Ming Ruo Xiaoxi

Chapter 14

Ming Xiaoxi found a secluded terrace in the shepherd's mansion.

There are only two bamboo chairs and a small table on the terrace.

Surprisingly, in such a cold winter day, an unknown vine plant was covered around the terrace, green and lush, giving people an illusion, as if spring had arrived.She was sitting on a wooden chair, holding a book and reading quietly, feeling a long-lost peace in her heart.

"Hehe, I found you." Grandpa Mu walked over with a smile, and there was a teapot and two teacups on the plate in his hand.

"Grandpa Mu," Ming Xiaoxi hurriedly took the tray in his hand and put it on the table, then helped him to sit in another chair, "Why do you bring the things here by yourself? Why don't you ask someone to help?"

Grandpa Mu picked up the teapot and filled the two teacups with tea, "My body is still very strong, this kind of activity is nothing. Come, try the tea I made myself."

Ming Xiaoxi took a sip carefully, "Hmm...it should be the best Tieguanyin."

"Hehe," Grandpa Mu nodded, "There are not many children who can calm down and drink tea, Xiaoxi, you are really rare."

She shook her head, "I don't know much, but my father loves drinking tea, so I also know a little bit."

Grandpa Mu also took a sip of tea slowly, "Tea...is a good thing, although it is light but meaningful, a fragrance can make people aftertaste for a long time. I used to like to drink strong alcohol, but in the past two years I have become obsessed with drinking tea ... Tea is better, why didn't I find out earlier?"

Ming Xiaoxi looked at the old man in front of him, the smile on his face couldn't conceal the endless vicissitudes between his brows, although the skin on his face was already loose, he could vaguely see the stern outline of his prime.She didn't know much about Grandpa Mu, but she also knew that it was under his hands that Lie Yan Tang developed into the largest organization in the underworld.

Grandpa Mu met her scrutinizing gaze, "Why are you here?"

"what?"

"Why are you not by Liubing's side, but appear here alone?"

"Oh," Ming Xiaoxi smiled, "He seems to have something to deal with, and I don't want to disturb him."

"Yeah, a lot of things have happened recently, all on Liubing's shoulders, he is really tired." Grandpa Mu held the teacup, "Xiaoxi, have you thought about helping him?"

"What?" She was taken aback.Grandpa Mu raised his head and looked at her with piercing eyes, "You are very skillful, quick to respond to things, and very courageous, if you are willing to help Liu Bing, Lie Yan Tang will regain its glory just around the corner. "

"..."

Ming Xiaoxi looked at him without blinking.

"Join Lie Yan Tang!"

Ming Xiaoxi slowly put the teacup in his hand on the table, "Isn't the price you paid enough?" Ming Xiaoxi said quietly, "I don't know much. But, just from what I know I also feel that the price you paid is already too high."

"boom!"

The teacup fell to the ground and shattered...

Grandpa Mu closed his eyes, "Xiaoxi, I understand what you mean. For Lieyantang, I not only gave my whole life, but also my two sons."

"You also sacrificed your daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law's father, and your grandson's childhood." She stared at him. "For your wish, many people have paid a painful price."

"But," he suddenly opened his eyes, with an urgent light, "so many people have sacrificed for Lie Yan Tang! If you give up it now, all its previous foundations will be in vain!"

There was some sarcasm in Ming Xiaoxi's voice, "You call that 'sacrifice'? I think it's 'sin'. Ambition and desire are the most terrible things in the world. They can make people crazy. Crazy not only hurts many innocent people man, and in the end it is bound to doom the mad man himself."

"You..." His aging face trembled a little.

"I don't want to become a crazy person." She looked at him firmly, "I will use all my efforts to pull him out of this quagmire. I don't want him to be covered in blood, even if the blood is someone else's. I want him to live in this world with a clean conscience."

Grandpa Mu stood up tremblingly from the chair, "Why are you here? You are a child who can't tolerate any darkness in your eyes, don't you feel pain here?"

Ming Xiaoxi also stood up, "I don't like this place, but I like ice."

Grandpa Mu patted her young shoulder with his old hand, "Okay, okay, so I can rest assured... Xiaoxi, don't think so badly of Grandpa, I am not willing to part with Lieyantang's foundation, but Liubing also After all, he is my only grandson..."

Ming Xiaoxi said apologetically, "Grandpa Mu, I may have said some inappropriate things, but I didn't have any malicious intentions. Please forgive me."

Grandpa Mu smiled, "Xiaoxi, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, how can I not see it? You are a good boy, Binger really has a vision. Ah... If I could meet a woman like you back then , maybe the situation will be very different from today... Hehe, I'm going in, so take your time and read the book."

Ming Xiaoxi picked up the book and gently held his arm, "I'll go into the house with you, let me make some small dishes to apologize to you today, what do you want to eat?"

The old and the young walked into the house with the arms of each other intimately, and it was not at all obvious that they had ever had the slightest bit of unhappiness...

After dinner, it was completely dark.Mu Liubing changed into white clothes, and stood quietly looking at Ming Xiaoxi.She stuffed the last book into her bag, picked up the empty thermos, raised her face and smiled, "Okay, I'm going back."

He frowned slightly, "Stay here, don't go back."

Ming Xiaoxi blinked in surprise, "How can that be! You are a guy full of bad ideas."

A dark cloud floated over Mu Liubing's handsome face, he hesitated for a moment, "Recently there may be some action at Tie Banner, I don't want any danger to happen to you."

Ming Xiaoxi was very nervous, "What about you? Are you in danger?"

He sighed and patted her on the head, "I was afraid that he would have nothing to do with me, so I thought of taking you."

"Really?" Ming Xiaoxi smiled, "It's good that you're fine, don't worry about me! I'm the number one Ming Xiaoxi in the world, how could I be at a disadvantage?"

Mu Liubing took out something from her pocket, took her hand, and put it in her palm, "This is for you."

Ming Xiaoxi was speechless, and quickly stuffed it back to him, "What..."

"Pistol," Mu Liubing played with the little silver thing, "Haven't you seen it?"

"What's your tone?" She puffed out her chest unconvinced, "Of course I know it's a pistol, and I also know that this pistol is newly developed by the United States. It claims to be the smallest in the world and the most powerful."

Mu Liubing looked at her in surprise, "You really know?"

"Of course, one of my cousins ​​is a police inspector. She is fascinated by all kinds of weapons. She often shows me pictorials and real objects." Ming Xiaoxi said proudly, "My cousin sometimes takes me to the shooting range to practice. Shooting, my marksmanship is also very accurate."

"Then why are you so afraid of it?" He held the little silver pistol in the palm of his hand.

"I'm not afraid, I just don't want to provoke this kind of guy who may bring blood." Ming Xiaoxi looked at him solemnly, "You want me to use it for self-defense?"

He nodded.

"No need," she chuckled and took out a slingshot from her side, "I have this!"

Mu Liubing laughed, "This kind of kid's thing?"

She wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, "This is the best self-defense weapon I came up with after thinking for a long time. It is small and easy to carry, and it can achieve the effect of repelling the enemy without causing too much damage. And its projectile It can be supplied at any time, such as stones, glass, even peanuts, hard candies, and buttons, which are economical and affordable, aren’t they much better than pistols?”

He shook his head, "I don't think it's right, if Iron Banner really moves against you, this slingshot..."

Ming Xiaoxi put away the slingshot and gently hugged his arm, "Don't worry about me. I will be very smart. If there is any danger, I will run away immediately. Is that okay?"

Mu Liubing pulled her into his arms, and gently placed his chin on her head, "You are the most important person to me, and I don't want you to be hurt."

Her heart fluttered slightly.She hugged his body tightly and said softly: "You also have to make sure that you won't get hurt again, you don't know how sad it is to see you hurt... I want to hold you like this for the rest of my life, and you have to hold me like this for the rest of my life." with me, so both of us will be fine."

Mu Liubing took a deep breath, and carefully hugged her soft body even tighter, and kept hugging her tightly, wanting to hug her into his body forever...

The final exam is approaching day by day, and the students of Guangyu College are gradually getting nervous.Although this is a private institution, in order to ensure the quality of teaching, it still attaches great importance to students' grades.If a student's test scores are very bad, then the fate that awaits him will be very tragic.In order to cope with the exam and give his family a satisfactory report card, during this period, Ming Xiaoxi reduced the number of visits to Mu Liubing and concentrated on his books.She studied hard without sleeping and eating, but found that she seemed not to be a scholar, and many questions seemed to be incomprehensible.All the students in the classroom had left, and even Koizumi, who usually liked to chat with her the most, slipped home early to review her homework, and she tidied up her things listlessly.Let's go home, I hope that when she sits at the table after dinner, her inspiration will flow like a spring, and no matter how difficult the problem is, she will be able to solve it easily.

"Sister Ming!!" Dong Haoxue rushed in sweating profusely, "I finally caught you!"

"Catch what, I'm not a thief." Ming Xiaoxi glared at her unhappily.

"Huh? Sister Ming, you are in a bad mood!" Dong Haoxue smiled strangely, "Let me guess why you are unhappy? Is it because of the final exam!"

Ming Xiaoxi grinned, "Yes, you are really smart."

"Ah!" Dong Haoxue screamed excitedly, "Then you thank me!" Ming Xiaoxi hurriedly covered her ears, "Thank you for what? Thank you for breaking my eardrum?"

"Oh," Dong Haoxue pulled down her hand, "I thought of a good way to let you pass the exam with excellence."

"..."

Ming Xiaoxi's eyes lit up.

"Brother Che, please help us with homework!" Dong Haoxue cheered happily, "What a wonderful thing!" Ming Xiaoxi lowered her head in frustration, "You haven't given up yet..."

"Getting brother Che is the happiness of my life, of course I will not give up!" Dong Haoxue was full of ambition.

"Then you can go alone, why did you call me the light bulb?"

"No way," Dong Haoxue said disappointedly, "Mom won't let me talk to Brother Che...

But, it's different without you, we can go to brother Che's apartment openly, how nice it is! "

"I won't go." Ming Xiaoxi refused her, "I heard your ghost idea last time, and it was so embarrassing later. I don't know what tricks you will have this time."

"Oh, please, sister Ming, what tricks can I do with my homework?" Dong Haoxue begged bitterly, "Besides, brother Che only taught you geometry for one night last time, and how many exams did you take later?" What's the point?"

full marks.Ming Xiaoxi blinked her eyes, feeling a little moved.

Knowing that Dong Haoxue should not be trusted, Ming Xiaoxi buried her head in the book in frustration, and regretted it for the second time on No.30 tonight.Dong Haoxue didn't come to study at all!She is like an excited bird tightly entangled with Feng Jianche, talking, laughing and making various sounds non-stop.Not only is it impossible for Ming Xiaoxi to get Feng Jianche's tutoring, but even getting a pure land to review her homework has become a luxury.

The scattered lilies in a crystal vase on the coffee table in the living room caught Dong Haoxue's attention.

"Ah!" Dong Haoxue screamed in admiration, "This vase of flowers is so artistically arranged! Brother Che, did you insert this yourself?" Feng Jianche smiled, "Just put the flowers in it casually." "Wow!" Her admiration grew louder, "It's just that you can make such a good work casually. I have seen the masterpieces of Master Liu Sheng, the master of flower arrangement, and none of them are as lively and artistic as your bouquet of lilies. "

Ming Xiaoxi turned her head to look at the vase of lilies that she highly praised. Well, it is very beautiful, but is flower arrangement really so knowledgeable?She didn't quite understand.

"Huh? Brother Che, you don't have a piano here!" Dong Haoxue made another discovery.

Feng Jianche nodded, "No."

"It's a pity." Her small face wrinkled, "I thought I could listen to you play the piano tonight! Why don't you put a piano here too?"

"Xiaoxue," Feng Jianche chuckled, "what on earth are you here for?"

"Talk to Brother Che!" Dong Haoxue did not hesitate, "I have never had the opportunity to talk to you properly like this. It is so difficult for me to see you recently. What are you busy with..."

Feng Jianche laughed, "Didn't you come to tutor your homework?"

"No!" Dong Haoxue shook his head vigorously, "That's just an excuse to trick my mother into coming to you!"

Ming Xiaoxi collapsed on the table, ha, she is really honest.

Feng Jianche looked at Ming Xiaoxi who was covering his ears with his hands, trying to block out all the noise, "Xiaoxi, you are here to review your homework, right?"

"No! No!" Dong Haoxue rushed behind the listless Ming Xiaoxi, stretched out her "magic palm" and secretly pinched her waist, and squeezed out a smile, "Sister Ming didn't come to study, she came here Relaxed."

Alas, this little girl hurt her so much!Ming Xiaoxi turned her head and gave her a hard look.

Dong Haoxue quickly let go of her hands, smiled cautiously and obsequiously, "Sister Ming..."

Ming Xiaoxi sighed, "Senior, you don't need to talk to me, I'm just a poor smokescreen."

Feng Jianche's smile was more beautiful than the snow on Tianshan Mountain.Dong Haoxue's breath was taken away by his smile, she looked at him bewilderedly, and murmured: "Brother Che..."

"Xiaoxue," he said to her, "I'll give you some pictorials, you sit quietly on the sofa for an hour, and I'll help Xiaoxi look over her homework, okay?"

"One hour..." She hesitated.

Feng Jianche smiled again, "You have grown up, you should learn to calm down."

Dong Haoxue was confused by his smile again, "Then, in an hour..."

"It's up to you, how about it?" Feng Jianche promised her.

There was a faint and very clean fragrance on Feng Jianche's body, which gently floated into Ming Xiaoxi's heart, making her feel that she suddenly became smarter.As long as his voice patiently explained things to her, it seemed to become so simple and easy to understand all of a sudden.Ming Xiaoxi eagerly took out all the things she didn't understand, and after his advice, she felt that those obscure places could be easily grasped.

Ming Xiaoxi was engrossed in watching the exercises Feng Jianche gave her on the paper, oh, it should be like this, she raised her head in surprise, "Senior..." Maybe it was because her movements were too violent, the moment she raised her head, she , the distance between her and Feng Jianche was only an inch, her lips almost brushed his cheek.

However, maybe it has touched some, because her lips suddenly felt warm, because an unnatural expression suddenly flashed across his face.Ming Xiaoxi knew that she should pretend that nothing happened, and should not think too much about it, but her thoughts couldn't help thinking of that time, that time of confusion, that time of embarrassment, and that time...

Feng Jianche slowly turned his head.She stared at him with a very blurred eyes.He coughed lightly, "Xiaoxi, do you understand?"

Ming Xiaoxi was startled suddenly, and waved his hand nervously——

"Ah—" The pen in her hand pierced her face hard, and the pain made her tears almost flow down.

"Xiaoxi!" Feng Jianche looked at her nervously.

"Sister Ming, what's wrong?" Dong Haoxue ran over immediately when she heard the voice was wrong, "My God, why is there a big piece of ink on your face?"

Feng Jianche gently wiped off the ink on Ming Xiaoxi's face with a clean handkerchief, and then his brows furrowed, "Xiaoxi, the tip of the pen seems to have pierced your skin."

"Then what should I do? Will elder sister Ming lose her appearance?!" Dong Haoxue was very anxious, "I have seen tattoos used to stab ink into the skin, so will elder sister Ming have an extra tattoo on her face in the future? Come out? How ugly is that?"

No way, Ming Xiaoxi touched the wound on her face with her hands in fear. She was just thinking wildly, and the retribution wouldn't come so quickly.

Feng Jianche grabbed her hand, "Don't move around."

He took out a medicine box from the room, and took out a very small knife from it. After disinfecting it with alcohol, he carefully picked it into Ming Xiaoxi's wound with its thin tip.

He said softly: "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt, don't move, it will be fine soon."

Ming Xiaoxi really didn't feel any pain at all, only felt a little cool, and then heard Feng Jianche tell her with a smile, "Okay, it's all right."

Dong Haoxue leaned over and took a look, "Sister Ming, the ink is really gone."

Feng Jianche handed her a mirror, said with a light smile, "Don't worry, it's still the lovely Ming Xiaoxi."

Ming Xiaoxi took a photo carefully, um, her face was only a little reddish, and there was no trace of ink, it seemed that the tattoo would not fall off.She sniffed gratefully, "Thank you, senior..."

Feng Jianche patted her on the head, smiled and said, "Be careful in the future."

Dong Haoxue interjected: "That's right, elder sister Ming, how could you be so weird and poke a pen at your face?"

Ming Xiaoxi lowered her head in embarrassment, as if "bowing her head and pleading guilty".

After this little disturbance, Ming Xiaoxi's one-hour study time has also passed.And she was not in the mood to read anymore, so she simply sat on the sofa and listened to Dong Haoxue chatting with Feng Jianche.

Dong Haoxue suddenly remembered a very important thing: "Brother Che, I heard rumors that your solo exhibition will be held in a week. Is it true?"

Art exhibition?Feng Jianche's painting exhibition?Ming Xiaoxi looked at him curiously.

Feng Jianche smiled softly, "That's because a few friends are going to jointly organize an art exhibition. Because there are not enough works, they asked me to send a few paintings over temporarily, not for my personal exhibition."

"That's right," Dong Haoxue opened her mouth wide, "But outside you are promoting it in your name, and the tickets for the exhibition have become very popular. Are they using you?"

Feng Jianche smiled calmly, "In fact, their own strengths are very good, but they lack some fame. If my joining can provide them with a chance to show off, what does it matter?"

"Brother Che, you are really the best person in the world." Dong Haoxue looked up at him adoringly, then, after thinking for a while, she said with bright eyes, "Then, your works should be finished, right? Is it here? Can I appreciate it first?"

Ming Xiaoxi was also very excited, "Ah, senior, I've never seen your paintings before! I really want to see them too!"

"Huh?" Dong Haoxue felt very surprised, "Sister Ming, have you never seen Brother Che's paintings? That's such a pity, Brother Che's paintings are national treasures."

Feng Jianche smiled helplessly, "Xiaoxue, you can believe me if you write a few random words in the newspaper."

"I believe!" It was Ming Xiaoxi who answered, "I don't believe in newspapers, but I believe that no matter what the seniors do, they must be the best!"

"Sister Ming spoke my heart out!" Dong Haoxue applauded happily.

Ming Xiaoxi blinked, "Senior, can I appreciate your paintings? Although I may not be able to understand them."

Feng Jianche's eyes were clear.He looked at her and finally said, "Okay, let me get some out." He got up and walked toward a room to the east.

Dong Haoxue shouted in surprise: "Brother Che, is that your studio? I want to visit!" She rushed into the room a few steps ahead of Feng Jianche.

"Xiaoxue!" Feng Jianche wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Dong Haoxue exclaimed in the studio——

"Wow! So many paintings! So beautiful!"

The curious Ming Xiaoxi also followed.

This studio is not very big, but there are many oil paintings hanging on the walls, and some are piled up messily on the floor.The most striking thing is that there is a very delicate easel in the middle of the studio, but the easel is covered with a piece of cloth, making the things inside appear very mysterious.Ming Xiaoxi forced herself to look away from the easel and focus on the completed paintings on the wall.

Feng Jianche's paintings are all landscapes, very beautiful and peaceful.Those landscapes are so beautiful that they don't seem to exist in the world, they are so beautiful that people yearn for them, and they are so beautiful that people yearn for them.She involuntarily began to meditate, thinking of her pure childhood, beautiful wishes, all the touches and joys in her life...

Looking at it, her eyes were attracted by the paintings on the ground again.The works are still landscapes, still very beautiful, but there are many more sentimental meanings.The sadness in the scenery is very light, as light as a snowflake, but it can't be blown away, it stays there coldly, maybe it can melt, but after melting, there is no trace, and there is a kind of loneliness that can't be found everywhere .Ming Xiaoxi raised her head in a panic, and as soon as her eyes searched, she met Feng Jianche.

He was staring at her, as if he had been staring at her for a long time, with the loneliness as in a painting.Her heart skipped a beat, and she exclaimed, "Senior!"

Feng Jianche seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled, his smile was still so warm, making Ming Xiaoxi wonder if the loneliness he saw just now was her illusion.

"Brother Che!" Dong Haoxue began to admire again, "I really like all these paintings of yours! How can you draw so beautifully?
"Feng Jianche smiled lightly, "It's just a random drawing when I was bored. "

"But it reflects your mood," Ming Xiaoxi stared at him, "Are you unhappy recently?"

He smiled again, and the smile was a bit complicated, "The feeling brought out in the work is related to the mood of the painter, and also related to the mood of the viewer."

Dong Haoxue looked at them in confusion, "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand? Is anyone unhappy? Why don't you come and play with me?"

Ming Xiaoxi said angrily: "Will you be happy if I play with you?"

"Of course!" Dong Haoxue patted his chest and said, "I can chat with you, go shopping, eat, and tell stories, play games, dance, and sing. By the way, I also have another special skill, which is telling jokes , your stomach hurts from laughing so hard that you can’t straighten your back. If you don’t believe me, I’ll tell you one right now. There was one before…”

The following time turned into Dong Haoxue's special joke session. Ming Xiaoxi regretted why she said "happy" and "unhappy" words just now, making herself overwhelmed by a lot of low-quality jokes, and had to squeeze out a smile , Painful "belly laugh".

(End of this chapter)