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Chapter 231 Finally Goodbye

Qin Xiao was stunned, as if he had not expected his words at all, and he didn't know how to react for a moment.

"For example, that day, if you really wanted to fight with Lin Xiheng, I wouldn't say anything even if you pinned him to the ground. Because he was the one who started it, and you were just fighting back. But you just wanted to kill him." Qi Yulang looked at him, "What's more, the real reason you wanted to kill him was not because he stepped on your bottom line, but because you were in a spur of the moment."

"You obviously think deep down that he doesn't deserve death. If you really hate him so much that you want him to die, you will have many opportunities to induce him to agree to a life-and-death battle and resolve the issue, right?"

"It's normal for young people to get excited and fight. The day before yesterday, two boys in the class next to you had a big fight because of a few words. One of them broke his leg bone, and the other broke three ribs. But now they have a very good relationship."

"I give this example to tell you that it is normal to fight back against malicious intent, which is good for both of you. One can deter the other, and the other can also prevent the other from continuing this behavior."

"Children need to be educated, and their mistakes need to be corrected in a timely manner. You can't expect them to realize their mistakes and correct them like adults do, not to mention that your indifference to them is more like a concession."

"Maybe it's just a prank at first, but your attitude makes them feel that this matter can't hurt you and it's not serious. In order to make you unhappy, they will go a step further and even do something outrageous."

"Wouldn't it be easier for you if you could contain them at the beginning?"

"I'm telling you all this because you have the ability and character to resist being smothered. If you were really a coward who didn't dare to resist, I wouldn't be telling you so much."

Qi Yulang lowered his eyes, raised the teacup beside him, and took a sip to moisten his throat.

"I hope you can change and express your displeasure in a timely manner. Don't be so emotionally extreme... You definitely have the ability to do this and you shouldn't be left alone."

"I'm just... a little worried." Qin Xiao pondered for a moment, looked at him, and said slowly, "If I do it casually, it will make my father worry."

"You might as well think about it the other way around. You fight easily and clearly express your bottom line. Even if there are more fights, they are harmless. Or you keep enduring until a certain point and suddenly kill everyone who provokes you... Which of these two will cause more serious consequences?"

"..."

"So I said you're worse than I thought." Qi Yulang exhaled and closed his eyes. "At least no one would easily provoke those irritable people. The most troublesome ones are people like you... like a poisonous snake lurking in the forest, you never know when it will bite someone if its tail is stepped on."

Qi Yulang's eyes were slightly cold: "The most important thing in dealing with people is 'degree'. I hope you can understand and make changes."

"..."

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I hope you can give me a detailed example."

Qi Yulang looked at him, knowing that he had listened and was going to make changes, and he felt relieved: "People need to vent. When you feel stressed, you can vent appropriately."

"Take a spring as an example. When a person feels pressure, they will release the pressure after reaching a certain point, thereby reducing the opposing force and maintaining relative balance. Extreme tightening or relaxation is rare."

A stream of azure blue water suddenly appeared in Qi Yulang's hand, and formed a spring-like shape between his thumb and index finger according to his wishes, squeezing and relaxing as he spoke.

"And you like to accumulate this pressure, constantly absorbing and increasing it until you can't bear it any more, then suddenly explode and release all the accumulated pressure in one breath. Thus reaching another extreme."

"For example, in the past two days, several people have challenged you. You feel that they have troubled you and caused you psychological distress or pressure, but you choose to give in blindly, choose to ignore and absorb this pressure. Why?"

"I think you should accept the challenge and release the anger in your heart." Qi Yulang opened his hands and the water flow dissipated in the air. "Don't worry about any serious consequences. As long as you don't deliberately cause casualties, this kind of small fight is not a big deal."

"You've seen it these days. Your special identity has attracted too much attention, whether well-intentioned or malicious." Qi Yulang slowly reached out and patted Qin Xiao's head. "Maybe someone is secretly watching your every word and action, trying to find something to hold against you. You're not wrong to worry about causing trouble for your family..."

"But think about it from another perspective. Think about it from your father and brother's perspective. Would you want your family to hide the injustice they have done to you out of fear of causing you trouble?"

"..." Qin Xiao's brows were almost twisted together, obviously thinking of something bad.

Seeing him like this, Qi Yulang knew that he had listened to him, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Think about it carefully."

Qin Xiao didn't say anything else. He lowered his head and thought seriously until Qi Yulang told him to go to bed.

"You can stay here for the next two days. I'll go talk to the people in the dormitory."

There was no spare bed in Qi Yulang's house. But Qin Xiao looked at the soft sofa in the hall and thought he could sleep on it.

This is much better than the environment a few days ago.

Qi Yulang brought him another quilt. The soft warmth soaked every inch of his exposed skin, making him feel quite comfortable.

The demon dog lay on the soft carpet under the sofa, resting its chin on its front legs and slowly closing its eyes.

Qin Xiao thought it would be difficult for him to fall asleep, but he fell into a deep sleep in just a few minutes.

In the next few days, Qin Xiao went out for a stroll during the day and came back to rest at night. Sometimes, on a whim, he would prepare dinner for Qi Yulang before he came back, but unfortunately, there were always accidents.

Qi Yulang wanted to say something several times when faced with the various dishes he cooked, as if he was afraid of disappointing him. He swallowed them down with an unchanged expression and even gave him positive comments.

But Qin Xiao also ate it, and his comment was that the dish was not only burnt but also a bit choking.

Qin Xiao realized that he might only know how to cook barbecue. After all, whether in his past life or this life, he often cooked in the wild. In the wild, it was good enough to have barbecue, and he didn't need to pursue the taste.

Qin Xiao looked at the mushy fish porridge, then looked at the half remaining magic fish meat, feeling a little annoyed.

It was obviously made according to the recipe in the cafeteria...

At this time, the ring moved. It was Mo Hanyu.

Mo Hanyu knew his current situation and couldn't help but laugh, and took the initiative to direct him to cook.

"Put it in the pan after the oil is hot, and fry it until it is set, don't rush..."

Mo Hanyu was giving the orders, and he didn't know how Qin Xiao was doing, so he could only try to describe it in as much detail as possible.

"You know a lot." Qin Xiao chatted with him while doing it.

"Good to know." Mo Hanyu snorted and laughed, "How have you been these past two days?"

"It's much better than before." Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and shoveled out the vegetables.

In the past two days, someone came to challenge him again. This time, he listened to Qi Yulang's words, accepted it, and defeated him in a few moves in front of everyone. As expected, just as Qi Yulang said, fewer people came to trouble him afterwards.

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled: "What? Are you in trouble?"

"Not really..." Mo Hanyu pouted, "I just won't give up."

"Still want to recruit me?" Qin Xiao asked with a smile, "Are you the one in charge of recruiting people in your college?"

"That's not it, it's a senior schoolmate - that's not the point!" Mo Hanyu looked into the distance, his eyes slightly fixed, "Speaking of which, did you make new friends there?"

"No..." Qin Xiao thought for a moment and confirmed that no one had invited him to make friends. "They don't like me very much."

"After all, you are an alien in their eyes..." Mo Hanyu's voice sank.

It was strange that he felt a little annoyed when he heard that Qin Xiao's situation had improved.

Mo Hanyu thought that he didn't want Qin Xiao to get more recognition over there. Maybe he was afraid that Qin Xiao would make new friends and he would no longer be important... But when he heard that Qin Xiao was not liked by the people around him, the depression in his heart did not decrease at all, but became more serious.

He thought he would be happy, but he wasn't.

Because Qin Xiao was not living well.

Mo Hanyu frowned, his tone a little annoyed: "Those people..."

"It's understandable." Qin Xiao didn't think there was anything wrong. "I also encountered evil cultivators a few years ago. There's nothing wrong with the world's evaluation of them."

"But we didn't choose to become evil cultivators, so why should we suffer all this?" Mo Hanyu showed a rare sense of indignation.

"How could it come from..." Qin Xiao laughed and said calmly, "It's just bad luck."

"How can you say——"

"But in fact, there is nothing wrong with it. Apart from facing strange looks, there is no harm. It is actually beneficial to your cultivation." Qin Xiao slowly put the tableware in order, estimating how long it would take Qi Yulang to come back. "Besides, as long as you don't take the initiative to show it, no one will know your identity as an evil cultivator."

Mo Hanyu didn't say anything. He seemed to disagree with his point of view, but he couldn't find any reason to refute it. He could only remain silent for a moment and then hung up the phone.

Qin Xiao sat on the sofa, looked at the door, and yawned out of boredom.

Suddenly, I noticed something, walked slowly forward, and found it was a small painting.

This should be the ability to completely replicate a person's portrait on paper. Qin Xiao sensed a trace of residual Qi on it.

There are two men leaning against each other in the painting. One of them is young but has a serious expression and firm eyes. It is Qi Yulang.

The other one had a pretty face, watery eyes that were slightly curved, and a bright smile that was like the sunshine on her face. She had a relaxed posture, and was holding Qi Yulang's arm, looking somewhat intimate.

Qin Xiao picked up the palm-sized picture, looked at it for a few seconds and prepared to put it back.

"What are you looking at?"

Qi Yulang's voice suddenly sounded. Qin Xiao turned his head and faced him, showing it to him openly without any guilt.

"Your portrait."

Qi Yulang walked over and glanced at it with a complicated look in his eyes. He took it and put it aside without saying anything.

"What we did today...is a huge improvement."

At the dinner table, Qi Yulang had returned to normal and nodded in affirmation of Qin Xiao's performance.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao didn't respond.

Before going to bed, Qin Xiao picked up the picture that was dropped on the ground by the demon dog and handed it to him again.

"It fell to the ground."

Qi Yulang looked at the picture, frowned slightly, and looked away: "I know."

Qin Xiao said "Oh" and turned away.

Of course he could tell that there was a story behind this picture, but since Qi Yulang didn't tell him, he naturally wouldn't ask.

The competition was about to end in the blink of an eye. Yun Qi was eliminated in the third round as expected, and it was said that he stayed in bed for two days. The competition came to the last day, and the top three of the two colleges competed.

Qin Xiao had a hunch that Qin Jichen would come to see him, so he blended into the crowd at halftime and looked carefully for him.

"Qin Xiao?"

Yun Qi also came and was a little surprised to see him.

Qin Xiao glanced at his arm which was still hanging.

Qi Yulang told him these two days that after being late for get out of class, Yun Qi found Qi Yulang and told him that he might be bullied and hoped that he could help him.

Qin Xiao's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Are you here to watch the game?" Yun Qi asked curiously.

"Looking for someone." Qin Xiao was still spreading his mental power.

"Who is it? Do I know him? Let me see if I can help you." Yun Qi asked with concern.

Qin Xiao paused, but did not refuse. He told him Qin Jichen's general appearance.

Hard work pays off, Qin Xiao finally found Qin Jichen when the show was over.

Although he was wearing a cloak and a mask, Qin Xiao was sure that he was Qin Jichen.

Without any hesitation, Qin Xiao squeezed in that direction. But the crowd was too high, and just when he was halfway through, the hooded head turned around and saw him.

"Qin Xiao?"

Yun Qi's puzzled voice came from behind. Qin Xiao clearly saw the man pause, then turned around and ran away.

Oh shit!

Qin Xiao cursed inwardly, grabbing the people around him and quickening his pace to rush over there.

But seeing that the man was about to turn into wind and disappear, Qin Xiao felt an unknown anger surge in his chest and stretched out his hand to strike down a dark thunder.

"Stop!"

Furious voices exploded in the crowd, and dangerous lightning forced the crowd to disperse, leaving a space for the young man.

The black lightning flashed dazzlingly, and before the people around could react, Qin Xiao sent another bolt of lightning towards the man.

"stop!"

Qin Xiao rushed forward regardless of anything, but the man was experienced and was about to disappear in front of him.

"——Qin Jichen!"

Qin Xiao angrily yelled, "Try to run away again?!"

As he spoke, another bolt of lightning was about to strike. The man paused, and Qin Xiao took the opportunity to grab him.

Qin Xiao clutched the man's sleeve tightly, sweat dripping from his forehead, and his face was flushed, not sure if it was because of anger or tiredness.

"you……"

Qin Xiao was simply gritting his teeth.

"...What were you thinking? Exposing yourself as an evil cultivator in public? Qin Xiao, are you not using your brain?!"

A hoarse and deep voice came out from the cloak, cursing fiercely.

"Varied--"

Qin Xiao was stunned. A chill came from behind him, and before Qin Xiao could react, a whirlwind suddenly blew around him and blocked the attack.

Several boys who looked to be in their teens came up to the two of them, with attributes still appearing on their hands and murderous intent all around them, staring at them closely - to be precise, staring at Qin Xiao.

"Evil cultivator——"

"Get away!!"

Qin Jichen's violent voice suddenly rang out, and a strong wind blew off the hood on his head. The mask fell off, revealing the hideous and deep scar on his face.

"Stay away from my brother—"

Qin Jichen stopped Qin Xiao with one hand, stood in front of several people in a protective posture, and said in a harsh voice.