Chapter 145 Starlight

Night fell.

Cicadas and frogs could not help but cry on the Chongju Peak in May.

However, when these sounds were gathered together, they did not appear to be complicated. Instead, they carried a fainter smell of the Bird Song Mountain.

Qin Keqing carefully examined Xu Han's injuries again before she got up and put away her medicine box.

"Thank you." Xu Han, who was sitting at the stone table with a pale face, nodded at Qin Keqing.

"Young Master Xu… He is recovering from his injuries. Don't think too much about other things." Qin Keqing also nodded her head. She said this, but the hesitation on her face was somewhat hesitant.

However, she still did not have the courage to say what she wanted to say, so she picked up her medicine chest and prepared to leave.

"Do you want to go back?" But just as she stood up, Xu Han asked again.

"Yes." Qin Keqing lowered her head and nodded imperceptibly with a lonely expression on her face.

"Don't go back." However, Xu Han's words caused the girl to suddenly raise her head. Her eyes were wide open as she looked at Xu Han with an incredulous expression.

In the end, these words were too abrupt.

The girl's face immediately turned crimson. The deer in her heart was bumping about, somewhat strange and somewhat angry.

"You can sleep in Hongjian's room. Today, Big Brother Chu and I will squeeze together." However, what Xu Han said later made the young girl realize that she seemed to have misunderstood something. As a result, her face became even redder.

"No need." Perhaps in order to cover up her anomaly, Qin Keqing shook her head like a rattle drum. "Xuanhe Peak and Chongju Peak are only two hours away. It won't be troublesome for me to come back tomorrow to see Young Master."

In her opinion, Xu Han should be afraid that she would be too tired from running back and forth, so she spoke out to persuade him to stay. Although she was also worried about Xu Han and wanted to take good care of him, the thought of living in Ye Hongjian's room made her heart reject him. After saying that, she turned around again and was about to leave.

However, just as she stepped forward, Xu Han stretched out his hand and grabbed her arm.

"Young Master Xu!" At that moment, the flush on Qin Keqing's face, which had just faded away, spread again. She looked at Xu Han in embarrassment and anger, her big eyes filled with confusion.

"Something's wrong with Sikong Bai. You can't go back." Xu Han turned his head and directly met Qin Keqing's gaze. The calm and firm expression in his eyes caused Qin Keqing to be stunned.

"What do you mean?" The girl frowned and became even more puzzled.

"You have to believe me." However, Xu Han did not answer the girl's question. Instead, he spoke again.

Qin Keqing looked into Xu Han's eyes. She thought about the pair of eyes of the youth in Jing Sheng City's inn more than a year ago. After a slight hesitation, she suddenly gritted her teeth, as if she had gathered all the courage in her body.

"Allow me to stay, but I have a question that Young Master Xu has to answer truthfully." The girl said this, but for some reason, her face was a little flushed.

Xu Han did not expect Qin Keqing to make such a move, but he still nodded in the end.

"Just one question."

Qin Keqing, who had received Xu Han's agreement, was delighted. "A year ago in Jingsheng City…"

Actually, when Qin Keqing made this request, Xu Han had already guessed the question she wanted to ask. Now, Xu Han did not hide anything from her, so when she asked this question, Xu Han interrupted her.

"It's me."

Although Qin Keqing had expected this answer, Xu Han's decisive answer was unexpected.

"Alright, I'll stay." After she was slightly stunned, she said softly. Her voice was slightly inaudible, and her head was almost lowered into her chest.

However, the corners of his mouth clearly outlined a smile.

Like the spring breeze blew willows, autumn rain into the forest.

…

Xu Han brought the satisfied Qin Keqing into Ye Hongjian's room. He gave her a brief introduction. After all, the room was still Ye Hongjian's room. There were some things that could not be moved, so Xu Han naturally had to explain it clearly.

Qin Keqing was obedient and kept nodding at that time.

Seeing her like this, Xu Han smiled at ease. "You stay here and talk about it tomorrow."

"Young Master Xu." After explaining this matter, Xu Han was about to leave when Qin Keqing suddenly stopped him.

"Huh?" Xu Han turned his head to look at the young girl doubtfully.

"Thank you." The young girl smiled sweetly at Xu Han and said.

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, but he immediately regained his senses.

"It's all I have to do."

"I mean, thank you for saving me back then." Qin Keqing said again, afraid that Xu Han would misunderstand her meaning.

"That's what I'm talking about." Xu Han smiled.

Then, she turned around and closed the door. The only thing left for the young girl was to look in the direction where Xu Han had left, staring blankly.

…

Although Sikong Bai's immortal pressure didn't cause much damage to Xu Han, it still involved his internal organs. It would take him some time to recover even with his Diamond Realm cultivation.

After leaving the room, Xu Han thought about this matter and had some plans in mind.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the courtyard.

Xu Han was stunned. Xu Han couldn't think of anyone who would come to visit at this time. Although he was a little puzzled, this was still Chongju Peak. Even if Sikong Bai was covering the sky, it was impossible for him to send someone to harm him like this. As Xu Han thought this, he walked to the courtyard gate and opened it.

At that moment, a fiery red figure appeared in front of Xu Han.

"Hongjian?" Xu Han was stunned when he saw the visitor's appearance clearly.

"I came back… to get some things. Master… said that I can't live here anymore from today onwards." Ye Hongjian lowered her head and whispered.

"Oh… Alright." Only then did Xu Han regain his senses.

He hurriedly led Ye Hongjian to the door. When he reached the door, Ye Hongjian frowned slightly, "Is someone inside?" She asked.

Xu Han was somewhat flustered at that time, and he repeatedly explained, "Yes, but Qing is staying here. She has helped take care of me these past few days. It's really troublesome to walk back and forth. Besides, Sikong Bai…"

"Yes. I understand." However, Ye Hongjian was much calmer. She nodded and interrupted Xu Han. "Then you can wait outside. I'll go get it myself."

After saying that, she knocked on the door, and Qin Keqing, who opened the door, was also stunned when she saw Hongjian.

But when Ye Hongjian explained her purpose, Qin Keqing put it in the door.

Standing at the door, Xu Hanzuo looked at his nose, nose, and heart. He did not look sideways, but he subconsciously tilted his ears to listen to the noise in the room. He was still a little guilty.

After a burst of conversation that Xu Han could not hear clearly, Ye Hongjian walked out with a few things in her hand.

She nodded at Xu Han and said playfully, "I'm leaving."

Xu Han, who was still in a daze, suddenly regained his senses and subconsciously blurted out, "I'll send you off."

"Yes." The girl responded imperceptibly and did not express any objection.

…

The two of them left the courtyard and walked on the hillside of Chongju Peak.

There was no one around, and the two of them remained silent. Apart from the cry of the cicada and frog, there was no sound in the world.

The new residence that Sikong Bai arranged for Ye Hongjian was located at the peak of Zhong Ju Peak. Actually, it should have been like this as her martial uncle. However, when Ye Hongjian saw that Xu Han seemed to like Xiao Xuan window very much, she declined several invitations from the mountain gate. However, today, she could not shy away from it.

"Are your injuries better?" When she reached the wooden pavilion, Ye Hongjian suddenly stopped. She glanced sideways at Xu Han and asked.

"No problem." Xu Han shook his head and said. Then, he changed the topic and said, "You have to be more careful. Sikong Bai is not right."

Speaking of Sikong Bai, Ye Hongjian was a little distracted. "I can feel that it is almost different from before. Today, a decree was issued to allow all the disciples in the sect to cultivate the swordsmanship he created … I really don't know what he is thinking."

However, she quickly restrained the ungloomy expression on her face, and a smile appeared on her face.

"But you, why do you want to go against him? Are you reluctant to part with me, or do you not want your little lady to be threatened by Master?"

As she said this, Ye Hongjian moved closer to Xu Han. Her beautiful face, which was almost perfect, was reflected in Xu Han's eyes by the starlight in the sky. It caused Xu Han to be stunned and his heartbeat to secretly increase.

"Neither, at least not just for this." However, after such a strange situation, Xu Han shook his head. "I just figured out something."

"What?" Ye Hongjian was somewhat surprised by Xu Han's answer.

"If a person lives in this world, there is no way to avoid trouble."

"If you are a beggar, you will encounter a natural disaster. If you are a killer, you will encounter an old friend. If you are an ordinary citizen, you will inevitably encounter a bully."

"In the past, I always felt that my life wasn't good, so I always wanted to change my life, so I didn't have to worry about these things."

"But now I understand. It's not that my life is bad, it's that the lives of all the people in the world are bad."

"If you want to avoid trouble, you have to make sure that trouble doesn't come looking for you." Xu Han said in a calm voice.

"So?" The girl raised her eyebrows, as if she was quite interested in Xu Han's words.

"I have to get stronger." Xu Han said seriously.

"How strong?" The girl asked, her lips curling into a smile.

Hearing this, the youth thought of Qin Keqing, who had been bought, of Liu Sheng in the Gu Forest, of the ocean of death, and of the tassel in his arms that had lost its jade pendant.

A light flashed in his eyes.

"So strong that I can protect everything I want to protect." At that time, he said this, just like the little beggar in the snow of Upper Cloud City. His voice was soft but loud.

"Is there me in there?" The girl blinked at the teenager, and the smile on her lips increased a little.

The boy with the white strip tied to his right arm was slightly stunned. Then, he nodded heavily without hesitation.

At that time.

The starlight in the sky suddenly lit up.

The smile on the girl's face finally bloomed.

The boy looked at her crescent-shaped eyes, at the dimples at the corners of her mouth, at the ends of her hair raised by the night wind.

His heartbeat…

A little faster.

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