his heart, reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at his wife opposite, and said with difficulty: "Qiushui, you!"
The woman's tears dripped one after another. She helped Cheng Ran back to the bed, gently helped him tuck the quilt, and whispered, "Brother Cheng, you have a good rest." Just get some sleep. β
For the first time, Yu Chengran's eyes swelled up with real horror, and he hurriedly said: "Qiushui! No! You don't know...... You don't want to ......"
Yet, even as he was extremely eager, his voice uncontrollably lowered, and finally turned to a slow, even breathing sound.
Yin Qiushui sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the sleeping man, with a warm and soft smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. She smiled with tears in her eyes: "Brother Cheng, you are the best person in the world. I know. β
She pressed the corners of the quilt again, put the man's coat back on, and got up to change.
The thunderstorm outside was hoarse, and the clashing of branches and leaves of trees roared and undulated in all directions, and suddenly a strange feeling rose in Yin Qiushui's heart, as if he was in a dark ocean.
It was indeed dark all around.
This was her home, and she knew it so well that she didn't even have to light it. In the noisy darkness, there was a faint sound of shredded clothes rubbing in the room.
At a moment--when another blazing lightning bolt cut through the sky, the room became instantly brighter-
There were two identical female bodies standing there!
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