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MTL - After Dressing As a Villain, the Whole Network is Knocking My Cp-Chapter 43 try
Wen Chuxia came out after taking a bath,Lin Huai was waiting for him at the door with **** soup, Wen Chuxia was taken aback by him, "Why?"
Lin Huai: "Drink."
Wen Chuxia looked at the yellowish color,no appetite, "What,poison?"
Lin Huai patiently said: "Well,poison you to save a ticket tomorrow."
Liang Jing stood beside him and felt that Wen Chuxia would easily be slapped with a few words,"Ginger soup cooked for you by Brother Lin himself,Hurry up and drink it. "
Mr. Qiu looked down on him, "How old you are, you need to be coaxed."
Wen Chuxia looked at Mr. Qiu with a bowl, "I'm leaving tomorrow,Why are you still scolding me? Don't think about me then."
The old man is hard-hearted and soft-hearted,The past few days have been arguing with Wen Chuxia, but he knew that Wen Chuxia likes to eat bacon, so he put the ones he dried last year on him.
Wen Chuxia drank the **** soup, grinning straight,Lin Huai handed over another bottle of water, careful and thoughtful.
Wen Chuxia felt that Lin Huai was abnormal, a bit like the last meal before death.
Back to the house after dinner, Lin Huai closed the doors and windows,Wen Chuxia sat on the bed and looked at him, and the more she felt that she was about to face a lot of misfortune, "What are you doing? Well?"
Lin Huai took care of the window and turned around and said, "You better not catch a cold."
Wen Chuxia sniffed,"How can I be so empty?"
As soon as the big talk was over, Wen Chuxia felt like he was burning in the middle of the night.
He was depressed, he was as false as Lin Huai said.
The light suddenly came on, Wen Chuxia squinted and saw Lin Huai sitting beside his bed, his cool fingertips touching his forehead.
Wen Chuxia was breathing very hot, "Lin Huai."
Lin Huai: "Yes."
Wen Chuxia gasped as if breathing fire: "I'm like a weak chicken."
Lin Huai smiled, "It's quite weak, and I don't see you as strong and strong when you play Tai Chi all day long. It really is a deceiving thing."
Wen Chuxia was weak, "Go to sleep, don't worry about me, you're also in the rain, don't catch a cold too."
Lin Huai sat there without moving, "Is this a concern?"
Everyone came to take care of him, Wen Chuxia didn't think there was anything wrong with her concern, "Well."
Lin Huai looked at his burning red face, "Why don't you care about me at ordinary times?"
"When?" Wen Chuxia asked, "Did you say you stabbed your hand last time?"
Lin Huai is still angry when he talks about it, he doesn't care about him, he just sits on the sidelines and says sarcastic words, do you owe it?
Lin Huai tucked the quilt for him, "Is it cold?"
Wen Chuxia shook her head, "Not cold, hot."
Wen Chuxia glanced at him, "I'm asleep, how do I know if I'm kicking the quilt or not, or you come and watch me."
Lin Huai stood up, "Now that you know you've provoke me, why did you go earlier? I'm too lazy to care about you."
Lin Huai turned off the light, Wen Chuxia closed the quilt, and was suddenly pushed.
Lin Huai put the pillow next to him, "Go over there, where shall I sleep?"
Wen Chuxia moved back, "You really squeezed me, what should I do if I infect you?"
Lin Huai covered the quilt, "Then I'll be your company."
Wen Chuxia woke up on time at 5:30 the next day, but he didn't get up. He woke up dizzy last night with a burn.
Looking at Lin Huai sleeping next to him, Wen Chuxia lay there motionless and looked at him.
Aside from being the male protagonist, he is not compatible with him. He is quite good. He looks good, talented, and has a good personality. No wonder An Xu likes it.
"Have you seen enough?"
Lin Huai woke up early in the morning with a hoarse voice. Wen Chuxia thought he was used to hearing it, but found that he had never heard such a close morning hoarse voice.
Wen Chuxia was stunned, "Are you awake?"
Lin Huai opened his eyes, raised his hand and touched his forehead, "It looks like you're going to get a needle."
Wen Chuxia said, "No, I feel like I'm all right."
It really wasn't as hot as last night, and Lin Huai couldn't figure out if he was okay, but their voices were very similar, they were both hoarse.
Lin Huai said, "Listen to your voice."
Wen Chuxia refused to accept: "Aren't you the same?"
Lin Huai: "I just woke up, am I the same as you?"
Have breakfast and prepare to leave. The program team will change places after filming this episode. Wen Chuxia and the others will go out with the program team's car.
The old man Qiu prepared a big bag of bacon for Wen Chuxia. Before leaving, the old man gave him another thing.
"This..." Wen Chuxia looked at the ring in his hand that was almost identical to the one he made before, "You made this?"
The old man Qiu glared at him, "At that time you were asked to do two, but you refused to do it, but you turned your head and was asked to go, you don't like it? You even give it away, and if you don't know it, you I thought he was your partner."
Wen Chuxia's mouth twitched, "Grandpa, your thinking is really avant-garde."
Old man Qiu snorted, "Do you think I'm just an old stubborn stubborn ignorant living in this mountain?"
"That's not true," Wen Chuxia put the ring on her finger, "I just didn't find you so fashionable."
The ring he made himself was originally worn on the thumb, but Wen Chuxia put it on, but he didn't put it on, and changed his index finger.
Wen Chuxia showed off with the old man, "How is it?"
Mr. Qiu had his hands behind his back, "What a shit, I'm definitely better than you!"
The two noisily arrived at the entrance of the village, Wen Chuxia hugged the old man Qiu, "Grandpa, you are very similar to a grandfather I knew before, and the personality is also similar, but he is Tai Chi nine dan, not good at Doing silver art, your silver art is good, but Tai Chi is not good, practice more, I will give you pointers next time I come to see you."
Mr. Qiu pushed him, and finally showed a smile after so many days, "Go away, go away, whoever wants your advice, you are a fake eight dan."
Wen Chuxia got into the car, and Qi Jing also got into the same car.
Assistants can't appear in the show, and Mr. Qiu's house doesn't have any spare rooms. Qi Jing has been with the show team for the past few days, and there is almost no chance to meet them.
"Huh?" Qi Jing pointed at the ring on Wen Chuxia's hand, "Brother Chuxia, is your ring the same as Brother Lin Huai's?"
Lin Huai glanced at Wen Chuxia's hand.
Wen Chuxia turned the ring on her index finger, "Yes, Lin Huai's is made by me, mine is made by Grandpa Qiu."
Qi Jing covered her mouth and smiled, "Couples."
Wen Chuxia glanced at Qi Jing, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten by Lin Huai?"
Qi Jing said: "Brother Lin won't, right?"
Seeing that the ring on Wen Chuxia's hand was exactly the same as his, Lin Huai was in a good mood, "Yeah."
Wen Chuxia felt that Lin Huai's "um" was quite contrary to her heart, and she was a little ashamed of the couple's style.
Wen Chuxia took off the ring, "I'd better put it away."
Lin Huai glanced at him, "Grandpa Qiu gave it to you, and you picked it before you left the mountain. Why, you don't take other people's thoughts seriously?"
"No," Wen Chuxia explained, "I'm not afraid that you will feel uncomfortable."
Lin Huai turned the ring, "Why should I feel uncomfortable when someone gives you something? It's not that I don't have it."
Wen Chuxia: "..."
What's the matter with this sudden appearance?
It has been three days since I came back from the show, and Lin Huai has never seen Wen Chuxia.
The new round of elimination places for "Flowers" has come out, no surprise, including Zhou Qing.
It's exhaustion, but it's a solid feeling, and it's not good for three days.
Lin Huai's new song has been written, but I haven't heard it to anyone yet, and I haven't named it yet.
He turned the ring that Wen Chuxia gave him on his finger, and looked at the lyrics in a trance.
The lyrics were written when I watched Wen Chuxia's live broadcast last time. After the rectification in the past few days, I am basically satisfied. The demo has been recorded, and now I am the first to enjoy this song listeners of the song.
Lin Huai turned the ring's hand for a while, picked up his jacket and prepared to go out, Zhou Qing suddenly came back, and the two looked at each other in the entrance.
This is the first time the two of them have met since they came out of the base. Zhou Qing has been out for a few days and has not come back.
"Range." Lin Huai put on his coat.
Zhou Qing stepped aside to change shoes, "You want to quit the season?"
"Is there anything strange?" Lin Huai didn't want to be affected by him, but he couldn't help reminding him, "Some things can't be achieved by means, think about yourself problem."
Lin Huai put his hand on the doorknob, Zhou Qing suddenly asked, "Are you still a teammate with summer?"
Lin Huai opened the door with a pause, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
Watching Lin Huai close the door and leave, Zhou Qing lowered his head and laughed.
Lin Huai was driving, feeling a little bored.
Are you still a teammate with summer?
The moment Zhou Qing asked this, he almost blurted out: No.
He doesn't even know when his dangerous idea started. In his impression, his feelings for Wen Chuxia should stay at the stage of "not so annoying", but why just now In the face of Zhou Qing's provocation, he would want to admit that his relationship with Wen Chuxia was not an ordinary teammate relationship like theirs.
The car drove to Wen Chuxia's door unknowingly.
Lin Huai got out of the car and didn't bring him anything to eat today. He knocked on the door, and it was Qi Jing who opened the door.
When Qi Jing saw Lin Huai, she smiled brightly, "Brother Lin, are you coming to see Brother Summer?"
Lin Huai entered the door and looked upstairs: "Well, is he better?"
Qi Jing said: "No, this time the illness is very serious."
Qi Jing was cooking porridge in the kitchen, she asked Lin Huai: "Brother Lin, have you eaten, do you want me to buy some more food? In early summer, brother can't eat too greasy when he is sick, I am going to give it to him Stir fry some shredded pickled vegetables and let him eat porridge."
Lin Huai glanced at the ingredients prepared in the kitchen, as well as the fruits and vegetables that Qi Jing had just bought and had not sorted.
"Go back." Lin Huai said, "I'm fine today, I'll take care of him here."
Qi Jing blinked, "This is not good?"
Lin Huai didn't find the meaning behind her "not so good", "It's not bad..."
Call and I can buy anything you need."
Before he finished speaking, the door closed and the living room was quiet.
Wen Chuxia heard the door slam twice in succession, and came out of the room wearing a blanket and looked downstairs. Seeing Lin Huai, he thought he was dazzled, "Why are you here?"
Lin Huai raised his head and glanced at him, seeing this person for a few days, it was as if he had sunk in, and he had obviously lost weight.
Lin Huai frowned, "Isn't Qi Jing here to take care of you, how can I take care of you like this bear?"
Wen Chuxia coughed twice, came downstairs, and said in a hoarse voice, "She doesn't take care of me, she just abuses me and feeds me liquid food all day."
Wen Chuxia was very nasal when speaking, and people were dizzy. He slumped on the sofa and looked at Lin Huai, "Are you here to visit a doctor, did you bring braised pork?"
Wen Chuxia's face was pale, and she looked a little pitiful when she was sitting on the sofa wrapped in a blanket, Lin Huai walked over, "Do you think I look like braised pork?"
Wen Chuxia shook her head, "Not fat enough."
Lin Huai hummed, found the demo imported into the mobile phone, and handed the mobile phone and earphones to Wen Chuxia, "The new song I wrote, listen to it, I will make you braised pork. ."
Wen Chuxia just wanted to say that he had a headache and didn't want to hear it, but as soon as he heard about making braised pork, he immediately took the phone, "I'll listen now."
Lin Huai rolled up his sleeves, wrapped the shredded pickled vegetables and pork prepared by Qi Jing in plastic wrap, put it in the refrigerator, took out the pork belly that Qi Jing had just bought, changed it to a knife, and cut some ingredients .
When the meat was in the pot, Wen Chuxia felt comfortable listening to the sizzling sound of oil. He put on the other earphone and listened to it from the beginning.
Lin Huai stewed the meat and came out of the kitchen to sit beside Wen Chuxia. Wen Chuxia had yellow and frizzy hair, but it still looked soft.
He likes to hang his eyelashes when he listens to songs, as if he is in a daze, Lin Huai takes advantage of him in a daze and looks at his profile for a moment, Wen Chuxia suddenly looks over, both of them are in a daze stunned for a moment.
Wen Chuxia took off an earphone, "Huh?"
Lin Huai pretended nothing happened, "Have you heard?"
Wen Chuxia asked: "Are you in love?"
Lin Huai: "What?"
Wen Chuxia pointed to the phone, "This song doesn't sound like your usual style." Wen Chuxia asked gossip, "Are you in love?"
Wen Chuxia still had a fever and his breath was very hot, even if he didn't stick it very close to Lin Huai, he could feel it, "Who am I in love with? Are you?"
Wen Chuxia looked at him with a "don't pretend, I know everything" expression, "Don't talk about it."
Lin Huai's braised pork looks just as appetizing as the one bought outside, but Wen Chuxia, who has not seen the meat for several days, devoured it.
After eating and drinking medicine, Wen Chuxia sat on the sofa drowsy.
He asked Lin Huai, "What's the name of this song?"
Lin Huai packed up the bowls and chopsticks and cut some fruit for him, "I haven't thought about it yet."
Wen Chuxia ate two pieces of cantaloupe.
"Well." Lin Huai asked his opinion, "What do you think?"
Wen Chuxia is not very good at antiphonal songs, in his case there are only two distinctions: catchy and unable to remember.
This song is easy to remember, he can hum it after listening to it twice, Wen Chuxia nodded, "It's nice."
Lin Huai looked at him as if he was about to fall asleep, and asked him: "You can hear the feeling of love in this song, what about the long parting? What did you hear? "
Wen Chuxia thought about the tune of the long parting, and hummed, "It's gone, especially the young man's whiteheads, people are not old, parting seems like a long parting sadness..."
Wen Chuxia squinted at him, "You are sad when your family members pass away. In fact, it is not only the elders who miss the young, but also the death when they are young, it will also cause pain."
Lin Huai looked at him, curled his fingertips, and after a while, he lowered his head and sighed, "Wen Chuxia, you are the first to understand this song besides An Xu. people."
Wen Chuxia smiled, "Then An Xu really understands you."
Lin Huai shook his head, "He grew up with me, he knows everything about me, he doesn't find it strange that he understands me, but you are different."
Wen Chuxia Xin said: Actually, I know everything.
But he also knew that Lin Huai had never told anyone about the family, he shouldn't have known this.
As soon as she said it, she had to explain it, but Wen Chuxia didn't bother to explain, so she didn't say anything.
Lin Huai looked at him and his eyes became meaningful, "Actually, I should have known you understood the meaning of this song long ago when you jumped out of "Long Farewell" alone, you understood me , you know what I'm thinking."
Wen Chuxia listened to the clouds and mist, he was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, wrapped in a blanket and nestled on the sofa.
Lin Huai looked at him for a while, "Wen Chuxia, let's try."
Wen Chuxia stared blankly and tried to open her eyes, "Try what?"
Lin Huai said: "I agree. Although what you said is the same as what you said, I think we can try."
Wen Chuxia couldn't understand, "What are you trying?"
"It's almost done." Lin Huai didn't want to say it as he took the initiative, "I agree, you don't have to be cheap and be good. I don't have anyone else willing to take care of you."
What Lin Huai said Wen Chuxia didn't listen to, only heard his tone is fierce, it shouldn't be a good thing.
Lin Huai stood up, "You go back to your room to sleep, is it okay to sleep here before your illness is cured?"
Lin Huai pulled him up, Wen Chuxia swayed upstairs, and when he returned to the room he planted his head on the bed, laying down immediately before unconsciousness, waved to Lin Huai and said: " Lock the door for me when you leave."
Lin Huai sat by the bed and helped him tuck the quilt, "Do you need a good afternoon kiss?"
Wen Chuxia frowned, thinking that she was probably delirious, "Huh?"
Lin Huai said: "Forget it, I also think it's too fast, you go to sleep, I'm not leaving."
Wen Chuxia woke up several times in the middle, but because of the cold and the effect of the medicine, she never woke up. She slept for several hours. At five o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Chuxia barely opened her eyes. He was the only one in the room.
Also, how could Lin Huai be here to accompany him all the time.
Just as she was thinking, the door was pushed open, and Lin Huai came in with a glass of water, "Awake?"
Wen Chuxia was stunned, "You didn't leave?"
Lin Huai put the water glass on the bedside table, "Well, Qi Jing is not here, who will take care of you when I leave?"
Wen Chuxia sat up and drank the water without saying a word, Lin Huai raised his eyebrows, that cup of water was the one he drank...
Wen Chuxia gulped down the water in the cup and wiped her mouth, "Are you going back today?"
Lin Huai sat beside the bed, "Don't go back."
Wen Chuxia: "Do you want to live here?"
Looking at his reaction, he seemed to think it was too fast, Lin Huai said, "Zhou Qing is back, I don't want to see him."
Wen Chuxia understood after saying that, he nodded, "I heard Qi Jing say, Sister Yang will prepare the announcement of your withdrawal in the next few days. Did you two meet without conflict?"
Lin Huai said funny: "Are you afraid I'll beat him?"
Wen Chuxia was quite helpless, "How many times have you told him not to mess with him, but if you don't listen, you've suffered a loss once, can you teach me a lesson?"
Lin Huai smiled.
Wen Chuxia was inexplicable, "What are you laughing at?"
Lin Huai reached out and rubbed a hand on his messy hair, "I see, I won't mess with him, I'll apply to the company to move out after the announcement of leaving the group, the province's head will not look up and see you down. of."
Wen Chuxia looked at the top of her head numbly.
Why is he touching his head? It feels like petting a dog.
Lin Huai put down his hand: "Mr. Xia is not going to take me in?"
Wen Chuxia looked at him, "You want to live with me?"
Lin Huai took it for granted, "Can't you?"
Wen Chuxia felt that Lin Huai's tone was different, but he couldn't say it specifically, "It's nothing, it's not that there is no room, you can come if you want, it's better than Zhou Qing anyway. Get up, I shouldn't trouble you."
Wen Chuxia scratched her hair uncomfortably.
Why does it feel so strange?
Lin Huai suddenly asked, "Where are the peach wood nails I gave you?"
Wen Chuxia pointed to the drawer at the head of the bed, "It's in it, and it got stuck in my trouser pocket before."
Now that I think about it, the peach wood nails are really not very convenient to carry. Originally, he wanted to make a pendant like Pei Cen, and the shape of the pendant had not yet been made. Wen Chuxia said that what he made was a tombstone, Annoyed, he changed it to two wooden pegs the next day.
Lin Huai looked at his hand, "Where's the ring?"
Wen Chuxia pointed to the drawer of the bedside table again, "It's also inside."
Lin Huai asked: "Why don't you wear it?"
Wen Chuxia thought he was ill, "Why do you have to wear a ring at home?"
Lin Huai said: "Why can't I bring it, I will bring it all."
Wen Chuxia looked at the silver ring on his index finger, "Do you like it?"
I don't really like it, but I just haven't picked it up.
In order to make him happy, Lin Huai rarely said something nice, "Well, you sent it."
Wen Chuxia was a little flattered, but he corrected it, "You want it."
Lin Huai said: "I want you to give it to me, or you to give it."
Wen Chuxia didn't say anything to him.
Wen Chuxia's fever had subsided when Qi Jing came over the next morning.
Qi Jing smiled and said, "It's better for Brother Lin to take care of him. I've been taking care of Brother Xia for three days and his illness is not good. He will be fine if you come for a day."
Wen Chuxia's fever subsided, and his voice became much clearer, "I've been bad because you abused me, and Lin Huai will give me meat and I'll be fine."
As a woman who has been rotten for more than three years, Qi Jing can firmly grasp any word that can make the rotten girl's cognition biased, such as the "meat" that Wen Chuxia just said .
Qi Jing looked at Lin Huai and smiled, "Brother Lin, have you eaten meat for summer?"
Although I don't know what it means, but looking at her expression, I know it's not good content. Lin Huai said, "Well, I made braised pork for him yesterday, do you want to eat it too?"
Qi Jing pouted in disappointment, "That's it."
Lin Huai felt that her disappointment was too obvious, "Otherwise, what would you think?"
Qi Jing waved her hand, "Forget it, the content I think may not be broadcast."
Wen Chuxia understood this time, "Qi Jing, if you mess around with netizens, be careful to dismiss you."
Qi Jing hurriedly said, "Don't, Chuxia bro, can I not ask next time?"
Qi Jing cooked porridge for him as soon as he came, Wen Chuxia secretly ordered a cream cake and a cup of sweetened milk tea for himself while they were out of ideas.
The takeaway was delivered, and Qi Jing could not eat the left one and the right one.
Lin Huai said: "Eat, eat less, your throat is not good."
At this time, Lin Huai's words were like redemption for him, Wen Chuxia was so grateful, he dug out a big mouthful of cake and stuffed it into his mouth, "Lin Huai, you are so kind, I will live in my life. I would be willing to die to meet someone as good as you!"
If there is a little truth in it, it is not said with a cake in it.
Qi Jing felt that Wen Chuxia was too empty, and this candy was not sweet at all.
However, Lin Huai was very useful, he reached out and wiped the cream off the corner of Wen Chuxia's mouth, "Slow down, I'll cut the fruit for you."
Watching Lin Huai go to the kitchen, Wen Chuxia touched the corner of his mouth in a daze, then turned to look at Qi Jing, who was also stunned, "What happened?"
Qi Jing wanted to scream excitedly, "God, god! Was I blind just now?"
Wen Chuxia couldn't see Qi Jing's crazy face, he asked himself, "Nothing happened!"
Qi Jing smiled unusually, "You can believe me."
Lin Huai brought out the melon that Wen Chuxia loved to eat. I still want him to eat.
Lin Huai took the milk tea from his hand, "Don't drink it, your throat can't stand it if you eat too much sweetness."
"Hey, hey!" Wen Chuxia reached out but didn't grab him, "I only took a few sips, and I threw it away."
"It won't be wasted, I'll drink it." Lin Huai took a sip of milk tea and frowned, "Don't drink so sweet next time, aren't you afraid of getting diabetes?"
Wen Chuxia opened her eyes wide and watched Lin Huai take the straw he used out of his mouth, "That, I drank it."
Lin Huai looked at him, "And then, is it poisonous?"
Wen Chuxia shook her head, "That...that's not it."
Although it's not poisonous, isn't it a bit too weird for you to drink what I've been drinking?
Seeing this, Qi Jing can do it again.
She pinched her thigh and forced herself not to scream, otherwise it would be really over if she was fired.
Lin Huai took a few sips and couldn't drink it anymore. Is such a sweet thing a human drink? He took the milk tea and threw it away when he was going out for a while, "I'll go back and get something , Qi Jing, you are here with him, I will be back soon."
Qi Jing didn't want to know what he was going to get, let alone why he came back, she nodded several times, "Okay, I'm here to watch Brother Chuxia, Await your return."
Wen Chuxia's consciousness was still clear, he asked Lin Huai: "What do you take?"
Lin Huai said, "For a change of clothes, take some commonly used clothes."
This matter was discussed yesterday, Wen Chuxia nodded, "Are you moving in now?"
Lin Huai didn't seem to be looking forward to it, "I have to move sooner or later."
Wen Chuxia touched the back of her neck, feeling a little uncomfortable, "Okay, do you want me to accompany you, will you and Zhou Qing fight?"
Lin Huai smiled, "Didn't you tell me not to mess with him? I'll just ignore it."
Wen Chuxia sent Lin Huai out. Before leaving, she was still telling him not to quarrel. When Wen Chuxia turned around, she was taken aback by Qi Jing who came over.
"What are you doing?"
Qi Jing clasped her hands together and said pleadingly, "Brother Chuxia, give me a way to live, and tell me what happened to you yesterday, or I will suffocate to death."
Thinking that Lin Huai took the milk tea he drank so naturally just now, Wen Chuxia frowned, "I didn't do anything, he made me braised pork, listen to me New song, we ate dinner together at night and then went to bed."
When Qi Jing heard the word "sleep", she became energetic, "Sleep? One bed and two beds? One quilt or two quilts?"
Wen Chuxia knocked on her head, "What nonsense? Two rooms!"
Qi Jing didn't believe it, "Then where did this vague ambiguity between you come from?"
Ambiguous, these two words are used so well, Wen Chuxia just can't think of how to describe it.
Wen Chuxia hesitated for a long time, "You ask me who I am asking? Why don't you ask Lin Huai?"
Qi Jing pouted and muttered softly, "I'll ask when he comes back."
Wen Chuxia snorted, "Ask if you have the guts."
Qi Jing really didn't have the guts to ask.
Comparing Lin Huai with Wen Chuxia, Lin Huai has a good temper no matter how you look at it, but Lin Huai has a strong aura. Since the beginning, Qi Jing was afraid of Lin Huai and was better than Wen Chuxia, let alone now. .