The sword god brushed the Taoist robe

"I thought you were dead."

"You didn't expect me to be alive."

After everyone went out, Xia Ningru and Xu Shi spoke at almost the same time.

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other, but neither of them smiled like an old acquaintance reunited after a long absence.

——The other kind of tacit understanding is unbelievable.

Xia Ningru's face was still gentle, except for the moment of shock when he discovered the other party's identity, Xia Ningru had perfectly concealed the turmoil in his heart under his disguise almost at the same time as the two sides were fighting. Next, he is always calm and gentle, but the corners of his mouth are slightly drawn up very politely, but it looks more like a sneer.

Xu's expression was even more dull, even though she was wearing a veil, from her eyes, it was clear that her expression hadn't changed at all, not even a little loose.

Xia Ningru has already become a genius, but such a discovery made him even more surprised.

The Xu family back then had a bright and tolerant temperament, which was quite different from the current cold and gloomy personality. .

But on the surface, she didn't seem to have changed much in these years, and even the half-exposed face didn't leave many traces of age, and her jet-black satin-like hair seemed to be well-maintained.

Except for wearing a veil, Xia Ningru suddenly found that she could still imagine the beautiful face under the veil.

"Aren't you going to take off the veil?" Xia Ningru asked casually as she looked at those strange yet familiar eyes.

"Get used to it." Xu said, "The resurrection of the dead, your reaction is much smaller than I imagined."

Xia Ningru shrugged: "Believe me, I'm surprised now, but I still can't believe that you are standing in front of me. How have you been all these years?"

"We Ming people don't speak code words." Xu interrupted, "I never planned to catch up with you, and you must know it too."

"Anyway, we are also a husband and wife. As the saying goes, a one-night couple is a hundred days, you don't treat me like this..."

"Xia Ningru, I haven't seen you become a rogue for many years, and your temper has changed a lot. If it weren't for the shell of you back then, maybe I would have thought you had been taken away."

Xia Ningru still didn't care much and said, "Are you joking?"

"Of course not." Xu said displeased.

"Let me guess, what do you want to tell me," Xia Ningru touched his chin, a playful arc appeared on the corner of his mouth, "you set up such a trick to come to me on the way back, I'm afraid it's For... Xia Xin's matter, right?"

"I knew you were smart back then." Xu's compliment was also as light as water, and it sounded more like some kind of sarcasm, "Of course this is the most important thing."

"This counts as a negotiation?" Xia Ningru gave Xu Shi a glance, no one revealed his cards in the negotiation, he was vigilant because the other party was confident.

Xu shook her head slightly, "This is reminiscing about the past, not negotiating."

"That's not what you said just now..."

"Your reminiscing about the past is commonplace now, and mine reminiscing about the past..." Xu said with a sneer, "By the way, I have a piece of news for you. I have met my son and told him about the past. .”

"Huh?" Xia Ningru tried his best to make his expression look calmer. He couldn't be disturbed by the other party. He had to stand on an invincible position before the two could continue talking. If he lost at the beginning If he loses his momentum, things will probably be against him in the future.

"I really don't know that you played tricks, but he seems to be able to understand your choice." Xu said again.

Xia Ningru really didn't know what to say at this time, now he couldn't understand Xu's strategy at all.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Ningru tried to seize the initiative instead of being led away by Xu.

"I've put in a lot of hard work." Thinking of her son, Xia Ningru's mouth softened a bit.

He was about to change the subject, but Xu immediately interrupted: "But your efforts are wrong. Although he can understand you, he can't agree with you."

"I don't need his approval," Xia Ningru said, but he immediately found himself being taken away again, "He can't agree with me, but he still stays by my side and understands what I do. my efforts."

"Aren't you going to tell me that you think about the past?" Xia Ningru asked suddenly, "What happened back then? The people I sent found the corpses of you and your subordinates by the river. It seems to be your own corpses. Set up a game?" It seems that there is only one explanation.

"Ask knowingly." She was standing here, unless she was a ghost. "If I hadn't left a dead body back then, maybe it would be impossible for me to stand here and talk to you now."

"Honestly, I'm really glad to see you alive."

"Then let me tell you something that will make you happier." Mrs. Xu immediately hit the snake with the stick.

Xia Ning's heart trembled, and the uneasy thoughts could not be suppressed no matter what.

"I am now a member of the Western Devil's Cult, under the leader, the Left Protector."

Xia Ningru: "..."

After a while, Xia Ningru said, "You joined the Western Devil's Cult?"

"Do you think I lied to you?" Xu smiled lightly, "How could I talk nonsense about this matter? I don't know if you think your wife came back from the dead, and even became a high-ranking member of the Western Demon Cult who was about to become an enemy of the imperial court. , do you think your charge of collaborating with the enemy will be more real?"

Xia Ningru's face changed slightly, "You are ruthless."

"Don't dare, you are much more ruthless than me."

Xia Ningru said something nonsensical. "You met Xia Xin."

But Mrs. Xu understood, "Well, so you can't kill me. If Xia Xin knows that his father killed his mother for his own benefit, I'm afraid even if you work ten thousand times harder, he will think about it." avenged me."

What she said just now, "You are much more ruthless than me" was not just casually. This person who was already considering whether to kill her was really more ruthless than she imagined.

She finally realized what it means to be non-toxic and not a husband.

They have changed a lot in these years. They used to be the most familiar pillow people, but they became the most familiar strangers more than ten years ago, and now they have become strangers.

Xu felt a little sighed in her heart, but more of it was embarrassment.

She used to have some feelings for Xia Ningru, but later she hated it more. She has never let go of the past all these years, but now standing in front of this man and seeing his changes with her own eyes, she suddenly felt a little at a loss .

They have all grown up and matured. She has experienced a lot, and it is also the most intuitive way to feel how different this person is.

However, she cannot be softhearted.

Xia Ningru sighed, "You came to me after thinking about it?"

Xu said: "You owe me."

"What you said is not fair." Xia Ningru said seriously.

"It's your Xia family that owes me." She wasn't talking about the Xu family. Things were not that simple back then. Although the old Marquis Shun Ning designed the Xu family, the Xu family was not completely innocent.

Xia Ningru knew she was telling the truth, but——

"Are you going to burn everything together?" Thinking about it, although Xu is not an ordinary woman, she is still a woman. It is conceivable how much she has sacrificed to be the left guardian of the Demon Cult. Now she has such a Status, really willing to let go.

"It's you who want to burn everything together, not me."

Xia Ningru gave a rare wry smile, the other party's attitude was obvious, if he didn't agree, the other party was ready to die with him at all costs.

How had he been coerced like this all these years?

It's just that the Xia family owed her what happened back then, and even owed her a whole life.

Even if this life is still preserved, this debt is destined to be repaid.

In the battle of masters, the net of victory and defeat is often just a thought.

"You are forcing me to choose." Xia Ningru sighed again.

Over the years, he thought that he had covered up his emotions well, but when he talked about that year, he immediately failed.

"You should pay back what you owe me. My request is not difficult. I just want you to set my son free. This is the only thing I can do for him these years."

"You are a good mother."

"It's just that you didn't give me a chance." There was sarcasm in Xu's voice

"Back then I really..." Xia Ningru stopped talking halfway.

Maybe the woman on the other side didn't know everything about what happened back then, but the consequences had already been caused. No matter what the reason was, it was all caused by their Xia family.

It's not Xia Ningru's style to say that.

"Your little son is also quite cute. I wanted to find him to play for a few days, but I ran into my son instead."

"you……"

"Xia Ningru, we have all changed a lot. You are cruel and ruthless, how can I be a kind person with a kind heart and a kind face?"

Xia Ningru: "..."

"You haven't promised me yet." Xu said again.

"what?"

"Let my son do what he wants to do, this is what you owe me. I know that he has lived in Wudang for more than ten years, and he has long been different from you. You should not keep him by your side anymore .”

"Like you, is it enough to know that he is safe?"

"I can't help my mother."

Xia Ningru: "..." How can this sentence be used like this.

"If you agree, I will never appear in front of you again. The Mrs. Xu's Shunning Hou Shizi is dead, and the world will never see you again." She paused, "You have no reason not to agree."

Xia Ningru still didn't speak.

Mrs. Xu was not in a hurry, "We have a lot of time. Before you go back, you have time to think carefully."

The most poisonous woman's heart, the Demon Sect's left protector, if she really has no means and back tricks, Xia Ningru will not believe it.

Normally, Xia Ningru must have thought of a counterattack strategy, but today...