It's dark, and Yu Shu is still wandering in the woods in the suburbs. Perhaps she is unlucky today. After walking for two miles, she doesn't see anyone. She wants to use the Six Trigram Lines to predict the direction, but she doesn't know where the few copper coins she brought with her are.
The countryside is different from other places. There are wild beasts in the daytime, and wild wolves and dogs are everywhere. At night, it is even more dangerous. Yu Shu knows that she is lost. She calms herself down and quickens her pace. From time to time, she stops to identify the direction. The howling of wolves in the distance makes her uneasy.
Yu Shu has only walked a few steps when she suddenly feels that something is wrong. A chill comes over her. She pricks up her ears and hears strange movements in the grass not far away. It seems that something is quickly running in her direction.
This time, Yu Shu panics. She finds a direction and starts to run, hoping to see a short tree so that she can climb it. However, she is unlucky. The nearby woods are full of tall trees. None of them are easy for people to climb.
The sound behind her becomes more and more obvious until she clearly hears the low barking of a dog. Yu Shu's face is full of fear. She wants to cry but has no tears. She would rather be a wolf than a dog.
As if she can smell the stench in the air, she runs forward without looking back. At this time, Yu Shu wishes she could grow four legs. However, she has been tired for the whole afternoon and has little strength. After running for a short distance, she is out of breath and sweating profusely.
Or maybe it is not her time to die. Suddenly, a cluster of fire appears in front of her. It should be someone lighting a fire. Yu Shu sees her savior. She thinks that the person who dares to light a fire in the woods at night is most likely a hunter. She doesn't know where she got the strength, but she screams "Help!" and stumbles in that direction.
Because she is running in a hurry, she can't see the road under her feet clearly. She trips on a tree root on the ground. Yu Shu falls forward like a dog falling on its face. Suddenly, she feels pain in her knee and lies on the ground. She feels dizzy and thinks that it is over.
"Wuwu!"
After a few screams, Yu Shu was still lying on the ground. Her eyes were covered with sweat, and there was a taste of dirt in her mouth. Her heart was beating wildly, and there were sounds of running in the grass. After a while, there was no more barking. Only then did she realize that she was saved.
Yu Shu was paralyzed on the grass. For a moment, she was at a loss. She twisted her neck with difficulty, wanting to look back. She heard light footsteps, and a faint light flickered in her eyes. A pair of black boots stopped in front of her, and a calm voice came from above her head.
"Young lady, get up. It's alright now."
Yu Shu blinked her eyes and took a deep breath, holding back the sourness in her nose. She tremblingly reached out to grab the calf of the person in front of her. She grabbed the hem of his clothes and scolded in a choked voice,
"You, you bastard."
She felt her legs stiffen. The person in front of her suddenly squatted down and hurriedly went to help her up.
"Xiaoyu?"
Yu Shu was helped to sit up from the ground. She grabbed the hem of his clothes and looked at the panicked person in front of her with her red eyes. Who else could it be if it was not the bastard Jing Chen?
Jing Chen held Yu Shu's arm and helped her limp to the fire. He let her sit against the tree and squatted beside her. He put down the rusted sword in his hand and lowered his head to pinch her ankle. When he heard her gasp, he quickly lightened his movement and whispered,
"Bear with it. You've twisted it."
As he said this, he twisted her ankle and twisted it a couple of times. Crack! Yu Shu clenched her teeth in pain, but she didn't make a sound. She stared at the bastard with a gloomy face.
They hadn't seen each other for more than ten days. He was still wearing the white robe when he left, but it was stained with a layer of gray. His long hair was loosely tied behind his back. Because he was squatting, his hair was hanging on the ground. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight. His handsome eyebrows remained the same, but his cheeks were slightly sunken.
Yu Shu felt annoyed and distressed. If she hadn't found this damn place, would he have starved to death in this forest?
"Does it still hurt?" Jing Chen pressed the side of Yu Shu's ankle and raised his head to ask. He met Yu Shu's complicated eyes. He looked at her and was stunned. Then his eyes flashed and he turned his head to avoid her sight. He whispered,
"Wait a minute. I'll find some water."
As he said, he was about to get up. Yu Shu saw that he was trying to avoid her. She was furious. She grabbed his wrist and looked up at him. She gritted her teeth and said,
"Why did you hide here without saying a word?"
"…" Jing Chen lowered his head. His hair fell behind his ears and his expression could not be seen clearly.
Yu Shu squeezed his wrist and said, "Say something …"
"I remember."
As expected, Jing Chen regained his memory. But Yu Shu was not happy at all at this time. She was full of anger. She sneered, "You ran away when you remembered? You didn't even say goodbye and just left? Did you treat everything I said to you as bullsh * t? "
Jing Chen noticed that her hand holding his was trembling. He couldn't bear to push it away. He wanted to say something but stopped. In Yu Shu's eyes, it seemed that he was more and more guilty. She was so angry that her teeth chattered. She grabbed his arm and stood up. She raised her fist and hit him on the shoulder. She had been holding this anger for half a month. If she couldn't vent it, she would really be angry.
Jing Chen didn't dodge. He punched her a few more times and just looked at her worriedly. His heart was full of regret. When she lost the strength in her hands and sat back, he gently pulled her wrist away and said in a low voice,
"I'm sorry."
Yu Shu had calmed down a lot at this time. Listening to his apology, she snorted and said angrily, "What did you do to me? Since you remembered, you should know that I lied to you. I lied to you all the way from Jiangzhong to Anling. I should be the one apologizing to you."
Listening to this angry words, Jing Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You lied to me, but it was for my own good. If I knew the truth at that time, how could I stay by your side and implicate you? You knew that I was in trouble, but you still didn't leave me. Xiaoyu, I'm sorry."
Hearing this, Yu Shu couldn't help but feel sad for him and felt wronged for herself.
She said, "Since you feel sorry for me, why did you sneak away quietly? You didn't even leave a word. Do you know how worried I was about you? Tell me why. Even if you have recovered your memory, you don't have to leave. I know you are fated to be in Ketu Star and you are unlucky. But we have been together for so long, and nothing happened to me. Besides, I have the Adversity Blocking Stone, so you don't have to worry. Or if you have any difficulties, can't you discuss with me before leaving? Why do you have to hide here? "
Seeing her sad face, Jing Chen felt very guilty. After hesitating for a moment, he didn't want to hide it from her and confessed,
"It has been nineteen years since I was fated to be in Ketu Star. When I was a child, I only did it once in a while, but it would implicate the people around me. Later, as I grew older, it became more and more frequent, especially at the beginning of the month. I still remember that a Junior Fellow Apprentice once broke his leg when he was picking herbs on the cliff because I sent him a meal. But this is not the most serious period. The most dangerous period of Ketu Star is when the new and old meet each year. In the sect, every year during this festival, I will go to the mountain alone and stay overnight. I don't dare to have any interaction with anyone. At this time, even the yellow frost stone can't suppress the malevolent aura of the star. "
When Yu Shu heard this, she understood a little, but she still didn't understand, "Then can't you tell me before leaving?"
Jing Chen said helplessly, "Little Yu, you still don't understand how dangerous this Kedu Planet is. Do you know that the things that happened to you one after another were all because of me? If it weren't for me, you would have arrived at An Ling smoothly and wouldn't have been nearly killed several times. You can consider yourself lucky. If I didn't leave that day, or left a message with you, I would have violated the taboo. Most likely, I would have brought you a fatal disaster. Even so, I think I still implicated you. Let me ask you, after I left, did everything go smoothly for you? "
In the face of Jing Chen's question, Yu Shu was speechless. Thinking back, she was indeed unlucky from the end of the year to the beginning. First, she was sick in the snow, then she almost didn't hand in the exam paper of the Strange Arts course, and then she was troubled by the Ji family. She really couldn't think of anything that could be called smooth.
Seeing her hesitation, Jing Chen knew the answer. He sighed and said softly, "Who knew that you still came to find me. Xiaoyu, what should I do with you?"
It was still a bad time. If he hadn't seen someone being chased by a beast in the forest, he would never have helped her. He would have stayed far away. He never thought that the person who came would be her.
Yu Shu was no longer angry. It wasn't that she didn't understand things. Speaking of which, she couldn't blame Jing Chen for hiding. She had long guessed that there would be a time when Ketu Star would act up, so she had always been on guard. Who would have thought that there would be a big crisis at the end of the year? The Yellow Frost Stone was useless, and Jing Chen had run to the wilderness to suffer. Wasn't it for her?
If she didn't have a good life, would he be comfortable?
Looking up at Jing Chen, she felt that he was getting thinner. Yu Shu regretted hitting him just now, so she asked in a muffled voice,
"So you mean, if I didn't come to find you, you would go back after hiding for a while?"
"No."
Yu Shu thought that he would nod or answer "yes", but he said "no". The anger that she had just suppressed came out again. She held back from hitting him and asked,
"What do you mean? If you don't go back to find me, where are you going? "
Jing Chen didn't dare to look directly at her eyes. He turned his head and hid his eyes. He clenched his fists in his sleeves and said slowly,
"Xiaoyu, let's still be good brothers, okay?"
Hearing him suddenly say this, Yu Shu understood what he meant. Her eyes widened for a moment, and she couldn't breathe. Her head was rumbling, and she opened her mouth, but she couldn't say anything for a long time.
Jing Chen couldn't help but look back at her, only to see that she was staring at him blankly. There was dust and mud on her face. She looked indescribably embarrassed, and her red eyes were filled with tears.
Jing Chen was startled and suddenly panicked. He reached out to comfort her, but just as he touched her shoulder, he was thrown away by her. She took two steps back, turned her head left and right, and bent down to pick up the rusted sword on the ground. She raised her hand and put it on his neck, saying in a trembling voice,
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