Not long after Murong Jing left, the sky in Gusu became covered with dark clouds. Immediately, there were thunderbolts and violent storms followed one after another.
"That crow's mouth! Whatever you say, you have to get yourself drenched." Shen Xinling shook her head and complained, and she couldn't help but worry about Murong Jing.
On the other side, in Ruolan's room in Yichun Courtyard.
At this time, there was a thunderstorm outside, but the person in the room was still living his life without fighting against the world, lying on the bed and doing his daily homework in a daze.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open and then lightly closed. Listening to the faint but hurried footsteps, you could already tell who was coming.
The thunder rumbled, and the person who came seemed to be even more anxious. He quickly rushed to the bedside, took away the quilt from the lying man, hid in the other corner of the bed, and wrapped himself tightly, making no sound.
The bed was not big, just big enough for two middle-aged men to lie side by side. The young man lying on the bed felt the trembling coming from the quilt at his feet.
Are you afraid of thunder?
Except for the sound of thunder and rain, the room seemed too quiet compared to usual.
Suddenly, the trembling quilt was grabbed by the young man and slowly pulled away.
At first, the person wrapped in the quilt resisted a little, but soon he stopped struggling and allowed the young man to pull the quilt away.
Their eyes met, and the woman who usually had a smile on her face was filled with tears at this moment. The woman seemed to be unable to control her tears, and she burst into tears in an instant.
The man's hand unconsciously reached out, trying to wipe the woman's tear-stained cheek with his shirt, but the woman grabbed it with one hand. The woman shook her head at him, then threw herself directly into his arms, sobbing without caring. stand up.
Faced with the sudden situation, the man was at a loss, so he sat frozen like a tree.
Finally, the thunder subsided and the rain became less intense. The woman seemed to have had enough crying. She slipped out of the man's arms and changed her position, hugging the man and leaning on his shoulder.
"Although I have been taking care of you these days, you are not accompanying me." The woman said, "It's great to have you."
Although the woman's movements were light, they caused waves in the man's heart. He was too familiar with this movement. On the island, for more than ten years, the woman who had been taking care of him would not only drink but also hug her during thunderstorms. He looked at himself and secretly wept on his shoulders.
Mom, will it rain on the island at this time? Chen'er is not with you, are you okay? I disappoint you. After all, Chen'er is still too fragile. He doesn't dare to face the fighting in the world. He promised to leave the island to help the old man and relieve his worries, but Chen'er is afraid that he will cause trouble to the old man. Come on, you have made Brother Murong, Boss Shen, and Sister Ruolan worry about you. Chen'er, I really feel ashamed of everyone...
Jiang Yichen, who had been depressed for more than ten days, thought a lot, felt a lot and felt apologetic because of Ruolan's hug. Feeling the trembling of the person in his arms and the moisture on his shoulders, Jiang Yichen naturally and familiarly hugged the woman back, caressing and comforting her gently.
The woman felt the tenderness from the man, and a warmth arose in her heart, mixed with the so-called affection that had been emerging from her heart in recent days, and she hugged him tighter.
"Sister Ruolan, thank you. I've worried you a lot these days, so I took care of you." Jiang Yichen said softly.
"Silly boy." Sensing Jiang Yichen's change, Ruolan was also filled with joy and burst into laughter.
"Sister Ruolan, are you afraid of thunder?" Jiang Yichen asked.
"Yes. In order to avoid the bandits when I was young, my parents and younger brother hid here and there. There were often thunderstorms at that time. Every time there was thunder, my brother and I would be awakened. We were always afraid of being discovered by the bandits. After all, We were still discovered by rogue bandits. My parents hoped that God would be merciful and allow at least one of us siblings to survive, so they threw my brother and I into two rivers respectively, and the boards floated away. Maybe it was God's blessing. , I was discovered by people from the Daoyi Alliance and saved my life. When they went to search for my family's whereabouts, they found out that my parents had died tragically at the hands of the bandits, and the river where my brother was thrown into actually led to a large waterfall. After he found it, he fell to death on the rocks." Ruolan unconsciously turned on her chatterbox mode again, and she could talk endlessly to Jiang Yichen.
To Jiang Yichen's expectation, Ruolan seemed very calm and seemed to be able to face these sad past events calmly.
It is so sad that I am not even as good as a woman.
"By the way, there is something you have never answered me. Now can you tell me what palm technique you used in the fight with Yin Li that day?" Ruolan asked.
"I can't talk about this." Jiang Yichen paused and returned.
"Okay, it turns out that you shouldn't have asked me before. It's not that you were in a daze, but that you really didn't say anything. Why can't you say it?" Ruolan suddenly lost his temper, pushed Jiang Yichen away, and glared at him.
"Yinniang warned me before leaving the island that I should not use this palm technique in front of others unless it was a matter of life and death, otherwise it would bring endless trouble. Last time, I drank some wine and used it out of desperation. This is no longer the case, so I can’t say what kind of palm technique it is." Jiang Yichen insisted.
Ruolan knew that Jiang Yichen's temporary impatience was actually to protect her, but if he didn't say it now, he was afraid that she would be involved in the so-called endless trouble. Although she was moved in her heart, she thought that this skill had already been exposed, even if she and that person were exposed. Yin Li couldn't see it, but it was hard to prevent others from seeing the scene, such as Long Duoduo, the master of the Demon Palace, or Na Zhantian. Therefore, he didn't want Jiang Yichen to fight those troubles alone or do something for him. She must know the answer.
"You can't even say it to me?" Ruolan said righteously without any intention of backing down.
"Tian Shang's broken plum hand." Jiang Yichen couldn't resist Ruolan's piercing eyes.
"The thirty-sixth road to Tianshang's broken plum hand?" Ruolan tried hard to search and sort out the relevant information in her mind.
"Well, Yin Niang has given me self-defense since I was a child. Do you know that?" Jiang Yichen said frankly.
"Could it be that your hidden mother is actually Ouyang Rou, the wife of the third son of the Huo family in Jinzhou who disappeared from the world more than ten years ago, and the only daughter of the owner of Zhemei Villa?" Ruolan asked.
"The people on the island do call her Huo Yinniang, but she only told me that she lost her husband and son on a thunderstorm night, and I don't know the rest." Jiang Yichen said.
"That's it." Ruolan was already sure of Huo Yinniang's background and buried her head in sorting out her thoughts.
The Huo family in Jinzhou was once a well-known family in the world, and their marriage to Zhemei Villa caused a stir in the world at that time, making others envious and making them jealous. A few years later, when all the powerful people in Zhongzhou were fighting against foreign aggression, the Huo family was originally one of the leaders and did not fall behind others. However, for some unknown reason, it was later reported that the Huo family had killed five powerful allies. Although he could not be called a traitor, he was expelled from the martial arts alliance at that time in the name of being detrimental to unity. Later, people with ulterior motives used this to make a big fuss and slander the Huo family. The Huo family's status in the world plummeted, and Zhemei Villa was implicated as a result, and its prestige was lost.
Later, the arrogant Wa La Locust Army broke through the border and entered Jinzhou, killing them in blood. The Huo family was not spared. Except for Huo Tao, the third son of the Huo family, and his family of three who escaped, they all died unexpectedly. Later, it was rumored that the sects behind the five allies who were killed by the Huo family secretly collaborated with the Locust Army to retaliate against the Huo family. The Huo Tao family who survived the disaster were also hunted down, and their heads were missing in the end. It is rumored that the body of Huo Tao's wife has not been found.
After all, she was just a woman, and it was hard to predict. Over time, the world gradually forgot about her existence. The owner of Zhemei Mountain Villa was old, and even if he wanted to find his beloved daughter, he was unable to do so. With the decline of Plum Blossom Villa, even the thirty-sixth method of Tianshang plum-breaking technique, which the villa was famous for, was lost and extinct. Nowadays, there are not many people in Jianghu who know the Tianshang plum-breaking technique, but if they are People know that the reappearance of Tianshang's plum-breaking palm skills will definitely lead to another bloody storm. If Jiang Yichen shows his hand this time and is targeted by someone with impure thoughts, it will indeed cause countless unpredictable troubles.
Ruolan finally analyzed the stakes one by one to Jiang Yichen and told him to act carefully in the future and not to take action at will. She also secretly decided to find time to meet the master of the Demon Palace alone.
"In the matter of the Huo family, the Daoyi Alliance is relatively unified on the side of the Huo family. They believe that the Huo family made the decision to kill the alliance at that time. However, times have changed and it is difficult to avenge the Huo family now. You But don't get into trouble." Ruolan was worried that Jiang Yichen would make another random decision, so she reminded him not to dwell on it.
Ruolan's words and the strength she had shown earlier touched Jiang Yichen a lot. Jiang Yichen had a lot of thoughts. Now that he had left Xishan Island, he was determined to make a difference, whether for his old man or his parents. Now there is still something to do about Yin Niang. His departure from the island has not been his alone from the beginning. He is also burdened with the expectations of those people. How can he back down easily, let alone knowing that it will be difficult at the beginning? Afraid?
Jiang Yichen silently clenched his fists.
"Are you going back to Juyuan?" Jiang Yichen's every move fell into Ruolan's eyes.
"Yeah." Jiang Yichen did not deny it.
"When are you leaving?" Ruolan asked, a moment of loss flashed in her eyes. They had been lying together on the same bed for more than ten days. Although they only had physical contact today, she found that she seemed to have become accustomed to the presence of the man in front of her... …
