Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 244: Reluctant to look back

The backyard was originally the residence where the temple received visitors. Xiao Qingwu, Zhu Chenyao and other visitors from far away all had a small room. The room is very simple, but elegant and clean. It is uniquely peaceful in the gloomy atmosphere here.

Xue Mu leaned on the chair tiredly and looked at a pot of flowers on the table: "This flower is quite beautiful. What's its name?"

Zhu Chenyao stood in front of him, looked at him strangely for a long time, and laughed dumbly: "My young master, you don't even recognize peony?"

Young Master...

Since seeing each other again, this is the first time Zhu Chenyao has called out this title.

Although it was somewhat teasing, as soon as this title came out, both of them could not help but think of the entanglement that night. To be precise, it was Zhu Chenyao's flattering service.

To this day, even though the two of them seem to have nothing to do with each other on the surface, and they look like they are talking to each other as equals when they stand face to face, in fact the two people still have differences in mentality. Standing in front of Xue Mu, Zhu Chenyao feels uncomfortable in her heart. Consciously one head shorter.

This feeling made her very angry, but her anger was inevitably accompanied by a more complicated mood.

Xue Mu's original idea was completely confirmed: the passage to a woman's heart is indeed that. The first time you took her away, you were indeed different in front of her. Maybe modern women have become a lot weaker, but the heroines of ancient times are really unforgettable.

Xue Mu's voice was a little tired and hoarse: "I haven't heard this call, Young Master, for a long time. Xue does not deserve the title of Ice Fairy."

Zhu Chenyao pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "Are you angry with me for saying goodbye to me before?"

"I'm not angry about that." Xue Mu said lightly: "The situation between you and me is special. I was already surprised that you were still on my side in Tianxiang Tower earlier."

Zhu Chenyao sighed, walked forward slowly, stood next to Xue Mu, took out a silk scarf and gently wiped his sweat, and whispered: "Chen Yao said back then, you laughed at my vanity, I admit it, But Chen Yao is not a free-spirited person. Compared with people like Meng Feibai, there is naturally a difference between closeness and distance."

The silk scarf he carried with him carried a warm and familiar body fragrance. Xue Mu closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then whispered: "Is it just a difference between closeness and distance?"

Zhu Chenyao paused slightly with her slender hands and did not answer.

Xue Mu added: "You invited me to Jingxin Temple for a while. What did you want to say to me at that time?"

Zhu Chenyao whispered: "Actually, it's nothing. I just felt awkward when I first saw Mu Jianli and you... Thinking about it afterwards, there is nothing to be awkward about. Mu Jianli thinks he is aloof, and he is not the same as Chen Yao. A man picked it. I'm better than her. Looking at her like that, it seems that she is deeply in love and can't extricate herself. Chen Yao can still be independent. "

Xue Mu laughed dumbly: "There is no reason for your hostility towards Jianli."

Zhu Chenyao smiled: "I don't pretend to be in front of you. My hostility towards her is not just for a day or two. You know it better than anyone else. If I hadn't held back my energy to compete with her for the limelight, I wouldn't have been... by you. you……"

I said half of it, but I didn't finish it after all.

Xue Mu smiled and said: "I understand. But you are still wrong about one thing."

"Which point?"

"Do you want to be independent? It's not easy." Xue Mu smiled and said, "I'm satisfied with your performance this time. That's okay. If you pretended to be cool and draw a clear line with me from the moment we met, then you would definitely regrettable."

Zhu Chenyao was silent.

She didn't know what other means Xue Mu had to control her, but from the bottom of her heart she wouldn't doubt that Xue Mu could do whatever he said.

He once manipulated her mind, made her rise, let her fall, made her fall into the abyss, and made her endlessly beautiful. The memory of that time was too deep and imprinted in my heart. The reason why he decisively took sides in Tianxiang Tower was that besides some old thoughts in his heart, subconsciously obeying Xue Mu was the most critical factor.

She also wanted to leave, but she didn't dare.

Even this time he took the initiative to invite her to stay in the room to rest, not only because he was somewhat grateful for Xue Mu's righteous deed, but also because he was afraid that his previous words had offended him, so he was trying to make up for it.

Zhu Chenyao suddenly became angry, put away the silk scarf that was wiping his sweat, and asked angrily: "Why, Xue Mu, why do you love and appreciate Mu Jianli, but treat me like this? I served you earlier than she did." Even though there are many, she is not as good as her in your heart?"

Xue Mu was silent for a moment and whispered: "I once said something to Mu Jianli... I saw how charming Qingshan was, and I didn't expect Qingshan to be so charming when he saw me. You and I don't have much affection for each other, so why bother comparing with others?" .”

Zhu Chenyao said angrily: "So you have always been only interested in my body!"

Xue Mu said lightly: "You are more interested in being the center of all the stars than you are in me. It's because of this that we have a deal, isn't it?"

Zhu Chenyao bit her lower lip.

Xue Mu added: "Actually... Chen Yao, you are also an honest person."

Zhu Chenyao was stunned for a moment. He was obviously filled with mixed feelings, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, but he almost laughed at these words. This may be the first time she has been judged as an honest person since she was a child.

"Look, although you are vain and want to be a goddess in people's hearts, you never know how to scheming or marketing and packaging. You are too proud inside and have always tried poorly and hard to do something positive. I hope to win the praise and admiration of others, including the original plan to capture me, a monster, and this time I went to the quarantine area to take care of these patients who should be dirty in your eyes. If you are not an honest person, who is an honest person? "

Zhu Chenyao's smile slowly disappeared and she was stunned.

Xue Mu added: "Everyone has their own pursuit, just like Jianli pursues the way of swordsmanship, and you pursue being the focus of people, maybe people in the world will think that Jianli's style is high, but in fact, in my mind, the two are indistinguishable. So much so that... you are even closer to me."

Zhu Chenyao asked with a complicated expression: "You suddenly said this to me...what do you mean?"

Xue Mu tapped the armrest: "I'm greedy for your beauty, and I want to keep you by my side. Look, you say it so beautifully, are you feeling like a deer?"

Zhu Chenyao smiled bitterly: "You might as well threaten me like before, saying that if I don't listen, you will ruin my reputation. Do I dare to resist you?"

"You performed well this time, I don't want to do this." Xue Mu suddenly said: "Chen Yao, have you ever thought that no matter how much you do here, it will not be as colorful as the memorabilia that will record this in the six doors in the future? Mention you twice? On the contrary, the important events are not mentioned at all, and you can only get praise from people here, and they can't even be spread for a few miles."

Zhu Chenyao's heart skipped a beat, as if she was enlightened, and she was stunned for a moment: "This, this..."

Xue Mu smiled slightly: "The person in charge of the six gates here is your son and me."

Zhu Chenyao was stunned for a long time, looking at Xue Mu's smiling face in confusion, and saw Xue Mu waving to her. She subconsciously leaned over, Xue Mu stretched out his hand, and Zhu Chenyao fell into his arms, biting her lower lip and muttering to herself: "Xue Mu... you are really the devil in my heart."

The devils in the heart...greed, anger, ignorance, resentment, separation from love, and not being able to ask for...only if the heart wants, will it be unable to be relieved again and again. Xue Mu hugged her softened body and sniffed the fragrance of her hair. He suddenly thought of the fat Buddha placed behind the door by Yuan Zhong.

Just because sentient beings refuse to look back.