Perhaps because he hadn't considered that Chu Si hadn't truly fallen asleep yet, Li Yanqing was stunned for a long moment before he slowly spoke, "It's still okay."
Chu Si did not rush to speak, but was just thinking about the rumors he had heard about Li Yanqing over the years.
He almost lost his life, how can it be considered okay?
Knowing that Li Yanqing didn't want them to worry, Chu Si sighed softly in his heart.
"Big Brother, you're tired. Remember to go home." Chu Si propped himself up slightly, looked at Li Yanqing who had sat up, and patted his shoulder. "Go back to our home."
Li Yanqing's heartbeat inevitably accelerated when he heard this, but then he seemed to remember something and said half seriously and half jokingly, "What if I forget the way home?"
"How is that possible?" Chu Si yawned and lay back down. "You are our eldest senior brother. No matter where you are, as long as you want to go home, the door of the hall will always be open to you."
Chu Si did not lie, and he didn't know how their master did it.
In short, they were able to sense the direction and location of the palace, and could also see the door leading to their home after arriving at their destination.
Hearing Chu Si's straightforward words, Li Yanqing's body stiffened slightly, and then he chuckled: "That's right."
But only Li Yanqing himself knew clearly that even though he was still their eldest senior brother and their master's apprentice, he could no longer sense the location of the palace, let alone see the door.
"Even if you can't find the door, you still have us."
Chu Si looked at Li Yanqing, who was still in a daze. He reached out his hand, pulled the man's arm, and continued, "My junior sister and I will take you home."
Li Yanqing was stunned and subconsciously replied, "Really?"
"Of course, you are our senior brother, our forever senior brother." Chu Si responded without any hesitation: "Come to think of it, senior brother hasn't been back for more than ten years. How about going back to visit this time?"
"Master, he misses you a lot too."
Chu Si recalled as he spoke.
In fact, the master rarely mentioned the eldest brother in front of him and his junior sister.
However, the master placed dozens of branches on a shelf in the study that was specially used to store swords.
Some of them were even broken, but the master would rather wrap them up with cloth strips than throw them away.
Therefore, even if the master did not mention it, he and his junior sister knew in their hearts that the master had never forgotten the eldest senior brother.
Li Yanqing's fingers trembled slightly. He pulled the quilt in his hand uncomfortably and lay down again. After a while, he spoke: "If there is a chance... let's see."
Chu Si frowned slightly, not expecting Li Yanqing's disguised rejection.
"Big Brother, haven't you heard that saying?"
"A tree wishes to be still, but the wind does not stop; a son wishes to support his parents, but they are no longer around."
"You are still young and in the prime of your life, but Master is different. No matter how much Master takes care of his health, it cannot change the fact that Master is already in his twilight years."
"You can wait, but how long can Master wait?"
"You know how stubborn Master is. You don't want him to not even have the chance to see you in person, do you?"
Li Yanqing felt unhappy when he heard what Chu Si said.
Going to see the master was easy in the eyes of Chu Si and Ning Wan, but not for him.
"Chu Si, I know what's going on. You don't need to say more."
Li Yanqing's hands were clenched into fists under the quilt. He suppressed his reluctance and said something to evade others.
Hearing this, Chu Si naturally knew that Li Yanqing's decision was not so easy to change. "Okay, okay, okay, Junior Brother, I won't say any more."
"I just hope that you can remember what you said today. Don't forget that you still have a family, and our master is waiting for you to go back and see him."
As Chu Si spoke, he changed his hand and rested his head on it again.
Li Yanqing said softly: "I understand."
If possible, he hoped that the two of them would never meet again in this life.
"By the way, does the master know about your request for medicine?" Perhaps the topic was too heavy, Li Yanqing asked a new question very naturally.
Chu Si thought for a while and said truthfully, "Master knows about it, and the person who contacted Senior Brother was also introduced to me and Junior Sister by Master."
Thinking of the people in Wutong Garden, Chu Si and Ning Wan knew very well in their hearts that they had never seen them before.
The other party never introduced his identity.
Judging from the other person's reaction after hearing the master's name, I think he must be an acquaintance.
Seeing that Li Yanqing hadn't spoken for a long time, Chu Si spoke again, "Brother, do you know the shopkeeper in Wutong Garden?"
When he heard Wutongyuan again, Li Yanqing's clenched fists under the quilt froze again.
"Didn't the master introduce him to you?" Li Yanqing asked back with some confusion, as if he found it hard to believe.
Chu Si didn't understand the meaning behind Li Yanqing's words, nor did he notice the hesitation in his words. He replied very straightforwardly, "Master never said that."
Li Yanqing sighed softly: "In terms of seniority, the shopkeeper you are talking about is our uncle, Chu Wu."
"How is that possible? As far as I can remember, I've never seen that person. There's no trace of him in the palace, and I haven't even heard my master mention him."
The moment Li Yanqing finished speaking, Chu Si's confused mind became clear again.
"It's normal that you haven't seen him." Li Yanqing didn't pay attention to Chu Si's questioning, but explained calmly: "Master uncle left the Temple of Gods long before you went up the mountain."
Chu Si frowned slightly: "Why?"
Even if he had left before they went up the mountain, it was impossible for the master, who was such a polite person, not to mention their uncle.
"Do you remember the rule in the Temple of God?"
Li Yanqing paused for a moment, then immediately spoke, "No one in the God's Palace is allowed to leave without permission."
Chu Si nodded slightly.
He knew this, but it was actually very simple to get out. He just needed to go to the temple to burn some incense, say something to the statue of the god, and then report to his master, and that was it.
In his opinion, this rule is just a formality and has little impact.
"Brother, please don't tell me that it was because my uncle left the mountain without permission that he was expelled from the group by our master, right?"
Chu Si thought of Li Yanqing's words, and without waiting for Li Yanqing to say more, he subconsciously asked back.
Unexpectedly, this statement caused Li Yanqing to chuckle: "That's not the case."
"Actually, my first master was Chu Wu, not Chu You."
Li Yanqing said something that had nothing to do with what he said before and was confusing.
Chu Si no longer wanted to dwell on the fact that Li Yanqing addressed the two elders by their names. He just felt that his mind had become much clearer.
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