The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"Oh, you are the beautiful sister who was rescued by the master last night."

After that, Shen Yue, who was innocent, walked over quickly and began to touch Su Xue with curiosity. This sudden enthusiasm made Su Xue dazed for a while, and she came back to her senses when Shen Yue touched her chest.

"No...don't touch me."

At the same time, Shi Gu breathed a sigh of relief. He was really not good at dealing with this kind of situation. Even though he had teased many people in the past, once those people really came to him, it would be Shi Gu who would run away.

On the other side, Shen Yue hugged Su Xue happily, looking her up and down, while Su Xue was a little at a loss.

After a while, when Shen Yue calmed down, she took Su Xue's little hand, came to Shi Gu, and called out with a smile.

"master."

Shi Gu looked at Shen Yue with a helpless look. This silly girl seemed to be acting more and more like a child these days. She was noisy and jumping around, making people worry about her.

Maybe it was because of the sudden appearance of Shen Yue, but Su Xue suddenly became a little restrained. She followed Shen Yue timidly and called out to Shi Gu in a weak voice.

"Benefactor."

Shi Gu smiled gently and calmed down. The girl was still young and had just experienced a big change. After a few days, she should be able to tell the difference between gratitude and admiration.

"Su Xue, we talked about your matter last night."

"Let me ask you, what are your plans now?"

When Su Xue heard this, her expression darkened and she remembered what happened last night. She lowered her head, drooped her brows, and spoke in a bleak voice.

"Actually... at the beginning, my uncle said he would take me and hide me far away."

"But my uncle is dead, and I don't know... where I should go."

Hearing this, Shi Gu was about to speak, but Shen Yue secretly kicked his foot. Shi Gu turned around and saw Shen Yue winking at him, suggesting that Shi Gu should keep Su Xue.

Shi Gu rolled his eyes, knocked Shen Yue on the head with his backhand, then turned to look at Su Xue and asked softly.

"Can you cook?"

Su Xue looked confused and shook her head at Shi Gu.

Seeing this, Shi Gu raised his eyebrows and asked Su Xue again.

"Are you good at housework?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xue shook her head again with an embarrassed look on her face. Although she had lived a hard life in Baijie Gate for many years, she still had a maid. She knew some housework, but it would be a stretch to say that she was good at it.

Snapped.

Shi Gu clapped his hands and said to Su Xue with a smile on his face.

"What a coincidence! I just happen to be in need of an apprentice who can't cook and isn't good at doing housework."

"Well, do you want to stay?"

Chapter 64: A Gamble

On the other hand, after leaving Shi Gu's yard, the beautiful woman held an oil-paper umbrella, twisted her waist, and set off on her way back to Bai Niao Temple.

In the mist, a beautiful woman twisted her snake-like waist, her eyes and eyebrows full of charm. Although it was not intentional, the men on the street were all secretly looking at the beautiful woman.

The obscene eyes swept across every part of the beautiful woman from top to bottom. If a woman saw it, she would turn her head away, spit lightly, and secretly curse him as a vixen.

The beautiful woman had long been accustomed to such looks. Ever since he started practicing the sect's martial arts, his master and others taught him how to show off his charm.

How to walk, how to flirt, how to arouse a man's heart, and how to make him bewildered.

He has many names, but there is no one that he can remember. To him, a name is like a water stain that can be wiped off at any time and has no meaning.

"You don't have to choose this path. You are a man."

"Even if you want to repay a favor, you still have other ways. You don't have to be like me, a monster that is neither human nor ghost, neither male nor female."

The beautiful woman remembered that these were what her master had said to her back then. The look in her master's eyes at that time was extremely complicated, filled with pity, helplessness, and inextricable sorrow.

At that time, he did not understand the look in his master's eyes. It was only decades later, when he looked at the group of children who were also planning to join the sect, that he finally understood some of his master's thoughts.

All of Chimen's disciples and followers are orphans, without father or mother. They were born and raised by nature. Before they met Chimen, they were thrown into the mud and lived without dignity.

That kind of life is not hell. When they are living wildly in the mud like weeds, they have no time to think about hell.

As long as you are alive, it's good. As long as you are alive, it's good.

Although the bed made of rotten grass had many bugs, it still made them sleep more comfortably. Although the steamed buns in the泔水桶 looked black and dirty, they could still fill their stomachs.

If they had not met Akamon, they might have continued living like that, and then one winter, they would have frozen to death in a dilapidated temple, or their hands and feet might have been broken by the older beggars, and they would have been forced to beg in the downtown area.

But Chimen found them, gave them a bowl of hot porridge, gave them clean clothes without holes, taught them to read and write, and gave them a home.

So, he decided to repay Akamon and became what he is today.

The beautiful woman stepped lightly and twisted her waist. Her skin was as white as snow and her eyes were charming. When she took a step forward, the charm flowed down, and when she raised her head, the charm flowed up.

Just looking at him like this, who would know that he is actually a man?

The beautiful woman's eyes were dazed, but she couldn't help thinking about what Shi Gu said over and over again.

When the big tree died, the insects had to crawl out of the trunk and looked at the sunlight, grass and earth for the first time in their lives.

They will wonder what they have done and what they have missed over the years.

So, what did I miss?

The crowd on the street gradually increased. A mother and son held hands, talked and laughed as they passed by the beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman's eyes flickered, she stopped and turned to look at the mother and son.

The child looked no more than six or seven years old, but he kept looking back at the beautiful woman. His eyes were clear and without any evil thoughts. He just thought that this sister was pretty and wanted to take a few more glances at her.

The child's mother did not stop anything, but just smiled apologetically at the beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman stared at the mother and son in a daze, watching the two people walking farther and farther away until they disappeared at the end of her sight.

In an instant, the beautiful woman smiled blankly, her eyes were bleak, and she was as lonely as a wandering ghost who had lost his heart.

"Is it enough to just live in this world?"

The words that Shi Gu had said echoed in her ears again, like pebbles falling into the lake of her heart, causing ripples that echoed endlessly.

I really missed a lot of things...

Looking back on the first half of my life, it seems like I have never really lived.

It was a bumpy road, but we kept our heads down all the way.

It seems that everyone in Chimen lives like this, neither human nor ghost, neither male nor female.

They feel that it is all worth it for the orphans adopted by their sect.

As long as they have a little more money, they can save one more orphan; if they endure a little more hardship, they can let those children have a candy.

But... most of those orphans became Akamon's disciples, in order to repay their gratitude and to save more orphans.

But in this case, wouldn't the huge number of Akamen disciples also fall into this endless abyss like him?

Are we...really doing it right?

Did we really save those children?

The answer seems to be simpler than imagined, but it is neither satisfactory nor acceptable.

After a moment, the beautiful woman withdrew her gaze and started walking again. Her waist no longer twisted subconsciously, but she walked with big strides in a rough, masculine manner.

Under the oil-paper umbrella, the beautiful woman exhaled softly, and her eyes gradually became firm.

The first time I met Shi Gu was five years ago. At that time, Shi Gu dragged a famous Buddhist monk into the quagmire, causing the monk to have mental demons and finally choose to return to secular life.

At that time, he asked Shi Gu why he wanted to do something that would be hated by others.

Shi Gu did not answer his question directly, but threw the monk's robe into the fire and said to him.

"I just want to see if throwing the robes of a great monk into the fire will make the fire burn more vigorously."

Until now, the beautiful woman still doesn't understand what Shigu said, but she just remembers how carefree he was at that time.

Do whatever you want, no taboos.

Perhaps, it was at that time that I began to envy that madman who had no taboos and did whatever he wanted.

The beautiful woman was holding an oil-paper umbrella, her steps getting faster and faster, her eyes as sharp as knives. The oncoming mist turned into countless water droplets, which fell on his face, but turned into white hot air and evaporated away.

Akamon couldn't go on like this, he thought.

Rather than living without control, being servile everywhere, not doing good and not punishing evil, it is better to take a gamble.

At least, in his memory, although Shi Gu had done many absurd things, he had never really lost his credibility. He was much more trustworthy than those famous and awe-inspiring bigwigs.

While he was thinking, the beautiful woman had already arrived at the gate of Bainiao Temple. He smiled, straightened his chest, and suddenly felt relieved. He put away his oil-paper umbrella, squinted at the gate of Bainiao Temple, and whispered to himself.

"Mr. Shi, you are such a great lobbyist."

Chapter 65 Dinner Party (I)

The beautiful woman put away her oil-paper umbrella, and without any movement, the door of Bainiao Temple opened automatically. He stepped in, his figure was like a gust of breeze, and he fell into the Bainiao Temple and disappeared.

Deep inside the Bai Niao Temple, in a room, Zhou Ming was sitting at the table, holding a wine glass in his left hand and a pen in his right hand. The pen holder was made of jasper, crystal clear, and it was obvious at a glance that it was of great value.

But the tip of the pen was dipped in rouge and powder, and stroke after stroke fell on a pale head.

That was exactly Xu De's head. However, after only one night, the head was covered with salt. It had been salted using special means to preserve it for some time.

With a smile on his face, Zhou Ming applied the rouge and powder on the table to Xu De's head stroke by stroke, as if he wanted to give Xu De a woman's makeup.

On the other side of the table, Zhu Yin was sitting upright at the table. When her eyes swept across the smile on Zhou Ming's face, she felt a chill down her spine and her heart began to beat fast.

Zhu Yin usually looks cold and as if she is out of touch with the world, but to be honest, she is just a teenage girl who has never actually killed anyone and has never seen such a twisted and morbid scene.

She didn't want to see these, but Zhou Ming in front of her forced her to stay and refused to let her leave.

Zhou Ming is at the fifth level of martial realm, and his strength can only be considered fair among the younger generation, but after all, he has lived several years longer than Zhu Yin, so his strength is still superior to Zhu Yin, who is at the fourth level of martial realm.

Most importantly, Zhu Yin knew that the twisted man in front of her was the son of a big shot whom they, Akamon, could not afford to offend.

In desperation, Zhu Yin could only put on a cold brow and look indifferent as usual, as if she didn't care about anything.

However, the hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched tightly together, and she was too nervous to let go.

After a while, Zhou Ming seemed to be tired of Xu De's head and threw it on the ground like throwing away garbage.

Roll... A human head rolled on the ground and finally stopped at Zhu Yin's feet. Zhu Yin's heart skipped a beat and he almost jumped up in fright.

On the other side, Zhou Ming looked Zhu Yin up and down with a smile on his face. His eyes were like knives, sweeping across Zhu Yin's body, without concealing his naked desire.

Facing Zhou Ming's gaze, Zhu Yin felt a chill all over her body and got goose bumps. It felt like she had touched the toad she hated the most.

Zhou Ming drank the wine glass in his hand, then picked up the wine pot on the table and poured a glass of wine for Zhu Yin. Then he took out a pill nonchalantly and put it into the wine in front of Zhu Yin.

The pink pill dissolved in water, quickly dyeing the originally clear wine green.

Zhou Ming shook the wine glass, narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhu Yin with lustful eyes, and spoke softly.

"Miss Zhu, do you know why I asked you to come?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin fell silent and did not make any response. Before coming, she had guessed the other party's plan.

The other party is someone that Akamon cannot afford to offend, and she cannot refuse any request.

only……

Zhu Yin's hand, hidden in her sleeve, had been holding a medicine bottle. This was the method she had prepared. It was the elixir she had specially asked Shen Yue for yesterday.

She firmly believed that as long as she took the medicine in the bottle, she would be able to escape unscathed even if the other party was a sex-hungry ghost.

Zhu Yin's silence made Zhou Ming misunderstand. He smiled evilly, stood up with the wine glass in his hand, walked to Zhu Yin's side, handed the wine glass to Zhu Yin, and leaned over to speak.

"Drink this glass of wine, and I will make you die of happiness."

Hearing this, Zhu Yin felt nauseous. At the same time, she pinched the medicine bottle with her fingers and quietly poured out a pill, intending to swallow it when Zhou Ming wasn't paying attention.

Step, step, step.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house. Zhou Ming frowned, then relaxed and said casually.

"Don't worry, there are elders with me guarding the door, no one can get in."

"I won't let anyone disturb our good times."