A childish but angry voice sounded at the door of the room.
Xiao Yanyu stood at the door angrily, looking at Chen Mo who seemed like nothing had happened, and shouted: "Why are you repaying kindness with enmity like this?"
"The wound doesn't hurt anymore?"
Seeing her aggressive look, he changed the subject and asked.
"pain."
Xiao Yanyu felt something was wrong and immediately changed the topic. "The pain is not as painful as the beating of brother Jiaqi."
"Brother Qi gave you food and clothes, and you beat him until he was lying on the bed. You..." Xiao Yanyu wanted to say "you are so heartless", but thinking of Chen Mo's cold eyes,
Swallowed the word. "You are really not human."
"Then what?"
"Then, then." Xiao Yanyu was speechless. "Then I don't want to live in the same room with you."
"good."
Chen Mo walked out, gave the room to the little girl, and left alone, leaving the Guo family and walking around the city alone.
He didn't take the little girl's words at all. It wasn't that he was really indifferent, it just felt meaningless and wouldn't make him care. The only thing that made him care was when he could cross that threshold.
This time Chen Mo walked more places in Xiayang City and saw more things. Outside the residential areas, there were busy streets, tea stalls, restaurants and small noodle shops. He saw busy waiters and people bragging at the tea stalls.
The tea guest saw several children looking pitifully at the long noodles being washed through the boiling water.
He let go of the arrogant horse, bumped into the beggar-looking thief, dodged the dirty water of a shrew, and escaped the pebbles of naughty children.
As he walked, he felt like he didn't fit into this kind of life, like an outsider.
I walked through the busy streets, looked at a few houses, and saw a flag with the Chinese character Sun embroidered on it. I looked at it a few more times before leaving.
"Hey, isn't that boy here to touch you just now?" The two bored guys at the door of Sun's Escort Agency looked at the dumbfounded boy who had just walked away and joked.
"He just came here to get some money. Isn't there three hundred taels of silver here? Don't think nonsense. I heard that this month's salary will be reduced."
"Hey, isn't it? The little lady in Rouge Lane is still crying for food, but I'm worried to death."
"Yes." One person scratched his crotch while feeling melancholy.
Chen Mo walked aimlessly and unknowingly returned to the door of Guo's Escort Agency. He did not go in, but sat on the stone steps at the door, lying down with his legs crossed.
"The sky is so blue."
As he watched, he fell asleep, really fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already a night sky full of stars.
Chen Mo turned to look at Xiao Yanyu sitting next to him and said, "What are you doing?"
"Look at the stars." Xiao Yanyu bent his elbows on his knees, supported his head with his hands, and looked at the sky in the distance.
Chen Mo saw a large bowl of food next to him, picked it up and ate it.
The two of them still looked like they were wandering.
.....
Guo Jiaqi lay down for two days before he recovered. After he had just recovered, he started to be naughty again. After asking about Chen Mo, he often wandered outside alone in the past two days, basically seeing no one. He made a wooden stake in the open space and held it.
The wooden knife used for practice was used to chop, cut and stab the wooden pile, and it seemed to have a deep hatred for this wood.
"My mistress, what's the point of arguing with a piece of rotten wood? That would be more interesting if you try to fool around with Brother Chen." The old boss was sarcastic about Guo Jiaqi again.
"Then why don't you go? Sir, I was beaten by that bastard until I lay on the bed for two days." Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and stabbed the wooden stake several times.
"Isn't it a good thing to lie down for two days? You can be upright and don't have to run around about the escort agency. And we can understand it."
"Old Dantou, why don't you go and lie down, I can understand you."
"No, it won't work. I just have a life of hard work and no life of peace and happiness."
"No? How about I reward you?" Guo Jiaqi threw a wooden knife to the old man, his meaning was obvious.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the scar is really healed and I forgot about the pain. Although I don't have Brother Chen's skills, I can't just do whatever you want." Old Dantou picked up the weapon.
Some waiters who had just returned from doing errands saw the two competing and got closer, whistling and starting to make noises.
"start!"
I don't know who shouted, and the two of them attacked at the same time.
Guo Jiaqi clenched the knife in his hand. Since Chen Mo tied his hands that day, it seemed to be humiliating him, but in fact it was telling him that if the knife is there, the opportunity is still there. As a swordsman, losing is not terrible, but losing the knife is terrible.
Watching the excitement, shouts and shouts were heard one after another, and the two exchanged dozens of offensive and defensive moves. Perhaps Guo Jiaqi himself did not notice that the face of the old man became serious.
"Old boss, what's the matter? Didn't you eat? You're like a soft-footed shrimp." Guo Jiaqi cursed. "Is it because I am a wounded person, so you are merciful? With my sister here, this little injury is nothing.
."
"Get the hell out of here, I just didn't have any activities, don't take advantage of me and act like a good boy."
After saying that, the two of them fought together again.
"Jia Qi's demeanor has changed."
Not far away, two brothers, Guo Shengwen and Guo Shengwu, stood side by side, also watching the competition here.
"It seems that Brother Chen has got rid of Jiaqi's bad habit of being a fool." Guo Shengwu nodded.
"Weren't you worried before that he would be beaten to death by Brother Chen?" Guo Shengwen teased.
"Are you not worried? Did you see Brother Chen's attack that day? It was so sharp. I'm really afraid that he would be like that night when he was attacked by a sneak attack. A single mistake could kill Jiaqi." As a father, still
She was very worried about her child, and besides, he was his only son. "The knife across my neck made me tremble with fear. If Brother Chen hadn't stopped the knife, it would have been too late for us to take action."
"Indeed." Guo Shengwen nodded. "But Brother Chen's control is really amazing. Every blow is controlled very well. There is no sloppiness or any sloppiness."
"I'm very curious about who taught Brother Chen's sword skills. Not only was the teaching good, but Brother Chen can master it at this age. His talent seems to be excellent. There is no comparison between Jiaqi and him." Guo Shengwu sighed.
"Curiosity is curiosity."
"I know this."
"Jia Qi lost." Guo Shengwen saw that Lao Dantou's knife had been placed on Guo Jiaqi's neck.
"It's considered progress."
.....
"Haha, look, you still lost. The old rule is to bring wine to my room at night." Old Dantou put away his knife and patted Guo Jiaqi on the shoulder.
"Are you still afraid that I will default on your debt? I'm tired. I want to go back and lie down for a while." Guo Jiaqi turned around and left.
"It hurts. Don't hold on. It's not a shame. Does it hurt more than Brother Chen's beating? Hahaha." The old boss joked again, but all he got was that Guo Jiaqi gave him a contemptuous gesture behind his back.
gesture.
Seeing Guo Jiaqi disappear around the corner, the old man rubbed the painful parts of his body and said, "You brat, you are really ruthless. It seems that it will be a little harder for that boy to get his wine in the future."
In fact, there is another person paying attention to this competition.
Chen Mo sat on the roof and watched the competition between the two. Why he sat on the roof was because Xiao Yanyu wouldn't let him go back to the house, and he seemed to like to look at the cloudless blue sky.
After watching the competition, he lay down alone again, lying on the tiles on the roof.
On the other side of the escort agency, Qu Buping's house.
"Wow, brother Buping, you have so many books!"
After Guo Jiayue helped Xiao Yanyu change her medicine, she took her to Qu Buping's house. As soon as she entered the house, Xiao Yanyu was attracted by the collection of books inside. The two bookshelves were filled to the brim. She had never seen anything like this.
There are only so many books, even in my small village.
Xiao Yanyu was in front of the bookshelf again, touching some neat books with her little hands, and sniffing them with her nose from time to time. The unique smell of the books made her a little intoxicated.
Seeing the cute appearance of the little girl, Qu Buping smiled and ignored her, leaving her to play alone while he and Guo Jiayue discussed major life events in half a month.
"According to father's wishes, our marriage will be decided by us, what do you think?" Guo Jiayue helped Qu Buping pack up some papers without writing.
"How about keeping everything simple?" Qu Buping asked. "After all, the Escort Bureau has just overcome the difficulties. If you hadn't insisted on doing it, I would have postponed it."
"But I want to hurry up and keep everything simple." Guo Jiayue said in a low voice, but actually did not say the deeper reason.
"Everything is up to you. I have wronged you by following a scholar like me who has accomplished nothing." Qu Buping helped her smooth the blue hair on her forehead, looked at the face that she had never tired of seeing since childhood, and said with a smile. In fact, he
He also knew the reason why she was so anxious, but neither of them wanted to say it out loud and just understood it in their hearts.
At this time, Qu Buping felt someone pulling his sleeve. He looked down and saw the little girl pulling his sleeve and holding two books in her hand.
"Brother Buping, can you lend me these two books for two days?" Xiao Yanyu showed the book in his hand to Qu Buping.
Qu Buping knelt down, rubbed her head, and said with a smile: "You can borrow books, but can you understand them?"
"You won't know until you read it," Xiao Yanyu replied.
"Okay then, I'll lend you the books, remember not to damage them." Qu Buping said gently. Although these books are very precious to a scholar like him, there is no harm in borrowing them for a few days.
Her personality is also well-behaved and polite, which can be seen from the books she borrows. As for whether she really understands it, Qu Buping doesn't think so. She is probably just fresh and curious.
"No." Xiao Yanyu happily held the book in his arms, as if he had obtained a treasure. He no longer disturbed what they were discussing, found a quiet place by himself, and began to read.
On the way back, Xiao Yanyu was still reading while walking. Guo Jiayue, who was leading her by the side, asked curiously: "You really understand."
Xiao Yanyu nodded.
"I mean, can you read?"
"Yes." Xiao Yanyu smiled and said to Guo Jiayue, "My father taught me this, hehe."