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Chapter 283 The Sound of a Beating Heart

Chapter 283 The Sound of a Beating Heart

"How are you feeling? Are you hungry? I was hungry at the end of my previous retreat."

Mo Hanyu said as he opened the lunch box he brought and took out one dish after another like magic. Qin Xiao glanced at them and found that they were all very tasty.

Looking at Qin Xiao who was eating heartily in front of him, Mo Hanyu held his cheek and smiled slightly.

"You've made a breakthrough?" Qin Xiao raised his eyelids and looked at him.

"I'm at the same level as you." Mo Hanyu smiled, "A lot of things have happened in the past few years."

"Want to talk to me?"

"of course."

So Qin Xiao listened to Mo Hanyu slowly talking about what happened in recent years.

The academy had been recruiting teaching resources before Qin Xiao went into seclusion. Although there were children who wanted to come in recent years, most of them had no talent for cultivation and could not keep up with the progress of the first batch. So far, there are only a handful of people who have reached the Chen realm, not to mention the eighth level.

After Qin Xiao's retreat, Shen Youge and Chen Mo followed suit, and then it was Mo Hanyu. Mo Hanyu had been in retreat for two years, and after coming out, there was still no change.

"Miao Kaijie just came out of retreat a few months ago, and he has been struggling for a long time." Mo Hanyu poured him a cup of tea, "According to statistics, the upper level of the Xuan realm includes you, me, Miao Kaijie, Chen Mo, and Senior Xia, the middle level is Tian Miao, Yin Xihui, and Lan Huaiqiu, and the lower level is Qiu Puyue. Shen Youge and Senior Xia may break through to the Earth realm at any time."

Qin Xiao took a sip of tea to show that he understood.

Mo Hanyu looked at him for a while, and suddenly invited him: "You came out in a hurry tonight, and your bedding and other things have not been dried yet, why don't you sleep over at my place for a night?"

Qin Xiao didn't feel anything about this and nodded in agreement.

"How old are you?" Qin Xiao suddenly asked.

"18." Mo Hanyu smiled, "I'm a few months older than you."

Qin Xiao nodded thoughtfully, secretly planning to report his safety to Qin Xiuyun and the others tomorrow.

Mo Hanyu's dormitory was on the upper floor, and when he went there he unexpectedly ran into Miao Kaijie.

Miao Kaijie saw Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, but soon recognized him, ran over and hugged him with a smile: "You have been in seclusion for a long time, I almost thought you had an accident."

"No." Qin Xiao was still not used to others being so intimate with him. He gently pushed Miao Kaijie away and suddenly felt a little strange.

At this time in the past, Mo Hanyu would have stood in front of him and pulled Miao Kaijie away without any hesitation. Why is he not reacting at all now?

Qin Xiao thought about it and turned his head to look at Mo Hanyu.

Mo Hanyu stood there quietly, with a calm expression, as if he didn't care at all.

...grown up.

Qin Xiao thought. Yes, I am already eighteen years old, and I will not be like my childhood. It is good to be more stable.

Qin Xiao suddenly realized that since he came out of seclusion, Mo Hanyu had not had any physical contact with him until now, let alone act coquettishly.

Qin Xiao felt some changes in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was. Maybe he was just not used to it.

"Hey, Mo Hanyu." Miao Kaijie was still the same as before, not noticing Qin Xiao's subtle psychological changes at all, and greeted Mo Hanyu with a smile, "Why aren't you asleep yet? Don't you have a date with that girl tomorrow?"

"What?" Before Mo Hanyu could answer, Qin Xiao reacted first and looked at Miao Kaijie, "What?"

"Oh yeah, I didn't know that since you've been in seclusion for so long." Miao Kaijie showed a mysterious smile, "A girl from the next door college pursued Mo Hanyu two months ago. This month, they have been together whenever they have time. They are inseparable. They are so close..."

Miao Kaijie's words were ambiguous. Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu. Mo Hanyu looked a little impatient, but he didn't refute.

"Isn't tomorrow the Love Festival? You must have a date with that girl, right?" Miao Kaijie asked him.

"Yeah." Mo Hanyu said nonchalantly, "I don't have classes tomorrow, so I'll go out for a walk."

"What is the Love Festival?" It was the first time Qin Xiao heard of this festival and couldn't help but ask.

"This festival is from Xingchen. It's the Love Festival on March 15th every year. As the name suggests, it's a festival for lovers." Miao Kaijie touched his chin. "It's rumored that on the day of the Love Festival, if you can spend the whole day with the one you love smoothly without any disagreements or quarrels, it means that you will be together forever in the future."

"...superstitious?" Qin Xiao believed in God, but not these things.

"You can say that." Miao Kaijie laughed, "Some people will also give out sweets like candy on that day as a token of love, and if you accept it, it means you agree implicitly."

"Are you ready?" Miao Kaijie winked at Mo Hanyu.

"Guess." Mo Hanyu remained indifferent to him.

Miao Kaijie was not annoyed, and said to Qin Xiao: "Do you want to sleep in my room? You just came out of confinement today, so your bedding and clothes must not be ready yet, right?"

"It's okay actually." Qin Xiao suddenly changed his mind, "I'll go to your place."

Mo Hanyu was surprised and said: "Didn't we agree that——"

"Don't you have an appointment tomorrow?" Qin Xiao looked at him with calm eyes, "Go to bed early. Since you have an appointment tomorrow, don't keep them waiting too long."

Only then did he realize that Mo Hanyu was already eighteen years old and an adult. He was still in the emotional stage of a teenager, so it was normal for him to be attracted to and interact with the opposite sex.

Mo Hanyu frowned slightly, still a little dissatisfied.

But Qin Xiao had made his decision, and he knew that no matter what he said, it would not change, so he could only go back in a slightly depressed mood.

"Let's go." After watching Mo Hanyu leave, Qin Xiao looked at Miao Kaijie, "What do you want to tell me?"

"Nothing, I just want to have a fight with you." Miao Kaijie smiled, his eyes showing a bit of sharpness, "We haven't fought each other yet, right?"

Qin Xiao was a little surprised.

"You've been in seclusion for too long. Wouldn't it be a good idea for you to find an opponent who is similar enough to you to loosen up your muscles?"

"I understand." Qin Xiao nodded, "What time tomorrow?"

"In the morning, you can sleep at my place anyway. I'll call you whenever you want to go."

"it is good."

There was only one bed in Miao Kaijie's room, but since they were all boys, it was nothing to worry about.

Qin Xiao felt that Miao Kaijie had changed a little, and was confused, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Qin Xiao, everyone has changed in the past few years." Hearing Qin Xiao's question, Miao Kaijie couldn't help laughing, lying beside him and looking at him, "Five years, isn't it too short for you and me?"

Qin Xiao thought so too, so he said nothing more. He lay down, put his hands together on his waist and abdomen, and said good night softly.

Miao Kaijie smiled helplessly and replied with an hello.

Early in the morning, Qin Xiao was dragged to the training ground by Miao Kaijie for a competition.

The layout of the academy hasn't changed much, just like Mo Hanyu said, there haven't been any major changes, but he saw a lot of familiar people along the way... or gods.

"Let's spar so early." Bai Ze greeted him.

Qin Xiao glanced at the wheelchair under him, exchanged a few words with him, and then was dragged away by Miao Kaijie.

Miao Kaijie was sneaking along the way, keeping his eyes and ears open, as if he was hiding from someone.

"Are you hiding from someone?" Qin Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"No, no, how could it be possible, hahaha..." Miao Kaijie laughed stiffly twice. It was the first time Qin Xiao saw him with this expression.

Qin Xiao was very confused.

It is spring now, and flowers and plants are blooming on the roadside. The magnolias planted by the college are in full bloom. The plum-colored magnolias are fragrant and can make people happy just by looking at them.

In the dim morning light, with the spring breeze blowing and petals falling, walking under this magnolia tree is like being in a romantic and beautiful dream.

The girl came to the river as agreed, gazing at the river flowing in the distance, her face as red as a peach, like an unripe fruit about to bloom.

The girl blushed slightly as she thought of something. She glanced at her carefully dressed dress and her heart began to beat frighteningly fast as she became aroused.

"Sorry for the waitting."

The boy's low and cold voice suddenly rang in her ears. The girl turned her head suddenly. The white-haired boy stood behind her without her knowing, looking at her quietly.

“No, it’s okay…” The girl felt a little embarrassed and tried to make herself look more comfortable. “I, I made some desserts myself and wanted to give them to you…”

The girl mustered up her courage, raised her head, and wanted to say the words she had prepared for a long time, but she was stunned when she saw the boy's expression.

She knew that Mo Hanyu was very beautiful and this was not the first time they met.

But every time, she would be amazed by this beautiful face and would often lose her voice.

Mo Hanyu's face was calm, his blue eyes staring at her quietly, without any ripples in his heart.

"Today is March 15th, and it's been a month." Mo Hanyu said calmly.

The girl paled as she realized what he was about to say and opened her mouth to stop him, but no words came out.

"My answer is no." Mo Hanyu looked at her, his eyes calm. "You confessed to me before, and after I rejected you, you said I haven't gotten to know you yet, and it was too hasty to reject you like that. Let me give you a chance to pursue me, for a month, and I gave it to you."

"I still don't have any feelings for you." Mo Hanyu said bluntly, completely ignoring the girl's pale face, and reached out to take out various items from the storage ring. The girl's face became uglier as she took out the items.

"These are all the gifts you gave me. I didn't intend to return them when I accepted them, but after thinking about it carefully, I decided to return them to you." Mo Hanyu said, "Because of my consent, you wasted an extra month of my time. This is an apology. You don't have the feeling I want."

The girl did not answer. She lowered her head and stared at the pile of gifts on the ground, each of which was carefully selected by her. Her eyes were a little moist.

"Can I ask...what feeling are you talking about?" The girl sniffed secretly to keep tears from falling.

"I can't really explain it, it's just a feeling." Mo Hanyu looked at the river. The petals fluttered and swirled in the breeze. After an unknown amount of time, they finally fell on the river and flowed away with the river water.

"It's a very special feeling." Mo Hanyu thought for a while, "It's the kind of violent heartbeat that makes people feel frightened and tremble. It feels like the blood in the body is boiling and the heart will jump out in the next second. I deeply feel that I am still alive."

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that his description was a little strange and glanced at the girl.

"Have you ever felt that way?"

The girl paused and nodded.

How could it not be? This is how I feel every time I see his face.

As beautiful as a god...

The girl sighed in her heart.

"...Then I wish you good luck." Now that she had said it, the girl breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the handsome young man in front of her with a smile, and wished him well.

"Thank you." Mo Hanyu also hopes that he can find such a person, "I also hope that you can find someone who truly loves you soon."

Although it's difficult.

He had never felt this way before.

This is also what he concluded and understood from the "heartbeat" described by Mo Hanshang.

If he were to fall in love and get married, he would definitely find someone who could make his heart beat.

Mo Hanyu bid farewell to the girl and returned to the academy.

Spring is the season when everything comes back to life. Love Festival is also the best festival for making love come true. Many couples will choose to propose on this day. He knows of three couples.

Mo Hanyu was a little bored and didn't know where to go. He happened to smell the atmosphere of a competition coming from a training ground in the distance and decided to go there to join in the fun.

On the way, he met the sneaky Lan Huaiqiu. When Lan Huaiqiu saw him, he was surprised at first, and immediately made a gesture to keep quiet, and took out a candy from his bag.

"Here, I'll give you some."

Mo Hanyu took it. He was not worried that this was a secret sign of accepting the confession. Everyone in the academy knew that Lan Huaiqiu was interested in Miao Kaijie, except Miao Kaijie himself.

He still remembered Miao Kaijie's reaction two months ago when Chen Mo saw that Miao Kaijie had been so heartless and had not responded to Lan Huaiqiu, and finally couldn't help asking him.

Miao Kaijie was stunned at first, then he laughed: "Don't be ridiculous, how could she like me?"

"She blushed in front of you so many times, didn't you notice anything?" Chen Mo couldn't believe it.

"She has blushed in front of many people, Qin Xiao, Mo Hanyu, Yin Xihui, Senior Xia... Oh, and you too." Miao Kaijie listed them all. "If we count them all, the one she blushed the most was Mo Hanyu, right?"

Mo Hanyu didn't understand how he got involved, and immediately said it was impossible: "There are many factors that cause blushing, don't think too much."

"Right?" Miao Kaijie shrugged.

But Lan Huaiqiu must like you.

Mo Hanyu looked at him coldly, somewhat confused about what he was thinking.

Miao Kaijie was not as careless as he appeared to be, and he had no idea about girls' minds. He was the first to find out that Xia Wule was interested in Chen Mo. But why was he so careless about this matter?

It is said that a bystander sees more clearly, but Mo Hanyu does not think that Miao Kaijie, the person involved, is "confused".

But he couldn't interfere in matters of the heart, so he could only let them do what they wanted.

"Are you here to see Miao Kaijie?" Mo Hanyu put the candy into his mouth and asked her.

Lan Huaiqiu nodded, seeming a little nervous: "Do you think he will refuse in person?"

"It's more likely that he's pretending to be crazy." Mo Hanyu said dimly.

Lan Huaiqiu also agreed with him and hesitated for a moment.

Mo Hanyu could only pat her on the shoulder and say "come on".

When they entered the training ground, two people were fighting fiercely. The silk threads were sharp, almost wrapping the entire training ground like a cocoon, leaving no gaps.

Thunder roared, and black lightning broke through the tightly sealed layers of silk, suddenly forming streaks of tears.

"——Turn it into rain."

Mo Hanyu looked at the moves on the field and nodded slightly.

A blinding white light suddenly appeared on the field and lasted for nearly three seconds before the situation on the field could be gradually seen clearly.

Qin Xiao's trouser legs were torn in two by the silk thread, and he looked rather embarrassed. He stared at the young man lying on the ground opposite him, with lightning flashing around the boy's neck, carrying a bit of threat.

"...Admit defeat." Miao Kaijie smiled helplessly and raised his arm. He happened to see the wound from Qin Xiao's chop. It was burning and charred, and it was scary just to look at.

The thunder and lightning dissipated, Qin Xiao's breathing became rapid, and slowly calmed down, and he reached out his hand to him.

Miao Kaijie grabbed his hand and stood up, patted his butt and said with a grin: "Not bad, it's really amazing."

Qin Xiao hadn't spoken yet. Miao Kai's face suddenly changed. He sensed something, looked in one direction vigilantly, patted his shoulder, and ran away without looking back: "If someone asks me, just say you didn't see it."

Qin Xiao:……?

Qin Xiao didn't have to wonder for long before Lan Huaiqiu appeared, holding her cute pink bag. He looked left and right but couldn't see anyone. He asked anxiously, "Where's Miao Kaijie?"

Qin Xiao: ...

Lan Huaiqiu grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into Qin Xiao's hand.

Qin Xiao pointed the way decisively: "That way."

After Lan Huaiqiu left, Qin Xiao finally looked at the unusually quiet boy standing at the door.

Mo Hanyu made eye contact with him, instinctively loosened his arms and stood up straight, just about to go forward to greet him. At this moment, the young man in black suddenly smiled at him.

There were no petals flying around, no breeze ruffling clothes, and even the sun wasn't very bright.

He just stood there and smiled at him.

A very ordinary smile.

Mo Hanyu was stunned for a moment.

Everything was silent, and time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

The blood in my body was boiling to the extreme, as if it had solidified, hanging in the air at the apex of my heart, and my limbs were numb and I couldn't move.

The sound was like thunder and drums, deafening.

It is the echo from the depths of the soul and the source of the world's tranquility.

That was the sound of a heart beating violently.