Thus, when Hai Qing happily went to the Qingshang Izakaya to eat, she met Hirisaki Shuobing, who also came to eat again.
Xiubing was sitting in her usual seat, holding a skewer of chicken and seaweed meatballs. Coincidentally, it was one of Hai Qing's favorite oden dishes. It was simply like a viper occupying a magpie's nest. Her eyelids twitched, and then she turned her head to call Qiao, who was sitting opposite Xiubing,"Good morning."
"Ah, Hai Qing, you've finally appeared.”Qiao waved at her warmly and smiled brightly." Don't tell me you heard that I didn't get in and came to comfort me?”
"…Who is he?" Hai Qing glanced at the embarrassed Xiu Bing unhappily, as if she was questioning whether her meal ticket had expired.
Hearing this, Xiu Bing felt an inexplicable hostility, but he only squeezed out a smile to prove that he was innocent.
"Oh, this is Hiizaki-kun, who took the exam with me.”Joe made room for her and invited her to drink tea with him." He and I have the same score, and we both failed the roll. He lives nearby, so I thought we could spar more often in the future, so I called him over.”
"Oh…?" Hai Qing dragged out her tone." If your spiritual power is not good, then you should be very good at fighting, right?”
"I dare not…" Xiu Bing raised his head nervously.
He had a hunch that this person was very dangerous.
"Does that mean you can still muddle through?”Hai Qing gave a barely friendly smile." Great. It just so happens that there's no one to practice with for Kendo practice. Hey, Hirisaki Shuobing, right?”
It should be mentioned that Hai Qing actually suffered from severe face blindness. It was rare for her to remember a complete name so quickly. When Xiu Bing heard his name, he nodded reflexively.
"Listen up, coming here to eat is not for nothing. From today onwards, you will be my punching bag!”
Joe immediately propped himself up on the table and knelt."Eh?"
"What's wrong with you?" Hai Qing glanced at the frightened Qiao and pouted." I'm not asking you to be my sparring partner. What are you afraid of?"”
"That's very rude of you to say," retorted Joe seriously. Moving sandbags and whatnot…Besides, Hisaki-kun isn't here to eat for free-"
"Okay, I'm fine with it."
Just as the two of them were about to start arguing about this topic, Xiu Bing, who had been silent all this time, unexpectedly calmly agreed. This sentence came so suddenly that the two of them looked at him in confusion.
"Eh?"
"…Have you thought it through?" Hai Qing hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Yes, it just so happens that I also want to practice my own Sword Dao. It's naturally best to have the opportunity to communicate with experts.”Xiu Bing himself did not care about her attitude at all.
Thus, three more figures appeared in the empty space near Willow Town. The only thing that was different from usual was that every day when the sun was setting, the youngsters would always see the battered Xiubing slowly walking home with his injured leg.
" Eh?!"
"Big Brother Xiu Bing! What's wrong with you? Bullied?"
"Whoever dares to provoke Big Brother Xiubing, we will avenge you together!”
"That's right, that's right!"
The underlings all expressed indignantly that Xiu Bing was too miserable, too down-and-out, and too pitiful. It was no longer befitting of Big Brother Liu Ting's identity. They had to do something to save their face. However, the next day, when they secretly gathered a group of people who were good at fighting and ran to Zhi Bo's house, clamoring to take revenge for Xiu Bing, the others never expected that they would see a group of even more beaten up homeless dogs running back.
"…You hit too hard.”
During the special training with his old rival the next day, Xiu Bing frowned and criticized the evildoer.
In the end, the other party replied indifferently,"It was your mistake not stopping them. I just accidentally didn't hold back.”
Xiu Bing could only continue to persuade him,"Not everyone is as thick-skinned as me.”
"I agree."
"Hey…"
"Jiu Nan, it's your turn!"
Hai Qing called out Qiao's surname loudly. Qiao suddenly remembered that he was the one who asked to call the other party by his name first, but the other party kept calling him by his surname. Was there something wrong?
"What now?"
"No, it's fine." She shook her head, picked up the wooden sword at her feet, and held it until she found the most comfortable position. Then she nodded gently at the wounded Xiubing." Please advise me, Hiizaki-kun."”
"Ah, oh, please, please guide me…"
Xiu Bing was good at swordsmanship and was especially considerate of her weakness in muscle strength. He often deliberately thought of ways to change his combat habits in order to cooperate with her, which made Qiao very grateful. Apart from feeling grateful, if she had any, perhaps she also felt a sense of " envy." His freedom to come and go, as well as the cautiousness between his brows, were all things that she had never possessed.
Once, Xiu Bing had used too much strength and knocked her away. His first reaction was to hold her hand and apologize repeatedly. In the end, she was not angry at all. Instead, she trusted Xiu Bing's character more and more.
After repeated practice, it was no longer abrupt after getting used to it. Qiao even felt that her sense of pain had become less and less sensitive recently. However, Haiyan told her frankly that even the Grim Reaper could use spiritual pressure to reduce the pain during battle. She was surprised to find that she had never used this method before because her brain was too weak.
Spirit Pressure was truly an omnipotent good thing! As long as she learned how to use it flexibly, the convenience would far exceed her imagination.
With this, she became a little stronger.
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At the beginning of early summer, the weather in the Corpse Soul Realm gradually became hotter.
Ji Zi began to buy fresh watermelons in bulk. She had intended to make them into fruit salads and sell them at the Aogami Izakaya, but in the end, the few greedy kids in her family ate all of them.
Zhibo's family had also entered the summer hibernation period. Kong He and the others hid in the shade and did not like to come out and move around. Of course, Hai Qing, who always came to Green Mountain to eat watermelons, was an exception.
"Then, you've decided?”Joe asked.
As she spoke, she cut the biggest and reddest piece of watermelon for Hai Qing, then picked up the oolong tea beside her and took a sip.
Compared to fruits, she seemed to prefer cool tea to relieve the heat. In a scene like this where the two of them sat under the eaves and ate happily, she could always forget her unnecessary worries and lazily immerse herself in her happy life, chatting about simple topics without a start or end. But today, Hai Qing's topic was different from usual.
"Yes, I am. Next year, I'll go with you to the Spiritual Academy.”
Hai Qing took the watermelon from Qiao without hesitation and started eating. In the blink of an eye, she finished a piece.
"Just because Xiubing said he would definitely pass next year?" Qiao raised half of his eyebrows suspiciously.”
(A certain soldier: When did I say that?! I clearly said that it would be great if I could get in next year!）
"…Well, you can't say that, but it's about the same.”Hai Qing revealed an awkward expression as she carefully considered her words." His confident attitude is nothing, but every time I beat him, he still acts like he's invincible. It's really annoying.”
"That's not the invincible silly look. It's just that he's a little stoic and doesn't show his feelings.”Joe corrected him sternly.
"It's not the same thing." Hai Qing said nonchalantly.
"It's different! Moreover, he always lost to you not because he was too weak, but because you were too strong!”Joe had the urge to roll her eyes. It was rare for her, who was always good-tempered, to be so speechless." I say, shouldn't you consider changing your habit of speaking without thinking in the future?" After becoming the Grim Reaper, the people around you would not open their hearts to you just because you were forthright.”
"Not necessarily." Hai Qing paused for a moment and said. Joe felt that she seemed to have figured out these things a long time ago, but she was too lazy to ask herself to be by the standards of the world.
Surprisingly, he had no worries.
He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. Although she was not qualified to judge.
"You…"
"What?"
"…No, it's fine. Do you want another piece?" In the end, she still didn't want to criticize others from the moral high ground. Joe lowered his head and continued cutting the watermelon." If Xiao Zou finds out later, you won't have anything to eat.”
"Ah, that won't do! I want to eat!"
Hai Qing didn't care much about it and just continued to enjoy her food. Every time she encountered such a situation, she would not be curious at all. Sometimes, Qiao really couldn't understand such a simple person.
"It's almost the rainy season again." said Joe, glancing at the dark green leaves that were barely visible in the yard.
"Uh-huh."
In that case, it had been almost a year since he decided to become the Grim Reaper and undergo training. In the past few days, he had been slowly entangled by fatigue, and time had been very difficult and long. She still remembered the excitement she felt when she first saw Kong He, as well as the words he said when she followed Hai Yan on that rainy night.
"But I still haven't found a way to become stronger.”She could not help but mutter.
"Eh?" Hai Qing turned to look at her.
"How can I become stronger?" She sighed slightly and circulated the weak spiritual power in her body. She was worried about her future again." If... I still can't pass the exam next year..."
" Crack!" Qiao was shocked. He looked up in a panic and found that Hai Qing had cut a piece of watermelon with her hand knife. The red flesh pieces flew everywhere. Just as she was about to say something and frowned, Hai Qing looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said,"
"If you can't pass the exam next year, you can take the exam the year after. If you can't pass the exam the year after that, you can take the exam the year after that. What's there to worry about?”
Joe was taken aback, but the faint shock in his eyes turned into fighting spirit."That makes sense."
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