The strongest magician

"Youqie, are you there?" Zhou Liang's eyes were bright, he pushed the door of Jin Shuyan's study open a crack, and looked inside carefully.

Jin Shuyan fell asleep on the edge of the desk, and the afternoon sunlight hit his cheeks through the blinds, bringing out a gentle light and shadow.

He tiptoed in, and before he got close, Jin Shuyan opened his eyes and sat up straight.

"Why are you here?" He looked at Zhou Liang with a gentle smile, and put away the things on the table calmly.

Zhou Liang's eyes were sharp, he had already caught something on his desktop, and he was stunned.

Spread out on the table is a picture of a lady, a woman looks back amidst the peach blossoms, with a slim figure and black hairpin, but her face is blank, without facial features.

Jin Shuyan looked at his face, sighed in his heart, and didn't put away the thing anymore, he opened it again, smiled at him and said: "Recently I always dream about peach blossoms, and I want to draw her, but I find that I can't draw her." Can't remember her face."

Peach blossom?Yongxia's pseudonym when she became Youqie's wife.

Zhou Liang's eyes flickered, sure enough, Youqie still remembered Yongxia in his heart, although he no longer blamed him for killing Yongxia, but he never forgot her.

He struggled for a while, smiled bluntly, wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything.

Jin Shuyan knew what he was thinking, and frowned slightly, but could only smile: "Do you have anything to do with me?"

something?What else could it be?Of course it was because I missed him and wanted to see him, so I came to him...

however……

Zhou Liang's heart was filled with enthusiasm and was immediately drenched by a basin of ice water. He smiled stiffly: "Well, you are not in good health yet. Be careful yourself. Don't sleep on the table, it is easy to catch cold."

Jin Shuyan smiled, looked at his almost disappointed face, reached out and touched his head: "I will pay attention, thank you."

The action that made Zhou Liang extremely heartwarming, but now it fell on his head like a bolt from the blue. Did he misunderstand it?

Had he been mistaken all this time?

He always thought that You Qie was kind to him, because he also had a good impression of him in his heart.

However, he did this action to Zhou Qi, and occasionally saw him do it to Zhou Yu. Could it be that in You Qie's heart, he is also his younger brother, the same as Zhou Yu and Zhou Qi?

Zhou Liang shook his body for a while, but Jin Shuyan didn't listen to what Jin Shuyan said later, and walked out in a daze.

Jin Shuyan looked at his back, frowning, he understood Zhou Liang's thoughts very well, but he was also extremely contradictory.

accept?He couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

reject?He understood very well that he didn't hate Zhou Liang that much in his heart.

Zhou Liang and alchemist remonstrance are different.

Even though Zhou Liang still had the memory of Alchemist Jian, even though they were still one soul, he knew very well that for Zhou Liang, Alchemist Jian was just a memory, and there was not even a trace of him in Zhou Liang's body.

Facing such a clean and straightforward Zhou Liang, he couldn't feel the slightest disgust in his heart...

Maybe it would be easier if he had been reincarnated, forgotten everything before, and started all over again.

He smiled wryly, sat down at the table, picked up the brush, and tried to fill in the face, but he still couldn't get it down.

Yong Xia, Peach Blossom, what does it look like?

Her figure was already so blurred that he couldn't remember it at all...

I only remember her graceful smile, her eyes are wrinkled like spring water, soft and gentle, and what kind of facial features are there, I can't remember at all...

Zhou Liang sat quietly in his study, and he began to reflect on himself.

He has been ignoring one thing all this time.What Youqie said from the beginning to the end was that the mistakes he made in the past can be forgiven, and the past grievances can be written off.

However, he never said that he would like him.

He knew that his thoughts towards You Qie were so straightforward that it was almost naked, with You Qie's intelligence, how could he not understand?

And what about Youqie to him?

You Qie is very kind to him, very gentle...

There is no difference between Zhou Yu and Zhou Qi.

Yes, he should have known a long time ago that You Qie had the problem of mistakenly recognizing his younger brother. To him, having Zhou Liang was no different from having an extra younger brother.

It turned out that he himself had misunderstood all along... thinking that Youqie had given him a chance.

In Youqie's heart, there has always been Yongxia...

That's right, Yong Xia, Yong Xia killed herself.How much suffering and suffering has Yong Xia suffered because of herself?

Now he is actually sullen, using the reincarnation as an excuse, and pretending that this has never happened?

Alchemist remonstrance, so naive!

It's too shameless!

He knew he was wrong now, but who should he turn to to repent?

Zhou Liang locked himself in the study for a whole day.

At night, the door of the study was pushed open, and Zhou Qi walked in.

"Xiao Liang, what's the matter with you? Is there something on your mind?" Zhou Qi sat down beside him with a gentle and moving voice.

Zhou Liang sat with his knees hugged, his head deeply buried in his arms, and when he heard his voice, he raised his head: "Brother Qi, I did something wrong."

Zhou Qi patted his head: "What's wrong, tell Brother Qi."

"Brother Qi, I now feel that I am really selfish." Zhou Liang bit his cheek and stared at the wall.

Zhou Qi sighed: "Is it for the past again?"

Zhou Liang's tears slid down, he wiped them away in embarrassment, and hid his face in the crook of his arms: "Brother Qi, I always thought that if you forgive me, I can start again. But I forgot, because Yongxia died, I I don't even have a chance to get her forgiveness. I forgot about the past life, and put everything behind me, as if nothing happened, but this is too selfish!"

Zhou Qi frowned: "Xiao Liang, what happened in the past is not entirely your responsibility. You became like that because of Yun Ji..."

"I killed her, Brother Qi. Have you forgotten?" Zhou Liang raised his face, stared at him blankly, then laughed and cried, "I'm a mother-killing bastard! I actually forgot..."

"Xiao Liang, Brother Qi doesn't want to shirk responsibility for you. You are indeed at fault, but you shouldn't blame yourself for all the faults. After all, it is not your choice for Yun Ji to become your mother. Moreover, Qingheng will be completely wiped out, and you are responsible for it. For this, the mistakes you made are enough to make up for it."

Zhou Liang shook his head: "Brother Qi, I can never be so noble. Even if everyone in the world says I am a beast, as long as you don't dislike me, I don't care. But, I shouldn't just forget what I have done. I should shoulder my responsibilities."

Zhou Qi smiled: "Xiao Liang, no one in our place says you are bad. You are my younger brother. In my opinion, your sins when you were an alchemist have been cancelled. Now, we are not going to start again. Have you started yet?"

Zhou Liang clenched his arms and started again?He knew that Zhou Yu and Zhou Qi were sincere to him, and You Qie really forgave him, otherwise they wouldn't be kind to him.

Now, the one who couldn't forgive him was himself.

Because now, he finally remembered that he still owed Yong Xia...

Unless he can compensate Yong Xia, otherwise, he will never forgive himself!

He smiled miserably and wiped his face clean: "Brother Qi, I'm fine, I figured it out."

Zhou Qi looked at him worriedly: "Xiao Liang, if you have something to tell me, don't hold it in your heart."

Zhou Liang smiled: "It's okay, really." He turned his face away, and his clear eyes were stained with melancholy.

Zhou Qi sighed and rubbed his head.

Zhou Liang began to lock himself in the studio to paint again.

During the two years in Qingzhou, he often locked himself in the studio like this, sometimes for a whole day.

Zhou Yu obviously noticed the change in him, and he frowned. The person who can make Zhou Liang's mood change so drastically is none other than his elder brother.

After going on for a week, Zhou Yu couldn't stand it any longer. He had to tie the bell to untie it, so he took the initiative to talk to Jin Shuyan.

"Brother, what is Xiao Liang struggling with?" When he saw Jin Shuyan, he asked straight to the point, but found that he was also mentally exhausted, and he seemed to have lost weight even though he was already thin.

Jin Shuyan smiled: "It's okay, he has a stubborn personality, and he can't figure out some things. It should be fine if you figure it out, let him go."

"You do understand him." Zhou Yu said quietly.

Jin Shuyan was silent, yes, he knew Zhou Liang better than he imagined.Maybe, unknowingly, I also paid too much attention to him?

"Xiao Liang may be able to figure it out, but can Big Brother figure it out?" Zhou Yu sighed, and sat down in front of him, looking at him with bottomless eyes.

Jin Shuyan was silent, and smiled wryly for a while: "Chang Geng, what you said is right. I can't figure it out myself."

He still can't get over his own hurdle.

Even if Zhou Liang and Fang Shijian are different, it can't change the fact that he killed Yong Xia.

In his life, he has only liked one person. Even if he can let go of his hatred, he will never start anew with Zhou Liang without any grudges. Treating him like a relative like now is already the limit of what he can do.

"Chang Geng, let it be like this. I will try to see him as little as possible in the future. Maybe after a long time, he will let me go slowly." Jin Shuyan sighed, looking at the portrait with no facial features on the desk, a wry smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"You can do whatever you want, brother. Since you have already made a decision, I will persuade Xiao Liang well." Zhou Yu shook his head, thinking about how to persuade Zhou Liang.

A few days later, Zhou Liang came out of the studio, his originally clear eyes dimmed, and there were two deep bruises under his eyes.

Zhou Liang asked him to sit down, coughed, and planned to have a good chat with him.

Zhou Liang spoke first: "Brother Yu, I have something to tell you."

Zhou Yu frowned: "You speak first, brother Yu is listening."

"Brother Yu, I want to go out to work again." Zhou Yu was taken aback by Zhou Liang's words.

"What? What work are you going to do?"

"Brother Yu, I've thought about it. I have done many, many bad things in the past. Back then, Yongxia locked me up for hundreds of years because of this. At that time, I only had resentment in my heart, and I never thought she would do this Reason. Now I know, I used to be very wrong, and now I understand where I was wrong, and I think I should do something to make up for these mistakes.”

Zhou Yu was stunned, he didn't expect Zhou Liang to think of these things.

"Brother Yu, I have nothing to do at home all day. Although time is limited, it is not right to waste it. I used to be a forensic doctor, and I was somewhat useful. If I continue to idle at home like this, I might really become useless in the future. I want to work in a hospital and use the medical skills I have learned to treat those in need, so that my life will have some meaning."

Zhou Yu looked at his extremely serious expression, opened his mouth, and finally nodded: "If you really think so, then of course I won't object."

"The people who were hurt by me in the past have reincarnated. I owe them, and if I can't pay them back, I can only help others and try to make up for my own mistakes. Brother Yu, thank you for supporting my decision and being by your side , I was really lucky to be raised by you."

Zhou Liang fell to one knee on the ground, his forehead pressed against Zhou Yu's knee intimately.

Zhou Yu reached out and touched his head. He knew that this was Zhou Liang's way of expressing intimacy.

"It's okay, just do what you want. Brother Yu will always be here, if you need anything, just tell Brother Yu, I will always support you."

Zhou Liang lowered his head and nodded twice, tears filled his eyes.

He bit his cheek to hold back, and raised his head again: "Brother Yu, I will try to see You Qie as little as possible in the future. There is something here, can you give it to him for me?"

Zhou Yu was dumbfounded, why did Xiao Liang also make this decision?

He reached out to take a scroll from Zhou Liang, and asked in a muffled voice, "What is this?"

Zhou Liang pursed his lips: "You Qie knows." He still wanted to ask Zhou Yu to say sorry to You Qie on his behalf, but wait a little longer, when he mustered up the courage to apologize to him in person.

I hope that when the time comes, he can truly forgive him...

But Yong Xia's fault, how should he make up for it?

When Youqie received the scroll, his heart skipped a beat, could it be?

He slowly opened the scroll, and Yong Xia's figure was revealed.

His eyes are like morning stars, his eyebrows are like distant blue, his lips are like vermilion, and his smile is sweet. When the scroll is opened, the scroll is full of grace and luxury, overflowing the eye sockets.In an instant, the memory in her mind broke through the fog, and Yong Xia's appearance became extremely clear.

He actually remembered better than himself...

So, is Yong Xia so beautiful in his eyes?

He carefully caressed the scroll with his fingers, feeling bored, and immediately didn't know what expression to make.

After that, Zhou Liang went to the hospital as he wished and became a surgeon.The busy work all day has gradually enriched his life and made him feel that life is meaningful.

I work in the hospital during the day and read books at home at night. Sometimes when Duan Yiyi comes, they will sit together and watch cartoons.

He finally stopped being autistic and was willing to go outside to get in touch with others.

The smiles on his face gradually increased, and it seemed that everything was slowly letting go.

Only Zhou Liang knew very well that he tried his best to avoid Jin Shuyan and not think about his existence.

He was so clear-headed that his obsession with him could not be resolved by time.

As long as you see him, you will yearn for him, and you will have unrealistic expectations in your heart...

I can only see him, miss him, and even pretend that this person does not exist...

He occasionally resents his immortality.If you can become an ordinary human being, live to old age, die, and never think about the past...

Maybe only death can free him completely...

He suddenly felt that Ling Duanyang's strength had surpassed his imagination.He once said that compared to Zhou Liang, he is just a defective product.

Is it really?

He secretly compared himself with Ah Yang, after all, who is more like a defective product?

Perhaps, making him suffer like this, letting him see it, but never getting it, is the punishment Yong Xia left him for, punishing his ruthlessness, punishing his self-righteousness...

He still often shuts himself in the studio, and in his spare time, he starts painting again.

Painting scenery, painting colors, painting shapes...painting Yongxia, Ayang...and Youqie...

Drawing everyone who has passed through his life, he discovered that he never forgot them.

Those who gave him love, those who hurt him, those who gave him endless nostalgia, and... those who gave him endless hopes...

He never forgot anyone.

The memory is so good, it turns out to be a disaster.

He stared at the Youqie in his pen, stroked the corner of that person's mouth, that person's smile was gentle and ruthless...

With Zhou Yu's consent, he planted a row of peach trees in his garden, and in the spring, the trees would be full of peach blossoms.

In his spare time, he waters the peach trees, weeds, and trims the flowering branches. He takes care of these trees carefully.

Jin Shuyan occasionally came to visit Zhou Yu and Zhou Qi. When he passed by the garden, he looked at these well-growing peach trees, and just stepped forward to touch them with his hands, without saying anything.

Zhou Liang's thoughts, he understands...

But what can be done?

Some things, not both of them understand, can cross that threshold...

Spring went to autumn, time passed quickly, Zhou Liang gradually adapted to the current life, and in a blink of an eye, Zhou Qi's birthday was coming.

Chi Su came back, but Bai Fang was not there.

Zhou Liang silently cleaned Bai Fang's things for Zhou Qi, thinking whether to put them away, or continue to put these things away, and let Zhou Qi remember them?

Zhou Qi walked up to him and knelt down, touched Bai Ya's bowl, and smiled melancholy: "There is always a banquet in the world. Bai Ya has been with me for thousands of years, and finally he separated from me."

Zhou Liang looked at him with big eyes and comforted him: "Brother Qi, don't be sad. Bai Fang died to protect you in the end..."

Zhou Qi sneered: "Who said Bai Fang is dead?" It's really rare that his younger brother actually started to appease others, which is really a remarkable progress.It seems that letting him go to work is really the right choice.

"What, isn't Bai Fang dead?" Zhou Liang widened his eyes in surprise.

Zhou Qi laughed: "Of course he didn't die. Bai Fang is a divine beast in the God Realm. Its real body has always been in the God Realm. Before that, part of its soul was possessed by the Soul Jade, and its power was not as strong as its main body. One-tenth. What was destroyed in the ruins before was only its clone, but now it can stay safely in the God Realm."

Zhou Liang was taken aback for a moment, it turned out to be like this?

"Bai Ya and I are just separated. After such a long time, we will meet again sooner or later. How can we be so sad?" Zhou Qi patted his head amusedly. Shall we have a good talk? You guys just avoid each other like this, how long are you going to avoid?"

Zhou Liang avoided his eyes: "Brother Qi, Youqie and I are well aware of these things, but the problems between us cannot be resolved just by talking about it once."

Zhou Qi sighed, he understood where the knot between Zhou Liang and his elder brother was.He took Zhou Liang's hand, led him to the door, pointed to the luxuriant peach tree and said, "Xiao Liang, look, my sister-in-law loved peach blossoms the most when she was alive. I'll bet with you once, okay? You go to heaven with all your heart." Pray, if sister-in-law can forgive you, then these peach trees will be able to bloom in August, and the flowers will bloom unbeaten for a month. If sister-in-law is still blaming you, then I won't say more, okay?"

Zhou Liang smiled wryly: "Brother Qi, Yongxia died at the beginning, I don't know where her soul is now, so who should I pray to?"

Zhou Qi's eyes were gentle: "Sister-in-law is the most beloved little daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. How could he see her disappear? Just try it. If no one responds, it's not too late for you to torture yourself like this."

Zhou Liang nodded hesitantly.

At night, he stood under the peach tree for a long time, and only went back to his room to sleep in the middle of the night.

The next day, he was groggy and had a high fever.

Zhou Yu scolded him and Zhou Qi angrily and amusedly: "Xiao Liang is ignorant, Xiao Qi, you are also meddling."

Zhou Liang hasn't been sick for a long time, and since he became a boundary marker, he hasn't even broken the skin on his hands, let alone being so groggy and burning to almost forty degrees.

Zhou Yu was angry and distressed at the same time, so he didn't go to the company for several days and stayed at home to take care of him.

Zhou Qi, on the other hand, smiled leisurely and switched shifts with Zhou Yu to take care of him together.

Zhou Liang burned for several days in a row, feeling drowsy, feeling someone sitting next to him, with a faint sandalwood scent coming from his body.

He suddenly cheered up, looking at the tall and thin figure sitting beside his bed with red eyes.

"Are the peach blossoms blooming outside?" He asked weakly.

Jin Shuyan moistened his chapped lips with a cotton swab, his expression froze for a moment, and he said gently, "It's August now, the peach blossoms won't bloom, you're confused."

Zhou Liang looked at him with yearning eyes, let out a disappointment, and closed his eyes.

He was groggy, his body seemed to be floating on the sea, and his body was stimulated alternately by extremely cold and extremely hot things.

He wanted to open his eyes, but he still couldn't see where he was.

The voice in his ears became farther and farther away, and there was silence around him, and Zhou Yu's worried shouts gradually fell silent. After a while, bright sunlight shone on him. He opened his eyes and saw the boundless sea of ​​flowers.

The scenery in front of him was so beautiful that he was shocked for a moment and couldn't say anything.

A gentle voice behind asked, "Who are you? Why did you appear in my back garden?"

He turned around with an even more shocked expression: "Yongxia?"

Who is that woman with waist-length hair and a flowery smile in front of her if it's not Yong Xia?How can it be?Is Yong Xia still alive?

"Hey, how do you know my name?" Yong Xia smiled softly, "You don't look like someone from my God Realm. The passage to the Three Realms has long been closed. How did you come to the God Realm?"

Is this actually the God Realm?How did he come to God Realm?It turns out that Yong Xia has returned to the God Realm?Then why is she acting like she doesn't know him at all?His appearance obviously hasn't changed...

He looked at Yong Xia in a daze, with a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say a word.

Yong Xia, the person he once loved the most, he thought she had already passed away, but he never expected that there would be a day when he would see her again...

He raised his hand, wanting to touch her face, but saw a peach branch in his palm.

When Yongxia saw the peach branch in his hand, her eyes lit up, she glanced at him, and reached out to take it: "Is this a mortal flower?" The peach branch stretched out in her hand, the green leaves fell off, and one after another blossomed The pink peach blossoms are blooming one after another, and the buds are in full bloom.

Zhou Liang straightened his eyes, the peach blossoms are blooming...

Yong Xia took a deep breath of the fragrance of the flower, and smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth: "This smell is very pleasant, what kind of flower is this?"

"Peach Blossom..." Zhou Liang replied blankly, it is also her favorite flower...

"It turns out that this is the peach blossom in the world, it really is extraordinary." Yong Xia narrowed her beautiful eyes and wanted to talk more, when a voice behind called: "Yong Xia, what are you doing?"

Zhou Liang looked over following the voice, and saw a heroic and stalwart man in a silver-white battle robe, walking across the sea of ​​flowers. When Yong Xia saw him, she immediately smiled, with tenderness in her eyes almost overflowing: "Jin Xu, I came just in time, look, I finally saw the peach blossoms in the world."

Jinxu came over, picked a peach blossom and pinned it on her hair: "Where did the flower come from, it's really beautiful."

Yong Xia put her forehead on his shoulder and let him pin the flower, then stroked it with her hand: "I don't know why, but I have a strange feeling when I get this flower."

Jinxu's eyes flickered: "What does it feel like?"

"I can't tell, it seems like I'm full of guilt." She turned to look for Zhou Liang, but the sea of ​​flowers remained the same, and he was nowhere to be seen.

"That person is really strange. He can bring things from the world. I don't know what his identity is." She said with a smile.

"Human world, after the passage of the Three Realms is closed, no god race will set foot in the human world anymore, and I don't know what's going on in the human world now." Jinxu sighed.

Yong Xia stroked his eyebrows and smiled softly: "Do you want to visit the world?"

"Just talking." Jin Xu took her shoulders, "It's getting late, it's time to go back to the palace."

Yong Xia walked side by side with him: "Actually, there is nothing beautiful in the world, and that place is just here, so what's so special about it! Don't think about it."

Jinxu twisted the tip of her nose: "It sounds like you have been there before."

Yong Xia smiled affectionately, she might have actually been there, or she might...

Zhou Liang quietly opened his eyes, and saw Zhou Qi lying beside his bed, fast asleep.

He hesitated for a moment, then pushed him to wake him up: "Brother Qi, I'm fine, you can go back to sleep. You can't stay up late, you've broken your body, sister-in-law will blame me then."

Zhou Qi rubbed his scarlet eyes and touched his forehead. Seeing that the temperature had really subsided, she nodded and went back to the room.

Suddenly, he gasped, and upon hearing his movement, Zhou Liang got out of bed in doubt and went to see what was going on.

I saw Zhou Qi pointing out the window, speechless in surprise.

Zhou Liang looked over and saw the peach blossoms he had planted in the yard. In August, when they were harvested, the trees were full of light pink, and they were in full bloom...

Zhou Liang threw himself onto the balcony excitedly, looking at the bustling flowers, tears dripped down his eyes instantly...

Did Yongxia really forgive him?

He covered his face tightly, tears dripping from his fingers on the ground.

Will he really be forgiven?

really?

The peach blossoms of the Zhou family were in full bloom in August, causing a sensation for a while. Not counting the blooming in August, those peach trees were still blooming unbeaten for a whole month.

There are quite a lot of people who come to see the famous flowers. Every day, people can be seen deliberately passing by the door of Zhou's house.In the end, the experts were alarmed.

Experts studied the truth for a period of time, and finally said that the variation caused by climate anomalies was purely accidental and not universally representative.

Zhou Liang was ill for a while, so he asked for leave and rested at home for a few days.The weather in Haizhou is dry, and it hasn't rained for a long time. The flowers in the garden seem to be thirsty.

He carried a bucket and watered the flowers carefully.

After a long time, he was dizzy and dizzy from the sun, and after rinsing his body with sweat, he realized that he had just recovered from a serious illness, so he really shouldn't have been out in the sun for so long.

He stood up, unable to lift the dizzy bucket.

A slender and strong hand stretched out to help him up, and a faint sandalwood scent came: "Your body is not well yet, why don't you rest in it?"

Zhou Liang was startled, looking at the smiling face, he felt mixed feelings.

He stood up by himself and watched as he helped him lift the bucket into the house.

"Long time no see." He was silent for a moment, and greeted first.

Jin Shuyan turned around and looked at him indifferently, for a long time, smiled lightly, and responded softly: "Long time no see..."

So be it, Zhou Liang thought, let's go on slowly like this.

After all, they can still see each other, can't they?

The grievances between them are really too complicated, so complicated that this short millennium is not enough to ignore...

They have an almost endless amount of time, and he can wait patiently...

He will persevere, maybe, maybe one day, they can really let go of everything in the past...

Maybe when the time comes, he can also be freed from his infinite obsession with Youqie...

But, for now, that's fine...

Really...