"See? I told you what you were thinking. You didn't believe me. I told you to go and talk to them, but you didn't. Now they won't see you and have left you out all night. Don't you think there's a problem?" When the old valley master saw Linghu Zhou still sitting in the same spot with some dew on his clothes when he got up to exercise early in the morning, he was shocked. He walked over and saw him holding his hat in a daze.
Linghu Zhou looked up when he heard the old valley master's words, frowning, not understanding what the old valley master meant. "It's not necessarily because they don't want to see you that they haven't seen you. They might have forgotten. In any case, why don't you just go and ask them? Sitting here like this, aren't you stupid? You have something to say, so why do you even open your mouth?"
The next second, Linghu Zhou stood up, put the woven hat aside, and said with some regret and a bitter smile in his eyes, "You guessed wrong. I don't care about her as much as you think, and I don't like her. I'm just a person who keeps his promises. I must do what I promise. Now that it's dawn, I've done what I had to do. As for her, whether she comes or not has little to do with me."
After saying this, Linghu Zhou turned and left without even glancing at the old valley master behind him. The hat he had left on the rock looked rather pitiful.
The old valley master truly hadn't expected this person to be so stubborn. He shook his head, his eyes filled with disapproval. "Young people these days just love to play games with misunderstandings. If you ask me, wouldn't it be better to just clarify things? It's such a pity about this hat. It's so beautiful, and it's just lying here like this. They really don't know how to cherish it!"
He picked up the hat, held it in his hand, patted off the dust, shook his head, and left with the hat on. He walked to a lovely house and hung the hat by the window.
He turned and left, muttering as he went, "When doing things, you have to see them through to the end. You can't give up halfway. What kind of person would you be if you just left their things behind? You should return them."
The old valley master didn't lower his voice when he spoke. He put his hands behind his back and left the place with an air of nonchalance, a smile still in his eyes. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Not long after he left, Linghu Zhou reappeared.
He looked at the hat hanging by the window, picked it up again, walked to the door, and knocked. He expected a response from the person inside, but after a long time, the person inside remained silent and made no sound. Linghu Zhou already had a certain idea of what was going on. He smiled bitterly, truly not knowing what he was expecting. Why should he still have any expectations when things had already come to this?
He knocked on the door again; he was unwilling to give up.
People who have a crush tend to overthink things and have richer inner lives than normal people. The old valley master observed from the shadows and knew that this child harbored a conflicted self within him, a self that only appeared at specific times, and these emotions emanated from him.
The old valley master shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and looked on with an indescribable desolation. When he knocked on the door again, the old valley master couldn't bear to watch anymore and wanted to turn around and leave, but he felt that he had already seen this far and that he was itching to finish watching.
He was helping Linghu Zhou. Linghu Zhou was so young when his whole family died. They were all killed. He lost his relatives and had no one he could trust. Xu Yuehuai saved him like a hero when he was at his lowest point. So when he encountered danger later, he would not hesitate to step forward to block the fatal blow for Xu Yuehuai.
In his heart, this was not about repaying a debt of gratitude; he felt it was something he should do. Xu Yuehuai had done so much, and he had only done something he considered insignificant at this critical juncture.
Yan Zhi is a very good girl. When she was in Qingtao Valley, she noticed that Linghu Zhou was a bit cautious and even a bit sensitive, and that he always overthought things. So when she was with Linghu Zhou, she began to guide him, and it naturally had some effect. At least Linghu Zhou didn't seem so awkward when facing others.
However, when facing someone he likes, he still shows his cautious side, and even when looking at Yan Zhi, he feels that it is a very bold move.
He had already made thorough preparations in his mind to come knocking on the door under the guidance of the old valley master, which is why he did such a bold thing. However, he never expected that he would be turned away as soon as he did it.
The old valley master couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned to leave. He hadn't considered the possibility that he would fail as a matchmaker, but now that was the reality, he felt ashamed to face anyone. He turned and left without hesitation or doubt.
Linghu Zhou stood at the door for a while and, finding no one there, was about to leave when Yan Zhi's master came over from the other side. "Yan Zhi is gone. Did you need to see her?"
The elder naturally knew about the affairs between these young people. Part of what he was saying was to make Linghu Zhou give up and enjoy his last days instead of constantly being suspicious of another person. "Where did she go? Why didn't she tell me?"
“I sent her on a mission. I won’t let her see anyone until the mission is completed, so she didn’t tell you. She’ll be back in at least two months. You can go back now.” The elder didn’t want to say anything that might mislead the young man, so he stated the matter directly without explaining what Yan Zhi was to do.
But these words were enough to ease Linghuzhou's conflicted mind considerably.
As expected, after hearing this, the weight that had been hanging over him was lifted, and he felt relieved. He bowed to the elder and said, "I understand. I'll take my leave now."
When he left, Linghuzhou also took the hat with him. Holding the hat, a smile appeared on his face. The elder who saw this scene behind him could only shake his head regretfully.
A few dozen people lived in this place. These were the only remaining disciples of Dragon's Roar Valley. Most of them were still fortune tellers, and only a few had escaped later.
The elder looked at the sky and realized that the weather was about to change. He wondered if Yan Zhi had arrived at the scene by noon. If he hadn't arrived by noon, it would be very dangerous.
The next second, the elder coughed up a mouthful of blood. His body had already been failing since yesterday, especially after talking so much with Yan Zhi.
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