Chapter 251 Sauvignon Blanc 8
But now the little kid standing in front of him made him feel silent.

Xiangliu's hair was messy in front of his forehead. He tilted his head and asked, "You saved me. How do you want me to repay you?"

Over the past half month, he has also talked to some people. They were all rescued, but they told him that the people who rescued them did not ask for anything in return, and they all stayed voluntarily.

This made him confused.

"No need to repay." Ling Xi answered simply.

She stared into Xiangliu's dark eyes. His silver hair made him look extremely handsome. He was more handsome than Rushou, Tan Mang and Xuan whom she had seen before.

"I didn't ask for anything in return from those people, but they were willing to repay me, and they all needed a place to stay, and I needed some capable people to help me do things, so between us, it was a repayment from one side and an equal exchange from both sides."

"Now that your injury has healed, you can leave if you want." Ling Xi explained seriously with a sincere tone, which made Xiang Liu understand that her words were indeed true.

Ling Xi suddenly asked: "I heard from them that your name is Xiangliu?"

Xiangliu didn't understand, but nodded and acknowledged his name.

Ling Xi smiled, with two cute dimples on her cheeks. She looked at Xiang Liu expectantly: "The Hydra is an ancient monster and the overlord of the water. If you really want to repay me, when we meet next time, you can give me the most beautiful pearl in the sea. I heard that pearls in the sea are very beautiful and are treasures. How about it?"

It was easy for him to get a pearl from the sea. Xiangliu felt that this was not a reward at all, so he immediately agreed: "Okay."

Ling Xi stood up. Although she was much shorter than Xiangliu, Xiangliu felt that this little girl looked very tall at this moment.

"Xiangliu," Ling Xi called him softly, her voice soft and sweet, "You can be yourself from now on. I hope you can come and go freely like the wind, without any constraints."

Ling Xi sincerely hopes that he can live freely, not for anyone else, but only for himself.

So, she would not let him stay. Xiangliu should be free.

She thought that Xiangliu would not be willing to stay either.

Xiangliu had lived for many years, and this was the first time someone wished him to live freely, and this person was a little girl.

He remembered these words for many years, and always remembered that he owed the little girl a favor, so in the years that followed, he would look for the most beautiful pearl every year and keep it.

The day after Ling Xi returned, Xiangliu left. When he left, Qingchen prepared a bag for Xiangliu and asked him to take it with him.

Ling Xi almost forgot about Xiangliu, the nine-headed snake monster. She would think of him once in a while, but would soon devote herself to her career again.

The next day after returning to the palace, King Hao Ling rarely sent someone to look for Ling Xi.

There were only King Haoling and Ling Xi in Hanzhang Palace.

King Hao Ling kept looking at Ling Xi who had a calm expression, while Ling Xi sat upright opposite King Hao Ling, allowing his father to look at him.

There was a chessboard between the two of them, which was empty and had no chess pieces on it. The white pieces were placed in front of King Hao Ling and the black pieces were placed in front of Ling Xi.

Seeing this, Ling Xi began to guess what his father's intention was.

After having a guess in her mind, Ling Xi was no longer anxious. She sat there calmly and even began to meditate in front of King Hao Ling. Anyway, she would not be the one who was anxious. Since her father wanted to observe her, she let her father stay first.

King Hao Ling: “.” Isn’t he being too undignified as a father? How come Ah Xi is not afraid of him at all? It even seems as if their positions are reversed.

After half an hour, Ling Xi woke up from his meditation, looked at his father opposite him, and asked with a smile in his eyes: "Father, have you decided how to start the conversation?"

King Haoling laughed, but picked up a chess piece and placed it on the board first.

He shook his head helplessly and said, "Sometimes I even doubt whether you and An Nian are real sisters. Why is there such a big difference?"

One is smarter than a monkey, and the other is a big white rabbit, white and simple.

Ling Xi followed closely behind, picked up a chess piece at random and threw it onto the board. His movements were casual and his posture was lazy, and he didn't seem to pay much attention to his position.

Then, she said lazily, "Isn't this great? If Ah Nian was like me, my father would be worried, right?"

Seeing Ling Xi's chess moves, King Hao Ling kept smiling and put down another chess piece.

King Hao Ling changed the topic and suddenly mentioned Xi Xuan, "Xi Xuan is a very talented and smart person, what do you think, Ah Xi?"

The change of topic was abrupt, but Ling Xi was not surprised at all.

Ling Xi looked calm and unperturbed, and instead asked, "There are so many smart people in this world, the key is to be able to survive, that's what counts, isn't it? If you can't survive, then everything is false."

King Hao Ling looked at Ling Xi: "Xuan is Xiao Yao's brother. For the sake of my upbringing and Xiao Yao's sake, he will treat you and An Nian well."

Ling Xi smiled, as if she was laughing at his idea: "This is a very naive idea. Rather than pinning my future and fate on others, especially an outsider, I prefer to control my own destiny. No one can stop me."

"This road is very difficult!" King Haoling said earnestly.

"If you want to get something, you have to endure some pain. In this world, there is no such thing as getting something for nothing. Father, you should understand this, right?"

Ling Xi's eyes were firm, and he refused to give in. The chess pieces under his hand blocked King Hao Ling's way.

At this moment, the chessboard between Ling Xi and King Hao Ling seemed to have turned into a battlefield, with each side attacking and the other side defending, testing each other, without giving in or compromising.

The two of them exchanged words, you played as a chess piece, I played as a chess piece, and before they knew it, the game had come to an end.

Ling Xi's black pieces have been almost all eaten by the white pieces, and the rest of the road is blocked, so there is basically no way to go.

"Have you really decided? There is no turning back on this road." King Hao Ling looked at the entire chessboard with a serious expression, and then carefully placed a piece after careful consideration.

Ling Xi was holding a chess piece in his hand. When he saw the position of his father's chess piece, he couldn't help but smile, and then threw his own chess piece onto the board casually.

"I never regret it." Ling Xi's tone was firm.

In a flash, the battle situation between the two was completely reversed. The white piece was instantly in a dead end and was besieged by the black piece, while the black piece won an overwhelming victory.

Ling Xi picked up the chess piece, looked at King Hao Ling, and smiled brightly: "Father, I won."

King Hao Ling also smiled, with pride and pride flashing in his eyes: "Yes, you win."

(End of this chapter)