Mirror Flower Water Moon (7)
The exam finally ended with all the disciples looking hopeless. When Li Zhaoyue came out, Xu Xing happened to be following behind her.
"Ayue..." He walked forward quickly and was about to speak to her when he saw Li Zhaoyue running towards Xie Feng as if avoiding a snake, scorpion or beast. The yellow figure quickly rushed behind Xie Feng and then pulled Xie Feng out.
His pace gradually slowed down, and Fang Yu's voice came from behind him.
"Hey, why is Junior Sister ignoring you?"
He turned around and happened to see the smug smile on Fang Yu's face.
Xu Xing curved his eyes, grinned, revealing his small canine tooth on the right side, and said slowly: "I guess Ah Yue didn't even remember your name, Senior Brother, and..."
He paused, his smile growing even wider: "Sending buns for breakfast and other tricks are too outdated."
Fang Yu took out a fan from somewhere, unfolded it and shook it gently. He smiled when he heard the words: "No, no, no, it's not that I'm too outdated, it's you, Junior Brother."
He walked closer to Xu Xing, closed his fan, and tapped him lightly on the shoulder: "You don't know what love is."
After saying that, he looked at the stunned expression on Xu Xing's face with satisfaction, and walked out slowly, fanning himself.
Xu Xing stood where he was, watching Fang Yu's back blend into the crowd with cold eyes, then turned and walked in the opposite direction.
There are usually three days off after the major exams. These three days provide time for the elders to mark the exam papers and for the disciples to rest.
As soon as Li Zhaoyue returned to Qingfengyuan, he was told that Zhu Ming had gone out.
Recently, there have been rumors of ghosts causing chaos in the mortal world, and young people have been missing in many places. Zhu Ming cares about the people and has been busy these days, just to investigate the case and save people.
It happened that the eldest son of the Cangyun Chenglou family was ill yesterday, so Zhu Ming hurried away with his sword, without even having time to ask about Li Zhaoyue's grades.
Li Zhaoyue was happy and relaxed. After the exam, he lay down in his room, picked up the book hidden under his pillow and started reading.
The book in her hand was written by an emerging folk writer, telling the unspeakable story of a righteous disciple and a demonic witch. Li Zhaoyue was reading with great interest when she suddenly came across a scene in the book where they confessed their feelings to each other. She was so frightened that she immediately threw the book away.
She remembered what Xu Xing said that day and suddenly looked worried.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
Li Zhaoyue was afraid that it was Xie Feng who came to see her, so she hurriedly hid the storybook under her pillow and ran to the door.
The door was gently opened, revealing Xu Xing's face.
"Ayue..."
He had just called out her name when he heard the door slam and he was locked outside.
Li Zhaoyue leaned against the door, taking several nervous breaths before finally speaking tremblingly, "How did you get in?"
"It's your longevity lock. I'm just here to return something." Xu Xing's voice was very soft. If you listened carefully, you could hear that the last syllable was trembling, and he seemed to be very aggrieved.
Li Zhaoyue was deeply conflicted. First, she didn't know how to face Xu Xing, and second, she felt that she was being very mean to him. She rubbed her cheeks with her hands, feeling distressed.
There was no response from behind the door for a long time. Xu Xing's eyes darkened and his tone became more aggrieved: "Ayue? Are you listening?"
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Li Zhaoyue sighed softly in her heart and whispered, "It's not convenient for me right now. Just put the longevity lock by the door and I'll come out to get it later."
After saying this, Xu Xing did not reply for a long time. Li Zhaoyue thought he had left, so she slowly opened the door.
Unexpectedly, Xu Xing blocked the gap with his hand the moment the door opened. Li Zhaoyue was startled and subconsciously tried to close the door.
There was the sound of flesh hitting the wooden door, and Xu Xing's muffled groan in pain.
Li Zhaoyue let go of his hands in panic, but his hands were still injured. Glaring red marks and bruises spread all over his hands. Even in this situation, he not only did not retract his hands, but also held on to the door frame tightly.
"Let me go now." Li Zhaoyue no longer cared about whether she wanted to see him or not. She looked at the wound on his hand and said anxiously.
"I'm afraid you'll lock me out again." He lowered his eyelids and looked at her pitifully, pursing his lips as if he was aggrieved.
"You're already injured, how could I lock you out and leave you alone? Come with me, I'll apply medicine for you." Li Zhaoyue glared at him and pulled him into the room.
Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Xu Xing curled up the corners of his mouth into a slight smile, and when Li Zhaoyue looked over, he suddenly lowered his head and acted obedient.
Li Zhaoyue's room is very large, with bright colors everywhere, including various flowers, clay figurines, and gold and crystal ornaments, which are very consistent with her lively personality.
Li Zhaoyue led him to a table and sat him down, then went behind a screen and rummaged through a box, probably looking for medicine. Xu Xing sat at the table, his injured left hand spread out on the surface, the other hand tightly gripping the longevity lock, stroking it from time to time.
"Master is away, and I'm running low on medicine for injuries. I only have about three days' supply. Remember to go to the Pharmacy School to get some medicine. Master has bought a lot of herbs there, and they'll charge less if you mention my name."
Li Zhaoyue put the medicine bottles piled in her arms on the table while talking to him.
"Can you go with me?" Xu Xing suddenly asked.
She didn't answer. Her hand holding the medicine tilted, and the jade bottle fell under the table with a thud.
Li Zhaoyue was about to pick it up when she saw Xu Xing bending down, picking up the jade bottle with his bruised and red-scarred hand and handing it to her.
Li Zhaoyue was stunned for a moment, looked at him with difficulty, and said, "Isn't your hand injured seriously?"
Xu Xing was also stunned for a moment, then he put his hand behind his back as if nothing had happened and said softly, "I'm left-handed, I didn't react for a moment."
"it hurts."
The flat tone and expressionless face were really unconvincing.
Li Zhaoyue seemed to realize something and sat down on the stool with a thud in anger.
Her big eyes stared straight at Xu Xing, until he could hardly stand it, and then she slowly said, "Why did you lie to me?"
"I didn't lie to you." Xu Xing lowered his eyes and said softly.
"Isn't your hand seriously injured? Why are you able to pick up things faster than me?" she asked.
"If you don't believe me, you can check it out." Xu Xing said, taking out his hand and placing it next to Li Zhaoyue's hand. "You can press it and see."
"I can tell you if it hurts."
Those light brown eyes were inexplicably misty, as if Xu Xing was sure that she would be soft-hearted, so he kept looking at her with that look, making her retreat step by step.
Li Zhaoyue looked away and said angrily, "I won't press it!"
Xu Xing seemed stunned for a moment, then he repeated softly, "I didn't lie to you, Ah Yue, it really hurts."
This slight pain was nothing to him, but at this moment, he didn't want to see Li Zhaoyue angry, so he could only stretch out his hand clumsily, hoping to exchange his pain for a little her concern.
Although Li Zhaoyue was angry, he still picked up the medicine bottle again and applied the medicine to him, but the atmosphere between the two became very subtle.
All of Xu Xing's plans seemed to be disrupted by this little episode, and the other pair of hands that touched his skin from time to time made him feel emotional.
Li Zhaoyue didn't say anything, and he couldn't stand it anymore. He raised his head and looked at her carefully, but she avoided him.
"Ayue..."
"What do you want me to do!" Li Zhaoyue said unhappily.
"You rubbed the medicine outside." Xu Xing said aggrievedly.
Li Zhaoyue took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case. He angrily scooped a spoonful of medicine and pressed it hard on the bruise until he heard Xu Xing's muffled groan.
"Have you calmed down?" Xu Xing asked her.
She threw down the bottle and sneered.
"Ayue, I just want to see you. After that time, you have been avoiding me. I don't know what I did wrong that made you prefer to avoid me rather than say a word to me. If you really have a grudge against me, I brought this upon myself..." As Xu Xing said this, he was about to bang his injured hand against the corner of the table. Li Zhaoyue hurriedly stopped him and finally sighed helplessly.
"I don't blame you," she said.
Hearing this, Xu Xing's eyes lit up, and his aggrieved expression disappeared completely. He whispered, "You really don't blame me?"
"It's not my fault." Li Zhaoyue said helplessly.
"It's just Xu Xing," she propped up her cheeks with her hands and looked at him in confusion, "Do you really like me?"
Xu Xing didn't expect her to ask this question. The smile on his face froze, and then he smiled and said, "Yes."
"But I don't think so," Li Zhaoyue looked him straight in the eyes and said seriously, "I don't see love in your eyes. When you like someone, your eyes won't lie."
"Although you are very good to me, you are also very good to everyone. If you like someone, shouldn't you be very good to her?"
The girl held up her cheeks, her eyes bright and innocent, and such innocence made him feel a little overwhelmed.
"Is that so?" He said softly in a hoarse voice.
Li Zhaoyue took out a handkerchief, tied it around his wrist, and sighed, "Maybe you're just projecting your affection for your friend onto me? But, no matter what, affection is a precious thing, don't talk about it casually."
After saying that, she rubbed her eyes, sorted out the medicine bottles on the table, and looked at him frankly: "I hope you can save this love for the one you truly love."
Xu Xing finally stopped laughing, pursed his lips, lowered his head, and fell silent.
"Okay." He heard his own hoarse voice.
"But don't lose this longevity lock again. It would be bad if it was picked up by bad guys." Xu Xing stretched out his right hand, gently placed the longevity lock on the table, and said.
Li Zhaoyue reached out to take it.
The longevity lock was golden and shining, and when placed on Xu Xing's palm, his hands looked slender and beautiful. Li Zhaoyue's fingertips touched his palm and separated immediately, and then the longevity lock appeared in her palm.
Xu Xing's eyelashes trembled, and his hand unconsciously clenched into a fist, as if trying to retain that warmth.
Li Zhaoyue smiled at him and said, "Thank you. The restrictions at Qingfengyuan are a bit annoying. If you need anything else from me later, just take this."
As she spoke, she pulled out a golden hairpin from her hair and stuffed it into Xu Xing's hand.
"I made this hairpin myself and infused it with my spiritual power. You can wear it and enter my yard."
The golden hairpin is very delicately made in the shape of a hydrangea, with a series of small bells hanging at the end, which make a tinkling sound when shaken.
Xu Xing looked at the smile on Li Zhaoyue's face and was stunned for a moment.
She seemed to be always so happy, and even when she refused, she seemed so gentle.
Xu Xing clenched the golden hairpin in his hand, and when he raised his head, his face was full of smiles again.
Li Zhaoyue lowered his head, gathered all the medicines on the table, wrapped them in cloth and gave them to him.
"Be sure to remember to apply the medicine, otherwise it will leave scars." She kindly reminded.
Xu Xing nodded silently, but suddenly spoke when he was about to leave.
"Ayue...can we still be friends?"
He looked calm and his eyes were indifferent, just looking at her quietly.
Li Zhaoyue's eyes curved and she smiled brightly: "Of course."
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