Old Ma was taken aback. He subconsciously looked around, but it seemed that he didn't find anything. After a moment of hesitation, he took two steps towards the center of the courtyard and carefully looked around.
Then, he turned his head to look at Lu Chen with some doubt and said, "There's nothing wrong. What do you think is strange?"
Lu Chen stared at him for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't explain it all at once. Maybe I'm just being paranoid."
Old Ma glanced at him and slowly walked back. He didn't pursue the matter. Instead, after a moment of silence, he said to Lu Chen, "I thought that after you met me, if there were no outsiders around, even if you didn't beat me up, you would at least give me a good scolding."
Lu Chen snorted and said, "Is the impression I gave you really that shallow?" He sneered and said, "In our line of work, we never take advantage of others with our mouths. If we can, we will do it. Just kill them and settle the scores."
Old Ma took a step back, his face revealing a vigilant expression. He looked Lu Chen up and down, then cautiously said, "I say, don't do anything rash. Although you are now in a high position, I still have the title of deputy head of Fuyunji, and I have just made a great contribution. Even if it's you, if you kill me rashly, it won't be easy to explain to the Lord Perfected! "
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "I was just joking. Do I look like the kind of person who kills and sets fires at the drop of a hat? "
Old Ma looked at him without saying anything, but his face was filled with the word "agreement". He was just short of pointing at Lu Chen's nose and saying, "You are a devil who came from the Devil Cult, your hands are stained with blood. Killing and setting fires are a common occurrence. Who else could it be but you?"
Lu Chen rolled his eyes and waved at him. In the end, he sighed and didn't know what to say.
In just a few simple sentences, the awkward and slightly tense atmosphere between the two of them had unknowingly eased up. Perhaps their friendship over the years could not be easily erased, or perhaps the memories of the past still surged into their hearts.
Lu Chen looked back into the bedroom and saw that under the dim candlelight, White Lotus was still in a deep sleep. He signaled to Old Ma and the two of them walked into the courtyard and stood under the old tree.
The night wind blew, and both of them felt a sense of familiarity at the same time. In the past, when they lived here, they had many times sat together, drinking and chatting, to kill boring or interesting time, and talked about many things that they would never say to a third person.
"Why did you do that?" In the darkness, both of their faces looked a bit blurry. Lu Chen asked him in a low voice.
Old Ma fell silent, no longer smiling mischievously, and no longer avoiding interrupting. After a while, he said softly, "I also want to be above others. I've thought about it for a long time, and I'm about to go crazy."
Lu Chen was silent, and then said, "I don't know what you think in your heart."
Old Ma smiled and stood beside Lu Chen, leaning against the trunk of the old tree, looking up at the night sky, and said, "You won't know. I myself know that it's impossible, so I've been suppressing it. Until I suddenly saw an opportunity … "
Lu Chen looked at him and continued for him, saying, "And that opportunity is fleeting?"
Old Ma took a deep breath and said, "Yes, that day when you walked in, if I hadn't done anything, it would have been over. Nothing would have changed, and it would still be the same as before. I would still be your little follower, your subordinate. "
Lu Chen shook his head, and said softly, "I didn't treat you as a subordinate, I treated you as a friend." After a pause, he said in a more serious tone, "My only friend."
A trace of sadness flashed across Old Ma's face. He looked at Lu Chen and wanted to say something, but stopped. Lu Chen said, "You don't need to guess. A few days ago, I really wanted to kill you. You know too much about me, and you are the person who understands me the most in the world. If you become my enemy, I won't even be able to sleep. "
Old Ma was speechless, but after a while, he suddenly laughed, and said, "Didn't think that I could make you so afraid?"
Lu Chen snorted, then walked to the side of the old tree, and leaned on it. After a while, he said in a low voice, faintly sounding in the night wind, "It's just that after thinking about it carefully, I still want to find such an opportunity to seriously ask you a question."
Old Ma's expression became serious, and he stood up straight, and said, "Speak."
Lu Chen said, "Do you want to be a person above others, or do you think that I am blocking your path, and you want to take my life, so you have to fall out with me?"
Old Ma immediately shook his head, and said, "I only want to live a better life, I never thought of breaking up with you, but that thing at that time …"
"That thing is not mine." Lu Chen interrupted him, and said, "I don't care if you want to climb up, I also don't want to fall out with you. After all, I don't have many friends in this world. "
Old Ma's breathing quickened a bit, then he slowly, but heavily nodded.
Lu Chen let out a long breath, and seemed very satisfied with the situation. He reached out and patted Old Ma's shoulder, and said, "Let's put it this way. I know that you have no choice but to rely on Blood Warbler, but in the future, there is no need for us to really be mortal enemies. Moreover, I think you also know that if I had to choose, of course I would rather you climb up to a higher position in Fuyunji, and not that Blood Warbler who has always disliked me."
Old Ma's body shook, and he looked at Lu Chen with a shocked expression. For a moment, he was actually speechless.
Lu Chen smiled, and said, "Don't tell me that you have never thought of going up another level from the current situation?"
Old Ma swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "I have never thought about it … I dare not think about it …"
Lu Chen said indifferently, "You are not an idiot, I don't believe that you can't see it. Blood Warbler is a trusted aide of that damned baldy, and when I take over this foundation in the future, with such an important position in Fuyunji, do you think it is better for me to put someone I trust in there, or to let Blood Warbler continue to sit there? "
The position of Fuyunji Hall Master!
Below one and above tens of thousands!
Old Ma's body trembled slightly. He looked at Lu Chen, and took a deep breath. After calming himself down, Old Ma said in a low voice, "Lu Chen, you know, I have always treated you as my friend, even at that time, I still felt very guilty towards you …"
Lu Chen stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile, "It's okay, let bygones be bygones, it's okay, we will not argue about it. But in the future … "He gently patted Old Ma, and the two of them leaned their heads together under this old tree. Their soft voices echoed faintly in the wind, and in this dark corner, they began another deep conspiracy.
…
In the bedroom, under the candlelight, White Lotus gently turned her body, and faced the wall inside. That beautiful but slightly pale face, in the shadow outside the candlelight, moved slightly, and then slowly opened her eyes.
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