Lin Dongjiu was startled. When he saw Ling'er coming behind him at some unknown time, he felt a little guilty and said:
"No way, senior sister, I wish I could come back to see you soon. How could I dislike you?"
"loquacious!"
Ling'er rolled her eyes at him and said:
"Okay, I'm kidding you. Go up the mountain quickly. I've prepared the food. We'll invite senior brother to eat together later... Hey... why don't you see senior brother? Didn't he come back with you?"
"What is supposed to come will come..."
Lin Dongjiu swallowed, pretending not to hear Ling'er's words at all, and said while pulling Ling'er up the mountain:
"Oh, senior sister, how do you know I'm hungry? Let's go quickly, let's eat first..."
Mu Linger glanced at Lin Dongjiu inexplicably, but still let Lin Dongjiu pull her up the mountain with him.
During the meal, Mu Ling'er held her chin and asked, "Junior brother, are you hiding something from me?"
"Ahem!"
Lin Dongjiu choked, Ling'er's mind was too delicate, it was difficult to hide anything from her, but he really didn't know how to tell Ling'er about Chen Yi.
Just when he was anxious, the door was suddenly opened. When Lin Dongjiu looked at the person, his heart suddenly became cold again.
I saw Hong Yun walking in with a dark face. As soon as he entered, he greeted:
"Dongjiu, come out for a moment."
"good!"
Lin Dongjiu knew from Hong Yun's expression that he already knew about Chen Yi's "sacrifice", so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk out.
Hong Yun walked sullenly to the top of the mountain, with Lin Dongjiu following behind.
Suddenly, Hong Yun stopped, turned his back to Lin Dongjiu, and said in a deep voice: "It's better not to tell Ling'er about Yi'er's murder."
Lin Dongjiu could tell that Hong Yun's voice was trembling, and he was obviously trying his best to control his emotions.
For Hong Yun and Mu Ling'er, Chen Yi is their family. If a family member is suddenly killed, anyone will collapse emotionally.
But what they don't know is that for them, Chen Yi wants to murder him and is his sworn enemy.
"Master, Chen Yi...is actually not dead!"
Lin Dongjiu weighed it again and again, and decided to tell the truth to his master, and of course, Ling'er.
It's not that he is heartless, but that he has his own considerations.
Some things need to be concealed, and some things have to be said.
He really couldn't bear to let his master and Ling'er continue to be kept in the dark and feel sad for someone who didn't deserve to be sad.
Moreover, he did not think that Chen Yi would let him go easily, and he would not let Chen Yi go easily. There would be a fierce battle between the two of them, and either you would die or I would die.
The master and Ling'er knew that it was only a matter of time before he joined the Demon Palace. Letting the master and Ling'er know the truth by then would undoubtedly be a bigger blow to them. It was better to tell them now and give them time to accept the truth.
"Wha...what!"
Hong Yun suddenly turned around and said excitedly: "Dong Jiu, please tell me carefully, what is going on? Wasn't Yi'er killed by the Demon Palace to save you? Could it be that... Yi'er is really not dead?
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"Master, please don't get excited. In fact, things are worse than imagined. You have to be mentally prepared."
Lin Dongjiu was afraid that something might happen to Hong Yun's body during his great joy and sorrow, so he said:
"Okay, master, go to my room first, and I will tell you and Ling'er the truth of the matter."
Mu Ling'er saw that Lin Dongjiu and Hong Yun had just left but then came back, and she really didn't know what they were up to.
Moreover, she felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere today. She could clearly sense that her junior brother was hiding something from him, and it seemed to be about senior brother Chen Yi.
However, before she could ask, Lin Dongjiu had already pulled her onto a stool and sat side by side with Hong Yun.
Lin Dongjiu looked at the confused Ling'er and the gloomy-looking Hong Yun. He simply felt heartbroken and gritted his teeth and said:
"Master, Senior Sister, Chen Yi...he has defected to the Demon Palace!"
"How is this possible!"
Mu Ling'er covered her mouth and looked at Lin Dongjiu with a shocked face. She said with a cry:
"Junior brother, this is not true, right! Tell senior sister, you are joking."
Hong Yun said nothing, but his hands were trembling, and his face was so gloomy that it was about to drip.
It started to rain lightly outside the window, and a few muffled thunders were heard from time to time in the air, making the already silent atmosphere in the house even more depressing.
Lin Dongjiu obviously expected this to be the case, but the long-term pain was worse than the short-term pain, not to mention that Chen Yi was not worth the pain they had to suffer, so he could only harden his heart and tell him how Chen Yi sent him to the Nine Soul Transformation Art to murder him, and then led Chen Yi to
He told the whole story about the devil's attack on the team and his lucky escape.
Silence, still silence, only Mu Linger's soft sobbing could be heard in the room.
After a long time, Hong Yun slowly stood up and exhaled heavily:
"Everyone has his own ambitions. It is Chen Yi's choice to join the Demon Palace. As a master, I have no right to interfere."
He walked to the window, looked at the dark night sky, and said angrily:
"But he ignored the friendship between the masters and murdered his brothers. I, Hong Yun, do not recognize him as my disciple!"
Lin Dongjiu said with a serious face: "Why did Chen Yi kill me? I still don't know the reason. Maybe he had no choice but to do it. But when I see him again, I will definitely kidnap him back and ask him why he abandoned the relationship between master and disciple."
Go and ask him to kneel down and confess his guilt to his master and senior sister!"
"No need, Dong Jiu, I have decided to become my master. Chen Yi is no longer my disciple."
Hong Yun shook his head, and then said word by word: "If you can see Chen Yi again, I hope you can kill him in the name of slaying demons and defending the Tao."
"Master, I'm going back first, Dongjiu. Thank you for telling us the truth."
Hong Yun opened the door and left. In the rainy night, Hong Yun's figure became more and more stooped. He no longer looked like an elder that everyone respected, but more like an old man who was dying.
"Disciple, I'll give it to you!"
Lin Dongjiu chased after him. He knew that what he had just done was a huge blow to his master, so he quickly said:
"Master will definitely have to drink alone again when he goes back. How about asking my apprentice to go back with you and have a few drinks? It's also a good way to get rid of the stuffy feeling in your chest."
"No need, Dongjiu, I've never seen big winds and waves before, so I still have the ability to withstand this."
Hong Yun showed a smile and seemed to feel much better.
He pulled Lin Dongjiu to him and whispered:
"Dong Jiu, you should comfort Ling'er now! Maybe you don't know Ling'er's life experience yet? I will tell you about it today."
"When Ling'er was a child, her parents were sacrificed to death by the demon temple. She was the only one in the whole village to survive that night, and I happened to be passing by and rescued her from the pile of dead people.
But now that Chen Yi has joined the Demon Palace again, it is a big blow to her! Master is stupid, so you still need to comfort her!"
"So that's it!"
Lin Dongjiu remembered how Ling'er was filled with hatred when he mentioned the Demon Palace that day. He immediately slapped his forehead and ran back in a hurry:
"Master, please go slowly, I'm going back first!"
Lin Dongjiu ran back to the room and saw that Ling'er's eyes were red, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
When Mu Ling'er saw Lin Dongjiu coming back, she forced a smile, lowered her head silently, and was about to go out and leave.
How could Lin Dongjiu let her go? He grabbed Ling'er and comforted her softly:
"Senior sister, if you feel any pain or grievance in your heart, don't hold it in alone, just cry it out."
Mu Ling'er's parents were killed by people from the Demon Palace, and she had a blood feud with the Demon Palace. However, she had always regarded her as a family member, but her eldest brother's senior brother joined the Demon Palace. Who can understand the feeling of this.
Mu Ling'er could no longer bear it and threw herself into Lin Dongjiu's arms, crying loudly:
"I have lost my family since I was a child... You are my family... I don't want to lose my family again..."
Lin Dongjiu patted Mu Linger's back gently, even if he had thousands of words, they were still stuck in his throat.
And at this moment, he felt that Ling'er, who always took care of others and was independent and strong, was actually a little girl with a fragile heart who needed support.
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Mu Linger buried her head deeply in Lin Dongjiu's arms. After a long time, she stopped sobbing.
Mu Ling'er quickly let go of Lin Dongjiu. When she thought that she had hugged her junior brother and cried for so long and begged for comfort like a child, she felt ashamed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Lin Dongjiu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ling'er's mood had stabilized.
After so many days of contact, he really knew this little girl very well.
Ling'er's temperament is too gentle and sensitive, so she always likes to hold her emotions in her heart and bear them silently alone.
Maybe she thinks that venting her emotions will cause trouble for others...
However, the more a person has this kind of personality, the more he needs someone to talk to, otherwise he may become depressed and become ill over time.
So Lin Dongjiu specifically stopped Ling'er before she left, and said sincerely:
"Sister, if you have something on your mind in the future, you must come and talk to me. Don't be afraid of being embarrassed."
The tip of Mu Ling'er's nose felt sour, then she quickly turned her head and murmured, "Well..."
After she left, Lin Dongjiu lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep. He was really tired these days. He needed to take a good rest, not thinking about anything, and enter a state of relaxation.