Man Qingting frowned, his face gloomy.

"I... Can I be her mother?"

"Of course you can, no one is more suitable to be his mother than you!" Ye Heng said excitedly while holding Man Qingting's hand.

Man Qingting looked at Ye Heng with tears in his eyes. After staring at each other for a long time, she said hoarsely: "Then you promise me that you will take good care of her in the future until she grows up." ”

Ye Heng's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Yes, but you have to promise me to be her lady first." ”

Man Qingting immediately agreed: "I promise to be her mother." ”

Ye Heng smiled: "Then I promise you that I will take care of her." Senior sister, let's give her a new name. ”

After thinking about it, Man Qingting said: "Her surname is Gu, or she should be called Gu Youlan." ”

From that day on, Ye Heng was looking forward to Man Qingting's early recovery from his illness every day.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and Man Qingting's cough seemed to be getting worse.

Sometimes, she would cough for a night, and she would always cover her mouth with a towel for fear of disturbing the child's rest.

Ye Heng always felt that Man Qingting was hiding something from him, but whenever he asked her and the master about it, the master said that it was no big deal, but she was coughing because of the cold lungs caused by the yin in her body.

Every morning, Man Qingting would sit in front of the bronze mirror and dress up, and her face was like a hibiscus, bright and moving. It was a charming Man Qingting, which made Ye Heng obsessed with it every day.

Not long after, Man Qingting was seriously ill, but she still insisted on getting up early to dress up.

Ye Heng didn't understand why she was so obsessed with rouge gouache these days, obviously she was naturally beautiful enough.

A certain day.

Snow is falling!

Man Qingting sat in front of the bronze mirror and dressed up, while Ye Heng admired her back in the back.

"Uh!" Suddenly, a pool of blood spat out of Man Qingting's mouth.

"Senior sister!" After exclaiming loudly, Ye Heng rushed forward and grabbed Man Qingting's shoulder, "What's wrong with you?"

What made Ye Heng feel shocked was that the blood that Man Qingting spit out turned out to be black.

Ye Heng's exclamation frightened Gu Youlan, who was crying on the side, and also alarmed the master in the grass hut next door.

After entering the door and seeing Man Qingting's pale face, the white-haired master suddenly turned to ashes and shouted in mourning: "Daughter!"

Man Qingting looked at the master and said hoarsely: "Dad, my daughter is leaving, thank you for taking care of your daughter all the time, my daughter owes you, and I can only repay it in the next life!"

Master hid his face and wept, then buried his head and cried.

"Senior sister, what does this mean?" Ye Heng asked in a hoarse voice, with an unbelievable expression on his face. "Didn't Master say that you just had cold lungs?"

A line of crystal tears came from the corner of Man Qingting's eyes, and she squinted at Ye Heng, her eyes full of reluctance.

After a pause, her lips twitched and said, "I'm sorry, there is one thing that Senior Sister has been hiding from you, Senior Sister has suffered from an incurable disease since she was a child. Back then, my sister decided to keep you, because I was worried that one day my sister would be gone, and you would be able to stay with my father, so that he would not die alone and alone. ”

As he spoke, Man Qingting's pale and bloodless left hand slowly stretched forward, caressing Ye Heng's face, and said with a dying breath: "You promised me that you would take good care of Youlan's child until." ”

Before he finished speaking, Man Qingting's hand fell from Ye Heng's face.

She's gone!

However, Ye Heng never got her answer.

Retracting his thoughts, Ye Heng found that he was already in tears.

He looked at Man Qingting in the portrait with resentment, and at the same time withdrew his trembling hand.

He hated Man Qingting, leaving a knot in his heart that he still can't untie.

It is precisely because of this that he doesn't like his apprentice very much, Gu Youlan.

If he hadn't promised Man Qingting at the beginning, he would have abandoned Gu Youlan.

Thinking that Gu Youlan is now over sixteen years old, he is wondering if he can be regarded as fulfilling his promise.

So, a day later.

He walked out of the room that belonged to him, found Gu Youlan, who was talking to Ye Fei and Qin Shuyue, and said, "Youlan, from today on, you are not my Ye Heng's apprentice. ”

Hearing this, Gu Youlan froze. After a while, he recovered, looked at Ye Heng with tears burning and asked, "Master, why?

Ye Heng ignored it, but looked at Ye Fei and said, "Give you a chance to leave Yunlan Valley." ”

"Do you want me to help you take care of Miss Youlan?" Ye Fei asked.

Ye Heng nodded, "That's right! Youlan grew up in the valley since she was a child, and she didn't have much contact with the outside world. After two days of observation, I can see that you are a person of affection and righteousness. As a person with affection and righteousness, he will naturally keep his promises. ”

"But it depends on whether Miss Youlan is willing to go with me. Ye Fei looked at Gu Youlan.

Gu Youlan shook her head desperately.

Ye Heng looked at Gu Youlan again and said, "In order to take care of you, I have been trapped in Yunlan Valley for more than ten years. For me, Yunlan Valley is not a happy place. ”

Gu Youlan still shook her head, and the tears on her face flowed more and more.

"This matter has been decided!" Ye Heng said, "I will personally send you out of the valley tomorrow, and you will not be allowed to come back in the future, if you still have me as a master in your heart." ”

With that, Ye Heng turned around and returned to his room.

Gu Youlan suddenly knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Master, please, don't drive the disciples away." ”

Ye Heng tilted his head slightly, "You can't stay in the valley for the rest of your life." ”

"Master, I can't bear to let you stay here alone. ”

"Who said I would stay here forever. Ye Heng retorted and continued to walk towards his house.

When Ye Heng entered the house, Qin Shuyue immediately helped Gu Youlan up, "Miss Youlan, get up quickly! Your master is right, you can't stay here for the rest of your life." ”

"But Master, didn't he stay there all the time?"

"He has sustenance. Ye Fei looked at the tomb.

"I have it too. Gu Youlan looked at Ye Heng's house.

Seeing this, Ye Feideng understood something.

Ye Heng was right, Yunlan Valley was not a happy place. There are always bonds, and there is always loneliness.

It's late at night.

Gu Youlan was in the room, crying and crying.

Qin Shuyue was accompanying her on the side, and she didn't know what words to say to comfort.

On the slope, in the dimly lit room, Ye Heng sat alone, holding a flute in his hand.

He didn't give a, for fear of making Gu Youlan more and more sad.

In fact, he was also afraid of upsetting himself.

Gu Youlan was raised by him personally, if he said that there was no reluctance in his heart, it was completely a lie to himself.

It's just that he doesn't want Gu Youlan to be like him and be trapped in this Yunlan Valley for the rest of his life.

Suddenly, a movement came to his ears.

He frowned, then got up and walked out of the house, then looked in the direction where the movement came from, and found that Ye Fei was digging the grave of his senior sister Man Qingting with a hoe!