The two cried for a while, and Zhi'an finally got to the point.
"Brother, I won't hide it from you. Baiyun Palace has become like this. There is really nothing I can do, and I have nowhere to go now."
He begged pitifully: "Can you let me stay here temporarily?"
With his words, I appeared, and I already knew Zhi'an's intention.
Le'an looked around: "As long as you don't dislike it, you can stay here for now."
"As for Baiyun Palace, give me half a month and I will definitely return it to its original owner!"
From this point of view, Le'an's character is not bad.
At the moment when the knot in my heart was opened, I immediately took on the attitude of sharing the same hatred and hatred, as if nothing had happened.
This is typical child psychology - only black and white, no gray.
Once emotions take over, all principles will be lost and all defenses against people will be dropped.
Unfortunately, I have to teach him about the dangers of society.
After comforting Le'an, Zhi'an casually gave a reason, saying that he wanted to go back to Baiyun Palace to get something and meet back tomorrow morning.
After saying that, he gave me a look and motioned for me to follow him out.
In fact, we didn't go back, we just moved to a secluded place to talk.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhi'an spoke first: "I, I've changed my mind a little bit."
"What's the meaning?"
"As you can see, that kid actually has no intentions. I don't want to lie to him anymore."
Zhi'an asked in a semi-consultative tone: "I want to tell him the truth directly, you see..."
"Can you ask me if you want?"
"Yeah." Zhi'an clenched his fists and whispered, "You're right, my own knife can't cut my own handle. When facing him, I can't say anything."
I thought about it and said, "He is acting on his own initiative, so you can't be confused."
"The trust you two have just established is not yet strong. If you tell him directly now, he will immediately become defensive against you."
Zhi'an gently crushed the soil under his feet and whispered: "But I really don't want to take advantage of his kindness."
"Think about your original intention, brother."
I tried my best to comfort him and said, "You are doing this because you don't want him to go astray, not for his temporary happiness."
"Now the first step has been achieved."
After a pause, I spoke again: "Don't blame me for being harsh. Your kindness as a woman is meaningless at this time."
"I am willing to understand you. If it were me in your place, I would feel very uncomfortable right now."
While I was talking, I took out Le'an's flying knife and said, "Look at this knife, and then think about what you said. Don't forget, his current kung fu has an evil spirit."
"If there is carrion on the body, it must be cut off. It is better than amputation one day."
Zhi'an sighed silently: "I have no idea now, you just have to figure it out."
"I feel like victory is just around the corner."
Zhi'an calmed down a little and asked, "How do you say that?"
"Your junior brother just mentioned something. He said that soon he will return the Baiyun Palace to its original owner."
Zhi'an immediately reacted: "He doesn't have that much ability himself, so he must be relying on a man from the forest."
I slapped my thigh hard: "Yes! This is what we want!"
"As long as we can follow him, the rest won't be a problem."
After concentrating for a moment, I asked again: "Do you know what role you should play?"
Seeing Zhi'an shaking his head, I could only remind him: "You are now a good brother who has sincerely repented. Leave the rest to me."
"Wouldn't that mean we use you as cannon fodder?" Zhi'an frowned: "No! Absolutely not!"
In response to this, I just laughed a few times: "You are stupid because of reading."
"If you want to be a good guy, someone has to play the bad guy. You and your junior brother are in a tug-of-war right now. Everyone wants to win, but the end result is that the rope breaks."
After that, I patted his shoulder hard: "Don't think too much, leave the matter to me."
Zhi'an and I have temporarily reached an agreement that I will be the bad guy and do the dirty work.
Compared to me, he was under greater pressure.
After all, he had to break through his own psychological defense and face the fact that he had deceived his junior brother.
In the next few days, Le'an and Zhi'an seemed to have completely settled their differences. No one mentioned the past, and Le'an made no new moves.
What he does most every day is wander around three meals a day.
Zhi'an and I even wondered whether our judgment was wrong?
How can this kid be so stable?
It wasn't until three days later that Le'an hurriedly said hello to me and said he was going out to get something.
Zhi'an and I looked at each other in confusion, and we were both a little dazed for a moment.
Zhi'an looked at the direction in which he disappeared and whispered: "Do you want to follow him?"
"No."
I gave the answer very directly: "He left too suddenly. He was probably testing us."
"Perhaps if we chase him out here, he can find him immediately."
Seeing some hesitation in Zhi'an's eyes, I added, "You haven't forgotten about the scarecrow, have you?"
