Hard to be a master

Entering the courtyard gate of Qingmengyuan, Shen Ziliu slowed down and walked forward slowly. While walking, he looked around the place where he had been away for three years, showing some nostalgia, and sighed: "Qingmengyuan has not changed at all. .”

Guan Jingxuan had already gotten used to Shen Ziliu's huge changes. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's only been three months. How can there be any changes. Someone as lazy as a teacher will never make trouble unless it is absolutely necessary. Besides, Qingmengyuan has nothing to change, not to mention three months, even in another 30 years, it may still be the same as it is now."

Shen Ziliu glanced sideways at Guan Jingxuan, and suddenly asked, "What about Master?"

Guan Jingxuan was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Naturally, nothing has changed as a teacher."

Shen Ziliu pursed his lips and said, "Why not, the master is obviously not as close to his disciples as before."

Guan Jingxuan's expression was a bit tangled and said: "Isn't it because Xiaoliu you have changed so much that you are almost unrecognizable as a teacher."

Shen Ziliu took a step closer to him, took advantage of his height, looked down at Guan Jingxuan, and said, "Then is the master familiar with the disciple's appearance now?"

The close distance made Guan Jingxuan feel even more oppressed, he took a small step back and said, "Well, it's about the same."

Shen Ziliu took another step towards him and said, "How much is it?"

Guan Jingxuan took another step back and said, "It's almost... I'm getting used to it."

Shen Ziliu approached him again with dissatisfaction on his face, and said, "Obviously I already know who my disciple is, why isn't Master still used to it?"

Guan Jingxuan was about to continue to retreat, but was caught off guard by the stone bench behind her, her body swayed, and she sat down in a bit of embarrassment.

Shen Ziliu took advantage of the situation and stretched his hands to the sides of Guan Jingxuan to support him on the stone table, trapping Guan Jingxuan between his arms, leaning down to stare at Guan Jingxuan, when he was about to speak, someone pinched his cheek.

Guan Jingxuan, who finally came back to his senses, quickly regained the initiative, squeezed Shen Ziliu's cheek slightly, angrily and funny, and said, "Little bastard is going to rebel? Huh? How dare you talk to Master like this."

His face was deformed, but Shen Ziliu's gaze softened. Following Guan Jingxuan's strength, he stood up straight and took a step back to let him stand up. Then he said with a trace of grievance, "Who made the master not recognize the disciple anymore."

Guan Jingxuan let go of his cheek, patted him on the head instead, and said, "So you still blame the teacher?"

Shen Ziliu puffed up his cheeks, reluctantly said: "I dare not."

Guan Jingxuan was so teased by him that he couldn't hold back his serious expression, he wanted to smile or not and said: "Xiao Liu, your current appearance is no longer suitable for pretending to be pitiful."

Shen Ziliu frowned, and said with an even more aggrieved expression: "Master, this disciple is not pretending to be pitiful!"

Guan Jingxuan finally couldn't help laughing "pooh", and said while laughing: "Okay, okay, I didn't pretend to be pitiful, but Xiaoliu, you are like this...it's really out of harmony..."

Seeing Guan Jingxuan couldn't hold back his laughter, Shen Ziliu suddenly threw himself forward and hugged him, hanging on Guan Jingxuan's body.

"Master! Stop laughing!"

Caught off guard by being thrown into his arms, Guan Jingxuan staggered two steps and just stood still when he heard Shen Ziliu's slightly angry voice coming from beside his ear.

Guessing that the child might have turned from embarrassment into anger, Guan Jingxuan held back his smile with great difficulty, coughed lightly, and said, "Hey, I just don't laugh as a teacher. All right, all right, get up, I'm dying."

Shen Ziliu didn't move, just buried his head on Guan Jingxuan's shoulder, and said sullenly: "Master, does it mean that you don't like the disciple when he grows up?"

Guan Jingxuan patted Shen Ziliu on the back and said, "Why do you think so?"

Shen Ziliu said: "The chickens raised by Master before were given away when they grew up."

Guan Jingxuan couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Can this be the same!"

Shen Ziliu tightened the hands around Guan Jingxuan's waist, and said: "Why is it different? The chick is not cute when it grows up, so the master doesn't want it. The disciple doesn't grow up to be cute anymore, so the master doesn't like it. I don't want it anymore."

Guan Jingxuan was speechless for a while, then heaved a long sigh, and said: "As a teacher, I like cute animals very much. There is indeed a reason you said before giving away the grown chicken. But Xiaoliu, you are my apprentice. You can't be compared with small animals. When I was a teacher, I rescued you back and took you as an apprentice. It has nothing to do with whether you are cute or not. So no matter what you become, the relationship between us as a teacher and apprentice will not diminish cent."

After Shen Ziliu was silent for a moment, he rubbed against Guan Jingxuan's shoulder, with a bit of coquettish air: "So compared to those cute little animals, Master still likes me more, right?"

Guan Jingxuan suddenly had the feeling that Shen Ziliu was still the child he had just picked up from the river, and the awkwardness in his heart dissipated all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but chuckled, "Of course."

Shen Ziliu was satisfied with this, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a soft and whiny cat meow coming from behind the two of them.Shen Ziliu's eyebrows twitched, and before he could raise his eyes to find the owner of the voice, he was suddenly pushed away by Guan Jingxuan.

"Wow, Xiao Hei! Long time no see!"

Seeing Guan Jingxuan happily running towards the little black cat not far away, Shen Ziliu's face instantly became as dark as the color of the civet's fur——

Anyone who likes me more than small animals is a lie!

The civet didn't seem to like or dislike the name Guan Jingxuan gave it on his own initiative, and didn't have any special reaction. It just flicked its tail lazily and let out a "meow" again.

Guan Jingxuan, who was squatting in front of it, suddenly had a happy expression on her face, then turned her head and said to Shen Ziliu: "Xiaoliu, Xiaohei hasn't been to Qingmengyuan for a few days, and this time it appeared as soon as you came back, and it really follows you It’s very destined. Would you like to try to see if you can subdue it?”

When Guan Jingxuan turned her head, the eyes of the black cat, who had just looked lazy just now, suddenly froze, and flicked its tail provocatively at Shen Ziliu, as if saying: Heh, you are defeated.

Shen Ziliu: "..."

Seeing that Shen Ziliu was silent, Guan Jingxuan asked in puzzlement, "Xiaoliu?"

Shen Ziliu took a deep breath and was full of unhappiness under the air pressure. He suddenly smiled and walked towards Guan Jingxuan and the little black cat, saying: "Since the master likes it so much, the disciple can try to subdue it. .”

Hearing the words, the black cat immediately showed a vicious expression, and its fur also fluffed up, silently warning the people opposite.Shen Ziliu had a panoramic view of its reaction, but remained unmoved in the slightest, still approaching it step by step.

Finally, when Shen Ziliu was still a few steps away from it, the civet stood up suddenly, gave Shen Ziliu a hard look, turned around deftly, and quickly jumped out of the courtyard wall.

Seeing the civet run away suddenly, Guan Jingxuan, who didn't notice the sexual confrontation between the man and the cat, just said regretfully: "Ah...it's a pity."

Shen Ziliu maintained the smile on his face and said, "Yes, what a pity."

Guan Jingxuan stood up and patted Shen Ziliu on the shoulder, and smiled at him as if to comfort him: "Don't be discouraged, since it has come to Qingmengyuan for you over and over again, it will sooner or later become your spirit beast."

It comes here again and again, and there may be someone else doing it!

Shen Ziliu was very upset, but he didn't show it at all, he just responded obediently: "Well, Master is right."

After this episode, Guan Jingxuan finally regained the feeling of getting along with Shen Ziliu before. Although he was still a little uncomfortable with the apprentice who suddenly matured, at least he didn't feel awkward.

That night, Shen Ziliu moved his couch from the bamboo house to Guan Jingxuan's bedroom on the grounds that "there are many things he wanted to say to Master after three years of absence", and confessed to Guan Jingxuan the reason why he had such a big change.

It turned out that Shen Ziliu was already 15 years old when Guan Jingxuan rescued him and came back. However, because he was displaced since he was a child and couldn't eat enough, he often ate the last meal without a meal, long-term malnutrition and stunted growth, so he looked younger than children of the same age. a lot of.Later, after Sun Yumo's conditioning, and after arriving in Kunlun, he was no longer short of food and clothing, and his vitality began to gradually recover.Shen Ziliu looked only fifteen or sixteen years old before he entered the illusion of water and moon, but in fact he was almost the same age. When he came out of the illusion, the "debt" he owed had been gradually repaid, and his appearance was finally commensurate with his real age .In other words, Shen Ziliu is not eighteen or nineteen years old as Guan Jingxuan thought, but a full twenty-one.