Two completely different thoughts were arguing in Ruyu's mind.
On the one hand, he felt that humans and monsters were separated, and if he didn't cut the knot quickly and was still involved with Chen Qi, he might harm her; on the other hand, he couldn't leave Chen Qi when she was so sad. He felt that he had hurt her deeply, as if repaying kindness with revenge, and he felt very guilty in his heart.
Ruyu really doesn’t know what to choose.
He sighed secretly in his heart, it would be great if his husband was by his side. He knows everything and must know what to do.
Follow your heart.
Just when he was struggling, he suddenly remembered Xu Huaigu's teaching for no reason. Xu Huaigu had taught him so many principles, but at the moment he only thought of this sentence.
There are already many truths in the world, not to mention that there are often conflicts between truths. One person cannot grasp all the principles, but if he can pick out a few of them and put them into practice, he is already a good enough person to stand in the world. If you can sort out the connections between principles clearly and know when to use which principle, you are called a sage in the world.
Putting aside these digressions for the time being, we returned to Chen Qi’s wooden house in Qingfeng Valley.
What is Ruyu’s original intention? Does he want to leave Chen Qi forever and become strangers in the future?
No, absolutely not.
Ruyu seemed to understand what to do.
He turned around and walked to sit next to Chen Qi again.
Chen Qizheng was devastated, thinking that he was going to leave like this, and his heart was broken, but he suddenly came back and sat next to him.
She looked at Ruyu and into his eyes.
The eyes were exactly the same as when she first saw them, light red, as beautiful as glass, with patterns twinkling in the weak candlelight. When she saw these eyes, all the worries in her heart seemed to be unimportant.
What monster clan, what realm, what great benevolence, great resentment, great right and wrong, how much does it have to do with her? She just likes someone.
If possible, Ruyu is no different from an ordinary child. There is no difference in appearance, and in terms of behavior, he even looks much more well-behaved than many children.
Although he is dull and boring, he will do everything well and say every word well; although Mr. Xu can't be separated from three sentences, he always listens to his teachings carefully and learns humbly; although his speech is boring , but he will take Chen Qi's words seriously and treat them seriously.
He also has a pair of mesmerizing eyes.
Even someone like Mr. Xu can take him with him. He must not be like other monsters. He must be recognized and accepted by everyone, right?
Chen Qi found that he seemed to be looking for a reason to accept Ruyu.
Chen Qi burst into tears. Now her mind was in a mess and she really couldn't weigh anything. She cried so sadly that it was unbearable to hear, and Ruyu was also heartbroken.
As if he had finally made a compromise in his heart, Chen Qi asked with tears in his eyes: "I don't care, I don't care who you are or where you come from. I just ask you, do you like me or not?"
"I...I don't know. I don't know if this counts as liking." Although he wanted to say those two words, he felt that he didn't fully understand the meaning of liking, and he couldn't give an ambiguous answer. promise.
"But I know I care about you, Chen Qi. Seeing you in pain, but I can't do anything about it, I...I'm really sad."
Chen Qi cried a little softer. She rubbed her eyes and looked directly into Ruyu's eyes. His eyes would not lie. Chen Qi knew that he was telling the truth.
The two children in the wooden house looked at each other and were quiet for a long time. Ruyu suddenly felt that Chen Qi's face was so beautiful, and she seemed to have never admired it so carefully before.
"Then do you think I'm pretty?"
Ruyu nodded without hesitation.
"Are you happy when you are with me?"
Ruyu nodded firmly, still answering in the affirmative.
"We are going to separate in two days. Are you reluctant to leave me?"
Ruyu nodded without thinking.
Chen Qi looked into his eyes and asked these questions. She knew that Ruyu was telling the truth.
So Chen Qi cried again, and the tears that were about to dry up flowed again. She complained with red eyes: "Then you clearly like me, why don't you admit it?"
"But Sister Yu said that liking is..."
"Shh." Chen Qi suddenly stretched out his index finger and placed it on Ruyu's lips. She shook her head at him and said, "I don't want to hear that. What Sister Yu likes is hers, and you are different."
Ruyu felt confused. How come the word "like" has different meanings in different people's minds?
"That's why I said you are an idiot." Chen Qi sniffed and held back his tears.
She looked at Ruyu, frowned and said solemnly: "Your Mr. Xu can teach you any truth, but this is the only thing he can't teach himself. If you don't believe me, ask him, and he guarantees that what he says is not true." Same answer."
Do you really like it being so complicated? Ruyu lowered his head and thought hard. So what exactly is liking? If he doesn't understand what "like" means, he might never be able to say those two words in his life.
Seeing that he was getting into trouble again, Chen Qi hurriedly poked his forehead, as if teaching a young child, and said angrily: "Don't think about this, you can't think of anything. You just like it if you like it, no need to take it Define your own likes by other people's likes. Otherwise, if everyone in the world likes you the same way, what fun would there be? How much fun people have lost!"
Mr. Xu seems to have said that people like each other differently, and Ruyu thinks what she said makes sense.
Ruyu asked hesitantly: "So, I like you, right?"
"Of course you have to ask yourself whether you like me or not. Ask me, how do I know?"
She was crying profusely just now, but when Chen Qi heard him asking these words so seriously, she suddenly felt funny again.
"Idiot, what an idiot!"
Although Ruyu didn't say it out loud, Chen Qi felt that he just liked her.
The little girl's temperament and sadness are like summer rain, they come and go quickly.
Ruyu was still frowning in thought.
"Come here, let me lean on you for a while."
Ruyu subconsciously did as Chen Qi said and sat closer to him. Chen Qi leaned gently on his shoulder and smiled slightly.
A string seemed to be plucked in Ruyu's heart, suddenly touched. He looked down at her face, feeling an emotion he had never felt before beating in his heart.
Could this feeling be called liking?
Even he himself didn't notice that his hand slowly raised and stroked Chen Qi's long hair.
Chen Qi's face immediately turned red.
"Chen Qi."
"Um?"
"I... seem to like you."
Chen Qi's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly beat very fast, as if it was about to burst out of his chest. After a while, she blushed and replied: "Well, I like you too."
There was another long moment of silence, but this time Chen Qi felt more at ease.
Ruyu suddenly said: "I also have someone I like. I will tell my husband when I go back."
"Wait!" Chen Qi was startled and sat up suddenly, looking at Ruyu in surprise. Ruyu looked innocent and looked at her blankly, not understanding why she had such a reaction.
Chen Qi's cheeks turned red and he said anxiously: "No, you can't talk to Mr. Xu about this."
"Why?"
"Because... you can't tell others because you like her." Chen Qi's face turned red. Of course she wouldn't say it was because she was shy.
"But I see that Mr. Yu and Sister Yu also like each other, and everyone knows it. Why can they tell others that they like each other?"
"Oh, they are them, and we are us. Anyway, you can't tell him. If you tell him, I will be angry."
"But I promised my husband that I can't hide anything from him."
"What if your husband didn't ask? If he didn't ask and you didn't tell, you wouldn't be hiding it from him."
It seems reasonable.
Ruyu nodded and asked: "Then you like me, can you tell your husband about this?"
"More...no more!"
Chen Qi's face turned red with embarrassment. But she reacted immediately. Maybe Xu Huaigu and Yu Qin had already seen it, and even Liu Waner should have known it. The little girl was a little annoyed for a moment. Why couldn't she be more reserved? It seems that this idiot Ruyu really can't see anything.
Although the two have expressed their feelings for each other, they will be separated in two days. The confession at this moment seemed to set off the long separation in the future. When Chen Qi thought of this, he felt a little disappointed again.
In fact, there was another question that she had always wanted to know, but Ruyu never answered it.
"Then can you tell me now, what state are you in?"
Ruyu thought about it and realized that he had already said so much. There was indeed nothing more that could not be said about this matter. He replied seriously: "The demon clan has not clearly divided the realms. If I follow what Mr. said, I should be equivalent to the nine realms of the Central Region."
Nine...nine realms?
Chen Qi raised his eyebrows in fear and almost stood up. She originally thought that Ruyu was already very good if he had the strength of the third and fourth realms, but when he opened his mouth, he said it was the ninth realm? Is he telling the truth?
You know, Qingfeng Valley is the only one in the ninth realm, their valley master Xie Qingyun. In other words, Ruyu's strength is comparable to Xie Qingyun's. This seems a bit unimaginable for a little girl who was barely able to break through the second realm at the end of last year.
Now it was Chen Qi who was anxious. In her eyes, the second realm seemed unworthy of the ninth realm. The little girl suddenly regretted why she hadn't practiced well before. It would have been better if she had reached the three realms. Three threes are nine, but I am only in the second realm, and four twos are only eight!
Having said that, the difference between the three realms and the nine realms is not an exaggeration at all. The little girl's thoughts were simple and clean. She just suddenly felt that she was not worthy of Ruyu, so she felt full of loss.
But compared to the difference in realm between the two, Chen Qi had other things he was more concerned about.
"Then you should be able to fly, right?"
Chen Qi's eyes were bright and full of expectation. Ruyu nodded truthfully.
"Really?" The little girl raised her eyebrows and laughed happily, "I haven't flown yet! I've seen my senior brothers and sisters wielding swords for a long time. I also want to try it, but it's a pity that I'm not good enough."
Chen Qi asked sincerely: "Ruyu, can you take me to fly?"
When Ruyu saw her smiling, the haze in her heart was swept away, and she hurriedly replied: "Okay."
"Then now!"
Chen Qi didn't even have time to blow out the candle, she was so happy that she took Ruyu's hand and went out. The little girl didn't even ask what Ruyu's demon body was, she smiled at him and said: "Hurry up, take me to the clouds to see it!"
A big black snake appeared in the forest. The snake's head was as big as Chen Qi's wooden house. The big snake flew into the air and lowered its head to the ground, waiting for the little girl to come.
Chen Qi had never seen such a strange beast before. When she saw Ruyu's demon body was long and thin and could fly, she couldn't help but think wrongly. She was surprised and happy, and quickly climbed on top of its head, laughing happily and saying: "Ruyu, it turns out you are a dragon!"
Ruyu just wanted to explain, but he heard the hearty laughter of the little girl: "Ruyu is a dragon! Ruyu is a dragon! Only dragons can fly into the sky!"
So Ruyu stopped talking, just flapped her wings, and slowly took Chen Qi into the sky.
The wind whistled in his ears. Chen Qi saw the trees on the ground getting further and further away from him, and knew that he was already in the air. She opened her arms to feel the wind, and felt that the biting cold wind became more comfortable at this moment, and she laughed heartily.
"Sit tight." Ruyu reminded her.
Chen Qi smiled and nodded, then bent down and laid his whole body on the snake's head. Ruyu speeded up and flew into the sea of clouds.
She stroked the huge black scales on the snake's head and looked sideways at the thick sea of clouds on both sides. The scenery and people that were previously out of reach were now right in front of her. She just felt as if she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth with laughter.
A man and a snake were swimming in the sea of clouds, and the little girl's silver bell-like laughter echoed in the clouds. It was crisp and soft, more intoxicating than the white clouds.
However, they didn't know that there were still people watching everything from a distance at this moment.
Higher up in the sea of clouds, two flying swords stood side by side, with two figures standing on the flying swords. Both of them looked down at the snake and the little girl in the sea of clouds.
Xu Huaigu looked a little apologetic and said to the person next to him: "I have brought you trouble."
Xie Qingyun didn't answer the question and said with a smile: "Look how happy they are."
Xu Huaigu also nodded and smiled.
Xie Qingyun looked at him and smiled: "After tonight, they are still together well. It's rare that you also lost the bet."
Xu Huaigu sighed with a smile and said, "I lost the bet, which is actually a good thing."
Xie Qingyun smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the bet?"
Xu Huaigu shook his head and was about to speak when he suddenly saw a fire rising into the sky from the south. White flames rose straight into the sky, illuminating the sky in an instant as bright as day.
Their smiles froze, their expressions solemn, and they looked south together.
That is the direction of Zixia Sect.
