The two stood in front of Qiao Chun's courtyard door. Yu Shaoqing raised his hand and knocked on the door. After a while, Qiao Chun's voice came from inside, "Who?"

Yu Shaoqing said, "It's me and Brother Lu. We are leaving today. I heard from the waiter at the restaurant that you were sick, so I wanted to come and see you."

"I'm fine, so don't worry about me, or I'll pass my illness on to you," Qiao Chun replied.

Lu Suixin: "Shopkeeper Qiao, I know you mean well."

After saying that, Lu Suixin sighed heavily, and seemed to be talking to Yu Shaoqing through the door, "Let's go. When Manager Qiao finds out that Chusi's grave has been dug up, his illness will probably get worse."

As soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard door was opened from the inside. Qiao Chun's face was full of anxiety, "What did you say? Young Master Lu, please explain clearly."

Lu Suixin turned around and smiled at Qiao Chun, "Can we go in and sit down and talk?"

After hearing this, Qiao Chun turned sideways and said, "Come in."

Looking at Qiao Chun's haggard and pale face, he did look like he was ill. But Qiao Chun's steps were not unsteady, and Lu Suixin guessed that Qiao Chun was probably sad.

The three of them sat around the table in the yard, and Qiao Chun quickly asked, "Is what Mr. Lu said true?"

Yu Shaoqing gave Lu Suixin a look, signaling Lu Suixin not to speak for the time being, and then Yu Shaoqing said: "It's fake."

"You lied to me!" Qiao Chun's face turned pale. "Please go out. I want to rest."

Lu Suixin stood up and said to Qiao Chun, "Since Shopkeeper Qiao is so unwelcoming to us, then I have no choice but to take my leave."

When Lu Suixin turned around, Qiao Chun noticed the jade pendant on Lu Suixin's waist, and his face instantly lost color. Without caring about anything else, he grabbed Lu Suixin's wrist and asked, "Where did you get this jade pendant?"

Lu Suixin lowered her eyes to glance at the jade pendant hanging around her waist, flicked it with her hand, and said with a smile: "This jade pendant is mine."

"Impossible!" Qiao Chun suddenly said excitedly: "This jade pendant is obviously worn by a woman, how could it be yours?"

Lu Sui Xin asked with a faint smile on his face, "Is Shopkeeper Qiao sick and confused? Who said men can't wear this kind of jade pendant?"

Lu Suixin glanced at Qiao Chun, suppressed his smile, and said, "Manager Qiao, you should rest more. Young Master Yu and I need to continue on our journey."

Qiao Chun was too stubborn to let go. Lu Suixin's face darkened and he asked, "What does Shopkeeper Qiao mean by this?"

Qiao Chun took a breath, his eyes still fixed on the jade pendant, and said with a choked voice: "I was rude just now, I apologize to you. I hope Mr. Lu can tell me where this jade pendant came from?"

"Okay." Lu Sui Xin said, "Then answer one of our questions first."

Qiao Chun asked with some confusion: "What's the problem?"

Lu Sui Xin: "Why do you know at first glance that we are from the underworld?"

Qiao Chun was silent for a moment, then said, "Look at the temperaments of both of you."

Lu Suixin: "That's not true. It seems that Shopkeeper Qiao doesn't really want to know the origin of this jade pendant."

“Don’t go!” Seeing Lu Suixin and the others were about to leave, Qiao Chun was obviously panicking. Qiao Chun hurriedly said, “I see the calluses on your palms. They are the result of years of martial arts training.”

Lu Suixin nodded and said, "That's true. I think Chusi has some too."

Qiao Chun was now completely focused on the twin white lotus pendant on Lu Suixin's waist, so he had no idea of ​​the joking in Lu Suixin's words.

Qiao Chun said, "Now can you tell me where this jade pendant came from?"

"I suddenly feel a little thirsty." Lu Sui Xin said, and pretended to cough a few times.

"I'll make tea for you." Qiao Chun said, and ran to boil water.

Seeing Qiao Chun's anxious look, Yu Shaoqing whispered, "Don't play too much."

Lu Suixin: "Don't worry, I know my limits."

Two cups of hot tea were placed in front of Lu Suixin and Yu Shaoqing. Qiao Chun said with a teasing look on his face, "This tea is the newly arrived Longjing tea before the rain."

Lu Suixin picked up the teacup and smelled it, then said with a smile, "It's very fragrant."

"I was wrong just now." Qiao Chun said, "Now can you tell me where this jade pendant came from?"

Lu Suixin clenched his fist and put it to his lips, coughed, and asked, "Why is Shopkeeper Qiao so concerned about this jade pendant?"

"I really like the pattern on it," Qiao Chun replied.

Lu Suixin: "Shopkeeper Qiao, sincerity for sincerity, if you continue with this attitude, then we don't have to continue talking."

Qiao Chun pursed her lips, struggled internally for a while, and then said, "This jade pendant is a token of love between him and me."

All three of them knew that this "he" referred to the fourth day of the New Year.

Qiao Chun smiled miserably, "How could I not recognize him? I've been waiting for him for so long. And he actually avoided me and didn't want to recognize me. I was afraid he would run away, so I followed his wishes and pretended not to know him. I just treated him as an ordinary handyman. At least this way, I could keep him by my side." This was a scam that both of them knew was a scam, but both sides chose to use what they thought was superb acting skills to accompany each other and continue to act.

After hearing this, Yu Shaoqing asked, "Why do you pretend not to know him?"

Qiao Chun wiped away her tears and explained, "Do you remember that I could tell at a glance that you were from the underworld? That's because I'm very familiar with you. Perhaps you've heard of another name for Chu Si, Yilan Feng."

"Yilanfeng, who is ranked seventh in the Jianghu Martial Arts Rankings?" Yu Shaoqing asked.

Qiao Chun nodded and said, "Yes, he is Yilanfeng. Didn't you expect that the high-spirited young man would become like this?" Qiao Chun said with a face full of sorrow.

Yu Shaoqing: "His skills are so strong, how could he be injured so seriously?"

Qiao Chun recalled: "My father is a well-known winemaker, and I have learned a lot from him. But fame has its disadvantages. The drunkards in the world came and forced my father to help him make the best wine in the world. But good wine needs time to settle, it can't be brewed just by being drunk. The drunkards had already drunk and liked to act crazy when drunk, so they ran to the wine room to grab the wine. My father and I were no match for the drunkards."

"It was at this time that Yilanfeng appeared." Qiao Chun seemed to recall a good memory with a smile in his eyes: "He helped us beat the drunkard away, and even rented a yard nearby to prevent him from causing trouble again. This went on for more than a month, and every time the drunkard came to steal wine, Yilanfeng would appear and beat him away."

"It was during this time that Yilanfeng and I first met." Qiao Chun continued, "In order to thank Yilanfeng, my father gave him the wine he had treasured for fifty years. Later, Yilanfeng and I expressed our feelings to each other. I said that I would brew a kind of wine that would belong to us, and the name must contain the characters between his and my name. But Yilanfeng was not in a good mood during that time, and he was forcing himself to smile in front of me. I felt it, but he didn't say anything and I didn't ask."

"One day he told me that he needed to go out to do something, and that he would come back to ask my father for my hand in marriage after he finished it," Qiao Chun said. "That day I went on a boat trip with him on the lake, and I saw a pair of lotus flowers blooming in the water. He was very happy, and he told me that he would carve a pair of white lotus jade pendant for me."

"Did he come back later?" Lu Sui Xin asked.

Qiao Chun shook his head and said, "No, he never came back. I once secretly asked people in the martial arts world, and they only said that Yilanfeng was dead, killed by a vendetta."

Qiao Chun's face was numb, and he felt endless sadness in his eyes. Lu Suixin analyzed: "Yilanfeng's skill was ranked seventh in the Jianghu rankings. His enemy can only be one of the top six. Otherwise, who can beat Yilanfeng?"

Qiao Chun smiled bitterly. "I am a weak woman. Even if I want to avenge him, I can only think about it. Now it seems that he didn't promise me at the beginning and insisted on waiting until the matter was done before marrying me. He did it to protect me."

Yu Shaoqing said, "We found the Soul-Severing Palm on Yilanfeng."

"How did you find out?" Qiao Chun became excited. "Did you go and see it?!"

Lu Sui Xin glanced at Yu Shao Qing guiltily and gave the right to explain to Yu Shao Qing.

Yu Shaoqing was so ashamed that he said, "We just think that the death of Hero Yi is too strange. Plus, you insist that it was an accident, which makes us suspicious. We just want to know the truth. If Hero Yi was really killed, we will definitely help Hero Yi punish the murderer."

When he heard that they could help Yilanfeng to avenge himself, the anger on Qiao Chun's face lessened a lot. But he didn't quite believe that these two young knights could help Yilanfeng to avenge himself. Even Yilanfeng, who was a master of martial arts, couldn't beat them, so how could these two young boys be their opponents?

Lu Suixin saw the distrust in Qiao Chun's eyes and assured him, "Manager Qiao, you can doubt my ability, but you can't doubt Young Master Yu's ability. Young Master Yu never makes boasts. Since he told you, it means he can definitely do it."

Lu Suixin never knew how powerful he was, but Lu Suixin was willing to believe that he would be able to do what he said and help Yilanfeng get revenge. Why did Lu Suixin trust him so unsuspectingly? Yu Shaoqing felt like being tickled by willow catkins. Although Lu Suixin was usually smart, seeing how he trusted him so casually, he knew that he must have no defenses. Forget it, I will go with him for a while, at least I have to teach him some ways of the world, otherwise when they go their separate ways, Lu Suixin will be deceived by others without knowing it.

Qiao Chun thought for a moment, then stood up and knelt on the ground, "If you two can really avenge Yilanfeng, I will reward you handsomely."

Lu Sui Xin hurriedly helped Qiao Chun up and said with a smile: "No need for a generous reward, but this Zui Chun Feng is really delicious. When the time comes, Manager Qiao, please help me brew a bottle of wine. I will use it to make wedding wine for me and Young Master Yu." After saying that, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yu Shaoqing.

Yu Shaoqing's heart tightened, and he said, "Lu Sui, stop talking nonsense!"

Qiao Chun smiled and said, "I will definitely not let Mr. Lu down."

Yu Shaoqing's cheeks were a little hot. Seeing that Qiao Chun and Lu Suixin were talking more and more heatedly, he quickly changed the subject and said, "It is not clear whether the people who hurt Yilanfeng back then are the same group of people now. The Soul-Breaking Palm is the move of the Ghost Shadow Sect's Left Protector. If this incident was really done by the Demon Cult, then what is the Demon Cult's motive? After all, Yilanfeng is just a useless person to them now."

Qiao Chun was clearly smiling, but his brows were filled with sorrow: "I don't know much about what happened back then. I know Lan Feng wasn't an accident, but the only thing I can do is erase those traces. I don't want anyone to disturb him again. As for why there were people from the Demon Sect, I don't know either."

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