Lonely City without Frost

Baiyun City is located in the South China Sea, and it is isolated from the world for more than half of the year. Since the death of the famous Baiyun City Lord, there has been no chaos here, and it is still the same as before.

The restaurant in the city has never been closed, even if the business is not very good.

Lin Dutong still patrols the city every day as before, helping the old and the young in the city to solve their problems.There are also people who once had many ignorant people who wanted to annex this place, but in the end they were all beaten back by the owner of the restaurant.

It is rumored that she is exactly the same as the former Baiyun City Lord, dressed in white and holding a sword. Most importantly, although her swordsmanship is not as good as that of Baiyun City Lord back then, she can still be called the top swordsman in the world.

This person is naturally Zuo Wushuang.

Since the battle on the night of the full moon five years ago, there has been no more Baiyun City Lord in the world, and the name of the sword god Ximen Chuuxue has become more and more resounding in the Jianghu. Almost all people who use swords admire him as a god.

And the sword master Hanhai, who is known as the number one female swordsman in the Jianghu, seems to have disappeared after that, and has never been active in the Jianghu.

Because most of the people in Baiyun City were hiding from the world, the news of Sword Master Han Hai was not spread. As for those who were defeated by her, it was naturally impossible for them to go out and publicize those things by themselves.

Hanhai Sword Master Zuo Wushuang has disappeared for almost five years, but the rumors about her in the Jianghu have not diminished.Compared with Ximen Chuuxue from Wanmei Villa, what they like now is still this kind of person who won't get into trouble with right and wrong.

This restaurant named Wushuang was the one she was tricked by Lin Dutong back then. Now that it has been renamed Wushuang Restaurant, the business is not as good as before, and she drinks most of the wine made by herself.

Lin Dutong had just finished touring the city, and he was still a little tired when he walked into the Wushuang Building, but he couldn't help frowning when his eyes came into contact with the person lying on the table.

"Have you been drinking all night again?"

As expected, she was awake, and waved the wine glass aside casually, "...No, I just had a few drinks in the morning."

"... How many cups can fill the table?" Lin Dutong sat down beside her, "Although I don't want to talk about you, but if something happens to you..."

"Stop—!" Zuo Wushuang stopped him with a headache, "What can happen to me? In short, I know my own affairs."

Looking at her unchanged expression, he took out a letter from his arms, "Your letter."

Since she settled down here, except for Sikong Zhaixing who would come to drink with her once a year, almost everyone she knew before has never met again, including her only friend Ximen Chuixue.

However, Huamanlou still occasionally sent a few letters, although they were just chatting about some trivial matters, it could also make her feel a little warm in this place.

Although she never wrote back.

"Ah, this playboy really has enough perseverance." Lin Dutong saw her put the letter aside, and began to preach almost once a month, "He is still willing if you don't answer a letter for five years." Write to you."

"...You ask him about this kind of thing, what's the use of envying me here?" Zuo Wushuang got up and cleaned the table, "If you have nothing to do, help me repair the roof, my side is leaking."

It took this woman five full years from the beginning of alcoholism to her normal life now, and it was because of this, watching how she passed these five years, that he knew that the pain in her heart was greater than that of anyone else.

She walks on this island wearing white clothes and holding a sword. Every time she repells an opponent, she will drink for a whole day, and then continue to do business in this Wushuang Building as if nothing happened.

He remembered the weariness on her face when she jumped from her horse five years ago.Although Zuo Wushuang looked dusty at that time, he surprised many people. The pure white color could not be more suitable for the sword in her hand. When I saw him, the first sentence was, "... He is back."

She was smiling, that kind of relieved and bitter smile, and she was still holding a jade pendant in her left hand. On that beautiful saber, the original wishful fringe knot had been replaced by a red concentric knot.

Then she stayed here, as if she wanted to take root and sprout here, unwilling to leave.

"Why are you standing there, don't you want to?"

He really wanted to say why I did this for you, but he swallowed that sentence when his eyes touched her lonely expression.

Probably because the people who made him hostile to her are no longer there, and their relationship is no longer the same as it used to be.

In fact, he knew that Ye Gucheng was not as simple as an ordinary visitor or friend to her, but at that time he stubbornly felt that this woman with strange behavior and fierce style was not worthy of the unparalleled Baiyun City Lord, and he did not know until now She clearly understands why the person she admires and believes in will be tempted by her.

Zuo Wushuang is truly unparalleled in the world.

"I'm leaving."

He who was on the beam of the house heard her suddenly speak and almost fell off, "...go?"

She leaned on the pillar and nodded, "...Well, the apprentice is married, so go anyway, that's me—the only apprentice."

He recalled the incident when Prince Nan wanted to worship her as his teacher, and couldn't help laughing, "Since this is the case, he should go back, then—"

"I won't come back." Zuo Wushuang continued to say very simply, "I probably... will never come back in my life."

He suddenly forgot where he was standing, turned around and fell directly, but fortunately he stabilized his body before landing.

"So suddenly?"

Zuo Wushuang seemed to be amused by his embarrassment, stared at him for a long time before bursting out laughing, "Oh, are you reluctant to part with me?"

"...I was just thinking, if Baiyun City--"

"No more." She shook her head, "Don't worry, I can guarantee that no one will harass the people here from now on, but... it's really impossible for me to come back."

"...If you've decided, let's go."

——Compared to you living here with a sad face, the city lord definitely hopes that you can return to the high-spirited sword master of the vast sea.

He never said this sentence, but they both knew each other well.

"See you."

This time, she left without haste, without regret, and without any despair.Just like the day I first came here, standing with a sword——

"Even if Ye Gucheng stands here, he is absolutely not qualified to insult Ximen Chuuxue at will!"

Great, really great.

Lin Dutong didn't come to see her off, and she didn't care about anything, she packed up her things and prepared to leave.

The clothes in the closet were all white, as if there was no difference at all. She cleaned it up as if no one had ever lived here, and then left without looking back.

If it wasn't for Ajiu who wanted to marry Ximen Chuuxue, maybe she still didn't want to leave, but when she came back here with Ye Gucheng's sword, she had already thought about it. One day, when she thought of this person, she would feel that Laugh and say to yourself,

"It was really great to meet him back then."

She has always been terribly sober, and she clearly remembers what Master said, time can heal all wounds, those things that hurt you back then will always be remembered with a smile one day.

As Hua Manlou said at the time, the living are the hope of the dead, Zuo Wushuang still has a future, countless possible futures.

Even if you can't forget it easily, you can let the past feelings no longer hinder you.

—Look, I finally found myself too.

——It’s finally okay, let me tell you, it’s okay.

"It's okay, I don't regret falling in love with you."

"What happened later?" The boy tilted his head and asked the girl in red beside him, "Are you really the apprentice of Sword Master Vast Sea?"

"...Of course I'm Master Zuo's apprentice!" The girl in red sat on the carriage and stared at him viciously, "Anyway, I've already told you who I am! You should also tell me your background now, right?"

The young man looked up at the sky, and he looked at the still clear eyes of the married girl, and smiled, "I'm just a bodyguard who accidentally met you and was hired by you, wasn't I?"

Hua Chongjiu wanted to ask more questions, but when he saw two people coming out of the house diagonally behind the carriage, he immediately laughed, "Sister-in-law! Axue!"

He also heard the sound and looked over, two people who were dressed almost the same were walking here. The man exuded a cold aura, but he was not as cold as the rumors said.

And the woman, she has a sword in her hand with a concentric knot hanging from it.

Spoiler: Whispering in Ximen