jdhmnovel Chapter 140
Chapter 140
As soon as Baili Shun left in a hurry, someone sent a paper bird to deliver the news that Lin Ruofan was about to arrive in Qingyun. It seemed that only Zhe Ye could do that.
Lin Ruojin looked at this vast world and always felt that everything was too unreal.
"Hey……"
Fengyu was embarrassed and didn't look at her.
"what happened?"
"How are you doing with swordsmanship?"
Lin Ruojin didn't know what he meant and thought he was curious about her learning progress. After a brief thought, she said, "It's OK, but my sword flying is not very good. It's always shaky."
Seeing the other party's curious expression, Lin Ruojin walked to the side and cut a bamboo pole like Fengyu to practice. Unexpectedly, this time it went surprisingly smoothly.
Although her body was still a little shaky, after a moment she was able to stand steadily on the bamboo pole and move in the air.
"…You've learned well…"
Fengyu was very jealous but he didn't say it.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
At the ferry crossing at the border of Cangzhou, there were gusts of cold wind, and two twisted figures, one old and one young, swayed down the boat in the fishy and salty sea breeze.
Wen Qi and Lin Ruofan supported each other and walked off the boat while retching. Lin Ruofan's legs went weak as their feet stepped on the muddy ground, and Wen Qi was not feeling well either.
After all, he had done so many evil things that he dared not show up in public even though the incident had happened a long time ago. He hid himself all the way for fear of being recognized. After two days, he seemed to have aged a few years.
"Uncle, are you seasick too?"
"vomit--"
Lin Ruofan closed his eyes, tilted his head back and tried to suppress the pain in his throat, and helped Wen Qi up. One of them tilted his head back, while the other bent over. Under the gazes of passers-by, the two of them moved step by step to the street like a "crouching dragon and phoenix chick".
On the second floor of a teahouse on the long street, she had been waiting for a long time and saw the trembling backs of the two people at a glance. She thought she had recognized the wrong person. When she saw clearly the appearance of the person who was talking to Lin Ruofan, the hand holding the teacup clenched unconsciously.
She did not call them immediately but observed them first. After a long time, she walked out of the teahouse and called them.
Hearing the voice, the fatigue in Wen Qi's eyes disappeared. Lin Ruofan turned around in surprise and saw her good friend whom she had not seen for a long time. With just one glance, her discomfort instantly turned into excitement.
"Long time no see, I missed you so much, honey! How are you doing? I almost thought I would never see you again. Did that pervert hurt you?"
She went up to him with great joy, hugged Lin Ruojin's slender waist coquettishly, rubbed her head gently on her neck, and relied on the person in front of her like a kitten. Anyone who saw her could see the deep affection between sisters who had been reunited after a long separation.
"Long time no see. Where did you live before? Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion?"
Lin Ruofan's breath was choked, and he quickly tugged at the corner of Lin Ruojin's clothes, indicating that there was an outsider. When Lin Ruojin looked over again, Wen Qi had already stood up from the wooden block on the side of the road.
"Long time no see, little girl. It has been almost half a year since I last saw you."
Lin Ruofan stared blankly at the two people who were looking into each other's eyes. He always felt that there seemed to be a lot of stories between them.
Lin Ruojin came to the ferry from Qingyun in a dusty state, so she naturally had no time to greet him. She looked at Wen Qi with an indifferent gaze, passing Lin Ruofan, "I have a lot to talk to you about. How about we find a quiet place to chat?"
"Naturally."
After escaping from the sea of suffering and the excitement of reunion after a long separation faded away, Lin Ruofan noticed that there was no joy on the other person's face. His own cheerful look seemed a little abrupt and strange among the three of them.
Could it be that she didn't want me to come to her? Judging from her clothes, she didn't look like she was in a bad state. Could it be...
While I was daydreaming, I heard some quarrels coming from the alley in the distance. They were particularly clear in this long street where only two or three people were walking. After a few arguments, several middle-aged men in brocade robes and crowns and hats quickly walked out of the alley.
The leader was a handsome man with a mustache and beautiful eyes. He took out a piece of drawing paper from his pocket as he walked. When he passed by Lin Ruofan and the others, he suddenly stopped.
"You..." He looked at the portrait and then carefully looked Lin Ruofan up and down, and asked uncertainly, "Are you Miss Lin Ruofan?"
"It's me."
"Great!" Chong Mingyi smiled, showing his two rows of white teeth, and then quickly put the paper away. After making sure that the other party didn't see it, he continued, "I am the former shopkeeper of the Cangzhou Jie Jade Shop. I came here to welcome the new shopkeeper at the order of the owner. I'm afraid it must be very tiring after the long journey. Please follow me to the shop to rest. Are these two friends of the shopkeeper?"
Lin Ruojin glanced at Lin Ruofan, only to see that the other party was talking to her fluently and naturally. After a while, the man nodded repeatedly and enthusiastically led the three of them to the most famous Cuishenghua jade shop in this town.
On the way, Lin Ruojin learned that this was Zhe Ye's arrangement. Now Lin Ruofan is the new owner of Cuishenghua Jade Shop. Although she is happy for Lin Ruofan to have a shop, the vague uneasiness in her heart makes her a little absent-minded.
Wen Qi specifically asked the deputy manager for an elegant room on the second floor of Cui Shenghua. After inviting Lin Ruojin to sit down alone, he slowly told her the purpose of his visit.
Before Master Hua Wensheng passed away, he wanted to teach me the ability to use inner elixir to create demon spirits. Unfortunately, he had toiled all his life, and his body was severely damaged from wandering the streets when he was young. His body has not been fully recovered until now, and he suddenly fell seriously ill and was unable to recover.
So, he took advantage of the last time to meet Wen Qi for the last time at the Cliff of Regret.
He lived for death, and his only concern was his little disciple Lin Ruojin, who was stranded in a foreign land and had no one to rely on.
"Your master is still worried about you, so I came here to fulfill his last wish."
"Yao Ling, do you want to help me? What is your relationship with Master?"
Wen Qi stroked his beard and said, "Although I can control poisons and insects, I am his senior brother after all. I have been admitted to the Medicine Sect after all. It doesn't mean that I can't do this."
As he spoke, Wen Qi raised his hand, and after a flash of white light, a gray-white dragon bone whip lay quietly in the middle of the tea table, emitting a faint, moist glow.
The magical weapon without its master has almost become a dead object.
"You have to accept this."
It was not a request but an order. Wen Qi brushed the grooves of the dragon bone whip, "I think compared to sharp weapons like swords, a long whip would be more suitable for you as a woman. This is the last gift he left for you."
Thinking that the old man was still thinking about her before he died, her heart ached. When she raised her hand to rub away the moisture from the corners of her eyes, she heard Qi speak again, as if expressing emotion and regret.
"You are so much like him. When I see you, I will think of him. But I don't want you to be like him. Do you understand..."
Lin Ruojin took a sip of tea and gazed at the camellia tree outside Cui Shenghua's window. The white, pure and solitary flowers fell intact from the green branches, one by one, falling beautifully, leaving only a white shadow lingering in her heart.
"If we are like-sex attracted to each other, then are you and Master like-sex repelled?"
Wen Qi smiled lightly and said nothing more.
A confrontation and crusade that should have been filled with smoke of gunpowder ended in the continued silence of the two. When they went downstairs, Lin Ruofan was flipping through a thick notebook on the carved recliner in the lobby.
"The purchasing expenses last month were so expensive?" Lin Ruofan pointed to a page in the notebook and exclaimed in disbelief.
Chong Mingyi nodded and smiled, "Several merchants in the town jointly opened a new stone mine last month. The labor and transportation costs are much more expensive than usual. You just came to Cangzhou, so you don't know."
Lin Ruofan was about to ask again when he saw Lin Ruojin and the other person slowly coming down from upstairs out of the corner of his eye and hurried to meet them.
"how's it going?"
"Nothing, I've said everything I need to say." At this point, Lin Ruojin laughed again, "When the boss has money, he must treat us to a good meal!"
"Of course. How about today?"
“This, no.”
"..."
Lin Ruojin knew that this innocent and simple girl had a lot to say to her along the way, but she really couldn't stay here and waste time.
"If you sisters have anything to talk about, you can ask me to help you! You just need to take care of my food, clothing, shelter and transportation~" Wen Qi took out the spiritual mirror in his arms and placed it in front of the two of them, "In the future, I can also teach you remotely and give you guidance."
The moment he took out the mirror, Lin Ruojin felt that the saying "Things have changed and people have changed, everything is over, tears come before words" was so appropriate to her mood at the moment.
"You are so kindhearted that you even got my master's mirror."
Facing Lin Ruojin's cold words, Wen Qi couldn't help but curl his lips, "Who made him always have a bad memory, forgetting this and that? If I don't think about him, who else can help him, help you..."