[Jian San] Innocent, pitiful, but scum

Come, or just here... So at least, you are safe. "

"……Ok, I know."

"Aqiu."

"I am listening."

"I'm sorry." His voice faded, "...I'm sorry, I didn't choose you."

Seeing that he hadn't moved any more, Chu Qiu leaned back slightly and saw his drunken face.

She looked at him like this for a few seconds, and after a while, she smelled the faint smell of alcohol on his body-this is not something that can be caught by just drinking a glass.

Before accepting the farewell wine from her, Lu Zhao took the initiative to drink for the first time.

Purpose?Perhaps he also wanted to take advantage of his drunkenness to say things that he would not normally say in front of Chu Qiu.

"Fool." Chu Qiu laughed at him like that, but his expression looked like he was about to cry, "What a fool."

"I'm the one." Chu Qiu hugged him again, leaned into his ear, and said the truth in a voice so soft that she could barely hear it, "I'm the one, I should say I'm sorry People, Lu Zhao."

——I'm sorry, from beginning to end, Aqiu in your eyes is all her disguise.

——It’s a pity, you can’t hear me when you’re drunk.

Thinking of this, Chu Qiu put him on the couch, and walked out of the room expressionlessly.

Accompanied by the sound of the wind, Chu Qiu, looking up at the wind, sand and moonlight, suddenly thought of what happened a month ago.

Because of the side mission, Chu Qiu intentionally made a mistake while practicing, and induced Lu Zhao to take her to find his master Kalubi.

And a few days after she recovered, Chu Qiu secretly went to find Kalubi with Lu Zhao on her back.

That was the time when she heard the conversation between Lu Zhao and Kalubi.

"That's why you trust her?" As Lu Zhao's master, Kalubi naturally understood him. When he was willing to bring Chu Qiu to find him, Kalubi understood that Lu Zhao was serious about what he didn't say. Martial arts, routines are somewhat similar to the Five Poisons Sect... You should know the rumors about the Five Poisons Sect. If she is pretending..."

"Master," facing Kalubi, Lu Zhaocai said something that he would not have said in front of Chu Qiu, "Ah Qiu was willing to believe me, and now I believe her too."

After discovering Lu Zhao's existence, Chu Qiu subconsciously chose to hide aside.Hearing his answer, she, who was well hidden, also revealed her aura for a moment.

Chu Qiu secretly thought that with Kalubi's martial arts, he must have caught her mistake just now.But it wasn't until Lu Zhao left that Kalubi revealed Chu Qiu's hiding place.

"...He said so." Kalubi said calmly after Chu Qiu walked out of the hiding place, "What do you think?"

"Enyi and I," Chu Qiu didn't answer directly at that time, but asked him instead, "What will he choose?"

Kalubi didn't speak, because both he and Chu Qiu knew the answer to such a question.

"I gave you a falsehood, but you gave me a heart."

In the end, he believed everything she had lied to him and felt guilty towards her for his choice.

"I am indeed a hopeless person."

But Chu Qiu couldn't regret it.

Fake it, cheat it, be hated for it, whatever.

—she wants to live.

"Goodbye, Lu Zhao."

say forever

During the mission, Lu Zhao thought of Chu Qiu countless times, thinking about something at a certain moment, what she was doing, and whether he thought about him like him.But for the mission, Lu Zhao endured and never sent a letter to Chu Qiu.

It wasn't until a year later that Lu Zhao obtained key information, enough to help Lu Weilou return to the Central Plains.

"—Great!" Lu Weilou was overjoyed when he received Lu Zhao's secret letter.He looked at Lu Zhao, who had been summoned by him, with unabashed admiration in his eyes, "With these, Mingjiao will return to the Central Plains, just around the corner!"

"Congratulations, Master."

"It's been hard work on you for lurking in the Central Plains," Lu Weilou suddenly thought of something, and his expression became a little strange, "Take a good rest these days—you've done a good job."

"Yes." Lu Zhao answered Lu Weilou's words, but his thoughts drifted to Chu Qiu who should be at home.

If it wasn't for Lu Weilou's kindness to Lu Zhao, he almost wanted to go home right away, seeing Chu Qiu smiling pleasantly at him after he opened the door.

However, when Lu Zhao really returned home, there was no sign of Chu Qiu.

What he saw was Brutal, who was lazily stepping on a chair with a grass stalk in his mouth.

"Hey, long time no see, Mr. Lu Zhao." Bruta still had that lazy and unruly attitude, but Lu Zhao keenly felt that there was something different about him.

Sure enough, Bruta's next sentence made Lu Zhao stunned.

"she left."

Bruta didn't say who she was, but Lu Zhao immediately realized that he was talking about Chu Qiu.

At that moment, time seemed to stop.

Lu Zhao almost immediately remembered the day he left, when Chu Qiu looked at him hesitant to speak.

"It's not because of you, my lord." Bruta obviously wanted to say something, but in the end he just patted Lu Zhao's shoulder and lowered his head slightly, not looking at him, "Chu Niu——Chu Niu was picked up by her parents. , before she left, she remembered the things before she lost her memory..."

I don't know what expression will be on Brutal's face, but at least for now, his tone is calm.

"After...she left, the little guy didn't want to leave here, so he was handed over to me by the leader." Brutal pointed to the room, and it was very fitting that the ball in the room seemed to have discovered Lu Zhao's return. , called a few times suddenly.

"And now... let's return it to its original owner."

"Aqiu...remember?" After a long silence, Lu Zhao's first question was to ask him back.

"Master Yedi doesn't need to lie to me, does he?" Brutal replied with the same tone, "Your Excellency, you can ask Lord Yedi about specific matters, he was also the one who escorted Miss Chu to leave the desert."

As if he had been relieved, Lu Zhao's face returned to calm.He lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, and finally nodded to Bruta, and replied, "I see."

The confused Lu Zhao found his master in the old place.Realizing where he was and regaining his senses, Lu Zhao met Kalubi's gaze.

Kalubi stood in the stream of past lives, and the bright moon shone in the sky, making him look even paler.

The "scarf" around his neck rose with the dust, and his eyes fell on Lu Zhao against the wind. Those eyes seemed to see through everything, and seemed to hide some secrets.

"It seems that you already know that she is gone?"

"...Bruta said that Master sent him away."

"Hmph, that kid too..." Kalubi pursed his lips, without smiling, "It's me."

When Kalubi said this, he stopped abruptly, and quickly continued what he wanted to say.

Such an anomaly, if it was the original Lu Zhao, it would be impossible not to notice it.But now, without any doubt, he listened to what Kalubi said.

"She remembered her life experience, and happened to know the whereabouts of her family." After finishing speaking, Kalubi suddenly asked, "Do you think she shouldn't leave?"

"No, I..." As soon as he started talking, Lu Zhao also stopped.

Seeing that he was silent, Kalubi did not speak in a hurry, as if he was waiting for him to organize his words, but also as if he was sure that Lu Zhao would speak again.After the silence, Lu Zhao really took it.

"It might be right to leave..."

——He who chose the congregation first, what right does he have to ask about Chu Qiu's whereabouts?

With these words, he voluntarily gave up pursuing the investigation.

"Are you going to give up, completely?" Kalubi frowned slightly, thinking of what Chu Qiu said to him before leaving.

"I didn't betray him."

"—maybe I'm not good enough for her."

"...It's that I'm not good enough for him."

At least at this moment, Kalubi, who heard Lu Zhao's words, suddenly felt the unmeasurable tacit understanding between Chu Qiu and Lu Zhao.

When Chu Qiu left, Bruta knew, and so did Kalubi.

Bruta was keenly aware of Chu Qiu's change, and asked her what she thought before she left.

"You want to go?" Brutal stood in front of Chu Qiu, and found that Chu Qiu's original innocent expression had changed, becoming more mature and calm.

This change made Brutal panic a lot. It was not because of Chu Qiu, but because of this change that made him think of himself who had been transformed because of the extermination of the clan.

"...Is it because of Mr. Lu Zhao?"

Lu Zhao's departure from the desert was a secret known to most Mingjiao disciples. Since he left, Chu Qiu's position has been a bit embarrassing.

However, this embarrassment was not because the people of the Ming Cult did not accept Chu Qiu's existence, but because everyone knew that "Chu Qiu likes Lu Zhao", but Lu Zhao left without hesitation, and even had no news for nearly a year.

Her embarrassment is due to other people's inadvertent sympathy.

But Brutal was one of the few disciples who knew about Lu Zhao's situation and knew that he could not reply to the letter.

"Chu Niu, in fact, Master Lu Zhao—"

"No." Chu Qiu refuted Bruta's words with a smile, "My leaving has nothing to do with Brother Lu Zhao... Maybe there is a little relationship, but it is definitely not the main reason."

"Then why-"

"Bruta." Chu Qiu stopped him, his pure black eyes looked very gentle at first, but after looking at them for a while, he felt an inexplicable chill, "You will be a very good disciple and have a very bright future .Don't let down brother Lu Zhao's expectations, and don't waste your talent."

Brutal watched her leave after she said that, unable to stop her.

He is not Chu Qiu's opponent, but apart from this reason, he can't say anything to stop him.

"What the hell am I doing--" Bruta punched a fist on the stake next to him, his fisted hand gradually showed blue veins, but he didn't seem to notice his abnormality.

"Tsk."

Seeing that look in his eyes, Bruta suddenly understood the meaning of Chu Qiu's words.

——Don’t place unrequited expectations on her