Cheng Lingsu's slender body stiffened slightly, but soon returned to normal. He gently broke free from Chu Zheng's hand and said calmly: "I just came out to get some breath and stayed in the room all the time."

Chu Zheng heard her voice calm and took the initiative to talk to him. No matter what, it was much better than the situation he had avoided him before, so he couldn't help but feel relieved and smiled and said, "When you get bigger, I'll take you around. The world is very big, and many places are quite interesting."

Cheng Lingsu looked at him for a while and suddenly said, "Sister Guo, he is so beautiful."

Chu Zheng remembered that she had asked herself twice before, "Miss Guo Er is very beautiful, right?" Why did she use a positive tone this time?

He said guiltily: "Have you seen her?"

Cheng Lingsu looked up, looked at the plum blossoms blooming on the courtyard wall in the distance, and whispered: "Most half a month ago, on the day you had a fight with the Shaolin Sect, I was also in Xingyun Village."

Chu Zheng was stunned and suddenly remembered that Shui Sheng was in Xingyun Village at that time and asked Di Yun about her whereabouts. He heard Shui Sheng say that she has been with Cheng Lingsu for more than half a year, so without asking, it is obvious that Cheng Lingsu is naturally in Xingyun Village.

Before he could think about how to reply, Cheng Lingsu continued: "She is a good girl. If you let her down, I, a senior sister, will be unhappy."

"Senior Sister..." Chu Zheng's heart skipped a beat. Why did Cheng Lingsu leave after listening to the meaning of the words?

But before he could speak, Cheng Lingsu said again: "Have you written to her recently?"

"Uh... I haven't had time lately."

"I think you are very idle every day, so go and write it later. In the letter, I said to her, Cheng Lingsu, the disciple of the King of Poison Pharmacy, I wish you a happy marriage and a happy heart forever."

She turned her back to Chu Zheng. Chu Zheng couldn't see her expression clearly, but from her voice, she was so calm that she was not as sad as Chu Zheng imagined.

Chu Zheng felt more and more uneasy. Could it be that this girl was so sad that she wanted to fly away and not meet her again?

Chu Zheng decided to go straight to the point. Cheng Lingsu was too smart. If she didn't say it directly, she would be around her and she wouldn't know where to go: "Senior sister, you don't want to go back to Ningjing Town, right?"

To Chu Zheng's surprise, Cheng Lingsu shook his head: "No. Do you want to drive me back to Ningjing Town?"

"Of course not." Chu Zheng stroked his forehead with some headache.

If he is the most difficult to guess about a girl in this world, Cheng Lingsu must be the top of the list.

This girl seems weak, but she is very idea-oriented in essence, and she is kind-hearted and has a hard time changing her idea. But she never wants to tell others about her thoughts and likes to hide everything in her heart. She has to slowly guess her true feelings from clues.

Cheng Lingsu turned around and his eyes were shiny: "Junior brother, do you still want to learn medicine from me and grow herbs?"

"Of course I thought about it, but I have to wait until you are in good health before learning. Now you can't work hard."

"It's okay, I brought a few medical books here. You can read them first. I'll explain them to you. It's not hard. But it will take many years to study medicine..."

Chu Zheng felt relieved and said softly: "Teach slowly, I will learn slowly. It will be a bit successful after twenty or thirty years, right?"

Cheng Lingsu's eyes seemed to be a little red, and water vapor appeared on it, but it soon disappeared again.

"If you want to learn for twenty or thirty years, I will teach you for twenty or thirty years, but you can't smile at me anymore. I will teach you skills on behalf of the teacher, both your senior sister and your master. In the future, if you get married with Miss Guo Er, I can also be your elders."

After hearing this, Chu Zheng finally understood that Cheng Lingsu wanted to position himself as an elder and stay with him.

Chu Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, this stubborn girl is enough to stay. Even if she likes to be stubborn, won’t she slowly resolve it?

"Yes, yes." Chu Zheng responded, looking at her steadily, suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled down Cheng Lingsu's veil, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, why are you wearing this ghost veil?"

The softness has not been effective these days. Now that I know that Cheng Lingsu will stay, Chu Zheng felt relieved and decided to take the fierce ones, and he would have to take the severe medicine for severe illness!

Cheng Lingsu was shocked, and her already pale and thin face turned a little whiter. She reached out to grab the veil back.

Chu Zheng flipped his hand and the veil disappeared.

Cheng Lingsu bit his thin lips, and there was already a little water vapor in his bright eyes.

She stamped her feet and said, "Junior brother, you..."

Obviously she wanted to open her heart, but looking at Cheng Lingsu's panicked and angry look, there was a strong contrast with the intelligent woman who was always calm and stable in her memory, Chu Zheng couldn't help laughing.

"You...you are still laughing!"

Cheng Lingsu was shy, anxious and angry, glaring at her.

"I didn't expect that senior sister, you are so cute."

"Is it... cute?" Cheng Lingsu was stunned.

"In my eyes, you are really cute."

"It's neither big nor small, I'm your elder, cute is just used to describe a little girl, I..." Cheng Lingsu suddenly stopped his voice and lowered his eyes. The hand that was smaller than Guo Xiang tightly grabbed the corner of his clothes, preventing Chu Zheng from seeing the sadness and inferiority in her eyes.

Because she has lived a poor life since childhood, coupled with long-term work and contacted with various highly toxic medicinal plants, Cheng Lingsu's figure and appearance look far thinner and shorter than her peers. If it weren't for her bright and steady eyes, her voice and tone would be more independent and stronger than her peers. Just looking at her appearance, she is no different from the young girls in ordinary farmers who are not developed.

For Cheng Lingsu, this is more uncomfortable and inferior than ordinary appearance.

In the past, she used to living alone and didn't feel too strong. However, when she left the small wooden house where she grew up and walked into the muddy waters of the world with Chu Zheng, she saw those beautiful women, especially Qin Ruyun and Shui Sheng, who had no body, appearance, skin and color, she was shocked to realize her weakness in figure and appearance.

Body and appearance have become her biggest knot in her heart and her biggest source of inconfidence.

This time, seeing that Brother Chu, who was originally an ordinary person, became handsome and upright, and shining, she felt even more ashamed of herself and her inferiority complex became severely aggravated.

She even kept wondering, if Brother Chu was a few years older and stood with him, would anyone think it was a father and daughter?

The more she attaches importance to Brother Chu, the more she is dissatisfied with her appearance and figure, which turns into excessive concern for beauty and ugliness, so she doesn't even have the courage to stand side by side with Chu Zheng.

He even made up his mind to follow him as an elder in the future, and he would not be criticized without fighting or robbing. After all, no one would comment on whether his elders were beautiful or ugly, and he would not be embarrassed.

Because of this, Cheng Lingsu now feels sorry for Chu Zheng's words of praise, and has completely lost his usual mind and calmness.

When Chu Zheng saw that she was so excited because of a "cute" compliment, he was immediately amazed and laughed.

"Senior sister, 'cute' is a compliment, and I often praise Guo Xiang for being cute."

Cheng Lingsu bit his lips and said nothing.

"And, I really think my senior sister is very pleasing to the eye and looks very beautiful."

"You...you...you..." Cheng Lingsu was originally a little sad, but when he looked up at Chu Zheng's sincere gaze, he couldn't speak.

"I mean, senior sister is the girl I have seen and looks the most to my heart."

For Chu Zheng, who has seen all the flowers, he really doesn't pay much attention to the appearance of a girl. When he is with Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang's appearance adds less than one-fifth, mainly because of her cheerful personality, her innocence and straightforwardness, and her deep affection make Chu Zheng fall in love with her deeply.

Cheng Lingsu's unpretentious appearance has two-fifths of bonus points, especially her eyes are beautiful and bright. Many times Chu Zheng will ignore her appearance and directly see her beautiful soul, which is no worse than any girl.

Cheng Lingsu lowered his head and whispered: "When I was eight years old, I used my mother's mirror to play. At that time, my sister said to me: 'The ugly monster, don't take a look! I'm still ugly monster after looking.' Guess what I did later?"

Chu Zheng thought to himself that this was the source of her knot.

He thought for a while and smiled, "I don't know. If it were me when I was a child, I wouldn't care about my appearance at all. If it were me now, I would probably look at the mirror again nervously to see if I was ugly and distinctive. If I was just ugly and ordinary, I would ignore it."

Cheng Lingsu was amused by him and she felt half of the sadness in her heart.

She gave Chu Zheng a blank look before saying, "Later I threw all the mirrors into the well so that I would not see my ugly appearance. But I immediately discovered that even if I didn't look in the mirror, I could not change the fact that I looked ugly. At that moment, I almost wanted to jump into the well and die."

Chu Zheng sighed: "You are never ugly. I will reiterate that you are the most pleasing girl I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I was not next to you at that time, otherwise I would have scolded your sister to cry. She was so blind that she would call a girl with such a smart and beautiful girl with an ugly eye than a star?"

"But--"

"Senior sister, guess what would I feel if my current appearance changed back to the ordinary face I had when I first met you?"

"……Happy?"

"Hey, senior sister really understands me. Do you still remember the story I told? I have no father or mother since I was a child, and I have been a beggar. I have been stealing things. At that time, I was most afraid of being stared at. Over time, I am not used to being arrogant in front of others, and I am even more afraid of being remembered by others. So I kept rubbing and making my face so ordinary. Unfortunately, I met the former leader of the Xiaoyao Sect and got this look back by the old man. To be honest, I never look in the mirror now, and I feel uncomfortable looking at it."

"So, I really think that senior sister, you are pretty like this. You won't be stunning at a glance, but with your eyes, you can definitely be considered a beauty. There are countless beauties in the world, but you like the most."

His nonsense made Cheng Ling laugh: "I just love to talk nonsense." But she miraculously relaxed.

Because she didn't see a trace of disgust in Chu Zheng's eyes, but instead she appreciated and liked it.

But Cheng Lingsu quickly lowered his head again: "I... I'm too short, I can't grow tall or big."

The first knot in his heart was loose, this is the second one! Chu Zheng decided to work harder. He secretly said sorry to Guo Xiang, and then put on a smile and said, "This is good. I like it strangely. I have never liked tall girls. Look at why I think Guo Xiang is good? She is not tall and has a slender body. I never look down on Miss Qin. Well, senior sister, you have always maintained such a figure, and I like it."

"I'm talking nonsense again."

Chu Zheng stretched out his hand and hugged Cheng Lingsu into his arms.

Cheng Lingsu is so thin that she may be blown away by the wind at any time.

Chu Zheng was full of pity, and he said seriously: "Senior sister, there is really no need to worry about appearance and figure. You are the unique Cheng Lingsu. You are careful, gentle, chivalrous, kind, funny, and smart. I can't finish your strengths for a long time. My figure and appearance are very second-class, not to mention your current figure and appearance. In my eyes, you are pure and quiet, like a white lily. Lilies may not be as beautiful as roses, and their character, integrity and connotation will never be inferior to any flower in the world."

Cheng Lingsu's whole body trembled, and soon two lines of warm heat flow moistened Chu Zheng's clothes on his chest.

Chu Zheng felt the girl in his arms sobbing, and a series of suppressed whimpers spread to Chu Zheng's heart through the warm tears, making him feel a deep feeling that could not be described in words.

It's a bit like family affection, and a bit like friendship and love.

Perhaps this is his complex feelings for Cheng Lingsu.

Unlike his pure love for Guo Xiang, he loves and appreciates Cheng Lingsu, who is both interesting and gentle and careful, and has unforgettable touch, gratitude and guilt.

He patted Cheng Lingsu's back gently, and Cheng Lingsu finally burst into tears.

Chu Zheng didn't say anything anymore, allowing her to use tears to relieve the depression in her heart.

I just hope that this pitiful and lovely girl can put aside her knot in the future, raise her head, and confidently say to others: "My name is Cheng Lingsu. Ling from Lingshu, Su Wen"."

...

In the evening, firecrackers were lit in every household in Qingshi Town, and the atmosphere was full of the New Year.

For countless people, no matter how hard or difficult it is, New Year's Eve is lively and prosperous.

Chu Zheng pulled Cheng Lingsu to light firecrackers. He wanted to scare her, but he didn't expect Cheng Lingsu stood under the eaves and kept laughing at Pipi's firecrackers a few steps away.

Chu Zheng had no choice but to use his true energy to generate an air wall to protect her from being injured by bullets.

If you don’t have a happy smile, it’s more worthy of celebration than anything else.

After igniting the firecrackers, Chu Zheng, Cheng Lingsu and Shui Sheng sat in the hall to make dumplings together. Shui Sheng learned and made while making them, but Miss Qin Er made up her mind to watch with her arms. Ximen Rou couldn't pull her face and tried to pack a few, but she was pushed away by Dongfang Bai in disgust.

The other guards were the same, looking at Chu Zheng's flexible fingers and making beautiful dumplings.
Chapter completed!