Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Jiaojiao, come here.
Nan Qiongshuang's heart seemed to slowly sink into icy water.
No wonder Wu Dao reminded him, it turns out Gu Zhi is here.
When did he start here? What did he see?
Fishing, fishing, casting the bait is a skill. If you cast too far, the fish won't even have a glimpse of it, and even the best rod won't catch a single fish.
At the moment, considering Gu Zhi's subtle feelings towards her, it might not be a bad idea to stimulate him a little.
If he plays too much, he will feel depressed.
Her five fingers gripping the railing slowly tightened, she was confused and looked at the people under the bridge with a serious look.
But Gu Zhi was not looking at her.
Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound behind her head, as if a fat fly was circling around her ear. She turned around and saw Li Xuanbai dodged in a flash, his hair still floating in the mist. He lowered his eyes indifferently, and in front of his nose was a round glass bead.
The speed was extremely fast, and the bead looked almost olive-shaped, buzzing towards Li Xuanbai's face.
Li Xuanbai turned his head and dodged, turning his body smoothly like flowing water, and took out the white jade folding fan from his waist. He opened it with a whoosh, and used it to block the bead, forcibly pushing it away by half an inch.
The beads just barely brushed past the ivory fan ribs, almost grinding them into a bit of powder.
The bead missed the target and changed its direction in the mist due to the air conditioning, quickly heading towards the back of Li Xuanbai's head.
Li Xuanbai didn't even raise his eyelids, but sneered, and the little red earring under his ear shook lightly. He opened and rolled the white jade fan in his hand, turning it into a round surface. When he held it in his hand again, the bead had already shot to the side with a whoosh.
With a bang, it hit the railing of the pier.
The next second, several deep cracks appeared where the beads were embedded.
The railing was actually cracked.
She thought anxiously, this mechanical trestle on the mountain has been built for hundreds of years, and the railings have been cracked, so how can this trestle still be built?
Sure enough, the next moment, a series of creepy twisting and breaking sounds were heard. The entire railing continued to crack, bend, and break, and the bridge surface shook violently. She held on tightly to the still intact railing for a moment.
Suddenly, there was a stomach-cooking feeling of weightlessness.
She felt her feet go empty, and the small earring under her ear swung and hit the side of her cheek, and then fell straight down for a moment.
When it landed on the ground again, there was a huge sound of water in its ears. It seemed that the pier in the distance tilted a little and crashed into the water, causing the hot spring to splash a large amount of water.
She breathed a sigh of relief, almost with a lingering fear, and was surprised to find that Li Xuanbai seemed to be holding her shoulders to protect her.
Her heart tightened and she hurried to look at the expression of the person in the white mist of the hot spring.
Gu Zhi still didn't look at her. His face was pale and unfriendly, and his eyes were fixed on Li Xuanbai beside her.
...She never thought that such an easy-going person would one day become so gloomy and oppressive. It was totally unlike him.
Li Xuanbai smiled, put his arm around her shoulders, and said condescendingly, "Want to fight? I'll be there for you."
Gu Zhi just raised his head, his eyes lingering on Li Xuanbai's provocative face for a long time, without retreating or avoiding, staring at him for at least half a minute.
After a long time, he finally sneered.
beat?
His impulsive move just now had already frightened her. Did he think that Gu Huaijin was just like him, a frivolous child who only cared about his own pleasure and didn't care about the feelings of others?
He turned his eyes away, his face calm, and went back to the shore, his snow-white clothes and black hair flowing in the water.
He went ashore, stood under the bridge, and stretched out his hand to her from afar:
"Jiaojiao, come here."
Her heart moved.
Bright?
Li Xuanbai sneered. He wanted to take the person in his arms away in front of him. Was he treating him, Li Xuanbai, as a dead person?
"Young Master wants my people?"
Gu Zhi smiled but said nothing.
Li Xuanbai smiled. "You're about to get married, and you're so shameless. Didn't you say that the youngest daughter of the Hengshan Sect is quite your cup of tea? Why? If I don't return quickly to answer those love letters from that little girl, she might come charging up the mountain to kill me in a little while. Do you think Master will allow her to go up the mountain?"
Gu Zhi: "I agreed to choose a day to go down the mountain. It was nothing more than the order of my uncle. I had to obey. There has never been any such thing as liking or not liking something."
Although he was talking to Li Xuanbai, his attention was distracted and his eyes flickered to her face for a moment.
She didn't know when it started, but he was always like this, talking and suddenly looking at her vaguely for a moment.
Their eyes met for a moment, and she always felt that he had something to say.
"Have to obey?" Li Xuanbai lazily tilted his head and crossed his shoulders. "I just can't stand the word 'have to obey'. What's there to obey? Did Master tie you up with ropes? Blindfold you and put a sack around you? Or drug you and make you pass out? Isn't it you, Gu Huaijin, who wanted to do it?"
"If you're talking about Master's order, I really don't believe it. You're the only son of the Mountain Sect Leader, and you say you don't want him, what can Master do to you? Even if it's the position of Junior Sect Leader, why can't you let him go? Or are you going to blame the people on the mountain for being afraid of what they say?"
Laughed:
"I'm used to getting into trouble in the mountains, and I never thought that what people say can do anything to me. After all, being suppressed by the master was your own choice, Gu Huaijin. If I have this temper, and you threaten me like this, why don't you try it?"
Gu Zhi just stood on the shore, listening without saying a word.
His face remained calm.
But Nan Qiong Shuang somehow found that he stood there, so fragile and forced, like a white porcelain Buddha statue full of cracks.
Compassionate and sad, he always wants to save others but has no time to take care of himself. In the end, he is unable to do so and is mocked for his fragility by the beings he protects.
She suddenly remembered that just now, in Bodhi Pavilion, she was implicated by Li Xuanbai because of the grilled fish incident. Gu Zhi was obviously angry, but when Song Yaojie rushed over with bloodshot eyes, he actually stood in front of Li Xuanbai.
He has always been too kind and too selfless, so these people are used to not caring about him.
She said impatiently, "Are you exaggerating?"
Li Xuanbai looked at her in astonishment. He was even confused for the first moment, and then he was furious. "Did I say something wrong?! He's a man who wants to go down the mountain to marry a wife. What does this have to do with you?"
Nan Qiongshuang was speechless for a moment and turned away.
Only then did I realize that there was a solitary figure on the shore, unable to utter a word but still standing there with difficulty. There seemed to be a faint hint of crimson in his drooping long snow-white robe.
Blood.
Is he bleeding?
She suddenly remembered that Huide had asked her casually in the Bodhi Pavilion today, "Have you been punished?" At the end, he said, "Another twenty lashes."
He was punished. She hadn't seen him just now because he was in the water. When he came ashore, he turned slightly to the side, as if he was particularly afraid of her seeing him.
Why was you punished?
Suddenly, an impossible guess flashed through my mind, and in an instant, it was like a thin thunder crawling across the sky, almost breaking the sky.
Because of saving her?
She didn't know what she felt in her heart, but she just felt a little unbearable and could no longer stay by Li Xuanbai's side.
She gently pushed Li Xuanbai's hand away, ignoring his fierce expression, and said coldly, "Let go, I'm going back."
After saying that, she walked down the bridge without looking back and went straight to the side of the person who had been waiting for her on the shore.
On the bridge, Li Xuanbai looked at her in disbelief as she walked away, his expression changing again and again.
Finally, he smiled bitterly, slapped the railing, and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, Chu Jiaojiao."
She heard it, but was too lazy to pay attention. She just walked down the bridge step by step and walked to Gu Zhi.
Gu Zhi stood alone in the impenetrable, indestructible mist, his expression as hazy as his entire being. His long hair and clothes dripped with water, his eyelashes drooped in a dazed and mournful expression, damp with water droplets.
When he saw her, he looked away the moment his eyes met hers. His Adam's apple rolled for a long time, but he never raised his eyes or uttered a word.
Why so sad?
She thought to herself, what's wrong with him.
At a glance, he saw blood dripping from his clenched hands hidden in his sleeves, dripping so much that even the hem of his clothes was dyed red.
Her voice choked for half a second: "Young Master..."
Gu Zhi suddenly realized that she was looking at the blood on his body. He hid his hands behind his back and said softly, "Let's go back."
She nodded gently: "Yeah."
*
After returning to Muxueyuan, Gu Zhi went straight back to his room.
She was very upset and had nothing to do, so she returned to her room and lay down on the couch.
She had just come back, and on the way, she thought he would say something to her.
Be it resentment, anger, worry, or anything else.
He wanted to say something to her, but in the end, he said nothing.
He returned to Muxueyuan in silence all the way, and even deliberately lifted the small piece of his red-stained hem in front of him to hide it, not wanting her to see it.
She was truly distraught. What on earth was this man thinking? He had been so shattered just now, even she felt a moment of pity. If he had called her by that double-letter pseudonym and pitifully offered to hold her hand, not only Chu Jiaojiao, but perhaps even Nan Qiongshuang would have agreed.
But, he...
But he said nothing.
Didn't he like her? Why didn't he take advantage of her pity to seek some sympathy? Why, seeing that her injuries hadn't healed yet, did he go back to the arrogant man who had just lost her, and didn't get angry with her, not even being sarcastic?
Does he really like her?
If he didn't like her, why did he keep his eyes on her for just a moment, and why did he break the railings of the pier with beads?
She was upset, sighed deeply, and rubbed her eyebrows with her hand.
He is injured, and there should be someone in this yard to treat him, so there is no need to worry about him.
This thought flashed through her mind for a moment, and she suddenly realized what she was thinking, and slowly smiled.
Worry?
What are you thinking, idiot? He wasn't injured because he was saving you. Worried? You're the one worrying about him?
A person who will die under your knife in the future. He is injured, and you are worried?
Are you sick?
It's really like the cat crying over the mouse, doing nothing but being a humiliator.
She slowly lay down on the couch and yawned.
Instead of worrying about whether there was anyone to give medicine to the injured young leader on the mountain, she would rather worry about herself and what to do within the three-month period.
Suddenly, there were two knocks on the door. Asong's voice was respectful and calm as usual:
"Miss Chu, may I ask if you have rested yet?"
"If you haven't rested yet, I wonder if I can ask you for a favor."
Ah Song had never asked her for help. She opened the door suspiciously, only to see the person outside the door anxiously and stammering in the moonlight:
"Please...save the Young Master."
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