When Gu Hanjiang approached, Qi Shu's heartbeat stopped for a moment, and then he started clamoring crazily.
He had never seen Master wear such a color before, that black suit completely suppressed his usually cold temperament, making him gentle and noble. If it is said that the Lingxiao Immortal Venerable in the past made people dare not look at him, then the current him has attracted everyone's attention just by standing on this street.
But Gu Hanjiang doesn't care about these.
He just lowered his head slightly, his eyes were gentle and focused, as if he could only see Qi Shu.
Qi Shu had difficulty breathing.
He didn't answer for a long time, and Gu Hanjiang didn't urge him, but the vendor was a little puzzled: "You two, are you buying it or not?"
Qi Shu suddenly came back to his senses: "...buy!"
"Only one?" The vendor is good at business, and he can tell at a glance that there is a problem between the two, so he asked cheerfully, "How about making a pair like the two just now? This one is good."
He picked up another mask.
The mask was similar to the one in Gu Hanjiang's hand, but with a serious expression. It was a little white fox.
Qi Shu's ears turned red immediately: "We're not—"
"Not bad." Gu Hanjiang seemed very satisfied, and asked Qi Shu with his head tilted, "Do you like it?"
Qi Shu: "..."
Gu Hanjiang: "Just these two."
Finally, the master and apprentice each took a mask and left the stall. Before leaving, the vendor also enthusiastically said a few words of blessing such as "a happy marriage for a hundred years".
Qi Shu didn't even dare to look at his master's expression.
Although masculinity is prevalent in this era, and the folk customs of Lingyang City are relatively open, but this is...too open.
Qi Shu's ears were still a little hot, and he looked at the person around him from the corner of his eye, who lowered his head and played with the fox mask in his hand, with a relaxed expression.
Master looks... in a good mood.
The vendor said that just now, and he didn't refute it. If he put it aside, he would definitely be angry.
"Aren't you going to put it on?" Gu Hanjiang suddenly asked.
"Ah?" Qi Shu was a little dazed, and realized that the master had stopped and turned his head to look at the mask in his hand, "Okay..."
He was so nervous that he didn't know how to put his hands and feet, not to mention he was holding a candied haws in his other hand, so he was in a hurry.
Gu Hanjiang sighed and took the mask from him.
"do not move."
He leaned slightly.
Qi Shu was immediately enveloped by the clear and cold aura of Master.
Gu Hanjiang helped him put the mask on his face, tied the tether behind his head, and thoughtfully helped him adjust the tightness of the tether. The movements were delicate and gentle, and he asked patiently: "How about this?"
Qi Shu didn't answer.
He could clearly feel the master's wrist resting on the side of his neck, the fingers touching the hair from time to time, and the gaze that never moved away from his face.
He felt his heartbeat quicken again.
"..." Gu Hanjiang let go of his hand, stepped back half a step, and asked in a low voice, "Still angry?"
Qi Shu looked away: "No, no..."
Gu Hanjiang still looked at him.
Qi Shu couldn't bear his gaze, nor could he bear the countless eyes attracted by this man's outstanding appearance.
Qi Shu asked himself that his concentration is not so bad on weekdays.
But the person he had been waiting for for several days suddenly appeared, and he was so well-dressed, it was normal for him to be unable to react for a while.
Qi Shu said weakly: "Master, please put on the mask too."
Gu Hanjiang: "Okay."
He tapped lightly on the mask with his fingertips, and the mask suddenly disappeared, and then slowly appeared on the face, covering that too dazzlingly beautiful face.
All that remained were the sharp lips and the delicately contoured jaw.
Qi Shu heard the deliberately suppressed exclamations around him.
Qi Shu: "..."
Knowing that he is attracting much attention now, but still using fairy art in public, his master really doesn't care if it scares others.
Qi Shu had no choice but to pull Gu Hanjiang into the crowd quickly.
The temple fair was crowded with people, and the master and apprentice disappeared into the crowd and soon disappeared.
Qi Shu dragged Gu Hanjiang all the way to a stone bridge before stopping.
"It should be fine here." Qi Shu looked around and was relieved to find that no one was paying attention to them anymore.
When he turned around, he saw Master looking down at the hands they held.
Qi Shu withdrew his hand as if he had been burned.
He turned around guiltily and leaned his back on the stone bridge. There is gurgling water under the bridge, and people on both sides of the river are putting up lanterns, and each lantern floats down the water and floats into the distance.
Qi Shu picked up the candied haws in his hand and took a bite.
This thing was bought just now for that brat Yue Yunqing, but the master suddenly appeared and was interrupted by such an interruption, now he doesn't even know where the milk dumpling went.
Qi Shu didn't speak, and Gu Hanjiang quietly waited aside.
His master was obviously quiet on weekdays, but Qi Shu had never been so uncomfortable like today, as if even the air had become stale.
Qi Shu couldn't bear the weird atmosphere, and lifted the candied haws: "Master, do you want to eat?"
He regretted it after saying this.
Master has already practiced bigu, and he has not been contaminated with mortal food for many years, let alone eat these small snacks.
Qi Shu's movements froze in place, and for a moment he didn't know whether to take it back or not.
But Gu Hanjiang suddenly lowered his head and bit off one of Qi Shu's hands.
Chew carefully, then swallow.
"See what I do?" Gu Hanjiang asked him.
"I always feel..." Qi Shu also lowered his head and took a bite of the candied haws. The sweet and sour taste melted in his mouth, and it was sweet. "Master seems to be different from before."
Gu Hanjiang: "What's the difference?"
Everywhere is different.
It was clearly the same person, but he changed into folk clothes, with silver taels on his body, and began to try worldly food.
It seems that he is no longer the lofty Lingxiao Xianzun, but just an ordinary mortal.
This made him come alive.
Qi Shu could hardly restrain the corners of his mouth. His eyes dropped, looking at the gifted scholar and beautiful woman squatting beside the river bank with lanterns under the stone bridge, and asked in a low voice, "Master, why did you—"
He wanted to ask Master why he changed into this attire, why he came back to look for him, and why there was such a change.
But when the words came to his lips, he stopped.
He is still cowardly. The last time he pretended to be drunk to plot against Master, and then deliberately parted ways with Master the next day, was probably the most courageous time in his life.
"Travel down the mountain."
Gu Hanjiang seemed to understand what he wanted to ask, and told him the answer directly.
"... I also want to give it a try, life in the mortal world."
Mortal life.
Qi Shu never thought that these words would come from Ling Xiao Xianzun's mouth.
Qi Shu wanted to ask something else, but before he could open his mouth, the cultivator's keen ears suddenly heard a few familiar voices from the noise around him.
"Where are you, young master?"
"Young master, did you hear that? Young master!"
It was the attendant who followed Yue Yunqing out.
Qi Shu's complexion changed, and he said in a low voice, "Master, wait for me first", then walked down the stone bridge quickly, and saw those familiar figures after a while.
"What's going on?" Qi Shu grabbed one of them and asked.
The man looked back at him, but showed a trace of doubt: "You are..."
Only then did Qi Shu remember that he was still wearing a mask, and quickly took it off: "It's me, Yun Qing is gone?"
"It turns out to be the elder fairy, it's great that you are here!" The attendant grabbed his sleeve as if seeing a life-saving straw, "Just now the young master clamored to go to the juggling, but there are too many people over there, we A young master disappeared without paying attention. We have been searching along this street for a long time... "
His voice was so anxious that he was almost crying.
"The child is still around here." Gu Hanjiang walked over.
Qi Shu's sleeve was still being pulled, he frowned calmly, and pulled Qi Shu back.
Gu Hanjiang also had a mask on his face, and the attendant asked suspiciously: "This is again..."
Gu Hanjiang had previously stayed at the magistrate's house temporarily, and many people in the house knew him. Qi Shu suddenly didn't want them to know that the master was back, coughed lightly, and said: "Go back first, I will look for him. When I go back, I will tell Mr. Yue that I am playing outside with the young master. When he has had enough, I will Just bring him back."
Qi Shu is the elder who was invited by the magistrate to teach the young master the art of immortality. Knowing the trust of the magistrate, the attendants naturally listened to what he had to say.
After everyone left as promised, Gu Hanjiang said: "Here."
Qi Shu was prepared for this situation, and cast a spell on the little boy before going out. Following the breath, the master and apprentice walked around a street and found someone on a roof.
Yue Yunqing sat on the roof, hugged his knees, curled up into a small ball, his expression was tense, as if he would cry at any moment.
Qi Shu floated down beside him lightly: "Why did you come here?"
When Yue Yunqing saw him, he finally couldn't hold back anymore, threw himself into Qi Shu's arms, and burst into tears.
Qi Shu: "..."
Qi Shu comforted her for a long time, and it took a while to ask the truth.
It turned out that this little brat was just getting carried away with the game, and when he wandered around here, he realized that he was separated from the attendants. He was short and short, and when he got into the crowd, he wanted to climb to a high place to find people where he could not see others.
But for some reason, it suddenly soared into the sky and flew to the eaves.
Then I couldn't go down.
The little boy cried pitifully, but Qi Shu burst into laughter: "You are so stupid."
"When you first learned the art of controlling the sky, you flew up to the trees on the roof all day long. One time, you happened to be hung on the top of a tree. I carried you down." Gu Hanjiang came to him at some point, and said calmly.
Qi Shu: "..."
How can such a shameful thing be said in front of children!
Fortunately, Yue Yunqing was sad and didn't seem to hear what they were saying.
Gu Hanjiang sat down next to them: "However, it's a bit basic to be able to learn the art of Yukong in a few days."
Even Lu Chengyuan didn't get the praise of "some bones" from Ling Xiao Xianzun back then.
Qi Shu's eyes brightened: "Then can I—"
"No." Gu Hanjiang said, "You have not yet reached the age of accepting apprentices, not to mention that if you want to learn from Kunlun, you must go to Kunlun Mountain in person. You can't make an exception."
Qi Shu gave a low "Oh".
Yue Yunqing gradually calmed down, he raised his head from Qi Shu's arms, and asked softly, "Is this brother an immortal like Qi Shu?"
Gu Hanjiang still didn't take off his mask, so Yue Yunqing didn't recognize his identity.
only…
"This one can't be called brother." Qi Shu said with a smile, "He is old enough to be your grandfather."
Yue Yunqing's eyes widened: "Is it that big?"
As he said that, he looked at Gu Hanjiang's face again: "But it looks like he is my brother, just like Qi Shu."
Gu Hanjiang: "..."
Gu Hanjiang: "It's okay, you can call it that."
"No." Qi Shu frowned, "He called you brother, so what should I call him?"
They are all inferior.
Gu Hanjiang slowly looked away, without speaking.
Suddenly a few fireworks exploded in the sky at this time, and the attention of the big and small around was quickly attracted away.
Amid the sound of fireworks all over the sky, Gu Hanjiang turned his head to look at Qi Shu, and said in a very soft voice: "You can also call me that."
After watching the fireworks, Qi Shu and Gu Hanjiang took on the responsibility of accompanying the young master again.
Watching juggling and shopping again, when the young master finally couldn't play anymore and wanted to go home, almost another hour had passed.
Yue Yunqing was tired from playing and crying today, on the way back he was so sleepy that he rubbed his eyes, and acted like a baby and asked Qi Shu to carry him.
Before Gu Hanjiang could say "don't pamper him too much", Qi Shu had already picked him up on his back and was about to go back.
"You are so soft-hearted, how can you accept disciples?" Seeing that the little boy was already sound asleep on Qi Shu's back, Gu Hanjiang finally couldn't help but opened his mouth.
Qi Shu didn't take it seriously: "But isn't Master doting on me too?"
"That's why you—"
Gu Hanjiang's voice stopped abruptly.
But Qi Shu guessed what he wanted to say.
He wanted to say that it was because of this that Qi Shu relied on him so much that this dependence changed over time.
"Master..."
When they left, the temple fair hadn't ended yet, and the street was still bustling with activity, but the street across an alley was empty. The silence of the night made it impossible for all voices to hide, including Qi Shu's soft voice.
He said, "Master, no one knows us now."
Gu Hanjiang let out a "hmm".
"So, we are no longer masters and apprentices."
Gu Hanjiang responded softly again.
"Master just said that he wants to try life in the world, do you want to try other things too? For example..." Qi Shu pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "For example, love in the world."
Gu Hanjiang stopped in his tracks.
Qi Shu also stopped.
He lowered his head slightly, his eyes wandered everywhere, but he didn't dare to look at the person in front of him.
Gu Hanjiang asked, "I thought... we were already 'trying'."
"what?"
Qi Shu blinked, and belatedly understood what Master meant.
They watched the fireworks today, went shopping with the boy, and bought a lot of things.
These are all things that lovers in the world will do.
The two of them were still wearing the fox mask called "a couple". Qi Shu couldn't spare because he had to carry Yue Yunqing on his back at the moment, so Gu Hanjiang carried all the things the young master bought tonight. Even this appearance is very much like a pair of lovers who are going home.
Qi Shu's cheeks were a little hot, and he said in a panic: "This, how can this be counted, tonight we-"
He didn't finish his sentence.
Because Gu Hanjiang suddenly lowered his head and placed a kiss on his lips.
Very light and very gentle.
Those slightly cool lips traced carefully on Qi Shu's lips, carefully but not deeply, as if touching some fragile treasure.
They kissed silently in the night, and it took some time before Gu Hanjiang let him go.
"What about this?"
He looked into Qi Shu's eyes, and his breath was hot like never before: "Does this count?"
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