Qilin Jue [Tomb Raiders Notes]

A touch of sandalwood floats in the air, and the light breath is refreshing.But the hall with retro and elegant decoration has a serious atmosphere at the moment.

All the senior members of the Xie family sat together solemnly, looking at Xie Yuchen who was half kneeling on the ground with his head bowed.

"Look, what am I talking about!" Mr. Xie stared angrily, and knocked on the floor with a cane in his hand, "You want to break away from the Xie family because of that kid from the Zhang family. For a long time, you should understand what is going on now!"

Xie Yuchen lowered his head quietly and did not speak.His figure had lost a lot of weight due to a serious illness, his face was very pale, and he looked very weak.

"They are so ruthless, you have to try your best to help, you can't take care of yourself, what if something goes wrong!" Mr. Xie became more and more angry, "Besides, they don't even know that you helped Busy, how can I accept your favor. You have sent all the people out, have you considered your situation!"

"Don't talk about it, old man, it doesn't make much sense to blame the child now." An old man sitting on the right said, "Yuchen, you are still young, you can't see through many things, and you acted aggressively on the spur of the moment It's inevitable, and we won't blame you too much. Now that you've seen what happened to your decision, you should give up, right? As long as you know you're wrong, we'll pretend it didn't happen."

Xie Yuchen still didn't speak.

"Stubborn." Mr. Xie snorted, and after a moment of silence, he sighed heavily and shook his head helplessly, "It's not that we have to force you, you are my grandson after all, and I don't want to see you have a bad life Good. You have been very sensible since you were a child. You were the one who worked hard to support the family when it was the most difficult time. We all watched. You have never asked for anything so persistently. This time you are so desperate. If there is a little result, it will be fine. But... Hey, I am not an ignorant person about this kind of thing, but the status of the Zhang family in the Tao is not something we can mess with, you don't understand."

"I never thought about it," Xie Yuchen said suddenly, with a flat but serious tone, "I don't care about status."

"Don't you care about the Xie family anymore?" Mr. Xie stared angrily, "Don't forget your identity, this is the path you chose, and the family that has worked so hard just doesn't care? Is it easy to get to this point? ? Could it be that you forgot how you promised your mother back then!"

Xie Yuchen was startled, and tightly clenched his hands hanging on both sides.He didn't look up, but his trembling body gave away his emotions.

The hall was silent for a while, and no one spoke.

After a long time, Mr. Xie calmed down his anger, and then said: "Have you figured it out? If you really care about the family, you should be the head of your family and fulfill your responsibilities and missions. How can there be so many people living on this road?" You can do whatever you want, not everyone is so patient.”

"Yeah, if you're on this road, you should be more open." The old man on the right said, "We can't help you now, you are the head of the Xie family, and we can't interfere with any of your decisions. .But it’s all come to this point, you have to know how to do it right.”

"The Xie family and the Huo family have reached an important juncture. At this time, no matter which side makes any decision, it may affect the future development of the two families. After the old lady Huo passed away, the differences between the Xie and Huo families became more and more serious. Other forces took the opportunity to intervene openly and secretly, and the external situation is also complicated and unpredictable. If the Xie and Huo families cannot continue to join hands in such a period, it may be difficult to go on in the future. It is obvious which is more important." Jie Huo The old man said earnestly and sincerely, "You have been self-willed and self-willed, and you have seen the end. Now it is time to return to your own identity and position, put aside personal feelings, and consider serious matters. Do you understand what should be done now?"

After a long time, Xie Yuchen slowly raised his head.There was no expression on his pale face, but his bloodshot eyes were full of coldness and stubbornness, as if he had decided something in his heart, but his tone was calm: "I..."

……

Early in the morning, Wu Xie ran into the shop with breakfast in hand. After entering the back room for a while, he came out and walked to the counter to start doing business.He said he was busy with business, but he was actually sitting in front of the counter in a daze, with a silly smile on his face that he couldn't hide, and he smiled and sighed in distress.

The guy watched from the side and shook his head, thinking: What happened to the boss, everyone is stupid.

A few people came to the shop at first, but when they saw the shop owner like that, they all left again.

When Zhang Qiling walked out of the back room, he saw Wu Xie sitting in front of the counter in a daze.

"Brother!" Wu Xie immediately put on a slightly silly smile when he saw Zhang Qiling.Then he seemed to think of something suddenly, walked slowly in front of Zhang Qiling, tugged at his clothes, hesitated for a long time, scratched his head as if embarrassed, and asked, "Brother, do you have time today?"

Zhang Qiling looked at him and motioned for him to continue.

"That's right, you and I are fine anyway, shall I take you out for a walk?" Wu Xie asked cautiously, but there was unconcealed expectation in his eyes.

Zhang Qiling turned his head slightly, and tapped the edge of the chair slowly with his slender fingers, as if he was thinking about it.After a while, he nodded expressionlessly.

Wu Xie secretly became excited, and the smirk on his face never disappeared.

Probably because of a different mood, or because the one I love is by my side, I used to feel bored and difficult. Time seems to go by so fast, and I don’t feel like it’s enough.

Wu Xie sat next to Zhang Qiling and talked about his experiences or interesting things during this period. Although the other party was listening, he only gave a "hmm" at most, but he still talked vigorously, and he was very happy when the other party hummed.

At noon, Wu Xie fully demonstrated the results of his hard work in cooking for three months, even though they were home-cooked dishes.

"Brother, eat more, you've lost weight." Wu Xie kept adding vegetables to Zhang Qiling, and he couldn't even care about it.

Zhang Qiling looked at more and more dishes in his bowl, and listened to Wu Xie's concerned words, Xie Yuchen's persistent and desperate face suddenly appeared in his mind. Strong words, pale looks, and tears of despair.When he left, he seemed to have chased him out, obviously his body was still very weak.

The hands couldn't help tightening a little, Zhang Qiling lowered his eyes, suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and stopped thinking about it, and slowly finished his meal.

After the meal, Wu Xie took Zhang Qiling out the door, and the two went for a walk around the West Lake.

But the process was not as peaceful and beautiful as expected.When taking a walk, some girls always gather around Zhang Qiling and secretly look at him, and occasionally one or two who are not afraid of death will go up to him and strike up a conversation with Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Qiling was only wearing a simple and ordinary black sweater and trousers, but his stern figure, half-closed black eyes, and a handsome face with an expressionless indifference were really eye-catching, which made him even more attention-grabbing and caused even more The girls turned their heads frequently and even followed her.

Wu Xie gritted his teeth angrily at the side. He glared at the girls viciously, but it didn't work at all. He couldn't just get angry and drive them away, so he had to hold back his anger and drag the suspicious Zhang Qiling away from the center of the crowd quickly. .

"Brother," after walking to a place where there were few people, Wu Xie looked at Zhang Qiling with a blushing face, and said in a tangled voice, "You...don't come out alone in the future."

Zhang Qiling looked at him puzzled, but said nothing.

"Let's go, let's go over there." Wu Xie dragged the indifferent Zhang Qiling around again.

The two went boating, and then went fishing at the fishing ground. Wu Xie's patience was not as good as Zhang Qiling's. He couldn't stay still, so he dragged Zhang Qiling away within 2 minutes, and ran to play balloons.Wu Xie played three rounds with the gun at a distance of 50 meters, but only hit six balloons at most, while Zhang Qiling hit all the balloons in one shot with a standard posture from head to toe, just like holding a real gun , his hands hardly trembled at all, the boss was dumbfounded, and then handed over the best prize without tears. Zhang Qiling had no interest, so he walked through the crowd and left.Wu Xie smiled proudly from behind, as if he was so powerful himself.

In the afternoon, the two walked back along the street.Wu Xie couldn't hide his excitement and said Zhang Qiling's shot was so good, and then he laughed silly.Looking at the joy and smile on his face from the heart, Zhang Qiling couldn't help but soften his expression, and listened quietly to his non-stop chattering, without a trace of impatience.

It was already dark when we got back to the store.After eating, Zhang Qiling went back to the second floor to take a shower. Wu Xie suddenly remembered that Zhang Qiling didn't seem to have brought much change of clothes, so he ran back to his room and found a new set of pajamas for him.Zhang Qiling was still dripping water when he opened the door, the misty lights shrouded his slender and flexible body, and the unicorn tattoo on his body was faintly visible.He looked at Wu Xie with slightly suspicious eyes, Wu Xie suddenly recovered from his daze, met his eyes, blushed suddenly, stuffed the clothes to him, and opened his mouth hesitantly , but ran away without saying anything.

Wu Xie returned to her room and sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes out of focus, as if she was caught in the scene just now and couldn't extricate herself, her face became more and more red, and her heart was beating violently in her chest, vibrating her eardrums.Slowly stretch out a hand to caress her left chest, feeling the heartbeat under her palm.As soon as he closed his eyes, Zhang Qiling's face and his slender body appeared in his mind, and his heart was burning hot.

Wu Xie suddenly covered her face and groaned and fell back on the bed, as if she couldn't suppress the throbbing in her heart.

"Master, I'm really done..."

The next day Wu Xie walked downstairs with a panda eye.He looked at Zhang Qiling who was flipping through the rubbings sitting on the recliner, and said, "Good morning, little brother."

Hearing this, Zhang Qiling raised his head and looked at his obviously sleep-deprived face with a little surprise.

"It's okay, it's just that the mosquitoes are too noisy at night..." Wu Xie rambled nonsense, but thinking of the real reason for his insomnia, he blushed all of a sudden, looked around, but didn't dare to look at Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Qiling didn't expose his words either, he lowered his head and continued to look at the rubbings in his hand.

Wu Xie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He rubbed his dry eyes, then went into the bathroom to wash up.

After breakfast, Zhang Qiling continued to read the rubbings, while Wu Xie sat beside him playing with the jade pendant Zhang Qiling gave him.The gentle jade pendant was warm to the touch, with a soft luster. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He couldn't put it down, so he almost hugged and kissed it.At this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly.

"Hello?" Wu Xie answered the phone casually, but the other side didn't know what was said. After hearing this, he was taken aback for a while, and then his face became more and more serious, and then he suddenly opened his eyes wide, "What? You already It's coming! Why don't you say it first!"

He said a few more words over there, Wu Xie frowned, and looked back at Zhang Qiling, seeing that the other party didn't pay attention, he replied in a low voice with an angry look on his face.

"Okay, okay, I got it!" Wu Xie gritted his teeth and hung up the phone angrily. After staring at the phone vigorously, he turned his head to look at Zhang Qiling, his expression became a little hesitant, as if he was not easy to speak.In the end, he took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Well, little brother... I have something to do, so I need to go out."

"En." Zhang Qiling responded lightly.

"I'll be back soon." Wu Xie looked at the time and scratched her head sullenly and irritably.

Zhang Qiling glanced at him, and then said: "Is it okay to be alone?"

"Ah?" Wu Xie was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he was asking if he wanted to help, so she smiled embarrassedly, "It's just a small matter, don't worry."

After finishing speaking, Wu Xie tidied up casually and went out.

As soon as he walked outside, he immediately called back the phone call just now. As soon as the other side answered, he said angrily: "Mom! How can you decide this kind of thing on your own! Why didn't you tell me in advance? And... I said Don't worry about it, I'm not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for... Where? Got it, wait, I'll be right here."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Xie took a taxi.The car drove towards the city, and 10 minutes later, it stopped outside a Jiangnan-style exquisite restaurant.

Wu Xie became even more angry when he saw it. He walked into the restaurant with a sullen face, and he didn't look like he was going to eat but was going to smash the restaurant.He walked up to the second floor, and immediately saw Wu's mother beckoning to him, and the girl sitting dignifiedly beside her.He met that girl once, and Wu's mother took someone to the house last time.

"Xiao Xie, come here quickly." Wu's mother shouted at him, and looked at the girl next to her, "Shu Yun is coming back once in a while, so I won't waste your time?"

"No, auntie," said the girl with a smile.

Wu Xie looked numb, and sat stiffly in the opposite position, without speaking.

"Xiao Xie, you didn't treat him well last time when I went home," Wu's mother turned her head to Wu Xie and said at the same time winking at him constantly, "This time, you should have a good chat with him. There should be a lot of friendship between you young people." Common language."

Wu Xie was silent for a while, expressionless, then he raised his gaze, twitched his mouth, and said, "Yeah, I've been watching TV for the past few days, and the archaeologists dig graves and do research every day, girl, what's your interest in this field?" ?”

Mother Wu and the girl froze obviously.