Sorry, I am still number one in the world [Comprehensive]
Chapter 26 4 Eyebrows 04
Yan Liushuang originally thought that Yan Feng would give up after suffering enough from Ye Gucheng. After all, as time went on, the gap between the two of them in terms of talent became wider, not to mention that Ye Gucheng was even more talented than Yan Feng. Work harder.
However, until Yan Liushuang and Ye Gucheng were 12 years old, Yan Feng would still come to Ye Gucheng to compete with him every once in a while.
Now she has given up on letting Ye Gucheng learn swordsmanship, not because he is too oily and salty, but because she has seen too much of him practicing swordsmanship, and realized that it is boring to be so strong.
She felt that the comment that gave a little red back then could also be given to him. They are both born swordsmen.
Moreover, Ye Gucheng's talent is higher than that of Yidianhong, and he is more focused on the sword.
After realizing this, she also solemnly apologized to Ye Gucheng, saying that she would never ask him to learn knives again.
Ye Gucheng was surprised: "What happened?"
Yan Liushuang: "..." What do you mean, my conscience finds that you are not used to it!
Although she is no longer obsessed with abducting the other party to learn swordsmanship, she still retains the habit of going over the wall to Ye Gucheng's courtyard to watch him practice swords every day, because besides that, she really has nothing else to do.
When facing a little red, she was able to give some advice as a senior, but Ye Gucheng was different. Not only was he not randomly pointed out in any wrong way by anyone, but he also had his own opinions on swords at a young age. Insights are rare.
So later she also persuaded Yanfeng: "Brother, don't be too persistent."
Yan Feng said that she was turning her elbow outward.
Yan Liushuang: "..."
"What ecstasy soup did that kid give you?" Yan Feng was very puzzled, "Obviously I love you more!"
"How can there be any ecstasy soup?" She laughed, "I think brother, you care about winning or losing with him more than you care about the sword."
In fact, in view of Yan Feng's sincere treatment of her, this is still a tactful way of saying it.
What she really wanted to say was that if Yan Feng continued to be so persistent, not to mention not being able to become a top swordsman, it was very likely that they would not even be able to learn the ancestral skills of the Yan family.
After all, it is more difficult to forge a good sword than to be a good swordsman.
But Yan Feng's character is not as calm as Ye Gucheng, who is four years younger than him, so no matter whether Yan's father or Yan Liushuang persuades him, he will not listen to a few words.
Yan Liushuang had no choice but to make a detour to ask Ye Gucheng.
She said: "My brother is too serious, otherwise you should not agree to compete with him in the future, right?
Ye Gucheng frowned, nodded after a while and said, "Yes."
Yan Liushuang breathed a sigh of relief, but before he finished, he continued: "But I have conditions."
"What conditions?"
"I want to compete with you," he said.
"Competing with me?" She was a little surprised, "It is possible, but..."
"But what?" He frowned.
"But you are now at the time when your sword is about to take shape, and I'm afraid that if you spar with me too much, it will affect you." She said sincerely, "My sword is not like Master, it is too domineering, and it is difficult for ordinary people to parry and completely resist Influence."
If someone else hears this, they might think that she is really arrogant and conceited, but Ye Gucheng knows that this is the truth, and her reminder is also out of a good intention for him.
So he was not angry, just shook his head and said calmly: "It's okay, I have my own measure."
Seeing that he was so persistent, Yan Liushuang didn't continue to refuse, she said yes.
When Yan Feng came back later, Ye Gucheng did what he said and never agreed to compete with him again.
Yan Feng was very upset at first: "Are you looking down on me?"
He didn't explain either, Ren Yanfeng guessed wildly.
Later, after the Dragon Boat Festival, when Yan Feng sent Yan Liushuang, who was going home for the festival, back to Feixian Island, he happened to see his own sister and Ye Gucheng discussing each other.
He was dumbfounded watching that scene, does he dare to love that his sister doesn't need his protection at all? !
Ye Gucheng: "..." What did he know?
Yan Liushuang also: "..." My brother, idiot, please be considerate.
I don't know when, the two have been able to directly communicate with each other with their eyes.
And Yan Feng, who witnessed the state of their "eyes expressing affection" after their sparring, was in a very complicated mood.
Although his younger sister is super powerful and capable of fighting, he always feels that his younger sister will still be abducted by Ye Gucheng.
After returning, he told his father about this concern.
He intended to let his father be careful that that kid Ye Gucheng deceived their little princess, but when Yan's father heard it, he was actually very happy: "Really? Ah Shuang and Gucheng get along very well?"
Father Yan said: "Back when your mother was pregnant with Ah Shuang, Brother Ye once mentioned to me that our two families could have a family. Unfortunately, both your mother and Mrs. Ye passed away later, so we didn't mention this anymore. .”
Yan Feng: "???" So you mean you will remember when I say it now? !
Father Yan continued: "Before I asked Brother Ye how Ah Shuang was learning from him. He said that Ah Shuang studied very hard and had a thorough understanding of knives. I thought she was only focused on learning knives. I didn't expect They got along so well."
Yan Feng, who accidentally pushed the matter to a situation that he did not want to see, was really furious.
He could only watch his father go to Feixian Island to discuss this matter with City Lord Ye, but he couldn't get in the way.
City Lord Ye was also happy to see the success of this, and said: "I was also wondering if I should find a chance to mention it to you, but then I felt that they were still young."
Yan Feng immediately said: "That's right, they are still young, don't you need to be so anxious?"
"There's no need to be so anxious." Father Yan said, "It's not too late to tell them after a few years. Now I'm just discussing with Brother Ye first."
"Speaking of which, is Ah Feng's marriage settled?" City Lord Ye suddenly brought the topic to him.
Yan Feng didn't want to talk about this at all. He felt that marrying a wife and having children was far away from him, and he was afraid that the elders would take this opportunity to urge him to choose someone, so he found an excuse and slipped away, "I'll go find Ah Shuang!"
When he went to the courtyard where Yan Liushuang lived, Yan Liushuang had just finished practicing the knife.
Girls at this age draw very quickly, and their faces are almost beginning to lose their childishness.
She stood there with her head down, wiping the blade, and she looked slim from a distance.
Hearing the footsteps he was looking for, he tilted his head and smiled at him: "Brother, are you here?"
Yan Feng walked over, looked at the knife in her hand, and found that it was not the one given by him, and was a little unhappy: "Why do you use such a broken knife?"
She just finished wiping it, put it into the sheath, and said: "This one is more convenient, I'm not used to too delicate ones."
Yan Feng originally wanted to say that your habit is not good, and it is best to get rid of it, so she continued: "And the knife that brother gave is so beautiful, I have to keep it well."
When she said this, she curled her lips and winked at him, full of flattery, and Yan Feng, who was always easy to coax, immediately forgave her magnanimously: "Alright, alright, keep it, I will find it for you later." Better looking."
When Ye Gucheng came, what he saw was the scene of the brother and sister standing together under the tree.
He has recently sparred with Yan Liushuang several times. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, after each failure, he can have a lot of insights on the benefits of his sword, so he looks for her more and more frequently.
In fact, he knew that Yan Liushuang always held back when facing him.
And she seemed to be more aware of the difficulties he encountered when practicing swords than he was, and then directly pointed out many directions for him to try in their competition, but she didn't say a word.
Once or twice deliberately said it was a coincidence, after more times, he could no longer attribute it to a coincidence.But she didn't say it, and he didn't know how to thank her.
"Hey, Ah Cheng." Seeing him coming, she waved to him first, and then asked, "Are you going to compete today?"
He shook his head and noticed that her brother was casting unkind eyes at him again. It was a little inexplicable, since they hadn't fought each other recently.
"Then what did you come to see me for?" She was puzzled.
"The people below have passed on that the caravan has returned from the sea." He said, "It is at the market in the city."
The caravan he was talking about was a group of Lingnan people who were engaged in the spice business. Every time they returned from the sea, they would first dispose of a batch of goods in Baiyun City, or sell them, or exchange them with the gem business caravan.
And when they came back last time, they brought back a few cats, which were from the sea. They were all long-haired and different-eyed, and they were very cute.
The housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion also bought one and brought it back. When Yan Liushuang first came to Feixian Island, she liked to play with that cat. hair.
Seeing this, the housekeeper moved all the cat litters to her yard.
It's a pity that the cat sneaked out of the city lord's mansion for some reason, and was never found again.
Although Yan Liushuang didn't say much when she learned about this, Ye Gucheng still felt that she should be reluctant to part with the cat after seeing her expression.
So now that the caravan came back from the sea again, he thought that he could take her to pick another cat she likes for her to raise.
"It is said that another species was brought this time." He said.
"...Forget it." She shook her head. "I'm not very good at raising cats. What if the cats don't like me and run away again."
Ye Gucheng was silent for a moment, and said that's all right.
Afterwards, they exposed this issue and did not mention it again.
Yan Liushuang didn't take this matter too seriously, but when she climbed up the fence the next evening, what she saw was not the unshakable sword practice scene before.
Ye Gucheng hugged a snow-white kitten and squatted on the porch, coaxing it to eat in a low voice.
The kitten looked to be only one or two months old, with powdery ears, but it was quite obedient in his hands. It barked after two bites, as if saying it was delicious.
Yan Liushuang was used to his frowning and indifferent face, now she was so surprised to see him coaxing the cat, she forgot to get off the fence for a moment, she climbed on it and said directly: "Why are you still Did you buy a cat?"
He raised his head and looked at her, but his hand was still on the cat's back, and said, "I'll raise it for you."
Yan Liushuang: "???"
While speaking, the kitten had already licked the pottery bowl in front of him clean, Ye Gucheng looked down, picked it up and walked under the wall.
"I raise it." He said, "You can come and play with it."
Yan Liushuang looked at him looking up and talking to her seriously, and finally remembered that she was still on the wall, turned over and jumped down.
When she landed in front of him, the cat in his arms meowed, as if greeting her.
"So obedient." She reached out and touched the kitten's head, the joy in her tone was obvious.
I don't know why, but at this moment, Ye Gucheng was also very happy.
He thought, this should be regarded as expressing part of his gratitude.
In the days that followed, the two of them enjoyed teasing cats apart from practicing swords and knives.
But this cat was also the same as the previous one, it was not very happy to be close to Yan Liushuang, and when it got into her arms, it kept writhing, whistling and meowing.
Yan Liushuang was very puzzled: "Why is it so obedient in your arms!"
Ye Gucheng didn't understand why, but the cat was indeed more clingy to him, and occasionally would crawl directly into his bed to sleep with him at night.
So he had to hold the cat on his lap and let her smooth the cat.
Yan Liushuang: "..." This is discrimination!
Her look of wanting to get angry but not getting angry made Ye Gucheng inexplicably want to laugh.
After rubbing the cat for a while, Yan Liushuang saw his slightly pursed lips when she looked up, she was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Ah Cheng, you should smile more from now on, you look much better when you smile."
Before Ye Gucheng could react, she added another sentence: "Although you look good even if you don't smile."
If he could still wait calmly for the previous sentence, then the latter sentence directly made him freeze, and after the freeze, he subconsciously lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and didn't look at her anymore.
The cat grows up very quickly, and within two months it is several times bigger than before.
After it grows up, its attitude towards Yan Liushuang is slightly better. At least it will eat what she gives, but it still won't let her hug it. She ran towards him, and when he bent over and squatted down, she threw herself directly into his arms.
Yan Liushuang got used to it later, and joked with him, "I think it must have taken a fancy to you. It might transform into a beautiful sister one day and come to you for love."
Ye Gucheng: "..." Do you read too many strange novels?
Another year has passed without any disturbance.
According to Yan Liushuang's estimation, in another two years, she will be able to recover [-]% of her former level.
At that time, she was also fifteen years old, even if she told her family that she wanted to leave South China Sea to make a living elsewhere, her father would agree.
But she never expected that at the age of 13, a major event would happen in Nanhai that caught her off guard.
Her master, City Lord Baiyun, fell ill due to wind and cold, and after half a year's delay, he still drove west.
Feixian Island is the largest island in the South China Sea. The death of the island owner naturally caused a sensation in the South China Sea.
The South China Sea Multi-Sword Sect, there are so many people who use swords. They were originally dissatisfied with being crushed by a family of swordsmen. They couldn't do anything in the past because they couldn't beat them. Now that they died, leaving only a 13-year-old son, they couldn't help but move their minds .
At that time, Yan Liushuang's father happened to be entrusted by the head of Wudang to forge swords in seclusion, so naturally this group of sword schools with surging thoughts had no scruples.
They came here to provoke directly in the name of worshiping and expressing condolence.
Yan Liushuang couldn't understand this kind of behavior of bullying the dead, not to mention that they were provoking her master in this world, so she immediately became angry.
Just when she wanted to force those people out of the mourning hall to give them a good lesson, Ye Gucheng stopped her.
He said, "No, I'll do it."
When he said this, his eyes were very cold, at least the coldness that Yan Liushuang had never seen before.
Those who heard him sneered collectively, and the leader stared at the sword on his waist, and suddenly said: "Oh yes, it seems that you are not learning the sword, but the sword?"
They all felt that the blood flowing in his body belonged to a swordsman, and that he was a mediocre sword learner, and they even asked him with a playful smile, "But your sword... can cut the sand outside the city?"
Ye Gucheng said that my sword can cut off your necks.
Before the words fell to the ground, he directly drew out the sword.
The long sword was unsheathed, and the silver light rippled, and with just one swing, most of the group of people were silenced.
But there are still unbelievers who continue to snort at him.
Ye Gucheng simply didn't show any sympathy, and stabbed the long sword in his hand at the leader of the troublemaker with lightning speed.
Yan Liushuang was actually not worried that he would lose at all, because she glanced over and saw that there was not a single person who could survive three tricks under his hands.
But seeing his trembling shoulders when he started, she couldn't help but follow him out.
As soon as she went out, she froze on the spot.
Because the person pointed at by Ye Gucheng is decapitated at this moment.
The rest of the people turned pale when they saw this scene.
How could they have thought that this kid would break his neck when he said that people would break their necks!
Yan Liushuang didn't expect either.
But she didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Gucheng's doing so.
Because her first murder was also under similar circumstances.
At that time, a decent elder who was defeated by her found out who her master was, and in the name of eliminating violence and safety, he arrested all the people who raised her, trying to blackmail her.
Although her master and uncles were bandits, they were all strong men, fearing that they would drag her down, they committed suicide directly.
At that time, Yan Liushuang had only one thought, that was, she should never have let that elder go.
Later, she held the elder's head and offered incense to her master and uncles, shedding the only tears in her life.
So at this moment, she also understands Ye Gucheng's anger.
When a large group of people gathered around and said that they wanted to avenge the head of the unknown sect, she went straight up and stood with her back to him.
"Come on," she said, "if you dare."
Those people looked at me, and I looked at you. Later, someone recognized that this was the eldest lady of the Yan family, and shouted behind them.
Yan Liushuang also heard it, and she smiled: "Oh, it turns out that they are a group of bullying masters."
"Don't go too far, you little doll!"
"That's right! Go aside and see that your father doesn't care about you!"
"Excessive?" She paused, "Isn't it more excessive for people who come to other people's homes to make trouble?"
Although Ye Gucheng had killed one person before, they still didn't quite believe what two children who were not satisfied with their fifteenth year could do to dozens of them.
And when they really fought against these two people, it was too late to regret it.
Yan Liushuang was better, she was concerned about not being able to bear more debts, so she left some room for her shots, mostly to break their hamstrings and disable their martial arts.
But Ye Gucheng was not so gentle, the place where his sword edge swept was full of wailing, even if he didn't directly cut the neck of others like before, it was enough to scare the rest of the people from coming forward.
……
After all the people who came to mourn that night dispersed, only the two of them were left in the mourning hall.
The butler came in and delivered food to the two of them. At first, he wanted to persuade them, but seeing Ye Gucheng's expression, he finally left without saying a word, put down the food and went out.
Knowing that he hadn't eaten for two days, Yan Liushuang was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on, so she took a bite of rice and brought it to his mouth without asking his opinion.
She thought he would refuse, but after he paused for a moment, he ate it.
He chewed that mouthful very slowly, as if he was biting something he hated very much.
That appearance made Yan Liushuang a little uncomfortable.
She wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know how to comfort him.
In the end it was he who spoke first.
He took the rice bowl in her hand and said, "I'll do it myself."
She said yes.
He added, "You eat too."
She nodded, looked at him again, and then lowered her head to pick up another bowl of rice.
When he was about to finish eating, the cat he had raised for a year ran over following his breath and pounced on him skillfully.
Yan Liushuang wanted to stop it, but before she could reach out, she saw the cat suddenly straightened up and pressed against his neck.
She thought it probably sensed the sadness of its master.
Ye Gucheng patted his cat, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said in a low voice, "I'm fine."
As if to prove that he was not trying to hold on, he repeated: "It's really fine."
I don't know whether I said it to the cat or to her.
Yan Liushuang didn't expose him, but also put down the chopsticks in his hands and nodded, "...um."
After a while, she added: "I'm here."
He moved his hand on the cat, and then hummed.
This sound made Yan Liushuang's heart ache.
She hasn't cried for a long time, and no matter what happened in the past many years, she has always been able to restrain herself from crying.
But at this moment, I probably felt so empathetic that I raised my hand and rubbed my eyes after a long absence.
The eye sockets were actually dry, but when she finished rubbing, she heard a sigh from the side.
Neither light nor heavy, like a stone slowly sank to the bottom of the lake without making a sound.
However, until Yan Liushuang and Ye Gucheng were 12 years old, Yan Feng would still come to Ye Gucheng to compete with him every once in a while.
Now she has given up on letting Ye Gucheng learn swordsmanship, not because he is too oily and salty, but because she has seen too much of him practicing swordsmanship, and realized that it is boring to be so strong.
She felt that the comment that gave a little red back then could also be given to him. They are both born swordsmen.
Moreover, Ye Gucheng's talent is higher than that of Yidianhong, and he is more focused on the sword.
After realizing this, she also solemnly apologized to Ye Gucheng, saying that she would never ask him to learn knives again.
Ye Gucheng was surprised: "What happened?"
Yan Liushuang: "..." What do you mean, my conscience finds that you are not used to it!
Although she is no longer obsessed with abducting the other party to learn swordsmanship, she still retains the habit of going over the wall to Ye Gucheng's courtyard to watch him practice swords every day, because besides that, she really has nothing else to do.
When facing a little red, she was able to give some advice as a senior, but Ye Gucheng was different. Not only was he not randomly pointed out in any wrong way by anyone, but he also had his own opinions on swords at a young age. Insights are rare.
So later she also persuaded Yanfeng: "Brother, don't be too persistent."
Yan Feng said that she was turning her elbow outward.
Yan Liushuang: "..."
"What ecstasy soup did that kid give you?" Yan Feng was very puzzled, "Obviously I love you more!"
"How can there be any ecstasy soup?" She laughed, "I think brother, you care about winning or losing with him more than you care about the sword."
In fact, in view of Yan Feng's sincere treatment of her, this is still a tactful way of saying it.
What she really wanted to say was that if Yan Feng continued to be so persistent, not to mention not being able to become a top swordsman, it was very likely that they would not even be able to learn the ancestral skills of the Yan family.
After all, it is more difficult to forge a good sword than to be a good swordsman.
But Yan Feng's character is not as calm as Ye Gucheng, who is four years younger than him, so no matter whether Yan's father or Yan Liushuang persuades him, he will not listen to a few words.
Yan Liushuang had no choice but to make a detour to ask Ye Gucheng.
She said: "My brother is too serious, otherwise you should not agree to compete with him in the future, right?
Ye Gucheng frowned, nodded after a while and said, "Yes."
Yan Liushuang breathed a sigh of relief, but before he finished, he continued: "But I have conditions."
"What conditions?"
"I want to compete with you," he said.
"Competing with me?" She was a little surprised, "It is possible, but..."
"But what?" He frowned.
"But you are now at the time when your sword is about to take shape, and I'm afraid that if you spar with me too much, it will affect you." She said sincerely, "My sword is not like Master, it is too domineering, and it is difficult for ordinary people to parry and completely resist Influence."
If someone else hears this, they might think that she is really arrogant and conceited, but Ye Gucheng knows that this is the truth, and her reminder is also out of a good intention for him.
So he was not angry, just shook his head and said calmly: "It's okay, I have my own measure."
Seeing that he was so persistent, Yan Liushuang didn't continue to refuse, she said yes.
When Yan Feng came back later, Ye Gucheng did what he said and never agreed to compete with him again.
Yan Feng was very upset at first: "Are you looking down on me?"
He didn't explain either, Ren Yanfeng guessed wildly.
Later, after the Dragon Boat Festival, when Yan Feng sent Yan Liushuang, who was going home for the festival, back to Feixian Island, he happened to see his own sister and Ye Gucheng discussing each other.
He was dumbfounded watching that scene, does he dare to love that his sister doesn't need his protection at all? !
Ye Gucheng: "..." What did he know?
Yan Liushuang also: "..." My brother, idiot, please be considerate.
I don't know when, the two have been able to directly communicate with each other with their eyes.
And Yan Feng, who witnessed the state of their "eyes expressing affection" after their sparring, was in a very complicated mood.
Although his younger sister is super powerful and capable of fighting, he always feels that his younger sister will still be abducted by Ye Gucheng.
After returning, he told his father about this concern.
He intended to let his father be careful that that kid Ye Gucheng deceived their little princess, but when Yan's father heard it, he was actually very happy: "Really? Ah Shuang and Gucheng get along very well?"
Father Yan said: "Back when your mother was pregnant with Ah Shuang, Brother Ye once mentioned to me that our two families could have a family. Unfortunately, both your mother and Mrs. Ye passed away later, so we didn't mention this anymore. .”
Yan Feng: "???" So you mean you will remember when I say it now? !
Father Yan continued: "Before I asked Brother Ye how Ah Shuang was learning from him. He said that Ah Shuang studied very hard and had a thorough understanding of knives. I thought she was only focused on learning knives. I didn't expect They got along so well."
Yan Feng, who accidentally pushed the matter to a situation that he did not want to see, was really furious.
He could only watch his father go to Feixian Island to discuss this matter with City Lord Ye, but he couldn't get in the way.
City Lord Ye was also happy to see the success of this, and said: "I was also wondering if I should find a chance to mention it to you, but then I felt that they were still young."
Yan Feng immediately said: "That's right, they are still young, don't you need to be so anxious?"
"There's no need to be so anxious." Father Yan said, "It's not too late to tell them after a few years. Now I'm just discussing with Brother Ye first."
"Speaking of which, is Ah Feng's marriage settled?" City Lord Ye suddenly brought the topic to him.
Yan Feng didn't want to talk about this at all. He felt that marrying a wife and having children was far away from him, and he was afraid that the elders would take this opportunity to urge him to choose someone, so he found an excuse and slipped away, "I'll go find Ah Shuang!"
When he went to the courtyard where Yan Liushuang lived, Yan Liushuang had just finished practicing the knife.
Girls at this age draw very quickly, and their faces are almost beginning to lose their childishness.
She stood there with her head down, wiping the blade, and she looked slim from a distance.
Hearing the footsteps he was looking for, he tilted his head and smiled at him: "Brother, are you here?"
Yan Feng walked over, looked at the knife in her hand, and found that it was not the one given by him, and was a little unhappy: "Why do you use such a broken knife?"
She just finished wiping it, put it into the sheath, and said: "This one is more convenient, I'm not used to too delicate ones."
Yan Feng originally wanted to say that your habit is not good, and it is best to get rid of it, so she continued: "And the knife that brother gave is so beautiful, I have to keep it well."
When she said this, she curled her lips and winked at him, full of flattery, and Yan Feng, who was always easy to coax, immediately forgave her magnanimously: "Alright, alright, keep it, I will find it for you later." Better looking."
When Ye Gucheng came, what he saw was the scene of the brother and sister standing together under the tree.
He has recently sparred with Yan Liushuang several times. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, after each failure, he can have a lot of insights on the benefits of his sword, so he looks for her more and more frequently.
In fact, he knew that Yan Liushuang always held back when facing him.
And she seemed to be more aware of the difficulties he encountered when practicing swords than he was, and then directly pointed out many directions for him to try in their competition, but she didn't say a word.
Once or twice deliberately said it was a coincidence, after more times, he could no longer attribute it to a coincidence.But she didn't say it, and he didn't know how to thank her.
"Hey, Ah Cheng." Seeing him coming, she waved to him first, and then asked, "Are you going to compete today?"
He shook his head and noticed that her brother was casting unkind eyes at him again. It was a little inexplicable, since they hadn't fought each other recently.
"Then what did you come to see me for?" She was puzzled.
"The people below have passed on that the caravan has returned from the sea." He said, "It is at the market in the city."
The caravan he was talking about was a group of Lingnan people who were engaged in the spice business. Every time they returned from the sea, they would first dispose of a batch of goods in Baiyun City, or sell them, or exchange them with the gem business caravan.
And when they came back last time, they brought back a few cats, which were from the sea. They were all long-haired and different-eyed, and they were very cute.
The housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion also bought one and brought it back. When Yan Liushuang first came to Feixian Island, she liked to play with that cat. hair.
Seeing this, the housekeeper moved all the cat litters to her yard.
It's a pity that the cat sneaked out of the city lord's mansion for some reason, and was never found again.
Although Yan Liushuang didn't say much when she learned about this, Ye Gucheng still felt that she should be reluctant to part with the cat after seeing her expression.
So now that the caravan came back from the sea again, he thought that he could take her to pick another cat she likes for her to raise.
"It is said that another species was brought this time." He said.
"...Forget it." She shook her head. "I'm not very good at raising cats. What if the cats don't like me and run away again."
Ye Gucheng was silent for a moment, and said that's all right.
Afterwards, they exposed this issue and did not mention it again.
Yan Liushuang didn't take this matter too seriously, but when she climbed up the fence the next evening, what she saw was not the unshakable sword practice scene before.
Ye Gucheng hugged a snow-white kitten and squatted on the porch, coaxing it to eat in a low voice.
The kitten looked to be only one or two months old, with powdery ears, but it was quite obedient in his hands. It barked after two bites, as if saying it was delicious.
Yan Liushuang was used to his frowning and indifferent face, now she was so surprised to see him coaxing the cat, she forgot to get off the fence for a moment, she climbed on it and said directly: "Why are you still Did you buy a cat?"
He raised his head and looked at her, but his hand was still on the cat's back, and said, "I'll raise it for you."
Yan Liushuang: "???"
While speaking, the kitten had already licked the pottery bowl in front of him clean, Ye Gucheng looked down, picked it up and walked under the wall.
"I raise it." He said, "You can come and play with it."
Yan Liushuang looked at him looking up and talking to her seriously, and finally remembered that she was still on the wall, turned over and jumped down.
When she landed in front of him, the cat in his arms meowed, as if greeting her.
"So obedient." She reached out and touched the kitten's head, the joy in her tone was obvious.
I don't know why, but at this moment, Ye Gucheng was also very happy.
He thought, this should be regarded as expressing part of his gratitude.
In the days that followed, the two of them enjoyed teasing cats apart from practicing swords and knives.
But this cat was also the same as the previous one, it was not very happy to be close to Yan Liushuang, and when it got into her arms, it kept writhing, whistling and meowing.
Yan Liushuang was very puzzled: "Why is it so obedient in your arms!"
Ye Gucheng didn't understand why, but the cat was indeed more clingy to him, and occasionally would crawl directly into his bed to sleep with him at night.
So he had to hold the cat on his lap and let her smooth the cat.
Yan Liushuang: "..." This is discrimination!
Her look of wanting to get angry but not getting angry made Ye Gucheng inexplicably want to laugh.
After rubbing the cat for a while, Yan Liushuang saw his slightly pursed lips when she looked up, she was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Ah Cheng, you should smile more from now on, you look much better when you smile."
Before Ye Gucheng could react, she added another sentence: "Although you look good even if you don't smile."
If he could still wait calmly for the previous sentence, then the latter sentence directly made him freeze, and after the freeze, he subconsciously lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and didn't look at her anymore.
The cat grows up very quickly, and within two months it is several times bigger than before.
After it grows up, its attitude towards Yan Liushuang is slightly better. At least it will eat what she gives, but it still won't let her hug it. She ran towards him, and when he bent over and squatted down, she threw herself directly into his arms.
Yan Liushuang got used to it later, and joked with him, "I think it must have taken a fancy to you. It might transform into a beautiful sister one day and come to you for love."
Ye Gucheng: "..." Do you read too many strange novels?
Another year has passed without any disturbance.
According to Yan Liushuang's estimation, in another two years, she will be able to recover [-]% of her former level.
At that time, she was also fifteen years old, even if she told her family that she wanted to leave South China Sea to make a living elsewhere, her father would agree.
But she never expected that at the age of 13, a major event would happen in Nanhai that caught her off guard.
Her master, City Lord Baiyun, fell ill due to wind and cold, and after half a year's delay, he still drove west.
Feixian Island is the largest island in the South China Sea. The death of the island owner naturally caused a sensation in the South China Sea.
The South China Sea Multi-Sword Sect, there are so many people who use swords. They were originally dissatisfied with being crushed by a family of swordsmen. They couldn't do anything in the past because they couldn't beat them. Now that they died, leaving only a 13-year-old son, they couldn't help but move their minds .
At that time, Yan Liushuang's father happened to be entrusted by the head of Wudang to forge swords in seclusion, so naturally this group of sword schools with surging thoughts had no scruples.
They came here to provoke directly in the name of worshiping and expressing condolence.
Yan Liushuang couldn't understand this kind of behavior of bullying the dead, not to mention that they were provoking her master in this world, so she immediately became angry.
Just when she wanted to force those people out of the mourning hall to give them a good lesson, Ye Gucheng stopped her.
He said, "No, I'll do it."
When he said this, his eyes were very cold, at least the coldness that Yan Liushuang had never seen before.
Those who heard him sneered collectively, and the leader stared at the sword on his waist, and suddenly said: "Oh yes, it seems that you are not learning the sword, but the sword?"
They all felt that the blood flowing in his body belonged to a swordsman, and that he was a mediocre sword learner, and they even asked him with a playful smile, "But your sword... can cut the sand outside the city?"
Ye Gucheng said that my sword can cut off your necks.
Before the words fell to the ground, he directly drew out the sword.
The long sword was unsheathed, and the silver light rippled, and with just one swing, most of the group of people were silenced.
But there are still unbelievers who continue to snort at him.
Ye Gucheng simply didn't show any sympathy, and stabbed the long sword in his hand at the leader of the troublemaker with lightning speed.
Yan Liushuang was actually not worried that he would lose at all, because she glanced over and saw that there was not a single person who could survive three tricks under his hands.
But seeing his trembling shoulders when he started, she couldn't help but follow him out.
As soon as she went out, she froze on the spot.
Because the person pointed at by Ye Gucheng is decapitated at this moment.
The rest of the people turned pale when they saw this scene.
How could they have thought that this kid would break his neck when he said that people would break their necks!
Yan Liushuang didn't expect either.
But she didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Gucheng's doing so.
Because her first murder was also under similar circumstances.
At that time, a decent elder who was defeated by her found out who her master was, and in the name of eliminating violence and safety, he arrested all the people who raised her, trying to blackmail her.
Although her master and uncles were bandits, they were all strong men, fearing that they would drag her down, they committed suicide directly.
At that time, Yan Liushuang had only one thought, that was, she should never have let that elder go.
Later, she held the elder's head and offered incense to her master and uncles, shedding the only tears in her life.
So at this moment, she also understands Ye Gucheng's anger.
When a large group of people gathered around and said that they wanted to avenge the head of the unknown sect, she went straight up and stood with her back to him.
"Come on," she said, "if you dare."
Those people looked at me, and I looked at you. Later, someone recognized that this was the eldest lady of the Yan family, and shouted behind them.
Yan Liushuang also heard it, and she smiled: "Oh, it turns out that they are a group of bullying masters."
"Don't go too far, you little doll!"
"That's right! Go aside and see that your father doesn't care about you!"
"Excessive?" She paused, "Isn't it more excessive for people who come to other people's homes to make trouble?"
Although Ye Gucheng had killed one person before, they still didn't quite believe what two children who were not satisfied with their fifteenth year could do to dozens of them.
And when they really fought against these two people, it was too late to regret it.
Yan Liushuang was better, she was concerned about not being able to bear more debts, so she left some room for her shots, mostly to break their hamstrings and disable their martial arts.
But Ye Gucheng was not so gentle, the place where his sword edge swept was full of wailing, even if he didn't directly cut the neck of others like before, it was enough to scare the rest of the people from coming forward.
……
After all the people who came to mourn that night dispersed, only the two of them were left in the mourning hall.
The butler came in and delivered food to the two of them. At first, he wanted to persuade them, but seeing Ye Gucheng's expression, he finally left without saying a word, put down the food and went out.
Knowing that he hadn't eaten for two days, Yan Liushuang was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on, so she took a bite of rice and brought it to his mouth without asking his opinion.
She thought he would refuse, but after he paused for a moment, he ate it.
He chewed that mouthful very slowly, as if he was biting something he hated very much.
That appearance made Yan Liushuang a little uncomfortable.
She wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know how to comfort him.
In the end it was he who spoke first.
He took the rice bowl in her hand and said, "I'll do it myself."
She said yes.
He added, "You eat too."
She nodded, looked at him again, and then lowered her head to pick up another bowl of rice.
When he was about to finish eating, the cat he had raised for a year ran over following his breath and pounced on him skillfully.
Yan Liushuang wanted to stop it, but before she could reach out, she saw the cat suddenly straightened up and pressed against his neck.
She thought it probably sensed the sadness of its master.
Ye Gucheng patted his cat, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said in a low voice, "I'm fine."
As if to prove that he was not trying to hold on, he repeated: "It's really fine."
I don't know whether I said it to the cat or to her.
Yan Liushuang didn't expose him, but also put down the chopsticks in his hands and nodded, "...um."
After a while, she added: "I'm here."
He moved his hand on the cat, and then hummed.
This sound made Yan Liushuang's heart ache.
She hasn't cried for a long time, and no matter what happened in the past many years, she has always been able to restrain herself from crying.
But at this moment, I probably felt so empathetic that I raised my hand and rubbed my eyes after a long absence.
The eye sockets were actually dry, but when she finished rubbing, she heard a sigh from the side.
Neither light nor heavy, like a stone slowly sank to the bottom of the lake without making a sound.
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