On the edge of the Lishui, the cruise ships are weaving and the lights are bright.

Not far away, on the long bridge, a young man with a beautiful face was walking side by side with a woman wearing a veil. Behind them, a carriage followed.

Shen Jing and Jiang Ning's footsteps were very slow, sometimes the two of them looked around at the night scene, sometimes turned their heads to look at the people next to them, but they didn't say anything, the two of them were like this, their steps were slow, walking slowly.

Walk across the bridge, to the other side, and then along the street all the way to the south can walk to the red mud lane, the road is not short, with the current foot strength of the two people, think it should take more than half an hour.

The noise gradually became smaller, and the crisp chirping of summer insects slowly reached the ears of the two of them. The lights dimmed, and only the candles on the street and the moonlight in the sky still reflected the figures of the two people.

It was the first time Shen Jing had encountered such a scene, he turned his head to look at Jiang Ning a few times, and Jiang Ning was looking elsewhere at that time, so Shen Jing swallowed back what he wanted to say. Then, the two walked slowly and silently.

Speaking of which, Shen Jing felt that there was a complicated and strange feeling in his heart at the moment, and he didn't know how to describe it.

He always felt that everything was not developing in the direction he wanted, even the relationship with Jiang Ning and Lou Wailou. Originally, I just wanted to pretend to be Fu Xuanjian, and the two sides could have some cooperation on paper, but I didn't expect that in the end, my identity was revealed, and it happened that the other party had something to ask for, and the current situation was formed between the coming and going, pretending to be Jiang Ning's father-in-law, for three years.

This doesn't seem to be a difficult thing to do, and it doesn't even count as a hazard to Shen Jing. But Shen Jing slowly discovered that the relationship between the two seemed to be no longer as light as water. Slowly, Shen became so constrained that he didn't even know how to speak, and he had no clue what the other party was thinking, and everything seemed a little messy when he came and went, and this was not what he wanted to see.

Shen Guo hopes to make everything clear, what it should be like and what the relationship should be, it should be like that, he thinks so and does this. It's just that he forgot that there is still the word emotion in the world, such an ethereal meaning, which is the most difficult for others to figure out, let alone the person in it?

"After this time, until a long time later, Shen Gongzi can concentrate on his own business, and there will be no more troubles on my side!" Jiang Ning's voice gently drifted in the quiet night.

"Good! If there is anything to inform me, the other two ask Miss Jiang to inform me if she thinks of it, I..."

Jiang Ning seemed to have guessed what Shen Jing was going to say, so before Shen Jing finished speaking, she spoke: "You... I'll remember your business, and I can promise you that I won't leak your identity. But if someone wants to go to great lengths to investigate you, they may not be able to find out, so try to keep a low profile and don't let anyone who cares about it see. ”

Shen Jing's original intention was actually to explain Jiang Ning's misunderstanding when one party was in Tingxiangyuan, but this time he heard Jiang Ning's words again, so he didn't continue.

"Then thank you Miss Jiang!" Shen said.

Jiang Ning glanced at Shen Jing lightly, his footsteps paused for a moment and then returned to normal, everything was so natural. "As you said, we take what we need, and we can't say thank you."

Jiang Ning's tone was calm, Shen Jing couldn't distinguish the emotions in her words for a while, although it sounded normal, but he always felt that something was wrong. After Shen Jing sorted out his words, he said calmly: "Actually, I was still wary of getting along with Miss Jiang before, after all, I am not familiar with your building. However, in recent days, I have found that although Miss Jiang is mysterious, she is not such a secretive person, so I think we should be able to count as friends now. ”

After thinking about it, Shen Guo still felt that he should explain some things clearly, so he said it. Nothing is light, and the words in my heart are actually quite pleasant.

Jiang Ning listened to Shen Jing's words quietly, and she was a little surprised that Shen Jing would say these words. And her state of mind, which had been forcibly calmed down, was a little turbulent at the moment, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Ning spoke: "Everyone in the world knows that our building outside the building is powerful and mysterious, and it is normal for Shen Gongzi to have such thoughts at the beginning. In the future, as Shen Gongzi has a clearer understanding of our outer building, I believe that Shen Gongzi's opinion will definitely change. ”

Shen Jing chuckled: "Aren't you afraid of being known what is hidden in the door?" ”

"If you are not afraid of anything outside the building and in the building, how can you be afraid if you say it in broad daylight!"

"Then don't you exclude outsiders? After all, it will shake your mystery. ”

"You're not an outsider." Jiang Ning looked at Shen Jing and smiled slightly.

Shen Kuang figured out the meaning of Jiang Ning's words when he heard this, and he also smiled: "I forgot about our relationship now." ”

After speaking, Shen Guo seemed to think of something, and then continued: "Miss Jiang doesn't need to trouble Miss Chen'er to send me a name card in the future, if there is really an emergency, just send someone to inform me, I know that the news will come as soon as possible." ”

For the little maid Chen'er's tireless behavior of running to deliver the name post, although Shen Jing has long been used to it, he still feels weird, and he is always invited by the girl's family, as if there is something between them.

Obviously, Jiang Ning didn't expect Shen Jing's words, but she still smiled confidently: "Then how did Shen Gongzi know that Jiang Ning had nothing to do?" ”

Shen was dumbfounded, and the chat seemed to have reached a dead end again, and he dug a pit for himself.

Seeing that Shen Jing didn't say anything for a while, Jiang Ning smiled again and said, "Shen Gongzi, do you know? ”

"Huh?." Shen Jing said lightly.

"You are different from many people I have met in the past, so I am more kind to Shen Gongzi. Later, when I learned about Shen Gongzi's background, I felt more and more that you were not an ordinary person. But every time I come into contact with you, I can't see the anger on your body, in Jiang Ning's eyes, Shen Gongzi, you will always be so calm and clear. Jiang Ning wanted to ask, how did you do it? ”

Shen Guo thought for a while and said slowly: "Regarding my life experience, even I only knew about it a few months ago. Since I was a child, my life has always been monotonous, except for practicing martial arts and swords. The grandparents, uncles and aunts in the alley are all mellow and kind people, and most of them are influenced by them, so I look at many things very plainly. Before I arrived, I knew about my background, and to be honest, I didn't think it was true at first. It wasn't until later, when the master told me what happened twenty years ago, that I was sure. But things were far away from me, and I didn't have any impression of my parents, so I didn't feel much in my heart at that time, but I felt that I suddenly had an extra burden on my body. It was heavy and unfamiliar, but I knew it was something I had to bear. Since then, I have been trying to shoulder this responsibility, and I know that it will be a long process, so I am following my master's instructions and taking my time. Of course, I also have hatred in my heart, but that's not all I have at the moment, I should do my best first, do everything well, and then complete that responsibility. ”

Shen said a lot and talked for a long time, with pauses and silences in between.

The moonlight flickered, stretching the backs of the two for a long time.

Jiang Ning had been listening to it and had not spoken for a long time. It wasn't until now, knowing that Shen Guo was finished, that she slowly spoke: "Take your time, everything will be fine." ”

Shen Jing chuckled: "The master said the same thing to me before, but I didn't believe it at that time. It wasn't until later that I slowly discovered the meaning of these words. What we need is not to achieve everything overnight, nor to get out of the pain all at once, such ideas can only remain in fantasy and cannot become true. What we need is a long or long time, those unexpected results are born in a slow time, all the results we can expect often do not happen, only those that we do not expect will be our main theme. ”

Although Shen Kuang's words are not obscure, they are also profound.

Jiang Ning smiled after hearing this: "When I heard you say these words, I really looked like an old-fashioned gentleman talking eloquently, just like when I listened to Mr. Changsun's lecture in Luoyang Shanyang Academy." ”

Jiang Ning saw that Shen Guo didn't understand this teacher, so she explained: "That was my mentor when I was studying in Luoyang many years ago, she is the head of the Academy of Literature of Shanyang Academy, and her name is Changsun Muyi. ”

Shen Guo asked curiously when he heard this: "Is it a female teacher?" ”

Jiang Ning nodded: "Although the teacher is a woman, she can afford the word sir, so my students and others call her Mr. Changsun." ”

"As it should be!" Shen Guo replied.

Jiang Ning said again: "Don't you think it's a bit indecent for a woman to be a gentleman?" ”

Shen Guo chuckled: "I remember that the master used to say to me that the master is the teacher." Those who can understand knowledge and can preach and teach and solve doubts are gentlemen, but what about women? ”

After listening to Shen Jing's words, Jiang Ning finally smiled with her eyebrows and eyes, and was a little happy.

"At that time, there were many people in the world who did not agree with Mr. Changsun as the head of the academy and teaching, let alone the master of the academy of literature, who emphasized the essence of learning."

"And then?" Shen asked with some curiosity.

Jiang Ning smiled and said a little proudly: "At first, Mr. ignored them. For those old pedants who want to debate the scriptures with her, they are even more closed, no matter what they say about the teacher. It wasn't until later that the teacher was really annoyed, so she let out a message, telling those people that she didn't like preaching, and only liked to use her fists, so that they could just send someone over to challenge her, and she wouldn't do it for a long time to win her position as the head of the house. ”

When she said this, Jiang Ning was a little excited and said with a smile: "After those people heard Mr. 's words, they were all angry, and some vicious people even scolded them. While they are full of benevolence and morality, they forget that their own actions are even more shameful. Naturally, those people would not let Mr. do this, until later, after Mr. Changsun defeated the twelve people, including the other three court masters, no one had any objections to Mr. being the court master. ”

Shen Kuang exclaimed slightly: "Are those twelve people all seniors of the Grandmaster Realm?" ”

Jiang Ning thought for a while and replied: "The masters of the Martial Academy, the Military Academy, and the Miscellaneous Academy are all masters who have stepped into the Grandmaster Realm for many years, and I have no impression of the rest of them, but those who dare to find Mr. to argue are not ordinary people. ”

Shen Kuang nodded thoughtfully: "This Mr. Eldest Sun is even more powerful than I imagined,"

Jiang Ning nodded with a smile and said, "Even Luo Jiuchuan, the master of the Martial Academy, lost to Mr. Changsun, and I don't know how many people were shocked at that time. ”

After the two finished speaking, they both smiled lightly, and it was a happy thing to have a consensus inexplicably. Walking slowly, chatting all the way, the carriage creaked behind him.

The moonlight is cold, sprinkled on the earth, and the moonlight can already see the treetops of the big peach trees in the distance. After crossing another intersection, Jiang Ning stopped, and after seeing Shen Jing disappear into the night, he also got in the car and went back.