"I said! What's wrong with you?"
"I heard people say that you were like crazy before, asking everyone about the siege of Zhuyin City in Wuling City!"
"Why now, I tell you that it's true! But you don't believe it?"
On the streets of Black Corner Alley, Chu Zhaozhao followed Chu Qingxiao, questioning loudly.
Just now, Chu Zhaozhao said something that he thought could win over Chu Qingxiao, but he didn't expect that after hearing the words, the young man's attitude turned out to be quite strange.
He was silent for a while and then ordered Chu Zhaozhao to be kicked out.
Then, no matter how much Chu Zhaozhao tried his best, he packed up some rice paper placed in the inner room and walked out of his room alone.
Chu Zhaozhao followed him and talked all the way, but Chu Qingxiao turned a deaf ear and just lowered his head and hurried on.
Chu Zhaozhao's mouth went dry as he spoke, and he had no choice but to follow Chu Qingxiao, wanting to see what this guy was going to do.
Chu Qingxiao was not affected by Chu Zhaozhao. He walked through Black Corner Alley and left the West City, first coming to a wine shop.
"Shopkeeper, are you still short of people here?" He found the shopkeeper of the wine shop and asked him respectfully.
The shopkeeper, who was counting the accounts with his head down, raised his head when he heard this, and immediately frowned: "Go, go, we are not hiring here."
After experiencing yesterday's setback, Chu Qingxiao was not surprised by the shopkeeper's rejection, but he was unwilling to give up just like that, so he opened his mouth and spoke again.
"It doesn't matter if the salary is low. I can do accounts, am literate, and have the strength to do anything."
As he said this, he took out a stack of rice paper that he had packed at home and handed it over.
"Sir, look, these are articles I wrote in the past. Some were copied and some were written by myself."
"My handwriting is beautiful and my work is careful. Mr. Luo from Taohua Study has praised me."
"In the future, I can use tokens to keep accounts or write invitations for guests. I can also do chores on weekdays, such as washing dishes and serving dishes."
"Sir, look at it."
The young man worked hard to put a sincere smile on his face. At the same time, he put aside his previous pride and promoted himself hard.
But the enthusiasm he thought he had, in the ears of others, turned out to be just noise and ignorance.
"Get out!" The shopkeeper waved his hand and pushed Chu Qingxiao out of the door of the wine shop. The raised threshold caused Chu Qingxiao to tilt his body and roll down the steps, falling into the snow.
The shopkeeper still felt a little upset, so he walked to the door of the store, crumpled the rice paper that Chu Qingxiao had just handed to him, and threw it out.
"You haven't caused enough trouble to your father, and you want to cause trouble to my little shop?"
"Get out of here now. If you dare to come in next time, see if I can beat you!"
"unlucky!"
Pedestrians on the street were also attracted by the quarrel and gathered around, many of them pointing and pointing.
"Is this the son of Chu Yamen?"
"I heard that he was possessed by an evil spirit. He even beat up the gentleman who came from the court a few days ago!"
"I've heard before that this kid is capable, can box and kick, and can write articles. How come he got such a disease!"
"Then who knows? Did Bao Buqi do something bad and was targeted by the monsters?"
"Yu Chu is a decent man, but why does he have such an incompetent child..."
Everyone was talking, and malicious speculations came out of their mouths one after another.
These rumors are just spurious rumors, but they will be spread from one to ten, and spread to hundreds of people, and become a fact that is widely praised by everyone.
In the end, it was called "no smoke without fire", which became irrefutable evidence that it could kill people.
Chu Qingxiao got up from the ground in embarrassment, not paying attention to the gossip in his ears.
He just hunkered down and hurriedly picked up the papers on the floor.
He had to pick them up before the snow water soaked them - the price of rice paper was not cheap. In the past, Chu Yueshan worked as an errand in the yamen, so he didn't feel bad buying these things. But now, the family is in decline, and if these things are destroyed, Chu Qingxiao will have no way to ask Chu Yueshan for them again.
Chu Zhaozhao on the side finally couldn't stand it anymore, and she squeezed through the chattering crowd.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Can you see ghosts?"
Chu Zhaozhao shouted loudly to stop the whispers of the people around him, then quickly walked to Chu Qingxiao and helped him pick up the scattered papers on the ground.
Fortunately, the two rescued them in time. Although the ink marks on the papers were slightly blurred, they were mostly still intact.
"Thank you." Taking the paper from Chu Zhaozhao, Chu Qingxiao was stunned for a moment, and then thanked him sincerely.
"Little things." Chu Zhaozhao smiled, his eyes like crescent moons.
Chu Qingxiao didn't say much. He stood up and glanced at the pedestrians around him.
Seeing this, everyone who had been talking lively just now avoided the gaze cast by the young man.
Chu Qingxiao's desire to explain himself was completely extinguished when he saw everyone's reaction.
He smiled bitterly, stuffed the papers into his arms, and left.
But at this moment, Chu Zhaozhao suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the corner of his clothes.
"Girl?" Chu Qingxiao looked at her in confusion.
But the girl just smiled and signaled him to calm down, and then she walked to the door of the wine shop under Chu Qingxiao's surprised gaze.
In the wine shop, the shopkeeper, who thought the matter was settled, clapped his hands proudly and turned around to walk in.
"Hello!"
But at this moment, Chu Zhaozhao's voice came from behind.
The shopkeeper paused and turned back to look at the girl in confusion.
"I said, should you apologize?" the girl asked, staring at him with a half-smile.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper frowned: "What? Is there still such a principle of forced buying and selling in this world?"
"If he comes looking for work, I have to give it to him. If I don't give it, do I have to apologize?"
"You still think that his father is a government servant and can bully ordinary people like us?"
The shopkeeper was also a smart man. He saw that Chu Zhaozhao was coming with bad intentions, so he immediately changed the focus and directed the matter to a topic that was most likely to irritate ordinary people.
As soon as these words came out, the people around him suddenly showed dissatisfaction.
"Yes! Is there such a truth in this world?"
"People look down on him. Is it possible that I should recruit him?"
"That's right. Who would hire a guy like him? What if he gets sick that day and beats the customer?"
The people around him took advantage of the situation and agreed one after another.
Chu Zhaozhao looked back at everyone, but he didn't take it seriously.
“Of course it’s up to you whether to hire workers or not.”
"But when he came to visit you, he was very polite. He didn't mess around or disturb your guests."
"Why did you push him? Why did you throw his things on the ground?" Chu Zhaozhao asked.
The shopkeeper was stunned at first, but then he quickly thought of words and said, "This shop belongs to me, and I don't welcome him. Is there a problem?"
"He entered my store, let alone pushing him, just beating him, so what?"
After the shopkeeper said this, he looked at Chu Zhaozhao proudly, with provocation written on his brows.
But Chu Zhaozhao was not angry at all. She just smiled and asked: "According to your wishes, as long as we are no longer in your store, it doesn't matter what we do, right?"
"That's natural. I don't want to provoke a troublemaker like him. As long as he doesn't cause trouble in my store, I don't care." The shopkeeper said.
"That's good." The smile on Chu Zhaozhao's face became brighter.
After saying this, she raised one foot and stamped on the ground outside the store door.
Boom.
Just heard a muffled sound.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he thought the girl was going to take action, so he subconsciously took a step back, but after this sound, there was no movement.
He couldn't figure out what Zhao Zhao was doing for a moment, and looked at the girl in front of him in shock.
Chu Zhaozhao turned around at this moment and took Chu Qingxiao's hand.
"Let's go," she said softly.
Chu Qingxiao was also a little confused, and the two of them just turned around.
The shopkeeper behind him also came back to his senses. He looked at the two people who seemed to be running away and couldn't help but laughed: "I thought I had any ability, but it turns out that I'm just a girl who can say a few cruel words and then nothing happens. Film…”
Click.
Before the words could be said, a crisp sound suddenly came.
I saw a crack suddenly emerge from the ground where Chu Zhaozhao stood just now, and then spread along the steps towards the wine shop. A doorpost directly in front suddenly collapsed half under the crack, and then the wine shop's plaque shook. At that time, it suddenly landed, sending up snow all over the sky...
The shopkeeper who was still shouting just now looked at the plaque that was smashed down against his face. His face turned pale and he stood motionless for a moment.
…
"Just now, was that what you did?" Chu Qingxiao, who was pulled by Chu Zhaozhao and ran out of the street just now, finally couldn't help but ask.
When Chu Zhaozhao heard this, he raised his head proudly: "Introduce yourself again."
"Chu Zhaozhao, a disciple of Qingque Peak in Tianxuan Mountain, a quasi-inner disciple, has achieved great success in the Lingtai realm."
Chu Qingxiao's eyes widened with disbelief on his face: "A warrior in the third realm?"
He looked Chu Zhaozhao up and down. The girl in front of him looked like she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she could have cultivated in the three realms.
And his father, Chu Yueshan, was only in the second realm, yet he dared to be called one of the top ten strongest men in Wuling City...
For a moment, Chu Qingxiao didn't know whether it was his father's short-sightedness or the girl in front of him who was extremely talented.
Chu Zhaozhao really enjoyed Chu Qingxiao's surprised look, and she straightened her chest even more proudly.
However, this kind of pride did not last too long when Chu Qingxiao said again: "But since you have such ability, why do you want to cheat?"
"You have also seen my current situation. The whole Wuling City regards me as a madman... You can't get any money from here..."
"You'd better find someone else to deceive. Of course, I think it's better not to be a liar. With your ability, it should be more than enough to be a bodyguard or a martial arts instructor..."
Chu Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, and then said in astonishment: "Do you think I am a liar?"
Chu Qingxiao also blinked and looked at her: "Isn't it?"
"I'm not a liar!" Chu Zhaozhao stamped his feet and said angrily: "You don't have hysteria either."
Probably because of the help just now, Chu Qingxiao no longer had so much hostility towards Chu Zhaozhao.
He smiled bitterly and said: "When I was sick before, someone said the same thing as you."
"He told me that I could find the swords that I imagined were the swordsmen of the Western Continent, to prove that everything I said was true."
Chu Zhaozhao was stunned and asked with a strange expression: "Then has he found it?"
Chu Qingxiao smiled, shook his head and said, "He defrauded me of all the money I had. Three days later, my uncle ran into him from the gambling house."
"My uncle got into a fight with him just to vent my anger, but unfortunately... we never had a fight."
Chu Qingxiao paused as he said this. The expression on his face was gloomy, and his eyes were filled with self-blame.
"During the period when I first became ill, I was indeed like a man possessed, frantically looking for evidence to support the memories in my mind."
"I feel like I'm in two worlds. When I close my eyes, I see the ruins of Wuling City and the corpses. But once I open my eyes, I see the lights of thousands of houses."
"This situation drove me almost crazy."
"I ignored the people around me who really cared about me, my father and my uncle. For me, one lost his job as a government servant and gave away the house he had worked so hard to buy for most of his life. The other gave up the only jade that my grandmother left behind. Pawn the bracelet.”
"Now they have to work hard at the rice and grain shop to earn money for my medical treatment..."
"I don't want to be a burden to them anymore. I have made up my mind not to think about those illusory things anymore. Cherishing what is in front of me is the most important thing."
"So, these words of yours cannot deceive me."
Chu Zhaozhao looked at Chu Qingxiao who was talking with some surprise. Before, she probably just wanted to find the secret of this world and escape.
But at this moment, she suddenly realized that for the boy in front of her, this absurd world was everything to him.
To let him find the secret here is to let him destroy the world he knows with his own hands.
This is cruel.
After saying this, Chu Qingxiao sorted out the snow stains on his clothes and wiped away the previous decline. He looked at Chu Zhaozhao again, with a bright smile on his face and said: "Thank you for helping me out today, but now I have to gone."
"I want to find a job today and share some of the work with my father and uncle."
After saying that, he took steps.
Chu Zhaozhao finally came to her senses, and she was unwilling to give up.
There is no reason why she should be trapped in this world just because of some pity in her heart.
She said: "But what if these are true? You care about Uncle Chu and Uncle Sun, but what about those Xizhou Jianjia who traveled thousands of miles to come here for Wuling City? You don't want to know where they are now?"
Chu Qingxiao's raised feet were suspended in mid-air at that time, as if frozen.
After a while, he murmured: "But you can't prove that they really existed. There is no trace of them in the entire Wuling City. I will not do it for these illusory things..."
After he finished speaking, his raised feet came down again and he was about to leave.
Seeing this, Chu Zhaozhao seemed to be unable to hold back his anger: "Stop!"
She said loudly, and quickly stepped forward to stop Chu Qingxiao.
"Miss Chu, I don't know how to..." Chu Qingxiao frowned and was about to say something.
But as soon as he said these words, he was interrupted by Chu Zhaozhao.
"No! You will help me." Chu Zhaozhao said.
She spoke very firmly, with an inexplicable sense of confidence.
Chu Qingxiao didn't like the other party's messy attitude, and his brows furrowed a little deeper.
"Why?"
"Based on this."
A smile suddenly appeared on the girl's lips, and she reached into her arms with one hand, and at that moment she took out something.
Chu Qingxiao looked closely and saw a pink purse.
Chu Zhaozhao shook his wallet at that time.
The crisp sound of tinkling bells rang out.
That was the sound of silver colliding.
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