Looking at the Moon in the Well to Seek the Phantom (6)
Li Zhaoyue was chatting with Wang Kun. Wang Kun was the best at collecting information. Li Zhaoyue wanted to know from him some follow-up events of the Lou family.
The middle-aged man in the dream said his surname was Lou, and the most serious incident on the Floating Island recently happened in the Lou family. She vaguely felt that there must be some connection between the two.
"Lou Ze will be expelled to the lower realm today. I heard that the elders think that the Lou family has made great contributions to defending Cangyun City, so they will only punish Lou Ze and the people related to them. Lou Daoyan will succeed him as the head of the Lou family and continue to defend Cangyun City. However, in order to prevent similar situations from happening again, the elders took away the Lou family's divine bones and asked the Lou family to undergo regular inspections by the Golden Immortal Platform. This is how we can stop the gossips." Wang Kun said as he fiddled with his compass.
After listening to this, Li Zhaoyue thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "That day I saw Zheng Hai being carried out covered with a white cloth. What about the Zheng family?"
"That's the suspicious part!" Wang Kun suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Everyone knows that the Zheng family protects their children, and Zheng Long dotes on his son. That's why Zheng Hai was raised to be lawless and a troublemaker. But this time, after hearing the news of Zheng Hai's death and seeing his tragic death, Zheng Long actually took the body away without a word, without making a fuss."
"I remember that on the day Zheng Hai disappeared, he made a fuss in Minguang Hall for a long time. However, his reaction at that time was very strange. It was as if he was certain that Zheng Hai was dead and only wanted to blame Xu Xing. He seemed to be eager to find someone to be the murderer." Li Zhaoyue said.
Wang Kun gave her an approving look, patted her shoulder firmly, and nodded. "I thought so too. Unfortunately, there are so few clues about this matter on the Floating Island. It seems that the elders don't want too many people to know about this."
"But," he paused, his eyes dark, "these things we don't want too many people to know often hide many secrets."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Kun felt a pain on the back of his hand and reflexively took his hand away from Li Zhaoyue's shoulder.
The person who came was Xu Xing.
He looked at Wang Kun, smiled softly, and asked, "What are you talking about? I heard your voices from far away."
As for Fang Yu who was standing stupidly beside him, he didn't even glance at him.
Wang Kun knew that Xu Xing and Li Zhaoyue were very close. Recalling his previous actions, his eyes rolled and he sensed something else.
He wasn't entirely confident in his own thoughts, and observed the two for a long moment. Everyone knew Li Zhaoyue always fell asleep in class, but this time, before class even started, she'd already slumped over the desk, dozing off. Xu Xing had brought a bag with him, stuffed with something, and then Wang Kun saw him glance at Fang Yu, scoffed, and pulled out a piece of identical osmanthus candy.
Li Zhaoyue's eyes were slightly closed, almost falling asleep. Xu Xing's fingers gently stroked her forehead, pushing aside the hair that was in the way. The girl's slightly furrowed brow finally relaxed.
He seemed to find it amusing. He picked up a strand of hair and deliberately brushed it against Li Zhaoyue's nose, causing her to tsk in annoyance. She then smiled and said, "I brought some osmanthus candy for Ah Yue. Do you want some?"
Li Zhaoyue slapped his hand away, opened her eyes dazedly, glanced at the candy in his hand, and said vaguely: "Eat it, but I need to sleep first..."
Before he could finish his words, he fell asleep.
At the same time, Wang Kun looked at Fang Yu and saw that he was furious, his face was ashen, and he left in a huff.
Xu Xing had a faint smile on his face and continued to look at Li Zhaoyue with his head supported.
That look was too tender.
It's like... he likes her...
Wang Kun was shocked by the sudden thought that came to his mind. He quickly said "sin, sin" in his heart and subconsciously moved away from the two of them.
A heavy gasp came from behind, along with the sound of books hitting the table. Wang Kun was startled and turned around to look, only to see Xue Fuqing, who was nicknamed the eternal second-in-command that day, staring at the two men hatefully, making angry noises from time to time.
He looked at her desk in surprise. It was covered with scraps of paper. If he looked closely, he could see words on them.
How big a grudge is this? Wang Kun couldn't help but think.
"Have you seen enough?" Xue Fuqing knocked on the table in front of him and sneered.
Wang Kun suddenly looked up and saw her gloomy eyes. He stammered, "I didn't see anything... I didn't see anything."
Xue Fuqing glanced at him, snorted coldly, picked up the book on the table and began to flip through it. The force with which he flipped the pages was so great that it scared Wang Kun.
As time passed, the originally empty classroom was gradually filled with people, and everyone arrived one after another.
Lou Guan sat next to Wang Kun. He noticed that Wang Kun was not in the right mood and asked curiously, "What happened to you today? Why are you so scared? Didn't you say that your uncle and aunt were very satisfied with your grades?"
As he was speaking, Xue Fuqing behind him looked up and glanced at the two of them irritably. This glance made Lou Guan feel a chill in his heart and he suddenly shut up.
Wang Kun winked at him, Lou Guan nodded, and the two of them leaned over head-to-head, whispering to each other. Xue Fuqing stared blankly at Xu Xing and Li Zhaoyue, the brush in his hand creaking as he saw Xu Xing's gentle gaze.
Li Zhaoyue felt uncomfortable sleeping on his stomach. He tossed and turned in several different positions, but still felt uncomfortable. Finally, he got up sleepily, took off his Taoist robe, folded it into square blocks, and put them under his arms.
Xu Xing reached out his hand and gently tapped her eyebrows, then quickly withdrew his hand while she was still dazed and hadn't opened her eyes.
Li Zhaoyue didn't know who flicked her hair. She frowned and touched her brow, then turned over and went back to sleep. Xu Xing chuckled softly and touched her hair with his fingertips. He gently and slowly went deeper, from the ends to the roots. The cold touch suddenly woke her up.
Li Zhaoyue's eyes widened as he frantically scanned Xu Xing's movements, stammering, "What...are you doing?"
Xu Xing withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened and said innocently, "I didn't do anything."
"Then why did you pull your hand back just now?" Li Zhaoyue asked suspiciously.
"My hands are sore, I want to change my posture." Xu Xingdao
Seeing that he really didn't need to argue with her, Li Zhaoyue reluctantly believed his words and went back to sleep without thinking too much. Unexpectedly, the young man used his old trick again, and his hand buried in her hair suddenly started to make trouble. It hurt her and she straightened up with a whoosh, glaring at Xu Xing.
"Xu Xing!" she said angrily.
Xu Xing chuckled and shrugged, then retracted his hand and pointed at her hairpin that was about to fall off. He said softly, "I saw that the hairpin in your hair was about to fall off, so I wanted to help you put it back in."
Li Zhaoyue looked left and right, staring at Xu Xing for a long time. Seeing that he looked sincere and showed no signs of lying, he reluctantly believed what he said.
She reached out and felt for the hairpin along her hair. After touching it, she pulled it out decisively and threw it into Xu Xing's arms.
"Is there nothing falling down now?" she asked Xu Xing.
Xu Xing held the hairpin in his hand and shook his head blankly.
Li Zhaoyue then lay back on the table and closed his eyes comfortably.
She was very cute when she was asleep, with rosy cheeks, just like the Fuwa dolls that we used to stick on the door when we were children.
Xu Xing stroked the golden hairpin, and his eyes slowly darkened.
Li Zhaoyue is like a flower, carefully raised in a garden, never having experienced wind and rain, revealing a rare tenderness and beauty.
A beauty that is too broken, too easily broken.
Xu Xing held the pointed end of the hairpin and stroked it back and forth in his palm.
He remembered what Zhu Ming said to him in Minguang Hall that day.
"What do you think about the Cangyun City incident?" Zhu Ming asked while sitting on the high platform.
Xie Feng and Xu Xing stood side by side. Zhu Ming asked in Xie Feng's direction, so Xie Feng clasped his hands together and bowed his head, saying, "This matter involves aristocratic families and divine power. I'm afraid it's far more complicated than it seems. I believe that Lou Ze is just a pawn. There must be other forces hidden in the dark."
Zhu Ming gave him an appreciative look and said, "That's right, I agree. This matter still needs further investigation. Jinxiantai has sent He Shuyu, and Yiziyuan needs to send several disciples to investigate together. I have chosen you two."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xu Xing and said in a cold voice, "Your life story is pitiful. The mistakes Wei Zhegu made back then were inseparable from my dereliction of duty. I owe you a debt of gratitude. So now, I can accept you as my disciple and teach you swordsmanship. Are you willing?"
Zhu Ming, the most powerful swordsman on the floating island, has never accepted any disciples for many years, and his only disciple is Li Zhaoyue. Such conditions are beyond the reach of many people.
But Xu Xing did not show any ecstasy, and said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, Sword Immortal, but I am so focused on revenge that I am afraid I cannot concentrate on learning swordsmanship."
Xu Xing bore traces of his master's swordsmanship. If he really became Zhu Ming's disciple as she had said, his true identity would be discovered in no time.
Zhu Ming seems to be kind, but in fact he is still suspicious of his identity.
"I see that you have a great talent for swordsmanship. If you study hard, you will make progress soon. Then you will be able to kill your enemies with your own hands." Zhu Ming said.
Xie Feng also noticed that the atmosphere between the two was not right, and quietly stepped aside. Zhu Ming gave him a look, and he left the Mingguang Hall.
There were only two of them left in the huge palace.
With fewer people around, Xu Xing became more relaxed and his posture became more casual.
"I know that the Sword Immortal's swordsmanship is the best in the world, but I really can't learn it. I hope Sword Immortal can understand." He spoke respectfully, but his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and it was obvious that he was not sincere.
Of course, Zhu Ming wasn't sincere. She just had doubts about Xu Xing's identity. They had been investigating that incident for so long but couldn't find any survivors. How could they find one as soon as Xu Xing showed up?
"How much do you remember about what happened back then?" Zhu Ming asked.
Xu Xing smiled, his eyes twinkling as he said, "I remember... quite a lot. I remember there seemed to be someone following Wei Zhegu."
"Is there another person following you?" Zhu Ming frowned and couldn't help but ask.
Xu Xing smiled, lowered his eyes, and said, "But perhaps I was too young at the time, and my memory is confused. After all, the mastermind behind that incident was only Wei Zhegu."
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