Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  Seeing Tang Chong and Qiu Yihan, one tall and one short, hand in hand, struggling to climb to the top of the peak, Zhou Wei's eyes widened in shock and incredulity.

  "Damn it." He couldn't help but curse. Turning around to look at Liang Tao beside him, who was equally shocked, he said angrily: "Who exactly is pursuing Qiuyi Han?"

  Zhou Wei thought he was very stupid.

  Stupid beyond stupid.

  Pointed against each other, sarcastic and striking, strictly defending, you fight me, after a long time, he found the wrong target-----he always thought that Liang Tao this pretty face was Qiu Yi Han's 'blind date'. So, naturally, he regarded him as his first love rival.

  It wasn't until Qiu Yihong took the initiative to run over and grab Tang Zhong's hand that he realized, it turned out that Tang Zhong was the man Qiu Yihong liked.

  "It was me who pursued her." Liang Tao said with a strange expression.

  "Is it you?" Zhou Wei sneered. "If it's you, why did she go hold someone else's hand?"

  "I'm after her," said Liang Tao. "Our second brother is being pursued by her."

  Zhou Wei really wanted to say it was impossible, but the reality in front of him made him have no choice but to believe.

  How could Autumn Cold's eyesight be so bad? Liang Tao is handsome, dressed to impress, and everything on him is a famous brand. Even if Autumn Cold refuses to choose another man, she should have chosen Liang Tao instead.

  Does she like violent men?

  Liang Tao suddenly became very angry and glared at Zhou Wei, saying: "You've also been pursuing her all along, how could you let her hold someone else's hand?"

  Zhou Weizheng wanted to counterattack, but when he saw Liang Tao's expression, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled.

  "What's wrong? Are you angry?" Zhou Wei asked with a smile.

  "What's there for me to be angry about?" Liang Tao denied. "She and our second brother are a perfect match. If she chose you, that would be like putting a beautiful flower in cow dung."

  "Scold away, scold to your heart's content." Zhou Wei said with a smile. Originally he was very angry, but seeing someone else even angrier than him made him happy again. "I know it must be unbearable to have your woman snatched by your brother. Scolding a few times will make you feel better."

  Liang Tao threw a punch, and Zhou Wei quickly dodged it. Then he ran back to flirt with the female classmate who had always had a crush on him, and didn't bother Liang Tao again.

  Liang Tao walked over to a large stone by the side of the road and sat down on it, panting heavily with his mouth wide open.

  "Have a cigarette." Hua Ming plopped down beside Liang Tao and handed over a misshapen cigarette box.

  Liang Tao took a cigarette from the pack and put it in his mouth.

  He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, saying: "In order to make a good impression in front of women, I haven't smoked for a whole day and night. It's killing me."

  "Serves him right. Not a gentleman at all, yet he pretends to be elegant." Liang Tao said with a smile of ridicule.

  "Do you think he will apologize to you?" Hua Ming said suddenly.

  "What?" asked Liang Tao.

  "Will he apologize to you for this woman's sake?" Hua Ming asked again.

  "What are you talking about?" Liang Tao smiled somewhat awkwardly. "What's there to apologize for? Autumn Cold isn't even my woman. They're just a normal couple. Why should I be the one apologizing?"

  "I don't think he will," Hua Ming said. "Just as you said, Autumn Cold is not your woman. You and he are on the same starting line. The result is just that you didn't win him - he has no reason to apologize to you."

  Moreover, he can't apologize. If he apologizes, it would mean that he has a knot in his heart, thinking that he snatched your woman away from you----in that case, the relationship between you two would become even more complicated. It might even lead to estrangement. Such an intelligent person wouldn't do something so foolish.

  "You don't need to say anything else. I understand." Liang Tao took a deep drag on his cigarette and said, "I'm not blaming Er Ge. Really, I'm not blaming him at all. It's just that I'm a bit puzzled... do you think I look handsome?"

  "Handsome." Hua Ming nodded.

  "How about comparing with Lao Er?"

  "More handsome than him. Not as handsome as me."

  "I didn't ask you." Liang Tao said irritably. "I also told you that my dad is the mayor, right?"

  "Yes, I've also told Er Ge about this," said Hua Ming. "You should know that from the beginning, I was in cahoots with him. And when you first arrived, that attitude of yours was really annoying -"

  Liang Tao interrupted him and said: "I'll ask you something and you just answer. No need to elaborate."

  "We're all brothers now. I have to be honest with you." Hua Ming said with a serious face.

  Liang Tao burst out laughing, punched Hua Ming with a fist and said: "You see, I'm more handsome than Lao Er, my dad is the mayor, everything on me is either LV or DIOR, but I just can't figure it out, why did those women all choose him?"

  "He's excellent on the outside," said Hua Ming. "A person as excellent as Second Brother, even I would like him, let alone those women?"

  Liang Tao was shocked and quickly jumped up from the big stone, nervously asking: "You also like Lao Er?"

  "Get out." Hua Ming scolded. "I'm a man's favorite, not like those women's favorites. And Liang Tao, do you know why I've never had any ideas about Qiuyi Han?"

  "Why?" Liang Tao asked curiously. Hua Ming wasn't someone who liked to eat vegetarian food, so why would he let go of a perfect beauty like Qiu Yi Han? This question had been bottled up inside him for a long time. "You seem to be afraid of her."

  "Would I stop taking the initiative to contact a girl just because I'm afraid of her?" Hua Ming suddenly burst out laughing. "From the moment I first saw her, I had a very strong premonition - she would become Er Ge's woman in the future."

  Liango was furious and said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

  "I've told you, how can I miss such a good show for so many days?" Hua Ming burst out laughing.

  Liang Tao's hand flicked, and the cigarette butt in his hand was suddenly flicked into Huaming's mouth.

  Hua Ming coughed violently and then jumped down from the rock to chase and beat Liang Tao.

  Many things, once explained, still remain between brothers.

  Tang Chong just wanted Qiu Yi Han to grab his sleeve so he could drag her up the mountain peak.

  He didn't expect this girl would make such a decision, her small hand slid down step by step until it reached his palm.

  If Tang Chong were to push her hand away at this time, it would also be too hurtful to her self-esteem.

  But if you don't shake it off----

  Tang Zhong knew that Liang Tao liked Qiuyi Han, and Liang Tao took the initiative to pursue her. He had a positive attitude towards it. However, Liang Tao kept hitting a wall, and he couldn't do anything about it either.

  He didn't have much to do with Qiu Yihan, and they wouldn't meet more than a few times like Huaming Liangtao. Even if he wanted to help, it was hard to lend a hand because of his relationship with Qiu Yihan, and he didn't think he had the right to interfere in other people's emotional affairs.

  But now it seems like things have become even more complicated.

  "Why must you climb to the summit?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "Because I've never climbed to the top before." Qiu Yi said softly. She didn't have the courage to look at Tang Chong's face, her ears were red, and it seemed that she was also a little nervous and shy inside.

  "Have you never been to the summit?" Tang Zhong asked in puzzlement.

  "I've been there." said Autumn. "But I've never walked there myself. Every time I traveled with my dad, mom, grandparents, we always took a car, and all the scenery was just a glance, I've never had this kind of down-to-earth feeling like now ---- I went to many places, but I forgot those scenic spots. I took a lot of photos, when flipping through the album, I felt that those sceneries were so unfamiliar. Just like I'd never been there before. Today, I really want to climb to the top by myself. That way, I can remember all these big trees and stones. Even after a long time, I won't forget."

  Tang Chong was moved by the little girl's small wish, and his eyes were sour and wet.

  "Alright, I'll take you up." Tang Zhong said.

  "Uh-huh." The girl nodded slightly.

  The boundless scenery is on the precipice, and this statement is indeed true.

  As Tang Chong and Qiu Yihuan stood at the top of Jade Maiden Peak, looking down at the houses below that looked like slices of bread and the mountain roads that looked like lines, it seemed as if the entire world was under their feet.

  Disheveled hair, fluttering clothes, autumn cold intent facing the cliff, opening arms like a floating fairy.

  "Really beautiful." Qiu Yi Han turned around and said to Tang Chong.

  "Really beautiful." Tang Zhong said with certainty.

  One describes scenery, one describes people.

  "There is a Taoist temple over there." Qiu Yi Han pointed ahead and shouted.

  "Chen Xuebing has mentioned this place before," said Tang Chong. "Let's go take a look."

  "Let's go." Qiu Yihan took Tang Chong's arm and they quickly walked towards the Taoist temple.

  The Taoist temple has been neglected for years and looks old and rotten.

  At the entrance hangs a large plaque, named 'Zhengyi Temple', but I don't know what this 'Zhengyi' means.

  An old Taoist was sitting on a small stool at the door, basking in the sun, and Tang Chong shouted several times without getting any response.

  "It seems like there's someone inside." said Qiuyi Han.

  Two people entered the Taoist temple, where a statue of a god was enshrined. The color and outer skin of the statue had all peeled off, making it look like a block of black wood carved into human form. Tang Chong and Qiu Yihuan guessed for half a day but still couldn't figure out which deity it was.

  Going through the main hall is the backyard of the Taoist temple.

  In the courtyard, a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a gray robe was sitting on the ground killing a chicken.

  He didn't cut the chicken's throat and scald it in boiling water. Instead, he held a live chicken in his hand and plucked its feathers in handfuls - each time pulling out a piece of skin along with the feathers. The chicken's belly was now completely bald, covered in blood, a pitiful sight.

  His other hand grasped the chicken's neck. No matter how hard the chicken struggled, it couldn't make a sound.

  The autumn-colored eyebrows frowned and said: "Hey, how can you kill a chicken like that? It's too cruel."

  "What a way to die, isn't it?" The middle-aged Taoist priest raised his head and glanced at Autumn Cold with a "heh heh" smile.

  "This is slaughter." Qiuyi Han said angrily: "Isn't it that Taoists can't kill?"

  "The chicken cannot be killed. People can be killed." The middle-aged Taoist threw the chicken in his hand towards Tang Chong, but he himself flashed towards Autumn Cold, who was extremely close to him.

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