The Gilded Shadows of Orion Ke Chapter 8

The Ke family was once rich, and their wealth was staggering. Someone once joked that if the Holy Emperor seized the Ke Mansion, no taxes would be collected in Dayu for ten years.

This is said with bad intentions, but there is some truth to it. The day after Orion Ke finished chatting with the master, craftsmen went up the mountain and started building the courtyard in the south.

Until now, Orion Ke didn't feel that he was making a fuss.

Just to let Sterling Mu move out, why would he spend so much money to build a new courtyard?

It was because of Sterling Mu's academic performance that his courtyard was destined to be better than others, so he could just find another one and renovate it for him to move in. No matter how rich he was, there was no one like Master Ke who was as prodigal as Mr. Ke.

But Orion Ke didn't care, he felt very happy.

After everyone in the school knew why the craftsman came, they all praised Ke Hanying for his kindness. Someone started a banquet, and everyone paid homage to Orion Ke at the banquet. They praised him so much that they could write a rhyme on the spot.

Now that he was famous and worried, Orion Ke had a great time drinking. It was rare that he drank a few more glasses. When he was going up the mountain, the cool wind of early summer blew on his face, and he hummed an unfashionable song. My son, my steps are much lighter.

He really wanted to drive Sterling Mu out.

Caspian Li went up the mountain with him. Seeing his expression, he hesitated for a long time. Finally, he couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked, "Why?"

"Huh?" Orion Ke didn't hear clearly.

Caspian Li: "The year you entered school, the Ke family just donated a row of dormitories to the academy. It was renovated the year before last. Now there are still a few empty rooms. Even if Mr. wants to expand enrollment, how can he still let you go out? What’s the point of spending money to build a yard?”

He didn't say something very clearly, but he actually wanted to ask: Enrollment has already passed. In just two or three months, where did you get the idea to throw away so much money on a whim?

"Don't say it's really for the school, I don't believe it anyway." Caspian Li muttered and added, this man was always bold after drinking, and he dared to say such things.

The summer wind was cool, blowing away some of the alcohol on his body. Orion Ke didn't respond for a long time. Just when Caspian Li realized that he had exceeded the rules, he heard the man beside him say softly. One sentence: "I don't know."

"Huh?" This time he thought he was hallucinating.

Caspian Li turned his head and looked at Orion Ke's expression under the moonlight. It was covered by the shadow of the trees, and it was almost impossible to see any real emotions clearly.

Orion Ke lowered his eyes slightly, looking at a few pebbles brought by squirrels or wild monkeys on the mountain road, and the moonlight reflected on them.

He shook his head, not knowing whether he was drunk or had never been so sober before: "I don't know."

"The first time I saw him, I panicked." Orion Ke said softly.

Caspian Li woke up in an instant, and his drunkenness became insignificant. His eyes widened and he stared at Orion Ke intently, keenly aware that there was a story in it!

But he waited for a long time, but still didn't wait for the next sentence.

In the anxiety that scratched his heart, Mr. Li pretended to be reserved and asked: "Who?"

Even though he had already determined in his heart that there would be no one else but Sterling Mu.

But Orion Ke seemed to have woken up at this time, shook his head and smiled softly, without pursuing his offense or voyeurism: "No one."

Caspian Li wanted to ask again, but Orion Ke glanced at him from the distance, and he immediately shut his mouth obediently.

Although Jingjia Mountain is a mountain, it is actually not high at all. Otherwise, this group of students would not be able to go down the mountain in the evening, come back at night, sleep at night and still have the energy to go to the morning class the next day.

There are not many wild animals on the mountain, even snakes and insects, and the school will regularly hire people to clean them up.

Therefore, apart from some non-aggressive animals that could almost be regarded as pets, they were the only people in the mountains.

After walking for a while, someone was drunk and singing loudly behind them. Caspian Li saw this and ran over to hang out with them. Orion Ke passed a wild peach tree and saw clearly the slight pink color on the green fruit through the dim light of the moon.

He raised his head, glanced at the moon, and answered the question in his mind.

Besides Sterling Mu, who else could it be?

It was rare that Orion Ke was so candid. When he finished speaking, even he was startled.

---panicked.

The irritability and restlessness during this period seemed to have finally found a reasonable explanation, and were vented out lightly.

He was indeed panicked.

That glance was so thrilling that even if he thought he didn't think anything, no matter how many times he recalled it, it seemed that the pushing of the door, freezing, turning back, and looking at each other had been replaced by slow motion... in fact, it only happened in the blink of an eye. between.

But after such a long time, now looking back on the details that he had ignored, Orion Ke even realized that when Sterling Mu turned around and saw him for the first time, all the frost and moon in his eyes melted away, and what he showed was actually a kind of emotion that is difficult to express in words. Relaxation and pleasure explained by common sense.

He couldn't help but think that he might have been like this at that time.

distinct...

Nothing like it.

Why?

There were so many people admiring the flowers under the moonlight, and so many people looking back and smiling. Why did the Mu Jing Xu make him think he was seeing Phoenix Sheng the moment he opened the courtyard door?

This is an unfounded speculation that is extremely offensive, whether it is regarding Sterling Mu as a dead person who has been dead for many years, or recognizing someone else as His Highness.

This was too much for either party.

So Orion Ke pretended that he had never had such an idea and never regarded others as His Highness's substitute.

But when I heard the cough every night, the inexplicable irritation in my heart was still there; when I saw the man walking towards me dripping with water on the mountain road, the uncontrollable panic was real.

Orion Ke thought, this won't work.

So he was extremely mean and rude, attributing everything to his annoyance at being woken up every night, and blaming Sterling Mu for the origin of the matter.

But now that the moonlight was clear and bright, hanging high in the sky, he had to admit one thing:

Before Sterling Mu said something offensive, he had already offended this person in his heart.

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Because of this rare frankness and clear understanding, and because the Head Court has already agreed to his request.

It will take about three or four months for the hospital to be completed. Orion Ke thought that during this period, he and Sterling Mu could get along normally. The prejudice itself came for no reason, and there was no need to worry about it after the dust settled.

But when he opened the courtyard door, history almost repeated itself.

The door in the west wing that had almost never been opened before him opened. Sterling Mu, dressed in white, stood on the doorstep under the moonlight, looking at him across the void.

Orion Ke unconsciously thought: Where does it look like? His Highness would never wear such plain and light colors.

The smile on his face slowly disappeared, and his steps stopped in place without moving forward at all.

The mental preparation I had just made felt like I was suddenly poked with a needle, only to realize that the foundation was actually not solid.

Sterling Mu looked at him and said in a very low voice: "Sir, I heard that you built the courtyard so that I could move out?"

It was almost impossible to find the source of the volume scattered in the night, but Orion Ke heard it clearly. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and couldn't help but cursed the commander in his heart.

What a shameful old man, he took money and snitched on you, showing no moral ethics.

He felt a little unreasonable for some reason, but when he looked into Sterling Mu's eyes that seemed to be emotionless, his words turned into an admission, and he said calmly and generously: "Yes."

"Why?" Sterling Mu asked.

Orion Ke closed the courtyard door, walked a few steps forward, and stood at the foot of Sterling Mu's steps, but not close. He used distance to change the gap between the steps, and looked at him almost parallel.

He curled his lips, and there was an almost joking smile on his lips: "Senior brother, don't you know?"

Sterling Mu was much calmer than him: "I don't know."

Orion Ke was stuck for a second.

How do others know why he was targeted? How can the person being targeted know why he dislikes him and why he wants him to move away?

Theoretically speaking, Sterling Mu's answer was natural and true. There was nothing wrong with it. Instead, it made him look like the mountain monkey being watched for fun.

The inexplicable anger emerged again, and Orion Ke was almost about to utter sarcasm again. Sterling Mu was blown by the wind, turned his head and coughed for a long time, interrupting his mood.

When he raised his head and looked at Orion Ke again, the latter felt that he might have drunk too much and got drunk, otherwise he could not explain why he saw a hint of aggrievedness in Sterling Mu's eyes.

...

Those are actually...a pair of very beautiful eyes.

There are few people in this world who can have peach blossom eyes that are so cold and distant, like a fairy in the moon rather than a spirit in the bush.

Phoenix Sheng is actually like this, but everyone in this world always smiles, looks at him affectionately, and is very romantic, so no one knows that when his smile doesn't reach his eyes, he is three points colder than ice.

Orion Ke's mind was confused for a moment, and the expected bad words were changed to another word, but it was not very tactful: "My senior brother coughs every night, which makes me unable to sleep peacefully."

Sterling Mu didn't believe it: "Is that all?"

Orion Ke raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise, what other reason does senior think there is?"

Sterling Mu pursed her thin lips, seeming to hesitate for a moment before asking, "Isn't it because I said something rude to that skull in your room that day?"

He thought about the last four words for a while before speaking them out, as if he didn't know what words were most appropriate.

The wind seemed to be silent for a moment. Orion Ke's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the words, and his voice was so cold that it almost pulled people from the summer night into the ice of winter snow.

"Senior, since I know it well, why do I have to mention it again and again? Or is it that my husband has never taught me what self-cultivation is, and that's why I hurt people like this?"

Sterling Mu unconsciously took a step forward: "I didn't..."

Orion Ke, however, was extremely bored and turned around to leave.

Sterling Mu stopped him: "Am I noisy every day?"

Orion Ke turned her back to him and couldn't see his expression, but somehow, that momentary delusional feeling of grievance came over her again.

He felt... Sterling Mu was probably very hurt.

But he still nodded, affirming and aggravating: "It's very noisy. I haven't had a good night's sleep since you moved in."

Sterling Mu was silent for a long time and asked, "Why? Is it just because I cough?"

This is quite unreasonable. It's always wrong to disturb people's sleep. He also added "merely".

But because of the inexplicable feeling deep down in her heart that the other party seemed to be aggrieved, Orion Ke did not look back, but replied in a rare good-tempered manner: "It's not all your fault. It's because I'm a light sleeper, and it's difficult to fall asleep and sleep deeply."

Sterling Mu asked, "Then can I not move?"

Orion Ke was stunned for a moment, almost thinking that he was hallucinating.

He turned his head and looked at Sterling Mu in surprise, only to see this man walking down the steps and standing in front of him. He raised his eyes slightly and looked at Orion Ke under the moonlight: "I'm coughing these days because I've been walking all the way." I'm tired from coming to the south, and I'm not used to the weather and the change of seasons from spring to summer. It'll be fine in a few days, and it won't be noisy at night. "

He paused and then added, his expression serious and almost stubborn: "So can I not move?"

In an instant, that vague understanding fell to the ground, and Orion Ke confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed aggrieved.

Because I felt wronged, I let go of my pride and waited for him for a long time late at night. I tried my best to ask for an answer, defend myself, and then asked him, "I'm not very noisy. Can you please stop chasing me away?"

It was like the act of asking him to move was like stabbing a knife into his chest.

Orion Ke's first reaction was not to believe it, but to wonder, why?

Why, what does he want, what purpose does he have, and he must get close to himself to achieve it?

He almost couldn't help but ask this person: Who are you? Why are you? Give me a convincing reason.

It was said to be persuasion, but in reality it was just the guess he wanted to hear.

The two stared at each other for a long time under the moonlight, and Orion Ke laughed softly.

It's not the appearance of a gentle young man, nor the willfulness of his talent.

It was a smile that was extremely lazy and showed boundless disgust. With a kind of extreme delusion that had already been buried in the ground and grew wildly in the dark night, he said: "Brother, I know why I can't sleep well." ?"

"The person I longed for died five years ago. I saw with my own eyes how his skin and flesh were eaten away by birds day by day. Every year I go south to look for his remaining bones. I can see them even in my dreams at midnight. Dried blood dripped onto my face."

"And as soon as you came in, you told me that it was a skull that was used for autopsy. Your first sentence expressed full malice, implying that I should throw him out. Now you ask me if you can not move it?"

Orion Ke's smile was very slight, but there were layers of ice in his eyes. The snowman before he was nineteen years old seemed to come back in an instant. He answered calmly and tolerantly: "No, I even want you to leave the school."

"So Sterling Mu, you'd better stay away from me, otherwise I might really do something outrageous to you."