Winter Solstice's heart beat wildly.
He knew very well that it was still too early to confess his affection, so even if he occasionally crossed the line, he would always pull back in time, carefully maintaining the indistinct line between master and apprentice.
After thinking about it, he shouldn't have anything too explicit for Long Shen to see.
But now this feeling of unknown enemy is the most unpredictable.
"Hello? Hello? Are you stupid?" He Yu didn't hear him reply for a long time, so he couldn't help but feed him a lot.
The winter solstice moved in my heart, and suddenly thought of something.
"Old He, Master knows him well, do you know about this?"
He Yu: "I know, the last time we were in danger in Yangcheng, wasn't he the one who used his heart to teach you to find a way out?"
Winter Solstice: "Then, can he hear other people's voices? I mean, he just had that kind of thought, but he didn't say it. Can he know?"
He Yu: "Generally speaking, his Xintong can only get the same response from others, which is equivalent to silently communicating in his mind. But the situation you mentioned is not impossible, because he has cultivated Xintong. At a certain level, you can indeed detect the thoughts deep in the other person's heart. As the saying goes, one will become a Buddha, one will become a demon, and there will be energy between moving thoughts, and if there is energy, there will be fluctuations, and if there are fluctuations, there will be the possibility of being detected. "
On the winter solstice, his heart sank to the abyss, his hands and feet were so cold that he could barely hold his phone.
He Yu on the other end of the phone didn't notice his strangeness, and was still saying, "Why are you asking this? Do you want to use his mind to find out what the boss is thinking? Hahaha, stop dreaming, I haven't seen it before. Someone can peep into his heart, even if there is, can you please move?"
When he noticed that his palms were wet and sticky, it had been a long time. He even forgot how he said goodbye to He Yu. The phone slid from his hand onto the sofa, and the hot temperature showed that the call time was not short.
On the branches outside the window, magpies jumped up and down, chatting to him in the house, as if old friends had reunited for many years.
His eyes were empty, as if he was listening, but he was not listening at all. In his mind, he combined Long Shen's subtle changes in attitude during this period of time, and he felt more and more that his guesses were inseparable.
If Long Shen did discover this secret, then the alienation of the other party would be fully explained.
The passionate cry of magpies became an impassioned funeral march.
Sing to him.
The winter solstice couldn't help holding his forehead and sighed up to the sky.
Even if he himself is not prepared, how could Long Shen be mentally prepared
The apprentice likes the master, of course it's nothing, but the problem is that he fell in love before the apprenticeship, will Long Shen feel that his apprenticeship is just to get close to himself, with ulterior motives and impure motives
Now he can't wait to buy a plane ticket and fly back immediately, stand in front of the other party, and sincerely explain all this, even if Long Shen doesn't accept it, even if it's just a simple master-disciple relationship from now on, it's better than letting the misunderstanding continue to deepen. .
But he can't do this. He is now a member of the Special Administration Bureau. In addition to his personal feelings, he also has responsibilities on his shoulders. If he does this, then he and Long Shen will really come to an end.
To die early or to die late is a dilemma.
Although the potent poison is painful, it can be quickly cut through the mess, and the treatment can be timely, and there may be a chance of survival.
The newly rented house faces south and is ventilated. The viewing balcony has been transformed into a full-glass floor-to-ceiling window. There is a large reclining chair in front of the window. You can look up at the night sky while sitting in front of the window. Flickering, the sea can be seen not far away.
The winter solstice loved this place so much that I rented it without hesitation, even if the rent was not cheap.
But now, he sits cross-legged in the chair, and has no leisure to watch the scenery.
From day to night.
After a whole day of contemplation, he finally picked up the phone with difficulty, took the explosive bag and went to die.
The phone rang three times, and to him, it was like three centuries.
"Hello?" The other party's tone was lower than usual.
Hearing this voice, the winter solstice gradually calmed down.
All kinds of speculations and thoughts will be seen tonight.
"Master, are you free now? I have something to tell you."
"… about Yamamoto?"
"no."
The other party was silent for a moment, not only did not take the initiative to ask, but said: "If it is a nosy thing, then there is no need to talk about it."
In the days when he knew Long Shen, it was impossible for the other party to take the initiative to avoid the topic, because it didn't look like his temperament at all.
Unless, the other party already knows what they want to say.
"Master!"
The winter solstice slammed into his heart and blurted out: "Did you already know, my intentions for you...?"
"It's getting late, you should rest early, don't think about it." Long Shen's voice was calm.
Sure enough he already knew!
The Winter Solstice was afraid that he would hang up the phone, so he hurriedly said, "If you don't listen to me, I'll buy a plane ticket overnight and talk in person!"
Long Shen said coldly, "Are you threatening me?"
The winter solstice softened: "Master, can you listen to what I have said?"
There was no answer, but the phone didn't hang up either.
He took a deep breath.
"Master, I like you very much."
"Maybe this sentence has been said many times before, but today, I am not as an apprentice, but as a man, I confess to the person I like."
"I don't know when this feeling started, it might be the moment when I reunited with you in the underground cave, it might be when Uncle Qian said you feed stray cats, or it might have been earlier, I was on Changbai Mountain. , I saw you fighting with the bone dragon, majestic and admirable."
"Before I became a teacher, I was just an ordinary person who had nothing to do with myself. It was you who taught me my abilities and made me stronger. From you, I also learned the responsibility and responsibility of a man."
He finished speaking in one breath, his breathing was a little heavy, so he had to stop, calm down a little, and continue talking.
"I know that when I say this, it may make you misunderstand, thinking that I am a teacher, just to find a chance to get close to you, just to get the moon first, but please believe that I have absolutely no such intentions, if... If you don't believe it If so, you can use his mind to probe. I, I want to respect you and love you all my life, follow in your footsteps, live and die with you, and stand side by side. You can—”
Before he knew it, enthusiasm flooded into his eyes, and his hands trembled violently.
"Can you give me a chance?"
There was no movement there.
As if no one exists.
Across the phone, he could not see the other party's expression, let alone guess the other party's mind, as if blindfolded, looking for the right way out at a fork.
One person is in the cloud, the other is on the ground, far apart, helpless, and can only wait for the moment when the result is pronounced.
If the other party refuses to come down from the cloud, he will not be able to insert his wings and fly into the cloud.
"… Feel sorry."
After a long time, he finally heard a reply.
The winter solstice smiled bitterly, but more, it was a relief like a relief.
Before that, he had even made plans to hide it for half his life. Even if he wanted to confess, he never thought that in such a situation, he would shake it out early without even seeing him face to face.
Put yourself in his shoes and think about it, if he were Long Shen, in this situation, he would also suspect that his apprentice had ulterior motives, and he would be even more angry with his unreserved dedication and teaching before, not to mention that his master was not angry from the beginning to the end. It's well-maintained.
Long Shen originally thought that he would be very angry.
But it didn't.
It seemed that all the anger gradually disappeared as he knew the truth that night, and when he heard the other party say if he could give him a chance, he was not as angry as the winter solstice imagined.
A strange emotion flashed through my heart, but it was neither furious nor resentful.
When he spoke again, his voice was still calm.
"I can't give you this chance."
This answer should have been enough, but Long Shen paused before adding another sentence.
"You should have known long ago that I am not human."
The next moment, he heard his apprentice's unexpectedly calm voice say: "Yes, I already knew that. And I also know that your real body is a sword."
Long Shen was stunned.
"Because you practice the sword, love the sword, and prove the Way with the sword."
"Do you remember, once, you saw the Feijing Sword in Liu Qingbo's hand and showed a regretful expression?"
"At first, I thought you were a good sword like that regrettable, but it was used by Liu Qingbo, but then I realized that you are regretting that Feijingjian didn't have the opportunity to cultivate as a human being like you, isn't it?"
"So you have collected a lot of swords, and even Uncle Qian thought you were only interested in swords and had a habit of collecting, but you are not. You just want to see if there are any of these famous swords that can be transformed. Let them fall into the hands of the wicked."
Deep in my heart, there seems to be a string that is gently plucked.
Long Shen suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when he was still a sword.
For a period of time, he used to be the sword of a certain person, that human rights were full of power and power, but he had no doubts about his love and affection for his wife, and he had a special liking for his wife. , did not marry again, and there was not even a concubine in the family.
At that time, Long Shen had already opened his mind and practiced with the sword. He listened to the man preaching morality, talking about all corners of the world, and talking about the world's troubles. Although they were one person and one sword, for Long Shen, this person also had the affection of a teacher, a student, a father and a son. .
Later, because of this predestined relationship, Long Shen wanted to tell the other party about his cultivation way. He believed that with the other party's aptitude, even if he failed to obtain the Dao, it would not be a problem to live a long life. But the man rejected him, and said that his wife had been waiting for him by Huangquan for a long time, and he had to abide by the agreement. They had already agreed that they would be husband and wife for three lives and three lives.
Long Shen still remembered that he asked him, husbands and wives in the world are only because of fate, they will come together, and if fate is exhausted, they will dissipate. You are the most intelligent in the world, why can't you break it
The man said with a smile, it's people, not love, that can't be penetrated. Love lasts through the ages, the three realms and the six realms, whether demons or immortals, are all born out of love and perish because of love, licking a calf is a deep love, and flying together is also a love, even if you fly into the sky, stick to the Dao, and maintain the world, no matter what. Is it a kind of lust
The other party is used to being eloquent, so Long Shen naturally can't tell him, everyone has their own choices, and Long Shen doesn't want to force others. But later, the man did not die to fulfill his promise to his wife, but suffered an unjust injustice and was taken to the city gate he once guarded to be beheaded to the public.
Long Shen wanted to save him, but the man was unwilling. With his own life, he finally fulfilled his promise to live with love and end with love, but in addition to the love of his children, he also had great love for his family and country. .
Under the Jiuquan, that person can finally be reunited with his beloved wife, and he will be worshipped and worshipped forever.
In fact, Long Shen hadn't thought of that person for a long time.
Those years were long gone, but he could still recall them easily if he wanted to.
But he was not the same as that person.
The winter solstice is also different from that man's wife.
There is no deep affection between them, only shallow karma.
Winter Solstice held her phone tightly, held her breath, waited for a long time, and finally waited for the other party's reply—
"I have endless life and youth, and you don't."
"I don't want to look at your old face in a few decades."
"So, I have never been tempted by ordinary human beings. It has nothing to do with whether we are masters and students."
Long Shen's tone was very calm, as if he was saying that the air in the capital is good tonight, and you can see the stars when you look up.
But the heart of the winter solstice is a little colder, like experiencing a downpour in late autumn, and then jumping into the lake to swim again, drowning due to poor swimming skills, seeing no one to rescue, can only let this heart It gradually sank to the bottom of the lake, entangled with water plants, and was slowly eaten up by fish.
"Then why, there are so many monsters with superior qualifications and longer lifespans, but you only accept me as your apprentice?"
Long Shen heard the winter solstice and asked.
Why
He doesn't actually know either.
When you think about it that day, and you move your selfishness, you will have today's consequences.
If you can't start, then simply cut off the source.
He actually regrets it now.
If he hadn't accepted the Winter Solstice as his apprentice and introduced him to Tang Jing, or Yu had no regrets, this situation might not have happened.
In the past many years, all of his few emotions have been paid to this world. He was made by people, received the kindness of others, and was taught by others, so he will keep his promises and protect the world's peace.
The affection of the winter solstice was not originally in his plan.
Long Shen could feel the sound of breathing gradually increasing on the other end of the phone.
He stood on the roof of the Special Administration Bureau, as long as he looked up, he could see the stars in the sky, brilliant and magnificent.
He has also been to Lucheng. This season, if you stand by the sea, you can easily see the stars in the night sky, twinkling.
They are under the same sky.
But Long Shen didn't say a word.
"I'm sorry, Master."
Unexpectedly, when he said such heartless words, the other party apologized in turn.
Long Shen was silent for a while.
The other party's voice trembled a little, but he still managed to calm down.
"It's my fault. I should have concentrated on my cultivation. I shouldn't have said these words to you to disturb your mind."
Long Shen said: "I can ask Yu Buhui to teach you on my behalf. His ability is no less than mine."
The winter solstice felt cold: "Can't we even master and apprentice in the future?"
Long Shen finally sighed: "I just don't hope that you will find it difficult to face me in the future."
Winter Solstice was silent for a moment: "What if I don't want to learn from others?"
Long Shen: "Then I will continue to teach you. As long as you are willing, we will always be masters and apprentices."
The winter solstice wipes away tears.
"Okay, we will always be masters and apprentices."
If Long Shen is a girl, or if the other party shows even the slightest hesitation, the Winter Solstice will persevere until the wish comes true.
But Long Shen is not. He is very powerful and has a deep mind. No one can force anything he doesn't want, not even his apprentice.
It is this knowledge that makes Winter Solstice feel disheartened.
The distance between himself and Longshen is like the distance between the star above his head and the sea, which can be seen when looking up, but also far away, forever out of reach.
I just fell in love with someone in this life, and in a blink of an eye, I will taste the taste of lovelorn.
From now on, in the vast sea of people, maybe there will never be a person like Long Shen who can make him like him desperately and cautiously.
Mu Duo knocked on the door for nearly a minute before waiting for the master to open the door.
She was a little apologetic and felt that she should buy something instead of coming to the door empty-handed. After all, no matter what the other party said, she also saved her life, but at night, she couldn't find any suitable gift for a while, so she had to tell herself that she owed her first. Come on, I'll add it later.
As soon as the door opened, she was stunned.
"Are you OK?"
Winter Solstice's expression was calm: "It's okay, I have a cold, please come in."
Where is the cold? It was obvious that she had cried. Mu Duo was a little embarrassed and felt that she had come at the wrong time.
"Why don't you rest first, and I'll see you tomorrow?"
The winter solstice shook his head: "You come here at night, there must be something important, come in and tell me, I'm fine."
Mu Duo really has something to do, so she had to go first.
"You found this house really well!" She looked around, looking at the furnishings, and couldn't help but praise.
Not to mention the old house in the office, it was too dilapidated, no one wanted to live there, so they all found another house by themselves, but the house that Mu Duo rented was not as good as this one.
The winter solstice made her a cup of hot tea and said with a smile, "If you don't want to turn around, I'll help you pay attention to see if there are any houses for rent in this community. We happen to be in a community, so it's easier to get in touch."
Mu Duo was a little moved, but she quickly shook her head: "The rent here is too expensive. I won't have enough housing compensation later, and the salary will have to be paid in."
She does not have a wealthy master, and the master of the winter solstice directly gave him a card. The last time he rented a house, he needed to transfer money. He went to the bank on the winter solstice and asked someone to check the limit of the card. The black gold card has no upper limit. About this kind of card, there is also a legend in the rivers and lakes: heaven and earth, as long as you want to get it, the bank will do it for you.
Winter Solstice didn't plan to use that card, his own salary and savings were enough, but that was what Long Shen could think of to be good for his apprentice, so he kept the card properly.
Thinking of this, his smile couldn't help but fade.
Mu Duo didn't pay attention to the change in his expression and sat down to talk about business.
"There has already been a reply from the branch. The two additional people who have come to help should be able to report tomorrow or the day after. What are your plans?"
The winter solstice came back to his senses: "What's the plan?"
Mu Duo said: "The meaning above is to want you to temporarily serve as the person in charge of the Lucheng Office."
Winter Solstice was stunned: "Me?"
Mu Duo laughed: "Are you surprised?"
The winter solstice thought for a while: "It's quite unexpected, it's better for you to do it, I've only been here for less than a month."
Mu Duo smiled and said: "This is the meaning of the above, and it is not to buy food and bargain, and although you have just come to Lucheng, you have made great achievements. Without you this time, maybe I will not be able to sit here and talk. Not only It's me, and Yan Nuo, we are all convinced."
Winter Solstice frowned: "But I have no experience..."
Mu Duo didn't care: "Who is born with experience? I have read the report you wrote for me last time. You wrote it better than me, and I also submitted it and signed your report. name."
Speaking of which, she looked ashamed: "Yan Nuo and I have average abilities, and we also have self-knowledge. In recent years, Lucheng's performance has not been outstanding, so we have not been able to rise, I know, let you Come to bring us, in fact, I wronged you."
Previously, the Winter Solstice was indeed a little uncomfortable with Mu Duo's neglect, but now that the other party took the initiative to admit his mistake and lowered his posture, he couldn't bear it, and put the hot tea into Mu Duo's hand.
"Sister Mu Duo, we have come to life and death, why are you still doing this?"
Mu Duo smiled and said that she was wrong.
That little bit of antagonism has all dissipated.
"I heard that the two people dispatched by the sub-bureau have a lot of backgrounds, and one of them is a direct descendant of Longhu Mountain. I'm afraid they won't be willing to listen to your command easily. I told Yan Nuo that if there is anything that needs to be done in the dark We will do the face work, you don't have to worry about it."
The winter solstice nodded, not paying much attention to it.
Think back then, Liu Qingbo, Zhang Song and the others had their eyes above the top, and their eyes were clean? The people who come this time will never be more arrogant and arrogant than them.
After talking about business, Mu Duo hesitated, remembering the sadness on his face when the other party came to open the door just now.
"Did something happen to you, can you tell me? Maybe I can help."
Winter Solstice smiled bitterly, no one could help except Long Shen.
"I'm fine, thank you."
Mu Duo nodded and said no more.
"Then you have a good rest, and I will take you out."
Seeing the other party get up and leave, he couldn't help but make a sound.
"Miss Mu Duo."
Mu Duo turned around.
Winter Solstice hesitated for a moment, "Have you heard that between humans and demons... I mean, not only demons, but also non-human races. Are they in love?"
Mu Duo was stunned, and before she had time to think, she nodded.
"Have."
At that moment, Mu Duo felt that the brilliance in the other party's eyes almost illuminated her.