The sect is full of evildoers, but I am the eldest brother.

"what happened to you?"

Walking on the bustling streets again, Xiao Jianxin glanced at the bewildered Murong Qiuhe with surprise.

Ever since leaving Aunt Li's house, Murong Qiuhe has been in a trance.

It's like there's something hidden...

"If you're worried about the money you owe me, don't worry. I've already found a job at the East Gate Stables, and I'm sure I'll be able to pay you back soon."

Xiao Jianxin couldn't help feeling a little ashamed when he said this.

It was he who insisted on helping Aunt Li renovate her tile-roofed house, but in the end he implicated Murong Qiuhe.

"That's not what I care about." Murong Qiuhe rubbed her temples, feeling a headache.

Xiao Jianxin is used to being straightforward.

He had no idea about worldly love and naturally didn't know the sad expression on Murong Qiuhe's face.

Seeing this, Xiao Jianxin felt that it was time to bring up a topic to ease the current awkward situation.

"How's the red bean soup? Is it delicious?"

"It's just average. The ingredients are crude, the cooking method is crude, and the bottom is a bit burnt. I stopped eating less than half of it."

"This..." Xiao Jianxin was speechless and said weakly:

“I think it’s delicious…”

"Don't talk about this."

Murong Qiuhe couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, "Do you know Li Luan's father?"

"Why do you ask this?"

Xiao Jianxin showed a puzzled look on his face and answered the question irrelevantly, just like a straight man.

"Why, do I have to tell you, Xiao Mu, that I like the hero?"

Murong Qiuhe said unhappily.

Xiao Jianxin lowered his head and touched his nose, thinking to himself, if you have something to say, just say it nicely, why are you losing your temper with me?

However, Xiao Jianxin still answered Murong Qiuhe's question honestly. He took a deep breath and sighed slowly:

“I don’t know much, except that when Li Luan was a baby, his family was robbed by bandits led by a cultivator.

It is said to come from the Blood Demon Hall, and ordinary people should have no chance of winning against cultivators."

Logically...

After catching the key words, Murong Qiuhe pricked up her ears, afraid of missing any information.

But after waiting for a long time, Xiao Jianxin still looked full of emotion and kept people in suspense.

Murong Qiuhe twisted Xiao Jianxin's arm hard and said angrily:

"What happened next? Tell me!"

She glared and raised her slender index finger in warning: "Don't play hard to get with me."

"It's useless! Got it?"

"What are you talking about..."

Xiao Jianxin was speechless and continued, "At first, the bandit leader saw that young Madam Li was quite pretty and his evil intentions were aroused, but Madam Li's husband was not a coward either."

"Let me ask you, who can watch their woman being defiled by a thief? I can't do it anyway."

"Although I don't..."

After saying this, Xiao Jianxin couldn't help feeling a little depressed. In his previous life, he had neither strength nor status.

It is the best in the world!

But in the end he was still a lonely man.

What is the reason for this?

"Oh! I've had enough!"

Murong Qiuhe was furious. "Why not? Don't you have any idea what's going on? Can you please stop being such a little girl and finish what you want to say in one breath?"

"You are too reasonable."

Xiao Jianxin frowned and muttered, "I didn't provoke you, why are you taking all your anger out on me?"

What is the little girl attitude?

He is a tall and handsome man with an open mind and a broad mind. He never acts coyly.

Furthermore.

You and I have no grudge against each other, and we are not relatives or friends. I just borrowed two taels of silver. Why do you have to humiliate me here?

Didn't say no...

"Okay, I'm sorry. I'll let you down, okay? Hero Xiao!"

Murong Qiuhe clasped her hands together and raised them above her head.

I feel nothing but helplessness.

"You... don't have to be like this." Xiao Jianxin rambled on like an old woman, "Ms. Murong, I don't mean to blame you. I'm just stating a fact. Please forgive me. Besides... I'm grateful to you, so how can I blame you?"

"enough!"

Murong Qiuhe stopped talking hastily.

While feeling tired, he was also afraid that Xiao Jianxin would talk a lot of nonsense to an old lady.

She straightened her hair that was covering her eyes, took a deep breath, and said helplessly:

"Tell me what happened to the robber leader and Aunt Li's husband. That's what I'm interested in."

"Besides that, don't tell me why no one likes you."

"I can tell you clearly that the wool comes from the sheep, and the root of the problem is you yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jianxin fell into deep thought for a long time.

Just as Murong Qiuhe was expecting more, ready to listen to the follow-up, she heard Xiao Jianxin ask in confusion:

"what is the problem?"

"Xiao Jianxin! Are you done yet?!"

Following Murong Qiuhe's light scold, the passers-by around them all cast strange looks at them.

But Murong Qiuhe seemed unaware and her teeth were clattering.

But it also gradually slowed down Xiao Jianxin's rhythm.

She first tried to calm down, discarded all premises, smiled fakely, and asked again:

"What happened to Aunt Li's husband later?"

"You are such a strange person."

Xiao Jianxin couldn't help but complain, and before Murong Qiuhe got angry, he slowly said:

"When Aunt Li's husband was wading through the river, he once helped a teacher. To show his gratitude, the teacher gave him a yellow talisman, saying it was a protective amulet. But Aunt Li's husband just took it as a blessing and didn't pay much attention to it."

"But in the moment of crisis, the amulet glowed brightly, and a rope of condensed golden light flew out, drawing a line on the ground to form a prison."

"Perhaps it was then that Aunt Li's husband realized that this talisman was a gift from an immortal."

Xiao Jianxin sighed deeply and said admiringly:

"The talisman array was limited in area. To protect mother and child, Aunt Li's husband risked his own life, carrying only an oil lamp and rushing to the thatched cottage alone."

"At that time, the flames shot up into the sky, and the commotion they caused successfully attracted the attention of the righteous people nearby."

"But in the end, the robbers escaped, and my husband disappeared forever in the fire."

"It turned out to be like this..."

Murong Qiuhe couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of Li Luan bringing out his father's portrait from a thatched hut.

Li Luan did not lie to her.

His father is truly his mother's hero...

A well-deserved hero!

Xiao Jianxin lowered his eyes slightly, staring at the ground, his right hand covering his heart, his smile tinged with carefreeness:

"I always believe that hope is like a flame burning in the darkness. Although it is small, it can still convey warmth."

"That fire was not the culprit that destroyed hope, but rather the continuation of warmth and the sublimation of the spirit."

Murong Qiuhe sniffed and turned her head away, not wanting Xiao Jianxin to see her weak side, so she scolded:

"These evil cultivators are so despicable! The Li family did nothing wrong, yet they suffered a tragic fate..."

"If you ask me, that teacher isn't a good person either. What kind of good person would only give a talisman to a family of three when they know about it?"

"Um...actually I don't know."

A gentle and mellow male voice sounded.

The two of them turned around at the same time.

They looked at the elegant gentleman who had stopped behind them at some point, smiling humbly and wearing a white robe that was spotless.