After dinner, Jin Yan and Yin Yan cleaned up the table. Zhi Ming Sheng Shi and the others sat together and chatted. Of course, Zhi Bo Hai Yan had already stopped his sister who wanted to talk about gunpowder. Otherwise, Zhi Ming Sheng had not stopped until now. Although he did not care about Zhi Ming Sheng Shi, Zhi Bo Hai Yan could not stand his sister disturbing the guests.
"Can I call you that?”
The Swamp Petrel asked tentatively. From this point of view, although the Swamp Petrel and the Swamp Skysnake did not care much about status, the Swamp Petrel was obviously more polite than the Swamp Skysnake. At the very least, it would always pay attention to whether it had offended the other party.
"It's okay. You can call me anything."
Zhi Ming waved his hand lightly. After all, a name was just a code name. Whether it was in his previous life or now, he had never cared about it.
Seeing that Zhi Ming didn't care about his life and death, Zhi Bo Hai Yan smiled and asked.
"Sheng Shi, are you going to Zhenyang Spiritual Academy next year?”
"Zhenyang Spiritual Academy?"
Zhi Ming Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he searched through his memories. It seemed to be a school founded by his old man to specially train the Grim Reaper?
"Generally speaking, at our age, as long as one has either talent or status, they will go to Zhenyang Spiritual Academy. I guess you are no exception.”As she spoke, she pressed down on her head and pointed at her helplessly,"Originally, I had already gone to school two years ago, but this little sister of mine is really troublesome. I thought that I might as well go to school with her a few years later, so that I could take care of her more in the academy.”
"What are you doing, Big Brother! Am I a three-year-old child?"
Hearing her brother's words, Sky Crane gave her a displeased look, and Sky Swallow immediately returned the glare.
"If you were really a three-year-old child, I would be much more relaxed!”
While the siblings were staring at each other, Zhi Ming Sheng Shi was suddenly enlightened and pinched his chin. No wonder his old man canceled the weekly training so easily. He must have already decided to let him go to the Zhenyang Spiritual Academy next year. As long as he went to school, even if he didn't have the training of Yamamoto Genyanagi, it wouldn't be a problem.
(But that old man really didn't even mention it. Did he think I would refuse?)）
Zhi Ming Sheng Shi pursed his lips in displeasure. Four Maple Courtyard's Ye Yi lightly propped his cheek and looked at him as he asked.
"What about life and death? Are you going next year?"
"Because I'm very unhappy with my old man's private decision, I really don't want to go.”
Zhi Ming Sheng Shi answered without hiding anything. He hated it when others decided his matters without asking for his opinion, no matter who the other party was.
Then, Zhi Mingsheng changed the topic and pinched his chin.
"However, I personally still yearn for things like school. It's not against my will to let me go to school.”
Zhi Ming recalled his previous life. The environment he had been in since he was young had made him cut off from school, which was a normal thing in society. When he grew up and worked hard, he had his own status. Occasionally, he would see students coming in and out of school. He still felt a little envious in his heart. However, he was not envious of school life, but he was envious that those students could experience what children of normal age should do. Unfortunately, he was too old to go to school at that time. Moreover, with his status at that time, he could not integrate into the school. Otherwise, he might really have been able to play in the school as a student.
"That's great. I'm going to Zhenyang Spiritual Academy next year, too. Let's form a team then ~" Ye Yi of Four-Maple Yard chuckled, his hands behind his head, his body swaying."But I really hope that school life is more interesting than staying at home. Otherwise, it's better to stay at home."”
"Don't worry, it will be more interesting than the life of a noble.”Zhi Bo Hai Yan smiled and said to Ye Yi and Zhi Ming Sheng Shi of Four Maple Yard,""It's getting late. You two should go back, especially Ye Yi. The Four Maple Court won't say anything. If the other nobles know that you often come to look for us, it won't be good for you, right?”
"Tsk! Who cares if they die!"
Ye Yi of the Four-maple House pouted in displeasure, but still stood up. As the next master of the Four-maple House, according to the rules, she should not come to Flowing Soul Street and interact with the Zhibo family, which had been removed from the five noble families. Although Ye Yi of the Four-maple House did not care, she did not want to be scolded for this kind of thing.
"Life and death, I'm going back."
Night of the Four Maples greeted Zhi Ming Sheng Shi. Zhi Ming Sheng Shi also stood up with his hands on his knees. Zhi Bo Hai Yan and Zhi Bo Kong He also stood up to send the two of them to the door.
"Goodbye. You're welcome to come again next time ~"
Zhi Bo Petrel waved at the two of them, Zhi Bo Kong He also specially instructed Zhi Ming Sheng Shi.
"You must come and look for me often! I still want to talk more about gunpowder with you ~"
Zhi Ming waved his hand in response, while Ye Yi of Four Maple Courtyard walked towards Xu Lingting without turning back.
The sky had already turned dark. The young man and young woman walked on the empty Liuhun Street. Looking at the brightly lit houses, Ye Yi of the Four Maple Courtyard could not help but feel a little melancholy. He looked sideways at Zhi Ming's passing and called out softly.
"Life and Death."
"Hmm?"
Zhi Ming raised his eyebrows, and Ye Yi of Four Maple Yard continued.
"Are you satisfied with your current life?”
This question made Zhi Ming Sheng Shi slightly stunned. He did not answer directly, but asked back.
"Are you dissatisfied with your current life?”
"There are so many things that I'm not satisfied with. I have to attend that damned noble etiquette class every day, and everything has to be done with the family first. My only playmate was even expelled from the Hunling Palace.”Ye Yi of the Four Maple Court sighed deeply. He looked up at the stars in the sky and said in a low voice," Are rules really that important?”
Looking at Ye Yi's side profile, Zhi Ming Sheng was silent for a moment before he slowly said.
"The place where I used to live was a very free place.”
Zhi Ming's words caused Ye Yi of Four Maple Court to pause. He turned his gaze to him and quietly listened to his story.
" That place is truly free. It is so free that there are no rules. The strong oppress the weak and no one will seek justice. The weak cheat the strong and no one will blame them. People will do anything to survive in that freedom. Those who want to live a peaceful life will only die there.”
Ye Yi of Four Maple Yard was stunned. Zhi Ming looked at her and slowly said.
"Ye Yi, you yearn for freedom and hate rules, but have you ever thought about what a place without rules and only freedom looks like?”Zhi Ming Sheng Shi pointed at the residents with lights on by the side of the street." You have to understand that the reason why the people here can survive peacefully is because of the existence of rules, including the petrel and Kong He.”
" To be honest, I hate rules too, but I've never opposed them. Even if I don't hate my past life, if I could choose again, I would prefer that the place I used to live in had rules.”
" And this was also the reason why I had been working hard to survive at that time. I didn't want more children like me to be forced to live in freedom without rules.”
Zhi Ming Sheng and Shi Yan had stopped in their tracks, and there was a glimmer of light in their eyes. Ye Yi of the Four Maple Courtyard also stopped in his tracks and looked at him quietly.
"To me, no matter how unreasonable the rules are, it's still much better than freedom without rules.”
After saying this, the seriousness on Zhi Ming Sheng Shi's face instantly disappeared. He grinned at Ye Yi of Four Maple Courtyard, waved his hand, and walked past Ye Yi of Four Maple Courtyard towards Hailing Pavilion.
"Let's go, we're going back soon. Your house should be filled with people looking for you.”
Night of the Four Maple Court stared blankly at Zhi Ming's departing back, deep astonishment appearing in his eyes.
What kind of past did he experience? Is he really my age?
This question deeply troubled Ye Yi of Four Maple Yard. However, in just a few seconds, Ye Yi of Four Maple Yard threw this question to the back of his mind and followed behind Zhi Mingsheng.
It doesn't matter. His past has nothing to do with me.
What was important was the present and the future.
Moreover, the words that Zhi Ming had said when he was born and passed away had been deeply recorded in her mind. It made her slightly understand how superficial the freedom she had pursued in the past was.
Even Ye Yi of Four Maple Court himself did not realize that from this moment onwards, he had already been subtly influenced by Zhi Ming's life and death.
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