Lonely City without Frost

"...Don't hate me, okay?" Her eyes were bright and serious, if not for the smell of alcohol, he might have had the illusion that this person was not drunk.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zuo Wushuang became anxious again, and put his wrist on his shoulder, "...you hate me too..."

Ye Gucheng originally bent down slightly to snatch the wine in her hand, but he was caught off guard for a moment and was pulled down directly, but fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and did not fall.

Half-bent and facing her, the blushing face was close at hand, the hot air in his breath sprayed on his face, and he was still muttering don't hate me, don't hate me.

"I know...you hate me too..." She seemed to think of something suddenly, she closed her eyes and frowned, "...then don't give me a chance to get close to you..."

"...I don't hate you." He finally said in a low voice, but it's a pity that she couldn't see his expression clearly at the moment, but just hearing this sentence was enough to make her heart elated.

"Really... I thought you hated me too..."

"...I don't hate you." He repeated in a low voice.

Zuo Wushuang still didn't seem to believe it, frowning as if he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he fell asleep with his head tilted.

Feeling the weight on his shoulders, Ye Gucheng sighed helplessly, then picked her up and walked to the room where she lived before.

For him, it has been many years since he met a person who can affect his mood, Zuo Wushuang is undoubtedly an exception, or... an accident that cannot be deduced by common sense.

At the very beginning, compared to her herself, what he remembered was that she was Ximen Chuuxue's friend, although the sword at the time made him have to admit that she did have the ability to dominate the world.

But now... it has really changed completely, at least for Ye Gucheng, Zuo Wushuang is no longer just a name.

He didn't know exactly when this change started. The only thing he knew was that he would feel an inexplicable sense of peace in his heart when he could see that decisive figure practicing swordsmanship by the sea every day, and he would even forget about it. The original intention of knowing her.

But even so, he still has no choice, he has already embarked on that road from the very beginning, if he stops because of one person, then he is not Ye Gucheng, and he will never be where he is today.

"I don't hate you." He put her on the bed, repeated it in a low voice, and then covered her with the quilt. His expression didn't move at all, as if everything before hadn't affected him in any way.

In the evening of summer, the humidity of the sea spread here at some point, and the whole villa was covered with a trace of humidity that was hard to get rid of. Ye Gucheng stood at the window of this room and pondered for a while, and finally sighed. Turn around and leave.

In the hall, the person who had shouted to dodge first had indeed sat down again, "Yo, it's resolved?"

Ye Gucheng pondered for a while, "You still have to trust my initial judgment in the end, don't you?"

He laughed loudly, "Do you dare to say that the motivation for your initial judgment is the same as your current judgment? Forget it, if that's the case, there's nothing to hesitate."

"Then what are you going to do next?"

"It doesn't seem like something you should ask about, if you really don't care at all." Although the tone was cold, the expression on his face was still cynical, "And everything is going smoothly, there is no need to worry about anything else now."

"I hope so." He didn't say anything more, his eyes wandered, and the hesitation that hadn't appeared on him for many years lasted for a long time.

In a daze, he seemed to see the figure who was practicing swords at the seaside without distraction. Thinking about it now, it was probably because of this similarity that he was unable to make a real decision.

——In this world, there are really not many people who treat swords with such a heart.

When Zuo Wushuang woke up, he only felt a terrible headache, and tried to open his eyes to adapt to the light in front of him, but he still hadn't fully adapted, and was terrified by the scene in front of him.

Although it was not the first time for her to come to this place, it was completely different from the feeling of waking up and finding herself sleeping here. She even forgot the headache and jumped out of bed in a hurry.

She still smelled of alcohol, and her whole face reflected in the bronze mirror looked very suspicious. She tried hard to recall what she did after drinking yesterday but to no avail, so she had to wash up and leave the room.

When she was passing through the hall, she happened to meet Ye Gucheng, who seemed to have just come down from the tower, and her long hair was still a little messed up by the wind. Seeing her staring at him blankly, Ye Gucheng nodded, " Miss Left."

"...I drank too much yesterday, so I apologize for the inconvenience caused to the city lord."

In contrast to this well-behaved appearance and yesterday's, even Ye Gucheng couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth slightly, although the arc was so small that it was almost invisible.

"By the way, when Miss Zuo was drunk yesterday, Lin Dutong said that something seemed to happen in your store, but he is already dealing with it."

——Telling him to deal with it will only make it worse!

Zuo Wushuang couldn't help curling her lips, "...Thank you to the city lord first, then I'll go back and have a look."

Ye Gucheng nodded, "It's okay."

When she rushed back to the restaurant, the restaurant hadn't opened yet, and in a hurry, she even forgot about her foot injury and flew directly into the backyard. As she expected, Xiaoer had already gotten up but the door hadn't opened yet.

"What happened yesterday?"

"Yesterday, as soon as the shopkeeper followed the city lord away, several older girls came over and said that the wine sold by the shopkeeper was short of catties, and asked the younger ones to give an explanation. At first, the younger ones just told them that the wine we sold would never It’s short of weight, but…then more and more people, I can’t help it.”

"...Then what happened afterwards?" It didn't sound like a big deal, Zuo Wushuang also heaved a sigh of relief.

There are too many girls in Baiyun City who don't like her, so it's not necessary to worry about each of them. Most importantly, as long as they are here, they don't dare to make trouble.

"Later, Lin Dutong came over to deal with it, and finally persuaded them all to go back."

Eyelids twitched, and she suddenly had a bad feeling, "...Wait... What did he say, that group of people went back?"

"Lin Dutong said that he was ordered by the city lord..."

——Isn’t this counterproductive! ! !

Zuo Wushuang almost flipped the table, "...you'd better pray that I don't have to go out in the future...or you will die."

"Shopkeeper, don't scare me!!"

She squinted at him, "Do you think it's fun for me to joke with you about this kind of thing?"

Xiao Er immediately begged with a bitter face, "Shopkeeper, please don't leave here!"

"...It depends on the situation, or you can close the door as soon as I leave." Zuo Wushuang pondered for a while, "Go to open the shop now, I'm not afraid of them, come now if you have the ability."

These domineering words made Xiao Er's admiration for her a bit deeper, and immediately followed her like a dog to open the door.

Opening the door to do business, naturally there will be times when people smash the market, Zuo Wushuang didn't think it was a big deal, anyway, as long as he is still sitting here, there will be absolutely no one who dares to make trouble openly.

Putting this nonsense aside for the time being, Zuo Wushuang casually took a jug of wine from the wine cellar in the store and sat down in the corner of the lobby to drink and calm down.

Not all the things in my mind about getting drunk in Baiyun Villa have been expelled, and I still feel all kinds of embarrassment when I calm down and think about it.

The worst part was that she had no memory of what she had done, and it was true that ignorance made people more frightened.

"Lin Dutong! Why are you free?"

Probably because he helped solve the crisis in the store yesterday, Xiaoer looked like a dog when he saw him, "What do you want to eat?"

"Where's your shopkeeper?"

Zuo Wushuang raised his eyes to look at Lin Dutong who hadn't found him yet, and coughed lightly, "Lin Dutong has something to do with me?"

As the person who was almost stabbed to death by her sword yesterday, Lin Dutong was still very stressed. When he saw her, his legs went limp for no reason, "..."

"Why are you looking for me?"

"It happened yesterday. Although they were willing to go back in the end, it doesn't mean they won't come back in the future."

Zuo Wushuang interrupted him, "Yesterday it was because I wasn't here, and you were obviously a disservice to me. You don't need to bother with this matter."

Lin Dutong snorted coldly, as if he was very unconvinced, "Don't worry about me, can you keep this store yesterday? Besides, you were really..."

She keenly captured the key points in Lin Dutong's words, "Yesterday? What happened yesterday?"

"do not you remember?"

"...otherwise why would I ask you?"

He sneered, "Yesterday you got drunk and took a sword to kill me."

Zuo Wushuang felt relieved, "Oh, that's it." That's really a pity... Otherwise, killing yourself while drunk would not be a big deal...

"What's your reaction!"

"Then what reaction should I have? Is it a pity that I didn't kill you?" Zuo Wushuang paused, "Do you want me to continue now?"

"Hmph, even if you did something yesterday, do you think the city lord will watch you kill me?"

Zuo Wushuang didn't care, "Then it's fine if the city lord can't see it now, I think you should still remember that I killed two people on the first day I came here."

"Isn't that because they spoke rudely to Ximen Chuuxue!"

"...This is the truth, but what will happen to me if you speak rudely to me, do you want to try it?"

"You... Didn't you say yesterday that you won't kill me for the sake of the city lord!"

"Did I say that..." Zuo Wushuang twitched the corners of his mouth and wanted to hide his face, even losing his cuteness, "What else did I say?"

"You also said that it's none of my business that you like the city lord."

—……can’t look directly,

If she continued to ask, she would probably be irritated to death by herself, Zuo Wushuang could suddenly imagine what embarrassing things she said yesterday, but she still mustered up the courage to ask, "Is there anything else?"

"Hmph, then I left, who knows what you did again."

"He doesn't know, I know."

"Young Master Feng." Lin Dutong bent down to greet him.

She stared suspiciously at him who suddenly appeared, "... I remember you were drunk earlier than me."

"But I'm not as drunk as the teacher. Sometimes I can see a lot of good things if I admit that I'm drunk."

She suddenly lost the desire/desire to know, not to mention how true it was, but she had a premonition that she would be ridiculed to death when she said it from this person's mouth.

"Teacher, don't you really want to know? Fortunately, I still want to tell you that the city lord carried you into the room yesterday."

"What?!" It wasn't her who made such a surprised voice, but Lin Dutong, Ye Gucheng's number one supporter, "Huh..."

Zuo Wushuang was not very surprised by this point, she did believe that Ye Gucheng would help her more than this guy in front of her, anyway, Ye Gucheng had never hugged her when her foot hurt.

She was more concerned about how many embarrassing things she said, but it was obvious that the person in front of her didn't intend to tell the truth at all.

Zuo Wushuang is extremely indifferent to a certain extent, and because of this, she has almost never been liked by anyone, and there are even fewer people who are willing to take the initiative to approach her.

It is precisely because of this that she always has a very unique view of people who completely ignore her cold temperament, although there are some people in this group that she dislikes, such as Lu Xiaofeng, such as the mysterious juvenile.

If I have to talk about the source of this character, it is probably because of the master.

The master really regarded her as the only successor, and he did his best to teach her swordsmanship, and also asked Li Xunhuan to teach her internal skills to give her a solid foundation, so her sword is fast, and at the same time, it does not have the weakness of the master.

Growing up listening to those stories, the first rule of life is that you can do anything for your friends, and the second rule is not to owe favors to anyone except your friends.

Before she recognized someone, she couldn't pretend not to be indifferent.

As for friends, one is enough.

Although their personalities are far apart, the resemblance between her and A Fei is becoming more and more obvious as they get older.

She knew about Ye Gucheng's liking in her heart, but it was true that she didn't want him to know now. To be honest, betting was not what she cared about the most, what she wanted most was to be able to win in Lu Xiaofeng's hands.

But now, knowing that Ye Gucheng should already know what she wants, she is still a little helpless.

Whether it's because of his self-esteem, or because his feelings are not cared about, Zuo Wushuang doesn't want his likes to be brought up to say anything at this time.

According to Master's words, anything in this world that can be explained in words is not considered love.

Master liked Lin Xian'er so much back then, and even avoided seeing Li Daxia because of that person, which shows how blind he is. Although he often said that he was curious why he liked her in the first place, he really liked her, and he had nothing to do with it. way to escape.

In this matter, except for telling her not to run away, Master can't help her with anything, right?

Zuo Wushuang sat in the corner staring at her sword in a daze, still in a daze, Xiaoer didn't know when she sent those two people away, and she just happened to be happy and quiet.

Speaking of which, she hadn't heard anything about Ximen since the incident with Sun Xiuqing last time, and so did Ajiu.

The rumors about the Embroidered Thief in Jianghu have intensified, and she also heard a little about the fact that Six Doors finally found Lu Xiaofeng, which just made her even less willing to intervene in the past. Anyway, Lu Xiaofeng can solve everything if he makes a move. This is a person in the Jianghu By default, irritability is irritability, hate is hate, but I have to admit that he is powerful.

As a result, she was in an extremely irritable state for several days and couldn't extricate herself. She really had no memory of what she did after she was drunk, and she tried to think of something repeatedly, but she still couldn't do anything.

When the news came that Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng had made an appointment to duel at the Zijin Peak on August [-]th, Zuo Wushuang was still in this state of utter trance, but this news immediately brought her back to her original form like a dream Waking up.

"When did this happen?!"

"I don't know, I just heard them talking on the street today." Xiaoer looked at her with a murderous look and said tremblingly, "The shopkeeper...you..."

"To shut up!"

On the [-]th of August, with less than two months left, the full moon night will lead to a decisive battle at the top of Zijin.

Zuo Wushuang finally knew where the palpitations came from at the beginning, yes, both Ximen and Ye Gucheng once said that they must have a showdown if they have the opportunity.

She doesn't know about Ye Gucheng's sword, but she knows Ximen Chuuxue better than anyone else. When confronting Ximen Chuuxue, either he dies or the opponent dies.

If the opponent is Ye Gucheng, it is estimated that he will be able to understand his duel style better than anyone else.

The day when two of the most famous swordsmen of our time finally collide, I'm afraid they've already thought about the outcome.

Zuo Wushuang, who was in a hurry, didn't even think about why this matter spread so quickly, his usual judgment was completely lost, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"The shopkeeper?"

She picked up the Han Hai on the table and walked straight out, Xiao Er yelled behind her and ignored nothing, her movements were surprisingly firm and neat, but she couldn't suppress the panic in her heart.

In fact, she should have thought of this scene a long time ago. If she had come to Baiyun City, she probably wouldn't have thought anything of it, but would have supported Ximen Chuuxue very much.

Because I understand it, I will not stop it.

But also because of understanding, she is completely powerless now.

She remembered the scene when she saw Ximen Chuuxue for the first time. At that time, it is really not an exaggeration to describe it as young and frivolous. She always felt that she was the fastest and the most powerful, and no one looked down on her. .

He even said that sooner or later he would go to Baiyun City to compete with that famous man.

It was Ximen who broke her illusion. Although that time was not strictly a competition, it convinced her to Ximen Chuixue ever since.

——The sword in your hand is far from the sword in your heart, you can't kill me.

—It is indeed fast, but you are not enough.

At that time, he was merciless when he spoke, completely ignoring her gender. Of course, what happened later made her feel that it was a good thing to be ignored.

Ximen Chuuxue said that a woman should not use a sword, and a sword is not a woman.

Every time I think of this matter, Zuo Wushuang can only smile wryly, he is really too sad.

Being told by the only friend that she is not a woman at all, this kind of thing is not a good thing for any girl who is less than ten years old, right?

Waves hit her one after another, and every time her calves had just passed over her, they had already fallen off again.

He has been recovering from his injuries some time ago, and he hasn't come here to practice swords for a long time, and maybe he hasn't seen Ye Gucheng from afar for a long time.

Whether it's Ximen Chuuxue or Ye Gucheng, the death of anyone is not something she can easily accept, but what's the use if she doesn't accept it?

This battle is inevitable, because she likes Ye Gucheng, and because she is Ximen Chuuxue's best friend, so she understands better than anyone else.

"Miss left?"

After recovering from the contemplation, he found that the person he was thinking of had stood beside him at some point, looking at him calmly.

The girl's thoughts on weekdays had disappeared at this juncture, Zuo Wushuang unconsciously clenched the sword in his hand, "City Lord."

"I haven't seen Miss Zuo here for a long time. I thought you found another place to practice swords."

His voice didn't fluctuate at all, and there was a little loneliness in his expression when he spoke.

What a terrible thing it is to feel that he and Ximen resemble each other at such a time, Zuo Wushuang bit her lower lip, and took a while to answer, "It's just been recuperating, the city lord, is it because he wants to blow snow with Ximen?" So you are recharging your energy for the decisive battle?"

"This battle is inevitable. I think Miss Zuo is the one who understands the most."

She nodded, "I know."

——It doesn’t mean I want to see it.

There are certain words that cannot be said even if they know each other well, Zuo Wushuang knows that he has no right to stop him other than pity in his heart, so——

"Ximen Chuuxue is my only friend, and I admire the city lord very much. For anyone who uses a sword in the rivers and lakes, this battle will be shocking, but I don't think I will come to see it."