Under the double pressure of Bai Lixuan's coercion and pleading, Yu Shiqi had to force himself to adapt to the fact that she had changed her name, and was denied "Miss Fox Yan" one after another. Such polite and polite words as "Miss Fox Yan"

call.

After Yu Shiqi compromised several times, she refused to give in to her proposal of sibling proportionality. She refused to agree to the terms of "sworn sister" and "sworn brother". In the end, the two of them had a stalemate with no result, so they had to take a step back.

, ended up calling each other by their first names.

When the farce ended, Zhong Linqi happened to come back from the cabin below. He spent a little money to find the cook on the ship, got some cooked food and wine, and invited Yu Qi and Bai Lixuan to share these things which were rare during the journey.

tasty.

The deck was very empty, there was no one else except them, and the three of them just sat on the ground without restraint.

"Master Zhong, I've cost you money again." Bai Lixuan said to him sheepishly.

"You're welcome, Miss Baili," Zhong Linqi smiled faintly, and then said, "I forgot to tell you, in fact, I got all the money I spent on the road from Bailihou Mansion."

Bai Lixuan was stunned, while Yu Shiqi, who had just taken a sip of wine but had not yet swallowed it, was choked to tears.

"What's wrong? What's all the fuss about?" Zhong Linqi looked at Yu Shiqi and said seriously: "Those who achieve great things must hide their worries. The so-called Mount Tai collapses but its appearance remains unchanged. Elk...elk...

"

"The elk walks to the left without blinking its eyes." Baili Xuan finished the second half of the sentence for him.

"That's right, Miss Baili is very knowledgeable." Zhong Linqi rubbed the back of his head and laughed.

Yu Shiqi glanced at him: "This is clearly talking about the way to be a general..."

"Is there anything wrong with drawing inferences from one example?"

"I'm just a painter." He didn't even notice that he subconsciously stuck out his tongue when he said this. Subconsciously, he regarded Zhong Linqi as an elder.

Bai Lixuan raised her hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Master Zhong is talking, listen carefully and learn from it."

This tone also sounded like an older sister lecturing her younger brother.

Yu Shiqi felt uncomfortable staying with these two people, but before he could protest, Zhong Linqi suddenly stood up and left their side.

"Where are you going, Master Zhong?" Bai Lixuan felt strange. She saw that Zhong Linqi seemed to have barely eaten.

"Go to the stern of the boat to enjoy the wind." Zhong Linqi's footsteps drifted away.

She looked back, and Zhong Linqi was standing at the stern of the port side of the ship, quietly staring at the retreating scenery. What a weirdo... Baili Xuan thought to herself, and turned around to find that Yu Shiqi was not eating either.

Instead, he stared blankly at the bell in his palm.

"What is this?" This was not the first time she saw Yu Shiqi like this, so she was naturally curious.

"Bell."

"Of course I know it's a bell." Bai Lixuan puffed up her cheeks in anger at his answer, "What's so special about this bell? You keep staring at it."

Yu Shiqi raised his head and glanced at her, shaking his head: "Nothing special."

Bai Lixuan stretched out her hand and took the bell.

"Hey..." Yu Shiqi cried out in surprise, slightly unhappy in his heart, but seeing that she was just holding it in her hand for observation, it was hard for him to fight for it with a girl.

"My heart is moved." Bai Lixuan rubbed the carvings on the bell with her fingers and smiled slightly.

The look of surprise on Yu Shiqi's face was even worse than before: "Why...why? Bai...bah, no, fox...you will know the fox words...could it be that you know the ancient writings of the Spirit Clan?"

"This is not an ancient text from the Spirit Clan." Baili Xuan looked at him strangely, "This is a scripture from a foreign Buddhist country. My mother was a believer in Zen Buddhism during her lifetime and got some from merchants traveling to the Western Wilderness.

I have read some Buddhist scriptures."

Yu Shiqi suddenly realized after hearing her explanation. Thinking back, Xilingyue likes to collect strange little things. This bell may not be made by the spirit tribe. He had preconceptions about it.

"Did a girl from the Spirit Tribe give it to you?" Baili Xuan winked, with a smirk on her face. She was thinking very quickly, and it was not difficult to deduce this information from what Yu Shiqi just asked.

"Yes." After Yu Shiqi answered, he couldn't help but think of Xiling Yue again, and felt a little uncomfortable.

"A token of love?"

"I don't think so."

"Yes means no, it means no." Bai Lixuan was a little dissatisfied with his answer, and then asked again: "Or do you not know what she meant? She didn't express her feelings clearly?"

"It's not..."

Bai Lixuan pursed her lips in disgust and sighed: "You are such a naive person. It's pitiful for a girl to fall in love with you."

Is Xi Lingyue pitiful? Yu Shiqi struggled in his heart. He suddenly remembered the night they spent together in the wild, and how she was aggrieved and pretending to be proud and stubborn, and suddenly fell into guilt.

"Why are you so anxious to leave Xihuang after collecting other people's things?" Bai Lixuan didn't understand his thoughts.

"Who knows..." He was a little distracted and answered casually.

"Hmph, men are not good." Bai Lixuan curled her lips, thinking of her own experience, she became even more angry and resentful.

Yu Shiqi didn't refute, stretched out his hand and said: "Give it back to me."

"You don't like people, so you keep looking at this all day long. What's the point?"

"I didn't say I didn't like her."

"Then why don't you stay and stay with her?"

"We can't be together." Yu Shiqi frowned. He began to feel a little anxious. He suppressed the urge in his heart to snatch the bell away from Bai Lixuan several times.

Bai Lixuan looked at him in silence for a while, then suddenly raised her hand and raised it back, spreading her fingers in a throwing motion.

Her back was against the guardrail on the port side, with the rolling river outside.

Yu Shiqi was stunned for a moment, with a trace of pain and reluctance flashing in his eyes. He stood up quickly, shook his shoulders and shook off the cloak on his body, and then began to take off his clothes. His eyes were always fixed on the person Baili Xuan let go of.

direction.

"Hey, hey, what are you going to do? Don't be stupid, you're still injured..." Bai Lixuan looked at Yu Qi with worry and disbelief, seeming to realize that she had gotten into trouble.

Yu Shiqi ignored her, and Bai Lixuan was worried, thinking that if he continued like this, he would soon strip off his shirt and jump into the river.

"Alas... I lied to you, and you were fooled again." Baili Xuan had no choice but to tell the truth, and at the same time took out the bell hidden behind her, held it in both hands and handed it to him obediently.

Yu Shiqi was originally very angry with her, but now that he knew it was a prank, the energy in his heart to jump into the river without hesitation was gone. The moment he took the bell back, he slumped down and sat down, smiling silently and bitterly.

"You obviously care..." Baili Xuan waited for a long time before he got angry with her. After observing for a while, she found that he didn't seem to be angry, so she dared to continue talking to him.

"Because we may never have the chance to meet again in the future, and even if we meet each other, we will definitely not be the same people in our memories. This is the only thing that can retain some nostalgia." Yu Shiqi put the bell in his arms and hid it.

"Why can't it be the same person in your memory? Are you saying you will change? Or do you think she won't be the same as always?"

"I have no idea."

"Your answer really makes me regret it. I should have thrown away the bell just now." Bai Lixuan held her bangs in front of her forehead and sighed, and said to herself quietly: "But forget it... I'm not qualified to say that.

I can't easily forget you, the people and things in the past."

Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Still you still miss Xie Liangzhe?"

"It's about holding a grudge." Bai Lixuan sneered after hearing the name, "Love and hate are like two sides of the same coin. When you abandon love, the hateful side will appear."

"Isn't it good to say goodbye and forgive each other?" Yu Shiqi murmured, "In the final analysis, he is not sorry for you, he is just... he just wants to survive."

"Yes, he wanted to live, that's why I was sad, because in my heart I was ready to die to protect our oath to him. Didn't you just risk your life and jump into the river just for the sake of the bell?"

"If dying for love is just a matter of slitting your wrist or jumping, I think Mr. Xie must have the courage to do it." Yu Shiqi said lightly, "It's a pity that both your father and Jin Hong know that threatening someone is

It is much easier to get a person to submit by letting him live and being tortured than by threatening him with death."

Baili Xuan was stunned. She had not thought of this level before...

Realizing that the ship's route was slowly deviating from the center of the river and gradually approaching the north bank, Yu Shiqi stood up and looked around, and found that an unknown pier had indeed appeared in front of it.
Chapter completed!