As soon as I said this, I didn’t know what to say next. I reluctantly nodded to Guan Qingyan, turned around and walked out of the box.
Before I had walked far, Nangong Ling caught up with me from behind: "Wu Zhao, stop right there! What do you mean? Did you say human language just now?"
I looked at Nangong Ling calmly: "Did I say something wrong? Didn't the heroine of the movie end up waiting for an empty horse?"
Ye Jin, who caught up with me, came to my rescue and said, "Sister Ling, you don't understand what Zhaozi means. Think about Zhaozi's current situation. The Xuanjing Division and the Hell Gate are both looking for trouble with him. It's still a matter of time before he can survive. Take Guan Qingyan with him..."
Ye Jin said: "Things in movies cannot be brought into reality. Even if Zhaozi agreed to Guan Qingyan, what would happen? Who knows if we can come back for the next competition?"
Nangong Ling ignored Ye Jin's words and just looked at me coldly and said, "Since Wu Zhao knew that he was a man of the underworld, why did he want to provoke Qing Yan and marry her?"
I said in a deep voice: "If I hadn't made a solemn vow back then, I wouldn't have had anything to do with Guan Qingyan..."
I told him what my grandfather had forced me to swear, as if to vent my anger, but Nangong Ling said coldly: "What does this prove? It proves that your Wu family has been plotting against Qingyan for decades."
Monk Shi was furious: "What are you talking about? Shut up!"
"Am I wrong?" Nangong Ling said without giving in. "Wu Zhao's grandfather is plotting against Qing Yan. Wu Zhao is naturally very happy to have found a beautiful wife. But, have any of you ever thought about Qing Yan? She was forced to marry a stranger. Doesn't she even have the right to complain? Which girl doesn't have a hero in her heart? Is Wu Zhao Qing Yan's hero?"
Ye Jin and Monk Shi looked at each other and fell silent at the same time.
According to my personality, at this time, I should turn around and leave, and I shouldn't say a word to Nangong Ling, but I stood there for some reason. Maybe I just wanted to hear what Nangong Ling would say.
Nangong Ling continued, "Qing Yan didn't say a word between Wu Zhao and the Guan family. She didn't help the Guan family, nor did she try to keep Wu Zhao. In your opinion, she was helping the Guan family to shirk the Wu family's kindness, right?"
"If you were in Qingyan's position, what would you do? Help Wu Zhao to fall out with the Guan family? Even if she did that, would you believe it? Maybe, in the eyes of you old-timers, her falling out with the Guan family was all an act, and she was deliberately getting close to Wu Zhao to get the secret of Guan family Feng Shui?"
I was slightly startled and turned to look at Ye Jin, who actually smiled bitterly and nodded.
Nangong Ling was actually right. If Guan Qingyan had really cried and begged Guan's family, Shi Heshang might not have thought much about it, but Ye Jin and I would definitely not easily believe Guan Qingyan, because we, the people of Jianghu, see everything half-clear and half-dark.
Nangong Ling was still unwilling to give up and said, "Qingyan almost died on the mountain for you. You may not understand or see clearly, but she mustered up the courage to tell you that you are the Jinyiwei in her heart, and told you that she has always regarded the green aphid dart you casually threw out as a talisman... But you told her that the Jinyiwei ran back with an empty horse! Are you still human?"
"I… "
Nangong Ling yelled without waiting for me to speak: "You bastard! Tell me now, can you divorce Guan Qingyan?"
"No!" I really can't leave Guan Qingyan now. The warlock's blood oath cannot be easily changed.
Nangong Ling said sternly, "Then stop talking nonsense! Since you and Guan Qingyan have obtained a marriage certificate, you should be worthy of your responsibilities. Even if you die outside in the future, it is your wife Guan Qingyan who will apply for the widowhood certificate, not someone else!"
"That's enough!" Monk Shi said angrily, "What do you have to do with this? Why are you getting involved? Go back now!"
Nangong Ling refused to give in: "What do you mean I should get involved? Wu Zhao had problems, and you stepped in; Qingyan was wronged, and you don't allow me to speak?"
“You…” Monk Shi was so angry at Nangong Ling that he couldn’t say a word in rebuttal.
I said calmly: "The monk is right, it is better not to get involved in some things."
"You..." Nangong Ling was so angry at my indifferent attitude that she couldn't speak for a long time. I lit a cigarette and walked back to the hospital, tossing and turning in my bed all night. The first thing I said when I woke up in the morning was: "Monk, pack up your things, we are leaving the hospital."
Monk Shi was stunned at the time: "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing, I just don't want to live here anymore." I actually wanted to avoid Guan Qingyan, and it would be best if I could avoid Nangong Ling as well.
The monk probably saw through my thoughts and started packing up without saying a word. When I rushed downstairs, I was blocked by Guan Qingyan.
When I saw her, I almost didn't recognize who she was.
Guan Qingyan was wearing a T-shirt bought from a street stall, carrying a backpack, and wearing only an ordinary baseball cap on her head.
If I were not a warlock, and if she had not looked at me several times as soon as she entered the door, I might not have recognized her as Guan Qingyan even if I had passed her by.
After Guan Qingyan and I looked at each other for ten seconds, she smiled and said, "Boss, can I work for you?"
"Work for me?" I was stunned. What did Guan Qingyan mean by this
Nangong Ling, who was following behind her, said with a cold face: "She is crazy. She left all the company's affairs to Guan Xingyu yesterday, and didn't even take her clothes with her. She just snatched a few clothes from me and insisted on coming to work for you."
"I... I..." I didn't know what to say for a while. I said "I" for a long time before I said, "What do I hire you to do?"
Nangong Ling gritted her teeth and said, "Investment! Qingyan's investment vision is very sharp, and she will ensure that you make money. Qingyan can easily get a job with an annual salary of over one million yuan anywhere now. She will help you invest for free, so why don't you want it?"
I was confused by their chatter, but Guan Qingyan looked at me with a smile and said, "Boss, I don't have a job now. If you don't take me in, I will really be homeless. Are you sure you don't want to hire me?"
"How about this! You give me a probation period, and if I don't make any money within a year, you fire me, okay?"
I was completely confused by Guan Qingyan. I held it in for a long time before I stammered, "Welcome... Welcome..."
Guan Qingyan raised her white palm: "A gentleman's word?"
"It's hard to catch up with someone once you've done something stupid!" Monk Shi took advantage of me not paying attention, grabbed my hand and patted Guan Qingyan.
Nangong Ling smiled and said, "We swore by high five, and it cannot be changed! We can leave now. Qingyan, I'll take you to find a car."
I watched the two girls walk out of the hospital gate in confusion, but I still hadn't come to my senses.
I was staring at the gate in a daze when I heard Lu Xiaoying say, "Are your eyeballs going to fall out?"
I was immediately startled: "When did you come?"
Lu Xiaoying glared at me fiercely, then kicked me on the front bone below the knee, turned around and left. As I jumped around holding my leg, Ye Jin said with a smile: "Doesn't the poison in Zhaozi and Xiaoying's body break out once a month? What do you think will happen if we don't give them the antidote?"
Monk Shi laughed and said, "Why don't we give it a try!"
"Whoever dares to try, I'll chop him into pieces!" I was really afraid that these two idiots wouldn't know the seriousness of the matter and would play a trick like that on me.
The two of them walked away arm in arm, but I spent a month in fear. During that month, I looked at the calendar at home every day, fearing that the poison in our bodies would really break out one day. It was not until I tore off the last page of the calendar that I breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, the antidote in winter worked well, otherwise, I really didn't know whether I should commit suicide or wait to be chopped to death by Lu Xiaoying.
Later, I carefully calculated what happened this month and found that I hadn’t seen Guan Qingyan or Dou Ma for a month.
Guan Qingyan used the savings of me, Ye Jin, and Heshang to set up an investment company. It is said that she also hired three or four college students and made it very successful. I don't have to worry about her. I haven't thought about whether she can make money or not. It's enough for me not to see her for a short time.
I was worried about Dou Ma. I didn't believe that she had gone traveling during the month she disappeared. I asked several times, and the monk told me that Dou Ma was negotiating with Xuan Jing Division and Hell Gate. The two families wanted to start the second celebrity competition immediately, and Dou Ma was buying time for us to recover.
I was silent for a long time before I said, "Contact Dou Ma, I want to see her."
Monk Shi hesitated for a while and finally called Dou Ma. When Dou Ma came over exhausted, the first thing I asked was, "Dou Ma, what price did you pay to let us enter the Nine-Storied Pavilion?"
I didn't wait for Dou Ma to speak before I spoke: "In the beginning, you insisted that we join Hell's Gate. It was not until we were forced into a desperate situation that you came forward to find Shen Lin and moved out of Jiuchong Pavilion. I don't believe that Shen Lin would exchange with you without any conditions."
Dou Ma smiled and said, "That's exactly what happened! I promised Shen Lin that I would take over as the leader of the Jiuchong Pavilion, and he showed up. To be honest, I picked up a Jiuchong Pavilion..."
I looked at Dou Ma: "Do you believe this?"
Dou Ma smiled and said, "Even if you were not here, I would still take over the Nine-Layered Pavilion. Some things cannot be changed, it's just a matter of coming early or late. If you feel bad about it, then win the Masters Tournament and earn some face for me."
I looked at Dou Ma quietly without saying a word, and she finally sighed and said, "The Ninth Floor Pavilion Master can do whatever he wants while in office, because the Ninth Floor Pavilion Master must die after 30 years, and no one can escape this fate. Do you understand?"
I said in a deep voice: "Why?"
"No reason, it's just retribution." Dou Ma said, "Shen Lin's time is almost up, I still have 30 years. After 30 years, I should be in my 70s or 80s, why would I care how I die?" (To be continued)