The temperature is extremely hot at noon in July.
The bamboo forest behind Nanyuan looks cooler.
Tianbao sat casually under a green bamboo bush, enjoying the cool breeze blowing from all directions, his dark apricot eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression showed a little contentment.
Bai Yu looked around and saw that there was no one around. He took out a small cube of glutinous rice from his arms, unwrapped the sugar coating and quickly stuffed it into the girl's mouth. He said proudly, "I hid it secretly. Brother, I have nothing to say to you, right?"
"It's all melted." The girl sipped the candy, and the sweet taste spread on her tongue. The end of her eyebrows moved slightly, and in a moment, Bai Yu also had a piece of glutinous rice stuffed in his mouth, as fresh as if he had just bought it.
"..." The comparison between the two was shocking, "Senior sister, where are you hiding?"
"I'll tell you if I guess it right."
"..." If I can guess right, can I tell you?
Another gust of cool breeze blew, and the girl's broken hair on her cheeks danced in the wind. She leaned back against the bamboo trunk, her almond-shaped eyes lightly closed, "If nothing happens, I will be able to enter Xindu by the end of the year."
Bai Yu raised his lips, "There can be no accidents."
They first attracted Zhang Sanjin's attention because of the fire in the library. Regardless of the reason why the other party paid attention to them, among the ten newcomers, the brother and sister caught the attention of the library owner first.
Later, he saved his companions from a dispute in the dining hall, and Zhang Sanjin was left with an impression of intelligence and agility.
Afterwards, they had a conflict with the fat young master in the bamboo forest. Compared with the old disciples who had not made any progress in the gym for several years, the martial arts school would naturally choose to favor the two newcomers, him and Tianbao, in order to win people's hearts. .
At a time when Guiyi Pavilion is urgently recruiting disciples, as long as the talents he finds are of innocent origin and have no doubts about their origins, Zhang Sanjin will definitely keep them and send them to the next station.
As for why Butler Ding happened to pass by here in the morning...
Bai Yu lowered his eyes and smiled sarcastically. Whatever happened to pass by, Butler Ding had been hiding in the dark and watching them.
While they were being chased and beaten by the fat young master and others, Butler Ding was listening on the other side of the wall.
He took advantage of the situation and put some green powder on his face to pretend to be bruised, and played the trick again. No matter how shrewd Butler Ding was, he never thought that anyone would dare to play tricks under his nose.
Turning his head, Bai Yu looked at the girl's calm and well-behaved look as she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Bai Yu quietly raised his hand and pinched the girl's cheek.
The feel of the human skin mask is really disappointing.
The closed apricot eyes suddenly opened, staring at him faintly, with murderous intent seeming to be absent.
Bai Yu tried to quibble, "Jiu'er, the bruise on your face was rubbed off. I'll patch it up for you."
"You patched the wrong place. What I 'hurt' was my wrist." The girl smiled, clenched her fist, and punched his jaw before he could run away.
The fake bruise on the jaw immediately turned into a real bruise.
The pain was so painful that Bai Yu almost burst into tears. He covered his chin and stomped his feet to complain, "Senior sister, you are so merciless!"
Tianbao stood up, patted his head as if patting a puppy, and left without looking away, "You were bullied this time, and you regretted that you were unable to protect yourself and your sister, so you started to practice martial arts. Let's go to the martial arts field. .”
This time Bai Yu really ran away.
I can go to the martial arts training ground, but I can’t go with you!
It’s not like this young master hasn’t been beaten enough since he was a child!
By the time the fat young man named Ding finally completed his three-month task of cleaning Nanyuan, it was already autumn.
The selection and assessment at the end of the year is imminent.
The atmosphere in the entire martial arts hall began to become tense. The disciples in the gym practiced their skills more diligently every day, hoping to be selected in the upcoming selection.
On a moonlit night in mid-winter in November, the bright moon hangs high and the cold wind blows.
Two figures on the martial arts training ground competed with each other with weapons in hand. The sound of weapons clashing suddenly and intensely made the atmosphere in the entire field tense.
When the figure hiding in the dark outside the venue quietly left, the two people in the venue stopped.
Bai Yu bent over and gasped, his arms falling in the air as if they were useless. Sweat soaked a large area of his thin training clothes, "Jiu'er, take a rest, I'm about to die, huh, huh—— "
Tianbao picked up the long sword that he had dropped on the ground and put it back into the weapon rack. Then he turned around and sat down on the steps, "Come here."
"I'm tired, I can't move. Those bitches in the secret are endless. They come to keep an eye on us every day, even if we want to be lazy." Bai Yu sat down on the spot and collapsed directly on the field. His voice was soft, "Jiu'er , help~"
"..." Tianbao returned to him and sat down, looking down at the young man's exhausted state. After a moment, he took out a juicy pear and handed it to his mouth, "Quench his thirst."
Bai Yu moved his eyes downward, stared at the pear that was so close, and swallowed.
Tianbao, if you do this, aren't you worried that I will be scared to death?
He grabbed the pears and ate them, lying there with eyes wide open, "Are there any more?"
The girl remained silent and made a piece of white sugar cake out of nothing in front of him. The taste and texture were exactly the same as Wangquelou's signature snack.
Bai Yu took it, chewed it, his eyes could no longer move, and whispered, "Senior sister, you are so imprudent, aren't you afraid that I will sell you out?"
Tianbao tilted his head, his almond-shaped eyes stared at him quietly, and the corners of his lips curved, "Who dares to buy me?"
"...What if there is?"
"Don't worry, I will kill you first before that happens."
"I'm just kidding."
"Oh, I'm serious."
The moonlight above the head was bright and cold, with a water-like softness that fell down, clearly reflecting the half-smile on the girl's lips.
Bai Yu suddenly laughed too, with great joy.
He raised his sore arms, took out a dagger from his arms, pulled the girl's hand over, and put the dagger into her palm.
"If that day comes, you can kill me at any time."
Tianbao threw the dagger into space with his backhand.
The young man's words fell on his ears like the wind blowing.
She actually didn't care and wasn't afraid.
Su Jiuni was not the little girl who could only be manipulated by others.
"Stop lying down and go back to your dormitory." She stood up and patted the dust on her pants, then kicked the man who was still lying on the ground and refused to move.
Bai Yu's peach blossom eyes were wide open, innocent and pitiful, "I can't move."
The next moment, the boy's eyes were dazzled, and he was picked up by the girl and carried on her shoulders.
Bai Yu, "..."
Bai Yu, "..."
He jumped down with all his strength, his eyes twitching wildly, in disbelief, "Jiu'er, brother, you don't want to lose face? Are you carrying me like a sack?"
"Are you leaving or not?"
"Walk!"
On the other hand, Butler Ding left the martial arts training ground and went to the martial arts center to recover.
Zhongyuan is the residence of the owner. The lights are still on in the east room where he sleeps, and the man's figure is projected on the flower window by the light.
"Master, Shi Yu and Jiu'er, brothers and sisters, have excellent understanding of martial arts. Within a few months, their martial arts skills have far surpassed those of the companions recruited at the same time. The same goes for their level of effort." Steward Ding stood under the window and whispered.
The man in the window hummed, "The assessment will be held in five days, and the two of them will be placed in a group with old students."
"Arrange it directly? This...should we let them compete with the old students before the assessment? Otherwise, if they suffer a loss-"
"No need. If it is damaged, it means their skills are inferior to human life."
"yes!"
