Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 324 Passing by

Chapter 68

As the days passed, a piece of news spread among the soldiers of the Tiecang tribe that made people laugh and cry: the young chieftain had gone crazy. At first, the scarless man mentioned the incident when he returned to his residence and chatted with others. As a result, the news spread from one person to another, and became more and more exaggerated. Later, it was said that the young chieftain had a mental breakdown because he knew that the Tiecang tribe would soon be destroyed. He behaved strangely all day and said crazy things. Many soldiers did not know Tie Hongyan, and they did not have many opportunities to see her. After hearing such rumors from others, no matter whether the news was true or false, they felt more deeply helpless that the Tiecang tribe was doomed.

When the news reached Wu Xunsheng, he hadn't seen Tie Hongyan for two days. Although he didn't believe the rumor, he had an indescribable urge to go and see what was going on. In his eyes, Tie Hongyan was always full of confidence and strong inside when she grew up. It seemed that nothing could make her collapse, but he suddenly recalled her in a state of abnormality when she was a child, playing kites together and making her laugh. Thinking of this, he shook his head and smiled at himself - how long ago was that, how could he remember it so clearly? Now he and she are no longer the children of the past. He just told himself that the rumor was false and he didn't need to think about it anymore, but he couldn't help but think, is she only strong on the surface, but has nowhere to tell her inner distress? The Tiecang tribe suffered a heavy blow, and she was the young patriarch after all, would she be very sad about it? Thinking of this, he immediately blamed himself again, blaming himself for always thinking about things he shouldn't think about, so he forced himself to divert his attention and look for clothes to wear the next day.

When he was looking for clothes, he accidentally saw the cloth bag that Tie Hongyan took when she ran away from home when she was a child. He recalled the first time he met her, she was afraid that she would starve to death, so she gave him all the snacks, but when he really ate all her snacks, she burst into tears again, because those snacks were her only hope of "not being bullied anymore" at that time. He recalled the scene when Tie Hongyan gave him the cloth bag and said "I give it to you, don't give it to me" that year, and the scene when he was bullied and she said "Wu Xunsheng is my sparring partner, he is my person", and too many bits and pieces of their childhood together. He tried hard to throw away these impressions of himself, but the memories still followed him clearly. He knew that as they grew up, the two would inevitably get farther and farther away, but the memories of their childhood made him want to get close to her, but he really couldn't get too close to her, and reason would remind him of this from time to time.

He hadn't taken the initiative to go to Tie Hongyan's residence to look for her for a long time. At this moment, he suddenly had an indescribable feeling that seemed to bypass his reason and lead him away. This feeling prompted him to put down the cloth bag, take out the clothes he was going to wear the next day, put them away, and then walked out the door and slowly walked towards Tie Hongyan's residence.

As he walked, reason overcame the indescribable feeling and made him stop.

He turned and walked back.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he heard a crisp voice behind him: "Wu Xunsheng, what are you doing here?"

The voice was from Tie Hongyan. Of course he recognized it. He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said softly, "Young Patriarch, I was just on my way back and passed by here."

(End of this chapter)