Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 597: Calm

Wu Xunsheng seemed to understand something suddenly, but he couldn't accept what he thought he understood. But he immediately realized that it was wrong for him to be upset because of what he saw. He thought: The young patriarch and I are not the same kind of people, and it is impossible for anything to happen. Why am I so confused? What can I expect when I know it is impossible? Since I don't expect it, why should I be sad when I see such a scene? I am wrong! I can't do this! I should be calm! I must be calm!

Although Wu Xunsheng told himself to calm down, he paced back and forth while thinking about these things, looking a little flustered. He even couldn't help but pick up a long branch and used it to sweep the scattered fallen leaves on the ground, hoping that he could completely calm down after venting his anger.

With a cry of "Ah", Wang Zaiqian suddenly stood up and asked loudly: "Did I oversleep?"

Wu Xunsheng asked: "What's wrong?"

Wang Zaiqian said: "The small stone hit my hand."

"Oh, sorry." Wu Xunsheng felt that it was the small stones that hit Wang Zaiqian's hand when he swept the fallen leaves on the ground with a branch.

"Why is Wu Bidian saying sorry for hitting me with a small stone? Maybe someone had moved a stone on the ground onto a tree branch, and the wind blew and the branch swayed, causing the small stone to fall down." Wang Zai Qian said with a smile.

He thought Wu Xunsheng would laugh, but seeing his strange expression, he asked, "Did I take a long nap and make Wu Bidian unhappy?"

"No. Don't get me wrong." Wu Xunsheng said, his expression still very serious, "If you want to rest, continue to rest."

"No, no! I'm not sleepy anymore!" Wang Zai Qian said with a smile.

"Do you want to go back?" Wu Xunsheng asked. "I'll listen to you. I'll go back whenever you say, as long as you're not tired." Wang Zaiqian said.

"I'm not tired. I don't want to go back now. I just want to find a place to sit quietly." After saying that, Wu Xunsheng sat down against a tree, staring blankly at the sky.

Wang Zai Qian stood aside a little awkwardly, not knowing why Wu Xunsheng's mood was different when he woke up from just a short nap.

Wu Xunsheng looked at him and said, "Aren't you sleepy? Continue to rest against the tree!"

Wang Zaiqian said, "Wu Bidian, do you really not mind if I take a rest?"

"Is there any need to ask? Take a rest! You've worked hard!" Wu Xunsheng said.

Wang Zai Qian felt that Wu Xunsheng's sudden change of mood was not caused by him, so he said "yes", sat on the ground, and rested with his back against a nearby tree.

Wu Xunsheng glanced at Wang Zaiqian beside him, and then turned his gaze to the sky. Sitting against the tree trunk and looking at the sky, he recalled that day in the woods. After Tie Hongyan's tears soaked his clothes, she wanted to stay in the woods until her eyes didn't look so red, so he also stayed in the woods until his clothes were dried by the wind. She sat under a tree with her back against the tree trunk and looked at the sky. He also sat down with his back against the tree trunk, looked at her, looked at the sky, and kept looking at her with his peripheral vision. Recalling, recalling, he slowly closed his eyes, and in a trance, he felt as if Tie Hongyan was sitting near him against the tree trunk, but habitually remained silent and didn't talk to him.

(End of this chapter)