Different pupils

Xing Yu told his father Xing Tianhu everything about what happened last night. After returning home, he sent someone to pick up Xiao Dan to take care of Lin Haoren—it's not that he didn't trust his family, but that Xiao Dan knew and cared more about Lin Haoren.It made him feel more at ease.

He discussed with his father all night in the study, and now he is sleepy, tired and confused, and a layer of anxiety is rare in his heart, but it is not that he is worried about being implicated, but that if there is any commonality between him and Lin Haoren, Then what I do in the future, will it also implicate the other party?

"What's going on?" Lin Haoren said, "I got a sword yesterday..."

"Sword to Slay Ghosts and Subduing Demons." Xing Yu nodded and said frankly, "The sword has been sealed in the warehouse."

"What?" Lin Haoren was stunned, "Is there really this sword?"

"After you came out of the illusion, the sword fell next to you. Old B...let's call it that for now, it has also been sealed."

Xing Yu gave a brief introduction: "The Sword of Killing Ghosts and Subduing Demons is an evil sword that was once buried in the sword mound of the Ghost Controlling Sect. According to the data, there has always been a tradition in the Ghost Controlling Sect. Later inner disciples can go to the sword mound to choose a sword that suits them when they grow up. Of course, they can also make it themselves."

"There is not much information about the Sword of Exterminating Ghosts and Demons, and I don't know that it was pulled out later. According to what old B said, it even recognized its master again." Xing Yu thought of the messy words that old B said, and felt uncomfortable. Comfortable, said, "Old B was locked in that sword. After the cultural relics were stolen, he woke up unexpectedly and ran out. It's the same as the Melting Soul Cauldron."

Lin Haoren nodded, feeling that there were a lot of questions in his stomach but he didn't know where to ask them.

"Later, I will interrogate Old B. If you want, you can come and listen in." Xing Yu smiled and said, "By the way, I will teach you how to communicate with psychics."

Lin Haoren leaned against the head of the bed and said helplessly: "Next time, don't let me drink before I have to do something serious. Are you...are you reliable?"

It was rare for Xing Yu to feel ashamed, and apologized to Lin Haoren: "It's because I thought too simply, I apologize to you."

Lin Haoren: "..."

When Xing Yu looks at people seriously with beautiful peach blossom eyes, he already has a sentimental and gentle feeling, so it is difficult for people to be cruel to him.Hearing him earnestly apologize at this time, he couldn't even get angry.

Lin Haoren secretly scolded himself for his lack of temper, curled his lips: "For the sake of your sincerity..."

"Senior." Xing Yu suddenly said, "You are really suitable for this line of work. If you hadn't pulled out the sword, we don't know how long we would have to spend with it. The sword of killing ghosts and subduing demons has nothing to do with that The Melting Soul Cauldron is different, very aggressive, and it relies on this magic weapon to be so insolent. As soon as you take the sword away, it will immediately show its original shape. Thanks to you this time."

Lin Haoren was a little embarrassed by the praise, his ears turned red with a cold face, he frowned and shook his head: "It's just a mistake..."

"This is your talent." Xing Yu shook his head, "Join us. Senior, stay with me."

Lin Haoren: "..."

This sentence seemed a little ambiguous, but Xing Yu didn't intend to correct it, and even repeated it again: "Stay with me. You don't have to go back to Xiaonan Street, just live here, okay? There are a few sets at the foot of the mountain." I will find you a place where the disciples of the Xing family live in a quiet environment, and no one will disturb you. You can continue to write your stories, and no one will gossip."

Lin Haoren had to admit that this was very attractive.

"Is there a salary?" he asked half-jokingly.

"Disciples all have a basic salary." Xing Yu said, "Food and clothing are covered by the Xing family."

Lin Haoren was suddenly amazed: Big families are different, where can I find this kind of treatment now?Even the "staff dormitory" is a villa area, and there is no need to pay rent!

only……

Lin Haoren lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while.

Xing Yu looked at his face: "You should think about it carefully. We can talk about other things after you have a rest."

When Xing Yu went out, he saw Xiao Dan throwing a fruit knife up and down.

Xing Yu kindly reminded: "Be careful of hurting your hands."

Xiao Dan held the handle of the knife, flipped his wrist, pointed the tip of the knife at Xing Yu, and said with a blunt expression: "Aren will not join you, he just wants to be an ordinary person. No matter who is talented or not, please don't take it Your thoughts are imposed on him."

Xing Yu glanced at the tip of the knife and looked at him: "I respect his choice, what about you? If you draw conclusions on him like this, you are imposing your own thoughts on him? How do you know that he only wants to be an ordinary person?"

"I just know!" Xiao Dan recalled the old things, and remembered that the neighbor's old lady had framed Lin Haoren for stealing sausages, and the anger in his heart was rising, "You are not him, you don't know how he has lived these years, no one wants to always Misunderstood!"

He lost his parents at a young age, and later the elderly also passed away one after another. Lin Haoren's "ominous" label has never been taken off.In addition, he looks too sharp and fierce, as if a stare can make the other party unlucky for three days, which makes his situation worse.

But he never intended to hurt anyone, and even adopted stray cats when he was young, but it was just a combination of stray cats and him, but he was even more taboo.

——"Oh, a cat is a femininity, how unlucky it is...for him to keep it?"

——"Look for the opportunity and let him lose it?"

——"We are also doing it for his own good."

Lin Haoren was 13 years old that year, his grandmother had passed away, and only his grandfather was left with him.

He searched the entire yard, and then went to the neighborhood next door, holding the cat's favorite toys and snacks and kept calling, but the kitten who would run out when he heard his voice never responded to him again.

The adults who got off work in the evening came back and saw him standing in the corridor with canned cat food. They were dissatisfied and said, "Where are you looking for the cat? If it disappears, it will disappear. Your grandpa is getting old, so don't hurt him anymore. It's annoying to scream, so it's just right to lose it."

Lin Haoren was tense all over and said angrily, "That's my cat! It's none of your business!"

The adult said: "Hey, you child, how do you talk? I also think about your grandpa..."

Lin Haoren didn't want to hear people mentioning grandparents, so he threw the can at the opponent's feet and ran back.

When Xiao Dan came here after making up lessons, he heard several children in the yard laughing and talking about it.

"He's still looking everywhere! What are he looking for? My mother has already thrown him away!"

"That cat is quite cute..."

"What's cute? He's touched it, it's so dirty, maybe it will sneak up to your ear at night... Aww!"

"Ah—! I'm going to kill you! Crazy!"

……

When Xiao Dan talked about the past, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and his tone became more serious: "He has always wanted to be an ordinary person. To have an ordinary family, you don't have to be rich or lucky, as long as you are ordinary. The family can be together, No one laughs at him and is afraid of him, no one sees him as a monster, he can make friends normally, maybe even have a puppy love. People in the yard used to treat him as a stranger, but now you treat him as a genius, let’s say It's all because of his eyes. If he was just an ordinary person, would you look at him more?"

Xing Yu frowned, and unconsciously clenched his fingers on the sides of his legs: "I never thought about it that way."

"Don't tell me, I don't need to know what you think." Xiao Dan pointed at him expressionlessly, "You saved him, he just wanted to repay you, don't let him get involved in these troublesome things again .After meeting you, he is always in danger."

Xiao Dan pushed Xing Yu's shoulder away, entered the bedroom and closed the door again.

Xing Yu leaned against the door and didn't speak for a long time.

Because Xiao Dan didn't deliberately lower his voice, and Lin Haoren was not deaf, so he heard them all.

He looked at Xiao Dan helplessly: "What are you talking about?"

"I'm telling the truth." Xiao Dan continued to peel fruit for him, and said angrily, "You really only encountered these dangerous things after you got to know him."

He paused with his fingers and aimed at Lin Haoren: "Tell me the truth, what do you think?"

Lin Haoren smiled: "Aren't you very clear? I want to be an ordinary person, as you just said."

"I was angry with him." Xiao Dan shook his legs and snorted, "I was angry when I saw his self-satisfied appearance, as if he had eaten you to death. Why? I and you Said that his family background is good and he has been going smoothly without encountering anything, so he has to suffer some setbacks."

Lin Haoren was amused: "What did he do to you? Do you have to make trouble with him?"

"He stole my best brother!"

Lin Haoren was taken aback for a moment, and felt a little embarrassed, but his face was still cold, and he raised his eyebrows and said: "Nonsense."

"As soon as he looks for you, you follow him." Xiao Dan hated iron and steel, and pointed at his nose, "Half of the time I looked for you, you ignored me!"

Lin Haoren wiped off the juice thrown from the tip of the opponent's knife, and couldn't laugh or cry: "What's the difference? You also said that he saved me."

"Then if you help him this time, it will be evened!"

Lin Haoren didn't speak, and became distracted for a moment, staring at the snow scene outside the window in a daze.

Xiao Dan observed his expression, and hummed in his heart: he still said no.It was like being led by the nose for a walk.Do you think I'm blind?

Lin Haoren rested for another half a day, and his spirit gradually improved.

In the evening, Xing Yu sent someone to bring dinner over, but he himself never appeared again.

Lin Haoren glanced out the door several times, Xiao Dan blocked his sight, folded his arms like an old lady, and said quietly: "What are you looking at? He must be ashamed to see you by me. It's better this way. I'll see you tomorrow morning." I will take you back."

Lin Haoren: "..."

But after dinner, people from the Xing family came to invite him again, saying that they had something to discuss.Xiao Dan was an outsider, so he was naturally left in the room.

Lin Haoren sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by the Xing family to Xing Tianlu's room.

Xing Tianlu woke up and was still on the IV, but his face was much ruddy. Seeing him, he smiled and said, "We are hard brothers."

Lin Haoren nodded awkwardly, there were too many people in the room, he was used to lowering his sense of presence, and his indifferent expression appeared again, it looked like he was impatient and didn't want to talk to Xing Tianlu.

Xing Tianhu looked him up and down, with a serious face, Xing Yu walked over and pushed Lin Haoren's wheelchair towards the bed: "Don't be nervous, my uncle has something to ask you."

Lin Haoren nodded, his eyes fell on a bouquet of flowers in front of the bedside table, and he said in a firm tone, "Hello, uncle."

Xing Tianlu watched it interestingly: "You are fine too. Is there any discomfort in your body?"

"No, I'm fine."

Xing Tianlu waved his hand, and the others in the room withdrew, leaving only Xing Tianhu, Li Shuangyue and Xing Yu's family of three.

Li Shuangyue said softly: "Ayu told me that you are not very good at interacting with people, it doesn't matter, you just treat this place as your own family. There is nothing you can't say to your own family."

Lin Haoren took a quick look at Xing Yu and frowned, as if blaming Xing Yu for talking too much.

Xing Tianhu said solemnly: "It's thanks to you that you found the sword first. Gouzi almost got you in trouble without investigating clearly. This is his fault. I will punish him for you."

Xing Yu: "..."

Li Shuangyue also said: "Yes, he actually let you drink, almost missed a big deal. I have to punish him severely for this matter. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can also say it. Auntie and uncle are on your side." ,ah?"

Lin Haoren was a little embarrassed: "No, no need."

Xing Yu smiled: "What did I say? The senior is fine."

"You still say!" Li Shuangyue pinched Xing Yu's shoulder in dissatisfaction.

"Hiss - it hurts! Mom! Don't you know how strong your hands are?"

"You deserve it! I'll unscrew a piece of meat for you and hold it back!"

Xing Yu: "..."

The family of three over there got along harmoniously, Lin Haoren was a little awkward, feeling like a lonely outsider who was out of place in this room.

Xing Tianlu beckoned, let Lin Haoren get closer, and said: "I saw something in the illusion, I'm not sure, I want to ask you. Did you see any strange things? It's not about ghosts, it's like walking into other people's stories..."

Lin Haoren paused, and Xing Tianlu noticed the change in pupil constriction: "Sure enough, you saw it too? What did you see?"

Lin Haoren glanced sideways at Xing Yu, feeling a little apprehensive, and said, "Two...children."

"Child?" Xing Tianlu was thoughtful.

"There is also a high mountain... There are many farmlands under the mountain, and there are... very grand houses on the mountain. The architectural style is very old." Lin Haoren recalled intermittently, but some pictures were not clear.

"I saw a lot of people practicing swords in the school grounds." Xing Tianlu said, "They all wore green shirts and robes, with black belts around their waists, and hidden charm patterns under the hem. There were also young children who wore snow-white short robes, very energetic .”

A snow-white tunic?

Lin Haoren said uncertainly: "I saw it too...a child wearing a short robe and a scarlet belt."

"That's the same." Xing Tianlu nodded, "Have you seen the stone tablet in front of the mountain gate? What is written on it?"

"...Yes." Lin Haoren remembered, "but I didn't see the words on it."

"I saw it." Xing Tianlu closed his eyes, turned to look at his eldest brother and sister-in-law, "Brother, I just said that I was not dreaming, I really saw it. The stone tablet says 'Ghost Control'."