The Flying Goose Terrace was quiet for a while, with a few mountain breezes blowing. Because Lu Chen did not speak, Su Qingjun also quietened down. She looked at him calmly, as if waiting for his answer with unusual patience.
After a while, Lu Chen said, "Can I not answer this question?"
Su Qingjun thought about it and said, "You just helped me so much, I definitely can't force you. It's fine if you don't want to say it, but I really want to know. "
"Oh." Lu Chen smiled, then turned and walked away, saying, "Thank you for your understanding."
"… Hey!" Su Qingjun was stunned for a moment, then shouted at his back, "You really don't want to say?"
Lu Chen smiled and waved at her. Then, he walked into his thatched hut.
Su Qingjun was momentarily angry. In the past, any young man in front of her would mostly be in fear and trepidation, answering every question she asked was also the right thing to do. She did not expect to meet with a soft rebuff today.
She glared at the straw hut, clenched her teeth, and angrily wrapped her cloak tighter around herself, then turned and strode away. However, after walking for a while, she suddenly stopped again, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she had forgotten something. After a while, she turned back, walked to the door of the straw hut, and knocked on the door.
"Please come in." Lu Chen's voice came from inside.
Su Qingjun opened the door and saw Lu Chen sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at her and saying, "What's wrong?"
"En, there's something." Su Qingjun said, "The matter you mentioned to me before, I thought about it a few times, and I think … still …" For some reason, she seemed to be at a loss at the end, and her words were not very clear.
Lu Chen looked strangely at Su Qingjun, asking, "What is it?"
Su Qingjun was silent for a moment. It seemed that she had finally made up her mind. She said, "During this period of time, you will help me stop the other members of the Su family."
Lu Chen was slightly surprised. "You've actually thought it through?"
Su Qingjun smiled bitterly. She said softly, "First, I'm injured now. It's not good for me to meet people like this, and it's not good for others to know the truth. I need you to help me. Second, after last night, I … I'm actually a little cold hearted. I also feel that it's not good to take care of you like this."
Lu Chen frowned and said, "I haven't asked you, but what happened last night?"
Su Qingjun said indifferently, "It's not a big deal. Sumo's group of three are used to being insolent in Kunwu City. They provoked someone and got into a conflict. After a big fight, they asked someone else to fight again. They said that person was only a very strong cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Building realm. Who would've thought that in the end, another person with strange Daoist techniques, Jin Dan Friar, would appear."
Lu Chen was silent. After a moment, he nodded and said, "No wonder."
Su Qingjun also seemed unwilling to talk about this topic. She looked up at Lu Chen and said, "Can you help me with this matter?"
Lu Chen smiled. He met her gaze and said, "You're only asking me to help you stop people because it's not good for you to meet people. I don't want to do this."
Su Qingjun frowned and said, "Why?"
"If I help you with this matter, I'll offend many people in the Su family. Have you thought about it?" Lu Chen said indifferently, "I'm neither your relative nor friend, and I have no enmity with the other people in the Su family. Why should I provoke this kind of trouble?"
Su Qingjun was startled. She seemed to be surprised by Lu Chen's sudden coldness and outspokenness. She said, "Didn't you …"
Lu Chen gently waved his hand and said, "In fact, you still feel from the bottom of your heart that it's only right and proper for others to help you, don't you?"
Su Qingjun was silent for a long time. Then she lightly pursed her lips and said, "I was wrong."
Her complexion was a bit pale because of her injuries, but it also added a bit of a graceful beauty that made people feel sorry for her. However, Lu Chen seemed to turn a blind eye to this. He just calmly looked at her without saying a word.
Su Qingjun raised her head and looked at him. She said, "I've thought about it. It's not good for me to show my current appearance to others. I do need your help this time. Are you willing to help me? If you need me to give you some compensation, we can discuss it. "
At this point, she seemed to be a little embarrassed and said with a hint of self-mockery, "Anyway, I just owed you a huge favor. I'll owe you a little more in the future. I'll just treat it as if I'll repay you slowly in the future."
Lu Chen looked at her slightly pale but still beautiful face. After a while, he suddenly sighed and said, "Since it's come to this, I'll help you to the end."
Su Qingyan immediately smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you. You're really a good person."
…
"A good person …" Lu Chen murmured and shook his head. He then looked at Su Qingjun and said seriously, "I can help you with this matter, but I can't do it alone. In order to stop someone, I will definitely offend someone. So, you must support me."
Su Qingjun nodded and said, "Okay."
Lu Chen had no intention of brushing it off. Instead, he stared into her eyes and said, "I'll make it clear. I want you to support me. You can ignore ordinary insults, but if someone attacks me, you'll hit him where he hits me. You'll have to return double the amount of damage."
Su Qingjun suddenly became silent. After a while, she smiled bitterly and said, "I really want to agree, but … I'm really worried that when the time comes, I won't be able to do it."
Lu Chen nodded and looked at the woman with a gentler gaze. He said, "It's rare that you're willing to tell me the truth." After a pause, he said, "Or do you feel embarrassed?"
"Yes." Su Qingjun said with some distress, "I also know that the people in my family are not all good people. There are also many bad things. But we all grew up in a family, and there are so many relatives connected by blood. I grew up among these people, it's really …"
"Even if they always take advantage of you and make you work hard for them, even if you get injured and vomit blood, none of them come to see you. Can't you feel embarrassed like this? "
Su Qingjun looked like she was struggling. In the end, she smiled bitterly and said, "My master also reprimanded me for this matter several times. He also scolded me that if I don't change my mind, it will be difficult for me to become a great person in the future."
Lu Chen was startled and said with some surprise, "That old man Mu Yuan actually said that to you?"
Su Qingjun sighed and said, "Master loves me so much that he hates me for not becoming steel. Of course, these words can't be taken seriously … Hey, don't talk nonsense. How dare you call my master an old man!" She lowered her voice and said, "My master is good to me, but his temper is not so good to others. Be careful not to be caught by him, then you will be in trouble."
Lu Chen looked at her and suddenly laughed. He nodded and said, "Alright, because of what you said, I will teach you a way."
"What way?" Su Qingjun was a little surprised.
Lu Chen said seriously, "Don't you think your attitude is wrong?"
"It seems a little, but …"
"This is the devil in the heart!" Lu Chen suddenly interrupted Su Qingjun's words.
Su Qingjun was startled and said, "What? Devil in the heart? "
"Yes, devil in the heart." Lu Chen said seriously, "Hey, don't look at me with that kind of expression, okay? Although … Ugh, I know the term 'devil in the heart'. It sounds really stupid, always giving people the feeling that you are a swindler. How can you be worthy of a prestigious sect like ours? "
"But, think about it, everything about you is good. In the eyes of outsiders, you are almost a perfect girl. But when it comes to the people from the Su family, you become like this. There is something wrong, right?"
Su Qingjun nodded slowly and said, "Yes."
Lu Chen said again, "Actually, I see that you are so smart, you might have thought about these things in your heart. You just can't think of a way to get rid of these burdens in your heart, right?"
"Burdens in the heart … devil in the heart?" Su Qingjun murmured a few words. Her eyes brightened a little and looked at Lu Chen and said, "You … really have a way?"
"Yes, of course, whether it works or not depends on the person."
"What way? Let me hear it."
"Flip the table!"
"Flip the table?"
"Yes, flip the table!"
…
At this moment, Su Qingjun only felt that her mind was in a mess. She always felt that everything the man in front of her said was too unreliable. But somewhere in her heart, there seemed to be a strange expectation.
Maybe it works?
Maybe it really works?
"But what is the way to flip the table?" Su Qingjun asked in distress, looking at Lu Chen with a face of disbelief.
"Look, I have a table here." Lu Chen pointed to the only wooden table in the thatched hut.
"Oh."
"You hold it." Lu Chen said.
Su Qingjun looked at him strangely. She wondered if she had been beaten silly. But after hesitating for a while, she still slowly walked over and held the table with her hand.
"How does it feel?" Lu Chen asked.
"Well … This is made of wood." Su Qingjun said.
Lu Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense … What else?"
Su Qingjun thought for a while and said, "The surface is quite rough and not very smooth. The grain of the tree is also ordinary. It shouldn't be some precious wood. The workmanship is so-so. It doesn't look valuable, and … "
"Hey!" Lu Chen angrily stopped her and said impatiently, "You woman! Why do you think differently from ordinary people all the time? Let me ask you, this table is made of wood. Is it very heavy? "
Su Qingjun's fair fingers grabbed the edge of the table and lifted it. Then she looked at Lu Chen and said, "It's not heavy … Have you forgotten that I am Jin Dan Friar?"
"You …" Lu Chen looked up at the sky and revealed an expression as if there was nothing left to live for. After a while, he lowered his head, as if he was barely controlling his emotions and the muscles on his face. He said, "Like this, you have to think of this table as the heaviest thing in the world. Because on top of it, it is the devil in your heart that you can't get rid of all these years. It is the hesitation and entanglement that you can't get rid of!"
Su Qingjun's expression immediately darkened and turned solemn.
Lu Chen's eyes lit up. He clapped his hands and said, "That's it. Then you can flip the table, as if you have gotten rid of all the devils in your heart!"
"Flip?"
"Flip the table!"
"Boom!"
There was a loud noise, and the Flying Goose Platform seemed to shake. A wooden table broke out of the house and flew high into the air. After a long while, it landed heavily on the ground and broke into pieces with a "Pa" sound.
The surroundings were quiet. After a while, Lu Chen's angry voice suddenly came from the dilapidated hut. He shouted, "Hey! Are you going to flip the table or tear down the hut? "
"Ah, sorry, sorry … I am Jin Dan. I couldn't control myself …"
"Shut up!"
"Oh …"
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