The Gilded Shadows of Orion Ke Chapter 6

Retribution, indifference, rudeness, vitriol...

All the words used to describe despicable characters in the world can be applied to Orion Ke at this moment. How can he look like the bejeweled young man praised highly by half the world?

He stood outside the door, and the moonlight shone in the courtyard. The peach trees had no petals for a long time, and they were all green and unseasoned fruits.

After all, it was still a bit cool at night, and the mountain breeze penetrated his collar. Orion Ke looked at the doors and windows that had not yet been opened, and could not see his own expression.

The so-called sleepiness, in the final analysis, was probably a trick he played on himself, in order to have a suitable reason to "target" Sterling Mu at this moment and in this place with peace of mind.

But no one came to open the door.

That point was deliberately suppressed, and the coughing sound of others who tried their best not to disturb others disappeared.

---He's almost better than medicine.

There was no candlelight across the door, and the moonlight in front of the courtyard's outer steps was as bright as a mirror lake. Orion Ke didn't know where he had the patience, so he stood there and waited for a long time.

If he said that he came here specifically to ridicule a patient, no one would believe him.

But he just stood there for a long time, hibernating in an unprecedentedly patient manner, but adhering to the last bit of gentlemanly self-restraint, and did not push the door directly in.

The contradiction is dead.

Since he has thrown aside his self-cultivation and uttered evil words, why should he be so restrained and observant of etiquette?

But he still didn't go in. Orion Ke had a premonition that the man was probably sitting behind the door, listening to the curses he said, but said nothing, unwilling to reply to him even a few words.

At least alive, he thought.

Not really dead.

Orion Ke waited for a while, feeling bored, turned around and went back to the house. When passing by the moonlit mirror lake in the courtyard, he lowered his eyes and saw the surliness in his eyes that he didn't know when.

He was irritated, which he attributed to the displeasure of being awakened from a sweet dream, whether true or false.

...

The footsteps went away from the door, and the person in the room who was trying to hold himself up finally gave up and fell to the ground.

The ground was extremely cold, but he couldn't get up for a while.

His breath seemed to be quenched with a knife, and Sterling Mu had the illusion that once he opened his mouth, tears would overflow from his throat uncontrollably.

Even though he had no intention of crying.

But if a person has been in pain for a long time, his voice will become mute, his vocal cords will become worn out, and all his emotions will be distorted through a door.

He once tried talking to someone like this, and the person was so frightened that he immediately rushed in regardless of his dignity, for fear that something might happen to his master.

Now he is actually much better, at least he won't cough up blood.

It's just a cough, it's just an unavoidable sequelae, always reminding him that he should plan clearly.

The doctor said it would be best for him to rest in Lingnan for another year and a half, but even he didn't know if he would suddenly die from the pain one day. There was no reason to waste time. He left Lingnan almost as soon as the bone replacement was completed. Entered Linyuan Academy.

The secludedness of the school can also achieve the purpose of resting at ease to a certain extent.

But he was restless.

Sterling Mu didn't take the small targeted actions in the school to heart. They were all very childish means. Since they were not on the stage, there was no need to treat them as a serious matter. It will be solved sooner or later, there is no rush.

But today is really not a coincidence.

Probably because of the change of seasons, his body hurts so much these days. In addition, what Ashue said that night appeared in his dreams from time to time. The nightmare cycle alternated, almost drowning him in the endless abyss.

For Sterling Mu, the gazes of everyone in the world were insignificant. Only at the moment when the mountain roads crossed each other, when he raised his eyes and saw Orion Ke walking towards him, he felt a rare moment of stagnation and panic.

Just like that day under the moon, when he stood under the peach blossom tree and looked back, the moment he saw Orion Ke stepping into the courtyard covered in starlight, the joy that he had not seen in many years appeared in his eyes.

Instinct and straightforward feelings cannot deceive yourself after all.

He even realized belatedly that he looked a little embarrassed with his disheveled clothes and water-stained appearance.

So he had another nightmare at night. He dreamed that Orion Ke held back a white skull, looked at him coldly, and said in a deep and solemn voice: "I am his widow."

But when he woke up, this man was standing outside his door, lazily and tauntingly saying, "I still have to prove my innocence and do an autopsy for you."

When he first heard this sentence, Sterling Mu actually wanted to laugh. He thought that his A Xue had actually learned to joke, and was so funny that it didn't make people think she was mean, but was actually a kind of rare cuteness.

But once he tried to move the corners of his lips, he was immediately pained and covered in cold sweat.

I can't really let Ah Xue do the autopsy for me, Sterling Mu thought inappropriately.

After waiting for people to leave from the door, he sat on the ground for a long time and slowly stood up. His lowered eyes seemed to be quenched with ice slag, with an expression that was extremely dejected, almost filled with deathly silence and coldness.

For the first time, he felt that it was urgent. This matter should be solved. If he left it alone, it might bring him some unforeseen trouble.

Although these troubles actually have nothing to do with what he wants to do.

-

After the school holiday, a student from Zhuduan Class B was expelled.

He was the second son of the Minister of Household Affairs. His father was a fourth-rank official, so he could be considered a "heir of a powerful person". However, he disappeared without a trace, without even a hint of notice.

Everyone dared not discuss it openly, but they had different opinions in private.

The rumors circulated for several days, and finally a strange consensus was reached: Orion Ke did it.

Caspian Li also heard the news, but he didn't think much about it at first. Relying on the power of his family, that man has always been uneducated and has no skills. It has become a habit to bully the children of poor families in the school. Perhaps it is not a new thing to suffer bad retribution when he stumbles.

But since the matter involves Orion Ke, the news will eventually be passed to him to find out the truth.

Caspian Li didn't show any emotion on his face and mumbled his words. After thinking about it afterwards, a chill of hindsight came over him.

A few days ago, wasn't that person targeting Sterling Mu?

The master was discussing policy on the stage. Caspian Li shuddered unconsciously and turned his head tremblingly to look in the direction of Orion Ke.

The eldest young master was looking out the window, openly refusing to listen. The late spring light fell from the treetops into the window lattice, and then reflected on his face, with an indescribable sense of peace, which made people feel that he seemed to be in a good mood. , as if he had just finished something interesting that suited his heart.

Caspian Li confirmed the school rumors almost instantly: ...

Who else could have done it if not him?

Your heart has changed again, right?

It's our immortal senior again, right?

He turned around before Orion Ke's attention was drawn to him. He felt scolded and frightened one after another, feeling that this person was hundreds of times more difficult to deal with than he had known him in the past few years.

He was somewhat duplicitous, as if he was about to go completely crazy.

As a result, the speculation in the small circle was confirmed, and everyone acquiesced in the fact that Orion Ke, the second son of the assistant minister, was the one who drove him out of the school. The reason is also very simple, venting his anger on his roommate in the same hospital, something that can be done with a little effort, can be regarded as an innocuous warning and maintenance of the divided territory.

When one of the protagonists leaves the school, no one will actually come up to ask about the other one. Even if they chat after drinking and mention the matter half-truthfully, it will be a long time later and no one will come forward at this time. Touching the bad luck of Young Master Ke.

When Sterling Mu heard his subordinate's reply, he sat behind his desk and was stunned for a long time, then suddenly smiled.

The subordinate looked up in confusion, only to see his normally cold master smiling as if the spring had just come to an end. The flowers were in full bloom, and his peach blossom eyes were full of amorous feelings that he had not seen for many years.

Sterling Mu murmured softly, not knowing who he was talking to: "It's a mistake, isn't it?"

He found that he was a bit despicable because he did not intend to clarify the rumors and lived peacefully under Ashue's "protection".

A piece of rough jade was thrown into the stagnant pool. It was a rare treasure, and he held it in the palm of his hand.

Even if the rough jade has not been polished, even if the edges and corners are cut into the palm lines.