Xie Zhongjun lay quietly in the empty room, his mind as empty as the room.

The door opened slowly, and Zhang Chi walked in. Ma Da, who came in with him, helped set up a table, put two chairs, set out the dishes and dishes, and then turned around and went out.

Xie Zhongjun smelled the aroma of meat and wine, but his eyes were still staring at the ceiling, as if he was in trance.

Zhang Chi said: "Master, I bought your favorite roast chicken and pig's trotters, as well as the fine Maotai."

Xie Zhongjun said: "Why waste money on a dying person?"

Zhang Chi filled the wine glass: "Just to make me feel better."

"Why should I make you feel better?" Xie Zhongjun said, but he got up. The gray beard on his face was thick, and he was obviously much thinner. He walked unsteadily and was no longer as normal as before.

High-spirited.

He came and sat down opposite Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi waited for him to sit down before taking his seat. He picked up his wine glass and said, "Master, I respect you!"

Xie Zhongjun glanced at him, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Without using chopsticks, he picked up a piece of pig's trotters and gnawed it. He remembered that the last time he had a meal was three days ago.

Zhang Chi said: "Why refuse treatment?"

Xie Zhongjun did not answer him immediately. After chewing the pig's trotters and drinking a glass of wine, he said: "Why bother spending so much effort when you know it can't be cured."

"It can be cured."

Xie Zhongjun shook his head: "My heart is dead, and there is no point in living."

Zhang Chi filled the wine glass for him, and Xie Zhongjun grabbed it and drank it. He accidentally choked and turned around and let out a series of coughs. Zhang Chi stood up and patted his back.

Xie Zhongjun scolded: "Do you want to beat me to death?" He continued to cough a few more times, raised his head and saw the relaxed smile on his face, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Fuck! You really want me!" After saying this

When I said this, I felt a little sour in my heart.

Zhang Chi also felt a little sour, so he returned to his seat and drank a glass of wine.

Xie Zhongjun said: "I thought it was your uncle, but after a long time, it turned out to be your uncle."

Zhang Chi said: "You are my master!"

Xie Zhongjun sighed and said, "Actually, I really didn't teach you anything."

Zhang Chi said: "Actually, these dishes were prepared by senior brother."

Xie Zhongjun pursed his lips, thinking of Lu Jinqiang, and whispered: "I never thought that my greatest achievement in this life would be my two apprentices."

Zhang Chi said: "If you refuse treatment, you may only have one month left."

Xie Zhongjun said: "Let's not talk about this. That day you drew a wall of fire. None of us saw what happened inside. Tell me, what happened to him in the end?"

Zhang Chi said: "Dead!"

Xie Zhongjun felt disappointed: "So easy? You are really awesome."

Zhang Chi said: "People are responsible for their own destiny."

Xie Zhongjun said: "Did he... say anything?"

Zhang Chi shook his head and raised his wine glass.

Xie Zhongjun picked up his wine glass and looked at Zhang Chi: "Where is Chu Wenxi?"

Zhang Chi thought for a while before saying: "She went to where she should go."

Xie Zhongjun nodded: "This roast chicken is good, I want to eat it every day starting from tomorrow..."

Snow started to fall at noon on New Year's Eve. Qi Bing stood in front of the library holding a transparent umbrella. The library was closed. Because it was winter vacation, most of the students had gone back. Qi Bing still persisted.

Stay just for one person's promise.

He promised me he would come back.

Her cell phone rang. She glanced at the phone number and saw that it was her father. Qi Bing answered the call.

"dad!"

Not only the father's voice sounded on the other end of the phone, but also the mother's voice. It was New Year's Eve, and my daughter insisted on staying in the capital for the New Year. How could parents not be concerned.

"I'm fine. I'm celebrating the New Year with Zhang Chi. We'll go back the day after tomorrow."

Mother Xue Huizhen was keenly aware of something from her daughter's tone: "Zhang Chi is back? Did you ask him to answer the phone?"

"Oh, he...he's not here at the moment..."

Xue Huizhen understood and stopped asking further questions. She just told her daughter to come back early the day after tomorrow.

Qi Bing hung up the phone in a hurry, feeling a little sour in her heart. She had been holding on to this promise all this time. She knew nothing about Zhang Chi's current situation, and she also had no knowledge of what happened during this period. She only

She knew that she loved him deeply, and to love him she had to believe in him, and loving him was enough. However, if he did not come back as promised, she was not sure whether she would be shaken.

She has never been so uneasy as she is now. Qi Bing quietly asked herself, does Zhang Chi love her as much as she loves Zhang Chi? She doesn't know the answer, and she doesn't want to find the answer.

When the first lights came on on campus, Qi Bing's heart became gloomy. The snow was still falling and it was very heavy. Maybe she should consider finding a place to welcome the New Year alone and get drunk.

A blurry figure walked in the wind and snow. Qi Bing tried hard to identify it, but she soon judged that it could not be Zhang Chi, because it was obviously the figure of a woman.

The person who appeared in front of her was actually Xiao Jiujiu.

Xiao Jiujiu smiled gently and came to Qi Bing: "Are you waiting for someone?"

Qi Bing nodded: "Wait for Zhang Chi."

Xiao Jiujiu said: "I came to say goodbye to you."

Qi Bing said: "Where are you going?"

Xiao Jiujiu said: "Go for treatment, maybe we won't have the chance to meet in the future."

Qi Bing raised his umbrella to cover the snow on Xiao Jiujiu's head. Xiao Jiujiu said softly: "One umbrella cannot accommodate three people."

"There's room for both of us."

Xiao Jiujiu laughed: "Unless no one comes in again." She took a step back and returned to the snowy night: "Don't tell him about me."

Qi Bing sighed quietly and said, "I don't even know if he will come?"

Xiao Jiujiu said: "Actually, you know him better than me. As long as he promises, he will definitely do it." Suddenly the past scene was recalled in her mind, and Zhang Chi's kind voice sounded in her ears - "When I have money"

Yes, can I take care of you?

Qi Bing wanted to say something else, but Xiao Jiujiu had already left. Soon her figure disappeared into the wind and snow, leaving only a string of footprints on the white snow.

Qi Bing felt cold. She stomped her feet and paced back and forth. Xiao Jiujiu had left. There must be someone waiting for him in this world.

When the snow wiped away Xiao Jiujiu's footprints, Qi Bing saw a familiar figure under the street lamp walking towards her despite the wind and snow...

Postscript 1

"Are you tired?" Qin Luzhu stroked her bulging belly during the day and looked at Zhang Chi lying next to her.

Zhang Chi stretched his waist: "I'm tired but happy at the same time!"

Qin Luzhu spat: "It's purely an excuse for your shamelessness."

Zhang Chi said: "It is always not a good thing for a person to be too possessive. Now I find more and more that I am not only possessive but also very philanthropic. You women are all a disaster. Who can stand it if you have the physical quality of yours?"

, If I don’t go to hell, who will?”

Qin Luzhu covered her stomach and laughed: "How shameless, you and I haven't done that for more than ten years."

Zhang Chi said: "It's really strange. Why can't a pregnancy here last ten months, but instead take twenty years?"

Qin Luzhu said: "You are not idle either. This time you came to Netherworld Ruins, Lin Daiyu suffered a lot, right? You seem to have been to Beihuang behind our backs. Did you go to see Bai Xiaomi?"

Immortal Zhang smiled and said: "General, his eyes are as bright as a torch. I can't hide anything from you." Suddenly he remembered something: "I have to go back. I agreed to watch a movie with Qi Bing."

"Time management is really good. I haven't watched a movie in a long time. By the way, have you found Xiao Jiujiu?"

Zhang Chi shook his head.

Qin Luzhu said again: "You haven't finished telling me the story about your descent to earth, why did you leave so soon?"

Zhang Chi said: "Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days."

"A few days for you is a few months here."

"I have official duties. After all, I am still the head of the field team of the Bureau of Secrets."

"Okay, go back quickly, lest the snow girl finds out and pesters you."

Postscript 2

An Chongguang was much older than a few months ago, with gray hair, but he was still personable. When he saw Zhang Chi coming in, he smiled and greeted Zhang Chi to sit down, and first asked about the situation in Netherworld Ruins.

Zhang Chi gave a brief report.

An Chongguang nodded and said: "Thank you for being here. It's just that it's too hard for you to have all the work on your shoulders. I thought about it and decided to add a partner to you, so that you can

I'll help you share the work, so you don't have to frequent Netherworld Ruins alone."

Zhang Chi said: "I don't feel it's hard, and no one else is qualified for this job except me."

"Don't be so absolute. You have to meet first before making a decision."

An Chongguang handed Zhang Chi a photo. Zhang Chi was stunned when he saw the photo: "She...where is she?"
To be continued...