Chapter 168: The Gu Master Who Trained the Young Hero
Lin Zhi originally thought that Qi He would say something to him about sleeping in separate rooms. After all, this was the first time they slept in separate rooms since he brought Qi He with him.
Six or seven years have passed in a flash, from when Qi He was a thin child to the young man he is today.
What's more, Qi He is very attached to him and follows him everywhere.
But Qi He said nothing and asked nothing. He returned to his room, washed up, and went downstairs to eat. He picked the dish that best suited his taste from the list of dishes announced by the waiter, just like he usually did.
Lin Zhi swallowed the food in his mouth and took a sip of tea.
He naturally felt that something was wrong, but it was not because it was strange that the child had grown up and was not close to him, but because he felt that this was not in line with Qi He's style.
Either Qi He had a trick up his sleeve, or Qi He had developed unusual thoughts about him, so he wanted to stay away.
Lin Zhi hoped it was the former, and he also thought it was the former.
He didn't realize that Qi He had crossed the line in any way, and even if Qu Ziheng didn't mention it today, he would have planned to do so.
Qi He is no longer a child who needs to curl up in his arms to sleep. He is already taller than him, and every time he opens his eyes, he is in Qi He's arms. This cannot go on. Lin Zhi is worried that he will be in a daze one day and mistake Qi He for other soul fragments, thus leading his apprentice down a path of no return.
"Master, eat more. Summer is coming soon and I'm afraid your appetite will be poor. You will have to lose weight again then."
Qi He put some food in Lin Zhi's bowl. Although it was only April now, Lin Zhi's appetite would worsen starting from June, and it would be difficult to get him to eat more by then.
Lin Zhi had no choice but to continue using her chopsticks and finish the remaining rice in the bowl along with the dishes that Qi He had picked up.
Qu Ziheng enviously said, "You have a great master-disciple relationship. It's good enough that my master doesn't steal my chicken leg."
Qingxun smiled and said nothing. He just felt that there was something subtly perverse about the relationship between the master and the disciple. Normally, it was the master who urged the disciple to eat more.
Yan Yixuan was observing secretly. After finishing the meal, Jiang Yan couldn't help but ask her, "Did you notice it?"
Yan Yixuan wondered: "What did you notice?"
"What were you staring at while you were eating?"
"I was wondering how Xiao He could pick up the meatballs so accurately without being able to see, instead of the lotus root next to it. Don't you think that's amazing?"
Jiang Yan slammed the door expressionlessly, almost hitting Yan Yixiuan's nose.
Yan Yixuan kicked the door angrily and said, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
She walked along, touching her nose, muttering, "It's just amazing."
Qu Ziheng asked curiously, "What's so amazing?"
Yan Yixuan shared his findings, and Qu Ziheng agreed: "It's really amazing."
Lin Zhi, who was listening to their voices in the room, chuckled. As long as they were not important partners, he still liked to get along with such simple-minded people, just like 01.
Perhaps in a few years these boys and girls will become mature and sophisticated, no longer enthusiastic and naive, and aspire to become world-famous heroes, but at least their sincerity is precious at this time.
The snake cloud grass with mud on it is in Qingxun's hand. It may be related to something that the young heroes don't know, and it may even be related to the Qi family's murder case.
Qi He had an extraordinary attention on the Snake Cloud Grass. Others could not notice it, but as Qi He's master and the target of Qi He's mission, Lin Zhi naturally paid special attention to it.
It was already late. Lin Zhi practiced for a while. When the time was almost up, he blew out the candle, took off his outer robe and sat on the bed. He heard a light knock on the door.
Lin Zhi opened the door and saw Qi He standing at the door.
"What's wrong?"
"Master, I have something to tell you."
Lin Zhi moved sideways to let Qi He in.
"I thought Master would see me and ask if I couldn't sleep alone."
Qi He sat on the chair, slightly tilting his head and looking in the direction of Lin Zhi.
He had already learned to "see clearly" around him without the help of vision, just like now he knew that his master had sat back on the bed.
Lin Zhi: "You are not a child anymore."
Will you still cry and ask your master for milk?
Lin Zhi swallowed the rest of the sentence. It would have been fine if he had said this joke two years ago, but now people are worried that he might mislead teenagers.
After all, according to Qi He's personality, he would definitely remember it and return it to him one day.
"I am indeed not a child anymore. Master, won't you ask me why I am interested in Snake Cloud Grass?"
"Hmm? I thought you were interested in the affairs of the underworld. An unknown person can hardly make any progress here. If you use this incident to gain momentum, you might be able to get more clues."
"Could the Akabane Clan have something to do with this?"
"We'll know when the time comes."
The master and the disciple asked and answered each other, playing the nesting doll game of "I know and you know, I know", which was full of ambiguous ideas.
If Wu Feng were here, he would say that the two of them were a headache to look at.
Qi He was silent for a while and walked to Lin Zhi's bed.
The boy's figure blocked the moonlight outside the window, and the shadow enveloped Lin Zhi.
He took off the white silk from his eyes, revealing eyes that seemed to be shrouded in mist.
His face had grown older, his nose had become taller, and his lips were pale, like glass under the moon.
"Master, are you really not going to ask?"
Lin Zhi looked at him leisurely: "You will say it when you want to."
Qi He thought, it's like this again.
It was that inscrutable feeling again, which his eyes could not see and his heart could not grasp.
The master is like the vast forest in the Miao village. You can’t see the end at a glance. The deeper you go into it, the easier it is to lose your direction and become unable to figure it out.
Qi He didn't know his intentions, didn't know whether he wanted to know or not,
When it comes to making the master soften his heart, it seems that the decision-making power is never in his hands. If the master is willing, then he will do as he wishes. If the master is not willing, then no matter what he does, it won't work.
"If the master asks, I will definitely tell him. If the master wants to know, just tell me."
Qi He held Lin Zhi's hand, bent down and put his cheek on the back of Lin Zhi's hand.
He cunningly gave up the initiative, but in fact he took the real initiative.
He no longer cared about telling the truth to his master, but he began to distrust his master, and there never was a suitable opportunity.
Qi He hopes that the master can ask him in person, and wants the master to take the initiative to understand him so that the master can love him more.
It's really lovable, Lin Zhi thought, 30% acting and 70% reality, but because of this acting element, it is more touching than if it were 100% reality.
Lin Zhi did not answer, but gently pulled his hand out. He did not take it back, but stroked Qi He's hair.
His movements were gentle and delicate, as if Qi He was still that child.
"If it's about treasure, then you have to keep it a secret. If the time comes when I must know, I will know it naturally."
Lin Zhi's speech was neither fast nor slow, and her tone was the same as always, neither lighter nor heavier. It was like a cloud floating through people's hearts, making Qi He suddenly feel a bitter pain in his heart.
Not only did the master not mind him keeping it a secret, he also allowed him to keep it a secret.
Qi He lay on his master's lap, with a dependent attitude and a look of peace and admiration on his face.
Even though he knew that his master's nature was not as gentle and harmless as he appeared, so what? At least his master was so good to him.
"Master, tomorrow is my birthday. I don't want any other gifts. I just hope you can fulfill one wish of mine."
"What wish?"
"I want to know what Master looks like now, and I hope Master can let me feel his bones and see."
Lin Zhi nodded: "Of course, it's not a big deal."
He was just about to let Qi He go back to sleep when he heard Qi He say in a sweet voice, "Master, it is already past four o'clock in the morning. Today is my birthday."
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