After hearing what Gu Qingze said, Chu Lingxiao's gaze immediately turned to him, with a smile in his eyes. The brief loss that he had revealed before seemed to be just an illusion and had never really existed.
At this moment, Gu Qingze suddenly realized that Ling Xiao was just teasing him on purpose. After all, Ling Xiao was not that fragile and would not be touched so easily. This action was nothing more than to see how he would respond.
But now it seems... Ling Xiao is quite satisfied with his answer...?
Gu Qingze couldn't help but smile helplessly when he thought of this.
After a while, Chu Lingxiao, Gu Qingze, and Song Jinnian went to Su Han's temporary residence together.
Su Han's guest room was not far from Song Jinnian's room. As if he had noticed their arrival, he had already opened the door in advance and leaned against the door frame, waiting for their arrival.
When Song Jinnian saw Su Han, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Brother Su Han, are you...waiting for...us?"
Gu Qingze and Chu Lingxiao saw through Song Jinnian's thoughts at a glance, and involuntarily turned their eyes to Su Han.
Now, they finally understood why Su Ming always looked interested and ready to watch the show when encountering emotional matters related to them, because it was indeed interesting.
Su Han seemed not to notice, he just nodded slightly and said, "Please come in."
After everyone entered the room, Su Han closed the door and leaned against the wall, holding his sword tightly in his arms, which looked like a treasure.
After all these years, Su Han still remained the quiet type, but he wasn't as cold and distant as before, making him difficult to approach. Perhaps it was because after taking revenge, the burden on his heart was finally lifted...
Speaking of revenge... Gu Qingze couldn't help but think back to the city gate incident. To avoid suspicion, important members of the Gu family found excuses to leave Qingyun City and haven't returned for many years. Su Han must have known about these past events, right?
He couldn't help but look at Su Han and found that Su Han was also staring at him. There seemed to be some thoughts hidden in his eyes, making the atmosphere around them a little subtle.
However, this subtle atmosphere was soon broken by Song Jinnian. Seeing that the two were silent, Song Jinnian enthusiastically pulled them to join the ongoing conversation.
At first, the topic revolved around Song Jinnian and Su Han's daily training and experiences in the Wanjian Sect, such as the training locations and activities held by the sect. The content was quite ordinary.
But as time went on, the topic gradually went off track and turned into a conference for exchanging sword techniques and sharing insights.
Although such a change was unexpected, it was also reasonable. After all, the four people present were all sword cultivators and naturally had a strong interest in swordsmanship.
Especially after Su Han joined the discussion, the topic quickly shifted to the field of swordsmanship. The four sword cultivators were immersed in the discussion of swordsmanship, sharing their own insights and experiences with each other, and unknowingly they had been chatting for a long time.
It was not until the afternoon that Song Jinnian suggested inviting their other two friends, Zhou Yue and Su Ming (they had met at the Dao-breaking Ceremony yesterday, but only exchanged glances), and going out to play together.
After hearing this, Gu Qingze thought it was a good suggestion. After all, among all the people present, only Song Jinnian, Zhou Yue and Su Ming were relatively unfamiliar.
But considering Song Jinnian's enthusiastic, cheerful and sociable personality, he believed that this would not be a problem and everyone should be able to get along well.
As expected, Su Ming and Zhou Yue gladly accepted the invitation and went to the market in Qingyun City with them.
On the way to the market, Su Ming quickly became familiar with Song Jinnian. The two walked side by side in front and had a great conversation.
Zhou Yue followed closely behind, listening quietly to their conversation. Whenever they came across a topic of interest, he would join the discussion and share his views.
At the same time, Su Han, Chu Lingxiao and Gu Qingze fell behind the team intentionally or unintentionally.
This was a deliberate decision they made, because Chu Lingxiao had quietly told Gu Qingze before leaving that he felt Su Han seemed to have something to say to Gu Qingze.
Although they did not ask Su Han directly, the three of them chose to gradually fall behind the team and ended up in the back.
"I'm surprised that you would invite me to your Dao-ending ceremony." Su Han suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingze responded without hesitation: "You are our friend, so of course we have to invite you."
Seeing this, Chu Lingxiao patted Gu Qingze's shoulder gently and explained with a hint of helplessness: "Qingze, this is not what Su Han is referring to."
After Chu Lingxiao's reminder, Gu Qingze finally realized the matter concerning the Gu family. He turned to look at Su Han and said slowly after a moment's silence:
"I originally thought that after you took revenge, the Gu family's attitude and reaction to that incident would allow you to understand the Gu family's position on this matter."
Su Han responded seriously: "I understand, but I did kill someone from your Gu family. No matter how you react, the facts are the facts. I killed someone, so I killed him..."
"That's right, if you kill him, you kill him." Gu Qingze nodded, indicating that he agreed with Su Han's statement.
Then, he changed the subject and said with some profound meaning, "But... aren't you also a member of the Gu family?"
"I'm not." Su Han denied without hesitation, "I'm from the Su family."
Seeing him like this, Gu Qingze didn't say much. He never forced anything. Isn't there a saying that goes "Don't advise others to be good without experiencing their suffering"?
Regardless of whether Su Han accepts the Gu family or not, the Gu family will always welcome him. However, if Su Han cannot accept the Gu family, he will not force it.
He realized that the shadow in Su Han's heart was far more difficult to let go than he had imagined. Although he had avenged his mother, the shadow that had long shrouded his heart seemed to be difficult to dissipate, becoming a trauma deep in his heart.
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