In just a short time, they had already found the horse that Xiao Shuo had abandoned halfway, and that horse seemed to be the one he had been riding all along. At this moment, Xiao Shuo didn't need to do anything more, and it took the initiative to keep up with them.
After Tang Ming repeatedly assured that he had no problem, he didn't insist on finding a carriage. After all, riding a horse really required a little more practice in order to get used to it faster.
"Leader Xiao is really gentle." Tang Ming sighed.
Xiao Shuo was noncommittal to her statement, then remembered something and said: "Girl can call me by my name directly, you don't have to be so unfamiliar."
Because his attitude did not seem to have changed before and after, so it was not until he said this that Tang Ming had the intuitive feeling that his favorability had reached 65. After all, for normal people, a relationship above 60 is already a good friend relationship. up.
What's more, her 65 favorability points were not earned by friendship.
"Is that calling you Xiao Shuo?"
Although the voice was somewhat blurred through the mask, the simple two words she uttered were still more pleasant than usual, "Well, that's all."
"But you call me girl, but I call your name, isn't it unfair?" She usually looks like she doesn't care about anything, but she is very stubborn about such details, "Before I tell you your name , I'd better not change the name for now, Leader Xiao sounds quite imposing, doesn't he?"
"... that's fine." He didn't force it, but he felt somewhat regretful that even he couldn't explain it clearly.
Riding a horse is not as fast as Hyundai taking the subway or flying. Although in order to take care of her, Xiao Shuo tried his best to choose a route with an inn along the way, but in the end he would encounter the embarrassment of not going to the next inn after dark Condition.
And at this time, you can only sleep in the open.
Xiao Shuo leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes to recuperate. In the middle of the night, the only light provided was the fire in front of him. When he opened his eyes, his eyes fell on the woman who was also leaning against the tree trunk, but she was clearly asleep.
In fact, at his speed, he didn't need to be so troublesome that he had to sleep in the woods, but the other party was a novice on horseback riding, and he changed his route, such a delay would take a few days later than originally planned. up.
Perhaps it was because she was the only person he got along with these few days, and he knew a lot more about her than before.
For example, she writes good calligraphy. Although she has martial arts skills, her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are no worse than those of the ladies. She has a wide range of knowledge. He even knows a thing or two about government affairs, and agrees with him surprisingly in many points of view.
If she was a man, he would definitely regard her as a rare confidant in this life, but she is a woman.
It's not that a woman cannot be a confidant, Xiao Shuo has no prejudice against women, and there are many heroines in this world, but she is somewhat different in his eyes, at least it is difficult to regard her as a confidant.
At this time, he would think of her when he closed his eyes, but when he opened his eyes, he would still look at her unconsciously.
The situation got a little out of hand.
At this time, she seemed to be sleeping quite peacefully, and people like them would immediately notice if they had just a little bit of sight, but she seemed to trust him completely, and she didn't have any vigilance even if she was watched by him.
Not vigilant...
Xiao Shuo's attention was somehow attracted by the mask on her face, and when he realized what he was doing, he had already walked in front of her, bent down and reached out to touch the mask on her face.
The touch of the mask was icy cold, and it brought him back to his senses in an instant.
The person with the four treasure maps must be the one to be noticed, and only by knowing her true face can he be on guard when necessary.
There are too many reasons to take off the mask on her face.
With her fingertips pressed against the edge of the mask, even such an obvious move did not wake her up, her breathing was still calm, and if she woke up, even if he controlled it immediately, he would still be able to detect her Changes in breath.
Xiao Shuo lowered his eyes.
Withdrew his hand.
He still couldn't peek at the true appearance of a woman who didn't want to show her appearance under such circumstances.
Even if he really wanted to know what she looked like.
She didn't wake up when he reached out to touch her mask, but now when he was about to withdraw his hand, she woke up, and quickly grabbed his hand that was about to withdraw.
Before Xiao Shuo could think of what to say, Tang Ming had already opened his eyes.
She stared at the man who was very close to her, and blurted out without seeming to think, "Night attack?"
Now Xiao Shuo couldn't even maintain his usual smile.
Tang Ming let go.
To be honest, she didn't care why Xiao Shuo didn't sleep and ran to her in the middle of the night, after all, he didn't disturb her sleep no matter what.
She was woken up by the system beep.
The notification sound that Ye Linyu's favorability has increased.
God knows why he would increase her favorability in the middle of the night, because of the effect of the medicine? Even if we don't meet each other, the medicine will work gradually, but it's too powerful.
It's the middle of the night!
big! Half! night!
Does Ye Linyu not sleep? !
Suddenly, a reminder with a favorability level of 5 popped up, it was terrifying!
Tang Ming's complexion was not very good. Fortunately, she was wearing a mask at this time, so Xiao Shuo couldn't see her expression, but from the atmosphere around her at this time, she could feel that she seemed to be in a bad mood.
Is it because of him
It was the first time for the leader of the martial arts alliance to feel so guilty. Even though he didn't intend to take off her mask in the end, it is an indisputable fact that he had such thoughts.
"Sorry... did I wake you up?"
Tang Ming's mind was not clear when she just woke up, but after complaining about Ye Linyu's affection for her in the middle of the night, she finally came to her senses. When she heard Xiao Shuo's apology, she Instead, I feel a little at a loss.
After the daze passed, she understood.
She was silent for a long time and asked, "Why?"
There are so many people who like to mask their faces in this river and lake, as the leader of martial arts, he doesn't necessarily want to see what the other person looks like when he meets one, right? Tang Ming didn't expect him to have any interest in her appearance. After all, Xiao Shuo was not a face controler, so if he wanted to see her face at this time, it could only mean that he was interested in her, or With the minimum curiosity.
"Because I have a treasure map in my hand, don't you worry about me? Do you think I have any sinister intentions?"
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bsp; "No." He answered very quickly.
"Then why? What good will it do you to see my face?" She simply stood up, and Xiao Shuo took a step back when she saw this, maintaining the most basic distance between a man and a woman very gentlemanly.
Tang Ming didn't care about the distance, "If after I take off the mask, you find that the upper half of my face is disfigured, even unsightly, what are you going to do?"
"..."
"You said that you don't care about the appearance of the woman you love, but I'm not the woman you love, how can you guarantee that you won't dislike me?"
Her tone was clearly cold, even questioning, but Xiao Shuo heard a trace of fear and uneasiness in her voice. He felt uncomfortable with his curiosity at that moment, but there was only one thing he could be sure of, "I I will never dislike you because of your appearance."
His voice is very contagious, and when he utters such a promise in such a gentle tone, no one will doubt the authenticity of it.
"I will tell you later... I will tell you later."
"good."
"... I don't want to be hated by you."
"I don't hate you."
OK.
In this kind of dialogue theory, no one would believe that one of the parties, let alone the other's name, has not even seen the face, right
Perhaps it was because after she made the promise, Xiao Shuo generously gave her another 5 favor points. He didn't seem to think that what she said was perfunctory to him, but he really believed that she would tell him one day in the future.
No one mentioned the events of the previous night the next day, and they arrived at their destination that afternoon.
This was the first time Tang Ming asked about the place they were going to, "I originally thought that as the leader of the martial arts, I would usually choose the territory of the leader of the martial arts to discuss any matters."
"It's like this most of the time, but occasionally there will be a situation like this." Xiao Shuo stretched out his hand to take her off the horse, "After all, it is also very troublesome to be responsible for entertaining various sects and sects."
He didn't feel at all that he had said anything serious, and his attitude was calm and composed.
Tang Ming found out that since Xiao Shuo's favorability increased, Xiao Shuo showed more sides to her that he wouldn't normally show. For example, he was the leader of the martial arts alliance, but he felt troublesome when receiving other sect leaders.
"I think I'm a little disillusioned with you." She supported his arm and landed smoothly from the horseback.
"Really? Then I have to find a way to make up for it." He didn't care, and also joked.
The place they went to was the Qingshan School. As for why it was called this name, Tang Ming felt that it was probably because the mountain was called Qingshan. Let's discuss the location of the martial arts conference.
As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, disciples from the Green Mountain Sect came to meet him. Tang Ming didn't intend to go in with Xiao Shuo. After all, she had no name and no identity, but Xiao Shuo said that it didn't matter. Tang Ming would be fine with him. never mind.
This was the first time she saw the head of the Qingshan faction. In front of such a young and handsome martial arts leader, the head looked a lot older. With a beard stroking, the relationship with Xiao Shuo seemed to be quite good.
Although it was delayed for a few days, Xiao Shuo did not lie to her. He really had plenty of time. The head of the faction has not yet arrived.
As a distinguished guest who came with Xiao Shuo, the room he was given was naturally excellent. Although it was not as luxurious as the Demon Cult's wing room, he could already see the sincerity of the other party. Because it was getting late, he was washing up After finishing, Tang Ming went to bed early.
After waking up early in the morning and having breakfast, Xiao Shuo invited her to go for a stroll in the town below the mountain.
As early as when he was going up the mountain, Tang Ming had already sent the green hills to the onlookers, and he didn't have much interest in staying here. Xiao Shuo proposed to go to the town to play, and she naturally agreed.
Perhaps it was because the Qingshan School was a well-known and decent sect, which would give people a full sense of security, so the town at the foot of the Qingshan Mountain was not small, and it was very prosperous, with all kinds of small shops.
But Tang Ming has already passed the period of being interested in ancient towns or cities. After all, she has been in this world long enough, and she has long been used to all kinds of ancient things. There are no temple fairs held in this town. and so on, so she just followed Xiao Shuo around.
Xiao Shuo stopped in front of a candied haws seller. Just when Tang Ming thought that the candied haws seller might be a hidden thread, he paid for a bunch of candied haws and handed it to her.
Tang Ming took the candied haws numbly, not knowing what expression to make.
"I'm not a child."
"I know."
These two days, because she had to get along with Xiao Shuo all the time, she went to the system store to replace the mask with a detachable lower part. After all, she had to eat every day, and it was really inconvenient to carry the mask carefully all the time.
She still remembered Xiao Shuo's expression when she saw her remove the lower part of the mask for the first time, and it was the first time she saw him so obviously stunned, but he was used to it by now.
Tang Ming removed the lower half of the mask and took a bite of the candied haws.
"It's so sweet."
"Then my image has made up for it a little bit?"
"Wouldn't it be a bad image for the leader of the martial arts to buy candied haws?"
He froze for a moment, apparently not thinking of this, "Is...is that so?"
"The restaurant here is very famous, do you want to eat?"
"Okay, okay~!"
Sure enough, just as Xiao Shuo said, the restaurant was indeed very popular and the first floor was almost overcrowded, but Xiao Shuo seemed to be very familiar with the shopkeeper, and they were easily taken to the private room on the second floor after a few words.
It is not unreasonable for Xiao Shuo to recommend this place. The dishes here are very delicious, and it can be called a clean stream in ancient times.
When she was about to leave, Tang Ming said regretfully: "There are so many people here, if you want to come by yourself next time, you may have to wait for a long time just to wait for a seat."
Xiao Shuo couldn't help laughing when he heard that, it was the first time he could feel her depression so clearly, "You can find me anytime you want to come here."
Tang Ming's footsteps going downstairs suddenly stopped, Xiao Shuo also stopped, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"
"… nothing."
She hesitated in answering.
Just now, the system reminded Ye Linyu that she had deducted some favorability points from her. Although it didn't take long before it went back up, the timing of this favorability loss was too coincidental.
Could it be that Ye Linyu is nearby