It doesn't matter what the lord is.

He showed a somewhat lonely look, staring at the weapon being forged, and was silent for about two seconds.

Then he whispered:

"Yes. Because of that..."

The hammer fell again.

Sparks flew everywhere.

24. Tactical Analysis

Liu Shi no longer spoke about himself.

If this were a game, I feel like there should already be branching options here.

Option 1: Get to the bottom of things

——Option 2: Give up temporarily

Although it seems that there is something hidden in his words, it is just a casual remark. From the perspective of conversation skills, if the other party brings up a topic and then suddenly stops, it is likely that he does not want you to dig into it, and the possibility of a slip of the tongue is higher. If you are not sure, it is better not to force the other party to dig into his emotions.

Let’s give up here for now.

I looked away and said calmly:

"Why can't I feel the feeling of youth? I'm still a young boy, shouldn't I be living a more exciting life?"

Liu Shi did not raise his head and replied:

"Lord City Lord is surrounded by girls, how can you still have such feelings?"

I slapped the table, leaned in front of Liu Shi and said:

"That's the problem! If there weren't so many girls, I might have already been dating someone, okay? Once interpersonal relationships become complicated, many things can't develop as expected."

Liushi tilted his head, looked past my head and continued to look at the half-forged iron block, and said:

"Excuse me for being blunt... When I was wandering around, I also saw many big shots who were troubled by this, and in the end there were only two possible outcomes."

"Which two?"

"Either choose the one with the highest status or the one with the biggest breasts."

"This is too true."

I slapped my forehead, complained, and then said:

"But the problem I'm facing is not who to choose, and they are not items for me to choose from. What confuses me now is how to get along well with the girl I like. I don't know if it's my illusion, but since I came to Yuxi City, although the number of women around me has increased, I always feel that the relationship with the one I care about is getting more and more distant."

Liu Shi stopped forging, looked up, thought for a while, and asked:

"Ah... youth... how troublesome. Let me think... is the city lord concerned about that blonde girl?"

I looked at Liushi in surprise and asked:

"You can guess this? Are you the Holmes Stone?"

"Probably, you can tell at a glance."

Is this the world of the strong?!

Liu Shi tapped the half-finished sword twice more and said calmly:

"Well... the silver-haired one seems to like sticking to you. You can feel her dependence on you even from 200 meters away. I'm sure the two of you would be very loving if you were together, but I always feel it's a little weird. She's wearing a collar around her neck, right? Do you usually wear something like that? I don't quite understand..."

"The one with half of her body buried in the pile of documents, judging from her words and actions, is a person with high emotional intelligence. She generally has a good relationship with people around her and is very tactful in dealing with others. If you treat her as a love interest, you don't have to worry about anything, because she will help you handle everything. She will give you enough face in public, and will flirt with you when you are alone. In my opinion, you can't ask for more."

"And the one sitting in the wheelchair, I feel like you two have a pretty good relationship. Although there's still some distance now... should I say distance? I feel like she's deliberately keeping this distance, probably because something unpleasant happened in the past. Anyway, if nothing unexpected happens, as long as this relationship develops steadily, whether it takes three or five years, you'll eventually be together, and there's no need to get entangled..."

"Ah... As for the one from the Yunhai family... How should I put it? Her personality is too eccentric. Dating with such a person would be very tiring. If you are not the kind of person with high energy, you simply cannot keep up with her pace. And her feelings towards you cannot be said to be love at the moment... Speaking of which, will she fall in love with someone? It is almost impossible. As for her, I feel that she is the type who can't even tell what love is. In all likelihood, it will take her a long time to realize that she likes someone, and by then it will be too late. Then she will regret it, and miss the next opportunity for love in regret. Even if she is lucky enough to be with someone, she will often think about the past, which is really troublesome..."

Liu Shi was muttering at a speed so fast that it was almost inaudible.

I was stunned when I heard it nearby.

Fileta, He Yue, Fang Shisan, Bai Huang, except for Xi Luo who had never met him, basically gave a thorough analysis.

The most important thing is the calm tone, as if this is just the most normal thing.

Then I heard Liu Shi say calmly:

"So, the only one left is the girl with golden hair."

I swallowed and looked at him nervously, waiting for his answer.

"But the one with the golden hair..."

Liu Shi didn't notice the sight at all, and continued to forge iron slowly. He was silent for a long time, and then he said:

“It’s hard to get along with you.”

"Why!!"

I put my hands on his shoulders and shook him vigorously twice.

I dazzled Liushi's eyes and he turned his gaze away from the sword. He looked into my eyes and replied:

"It has been impossible since you came to Yuxi City... No, it has been impossible since the day you left Yunyang. Although it is still peaceful now, your main enemy at this stage is the entire Yunyang. Facing such a terrifying existence, you can either cower into a ball and wait to die at any time, or muster up a tiny bit of courage to try to resist. You don't plan to give up, right? Then the pressure will be on the blonde girl, right? She has to take on the responsibility of protecting you, so she can only think about how to become stronger every day. I don't think she would even be in the mood for love under such circumstances. The enemies you face are getting stronger and stronger, and she has to become stronger too. It's a completely vicious cycle. Ha... It's her destiny to spend her life like this. Moreover, everyone knows that being with her won't help Yuxi City in any way. Do you think she doesn't know? Even if she occasionally has the idea of ​​falling in love, she must quickly extinguish it because she is your bodyguard."

There was no emotion in Liu Shi's words; he was just making a simple comment.

Just like the narration in a picture book, it tells cruel things in a cold voice.

I took my hand off Liushi's shoulder and fell into deep thought.

After a while, I asked him:

"Is there no solution?"

Liushi dropped the last blow of the hammer, completing the jet-black sword. He placed it aside, then casually picked up a piece of iron and placed it in front of his eyes. He looked at the iron with a scrutinizing gaze and said to me:

"Before that... can I ask you why the city lord likes her? If it's just from a romantic point of view, there are many people who are more suitable than her. And no matter what... for a city lord to marry a maid, this kind of thing is unprecedented in the world."

25. There are always more solutions than problems

Yes, why Alayya?

I have thought about this question before, but to no avail.

If I have to talk about it from a rational point of view, Alayya is the first girl in my life. When I first saved her, I didn't expect any reward, because I didn't need anything at that time. My family didn't want to kill me yet, and I lived a pretty comfortable life. There were several maids around me, and most of them were prettier than she was at that time.

If she wants to learn sword, I will teach her.

She has to keep me safe at all times, so I take her with me wherever I go.

I am different from other reincarnated people. I don't have too many regrets, and there is no unfinished business waiting for me to complete. I did a lot of things in my previous life, but it was also quite hard, so I don't plan to be so tired in this life. Being an ordinary city lord passing by is a good ending for me.

So I actually always felt that it was not surprising that Alaiya left at any time. She and I were not on the same path. I was the type who took the initiative to sink to the bottom of the sea holding a stone, and I was a villain who did not regard loyalty to desire as a bad thing. But Alaiya would work hard to achieve something once she was determined to do it. She had the brilliance of a person who was indomitable.

But I waited until the end, and Alayya didn't leave.

It's not that she has no other options. In Yunyang alone, countless people have extended olive branches to her.

But she refused them all. No matter how bad my reputation became, no matter how many people praised and admired her, she was exactly the same as before, taking care of my daily life without any complaints, and always calling me "Young Master".

It was then that I realized that I had almost never understood this expressionless girl.

When she was young, she followed me crookedly with a sword in her arms. When I stole fruits from a street vendor, she confronted the guard dog that barked at me with a fierce look on her face, but her legs kept shaking with fear.

In a flash, I was able to wear a sword, protecting me from wind and rain.

So if there is any opportunity, it is probably the life she has accompanied me through all these years.

"...I think I understand. To put it simply, you don't know why you like her, and this is something that will definitely happen when you are young. During that period of time, all kinds of things will happen, such as friends suddenly talking to each other at the same time, or suddenly feeling that you have been to a place before, or having some dreams that you don't really understand but feel are very powerful. At that age, many things that are difficult for others to understand will happen..."

After hearing this, Liu Shi's reaction seemed very calm.

He expressed his views while hammering the iron on the anvil.

However, adolescence is indeed a magical period. You will meet all kinds of people and all kinds of things will happen.

Liu Shi was silent for a while, as if he was recalling something, but soon stopped and continued:

"From this point of view, the city lord himself is not sure about his feelings for her, right? And even if the city lord likes her, has he ever considered how the girl with golden hair feels?"

I shook my head:

"I know what makes her happy and what makes her angry, but I have no idea what her feelings are towards me."

Liushi swung his hammer on the iron block, the sweat on the ends of his hair fell down, and he said lightly:

"When I was young, I always thought that liking or loving someone could be quantified, but how could there be such a magical tool? I think there are stories of people falling in love after being rescued once, but if love arises only because of being rescued, you will definitely separate due to various frictions in the future. Although I don't quite understand it, I always feel that she is like a stray dog ​​you picked up, isn't she?"

I was silent for a moment.

Liushi will not give up his output just because of my silence:

"I don't deny that she has other feelings for you, but it's a bit premature to classify this feeling as love... An adopted stray dog ​​will not leave its owner, but there is no love between humans and dogs. People like dogs, but dogs are more loyal to people. Because she is so different from you. No matter how corrupt the city lord is, he is still the city lord, and no matter how strong the guard becomes, he is still a guard. There is the whole secular world between the two of you. Even if the city lord doesn't care about these, doesn't that blonde girl care? Ha... Think more about the stray dog. Being loved by people is not necessarily a good thing. She has a hard time too."

I sighed.

He sat in a chair with his arms folded, thinking seriously.

Liu Shi is right. But the problem is that even if I know this, I still can't do anything.

Is this going to end like this again? I am going to spend my second adolescence with nothing again? ?

No, wait.

It’s not over yet! Isn’t there an experienced driver who has picked up a beautiful and rich girl right in front of me? !

I looked up and saw Liu Shi with a confident and steady smile on his face. At that moment, I felt like I had grabbed a life-saving straw. I calmed down and asked in a serious tone, "What's the matter?"

"In that case, what should I do?"

Liu Shi also lowered his hands, frowned slightly, and looked back. Our eyes met in the air, and at that moment I completely understood his thoughts. Since he came, there would be no problem. Yes, isn't he such a trustworthy person in this regard?

Brothers!

Just as I was moved, Liu Shi said calmly:

"Even if you ask me, I don't know what to do..."

I stretched out my hand and slapped Liushi on the head:

"Why?! Weren't you so full of yourself when you were talking about theory just now?!"

Liu Shi turned his eyes away without any emotion and said:

"Because I have no experience in this area. Finding a problem and solving it are two different things. Theory and practice are completely different. No matter how you ask me, I can't learn it all at once. I don't like this kind of thing at all. It's tiring to talk to girls. They are willful, insincere, and have jumping thoughts. Whoever wants to deal with them can deal with them..."

No more.

Liu Shi's eyes were dead.

Just when I was about to give up, Liu Shi suddenly said:

"But, adolescence itself makes people make a lot of mistakes... Even if you know you might make a mistake, it's better than doing nothing. The most important thing is to convey your feelings to the other person. In this regard, I am not completely helpless."

26. I cried, how about you?

After studying with Liu Shi for a day, I was greatly impressed by his battle plan.

Liu Shi first asked when Alaiya started to distance herself from me. When he learned that it was after we came to Yuxi City, he quickly made a judgment:

The feelings faded.

This is like a couple who have reached the seven-year itch. At this time, both parties have been with each other for a long time and have passed the running-in period, but because they have gradually become accustomed to the dull daily life and entered the "old married couple" mode, they can no longer find the beautiful touch at the beginning.

I counted on my fingers, and although it has not been seven years since I rescued Alaiya, it has been quite a while. Liu Shi's words suddenly made me understand. Alaiya should be familiar with my lazy and gluttonous character, and I can already swallow her bland stewed carrots and potatoes. It is really not easy to get to this point, but perhaps as Liu Shi said, we have all forgotten the wonderful feeling we had when we first met.

So Liu Shi's suggestion was to send someone to beat Alaya up, and then I would go and provide her with a helping hand in time.

Although I admire Liu Shi's theory, I still reject this method. Not to mention that I am the only one who can beat her in Yuxi City, beating her up and then saving her by myself is too shocking, and a mortal like me cannot handle it; just let Alaiya get hurt for no reason, I think it is not okay.

Flowstone expresses understanding:

"In this case, I can only extend a helping hand to a homeless person in front of her. Awaken her deepest memory and let her recall the handsome side of the city lord. Once this kind of emotion is ignited, it cannot be easily extinguished, but will turn into a blazing flame of love... Ha, I feel like melting just thinking about it."

I was amazed by his unparalleled creativity, but there was a problem.

There are no such homeless people in Yuxi City now.