The Journey of Flower Chapter 134

"Shifu……"

A soft whispering voice was heard while in a deep slumber, the soul suddenly returned to its place, and her mind became clear instantly. The whispers of the flowers and trees outside the window seem to be close to the ear, while still was lying on the bed with her eyes open. She felt like her body was pressed on something heavy, waking up early in the morning and began to wriggle around restlessly.

"Shifu?"

That kiddo made another gentle called behaving like a thief trying to probe out. Bai Zihua was still didn't respond, he felt a little funny  in his heart. Why is she sleeping on him again? This bad habit seemed never changed at all in last life or this life.

Seeing that Bai Zihua's eyes still closed, she began to get excited, rubbing the tip of her chin against his chest, and then carefully reach out her hand to touch his cheek. If Bai Zihua is awake, she would not be this presumptuous. Although Shifu treats her well on a regular basis, but he definitely doesn't spoil her. He's very strict on what she should do and shouldn't do. Sometimes when the face changed, and the eyes are as cold as ice, it can be so scary.

Usually, when she went she went to bed, shifu did not sleep yet, and when she woke up, shifu had already woken up before her. Sometimes when she had a nightmare, he would hold her in his arms, feeling uncomfortable, she opened her mouth as soon as she opened her eyes. She has never seen him sleep so quietly with his eyes closed like this before, his look is so fascinating, she hardly moves her eyes away. That kind of beauty is different from jiejie (older sister) who usually comes to play with her. Jiejie's beauty makes people feel delighted, shifu's beauty makes people feel shocked and heart beat rapidly, wanted to come closer but don't dare look straight into his eyes.

It's rare to see him still sleeping, Hua Qiangu naturally doesn't want to miss this golden opportunity. She reached out and touched his face, scratching his nose, fiddling with his eyelashes.

Bai Zihua tried to hold his smiled. Waking up to such a beautiful and harmonious morning, making him felt a little intoxicated. Combining with her being unscrupulous fooling around with his face all the way to his heart, then suddenly a shadow envelop, a cold lips touched on his, and the body couldn't help but tremble.

Hua Qiangu successfully stole the kiss, her face was beaming with prideful smiles. At that moment, she saw Bai Zihua eyelids was moving, making her panic and immediately returned to his chest. She closed her eyes and pretended to fall asleep. I order to make it more realistic, she even makes snoring sounds like a pig.

Bai Zihua lowered his eyes to look at her, feeling extremely helpless. Looking out of the window, the sky is azure blue, his heart was like spring water, calm and comfortable. He used his own pain, other people painful suffering and the blood and bones of countless people to accumulate today's seemingly happy life. Although it's full of brilliance, it is in fact as fragile as glass, could easily break at anytime.

His hand gently stroked Hua Qiangu's hair: "Xiao Gu, in less than half a month it will be your birthday, I want to take you down the mountain to visit your parents and your siblings."

Hua Qiangu forgot that she was still pretending to sleep, excitedly embrace Bai Zihua's neck.

Hua Qiangu usually goes back to visit her family for two or three days every six months. A family of five living in a shabby house is already crowded, naturally there is no room available for Bai Zihua to stay. After taking her to her family, Bai Zihua would hide himself, guarding her quietly in the distance. Sometimes, he ended up standing in the wind for a whole night.

In the past, for the sake of Changliu and Immortal Realm, he travelled everywhere, his heart was filled with righteousness and all living beings. Although hard,it was also full of meaning. Now, in this monotonous and long life, only left with Hua Qiangu alone.

Often fall into a state of confusion, suspecting himself is dead, or dreaming, and Xiao Gu now is just an illusion that he used to comfort himself. The scene of killing her with his own hands, it's never faded away with time. It's lingering in his memory, torturing him days and nights. The present Xiao Gu, who doesn't have the memory of the past is his temporary painkiller. He had always wondered how much she hates him to be able to make that such resolute and cruel decision. If one day she recovers her memory back, what should he do?

With his heart has always hesitated, five years passed in a flash. Hua Qiangu is thirteen this year. After all these years of good care from Bai Zihua, her body became much healthier. However, her ability to respond and understand is still slow. It's much worse than her previous life. But, the body of the young girl gradually became to form, she looks almost the same as her previous life. When Bai Zihua looked at her, he felt happy and frightened at the same time.

"Shifu, shifu, I finally learned it!" Hua Qiangu headed into Bai Zihua's study room, pulling his sleeves and dragged him into the courtyard.

"What did you just learn?" Bai Zihua retract his hand and asked.

"The Moon Reflected in the water! Let me show you." (an unrealistic view)

Hua Qiangu stood in the courtyard and dancing with the sword excitedly. At that time, she saw Bai Zihua performed this sword technique in the courtyard at night, it was so amazing, he looked just like a fairy. She then pestering him to teach her. It took her for two years, just to learn these two or three moves. Although to say that she learned it, it's just barely good. Her actions are clumsy, the sword strength is too weak, and the essence of the sword was not obtained.

Bai Zihua looked at her and frowned slightly. Mortal life is short, and based on her current situation, even with his teaching, in what year would she be able to reach immortality. Is he going to see her die again, and wait for her to go through reincarnation again?

Hua Qiangu's body filled with sweat, she then stopped and waiting for his praise, but she saw him was in a trance and did not say a word,  she couldn't help puckering up her mouth. As usual, she threw herself into his arms and put her arms around his neck.

Feel her heaving chest as she gasps, it was not flat as before and slight softer. Bai Zihua became panicked and quickly pushed her away.

Can't wait any longer……

Hua Qiangu looked at a bowl of peach blossoms soup on the table in front of her, then picked up the spoon happily. She likes to eat the peach blossom soup made by shifu the most, but she didn't know why shifu rarely cook it. He will only occasionally makes it as her reward when she did good on her study. It seemed like her swordsmanship performance today is very satisfying to Shifu. She thought to herself with self-satisfied. 

Bai Zihua looked at her on the side with complex expression.

"Shifu, don't you eat?" Hua Qiangu scooped a spoon and fed it to Bai Zihua's mouth. Bia Zihua suddenly grasped her wrist.

"Xiao Gu, do you want to grow up?"

He put the refined elixir in the peach blossom soup. After eating, she can really become an immortal even without cultivation and can live forever. Which means she'll be the same as her previous life and remains in this shape forever. However, Hua Qiangu is previous life could grow up at anytime based on her power, but this life due to her birth defected, in any case she would not be able to reach that level. In other words, if she eats this elixir, she will stay as a child forever.

Hua Qiangu smiled at looked at him: "Of course, I can't wait to see myself quickly grow as tall as shifu in the next. When I grow up, I'll not afraid of being bullied by others, and I can protect my parents and shifu as well!"

Bai Zihua was silent. Does he really want to do this just for his selfish desire? When she doesn't know anything, deprive her of the right to grow up? But only by doing so, she can always be with him. He can't take any more risks.

"Shifu?" She looked at him strangely. She saw him waves his sleeve and the peach blossoms fell on the ground.

"Don't eat it." He should wait, wait a few more years.

Seeing that Bai Zihua is ready to leave, Hua Qiangu hurriedly follows up. She hugged his waist from behind and asked: "Shifu, what's wrong? What did Xiao Gu do wrong to make you angry?"

Bai Zihua slowly turned around, squat down, look at her while patting her on the head: "No, Xiao Gu is the best. Promise shifu, no matter what happen in the future don't leave shifu."

Hua Qiangu not fully understood it but stidd nodded her head: "Of course, I won't leave shifu. But, shifu, can I descend the mountain and travel around Jianhu after I finish practice my swordsmanship? The village storyteller uncle told the story of the great heroes was very interesting! Every day on Cloud Mountain only the two of us and the little humming, it's so boring!" She has played all she could think of, so the happiest time for her is when they go down the mountain every six months. Shifu occasionally held her in his arms and fly.

The hand around her suddenly tightened. Bai Zihua stared at her: "Xiao Gu, you don't like to stay on the mountain with Shifu?"

Hua Qiangu quickly shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, I am just…." Just sometimes I miss my friends. Although they like to bully her, everytime she went home, they were so happy and gave her candy. In the mountain, she doesn't even have a friend she could talk to except shifu.

The momentary pain and confusion in Bai Zihua's eyes has pricked her heart. Feeling a little scared, she put her arms around his neck, and her little mouth pressed hard against his face.

"Xiao Gu likes shifu the most. If shifu says no, I will not go anywhere and stay in the mountain with shifu."

Bai Zihua did not dodge, let her soft petal lips caress his cheek, and the corner of his mouth. The scar of the Unfeeling water on his left arm began to ache violently again. His eyes became clouded.

——-they both are like sick patient that will never fully recover.

Four years later, Hua qiangu is already seventeen years old.

"Xiao Gu, how many times did I say it? Have you forgotten all the books shifu taught you? It's improper for men and women to touch each other. You can't sleep on the same bed with me."

Hua Qiangu turned a deaf ear on him and tried to squeeze into the quilt. Uggh, why is the winter in the Cloud Mountain getting colder every year? Although shifu's body temperature is cold all year round, not much of the relief, but having around would always make her feel at ease. 

"Shifu, I am cold." A small hand skillfully climb the waist of Bai Zihua, and was caught by a pair of big hands when tried to reach into his underclothing. Hua Qiangu mischievous laughed, her body clings to Bai Zihua from behind, and chin rested on his shoulder. The heat on the back and ears making Bai Zihua turned around uncomfortably, but just in time for Hua Qiangu drilled herself into his hug and took a big sipped on his face.

Feeling the soft little person in his arms, Bai Zihua could not help but get a little hot on his face. He wanted to push her a little farther away, but she immediately wrapped around him like a snake.

"Shifu, can we go down the mountain earlier and  conveniently go see other places as well?" Since the last time she said that she was bored on the mountain, shifu often took her sightseeing tour after visiting her family. But on several occasions, she encountered a few people, and one of them swooped up and hugged her, she was crying while calling her shifu. Her sudden actions gave Hua Qiangu a fright, which caused shifu was very unhappy. Before she knew what was going on, she was already taken away. It seemed like those people know her, but she has never seen them before. Why would that girl call her shifu?

"Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know, as long as I can go out to play, I am very happy!" Hua Qiangu's head laid on Bai Zihua's chest. she's been looking forward to this trip for so long. She has been practicing hard, and so excited when she finally get to this day.

Every time he looked at her face which is as beautiful as the time when she was the demon God, his chest began to feel stuffy. That face is no longer overbearing and aggressive, and only left with the simple child like smile.

"Well, if you like it, we can go down the mountain today after having breakfast. I'll get up first and you need to sleep more, so that you will not feeling sleepy on the road."

Despite Hua Qiangu's protest, he went out to the Silence room, leaving her biting the quilt, rolling left and right on the bed alone. After awhile she unknowingly fell asleep, and by the time she opened her eyes again, it was already past noon. Shifu seemed to be still in the Silence room. She looked at the messy hair in the copper mirror and yawn very indecently. Shifu is the one who usually helps to comb her hair, today she'll do it herself. After conveniently tied her hair with the straps, she then ran to the Silence room. 

On her way out she saw a five colored bird in front of the courtyard. Its black eyes were rolling around, and the sound was particularly pleasant. Although there are many rare animals on the Cloud mountain, she has a limited range of activities, so it's hard to see them. She excitedly ran a few steps toward the bird, seeing that it didn't fly away, she came closer to it and reached out to touch it, but the bird jumped a few steps away from her, not too far or too close. She followed it and unknowingly came to the bamboo garden where she usually didn't come much. Although she almost turned the whole area upside down when she was bored, except for this bamboo garden because Shifu didn't allow and has this place locked, so she has never been in there yet.

Suddenly, the bird flew up and its sharp little mouth touched the door lock. A silver light flashed and the lock clattered to the ground. When she saw the door opened, Hua Qiangu forgot about the little bird, and went inside with some curiosity.

There's nothing in the house, beside some junk pieces of scattered items, but it was also very neat. Hua Qiangu turned it over and saw some pearl head-ornaments and hairpins in the drawer. She took one out and put it on the head. She thought to herself, there is no woman on the Cloud Mountain, did shifu buy it for me? No, this won't do, I better put it back and wait for shifu personally gives it to me.

There are also some clothes in there, but they are too small for her. In the case, a box of carved red sandalwood was filled with many painting papers. Hua Qiangu picked them up and took a closer look. A smile appeared on her face, isn't this all Shifu's pictures?

She looked at the signatures…… Hua Qiangu.

It's strange. When did she draw this painting? Why doesn't she remember it at all? Based on her poor painting skills, how could she be able to draw shifu to look this good? It's already very good if people can be able to distinguish between nose and eyes in her drawing.

When she took a look at the date, she was stunned. It was more than sixty years ago…. She was at a loss for awhile, as she could not believe it. She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't think of it. How could she have painted many pictures of shifu more than 60 years ago?

Putting the painting back to the original place, she then scratching her head and left. The bird was still there, fluttering its wings, picked up the lock and hung it back to the door.

Everything seems to have never happened. It's just that on the way down the mountain and even while enjoying herself with the sightseeing, she couldn't stop the mind from wandering around.

It was until when she got home, at the middle of the night when she was sleeping, she suddenly awake and realized that Hua Qiangu is not herself. Her name Hua Qiangu was given by shifu, so that Hua Qiangu is another person. Herself is not Hua Qiangu, just using her name.

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