Life is a dream (2)
Li Zhaoyue waited for them to finish, then walked over to Xu Xing with a smile and praised him, "You're really good at speaking. You made Elder Zheng furious with just a few words."
Xu Xing suddenly asked her: "Will you believe me?"
Li Zhaoyue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why do you ask that question? Of course I'm on your side. Elder Zheng Hai's words are so incoherent that it's hard to understand. I'm not a fool, so how could I believe him?"
But Xu Xing only heard the first half of her sentence, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"As long as Ayue believes me," he said with a smile.
His eyes sparkled, like brown gemstones in the sun, translucent and warm. Li Zhaoyue only took one look and felt the warmth tinge his breath. He quickly looked away and hummed softly.
The disappearance of Zheng Hai and Yu Zhi was truly bizarre; aside from that video, there was no other clue. Everyone could only pause for the moment and discuss strengthening the floating island's defenses.
"This year is the fiftieth three-year period. Folklore has it that the floating island will sink again this year. This..." an elder of the Zheng family whispered.
"Does anyone really believe that rumor? Then let me ask you, in the past hundred years, has there ever been any unusual movement on the floating island?" Cen Lin said.
The elder really couldn't give any specific examples, so he kept silent.
"I know that everyone is worried about the strange things that have happened recently, and is afraid that the catastrophe of the past will happen again to the world, but please don't think too much about it. There must be a mastermind behind these things, and the enemy is in the dark. The only thing we can do is not to lose our composure." Feng Ran said.
These words calmed the emotions of everyone in the hall.
"Next, the disciples who were called in for questioning please go out first. I have important matters to discuss with the elders." Feng Ran nodded to Xie Feng and said in a gentle voice.
Xie Feng took the Meteor Sword and walked out of the palace with the summoned people.
As soon as they came out, the palace door slammed shut.
Lou Daoye was so scared in the hall just now that he collapsed to the ground as soon as he came out. He was completely different from his usual arrogant self and his whole body was twitching.
Li Zhaoyue hated people who relied on their family background to do evil things the most. He immediately turned his head away, unwilling to see him.
Lou Daoye lay on the ground for a while and then his eyes shot towards Xu Xing. He wished he could cut Xu Xing into pieces immediately, with a very vicious look.
"Okay, you'd better behave yourself recently. The next person to go missing might be one of us." Xie Feng glanced at Lou Daoye with a warning in his words.
He Shuyu nodded perfunctorily, yawned sleepily, and walked forward with squinted eyes, wanting to go back to Jinxiantai to rest immediately.
Unexpectedly, no one saw it and stepped on the hand of the night.
"What is that?" She was shocked, and her sleepiness disappeared immediately. Seeing that it was Lou Daoye, she narrowed her eyes and said, "It's you."
Lou Daoye covered his hands, rolled his eyes at her, and said weakly, "Since you recognized me, you'd better apologize immediately..."
Before he could even say the word "apology", He Shuyu raised his foot and hit him on the head. Lou Daoye was so frightened that he rolled to the side in a hurry, thus saving his head.
"You!" He stood up angrily and was about to curse when a gust of palm wind came towards him.
Pa! It was the sound of a crisp slap.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, followed by a burst of shrill laughter.
Lou Daoye wanted to fight back, but He Shuyu looked down at him and slapped him on the right cheek again.
"How dare you hit me!" The flesh on Lou Daoye's face was squeezed into a ball, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he looked very scary.
"Do you know who I am? The Lou family, the Lou family of Cangyun City, you..."
"I don't care who you are." He Shuyu scratched his ears, shook his hands with a little disgust, completely ignoring the shock and daze on Lou Daoye's face, and sneered.
"You!" He was unconvinced, struggled to stand up and rushed towards her.
He Shuyu made a "tut" sound, and instantly drew his sword with his right hand. The powerful sword energy directly knocked Lou Daoye over.
"Waste." She sneered, put away her sword and left.
Poor Lou Daoye rolled around on the ground in pain, looking extremely miserable.
Li Zhaoyue watched the whole process from the side, and for the first time felt that He Shuyu's lack of quality was gratifying.
She and Xu Xing looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
The few people following Zheng Hai that time were also laughing.
Xie Feng always had a stern face, and at this moment he couldn't help it.
Lou Daoye couldn't defeat He Shuyu, so he had to pick on the weak. He glared at Li Zhaoyue resentfully and said, "Do you think you're so great just because you're Zhu Ming's apprentice? Aren't you just like Zheng Hai, using your status and family background to bully others? In fact, without Elder Zhu, you'd be nothing more than a parentless bastard."
This was too much, and Xie Feng's face immediately darkened. Xu Xing also stopped smiling. They both walked towards Li Zhaoyue at the same time. Just as they were about to speak, they saw Li Zhaoyue smiling at Lou Daoye.
"I am different from Zheng Hai. He uses his power to force others, but I help others. If you say that I force people like you, I am happy to do so. As for you saying that I have no parents, I don't feel ashamed of it." Her eyes were clear and her tone was soft.
"My parents gave birth to me, gave me life, and gave me the opportunity to see the world, but they didn't have the chance to see the world with me. I feel regretful, not resentful, because my master was very good to me, taught me many things, and gave me a family."
"As for you, I really don't understand," she said seriously, "why, with both your parents here, you act like someone who's been left alone..."
After thinking for a moment, the smile on her face faded a little, and then she spat out two words: "Beast."
These two words not only drove Lou Daoye crazy, but also stunned everyone else. In their impression, Li Zhaoyue was always cheerful and silly, rarely showing such sharpness.
This made everyone forget that Li Zhaoyue was just kind and not a pushover.
After saying that, Li Zhaoyue pouted at Lou Daoye and took out a piece of talisman from her bag. She said, "It's okay if you say I'm not a big deal, and it's okay if you insult me, but if you call me a bastard, that's also an insult to my parents."
As soon as he finished speaking, the talisman paper burst out with a strong light, and with a bang, it blew Lou Daoye into the sky. Then Li Zhaoyue ran to Xie Feng and whispered to him for a while. Xie Feng smiled and nodded.
The Meteor Sword suddenly grew larger and caught Lou Daoye who was screaming as he fell.
"Auntie - I was wrong -" His screams echoed throughout the Yizi Courtyard, attracting many disciples to look up.
"Isn't that the little bully from the Art Court? Finally, someone is taking care of him."
"Yeah, seeing him being so cowardly is really satisfying."
"Lou Yao, look, the building was blown up to the sky at night." In the School of Pharmacy, a female disciple poked the person who was sitting by the window in a daze and said.
The woman called Lou Yao hurriedly looked up at the sky, and soon lowered her head in fear, as if she had seen something terrible.
The female disciple sighed lightly and stopped talking.
Lou Daoye was completely humiliated this time. When he got down from the Meteor Sword, his face was ashen and he knelt on the ground without moving.
Li Zhaoyue took a few more steps forward, trembling with fear, and said bitterly, "Auntie, I was wrong. Please don't blow me up again."
Li Zhaoyue suppressed his laughter and coughed lightly: "You didn't apologize to Xu Xing last time, you have to make it up to him this time."
Lou Daoye didn't dare disobey her at all. Hearing this, he dragged his frightened body to Xu Xing and said, "I didn't recognize Mount Tai. I offended you. I'm cheap, I'm cheap." He was about to hit himself in the face, but Li Zhaoyue quickly stopped him and said helplessly, "That's an apology, not a self-deprecation."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand towards him.
Lou Daoye was stunned but did not move.
"Let me pull you up first," she said.
After everyone had stabilized, she cleared her throat and said softly to Xu Xing, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have bullied you last time by relying on my numbers. It was my fault that you got hurt. I now fully realize my mistake and hope you can forgive me."
After saying that, he looked at the stunned Lou Daoye and said loudly, "If that's the case, what you did just now is not an apology at all. How can you say you were scolding yourself?"
Lou Daoye actually listened to Li Zhaoyue's words, and obediently imitated her actions and apologized to Xu Xing.
In front of Li Zhaoyue, Xu Xing smiled and said it was okay, but when he got closer to Lou Daoye, he whispered, "Wait."
After saying that, he stood aside with a smile on his face, acting as if he was magnanimous and didn't blame him. Lou Daoye was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he couldn't do anything about him.
"Then this matter has come to an end. Everyone can go home." Xie Feng said when he saw this.
Lou Daoye glared fiercely at the onlookers, who then came up tremblingly to help him. Before leaving, he looked deeply at Li Zhaoyue and said, "This time, I lose."
Then he limped away.
Li Zhaoyue didn't know what he meant, so she quickly put his words behind her and happily moved closer to Xie Feng.
Just when Xu Xing thought Li Zhaoyue was going to leave with Xie Feng, Li Zhaoyue suddenly ran towards him.
The golden hairpin in her hair was askew, but the girl didn't care at all and just smiled at him.
"I told Ah Feng that I'm here to take you back today, so that those people won't take advantage of you being alone and bully you again."
Xu Xing lowered his eyes and looked at the smile on her face seriously. Suddenly, he felt a particularly dazzling sight in front of him. He looked up and found that Xie Feng had a cold face and walked away in anger.
He was in a good mood and straightened Li Zhaoyue's hairpin, and asked softly, "Just today?"
Li Zhaoyue was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Xu Xing immediately said aggrievedly, "Although he apologized to me today, Lou Daoye has always held grudges. He still remembers the grudges from when I first entered Yiziyuan. Maybe one day he will harm me again. I am helpless in Yiziyuan..."
"Then I will send you back every day." Li Zhaoyue patted his chest and promised.
"Really? Won't it be troublesome to you?" Xu Xing pretended to be flattered and said in a trembling voice.
"We are friends. How can we find it troublesome between friends?" she said.
Xu Xing nodded softly.
Li Zhaoyue looked at the sky and said anxiously, "Ah, we've been standing here and talking for so long. It's getting late. I'll take you back."
As she spoke, she pulled Xu Xing towards Lixiangyuan.
"More and more disciples have gone missing recently. You must be careful when you go out." Li Zhaoyue chatted with him as they walked.
Xu Xing followed her in a good mood, his eyes fell on the gold hairpin in her hair, and he couldn't help but recall the scene just now. The gold hairpin was immersed in her hair, and his fingertips hooked a few strands of hair, which were soft and delicate.
He was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the woman in front of him shout.
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