"I know what you want the shopkeeper to do, and I also know why you have stayed in the inn."

Li Qi looked at Hua Chaodu in front of him and said.

Hua Chaodu looked at Li Qi for a long time, and then sighed.

"Sure enough, you can't hide anything."

"I did want to see if the shopkeeper would intervene in this matter."

"Why?" Li Qi asked.

"Because I think the shopkeeper will not let this matter go." Hua Chaodu said, "That is the position of the leader of the martial arts world, once... that person."

The wind outside was blowing gently with raindrops, and Li Qi looked up at the small inn in front of him.

——This inn is hidden in a small corner in the world of martial arts.

Except for those scary guys in the underworld, almost no one knows the strangeness of this inn. Even if they pass by it, they will not take a second look at it.

"I think you may be wrong." Li Qi said lightly, "This is just a small and nameless inn."

Hua Chao looked up at Li Qi.

"What do you think a small inn can do? This is neither one of those big sects nor those famous organizations."

Li Qi turned his head to wipe the table. "

But there is a shopkeeper here."

A firm voice came from behind.

"As long as the shopkeeper takes action, anything can be done."

...

Behind the kitchen, there are two figures standing there.

"Although I don't know what's going on with you in the Central Plains, it seems that the first person in the martial arts world who is about to take office is a bad guy."

An Huoshaxi put a letter in Feng Xiruo's hand.

Feng Xiruo picked up the letter with the seal of Huaci Tower and read it carefully.

"I didn't expect that the owner of Huaci Tower in the legend is actually hiding in this inn." Feng Xiruo looked at it and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "It seems that it's not a shame for me, the owner of Shengsi Mountain Manor, to be here."

"But is it really okay for such a person to be the leader of the martial arts world?"

The shadow of the shopkeeper suddenly appeared in Feng Xiruo's mind.

A person who loves Yun Shujun so much, will tolerate others to tarnish the position that once belonged to Yun Shujun?

Feng Xiruo's eyes suddenly darkened.

What a joke.

However, the shopkeeper does not seem to want to intervene in this matter at the moment.

Is it because he has stayed in the inn for too long, so he is unwilling to intervene in the affairs of the martial arts world?

Or, he simply does not want to do anything?

In the lobby, Li Qi, who had been quiet for a moment, suddenly resumed wiping the table.

"The man who came yesterday, the shopkeeper paid special attention to him, right?" Hua Chaodu suddenly asked.

"Oh? Are you talking about that half-baked swordsman?" Li Qi said lightly.

"He is not good enough."

"He is indeed a person with very ordinary qualifications, but the person that the shopkeeper likes must be a little special, right?" Hua Chaodu said.

"His swordsmanship is indeed very powerful, but he himself does not have such qualifications." Li Qi said lightly.

"Why?"

"He has never experienced what pain is."

"Pain?" Hua Chaodu suddenly said.

"That's right, after all, he is not a person like you. If this set of swordsmanship is in your hands, it should be more effective." After a while, Hua Chaodu actually agreed with Li Qi's statement.

Li Qi's movements stopped again, "You mean... I have experienced a lot of painful things?"

Hua Chaodu glanced at Li Qi, shook his head and chuckled.

"Although it was not intentional, this is indeed what I think in my heart."

Li Qi thought quietly about his life experience, and suddenly found that there are indeed few people in this world who can have a life as rough as his.

"You have basically experienced all the sufferings in the world." Hua Chaodu said, "Have you not carefully observed your eyes?"

"What do you mean?" Li Qi turned his head and looked at Hua Chaodu.

"Your eyes are like knives."

Hua Chaodu had already walked in front of Li Qi, less than half a meter away from him.

Li Qi could even see the color of his pupils clearly.

He looked directly into Li Qi's eyes and said,

"There are many hidden talents in this inn, but few people have eyes like yours."

The cold eyes, as if they had experienced all the hardships of the world, completely closed themselves off.

This is an expression that only those who have suffered real pain will have.

Hua Chaodu has seen many, many eyes in the palace, but eyes like this are really rare.

Because most of their eyes are full of calculations, but Li Qi's eyes are like a wolf.

There is no calculation in it, only a kind of cold, most primitive wildness.

It's as if everyone in the world is prey in his eyes.

"Such a look is really oppressive." Hua Chaodu said with a hint of admiration.

"It's just that you look more suitable for a beast-like life than a human."

"What do you mean?"

"Beasts like such cold eyes the most, and only beasts will use their eyes to intimidate others when they look at each other."

Li Qi still looked at him coldly.

"But having such a look is also a good thing."

"After seeing such a look, people who are not strong enough will probably retreat."

Li Qi smiled slightly, "So which one are you?"

"Which one am I?" Hua Chaodu also smiled.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a person coming down the stairs.

That person was the one who was left in their guest room by the shopkeeper yesterday.

"Oh, that guy who has a peerless swordsmanship but can't use it at all is actually here." Hua Chaodu looked up.

"He hasn't left yet?" Li Qi frowned, then put down the rag and walked over.

Hua Chaodu watched Li Qi walk over, and he didn't move either, just watched quietly.

Although Li Qi looked very calm on the surface, Hua Chaodu knew him. He had always had an extremely terrible possessiveness towards the shopkeeper.

He was like a tamed wolf, lying loyally in the deepest part of the inn, never losing his vigilance, and never losing his wildness.

Even though he had been a chef for so long, Hua Chaodu had no doubt that his knife could still kill people, and it might even be sharper than before.

So, what would he do to this man?

Li Qi and that man's eyes met.

From this angle, Hua Chaodu could just see Li Qi's sharp eyes.

Cold and scary.

Then the next second, Hua Chaodu heard Li Qi's voice.

...

"Do you want to eat something?"

"Huh?"

Hua Chaodu was stunned?

He looked up and then suddenly felt that he was blinded by the light.

That was the warmest smile Hua Chaodu had ever seen in his life.

Just like flowers in full bloom.

Brilliant, gentle, just like the sun in spring.

Even a little bit... kind.

"Let me make you something to eat. Oh! By the way, I remember I bought some Tremella fuciformis yesterday!"

Li Qi suddenly clapped his hands with a very happy expression.

"How about I make you some sweet porridge!"

"Cook it sweet, with longan and dates in it!"

What?

Hua Chaodu was dumbfounded in the back.

He just watched Li Qi carefully help Ji Yihan to the chair next to him, and then carefully made him a cup of tea.

Wait, this Li Qi in front of him seems a little different from usual?

Hua Chaodu carefully wanted to reach out and pat Li Qi, but for some reason he retracted his hand.

He felt scared.

"It's okay, I'll put a lot of sugar in it, and it will definitely be sweet!"

After Li Qi finished speaking, he ran back to the kitchen.

That expression was as if a dog was chasing him.

Could this guy have been abducted like in those legendary strange novels?

Hua Chao frowned, and he looked at Ji Yihan who was sitting there curiously, wanting to see what was going on.

Then, he suddenly froze all over.

Feng Qing was just returning home with a handful of candles, paper money and the like, and was about to take them upstairs to burn.

As a result, when she just got to the first floor, she saw a person sitting there.

The person had his back to her and lowered his head slightly.

What's wrong? Why is he so quiet all of a sudden?

Feng Qing still remembered the appearance of this hero.

To be honest, this could be said to be the most decadent hero she had ever seen in her life. She even felt uncomfortable calling him the word hero.

But she remembered that when she met this guy before, he was not so quiet. What was going on?

Feng Qing didn't care too much. She remembered that this hero was a salty fish. She complained about him to her friends last night, "I finally saw a hero, but he seems to be saltier than me. What went wrong?"

She saw two bowls beside her. There seemed to be a bowl of porridge in each bowl. The porridge looked like the kind she liked the most, but only half of the porridge was left in one bowl.

Feng Qing thought, why did Li Qi cook porridge so early today? It always felt much earlier than usual.

She saw that there was another bowl left beside her. That bowl was also the one she usually used, so she knew that it should be hers.

Feng Qing subconsciously wanted to pick up the bowl of porridge and go upstairs, but at this time...

she saw the person sitting there.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a bowl falling to the ground and breaking in the lobby.

The guests in the inn stopped what they were doing and looked over there sensitively.

"What's wrong?" An Huoshaxi and Feng Xiruo, who were just in the back, and Chu Changzui, who was at the door, heard the sound.

They immediately ran to the lobby.

There was a broken bowl of porridge in the lobby, and two silent people.

Then they found that the person who had just broken the bowl of porridge seemed to be the shopkeeper.

What's going on? Everyone was shocked.

How could the shopkeeper break the bowl for no reason?

...

Feng Qing looked at the man in front of her.

She felt her hands were shaking.

It was the first time in her life, and Feng Qing herself had never thought

that one day, she would be so attracted by a handsome man that her hands would shake.

This man was obviously plain-looking, but the moment he turned his head, her mind went blank.

What kind of look was that?

Feng Qing clearly remembered the idiotic words this man said when he was drunk yesterday, but at this moment, she felt like her nose was about to bleed.

The sadness, despair, and all kinds of complicated emotions filled his eyes, turning him into a man like poison.

And, Feng Qing also discovered a little bit of vulnerability that was hidden deeply but could drive people crazy.

Is this really the same person?

Feng Qing was full of disbelief, but when that person spoke, she had no time to think so much.

Because Feng Qing felt as if she was drowned in his pond.

He said something in a voice that was almost intoxicating to the bones, and the words seemed to dance on Feng Qing's spine.

"You said..."

"Can people only feel pain when they are alive?"