[Jian San] Innocent, pitiful, but scum

Father, lest there be anything else.

"Brother, you...?" Li Yu knew the seriousness of the disaster better than anyone else. He was about to say something, but found Xu Linshu frowning.

"I'm going to find Qiu'er." Closing his eyes, Xu Linshu breathed out and calmed down. He briefly explained to Li Yu, and then couldn't sit still anymore, "Half an hour ago, she happened to go there to collect medicine."

Li Yu's expression also changed when he heard this.

Although he was worried, his relationship with Chu Qiu was mediocre. Li Yu knew that when Xu Linshu was going to find someone in person, he felt relieved to do what Xu Linshu ordered him to do.

Fortunately, the location of the avalanche was remote, and few disciples went there.Li Yu took some time to organize his disciples, except for a junior sister from Zixu's sect who came late, everyone else lived in peace.

"Junior Sister Kong, have you ever been hurt?" Li Yu was always very gentle towards female students of the same school, perhaps because of his unique talent, he could always remember the names of the female disciples of Chunyang.

But now when he saw Kong Yuan walking in a hurry, he expressed his concern.

"Kong Yuan is fine, thank you for your concern." Hearing Li Yu's words, Kong Yuan's face flashed with surprise. After all, the two of them only met a few times on weekdays, and the words they had spoken so far were only three or five sentences.But she nodded quickly, echoing his words.

"It's been a long time since such a natural disaster occurred in Mount Hua, and this time it's really sudden." Li Yu smiled and comforted her, "It's good that Junior Sister is fine."

"Brother Lao is concerned." Kong Yuan responded, and Li Yu didn't say anything else, but just asked her to go back to Senior Uncle Qi Jin quickly, so as not to cause people to worry.

Kong Yuan nodded naturally and left without any flaws.

It's just that Li Yu stood there for a long time, then looked at the snow mountain that had calmed down, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xu Linshu's light kung fu with the sword all the way, the speed is not slow.

It is difficult to find someone in the vast snow-capped mountains, but the remaining internal energy can still give him some clues.

Chu Qiu's internal energy is very different. Although he is practicing the pure Yang mental method, there is always a dark and mysterious energy.Normally Xu Linshu was still worried about this, but as time passed, Chu Qiu's normal behavior gradually dispelled his worries.But now, although Chu Qiu's internal energy stopped dispersing after pushing the snow away, Xu Linshu, who had been with her day and night, could still catch the remaining breath.

Sensing the popularity, Xu Linshu cut open the ice and snow that sealed the entrance of the cave with his sword.

Snowflakes flew and fell to the ground, and he saw the people inside.

"...Qiu'er?"

In the quiet cave, there was only the echo of Xu Linshu, and the people inside did not respond to him.

Aware of the loneliness under the strange silence, he walked in without thinking about anything else.What imprinted in his eyes was Chu Qiu who was crouching in the corner with his arms tightly around him and silent.

Xu Linshu hesitated a little, but finally squatted down together and reached out to touch Chu Qiu's shoulder lightly.

"Qiu'er?" His eyes were stained with worry, but his tone became softer, "It's a teacher."

Not knowing which words touched her, Chu Qiu shook her whole body, as if rejecting his touch, but quickly moved her fingers and raised her head.

It was also at this time that Xu Linshu saw the hollow eyes that had been suppressed by Chu Qiu all this time.

"...who?" she asked.

For some reason, Xu Linshu clearly knew that Chu Qiu had a heart knot, and also knew that her indifference was to cover up her coldness, but now seeing her expression like this, she still felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Dazedness flashed across his eyes, but dazedness was replaced by tenderness in the next moment.

"Your master, Xu Linshu." He replied.

"...Master...Father?" Chu Qiu opened his mouth, and read out the address he heard from her for the first time, but Xu Linshu didn't feel the joy he should have at all, even the gentleness on his face, The faint smile that had always been on her subconsciously disappeared.

Chu Qiu didn't seem to notice this, her eyes flashed with water, but she shrank back in the blink of an eye.

She stretched out her hand, and Xu Linshu took a step closer to her without thinking.

"Master," Chu Qiu buried her head in front of him, her voice was hoarse and indistinct, "...I want to go home."

Xu Linshu's mind was also a little confused with her voice, but when he heard her words, he subconsciously responded, and even put his arms around her, as if acquiescing to her support.

Even though the confusion in his eyes grew thicker, he didn't let go.

"Okay," he said, "let's go home."

Get rid of the triple snow on the king's body (4)

There are many children living in the old house covered with brocade.

This is a well-known local orphanage. Children who lost their parents in the natural disaster eventually gathered here.

Many things are still very clear in her memory, so clear that she can't even pretend to forget.

"Don't bully her! ’ A girl who was not much older than her stood in front of her, rushing towards what evil was, laughing and tricking her children and yelling, ‘Go away——! 』

Then, the girl stomped her feet and helped her up from the ground with a concerned look on her face.

"Are you OK?They have been driven away by me, don't be afraid. 』

She only saw the girl protecting her, but she didn't see the boy hiding in the dark stretching out his feet and retracting them.

(……fine.)

"It's fine. 』

"From today onwards, I will protect you!" 』

"From now on, I will regard you as the sword in the master's hand, protecting you for the rest of your life."

Being ignorant and ignorant, she became the girl's little follower. Every time the girl touched her head and smiled and said she was really good, she was genuinely happy and sincerely trusted the girl. Even though there was no expression on her face, her heart felt full and very warmth.

Until that day, the girl patted the top of her hair as always.

"I'm going to be adopted tomorrow, and this time it's a rich family. ”The girl smoothed her hair, leaned close to her ear, her voice was as light as a floating cloud, and made her feel a strange coldness, “Thanks to you.Sure enough, the dean still likes 'good kids'. This time, seeing that I am so tolerant of your troubled child, he felt that I was warm-hearted and kind, and introduced me to that family. 』

"It's better than the family I know, and you don't even have to worry about them having children of their own in the future. 』

(I don't understand...but the reason why my sister is happy is because of me?)

The girl paused, and finally showed a gentle smile.

"Yes, it's because of you. The girl took her by the hand and said something incomprehensible, "But now, this is my chance to fight for myself. 』

The picture in memory freezes when the girl leaves the orphanage with a smile and holding hands by her new parents, but she can only watch from afar, without even waiting for the girl to turn her head.

Not long after, the dean found that she, who had always been taciturn, suddenly became able to smile warmly and sunny like a girl.

A year later, she was also adopted by an ordinary family.

She thought that with the love of her parents, she would forget the "betrayal" brought to her by the original girl. Unexpectedly, when she integrated into the family and decided to let go of her heart again, she heard the news that her adoptive mother was pregnant with a child.

(If never got it, it wouldn't be like it is now.)

She suddenly regretted and agreed to be adopted in a fit of anger.

From being fully tolerated to now being gradually ignored, she knew it was a matter of course, and secretly hated the eccentricity of her adoptive parents.

In the end, she voluntarily chose to quit, went out to work hard, and lived alone.

The most common scene is that she is squatting alone on the corner of the bed, and she is only a shadow against the quiet dormitory.Later, this kind of quietness became a loneliness that she was afraid of and could not leave.

——Do you regret it?

(maybe.)

——What if you were given a chance to do it all over again?

(Such assumptions are unnecessary.)

——You are really suitable.If... would you agree?

(Since it is still needed, so what if I agree.)

Snowing.

The snow in memory always has other colors.

When she lost her parents, she saw snow; when she was helped by a girl, she heard the sound of snow; now she is in a snow mountain and trapped in a cave, remembering the past that she deliberately ignored.

(I want to go home.)

It's not the foster parents' house that's not in name, it's not the orphanage full of hypocrisy and deceit, but the real home that she has long vaguely but never forgotten.

"it is good."

"Xiaoqiu, let's go home. 』

"Qiu'er, let's go home."

Then, Chu Qiu woke up.

The memory returned to the brain cage, and everything in the past became blurred again.

"Master?" Chu Qiu saw Xu Linshu who was meditating with his eyes closed at the other end of the room, and thought of him suddenly appearing when he was weak, and his warm embrace drove away the darkness of her past, but she subconsciously took the most suitable method while she was awake. , Facing his worries with a false face.

"It's the apprentice's fault that the master is worried."

hypocritical.

"But the master was able to come at that time, and the disciple was really... very at ease."

Chu Qiu, you are such a liar.

"Qiu'er, as long as you're fine." Of course Xu Linshu didn't know what Chu Qiu was thinking, but he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw her wake up, "Natural disasters are unpredictable, and you have been wronged in this matter."

The hands propped on the edge of the bed were gathered and clenched, causing the bed to wrinkle.Chu Qiu lowered his eyes, not wanting to look directly at the concern in Xu Linshu's eyes.

"Master, this matter...is not purely a natural disaster."

"what?"

"Before the snow disaster, I felt the dispersal of pure Yang's internal energy." Chu Qiu was not prepared to be framed in such a muddled way. She stabilized her mind and looked up at him again, "Someone must have done this on purpose or... It's for the apprentice."

Before Xu Linshu could say anything, footsteps came from outside the door.At the same time, the familiar voice also agreed with Chu Qiu's words.

"Nephew Chu is right, this matter was deliberately facilitated." It was Li Yu who walked in.He first glanced at Chu Qiu, nodded slightly when he saw that she was fine, then turned to Xu Linshu, "I've found out about this matter, it's strange to say that it caused Xue Linshu