refuse to be a teacher

——The light is hidden like a tide, and it is the time when everything sleeps overnight.

On the edge of the strong enchantment surrounded by seven or seven 49 thick aura fields, there is a thin and slender snow-white figure standing impressively.

"...Are you leaving?"

From the dark and narrow corner of the wall behind the figure in white, an inaudible murmur sounded faintly:

"Aren't you staying here to be my master?"

The figure didn't look back, the dazzling light projected by the three-foot long sword at the waist fell down on the feet, like thousands of tiny dust that was lingering.

"I said I would take you away, but you refused to go. Who can blame?" The long and narrow phoenix eyes unintentionally narrowed into a cold and distant arc, the man turned his cheeks, gently raised his hand and stretched out to the back, "... …Let’s go together? After getting out of the cage of Xixin Valley, the outside world is vast and vast, and you can let yourself be at ease—then I will be your master again and teach you how to read and write and practice martial arts day and night, wouldn’t it be good?”

"No...I can't go, I..."

"You don't want to go, I have to go." The white shadow turned around and stepped into the center of the outermost thin circle of light in the enchantment, and said resolutely, "Anyway, you don't listen to what I say, and you can stay alone if you want to stay." Here it is."

"You...you don't want to leave, okay? I am willing to call you Master. From now on, I will call you every day, every year, as many times as you want. As long as you don't leave, I am willing to do anything!"

"No need, who cares about your two familiar or unfamiliar titles?" The man smiled contemptuously, and backhanded his backhand to stabilize the cold sword with light and shadow like daylight on his waist-there was a clear trembling sound of "Zheng", and the sharp sword tip The gap formed by sticking together the barrier snatched out the sheath, and instantly cut a long hideous scar in the midair.Bai Ying jumped up from a low place in response to the sound, and the clean and soft clothes fluttered and rushed to the bottomless dark corner behind, like a grain of winter snow that sank and instantly melted into water.

"...Don't go, don't go!"

The intermittent voice behind him suddenly changed its tone, almost pleading, and repeatedly shouted hoarsely in the direction where the figure in white was gradually disappearing:

"Hoyu, don't go!"

--do not go!

"Or jade!"

With an uproar, he was completely awakened from his deep dream.Xue Lan leaned over to sit up because of her severe panting, and raised her arm to brush her cheek casually, only to see that the messy circle of hair on her forehead had been drenched in cold sweat.

At that time, the shower outside the window had just stopped, but the continuous gusts of wind and sand in the Northern Territory seemed to be impatient, enveloping the vast and distant sky at night and rushing madly, instantly disturbing the rare refreshing air after the rain. Scattered and dirty.

Under the layers of long curtains, the heavy fabrics as hard as iron swayed and collided with each other, making subtle and noisy friction sounds inside and outside the dense stone house.

——The man was clearly still in the Northern Territory intact, but the dream flew to an unknown remote corner invisibly, and either repeated or foreshadowed, showing him blurred pictures of heart-wrenching pains.

Xue Lan stretched out her hand subconsciously, and the other half of the bed was already icy cold.There was no one in the huge stone house, and no lamp could be lit. Suddenly, it seemed as if no one had ever been by his side.

"Master...Master!"

Xue Lan's face turned livid because of the sudden shock, she got out of bed and kicked back a pair of cloth boots, and hurriedly stepped out, until she pulled open the long curtain and hurried out of the threshold, only to realize that Yan Jue was angry alone. Sitting leisurely in the yard drinking tea.

——The suffocating breath that was pressed against the chest suddenly relaxed, without exception, bringing a dull pain like a cramp that pulls the bones.

Xue Lan stood still behind him and took a deep breath.After a while, the huge pain caused by the sharp tightness of the chest has not dissipated even half of it.

Yan Jue turned his eyes slightly after hearing the sound.

The beautiful facial features under the dim moonlight are especially deserted and quiet, but...not sharp and ruthless.Compared with the cruelty and meanness drawn by the point of the knife that is always reflected in the depths of the eyes, it seems to contain a trace of euphemism and softness that is completely opposite.

"Aren't you tired and want to rest for a while? Why did you run out alone as soon as I touched the bed?" Xue Lan ran after her with strides, and asked frequently as she reached out and grabbed Yan Jue's sleeves , "Is it because my sleeping posture is so bad that you can't sleep well?"

His ramblings became a series of words, until Yan Jue was speechless, and he gently knocked the tea bowl back to the table with his backhand, and instead chose a simple answer to answer him indifferently: "There is no one in the room." How to ventilate, I feel bored, so I want to come out and sit..."

"Are you feeling unwell?" Xue Lanyin leaned down, grabbed his wrist in a daze and said, "Hands are so cold... No wonder, why are you still sitting outside drinking the northwest wind? Hurry back!"

After all, even dragging and dragging will drive people into the house.It was the first time for Yan Jue to be scolded by his dog apprentice like this, and his first reaction was that it was very funny and novel—for a while, he even forgot to take his temper, so he followed Xue Lanyin back half-heartedly, and waited When he got to the door, he finally refused to move, insisted on sticking to the side of the threshold, folded his arms and stared at Xue Lanyin and said, "...Xue Xiaomao, what's wrong with you?"

Xue Lan raised her head and glanced at him hastily.His eyes hesitated for a moment when he touched the glaring snow-white body, and quickly retracted hastily. He didn't know what he thought of, and his face became ugly. He refused to give a reply for a long time, but continued to pull away without saying a word. Yan Ju charged forward sullenly.

"What are you so crazy about?" Yan Jue stood still, just put his hand on Xue Lanyin's forehead and roughly wiped it twice, and immediately asked with a frown, "Why are you sweating so much? Are you really sick... hiss? Xue Xiaomao!"

Just in the middle of speaking, he was suddenly hugged by someone.Yan Jue didn't realize it for a while, his head was spinning in front of his eyes for a while, and when he came back to his senses, Xue Lan was already firmly wrapped in his arms, and he couldn't help but want to take him into the house.

"You... bastard, you took the wrong medicine!"

Yan Jue struggled left and right, but failed to move, so he had no choice but to grab his neck. After touching it, he realized that the skin around his neck was as cold as ice, but most of it was sweaty for no reason.

"What's wrong with you?" Yan Jue asked with astonishment, "You look so ugly, who messed with you?"

The continuous forward steps under his feet stopped suddenly.Xue Lan hugged Yan Jue tightly with both hands, and lowered her head to bury him in his thin and thin chest—then as if repeatedly confirming whether he really existed, she closed her eyes and took several long and slow breaths in succession.

Yan Jue was at a loss for what to do.

After a long time, Xue Lan reluctantly raised her head from his soft and fragrant clothes.

"I'm having a nightmare, Master," he whispered.

A candlestick was suddenly lit in the inner room of the stone house.With a crackle, sparks flew in all directions, and the dim light instantly ignited the narrow corners on all sides.

Not long after the sun had set, the farthest red cloud in the sky had not completely dissipated. At that time, the reclining chair was so weak that it was almost invisible between the dusty gaps in front of the window.

Because Xue Lan just nestled at the head of the bed and took a nap for a while, she broke out in a cold sweat for no reason.Yan Jue turned his head and twisted a piece of handkerchief and handed it to him. He poured a bowl of hot tea at the table along the way, pushed it to him, and asked casually, "How old are you? You've been bluffed by a dream... you lost your soul." .”

Xue Lan didn't deny it, just took the handkerchief with both hands and wiped her face indiscriminately: "It's your fault, I have to be suspicious during the day to find out what Wen Pianhong—the group of Zhufengmen are more evil than each other. I haven't figured out what's going on, and I can't sleep well just thinking about it."

"Blame me?" Yan said with a smile, "What? Can you still dream of him?"

"That's not true, I'm fine dreaming about what he does..."

Because Xue Lan's mind was in a mess, she couldn't even tell the boundary between dream and reality.

The nightmare just now was too clear and deliberate.It was as if the reality had existed beside him—so much so that until now, every word, every word that the figure in white said... still echoed in his ears, and he never tried to leave the distance. go.

That was Yan bullying, Xue Lan knew it well.In my memory, he always treats people with aloofness and indifference, but often in reality, this is just an excuse for his usual hard-mouthed and soft-hearted.

——Yan Jue seemed to want to leave.

As for where to go, Xue Lan couldn't make a judgment on that.He didn't know exactly where the dream happened, but subconsciously, he kept trying to save him.

"Master."

Because of a slight movement in her heart, Xue Lan suddenly called Yan Jue for no reason: "Didn't you say before that we met in Xixin Valley a long time ago?"

Yan Jue casually said: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Xue Lan coughed twice, and continued to ask tentatively: "How did you get to the bottom... Later, why did you want to... leave?"

Yan Jue turned his gaze, and said calmly, "What do you remember?"

"No." Xue Lan said timidly, "I'll just ask..."

Yan Jue looked indifferent as usual, but he didn't continue to answer.

He seems to have an obvious resistance to the old events 16 years ago, not necessarily disgusting, but more or less always contains some bad memories that he doesn't want to mention.

Because Xue Lan knew it well, she had no hope that he would explain even a single word.

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time.Just before Xue Lan wanted to change the subject due to embarrassment, Yan Jue moved his lips suddenly, as if hesitating, and said unnaturally:

"During that time, I caused a lot of trouble outside, and I was planning how to run around, and it happened that I was caught by Yi Shangxian and chased me all the way from the north to the south.

I have always had a bad temper, and I met many enemies along the way. Not long after, Yi Shangxian and Mo Fuqiu teamed up to block me at the foot of Lingtai Mountain, and fell to the bottom of Xixin Valley with serious injuries.

——In that place, I met you who had been under house arrest for four full years. "