"Why do you like plum blossoms so much, Master?" Mercury said while sweeping the floor.
The sword slave followed behind, but didn't answer. He didn't intend to tell her, but to be honest, he didn't really know. He only knew that the late old lady liked her very much.
Mercury also expected that Sword Slave wouldn't answer, but she didn't care. She just wanted to talk casually.
She believes that language can enhance the feelings between people.
Just like she often talks to the small animals in the mountains, as time goes by, they are no longer afraid of her and will play with her.
"I have never seen a garden full of plum blossoms like this before. I have only seen wild snow plums in the mountains. Although they are beautiful, they are a bit lonely. They are one far away and isolated from the world." Mercury sighed softly.
"You've been living in the mountains and haven't you ever ventured out into the world?" Sword Slave was a child after all. Although he was slightly prejudiced against her, he didn't dislike her. He heard her talk and found it interesting, so he asked.
"No, the master never let me go out of the valley. I have spent my time in the valley since I became conscious, accompanying birds and beasts every day." Mercury sighed softly. She only knew the outside world through some books.
Learned.
Fortunately, in order to let her help develop the poison, the master bought books so that she could learn to read and write.
In this way, she will have the opportunity to see everything about the outside world through words.
I remember that day, when I saw the huge crowds of people for the first time, I was both scared and curious.
That feeling cannot be experienced by others.
"So pitiful..." The sword slave said sympathetically after hearing this. Sometimes he felt so dull after not going out to play for several days, but she never came out.
"No way, life in the mountains is very peaceful, at least there is no deception." If the master hadn't used her to test the seven-worm poison this time, she thought, maybe she wouldn't have escaped.
However, she still thanked her master for being cruel this time. Otherwise, she would have had no chance to meet the young master.
Thinking of the young master, a sweet smile appeared on her face.
The sword slave looked at her smiling face, rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Do you like my young master?"
Mercury glanced at him and nodded without any modification: "I like it."
When the sword slave heard her direct words, his face turned red. He had never seen such a non-shy woman: "You are really not ashamed. Don't worry about it. The young master won't like you!"
Mercury, however, turned around and glanced at him: "I don't need him to like me, as long as I like him, that's enough!"
He smiled coquettishly as he spoke, but he didn't care at all.
But she didn't know that this smile and these words were all heard by the man in white in the dark.
Jiang Shuiyue had no intention of listening to her, but unexpectedly, when she walked into the plum garden, she heard her clear and bright voice from a distance. She was not far away, so she heard it.
Unknowingly, I was attracted to it,
He clearly didn't like her, but when he heard her say she liked him, he felt very good.
His slender fingers gently touched the plum blossom, and the cold touch was just like his heart.
He didn't walk away, just listened quietly.
While Mercury was speaking, she suddenly felt keenly that there was someone beside her. She suddenly became quiet. When she listened carefully, she found that although the sound of breathing was so thin, she still heard it.
He jumped, stepped on the branches, and flew towards the place where there were people.
He jumped and fell down.
Wherever you step on it, snowflakes are falling white and plum blossoms are proudly red.
In the snow-white place, the man's white clothes are better than the snow, his face is cold, and he blends in surprisingly well with the white snow and cold plums.
Mercury, I looked a little crazy.
She didn't expect that it would be Jiang Shuiyue.
This person was completely stunned on the spot, just looking at him blankly. She didn't know that it was very unreserved for a woman to look at a man like this. She only knew that she had to look at good-looking things.
Don't think about it so much.
Jiang Shuiyue just stood quietly and made no sound.
However, when his eyes glanced at the plum branch Mercury had just stepped on when he landed, his eyes flashed with a faint light.
She seemed to have forgotten the warning he had just given her.
And Mercury, looking at his gaze, suddenly shuddered unpreparedly. Looking along his gaze, the branches were still swaying, and a few of the plum blossoms were spreading in the air, sandwiched with snowflakes.
, flying to the ground.
Swallowing heavily, her hands and feet suddenly became weak.
The first thing that came to mind was what the sword slave said.
You might even lose your arms and legs!
It was like a rumbling sound, ringing in her ears over and over again.
It's all my fault that I was careless and didn't think about it carefully.
I should have thought that this plum garden is so tightly guarded, how could someone easily break into it!
"Sir, I...I...thought there was an outsider breaking in. I was wrong..." Her voice trembled with fear.
As soon as the sword slave came after him, he saw such a scene, but he didn't say anything. To be honest, the young master's face was so ugly. Hey, think about it, I'm afraid this woman is going to be miserable.
Suddenly I felt a little unbearable.
"Sir, she is also in a hurry..." Involuntarily, he actually begged for her favor.
To be honest, he was really afraid that the young master would break her foot in a fit of anger.
After hearing Jian Nu's words, Mercury glanced at him gratefully, and then turned to Shui Yue. His beautiful eyes were wide open, and he just stared at Shui Yue with pity.
Those eyes, when they were open like this, were even more like falling snow. That kind of snow-like cleanness and clarity made pain gradually appear in his eyes.
Turning around, not daring to look again, those cold words came out faintly: "As a punishment, you must clear every piece of snow on the plum blossoms today without hurting the plum blossoms!"
When Mercury heard this, a smile appeared on his face, as if he was lucky for his hands and feet, but then he frowned, trying to clear away the snowflakes for each plum blossom without hurting the plum blossoms.
This sounds easy, but in fact it is extremely difficult. Although plum petals can withstand cold, they are also fragile and fragile. Just scratch them lightly and some petals will fall off.
How can this be good?
Looking at the plum blossoms with grievance.
If she loses another piece, won't there be punishment waiting for her?
I wanted to say something, but the fairy-like Jiang Shuiyue had already walked away, leaving only a distant figure.
He sighed and stared at the plum blossoms carefully.
The sword slave walked up to her: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and do your work! This punishment is at least much better than having your hands and feet cut off!" The young master looked cold and gentle, but he was a ruthless person who did not do anything wrong.
People are never lenient.
This is already a very special treatment.
"But how can we sweep this away!" Mercury said in embarrassment. The stamens are so fragile that they will fall if they are swept away.
"Hey, that's right..." The sword slave took a look and felt embarrassed. But he couldn't think of a way.