Visiting San Shi and Shi Jiu

Xu Xing said Bie Xuening had more hope than he did—it truly wasn't a lie.

Yet faced with Xu Xing's heartfelt words, Wu Shi remained unmoved.

"Go back and rest early. Get up early tomorrow."

With that, he turned and walked back into the bamboo hut.

Xu Xing finally could not hold on any longer. He collapsed onto the ground and stared up at the night sky.

His entire body was filled with exhaustion and weakness, and even his gaze had grown somewhat unfocused.

He wasn't stupid.

After living together for the past two years, he understood his master's obsession with certain things, and he also knew why his master valued him so highly.

But...

"Master, you really chose wrong..."

"I'm lazy, cowardly, greedy for comfort, and always swayed by my emotions. I often act on impulse."

"When something is hard, I slack off. When something is painful, I run away..."

Xu Xing murmured as if talking to himself.

Aside from being too exhausted to keep going, he was also truly worried.

After all, he had known from the very beginning that he could not bear the weight of his master's expectations.

He also knew perfectly well that when faced with certain choices in the future, he would very likely run away.

If that was the case, then rather than make the wrong choice now, why not choose someone who could truly do it from the start?

Someone more qualified than him?

The moonlight was lonely.

A clear breeze swept through the bamboo grove, and rustling sounds rose from the interlacing bamboo leaves.

Chi Jiuyu crouched beside Xu Xing.

Looking at her Martial Uncle lying motionlessly on the ground, she did not know why, but her heart inexplicably ached.

Honestly, if she had not witnessed it with her own eyes,