Qingfeng Xu Xu

Hearing this, Xu Mulin looked down at Xu Qingjiu and listened to Xu Qingjiu's long breathing. This time it was confirmed that Xu Qingjiu was sleeping and had already started talking in his sleep. Although he knew what Xu Qingjiu's sleep talking meant, Xu Mulin was silent for a long time before he said cautiously:"Qingjiu, I will always like you. Even though I will never get the same response from you, I will always be by your side as long as you need me. I just hope , your need for me will last longer. Just think of it as my birthday wish, okay?" Although Xu Qingjiu, who is sleeping soundly, will not respond, although his greed will never be satisfied, even though Xu Qingjiu treats himself The dependence will gradually fade away, but at this moment, Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu are still together, and they will be together tomorrow, which is already a gift to Xu Mulin.

Wu Jinghua's promise to Xu Qingjiu to keep it secret only lasted until New Year's Eve. Early the next morning, Li Jihua asked Wu Jinghua to arrange a banquet to celebrate Xu Mulin's birthday. For the first time in so many years, Xu Mulin did not cook his own food on his birthday and also enjoyed the congratulations of more people.

Maybe it was because the days in Tianzong were a bit monotonous in the past, but staying in Taiyuan during this time, with a few people noisy, was a kind of fun. After the Lantern Festival, no one mentioned what happened before, but it was strange to say that maybe it was because everyone was thinking about celebrating the New Year. The world, which was noisy a year ago, suddenly fell silent when the New Year came. Except for some news about Du Shengyang escaping from Luzhou and hiding in various places that was circulated a few years ago, there has been no update on the situation. Years ago, various sects were targeting the Yuanyang sect, but in the end, only Du Shengyang's eldest son, who was very sick and gentle, came out to persuade him. After all, Du Shengyang didn't think highly of his eldest son, so it was normal not to know many things. Therefore, each sect stayed in Luzhou for seven or eight days and then dispersed.

"I was letting you do it before, but why are you still acting like this after the New Year?"

Since nothing happened, everyone was happy and at ease, so they simply continued to live noisily every day. In the past, only Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu fought, and Xu Mulin knew Xu Qingjiu too well, but it only took a few times to Master Xu Qingjiu's rhythm and small calculations. Now he finally caught a Wu Jinghua who was on par with him. No matter how many times he competed, Xu Qingjiu was still so enthusiastic. It's just that winning or losing is normal, but if Wu Jinghua also After being familiar with Xu Qingjiu's methods, Xu Qingjiu could only accept the fact that after winning often, he would lose again and again. After losing for three days in a row, Xu Qingjiu got up early in the morning and started studying various things. As a result, today He was defeated again, so he simply didn’t care about his demeanor and insisted on continuing the competition after Wu Jinghua. Perhaps Xu Qingjiu was a little too eager. He tried two more games in succession and still lost. Xu Qingjiu became more and more angry. It was a fierce pursuit of Wu Jinghua.

"No matter, in another game, I want to know where I lost."Xu Qingjiu angrily followed Wu Jinghua around Li Jihua with his sword in hand. Li Jihua didn't know how to persuade him. He was shaken by the two men and had to ask for help from Xu Mulin who was sitting on the other side.

Xu Mulin received the signal in time and stood up to hold him. Xu Qingjiu, who happened to be in front of him, persuaded him:"Qingjiu, what do you think? Let me compete with Jing Hua and see if you can find the reason, okay?"

"......"Li Jihua looked at Xu Mulin in disbelief and thought: I didn't ask you to persuade me like this. After you compete with Jing Hua, Qingjiu will pick up after that? Until Jing Hua loses? It's a pity that Xu Mulin avoided Li Jihua's question this time.

Li Jihua over there was speechless, and Wu Jinghua here was even more at a loss, so he could only accuse:"Senior Brother Xu, you are bullying me. I lose every time I compete with you. Now you are using me to train Qingjiu." I don't." That's what he said, but when Wu Jinghua looked at Xu Qingjiu's posture, it was obvious that he would not give up, and then looked at Xu Mulin's appearance. It didn't look like he was just talking casually, so Wu Jinghua had no choice but to follow suit. ,"It's okay if you want me to compete with Senior Brother Xu. You have to let Wu Yang come with me. If Senior Brother Xu doesn't want to, then..."

"good."Before Wu Jinghua finished speaking, Xu Mulin replied calmly. After saying that, he unsheathed his sword and waited for Wu Jinghua and Wu Yang to make a move.

In this case, Wu Jinghua was naturally not polite and glanced at Wu Yang. Yang understood. Before anyone could say anything, Wu Yang had already drawn his sword and attacked Xu Mulin. Wu Jinghua followed him alternately. After Xu Mulin resisted Wu Yang's attack with his backhand, Wu Jinghua was also there in a blink of an eye. Xu Mulin just followed the trend. , he took back his sword from Wu Yang and immediately headed towards Wu Jinghua. After making eye contact with Wu Yang, Wu Jinghua originally decided that Wu Yang would feint to cover Wu Jinghua, and Wu Jinghua would attack from behind. In the end, I don’t know if Xu Mulin took it for granted. After seeing through it, he didn't put too much energy on Wu Yang's side. Instead, he continued to press Wu Jinghua. Wu Yang, who was supposed to be a supporter, only used body skills to evade. This also made Wu Jinghua unable to attack. Unable to stand it, he was defeated in less than twenty moves. Wu Yang was almost the same as Wu Jinghua, except that he had previously focused on providing support and supporting Wu Jinghua. As soon as Wu Jinghua was defeated, Xu Mulin launched moves on Wu Yang in the blink of an eye, and he continued to attack. Wu Yang couldn't react for a while, but he lost ten moves.

Although Li Jihua felt that Xu Mulin was a bit bullying"juniors" at first, when Wu Jinghua proposed joining forces with Wu Yang, Li Jihua thought that he might not really let Xu Mulin discuss it. What a bargain, but in the end, he was defeated in less than a stick of incense. Li Jihua couldn't decide whether this competition was exciting or nothing to see.

Xu Qingjiu looked on, and at first Xu Mulin continued to have the upper hand and felt very proud. However, he then thought about what Xu Mulin had said before in praising him. Compared with the current situation, Xu Qingjiu felt that Xu Mulin was probably perfunctory and humiliating himself in the past. He was still interested when he saw Wu Jinghua's defeat. He was so excited, but in the blink of an eye, he was already sitting downcast and not watching Xu Mulin's competition.

Xu Mulin stopped his offensive and turned to look at Xu Qingjiu, only to see that Xu Qingjiu was not paying attention to the competition, but was watching from the side. He lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Xu Mulin had no choice but to walk up to Xu Qingjiu and asked:"Qingjiu, how are you? Do you understand?"

As soon as Xu Qingjiu heard Xu Mulin's words, she felt even more sad and angry for some reason. When she looked up at Xu Mulin, there was anger on her face. When Xu Mulin looked at it, he didn't understand what was wrong just now, but after a while, he still realized He understood why Xu Qingjiu was angry. Xu Mulin could be sure that Xu Qingjiu's hard work, diligence and talent were destined to be very capable. None of the previous praises were false or perfunctory. But a few days ago, Xu Qingjiu was very capable. When Jiu lost in a row, Xu Mulin also saw where Xu Qingjiu's problem was. However, Xu Mulin hoped that Xu Qingjiu could find it out on his own, so he proposed a competition with Wu Jinghua, but Xu Qingjiu turned out to be the winner. Dissatisfaction and resentment. Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu and suddenly felt a little unhappy. He was not in a hurry to comfort Xu Qingjiu, but asked in a deep voice:"Have you found out the reason? Seeing that Xu

Mulin was also so serious and even a little stern, although Xu Qingjiu still felt unhappy, he still replied:"I found it. It's because of my own incompetence.""

"What are the advantages of Tianzong swordsmanship? What are your strengths?"Xu Mulin still asked in a deep voice. Xu Qingjiu's reply just now made Xu Mulin feel that Xu Qingjiu might not be aware of the problem at all. Without waiting for Xu Qingjiu's answer, he simply continued:"Actively continue to attack. Create your own opportunities. You and Jing Hua competed many times, and he had already understood this characteristic of yours, so when he encountered an attack, he continued to dodge in order to find a flaw. This was Jing Hua’s advantage and strength, but after many times, you also slowed down. At your own pace, you switch to waiting for the opportunity to find loopholes like him. In this way, you are left with lots of loopholes. How can you not lose? Since you lost, and you are willing to find the reason yourself, you should be more attentive. Is this the place where you should be attentive to such rogue behavior? Is it a habit you should keep to be so pampered and forgetful about yourself?"After saying that, Xu Mulin didn't care about the shock of the people around him seeing him so angry for the first time, or what Xu Qingjiu wanted to explain. He picked up the sword and turned around and left quickly. After being scolded by Xu Mulin, Xu Qingjiu Jiuye knew where he had gone wrong. Seeing Xu Mulin leave in such a negative mood, Xu Qingjiu also knew that he was too wrong, but for a moment he did not dare to go after Xu Mulin. If he could only say What's the use of admitting mistakes? Xu Qingjiu knew that Xu Mulin must be disappointed at this moment. In the eyes of others, Xu Mulin seems to have let Xu Qingjiu go unconditionally over the years, but he has never been unlimited. The degree of laissez-faire. Xu Mulin will remind Xu Qingjiu to restrain himself a little when Xu Qingjiu goes too far. Although because they are senior brothers, the boundaries will be slightly looser, but there are limits, but Xu Qingjiu is now There is no such consciousness at all. Although it is okay for peers to play around like this, they cannot mess around like this again and again, otherwise they will just disrespect others and lower their own self-esteem.

Xu Mulin left Afterwards, Xu Qingjiu stood there blankly, and Wu Jinghua and the others didn't know whether they should comfort him or not. Although Wu Jinghua had complained to Li Jihua a few times before, he was the master after all, and he couldn't really take Xu Qingjiu seriously. , after all, once you take it seriously, it is more or less inappropriate to mention this kind of thing seriously, and it is really difficult to say it.

For Li Jihua, he is more or less a bystander on this matter, and perhaps the most Suitable to be the person to persuade him. Just as Li Jihua was fuming about how to persuade him, Xu Qingjiu had already turned towards Wu Jinghua, bowed his hands seriously and said,"Jinghua, I'm sorry, I've been fooling around these days. Yes, please don't take it to heart."

Wu Jinghua didn't know how to reply for a moment, but seeing Xu Qingjiu still bowing his head and saluting, Wu Jinghua could only hesitantly say:"It's nothing....It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, don't worry. Seeing Wu

Jinghua's confused look, Li Jihua also softened his voice and said,"Jinghua is also wrong about this matter. Since it is a competition between friends, they should naturally guide each other to make progress, and should not just focus on victory or defeat." This time Mulin has also helped you find out the pros and cons. You should study more in the future to make more progress."

"Yes, thank you Jihua for your advice."Xu Qingjiu still maintained that posture, but turned slightly sideways and said to Li Jihua:"I have thanked you for your advice and guidance these days. Qingjiu is lacking too much and needs to work harder. Please forgive Qingjiu. I'll take my leave now. Li

Jihua said with concern:"Qingjiu is very talented and will definitely make rapid progress. Don't be too tired.""

"Yes, after your senior brother’s guidance, I have to work hard."Wu Jinghua also echoed.

Xu Qingjiu raised his head and smiled, then bowed and saluted before turning and leaving.

Watching the two of them leave angrily and absentmindedly, Wu Jinghua felt for the first time that he was in the position of a host. How embarrassed and embarrassed, he looked pitifully towards Li Jihua for comfort

"what to do? Do you want to persuade me again?"Wu Jinghua asked a little uneasily.

"Let’s look at it again. There is nothing wrong with Brother Mulin teaching him as a senior brother. It’s just the first time I’ve seen Brother Mulin so angry. It makes me a little bit surprised."

"Not only was it unexpected, it also shocked me."Wu Yang, who had been standing aside for a long time, finally relaxed from the tense atmosphere.

"Yes, Senior Brother Xu is really scary when he is angry. Wu Jinghua echoed:"Jihua is still gentle. He just scares me every time and he doesn't really get angry.""

If it weren't for the fact that Li Jihua was still present, Wu Yang would have cursed immediately, but now he could only swallow his anger.

"Didn't you hear what I just said? You are also at fault in this matter, think about it yourself."After that, Li Jihua also left.

Seeing Wu Jinghua depressed in the wind, Wu Yang felt that Li Jihua's words were really satisfying. Before leaving, he did not forget to taunt Wu Jinghua again:"Young people should guard against arrogance and impetuosity. How can we do this? So proud and complacent," he said with a sigh,"think about it yourself here."

Xu Qingjiu stood at the door of Xu Mulin's room. Hesitantly, he raised his hand countless times to knock on the door. But in the end, he lowered his hand helplessly and stood at the door of Xu Mulin for a while before going back to his room. But when he returned to the room, he didn't know what to do. In the past, no matter what happened and he didn't know how to make a decision, Xu Qingjiu always had Xu Mulin to look for. Now, this was the first time that he couldn't or didn't dare to go to Xu Mulin. Xu Qingjiu was at a loss as to what the situation was like. Xu Mulin's words just scolded him were all in Xu Qingjiu's mind, and Xu Mulin's disappointed expression on him was all in front of him. Xu Qingjiu suddenly wanted to take Qiu Ji's drug, which made him He could just pass out in bed temporarily. Xu Qingjiu didn't know how long he lay in bed. It wasn't until he heard vague voices coming from next door that Xu Qingjiu got up and stood by the door to eavesdrop on who was talking outside.

Xu Mulin returned to the room angrily. After sitting down and calming down for a while, he felt that he might have been too harsh on Xu Qingjiu just now, but after seeing Xu Qingjiu's actions in the past few days, Xu Mulin really couldn't help it. I hope that in the end, I will only see Xu Qingjiu"reflecting" and"correcting" when facing problems in the future. Xu Mulin prefers Xu Qingjiu, but he will not prefer Xu Qingjiu to the point where he has no principles. Xu Mulin has always hoped that Xu Qingjiu Being able to be free and move as one wishes, I even once hoped to protect Xu Qingjiu so that he could be spotless. However, in order to achieve true protection, the best thing is for Xu Qingjiu to understand all the dirty schemes in the world, but there is no need to learn those, just It would be nice to be able to identify and avoid these things one day.

But what happened today made Xu Mulin feel that maybe it was his preference for Xu Qingjiu that made Xu Qingjiu what he is today, adding a bit of a messy personality. Come. Xu Mulin doesn’t know if what he said to Xu Qingjiu today is right, or if it should be said. Or maybe, for Xu Mulin, he should think about this relationship quietly and carefully. What kind of appropriate distance should be maintained between each other?

Xu Mulin already knew when Xu Qingjiu stepped onto the corridor. Looking at the shadow cast on the door when Xu Qingjiu stood at his door, Xu Mulin resisted the idea of ​​opening the door. It wasn't until Xu Qingjiu left for a long time that Xu Mulin sat back at the table and felt empty.