Chapter 741 Cold nature

"Master Xu, are you going to treat Master Xiao to dinner tonight?"

Wang Tong suddenly asked.

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"……Um."

Xu Qingzhu responded hesitantly, as if he had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Wang Tong's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter, and he asked him cheerfully, "Can I join in?"

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Xu Qingzhu: …

He felt a bit amused and helpless.

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Seeing Xu Qingzhu remain silent, Wang Tong continued, "Really? I'll sit outside."

"Call me when you're done chatting, and I'll come in."

"How is it, Master Xu?"

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"It seems you rejected him."

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly.

Obviously, he did not see the pot-bellied Mr. Wang when he came.

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Xu Qingzhu nodded to confirm Xiao Xiao's guess, and then said: "But I promised him to hand it over to Master Xiao personally."

He took out a business card from the business card holder he carried with him and handed it to Xiao Xiao.

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Xiao Xiao took it and looked at it. It was a very clean business card with only a name and a phone number on it.

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"Lao Wang really hopes that next time he calls, Master Xiao will not refuse to answer his call."

Xu Qingzhu spoke leisurely, and thinking of the many instructions that Lao Wang had given him at noon, a smile could not help but seep into the corners of his eyes and brows.

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Xiao Xiao also laughed a little. He glanced at the number on the business card and put it away.

"Okay, I think he should be able to get through to me next time."

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"Haha~"

Xu Qingzhu laughed out loud.

Compared to the first time they met, the aura around him was a little brighter, and there was no longer a faint shadow between his brows.

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"Master Xiao."

Xu Qingzhu restrained his smile and looked very serious. "Other children were there yesterday, so it was a little inconvenient after all."

He stood up and bowed deeply to Xiao Xiao, "Master Xiao, thank you."

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Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, then a bitter smile appeared on his face, "Uncle Xu, please get up."

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After a few breaths, Xu Qingzhu slowly stood up.

He smiled at Xiao Xiao with some emotion, "Yesterday was the first time I heard her voice."

“It was a really big surprise.”

"Thank you, Master Xiao."

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Xu Qingzhu is not a fool.

He has been with Ling Feng for more than ten years. It can be said that Ling Feng has been by his side as long as he can remember.

In the following decades, he never gave up waiting for Ling Feng to come back.

That maple tree was the place where he spent the most time in his past years.

That's it, he never heard Ling Feng's voice once.

Nor have I seen the maple trees change color for him.

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It happened that Master Xiao came, the maple tree changed color, and Lingfeng called his name.

If you say there is no connection between them, he will never believe it.

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But, “I always feel a little sad.”

Xu Qingzhu sat back in his seat and suddenly spoke.

He had been with her for such a long time, but it was because of an outsider that she responded to his waiting.

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If it weren't for Master Xiao, would she have planned to never let him know of her existence?

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They were so close to each other, but did she really have to watch him wait endlessly for her disappearance?
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You know, when he first found out she was missing, he almost went crazy.

His pain, his unwillingness, his resentment, his confusion, his fear, his worry, and his tears, couldn't all of these make her call his name?

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Although Xu Qingzhu didn't say anything else, Xiao Xiao quickly understood what he meant by his sadness.

This was also the question he once asked Ling Feng.

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Xiao Xiao looked at Xu Qingzhu, who looked sad and bitter, and hesitated. Should he tell him the truth or make up a nice lie?

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"Does she have something to hide?"

Misunderstanding Xiao Xiao's silence, Xu Qingzhu expressed his guess.

Or rather, the guess that one hopes for.

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"Uncle Xu, it's a monster."

Xiao Xiao still chose to tell the truth, he felt that the other party had the right to know the truth.

Uncle Xu's expression paused. He was a little slow to react. After a few seconds, he said with some doubt: "Well, I know."

"You told me."

"Monster cultivation emphasizes cause and effect."

"If it forcibly maintains its connection with you, it will create unnecessary cause and effect."

“This will hinder its practice.”

Xiao Xiao paused, looked at Uncle Xu's stunned expression, and explained a few more words, "It is extremely difficult for plants and trees to become monsters."

"It takes tens of thousands of years to take human form."

Therefore, its caution is understandable.

Moreover, "Monsters are cold-hearted by nature."

"Especially a monster whose main body is made of plants and trees."

"They don't understand affection or love."

"Ling Feng probably doesn't understand how you've been feeling all along, Uncle Xu."

“It thinks you’re doing well.”

"It knows you are married and you have a child."

"It's also a little sad that your kids can't see it."

Xu Qingzhu felt a little confused.

After a long while, he finally spoke, but he asked, "Ling Feng talked to me yesterday-"

"Doesn't it matter?"

There was a hint of worry in his eyes.

Xiao Xiao looked at Uncle Xu with some surprise.

He thought that even if Uncle Xu was not angry, he might still feel a little alienated from Ling Feng.

did not expect.
He couldn't help but smile slightly, "It doesn't matter."

“You didn’t see it.”

“It just makes you hear it.”

“It won’t have much of a causal effect.”

"This price is well within its tolerance."

"Really? That's good."

Uncle Xu's tense expression relaxed.

"But, Uncle Xu, it will probably be difficult for you to hear its sound again in the future."

Xiao Xiao reminded Uncle Xu.

"Oh, it doesn't matter."

Uncle Xu shook his head and said, "I am already very satisfied."

He showed some hesitation on his face. After struggling for a while, he spoke with some difficulty, "Ling Feng, do you still remember me?"

"it-"

Have you always considered him a friend?
He suddenly couldn't ask.

He also wanted to ask if it was a misunderstanding that he thought she remembered his name?
In fact, she had already forgotten it, but it was Master Xiao who told her.

“It remembers you.”

"And remember your name."

Xiao Xiao spoke slowly and in a soothing tone so that Uncle Xu could hear more clearly, "It blurted out your name at that time."

"And I asked it to call your name once."

"But I'm not sure it will agree."

"However, even though it was a little difficult, it didn't hesitate for long before agreeing."

"I think it cares a lot about Uncle Xu, too."

(End of this chapter)