No way...
What did I hear?
Was I being checked?
He Qing stared at Gu Changnian, who was kneeling in the hall, with a dull look on her face. She was caught off guard. She took a slow breath, leaned forward slightly, and asked tentatively: "Do you know what you are saying?"
Gu Changnian pressed his forehead tightly against the floor tiles, closed his eyes and said seriously: "Disciple knows. Disciple only regrets that I woke up too late and missed the best opportunity to reconcile with Master, so that Master, you..." Being deceived by the traitor...
The more sincere Gu Changnian's tone was, the more He Qing felt her scalp tingling. She leaned back and covered her lips, thinking to herself: Something is wrong. This is not right no matter how you look at it. Compared to when she first came here, her relationship with Gu Changnian can only be described as "deteriorating". At that time, she took the initiative to show her goodwill but was rejected. Now he actually took the initiative to lower himself?
Something is wrong...
Gu Changnian seemed to sense He Qing's suspicion from the silence, and said in a difficult and obscure tone: "Master, I know that I have made a big mistake. If you don't want to forgive me, I will never complain. I just hope that you can believe what I said just now, even a little bit, and don't be confused by Lu Li again."
"Um... ahem!" He Qing cleared his throat and said in a calm tone, "I understand what you said. Please go out first. I will think about it carefully."
"yes."
Seeing Gu Changnian leave the room, He Qing leaned against the couch as if he had collapsed, muttering to himself in a trance: "What's going on?" Then he shook his head vigorously: "Wait, sort it out one by one..."
Everything she did was to survive and not be killed by Gu Changnian two years later. She formed a cooperative relationship with Lu Li because she was unable to win over Gu Changnian. But now, Gu Changnian said that he had come to his senses and not only did he not have any hatred towards her, he also no longer had any prejudice against her.
That...
What should I do next?
He Qing was completely confused. He suddenly felt confused after working overtime for 30 consecutive days and was suddenly told that he could take a full year of paid vacation. He suddenly lost his goal.
The most important thing is, if I don't have to fight Gu Changnian to the death anymore, it seems that there is no need to cooperate with Lu Li anymore, right...
As the male protagonist, Gu Changnian is bound to defeat evil, and Lu Li, as the biggest villain in the whole story, exists to establish Gu Changnian's image as the invincible male protagonist. His ending will probably be either death or destruction.
When she thought of this possibility, He Qing's breathing suddenly stagnated, and she felt a dull pain in her heart. She covered her chest and made up her mind: No, Lu Li is just a paper man, how can he be more important than her own life?
The danger of being killed by Gu Changnian has been resolved, so the only risk in front of her is the cooperation with Lu Li. She must cancel the cooperation with him at the right opportunity! Hmm!
Just as he was thinking, Lu Li pushed the door open and walked in. The sunlight shone on him, casting a huge shadow in the room, covering He Qing.
Lu Li saw He Qing sitting on the couch, stroking his chest with a somewhat stiff expression. He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked as he closed the door, "How come, Master was moved by your beloved disciple's sincere apology?"
He Qing was slightly startled: "How do you know he came to apologize?"
Lu Li raised his lips slightly: "I guessed it." He walked over slowly, held He Qing's left hand, put his fingertips on his pulse and listened carefully, and joked with a smile: "He has even had angina pectoris. It seems that Master still loves him and can't let go."
"..." A trace of embarrassment flashed across He Qing's face, and he pulled his hand back in panic: "That's not the case."
Lu Li looked at her steadily, and asked with some scrutiny in his eyes: "Master, do you have anything to say to me?"
He Qing lowered his eyelids, and his right hand unconsciously rubbed the place where Lu Li had held it before. He said dryly: "You guessed right, Gu Changnian came here to confess his guilt. He said that he hopes to live in peace with me from now on."
Lu Li's eyes darkened, and he said gently, "You agree?"
"Not yet." He Qing sighed: "You know, I thought he would kill me at the beginning, so I made all these preparations, but now that he no longer has the intention to kill me, it seems..."
"Do you feel safe and sound?" Lu Li interrupted He Qing, chuckled and sat beside her. He leaned his head on He Qing's shoulder with a well-behaved look on his face, and said in a coquettish manner: "Master, you are really naive sometimes."
"What's the meaning?"
Lu Li played with a strand of He Qing's hair and whispered softly, "He committed the crime of killing his master and will be expelled from the sect. Naturally, he has to pretend to win back your heart. He can do it to you once, twice, and there is a third time." He stroked He Qing's shoulder, his tone was very ambiguous and bewitching.
The spot that Lu Li touched was the spot where He Qing was stabbed by Gu Changnian. He Qing heard his hint, but he couldn't tell him that judging from Gu Changnian's personality, since they had been so open and honest, Gu Changnian would most likely not break his promise. So he could only give an unconvincing reason: "It won't hurt to believe me once."
This was originally a sentence that He Qing said casually, but Lu Li suddenly sat up straight after hearing it, stared at her deeply for a long time, and said with a smile: "Oh, He Qing, do you want to betray our alliance?"
This was the first time Lu Li called her by her name. Although he couldn't tell the emotion in his voice, and it was even so gentle that it didn't sound like he was questioning her, He Qing felt guilty for no reason and couldn't help but explain weakly, "I didn't say I was going to betray you..."
Lu Li keenly caught He Qing's guilt, a cunning look flashed across his eyes, and then he forced a bitter smile: "Yes, you originally cooperated with me just to save your life. Now that your life is no longer in danger, you naturally don't want to have anything to do with someone like me. In this case, why don't you expel me from your sect? From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."
This was clearly what He Qing wanted, and it was Lu Li who took the initiative to propose it, saving her a lot of trouble. But for some reason, seeing him so lonely, He Qing felt distressed. Before her brain could react, the words came out of her mouth: "Not that far, not that far yet."
"Really?" Lu Li quickly responded, hugged He Qing with a bear hug, and said sweetly: "Then I don't have to be separated from Master! Master, you are such a good person!"
"…"
He Qing was hugged tightly, and after a moment of shock, he immediately regretted it -
I was careless! I was tricked by this guy!
He Qing was speechless and choked up, looking up to the sky and sighing: It turns out that if you love a man, you will be unlucky for the rest of your life...