I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 44: Comforting the Sword Practice
The school cafeteria is noisy yet orderly.

There was the clatter of bowls colliding back and forth. Some people sat closely together, shoulder to shoulder, while others were spread out, one person per table.

Pei Ju looked at Ye Youruo in front of him and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Because of something at home, she had to come to this sea city, but the person who accompanied her also died here. He could imagine that the person who came here to live with her must be someone very close to her.

"If you're sad, you can run. I've been through some very sad things before, and I didn't want Grandpa to know, so I'd go out for a run with my wooden sword, swinging it at trees, leaves, and trash cans as I ran. That'd make me feel much better."

Ye Youruo looked up at the cheerful and sunny classmate in front of her. She was a little surprised that he was in such a bad mood that he ran out and swung his sword at the big tree and the trash can. She knew that he was venting his emotions.

What emotion would it be? Sadness? Anxiety? Worry?
These days, she lived next door and could see Pei Ju practicing sword in the yard from the second floor. She always thought he was a brave, passionate, combative, cheerful and optimistic person.

How could he be a person with sad things?

"I don't know swordsmanship, and I can't run. I'll get tired after a while." Ye Youruo said.

"It's okay to feel tired. That's the key. However, you are living with Teacher Han now, and I can't take you to exercise." Pei Ju said.

Ye Youruo pursed her lips and said nothing more.

This afternoon, Pei Ju did not go to the sword club, but stayed here with her to finish his meal. Then the two of them found a tree and sat on the grass to talk.

It was usually Pei Ju who asked the questions, and she would sit there and occasionally answer. If there was something she didn't want to say, she would just keep silent.

Pei Ju asked her if she had found out anything from the person she came to kill.

She said that after the interrogation, it was found that the person was from a group called "Free Wilderness". The people in the group advocated freedom without borders. They believed that the laws of various countries were too many and that the damage done to nature by various countries was too great. They advocated returning to the primitive life in the wilderness.

He didn't know who paid for it.

There were three people who attacked Aunt Wu. One of them was dressed as a sanitation worker. The police suspected that he was a member of the Crypt Club. The other person who actually killed Aunt Wu was a swordsman from northern Shaanxi.

This swordsman had killed someone before, and when he was being hunted down, he was suspected of receiving help from people from the Crypt Club, so he was never caught.

Although Ye Youruo did not say who her enemy was, Pei Ju knew that it must be an opponent from her family.

It was time for class, and they returned to the classroom. Many students had already arrived. When they saw Pei Ju and Ye Youruo coming in together, they were naturally noticed by their classmates. In the class, they were both special, and even if they were talked about, they would only talk about them behind their backs.

An afternoon of classes passed in the blink of an eye.

"Ye Youruo, how are you going back?" Pei Ju asked.

"Take the bus." Ye Youruo said.

"Going back to Teacher Han?" Pei Ju asked.

"Yeah." Ye Youruo answered softly.

"I'm going to the sword club to practice sword. Do you want to practice with me?" Pei Ju asked.

Ye Youruo was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know how to go, so I won't go. You go." Ye Youruo refused.

Pei Ju certainly wouldn't force anything. He asked out of the friendship between neighbors and classmates. He wanted to comfort her because he saw her close ones die and she was depressed.

Since she didn't go, Pei Ju naturally went by himself.

But this time, Liu Yijiajia went with him.

"Pei Ju, do you like Ye Youruo?" Liu Yijiajia had been dawdling in class before, so naturally she saw Pei Ju and Ye Youruo talking, and she also saw the two of them entering the classroom together before.

"No," Pei Ju replied. "Really? They all say you two are in love," Liu Yijia asked, blinking her eyes.

"No, something happened at her family, so I came to comfort her." Pei Ju said.

Liu Yijia just asked, and after receiving Pei Ju's denial, her mood immediately improved. She said, "Pei Ju, I've also joined the sword club. I told my family that I'll stay in the sword club and practice sword for an hour. Pei Ju, can you teach me?"

"Okay." Pei Ju certainly wouldn't refuse.

"Pei Ju, I told my dad, if you teach me, I will give you a thousand yuan, okay?" Liu Yiji said.

One thousand yuan is certainly not a small amount for Pei Ju.

"No need, we are classmates, I can teach you where to ask for money." Pei Ju refused.

"Didn't I tell you before that I'll pay you if you become my sparring partner?" Liu Yijiajia said seriously.

"I know, but I don't want it. I promised to teach you, but not for money." Pei Ju said.

Liu Yijia was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay."

The two went to the sword club, and Liu Yijiajia was naturally practicing the seventh set of sword techniques alone.

Pei Ju was fighting with three people.

An older person saw that Liu Yijiajia was pretty and came over to guide her in practice and help her standardize her movements. If the other person just wanted her to pose, she would naturally not refuse.

But when the other party wanted to touch her hand to help her standardize the movements, she immediately backed off and said, "No, no, I can practice on my own."

"If you practice alone, you won't be able to feel your own strength. Let me help you." said the senior boy.

"No need, my classmates will teach me." Liu Yijiajia said.

"Who is your classmate?"

"Pei Ju." Liu Yijiajia said, pointing to the person who was fighting with others over there.

Because they were all wearing armor and their faces could not be seen, the people who came in later had no idea that it was Pei Ju.

The senior student touched his nose and said, "It's him. He can do it. You should practice first."

Liu Yijiajia's eyes moved and the corners of her mouth turned up.

When she got tired of practicing alone, she would sit down and drink some water. When Pei Ju stopped to rest, she would immediately hand him the purified water.

Pei Ju would take it directly, tilt his head back and drink it all in big gulps.

After resting for a while, he would go back to practice, because he was fighting with three people, so he had to move very fast, turn his body all the time, and swing his sword to prevent himself from being surrounded. He had to use his pace to make sure he was facing only one person at all times.

So he was very tired, and this was exactly the purpose of coming here to practice. Practicing with others was naturally better than practicing alone.

Because Pei Ju didn't have a bicycle, he rode Liu Yijiajia's bicycle back home that day. However, he did not go back to his own home directly, but went to Liu Yijiajia's home first, and then walked back by himself.

Liu Yijiajia's home is not far from his home, just two streets away.

After returning home, I took a shower and washed off the sweat. When I came out, I found that Han Yitong had brought Ye Youruo with her.

He immediately went to put on his clothes, and when he came out, he actually heard Teacher Han say that he hoped to let Ye Youruo stay in the training hall for a few days.

(End of this chapter)