After hearing Datou's words, Zuo Shisan knew in his heart that Qiu Shasha was taking this opportunity to take advantage of him.
Thinking of this, Zuo Shisan said to Qiu Shasha:
"Miss Qiu, there's no need to kowtow. I don't want to shorten your life."
Qiu Shasha stared at Zuo Shisan with a pair of dark eyes and said seriously:
"I'm not afraid of shortening my life. If you want to learn from a master, you must follow the rules."
Zuo Shisan could see that Qiu Shasha had made it clear that she wanted to take advantage of him today, but Zuo Shisan still refused to kneel down. He had the backbone in his heart. He even remembered what An Rushuang said to him when he first met her.
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"A man has gold at his knees. How can he kneel to heaven and kneel to his parents, but how can he kneel to his wife?"
"Miss Qiu, since what you said is meaningless, it doesn't matter if you don't want to be my master." Zuo Shisan said and turned around and left.
Qiu Shasha said:
"You have the backbone, and you haven't changed...but stubborn people often don't end well."
When Qiu Shasha said these words again, her dark eyes suddenly became dim, and it seemed that she had lost all her luster in an instant.
This sentence seems to be said to Zuo Shisan, but more to herself...
Zuo Shisan finally stayed and knelt down because he knew his current situation very well. If he could not make himself stronger, he would not be able to rescue An Rushuang from the fourth realm.
If you can't be with An Rushuang in this life, no matter how much dignity and integrity you have, it will be meaningless.
Qiu Shasha looked at Zuo Shisan kneeling in front of her without dignity, and for some reason her eyes began to turn red.
Datou looked on and asked bluntly:
"Senior sister, why are your eyes red? Are there insects?"
Only then did Qiu Shasha come back to her senses, glared hard at her head and said:
"It's none of your business here, go exercise now!"
After hearing this, Da Tou shivered with fright and quickly turned around and left.
Zuo Shisan stood up from the ground, looked at Qiu Shasha who was standing opposite him, bowed respectfully and said:
"Sister, can I learn Sichuan Opera from you now?"
Qiu Shasha nodded:
"No problem, just start from today, from now, from this moment."
…
The summer was hot and the sky was dry. At noon, the dazzling sunshine shone on the earth. Zuo Shisan followed Qiu Shasha to the open-air training platform in the backyard.
At this time, Datou and another junior brother Wu Ji in the backyard were hiding in the shade and playing with their mobile phones. When they saw senior sister Qiu Shasha coming, they immediately hid their mobile phones and started to press their legs.
The backyard walls are all made of blue bricks, and the top of the wall is covered with black stone tiles. There are two weeping willows planted on the south side. The two willow trees are some years old and thicker than an adult's thigh.
The training platform is in the middle of the backyard, paved with bluestone, surrounded by several wooden sticks and hemp ropes needed for practicing.
Qiu Shasha walked to the middle of the training table, looked at Zuo Shisan and said coldly:
"Thirteenth Zuo, the first step in learning Sichuan Opera is neither simple nor simple, that is to stay still!" Qiu Shasha pointed to a position on the training table and continued:
"You stand in that place now, unable to move your body, until the sun goes down."
Zuo Shisan didn't speak. He just nodded and walked to where Qiu Shasha pointed to without saying a word. He put his legs together and straightened his waist.
Qiu Shasha smiled slightly, turned and left.
Under the training platform, Da Tou and Bai Ya saw their senior sister Qiu Shasha leaving and quickly took their legs off the leg press.
"Mom, I don't know what happened today. My legs started to feel numb after I pressed them for a while." Datou complained first.
White Fang said with a smile:
"Da Tou, when do you think Senior Sister will be back after going out this time?"
Datou thought for a while and said:
"At least it will take an hour or two." He said and immediately looked at Zuo Shisan, who was standing upright beside him, and said to him with a smile:
"Junior brother, little junior brother, stop standing there stupidly. The senior sisters are all gone. Come to our place and cool down quickly."
Zuo Shisan did not speak, still standing motionless.
Then White Fang also spoke:
"Junior brother, your practice right now is in vain, and no one will see it. Wait an hour or two before senior sister comes back, get some water and apply it on your body and face, and you will be able to get away with it."
Zuo Shisan still stood there, not even looking at them. It seemed that he couldn't hear what Big Tou and White Fang said at all.
Bai Ya and Big Tou looked at each other, Big Tou shook his head and said:
"Forget it, White Fang. I think we two are just like dogs trying to meddle in other people's business. People don't accept our kindness at all and don't pay any attention to us."
White Fang also said:
"That's right, we are thankless for our efforts. Since he likes to bask in the sun, let him bask in it!"
As they talked, they sat down in the shade, took out their mobile phones and started playing games together.
…
Tomorrow is the first day of July, which is the time agreed upon by Qiu Shasha and Lu Yu, but Qiu Shasha is not ready to go. As for the position of the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Sect, she has already secured the victory and is not in a hurry.
After Qiu Shasha left the yard, she softly hummed a song as she walked:
"From then on, I didn't dare to look up, as if my sky had lost its color. From that day on, I forgot to breathe. I will never shed tears or cry again. Until now, I am still waiting silently..."
She hummed the song softly and walked quickly to a relatively remote wasteland. She found the old woman in red behind the weeds about half a person tall.
At this time, the old woman in red was sitting cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed, as if she was practicing or meditating.
After she noticed Qiu Shasha approaching her, she took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes.
Qiu Shasha walked to the old woman in red and sat down next to her. She seemed to have a very close relationship with her.
"I can see that you haven't let go of him yet." The old woman in red looked at Qiu Shasha and spoke first.
Qiu Shasha shook her head helplessly:
"Where does love come from? It can make me fall in love so deeply and suffer so much."
The old woman in red smiled and said to Qiu Shasha:
"I still know you very well. You are just like me when I was young. Until now, I can't forget the person who hurt me. My daughter, do you really want to help him?"
A gust of wind blew by, and the old woman in red tore off the wrinkled human skin mask on her face, revealing a fair and beautiful face.
This person is none other than Qiu Shasha’s mother—Hongyan!
Qiu Shasha looked at her mother, her lips moved and she said:
"I'm not trying to help him, but I'm trying to help myself. I can't bear to see him in such pain that he doesn't want to live."
"Silly girl, who cares about you when you are in pain?" Hongyan said softly.
Just this sentence made Qiu Shasha's tears fall down her cheeks.
