I. Chapter 18: Fate

The weather is getting colder, and the sun is setting earlier and earlier.

Huge square. Chen Zhiyi, Li Mengru and Jiang Ming stared at the two figures walking slowly. It was dark, and I couldn't really see it.

"Hey, mother, who is walking with my father?Is it someone from Wutong City?Why did she come with her?" Li Mengru asked with a puzzled expression.

Seeing that Li Mengru asked three questions in a row, Chen Zhiyi was also upset, so he didn't answer, and walked towards the two figures.

At this time, Jiang Ming had to sigh: What a coincidence! There are so many people on the streets of Yonghe City, so he just let himself meet them. The villa is so big, and there are so many disciples, you still have to meet yourself......

How can I open my mouth when we meet? Do you greet her first and say, "What a coincidence?" or give her two taels of silver first? Jiang Ming's heart was entangled for a while. Then I thought about it again: forget it, maybe this is fate.

Thinking about this, Jiang Ming was also a lot more open, and he was about to follow Chen Zhiyi's footsteps to catch up. As soon as I took a step, I only felt that the corners of my clothes were tightly pulled by the person behind me.

"What are you pulling me for? Jiang Ming looked at Li Mengru and asked suspiciously.

I saw Li Mengru glaring at Jiang Ming fiercely, gritting her teeth and asking, "Senior brother, what were you thinking just now?" I have long seen that something is wrong with you, and when I saw that Miss Yu, it was like losing my soul. Why? You know?"

"Huh?" Jiang Ming hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't know, I don't know." ”

Li Mengru's pretty face stiffened, and her voice suddenly raised a lot, and said, "I don't know what to do?

Jiang Ming really didn't know what was going on, and thought to himself: Senior sister, why is it inexplicable, turning her face is really faster than turning a book! But she still stood obediently beside Li Mengru and waited quietly, without moving her steps.

After waiting for a while, the three people in the distance slowly arrived. Sure enough, it's the aftermath of Wutong City!

As soon as the three of them arrived, Chen Zhiyi smiled and said, "Today, Miss Yu is temporarily staying in our Heart Cultivation Palace, and the two of you should ask Miss Yu for advice." ”

Li Mengru looked dissatisfied when she heard it, and just wanted to speak, but she was glared at fiercely, and she didn't have anything to say. Then Chen Zhiyi stretched out his arm and said, "Miss Yu, this is a little girl, named Li Mengru." ”

Li Mengru grimaced, looking colder than Yu Xinshuang.

Yu Xinshuang's face was unwavering, and he nodded slightly.

"The little girl is stubborn, Miss Yu must not care. Chen Zhi thought that Li Mengru was so unruly that he was embarrassed. Hurriedly said to Jiang Ming: "This is Jiang Ming, my apprentice with Changfeng......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Yu Xinshuang looking at Jiang Ming, and a strange look flashed on his face. Then calm returned.

The embarrassed Jiang Ming and Yu Xianshuang looked at each other, not knowing how to speak. After a while, it was the other party who said lightly: "My name is Yu Xinshuang, we have met." ”

Jiang Ming didn't expect this woman to be so direct, he was stunned for a moment, and replied, "Eh, what a coincidence! ”

Li Mengru on the side was very surprised, but she didn't expect to be guessed by herself: these two people really know each other!

Li Changfeng and Chen Zhiyi were also quite surprised, they didn't expect Jiang Ming to meet people from Wutong City, and they would meet in this kind of scene today. Although the two were curious, they were not easy to ask.

"It's getting late, let's go back early. Li Changfeng only felt that the coolness was gradually rising, and he didn't bother to dig deeper.

Chen Zhiyi, who felt the strangeness of this, also slowly stood up and said with a smile: "Yes, you know each other, let's go back and talk again." ”

With that, a group of five people walked in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Yu Chenshuang followed coldly at the end. Li Mengru walked in the front, looking puffed up. Jiang Ming and Li Changfeng didn't speak again, and the atmosphere was really heavy.

Chen Zhi agreed, paused, stood side by side with Yu Xinshuang, and said softly: "Miss Yu, the little girl has a strange temper, don't go to your heart." ”

Yu Xinshuang thought that this woman was afraid that she would have a bad heart, so she thought for a while and said: "Senior Sister Li is playful and cute, and she is about the same age as me, so the younger generation is naturally very happy in her heart. ”

Jiang Ming and Chen Zhiyi were both slightly stunned: I really couldn't imagine that such an indifferent woman could say this.

When Chen Zhiyi heard this, he smiled slightly, and opened the conversation: "Alas, if this child in my family is as smart and sensible as Miss Yu, I can also bother less......"

The intellectual Chen Zhiyi was gentle and enthusiastic in his words, and chatted with Yu Xinshuang without a match. The atmosphere has also eased a lot......

Jiang Ming had to have admiration for his master, and he could talk and laugh freely with such a cold person. If it were me, I would definitely not get along. Thinking about it, he sighed again: If the senior sister has the same personality as the senior sister, how good it would be!

A few people didn't end the conversation until they reached the Heart Cultivation Palace, because Chen Zhiyi was in charge of the meal. When leaving, he repeatedly told Jiang Ming that Li Mengru and the others were good at hospitality, and they were not allowed to slack off.

Yu Chenshuang, who has stayed in Wutong City since he was a child, has little contact with worldly fireworks and has a cold personality. But the woman's behavior in front of her couldn't help but make people a little closer. was so enthusiastic that I was a little embarrassed.

Chen Zhiyi went to cook dinner, and Li Changfeng disappeared as soon as he came back. At this time, there was frost left in the hall, Jiang Ming and Li Mengru.

Yu Xinshuang naturally sat on the side, looking around, and there was no sign of speaking. And Li Mengru glanced at her from time to time, full of hostility.

Jiang Ming was sandwiched between the two of them, a little awkward. He coughed lightly twice and said, "Miss Yu......"

"Shut up!"

As soon as the words "uh" went out, I only heard Li Mengru shouting loudly, interrupting herself.

Jiang Ming, who slowly closed his mouth, looked at his senior sister staring at him, and he was also uncomfortable. I felt that my face was swept in front of this Yu girl, and my face was hot for a while. I didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment for a while. picked up the cup on the table casually and pretended to play with it.

Yu Xinshuang raised her head, glanced at Jiang Ming, and saw that Jiang Ming was indifferent. Then his eyes fell on Li Mengru and looked at her.

One gaze is as plain as water, and the other gaze is sharp.

Li Mengru stroked her hair, and suddenly asked, as if inadvertently, "I heard just now, it turned out that Miss Yu and my junior brother have known each other for a long time?"

Yu Xinshuang was so kind of blue heart, and instantly understood where the other party's hostility came from. also smiled slightly: "I think Senior Sister Li misunderstood, I and you, the junior brother, are not old acquaintances." It's just that I've met in Yonghe City before. ”

Jiang Ming, who was on the side, saw the two talking about himself, quickly put down the cup in his hand, and echoed: "Miss Yu is right, that's it." ”

Li Mengru also ignored it, and still said calmly: "I've met so many people in the city, why did you meet my stupid junior brother? Now that we're together again, the two of you are really very fateful!"

Li Mengru had something to say, and Yu Xinshuang heard it, but her heart was open, and she replied calmly: "I was entangled in that city before, thanks to Senior Brother Jiang for me to relieve the siege, I haven't had time to thank you, so I remember it more deeply." As soon as he finished speaking, he was as cold as ice, "If Senior Sister Li doesn't want me to stay in this Heart Cultivation Palace, then I can go!"

Li Mengru heard that the two were not entangled, and her heart was much lighter, maybe she really misunderstood. But for the sake of face, she still refused to admit defeat and said: "If Miss Yu thinks that this Heart Nourishing Hall is really simple, we will never be able to keep it if we want to leave." ”

Yu Chenshuang's status is extraordinary, and she has some temperament. Hearing this, he didn't speak, his pretty face was cold, and he got up directly and wanted to leave.

Jiang Ming secretly complained bitterly, and his senior sister was too indiscriminate to speak. Just about to get up to stop Yu Xinshuang, he heard a voice from outside the hall: "It's time to eat!"

Yu Chenshuang, who had not yet walked out of the palace gate, was just opposite Chen Zhiyi.

Chen Zhiyi, who was holding the hot meal, was naturally unaware, and asked gently, "Miss Yu, what are you doing here?" As he spoke, he put the food on the table.

Looking at the busy woman, Yu Xinshuang was stunned for a while, and said calmly: "It's okay, it's just that I've been sitting for a long time, move my body." With that, he sat back down.

Chen Zhiyi said "um", beckoned everyone to sit down with a smile on his face, and said, "Ru'er, go and call your father, it's time to eat!"

Li Mengru left reluctantly. Jiang Ming suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, these two women were really tight! one was stranger than the other......

Just when Jiang Ming was wondering, he suddenly heard Chen Zhiyi say, "It's here!"

I saw the thin and tall Li Changfeng bring the playful and lovely Li Mengru to the house.

Li Changfeng still sat on the chair in the middle, saw that everyone was together, and said to everyone: "Miss Yu is traveling on a long journey, and there is a selection matter, so she wants to stay in our villa for two days." The owner of the village and I have discussed, we are few quiet, and there is Ru'er to be a companion, so Miss Yu will temporarily live in our Heart Cultivation Palace. After speaking, he waved his big hand: "That's it, let's eat!"

Jiang Ming and Li Mengru just wanted to move the chopsticks, but they saw Chen Zhiyi sitting upright. The helpless two stood up together and shouted: "The coarse tea and light rice are full of three meals, all thanks to the master (mother's mother)!" Then, he bowed deeply to Chen Zhiyi.

Chen Zhiyi smiled and said, "Good boy, let's eat!" and then looked at Yu Xinshuang, who didn't know what the situation was and didn't move his chopsticks: "Miss Yu don't be polite, this is the rule I taught them, just to let them learn to be grateful!"

Li Mengru, who usually doesn't feel anything, feels embarrassed at the moment, and just lets others see the jokes. Immersed in eating with a dissatisfied face, he deliberately made a little noise from time to time.

A few people ate weirdly like this. I don't know how long it took, Li Changfeng suddenly said: "Ru'er, Ming'er, remember to go to the martial arts field to participate in the selection early tomorrow morning." ”

Jiang Ming and Li Mengru had a rare tacit understanding, and replied in unison: "I don't want to go!"

"Why don't you go?" Li Changfeng suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked straight at the two of them with a serious face.

Jiang Ming looked at Li Changfeng's gloomy face, knowing that the master was already angry, and he wanted to say it but was afraid of being blamed by the master, so he hesitated for a long time, and still said hesitantly: "Master, I am lowly in my ways, and it will be a shame for you to go, I ...... I'm not going!"

"What about you?"

Li Mengru saw that she asked herself, and said lightly while holding the dishes: "If my junior brother doesn't go, I won't go either." ”

"Bang" Li Changfeng put down the bowl in his hand, and the sudden sound startled everyone. He reprimanded angrily: "Why are you two so unsuccessful! Give them all to me! I'm not afraid of losing face!"

Li Changfeng has an extremely calm temperament and rarely loses his temper. This also shocked the two. Even Li Mengru, who has a detached personality, doesn't dare to talk back. They all lowered their heads and silently did not speak.

And Yu Xinshuang still looked indifferent, everything was none of her business.

Chen Zhi, who was on the side, was so angry that Li Changfeng was so angry, and he hurriedly said, "You two listen to your master's words." Your master is not afraid of being embarrassed, but what he is afraid of is that you do not want to forge ahead!"

......

For a while, no one in the hall spoke, only the occasional sound of clashing dishes and chopsticks and the whimpering autumn breeze outside the house......