It's night, Xiaofengxiang Inn, Room No. 1, Tianzi.
The dim night fire outside the window could not cover the letter in Shi Chongrui's hand. But regarding what Shi Chongrui read out, Duan Zhigan was deeply silent. He looked at the lights inviting the bright moon and the many stars hanging down the curtains.
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The next day, early morning.
The first ray of light from the rising sun swept away the fallen leaves under the bamboo shade, but the steps that stepped out of the shadow stopped at the junction of light and darkness.
The river bank is still the same river bank. However, there was only an empty raft with no one on board.
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Small building, hall.
Ling Yunzhi only had steamed buns in his bowl of salty porridge, and he ate them with gusto.
Liu Yue sat on the west side, drinking porridge, looking at the empty space opposite. I don't know where my mind is, maybe it's outside.
Under the pavilion, at the stone table.
Ling Ye lay half-stretched on the stone table, and started drawing again with the pebbles in his hands.
The layers of patterns on the tabletop are slowly covered with new ink. Under the smile, they are now wearing new clothes: the leaves are fluttering in the bamboo bushes, and the couple are walking away holding each other in arms. However, the legs that chased him from behind had not had time to mature into adults.
The cool breeze blew, and a lot of yellow and fresh things fell. It gently held up a strand of the young man's hair and said goodbye.
In a quiet place, where the rising sun leaves its wake, we understand each other under the pavilion and laugh at each other in the hall.
Quiet and beautiful. ——This is the memory that resides in Ling Ye’s heart.
call……
The wind blew away and lifted all the fallen leaves under the shade of bamboo back into the forest, but it messed up Duan Zhigan's clothes, hair and heart.
After a long silence, I glanced at the black silk of the fishing raft and walked away in silence.
In the secluded bamboo forest, the swaying shadows are hard to come back to...
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Juemen, in the main hall.
Ling Xiufeng was sitting in the seat on the left. Although he was looking down, his eyes were blank. Maybe even if the tea cup in his hand was cold, he wouldn't notice or care.
His hair and beard are all white and full of vicissitudes of life, still and majestic like a stone statue.
silence. possible.
other. Hard to detect.
There is no wind in the room, but there is a shadow of the sun, slowly extending the light into the hall.
Perhaps because the light path extended to the middle hall, his eyes suddenly moved. He just raised his head and saw Tan Fei parked outside the door.
As soon as their eyes touched, Tan Fei fell silent, then bowed deeply into the hall...
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Small building, under the pavilion.
As in the past, father and son played chess in the northwest, and the virtuous woman stood beside her beloved son.
despair.
Ling Ye made a move to form an offensive.
Ling Yunzhi nodded lightly, and then took the pieces down with a slight smile, blocking Ling Ye's long front and forming a connection with the adjacent chess formation to wait for the breakthrough army that trapped Ling Ye.
Ling Ye pursed her lips in thought, then twitched the corner of her lips in thought, and finally took the pieces to play the chess piece in a dull manner.
"Huh." Seeing the move, Ling Yunzhi couldn't help but smile, then he leisurely shook his head to get the chess piece, preparing to lock it up for attack.
However, before the chess piece landed on the longitude and latitude points, Ling Yunzhi suddenly paused.
Seeing this, Ling Ye and Liu Yue couldn't help but frown, but before they could turn their gazes, Ling Yunzhi blinked blankly and then turned to look towards the south road.
Seeing this, the mother and son couldn't help but be startled, then they both turned their heads to see what was about to pass.
When the visitor stopped, he looked up from below and walked steadily, with his clothes on his back and his hands floating in the air. He just lowered his eyes in deep silence, not making eye contact with the two of them, let alone looking at each other.
But seeing that the person who came was Duan Zhigan, Liu Yue's breath suddenly suffocated, and she couldn't help but her eyes flickered, and she slowly lowered her head.
However, before she could deepen her silence, she heard a soft sound coming from the side: click.
Liu Yue was silent for a moment. When she turned around, she realized that it was Ling Ye who had tightened her right hand on the chessboard. And the missing chess piece in that chaotic chess formation was tightly held in his hand.
Liu Yue was silent for this, so silent that she lost her breath. She felt so guilty that she didn't even dare to look into her son's eyes. Although she knew that the other party was not looking at her.
However, at this time, Ling Yunzhi suddenly smiled hoarsely, then stood up generously, put his hands on his back and smiled: "Brother Duan really wants to keep his promise."
Liu Yue quietly clasped her hands tightly, and Duan Zhigan was also silent.
Ling Ye kept gritting his teeth and staring angrily into Duan Zhigan's eyes. He wished he could go over and bite Duan Zhigan to death. How come he had never seen such a shameless person? He clearly didn't want to see the other person from the beginning, but this person appeared in front of his family! He was young, and even though he didn't understand the affairs between men and women, he still knew what it meant for a strange man to break into another man's wife's room and spend the night!
The more Ling Ye thought about it, the angrier he became. He didn't know if his father knew about this matter, and he didn't know if his mother had told his father about it. In short, he had been feeling stuck in his throat, and until now he still couldn't let it go, and he couldn't even swallow it. Not going down. But for the sake of his father and mother, he originally planned not to settle the score with the other party, but it was better for him! You came yesterday, you come today, do you have to come tomorrow too? Are you coming in the future? !
The more Ling Ye thought about it, the angrier and angrier he became. Not only did he clenched the chess pieces in his hands, he also clenched his teeth. If he hadn't thought of his mother standing next to him, he would have rushed up to teach him a lesson.
Perhaps sensing the sorrow and hatred in Ling Ye's heart, Liu Yue couldn't help turning her face away and secretly raised her hand to wipe her tears.
"Hey..." Ling Yunzhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and was about to speak, but Duan Zhi suddenly shook his head slightly, then looked towards Ling Yunzhi with a slight smile, and nodded deeply to him.
Ling Yunzhi had a thought, then smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand, and invited him to come closer.
Duan Zhigan smiled slightly and walked over calmly.
Regarding his arrival, Liu Yue chose to avoid seeing him and looked down at him; Ling Ye buried her face deeply, only to see that her right hand was clenched tighter and tighter, and her teeth were gritted deeper and deeper.
It was only a few dozen steps, and there was no wind along the way. When they got close, they stopped, and they were deliberately separated by a few feet.
Seeing Duan Zhigan stopped outside the corridor, Ling Yunzhi slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, looked into the other person's eyes and said, "Brother Duan has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
As soon as these words came out, not only Duan Zhigan fell silent, but Ling Ye's face gradually became increasingly angry. Even Liu Yue slowly clenched her hands in her sleeves.
She was afraid, afraid that Duan Zhigan would say something that couldn't be said or mention things that couldn't be said that night, but she was even more afraid that Ling Ye would hear this. She really wanted to drive him away, but she didn't know if she could stand up and speak, or if she was qualified to be the master of the family at this time. There should be so much struggle, so much helplessness, so much pain, and tears in the corners of my eyes.
After a brief silence, Duan Zhigan smiled and released his breath, then turned to look at Ling Ye, then looked at Ling Yunzhi with a smile and said, "Can I take a step to speak."
Hearing this, Ling Yunzhi suddenly raised his eyebrows, and then said in surprise: "Oh?"
Duan Zhigan smiled slightly, nodded gently and said, "It's with Madam."
But upon hearing his words, Liu Yue immediately grabbed her hands that were clasped together. It could be seen that her palms were wet with sweat, and she also pursed her lips tightly and gritted her teeth secretly.
Click.
Ling Ye clenched his fist in anger, but out of anger he crushed one of the three chess pieces in his hand. However, the blood in his hand was about to explode. He was so angry that he slapped the case on the spot: "Bang!"
Although he didn't speak, the sound was serious and sudden, which not only frightened Liu Yue physically and mentally, but also shocked Duan Zhigan's mind. He had known that this son was an extremely unstable factor, but he never thought that he would anger him just by making such a request.
But on the surface, Duan Zhigan, like Ling Yunzhi, turned a deaf ear to Ling Ye, and just looked into Ling Yunzhi's eyes with a smile.
There was no smell of gunpowder in this smiling and silent look at each other, but even the wind and waves did not dare to get close, which also made Liu Yue choke.
But fortunately, it’s only three breaths.
"Huh." Ling Yunzhi suddenly smiled, and then nodded deeply to Duan Zhigan: "Okay."
"Dad!" Ling Ye was furious and turned his head sharply.
Ling Yunzhi ignored him and just looked at Duan Zhigan motionlessly, but the smile in his eyes gradually turned cold.
Duan Zhigan smiled slightly, then nodded deeply to Ling Yunzhi, then turned to look at Liu Yue.
However, Liu Yue not only refused to look up, but also turned her gaze to the past.
Duan Zhigan pursed his lips and smiled, then turned around and stepped sideways to get out of the way behind him, stretched out his hand to invite you, bowed his head and said, "Please."
Liu Yue was silent, Ling Yunzhi did not express his position, and Ling Ye gritted his teeth too deeply.
They are waiting, they are all waiting, waiting for Liu Yue, waiting for his wife, waiting for his mother to make a statement.
She is also waiting, waiting for the visitor to leave, waiting for her lover to persuade her to stop, and waiting for her beloved son to take her away.
However, the visitor closed his eyes and waited, the lover did not speak, the beloved son... remained indifferent.
She couldn't help but clench her hands, couldn't help gritting her teeth, couldn't help becoming angry with grievance...
"Ugh." Liu Yue stepped hard on her right foot to express her dissatisfaction, and then walked towards the south road with an angry face.
Duan Zhigan bowed his head deeply, and it was not until Liu Yue completely walked past him that he slowly lowered his hand and remained silent. Then he nodded to Ling Yunzhi, opened his eyes, and turned around to follow.
Ling Yunzhi watched off with a smile, but he did not look at Duan Zhigan. Instead, he kept looking at Liu Yue. It was not until the lady disappeared into the shade and disappeared into the bushes that his smile gradually turned cold.
As for Ling Ye...
Snapped!
After gnashing his teeth for a while, he suddenly turned around and angrily placed the bloody chess racquet in his hand on the chessboard with such force that it cracked the entire chessboard and splattered chess pieces everywhere. And he himself had already walked towards the hall angrily without looking back.
Ling Yunzhi couldn't help but grit his teeth, and slowly clenched his left hand behind his back...
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Xiaozhu Riverbank, the way to the north.
Liu Yuechai walked angrily with her hands folded, but there was not much expression on her face.
Duan Zhigan lowered his eyes in silence and followed quietly, deliberately keeping the distance between them at least one foot away.
Su, Su...
The wind swayed the bamboo bushes in the distance and scattered many petals, but it was difficult to get the man to look around.
Liu Yue walked quickly all the way to the river bank before suddenly stopping. But when she looked around, she went to the mooring of the bamboo raft angrily. There, at least there was a small earth embankment to prevent the river water from getting the land and shoes wet.
Seeing this, Duan Zhigan was silent for a moment, then he lowered his eyes and watched his heart, and followed him without saying a word.
I arrived quickly and stopped one step at a time. A bit of soil fell into the river water, making slight ripples and not returning to my heart.
Duan Zhigan arrived shortly afterwards, but still kept a certain distance from Liu Yue.
Perhaps, this short six feet is the end of the world on the other side.
Liu Yue grabbed her right hand holding her left hand so deeply that the back of her left hand became white. She stood still for a long time, but before Duan Zhigan could speak first, she turned angrily and confronted him. However, there are no words.
Although there are no words, sometimes this invisible harm is far more deeply rooted in people's hearts and hurts the heart than any curses and curses.
Duan Zhigan had a deeper understanding, but no matter what he had to do, he could only close his eyes and bury it, so he raised his eyes and looked at Liu Yue's angry eyes, and said as calmly as possible: "I have something to say to you."
The slight words only made Liu Yue grit her teeth.
Perhaps after that glance, Liu Yue completely saw through Duan Zhigan's demeanor. She was tired of looking at his eyebrows and eyes, and after seeing enough of his appearance, she could feel relieved after gritting her teeth deeply, so she turned her head indifferently and looked at Elsewhere: "Say."
Duan Zhi couldn't hide his loneliness. He was silent for a long time. When he looked up, he saw Liu Yue, whose back was turned to him, seemed to be still gritting her teeth. He smiled hoarsely: "You come with me."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yue's heart was shocked and her hands tightened. Then she glared at her with a look of dismay: "Duan! I ask you to respect yourself!"
In fact, regarding Duan Zhigan's name, Ling Ye didn't know, Liu Yue didn't know, and many people didn't know either, and they never took the initiative to inquire about it. However, Liu Pingkuan knew and Zhao Yufeng knew, but these two people did not inform or have the opportunity to speak out because they were worried about Ling Ye's existence or other aspects. As for Ling Yunzhi...knowing or not knowing, knowing or not knowing, it is difficult for others to know.
And here, whether Liu Yue knew his name or not, she would call him that.
