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During the stalemate, the light and shadow approached slowly, gradually getting behind Qi Shengsheng, and the familiar fragrance of tea came slowly and faintly.He clenched the picture scroll tightly in his hand, still refused to look back, closed his eyes sadly, kept calm for a while, and was about to express his feelings, when suddenly a big hand was placed on his shoulder, gently patted his shoulder, and smelled the sound behind him again. The person greeted warmly: "Old man, you..."

Um?old man?Qi Zhong relieved his tension, opened his eyes, and came to his senses. These days, he wandered outside the cloud room. In order to avoid Mu Yin's gaze, he always dressed as a servant in the mansion. Right now, Mu Yun must have mistaken him. admit.

Thinking of this, Qi finally heaved a sigh of relief, bowed his waist, lowered his head, deliberately dodged and turned around, his gaze slightly lowered.

"Uh uh uh……"

Hearing that he seemed to be replying to himself with some vague words, Mu Yun hurriedly took the painting in his hand, cherished it in his arms, and then asked caringly: "Are you... the dumb old man Yinbai talked about?" ?”

Hearing the familiar voice, Qi Zhong was slightly stunned, nodded stiffly, and grabbed the broom next to him tightly, a little too flustered to face it.

Seeing that he has been humbled and bowed his head, refusing to face himself, Mu Yun felt strange, and his voice became softer: "Don't be afraid. I don't mean to ask for guilt. It's just that the cloud room is too cold. It will be very hard for you to clean this place alone. , don’t come here anymore…”

"Uh uh uh……"

Qi finally shook his head vigorously, constantly refuting Mu Yun's words, making the other party slightly at a loss.

"Well...you don't have to worry about the salary cut, I will explain it to the second sister...ah, you!"

Mu Yunben patiently comforted the poor old man, but before he finished speaking, he saw the other party rushing over suddenly, grabbed his sleeve, pulled it aside, and sobbed softly.

This strange and rude behavior made Mu Yun slightly suspicious. He took a few glances at the man's profile, and accidentally saw a piece of sugar-fried chestnuts on the table, and was startled. His favorite snacks when he was a child, except for his close relatives who knew about it, only that person asked once, and he told the truth...

After the hand that was intended to comfort was raised, it was powerless to hang down.Mu Yun's heart suddenly brightened, his expression was sad, he pulled back his sleeves indifferently, stood silently aside, threw the picture scroll in his hand on the table beside him, and said clearly: "You, go away."

The order to chase away guests fell on his ears, and Qi Zhong felt even more sad, and the other party recognized him. He relied on this, and he no longer pretended to be. , looking frankly at that person.

"Mu..."

"What else do you want?"

A cold question interrupted Qi Zhong's words, and even extinguished the full expectation in his heart.

Mu Yun didn't know his reason for coming, and mistakenly thought it was an entanglement of love and hatred, and felt even more chilling: "Do you... want me to pay for my life? Are you willing to fulfill your wish?"

"No!" Qi Zhong was speechless, at a loss, "I'm not here to settle accounts...don't say that..."

He stood stiffly in the same place, looking like a haggard tree, and tremblingly said: "Can we...can we not let you down again?"

Such a word pierced the apex of the heart, Mu Yun's eyes trembled for a moment, his brows were frowned and his face was wide open, and there was a heavy mourning in his light tone: "Then what do you say...how can you live up to it?"

Hearing this, Qi Zhong stepped forward excitedly, thinking that Mu Yun was soft-hearted and willing to accept himself, and said anxiously: "I, I hope, we can go back to the past..."

"Once upon a time?" Mu Yun closed his eyes and recalled the fleeting scenes in his mind, and sighed helplessly, "It's a pity that time does not leave the past, only regrets..."

"No..." Hearing his desperate words, Qi Mo was even more panicked, and cautiously approached him, almost begging: "No. It shouldn't be like this between us!"

Mu Yun grasped the last trace of calmness in his heart, turned his back indifferently, and ignored these painful words.

"I know, I know that you blame me, you blame me for not knowing the truth and turning your anger on you, you even hate me for causing you to lose your brother... What happened back then, I was sorry for you, I was wrong..."

"What happened back then, I was the one who was ashamed and I made it up to you to make up for it, so all the consequences are my own fault and have nothing to do with you!"

Mu Yun forcefully disregarded the relationship, and his ruthless voice was as cold as ice.

Qi Zhong suddenly felt like falling into an ice cave, without even a chance to be forgiven, he nodded in despair: "Okay, okay...I see."

He turned away and left, Mu Yun clenched the palms in his sleeves that he wanted to keep, and lowered his eyes in pain: What I want to complain the most is that you would rather be deceived by others than to be honest with me...

"Hmph... don't come again."

Thinking of the tense situation that will be all-or-nothing next, Mu Yun is afraid that Qi will not give up, so he is cold-hearted, and sighs angrily with feigned disgust.Trying to drive him away completely.

Hearing this, Qi Shengsheng froze and was about to fall over. He leaned against the door and cried, "Okay, I promise you. I will leave today. From now on, I will practice the way of ruthlessness and will not pester you again... sorry."

"what……"

Mu Yun listened to his aggrieved voice, and such a desperate choice. It was never what he wanted to push people to this point. Gritting his teeth, without saying a word, he numbly watched the mournful back of the man leaving.

The moment he stepped out of the gate of the courtyard, his eyes blurred, and Qi Zhong's leaving footsteps were extremely slow, extremely nostalgic.

But until he heard the sound of the door closing gently behind him, at that moment, he cried helplessly, and his heart died like ashes.

The dark sky had been brewing for a long time, and finally the thunder flashed, and suddenly there was a heavy rain.It quickly wetted the thin clothing on his body, sending a chill down his bones, but he didn't notice it.

The water splashed down from the green eaves and fell into a column of water, falling on the stone rock, tick-tock...

"Tap--, tap--"

There was a sudden sound of footsteps coming and going in the rain and fog.

"Oh, it's raining heavily..."

With the coat on his head, He Yinbai rushed into the gate of the courtyard through rushing water, and happened to see Qi Zhong standing in the courtyard without an umbrella, with a hopeless look on his face, he was willing to get wet in the courtyard in a daze , can't help but feel inexplicable.

When passing by, he looked at him more suspiciously, passed by for a moment, He Yinbai rushed under the eaves, shook off the rain on his body, and patted on the door: "Master, Master, open the door. I was soaked by the rain It's so cold."

His shout caused Qi Zhong to turn sideways slightly, looking at the door from the corner of his eye...

"Squeak-"

The door opened, He Yinbai smiled happily, and sneaked into the room cleverly.

"Thank you Master."

……

Tears streaked across the corners of his eyes, fell more and more violently, mixed with rainwater, and flowed past his feet... The few words between the master and the apprentice broke the last line of defense in his heart.

Facing the violent rainstorm falling from the sky, he laughed bitterly and sadly.

Taking heavy steps, disappointed and wronged step by step, Qi Zhong lowered his head, not knowing where to go, but could only leave numbly...

The rain in the courtyard hit the flowers and branches, the green eaves beside him fell into water, the grass moss on both sides was wet, and the curtains of the long corridor were lifted...all of them passed by him one by one, unintentionally looking at the world, unintentionally caring The torrential rain drenched his heart, he just felt so cold, from body to heart...

"Hahahahaha..."

After walking for a long time, when he was near the river, he had the urge to jump into the river.But for a moment of crazy laughter, Qi Zhong was drenched in the cold rain, and finally squatted on the edge of a big rock, watching the ripples on the lake, curled up, hugged himself into a ball, and murmured tremblingly: "I'm sorry...Mu Yun, I'm sorry... ..."

……

Inside the cloud room, it is warm and bright.

Mu Yun found some dry clothes for He Yinbai, and didn't say anything more. Xu stepped into the back room, and He Yinbai hurriedly stopped him, scratching his head: "Master... that person looks familiar, he seems, seems to be still there It's raining..."

The fingers in the sleeves bent slightly, but there was no extra expression on his face, Mu Yun remained silent, walked around him and left.

"Hey, master..."

He Yinbai stood where he was, even more puzzled, unable to figure out that his words annoyed him.Until his eyes fixed on the picture scroll on the table that Mu Yun cherished all the year round, He Yinbai was greatly shocked when he saw it with a clear eye.

Then I looked left and right, and happened to see several flower umbrellas placed on the counter at the door... Those umbrellas were usually placed in the dark box, but today they were all displayed.

He Yinbai frowned, his heart sank, and then he took two umbrellas and hurried into the rain and fog.

"Whoa whoa-"

The sound of the rain hitting the surrounding tall trees became louder and showed no signs of abating.

Qi Zhong's palms were already swollen from the rain, and his face became paler. He looked at the Yaoyao Mountains, where the blue sky and the mist were all mixed in the rainstorm, and his consciousness gradually became dizzy.

"Hey, do you want an umbrella?"

Suddenly, a question came from next to his ear, and the boy holding an umbrella appeared beside him, and handed him an umbrella in front of his eyes.

When Qi Zhong saw the person coming, he felt inexplicably jealous, and snorted coldly, "No."

He Yinbai glared at him, feeling that he was rude and had a bad temper, no wonder Mu Yun didn't give him an umbrella.

Before he finished slandering, Qi Zhong hurriedly turned his head, his eyes lit up with hope, he looked at him seriously, and asked nervously, "Yes, did he ask you to deliver the umbrella?"

He Yinbai was stunned for a moment, his eyes reflected Qi Zhong's cautious and hopeful look of excitement, he couldn't help lowering his eyes with guilt, wriggling his lips, and whispered: "...No."

"Ah."

Hearing this, he laughed at himself, his whole body broke down, and he leaned heavily on the stone again, disappointed to the end.

Seeing people suddenly become more decadent, He Yinbai was a little at a loss, leaning the umbrella gently against the stone, stammering: "Umbrella, I put the umbrella here, you can take it yourself."

……

After the person left, the umbrella was still left in the rain, untouched.