Chapter 462: 301

"Things deliberately sought after are often those we cannot find,"

just like the childhood I lost.

The ebb and flow of everything in the world also has its own timing.

Just like that book of his...

I didn’t know why that book was so important to him; it was just on the day we went hiking, I had seen him so downcast for the first time.

"At three twelve and twenty-one seconds PM," Weiwei was defeated and also suffered serious injuries.

I also didn’t know whether he was angry because Weiwei was hurt or because he suddenly lost his book, but anyway... he was very angry that day.

Then... he used what was said to be the "Ultimate Skill from the Twelve Road Spring Leg, which is rarely used but lethal when it is," and earned the title "Hero of Guanzhong." (covers face)

Later I found out from Weiwei that he really was some kind of "master of internal strength."

"If things go wrong, Uncle here will personally step in to defeat all your opponents for Sister Weiwei, making them as helpless as scattered flowers, all the way to the mountaintop."

I had thought it was just a playful remark, but it turned out, it was a promise he had made to Xiao Yu.

He gave us another surprise, just as he always did.

The surprises he gave were always endless...

Although afterwards, he felt he had been a bit too impulsive and his methods not entirely honorable, which went against the code of chivalry.

But soon, he was praising his own unmatched cleverness and thus freed himself from many troubles born from striving for fame.

"The great among heroes serve their country and their people; the modest among heroes serve their friends and neighbors!

Owing to the affectionate referral by my peers in the martial world as a ’great hero’, I too have had to make selective choices," he explained this way.

At the celebration banquet in the evening, he didn’t attend, and under Weiwei’s cover, we three "non-martial folks" sneaked out the back door.

Curious, I asked him, "Being number one in the world isn’t this supposed to be the highlight of your life? Is it really okay to miss it?"

He was quite serious, looking at me sternly before giving a response that was unexpected, yet somehow anticipated.

"Because I always feel... that there’s someone out to harm me at that banquet!"

So, your motivation to become "the best in the world" is due to a lack of security?

That night, he was so tired he fell asleep directly on the couch.

I didn’t know whether he was feigning sleep or genuinely unable to due to being wrapped in his clothes and blanket.

Finally, I couldn’t resist tiptoeing over to him in the middle of the night to cover him with a blanket, looking at his peacefully sleeping face and recalling all the moments since I knew him...

I never told him that when he and Weiwei said they were going on an overnight cruise, I couldn’t sleep.

Neither did I tell him that I occasionally took out that recorded clip, hiding under the covers and giggling to myself.

And I wasn’t going to tell him, although I couldn’t help being attracted, I also constantly wanted to run away from the complicated feelings...

Do I like him? I guess I do.

Does he like me? He probably does.

But I know, a man’s liking is momentary.

In the end, whether we are together or not, he will regret it.

The day my parents divorced, I told myself never to lose myself in anything, even amid life’s hardships, even under odd stares, even in love...

But watching his peacefully sleeping face, I couldn’t help but steal a kiss on his cheek like a thief.

It was just to say thank you.

Thank you for everything he had done for me and Xiao Yu along the way...

Yes! That’s it!

Only... my heart was beating a little too wildly...

...

The day after the hiking club, we went to see the Terracotta Army.

He always seemed to fulfill the promises he made to Xiao Yu.

No matter how unbelievable those promises seemed at the start...

Sometimes I even feel like his care for Xiao Yu might surpass mine?

Ah! To think I’ve come to be jealous of Xiao Yu... I guess I’m beyond help.

When buying ice cream, I insisted on paying.

Always feeling this might somehow set clear boundaries between us?

During the trip, we unexpectedly encountered an emergency, a crowd gathered around an elder who was gasping for breath on the ground.

...It was Master Li of Baji Fist!

Before the ambulance arrived, he was already gone, having suffered a relapse of his old illness.

Li Lei, such a burly, sturdy man, was crying like a child.

The trip that was supposed to honor his master turned into their final farewell.

Such is the unpredictability of life.

Yesterday’s opponents in fierce combat, today separated by life and death.

We later learned that Master Li’s old illness was incurable through medicine or hospitals, which were helpless against it; he could only rely on traditional Chinese medicine treatments to alleviate his condition.

Because of this incident, we suddenly lost the heart to enjoy ourselves.

Perhaps witnessing someone’s death right in front of my eyes for the first time, on the way back, Xiao Yu had her head down, seemingly in low spirits, until she finally looked up and said to me.

"Sister, Uncle was right. Life and health truly can’t be bought with money. I don’t want you and him to end up like that old man...

So I’ve decided! When I grow up... I want to study medicine!"

I thought Xiao Yu was just momentarily moved by the scene and expressed how she felt, and that she would naturally forget about it after some time.

But to my surprise, Meng Lang was quite serious, stroking his chin as he indulged in making life plans for Xiao Yu.

"Hmm! Xiao Yu, your decision delights me, and now Uncle feels that studying medicine... isn’t enough just to learn Western medicine!"

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