Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 255 Love Song

".you forgot."

"Oh! No, no." Pei Ye remembered. That was the idea that came to his mind when he helped the injured girl get off the carriage that morning at the martial arts school and saw the small copper sword tightly clutched in her hand. He told the girl during the preview of the martial arts competition venue.

"That... hasn't arrived yet. It didn't say it was after the martial arts competition. It was after my friend arrived."

"Okay, okay." Of course the girl remembered it clearly. She just brought up the topic. Now that her goal was achieved, she tilted her head and said, "Pei Ye, I actually prepared a gift for you."

Pei Ye's heart tightened: "Ah? What?"

"It's not ready yet." The girl smiled, "You have to give it to me first, and then I'll give it to you."

"." Pei Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

The drizzle hits the green leaves and stone tiles, making the whole world very quiet.

Li Mingqing's heart began to slowly rise, and she took a deep breath secretly.

"Pei, Pei Ye."

".Um?"

The girl's hands were still holding up the small wooden board that she found somewhere. She had done many easy and natural exercises for this moment, but as soon as the name was spoken, her body immediately tensed up completely uncontrollably.

In the silence, the girl recited the lines she had prepared - she would never ask him if he was okay this time, "What do you think -"

The young man looked at her.

The moment she met these familiar eyes, the girl's mind entered a kind of light confusion. The second half of the sentence was suddenly erased. She couldn't find what she wanted to say or how to subtly introduce the topic to the invitation. Only the straightforward purpose remained in her mind.

"——Well, let's go boating on the lake?"

After saying this, confusion completely enveloped her.

It's over, what is she talking about.

What she prepared was the natural laughter in the conversation, what she thought casually and suddenly, "Why is it raining again? Oh, by the way, we can watch 'Moon Lake Quiet Rain' tonight!"; what she prepared was to kick her steps and sigh softly. "Oh, I suddenly miss the smell of the cabin on the lake."; It can even be a delicate and revealing squinting smile, "Pei Ye, I want to go boating with you today."

Then look at his confused eyes.

Anyway, it was definitely not a sudden, dry sentence, "Let's go boating on the lake."

The girl was confused. She really felt that the important moment that she had prepared for several days just popped up in such a hurry, which was a little unreal. For a moment, she really wanted to withdraw and start over.

He didn't notice Pei Ye's somewhat stiff expression: "Ah, I still want to go back and practice sword practice with Yang Yan."

"Stop practicing." The girl blurted out, and immediately became confused again. She wanted to make the remedy more natural, but her mind went blank. She just looked at the boy intently and repeated, "Well... stop practicing."

No, she should smile and repeat what she said the day she went to the alchemy meeting: "Hey, stop practicing, you are already number one in the world!"

For a moment, her nose felt sore because of her own stupidity. She bit her lip and looked at the boy with a look that made her want to burst into tears.

"."

Pei Ye felt that her body was stiffer than ever before.

He knew what to say.

Just as the girl had prepared, he had actually practiced natural refusal many times for this moment last night.

Pei Ye's mind had never been in such a moment before, and asking him to deal with this kind of thing was like throwing a book of "Shang Shu" in front of his confused expression. He just had a keen intuition like a girl. In the boy's heart, There has always been an unknown understanding that their relationship should not go in this direction.

We cannot go in this direction.

Pei Ye tossed and turned last night, trying hard to hold down his chaotic thoughts, forcing himself to think about this matter for half a night, and finally came to a correct conclusion.

——Rejection must be made as quickly and decisively as possible.

Because the result is there and you can't change it. It's not adhesion, binding, fitting, or any other relationship - it's the girl's wound itself. When this emotion arises, it has already grown and blended with the flesh and blood. If you want to peel it off, you must take the blood and skin with it.

Without a clever separation method, he couldn't make the girl accept this result without being sad. "The best of both worlds" could never exist in this kind of thing.

Therefore, hesitation will only make it grow longer and deeper. Cutting the flesh with a sharp knife is the most correct and enjoyable way.

When he figured this out, the boy suddenly put the quilt over his head, and his two big feet were exposed and remained motionless in the cool night for a long time.

So now, he knows how to deal with the girl's invitation.

"I don't have time to go, and Li Mingqing doesn't want to go either."

Just look into her eyes calmly, watch her crimson cheeks turn white little by little, watch her bright eyes freeze, watch the soft tenderness touch the cold hard ice. End everything so happily. .

Just like the black cat said, "If you don't like it, just refuse it." Pei Ye must admit that it did reveal the truth and he should obey it.

But...that's not now.

It should be later. He told her, "Let's talk tomorrow."

How could he suddenly appear here?

It came so unexpectedly that he was caught off guard. At this moment, he saw the girl's cheeks slowly turning red, her clumsy words, and her fingers turning white. This accident also became the boy's excuse to retreat.

"I——" Pei Ye's words were stuck in his throat.

The girl looked at him, her eyes trembling like they were suspended. She didn't know how obvious her anxious expression was, but anyway, her teeth were tightly biting the inside of her lower lip.

"Then... let's go and have a look." Pei Ye was immediately discouraged in front of this expression.

The gardenia bloomed, and the excitement of the explosion surged up from the bottom of her heart. The girl tried hard to hold it back, but the joy still overflowed from the corners of her eyebrows, eyes, mouth, fingers, and toes.

The girl's smile really made Pei Ye's tense heart suddenly relax, and he showed a heartfelt smile for a moment, but he quickly realized that it was drinking poison to quench his thirst, and his expression turned pale again.

The girl didn't notice at all. She turned around briskly and couldn't suppress her high-pitched tone: "Then let's go! The rain will stop soon!"

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Immortal Terrace is already very far south, and further south is the smooth Heishi Street. At this time, it is stained by the rain, and it is even more oily and mirror-like. Down from here is the south bank of Zhuoyue Lake, with a dock and mooring boats as flat as Bowang Garden.

The two of them walked along the street, and after leaving the Immortal Terrace, they entered the shops with continuous eaves. Li Mingqing paused deliberately, tilted her head and looked at the young man with her hands behind her back.

Pei Ye stopped silently and took a step outside.

Li Mingqing immediately broke into a bright smile, jumped in with a slight bounce of her legs.

The girl's demeanor and steps showed that she was impatient. Before Shen Yao had time to tell her, she should be more reserved and natural in order to leave more room for herself.

But the girl may not be able to learn it after listening to it. It is a bright temperament developed from being with the sword since childhood, exerting strength and sweat. Even if she is first entangled in love, the girl's feelings are clearly revealed, and she is unprepared. The young man in his eyes was fully revealed.

"What were you talking about just now?" The girl turned around and smiled.

"We didn't talk much, so I asked Miss Shi some things about Yang Yan." Pei Ye suddenly began to feel timid.

Thinking of where he was about to arrive and what was about to happen, the flames of panic ignited in his heart, making his lips dry. The regret for agreeing just now began to well up, causing irritation - he had never felt that he was so gentle and soft-hearted.

"I'm talking about the meeting." Li Mingqing tilted her head and looked at him, squinting, "You are always thinking about what Miss Shi is doing."

"Huh? Oh! Just... chatted about the case."

"Yeah." Li Mingqing stepped on the rain with a "plop, plop, plop," and rolled his eyes to bring up the next topic, "Pei Ye, how about your new sword?"

".Okay, pretty good."

The girl said seriously: "Pei Ye, I think it's a bit of a plagiarism from Lost Cuijian."

His eyes were shining brightly, waiting for the young man to glare and retort.

Pei Ye looked ahead. He could see the end of Blackstone Street. Going down that branch was the bank of Zhuoyue Lake. The uneasy panic took another step towards his heart.

He tightened his dry throat: "Really? No. Where?"

"Both swords are very light, and yours is called 'Mountain Feather'. Mountain Feather is just a bird." Li Mingqing also spoke in a lower tone.    "Mine should be heavier."

"It's not much heavier."

".oh."

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Without the back-and-forth bickering, this would be such a boring conversation and a silly topic.

Li Mingqing began to notice the weirdness and depression of the atmosphere, but she attributed this to her own problem, and was a little angry at herself for being stupid and unable to find nice topics.

It was obvious that they had been chatting happily before.

"Forget it, let me tell you." Li Mingqing said a little depressed, "I went to the state government arsenal to help you pick this sword. It is very suitable for the "Jade Jade Sword"."

"Ah?" Pei Ye felt the fire in his heart suddenly surge, making him want to run away, "Thank you."

"Thank you for what?" Li Mingqing frowned, then raised her bright eyes, "Don't you feel it?"

"I've been learning "Snowfall" recently, but I haven't tried it yet."

"Oh."

"."

Silence again.

Li Mingqing's mood really dropped a bit. She didn't say a word of the jokes and witticisms she had prepared. She just felt like she was acting like an idiot on this journey.

But the smoke and willows turned in front, and the dark stone road in front of us finally came to an end, and the open lake spread out in the field of vision.

The cool mist is refreshing, the lake rain is blowing on my face, and the boat is tied to the embankment.

Then the girl's mood immediately improved again - if she didn't perform well, she didn't perform well. This is the next step!

Just as she had arranged this boat in advance, those topics were also carefully divided and controlled by the girl.

Just now, she didn't ask the boy about his past or family matters like that day, because this section of the road was for chatting. She was reluctant to throw out the important parts, and wanted to keep them on the boat.

Thinking of chatting for a while, she walked half a beat faster and turned to the gravel road heading towards the lake.

Pei Ye could hardly move.

The small boat that could hold two people appeared in his field of vision. The combination of the beautiful scenery and the girl's brisk back seemed like another world in his eyes.

He heard his drumming heartbeat, and panic was overwhelming him. Pei Ye felt like a liar who was about to be exposed.

"Hurry up!" The girl turned back with a smile, "Why are you so lazy?"

This smile was so intense that he didn't dare to look. He looked stiffly at the small boat. When he noticed that it was getting closer, he realized that he still hadn't stopped.

You have to stop, Pei Ye. The deeper you go, the more you hurt her.

But if he stopped, he would be greeted with a blank look from the girl and asking him how he wanted to answer her?

The prepared words were all turned into a mess. For the first time, Pei Ye felt like a waste. In such a chaotic state of mind, the water on the lakeside reached his toes, and he had stopped on the boat. side.

Li Mingqing jumped onto the boat, held the oar and turned around to look at him. Then she suddenly hesitated and stretched out a white hand towards him.

The girl tried hard to make this behavior appear natural, but the unnatural dodge in her eyes had betrayed her. She stood on the bow of the boat, with a blushing face and a slightly lowered head. The mood at this moment was enough to make An Zhitinglan forget about it. Eclipsed.

Only the delicate white and soft hand stretched out to him was left, like a clear and fragile white flower in the cold wind and rain. It was indeed a little trembling.

This inviting flower is like a handful of dry firewood.

The panic broke through Pei Ye's psychological defense in an instant. He remained motionless and whispered: "Don't go, Qing Qing."

He almost didn't even open his lips when he said this. Li Mingqing obviously didn't hear it clearly and was confused for a moment: "What?"

The rain on the lake became as quiet as the cool mist, and the smokey willows stood still.

"Don't go, Qing Qing." He lowered his head and repeated, not daring to look at her.

Li Mingqing was stunned.

".Why, why?"

Even the sound of the waves was muffled, and it was as if a pindrop could be heard all around.

Because I don't want to go.

Because I shouldn't go, and I know why you sent this invitation. So I can't go.

Say this, Pei Ye.

But even though Pei Ye was staring straight at the ground, he could still feel the fragile heartbeat of the girl in front of him and her breathing that became slower and more obvious because of his silence.

The young man could completely imagine the way she looked at him.

"I suddenly remembered that Yang Yan made an appointment with me and went back to practice swordsmanship. He was quite anxious about that." Pei Ye didn't know what he was talking about, "So let's next time. Next time anyway, whether the boat rows or not, It’s nothing, I think.”

His voice became lower and lower until it was finally inaudible.

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Quiet.

The chaotic heartbeat and breathing in front of me disappeared.

Pei Ye's heart clenched into a ball.

deceptive.

Li Mingqing stared blankly at the uneasy young man in front of him with his head hanging down. His taut body was as stiff as a dead tree.

It was only when she was knocked out of her world by this unexpected sentence that she saw the boy's true mood for the first time.

The girl's heart felt as if a basin of cold ice water had been poured on her, and she fell straight down.

She suddenly realized that this was not the first time she had seen this look.

She was actually already familiar with this feeling of being suddenly evaded and rejected when her heart was full of softness and enthusiasm.

On that rainy Moon Street, the two people's shadows were close to each other. She suddenly blushed and lowered her head, but she still held the topic and flirted with him sweetly. However, she was faced with a back and a hasty sentence. 's, "leave quickly".

On the way down from the ring, they were chatting and laughing, but after she suddenly felt aggrieved for no reason and asked in a dull voice, "Can't you just give in to me?", the boy suddenly transformed from a smart bird The bird stiffened into a piece of wood and left her as if fleeing.

After seeing off Fenghuai and his party, when we met at noon, and this stretch of road just now.

This isn't the first time he's hiding from himself.

He was already rejecting himself before he even realized that he liked him.

This discovery made the girl feel frozen for a moment, and her brain once again fell into a state of confusion.

Now, with the young man's poor excuse in front of her, she didn't have the courage to expose this lie.

"It's not that urgent," she muttered incoherently, "We'll just paddle for a while. Half an hour will be quick."

Pei Ye's dying head trembled: "It's quite urgent."

Quiet.

"Oh." She said softly.

Pei Ye turned around and left as if fleeing.

　Woohoo, Xiao Li.

　　There is a job that needs to be done tomorrow. It may be updated late. I will give you a notice for the time being.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)