When Li Tianlan opened his eyes, the study was dark and quiet. The rain outside was beating messily on the glass, and the sound was particularly clear.
He stood up, moved his body, poured himself a glass of warm water and drank it, and his whole body suddenly became energetic.
The mobile phone on the desk seemed to have been touched. Li Tianlan opened it and looked at it. There were no text messages or missed calls. He shook his head vigorously, lit a cigarette, and opened the window.
The rain gradually became heavier.
Raindrops fell on the lake, and the ripples all over the lake continued to spread in the night. The treetops were gently swaying in the wind. The lights in the courtyard of Donghuang Palace were dim, with dense water vapor. It was obviously a brilliant midsummer, but here
This scene is a bit desolate and lonely.
Li Tianlan looked at the rain outside the window quietly, the light in his eyes becoming calmer.
To this day, his martial arts has already reached a certain level, reaching a peak that he has never reached under normal conditions.
But the peak is not perfect.
This imperfection is not due to entering the realm too quickly, nor is it because the body is too fragile, but due to an imbalance of strength and will.
In three years, traveling thousands of miles north, through mountains, rivers, seas, polar glaciers, grasslands and deserts, through wind, frost, rain and snow, he almost never stopped.
His martial arts is just like his road to the north. It was walked step by step in silence. It is extremely solid and stable, and the accumulated sword intention is absolutely pure. However, his body can withstand such a difficult training, but his will can hardly bear it.
After three years of wind, frost and loneliness, even if he returns to Huating from the Pole, it will be difficult for his energy and spirit to completely make up for it.
The lack of balance between will and strength means that there is no strength but the will is not focused enough. Without a will as firm as steel, it is difficult for the sword to reach its true purity and peak.
Li Tianlan now thinks that the only way is to sleep.
Only adequate and comfortable rest can gradually restore his energy and spirit.
Li Tianlan looked out the window, his thoughts racing for a while.
His energy and spirit were damaged, but the foundation was there and there was no need to worry about recovering. So at this moment, he was thinking more about that year in the desert.
In that year, he fell from high to low, and started anew from the realm of destructive thunder.
That year, he crawled in the oppressive, dark, narrow, and silent maze below the desert prison where he could only hear his own heartbeat for almost what he thought was a lifetime. He experienced countless times of despair, depression, fear, and madness.
Only then did he develop an absolute will comparable to the heart of a king.
Without the experience of that year, today, with his original will, it would be impossible for him to survive the three years of great destruction and establishment.
Everything seems like coincidence and necessity.
He recalled the first words the two metaphysics masters said to him when he first met Xuan Xuanzi and Master Wuwei.
Can you trust destiny?
Destiny is right in front of you. Even if you don't believe it, you can't be disrespectful.
The study door was gently pushed open from the outside.
Wang Yuetong walked in, looked at Li Tianlan who was smoking silently, and said softly: "Are you awake?"
Li Tianlan nodded and said: "I'm hungry."
"Ru and I have cooked some food, but it may not be as good as Mr. Yu's cooking. Do you want to try it?"
Wang Yuetong smiled and said, with a soft voice and enchanting eyes. After changing from a girl to a woman, in front of Li Tianlan, the little princess of the Beihai Wang family did not hesitate to show off her charm. She really wanted to quietly bloom beside Li Tianlan for the rest of her life.
"You and Ru Shi?"
Li Tianlan threw the cigarette butt out of the window with a strange look in his eyes.
"I made an agreement with her."
Wang Yuetong nodded: "She will call me sister from now on."
"..."
Li Tianlan suddenly had nothing to say. Even if he was a god, it would be impossible for him to understand why Dongcheng called Wang Yuetong sister.
"Of course, I am destined not to be compared with Sister Xiaobai. Even if Dongcheng calls me sister, he will not like me in his heart, and I will not like her, but we will inevitably meet in the future, and we will be by your side in the future. You can't
It would be too embarrassing to pretend that I don’t know him for the rest of my life.”
Wang Yuetong came over and hugged Li Tianlan, leaned into his arms and whispered softly.
"after?"
Li Tianlan said something subconsciously and gently stroked her short hair with his palm.
"Well, later!"
Wang Yuetong nodded and said firmly: "Tianlan, I'll resign. I will stay by your side from now on."
Li Tianlan paused for a moment, then said: "Okay."
Wang Yuetong laughed in his arms. She nuzzled Li Tianlan and said softly: "My dad called me while you were sleeping. He wanted me to go home."
"how do you say?"
Li Tianlan was silent for a while and then asked slowly.
"I said I couldn't go back."
Wang Yuetong was in a daze, thinking about that phone call, and said in a complicated tone: "So my dad asked me to go home."
Li Tianlan hugged Wang Yuetong tightly and said nothing.
go home.
Take a trip home.
Although they seem to have similar meanings, they have completely different meanings.
The former goes home and never comes back.
The latter only comes back after going home, and will not go back again.
At the very least, she will not go back until the grudge between Li Tianlan and the Beihai Wang family has a clear outcome.
Li Tianlan lowered his head and kissed Wang Yuetong's hair gently.
The former little princess was trembling slightly in his arms.
"Do you regret it?"
Li Tianlan said softly.
"As long as you don't abandon me in the future, I won't regret it."
Wang Yuetong's voice was very soft, almost like a whisper.
After all, she is a woman, a woman who is so extravagant that she would rather spend her whole life making bets. Such a big bet will make her feel uneasy, uneasy, confused, and at a loss.
As for not regretting it later...
It all depends on the man she ultimately chooses.
This responsibility is so heavy, and it is even clearer than the Li family who is right in front of us but far away in the distance.
"Do not worry."
Li Tianlan paused and then said: "Thank you."
Wang Yuetong smiled, raised her head, reached out to touch Li Tianlan's face, and said softly: "When I come back, I will no longer be the little princess of the Wang family in Beihai, but your woman."
Li Tianlan patted her back and said softly: "When are you leaving?"
"Let's finish our meal."
Wang Yuetong said softly: "You take me to the airport."
Li Tianlan nodded and said: "Okay."
"I want you to carry me downstairs."
Wang Yuetong took a step back from Li Tianlan and opened her hands.
Li Tianlan smiled, picked her up and went downstairs.
Everyone is downstairs.
Lin Youxian and Yu Donglai sat at the dinner table.
Dongcheng is serving rice like this.
The meals are sumptuous.
But because of the relationship between Dongcheng Rusuo and Wang Yuetong, the dinner was neither salty nor light.
Li Tianlan has a good appetite. For him, as long as the two women don't fight on the spot, there will always be a relatively harmonious day in the future. After dinner, Li Tianlan personally drove Wang Yuetong to the airport, and Wang Yuetong booked the flight ticket on the way.
, changed the boarding pass at the airport, Li Tianlan watched Wang Yuetong pass the security check with his own eyes.
Wang Yuetong didn't say much from beginning to end. She just hugged Li Tianlan hard before leaving and said softly: "Wait until I come back."
Her figure passed the security check and gradually disappeared at the end of the passage.
Li Tianlan tugged on his collar, turned around and left the airport.
As the black Audi left along the road, a dignified and steady Mercedes-Benz fleet slowly entered the airport and passed by Li Tianlan.
...
The rain became heavier and heavier at night, and thunder appeared and disappeared at the highest point in the sky.
It was late at night in the airport, and two middle-aged men walked out of the airport smoothly with a beautiful girl.
Six Mercedes-Benz cars were parked on the road outside the airport. Nearly twenty tall and sturdy men wearing uniform black suits stood silently and solemnly, bathed in the rain at night.
The moment two men and one woman walked out of the airport in silence, everyone bowed and saluted at the same time: "Welcome, Your Highness."
Two middle-aged men got into a Mercedes-Benz at the front.
The beautiful girl got into another car.
The motorcade slowly left the airport.
In the Mercedes-Benz at the front, Gu Xingyun, who arrived at Huating a day early, looked pale and weak. He lowered the window, lit a cigarette, and coughed lightly.
Gu Qianchuan, who was always with him, received a text message. He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. He gently twitched the corner of his mouth and said calmly: "The Cabinet and the Presidential Office have agreed on the rules for the exercises between the two houses."
"As expected."
Gu Xingyun smiled: "These are all things within the scope of the rules. Rules and rules are often two different things, but sometimes they are also the same thing. In the special operations system, no matter what, they are now
Kunlun City has the final say, this is both a rule and a rule."
"Where's the wealthy group?"
Gu Qianchuan frowned and glanced at Gu Xingyun.
Now he has determined the extent of Gu Xingyun's injuries. With one fierce blow, even Gu Xingyun was almost completely disabled. His combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. There was no possibility of recovery in just a few years. Even if he had time, it would still depend on him.
Regardless of his own luck, if the exercise between the two houses was not too important and the face of Kunlun City was not at stake, Gu Xingyun would not have attended in person.
Today, the power of Kunlun City is truly in the hands of Gu Qianchuan, and his relationship with Gu Xingyun seems to have eased a lot.
"The exercise between the two chambers is a major event, and no one can disrupt it, otherwise it will really be breaking the rules and trampling on the rules again. Unless Dongcheng Wudi wants to commit political suicide, what else can he do?"
Gu Xingyun coughed and said in a calm tone.
"I'm afraid something unexpected will happen then."
Gu Qianchuan said calmly: "How can the lunatics of the Dongcheng family have any sense when they go crazy?"
"Indeed."
Gu Xingyun nodded: "But the question is, is it worth it for Li Tianlan?"
He glanced at Gu Qianchuan and continued: "And even if there is an accident, you are still here. If the accident does happen, during the exercise, you will personally take action and kill Li Tianlan!"
He paused and said gloomily: "No matter the cost!"
Gu Qianchuan narrowed his eyes and nodded: "Where are we going? Sky Academy?"
"Go to Winter Mountain."
Gu Xingyun shook his head: "I made an appointment with an expert. Maybe he can give us some advice on the future situation."
Gu Qianchuan smiled and nodded, but curled his lips calmly.