3. Outside the gate of Hermitage Villa, sun, outside

Nangong Cheng: (angry) How could you do this? You just said clearly that the person I was looking for was more suitable than you, but you wouldn’t go with me!

Xiang Tianyu: Really? Have I ever said this? Sister Mei, have you heard me say this?

Mei Shengxue: (laughing) I just lost my hearing. I didn’t hear what you just talked about.

Nangong Cheng: (even more angry) How can this be unreasonable!

Xiang Tianyu: (laughing) Can you tell me what case you want to investigate?

Nangong Cheng: Why should I tell you?

Xiang Tianyu: If you tell me what case to investigate, I won’t go into the world with you.

Nangong Cheng looked at Xiang Tianyu and smiled, and Xiang Tianyu also laughed.

Nangong Cheng: Do you think I am a fool? Do you think I will still be fooled?

It was dusk now, and the dim sunlight shone on the door.

Mei Shengxue: (Pointing to the sky) Look, you’ve been dragging your feet since noon. If you don’t leave, you won’t be able to leave today.

Xiang Tianyu: I want to leave too! But this bad boy won’t leave!

Nangong Cheng: I want to leave, but I can’t take you away!

Xiang Tianyu: I want to leave too, but I must go with you!

Mei Shengxue: Stop! You two were really enemies in the past life. You bickered and fought endlessly when you were together. (To Nangong Cheng) Well, let’s be more free and easy and use a competition to decide whether the lady will go.

Nangong Cheng: How to compete?

Mei Shengxue: This competition is divided into literary test and martial arts test. There are three rounds in total. If you can beat the lady, the lady will not go with you.

Xiang Tianyu: Okay! I agree!

Nangong Cheng: No! There can’t be a literary test. The three rounds are all martial arts tests.

Mei Shengxue: Are you clearly bullying people?

Nangong Cheng: Just the martial arts test. If she wins two rounds in the martial arts test, I will take her to explore the world; if she loses the martial arts test, then she will go home obediently.

Mei Shengxue: (to Tianyu) Miss, what do you think?

Xiang Tianyu: (thinking for a moment, then turning to Nangong Cheng) The martial arts competition is fine, but Sister Mei will be my assistant.

Nangong Cheng: Yes.

Xiang Tianyu: Then, I will let go of your hand now and discuss countermeasures with Sister Mei, but you are not allowed to run away.

Nangong Cheng nodded.

Xiang Tianyu: (Extending the little finger of his right hand) Let’s pull the hook. If you escape, you’ll be a puppy.

Nangong Cheng hooked Xiang Tianyu's little finger with the little finger of his right hand, and then their thumbs touched each other. After doing this, Xiang Tianyu and Mei Shengxue went to the corner.

4. The corner where Xiang Tianyu and Mei Shengxue are, day, inside

Xiang Tianyu and Mei Shengxue were discussing quietly in that corner.

Mei Shengxue: (quietly) Miss, do you have a way to win?

Xiang Tianyu nodded, and whispered into Mei Shengxue's ear what he had thought of.

Mei Shengxue: (sceptically) Is this possible?

Xiang Tianyu nodded.

Mei Shengxue: Okay! Then do it your way.

Xiang Tianyu smiled and was about to walk back.

Mei Shengxue: Miss, please wait a moment! I want to take this opportunity to tell you what the old lady told me.

Xiang Tianyu: (nods) You say.

Mei Shengxue: (softly) The old lady said that if you go out with him in the world, you can't fall in love with him.

Xiang Tianyu: (Looking back at Nangong Cheng) He has no other advantages except for his better martial arts. Don't worry grandma, I will never fall in love with him.

Mei Shengxue nodded, then Xiang Tianyu and Mei Shengxue walked towards Nangong Cheng.

5. Outside the gate of Hermitage Villa, sun, outside

Nangong Cheng: (Looking at Xiang Tianyu and Mei Shengxue approaching him) Have you discussed it?

Xiang Tianyu: (nodding) Your martial arts skills are better than ours, so two of the three rounds of the martial arts fight are decided by us.

Nangong Cheng: No! Since it is a competition, it must be fair. Each of us will make a round, and the last round will be decided by our guessing game. If I win, then I will decide the final round; if you win, the final round will be decided by me.

It's up to you to decide the game.

Xiang Tianyu: (thinking for a while) Okay, that’s it.

Nangong Cheng: Okay, I will decide the first round. Let’s compete in Qinggong. You run from here, I will count to five, and then I will chase you. If you catch up, I will win. If you can’t, I will lose. You can go anywhere.

There is no place to run, but you can't run into Hermitage.

Xiang Tianyu: Then I also have a request.

Nangong Cheng: What are the requirements?

Xiang Tianyu: You can’t run away while you’re competing with me in Qinggong!

Nangong Cheng: (stunned, narration) Yes! Why didn’t I think of this? I’ll run away later while I’m competing with her in Qinggong.

Xiang Tianyu: I won’t compete! (Holding Nangong Cheng’s hand.)

Nangong Cheng: Why not compete?

Xiang Tianyu: You just ran away when you wanted to compete with me in Qinggong, so I won’t compete with you.

After saying that, Xiang Tianyu hugged Nangong Cheng's arm tightly.

Nangong Cheng: (Narrator) How does this silly girl know what I'm thinking? (Smiling to appease) Okay, I promise you, I just won't run away.

Xiang Tianyu: No! I don’t believe you! You have to swear an oath!

Nangong Cheng: (Four fingers of his right hand pointing up to the sky, making an oath gesture) Okay! I swear, if I run away during the competition with Xiang Tianyu, I will work as a bull and horse for Xiang Tianyu in the next life! (Put down his hand) Is that okay?

Xiang Tianyu: No! Your oath is not good! You have to say it again!

Nangong Cheng: (raises his right hand again, with four fingers pointing to the sky, making an oath) I swear, if I run away during the competition with Xiang Tianyu, I will be a bull and a horse for Xiang Tianyu in this life! (Looking at Xiang Tianyu)

Is this okay?

Xiang Tianyu: What should I do if I violate this oath?

Nangong Cheng: If you violate this oath, then...just...just...

Xiang Tianyu: How about that?

Nangong Cheng

:(Thinking) Just...just...just...

Xiang Tianyu: How about that?

Nangong Cheng: Just let me be killed by Liu Guanying during the duel with Liu Guanying! (Putting down his hand) Is that okay?

Xiang Tianyu: No! You are still not ruthless enough! Let’s do this! If you run away during the competition, then your martial arts will be ruined and your master will expel you from the school!

Nangong Cheng: (Does not accept) Wow! You crazy girl is quite cruel. I have suffered a lot to achieve the martial arts I have today, and you actually cursed me to lose all my martial arts.

Xiang Tianyu: If you don’t run away when you compete with me, your martial arts skills will be completely useless!

Nangong Cheng shook his head and refused to say anything.

Xiang Tianyu: Then you swear that if you run away during the competition with Xiang Tianyu, your martial arts skills will be useless; if you finish the competition with Xiang Tianyu, your swordsmanship will reach its peak and you will marry the most beautiful woman in the world.

Nangong Cheng: If you marry the most beautiful woman in the world, can your swordsmanship still reach its peak?

Xiang Tianyu: Of course! But the premise is that you must complete the competition with me seriously.

Nangong Cheng: (nods, points his right hand up to the sky, and makes an oath) I swear, if I run away during the competition with Xiang Tianyu, I will abandon my martial arts and be expelled from the school by my master; but if I seriously

After completing the competition, I will reach the peak of my swordsmanship and marry the most beautiful woman in the world. (Puts down his hand) Is that all right?

Xiang Tianyu: (nods) Okay, we can compete now.

Nangong Cheng: Okay! Then run!

Xiang Tianyu: (Narration) No! If I run like this, I will be caught up by the bad boy before I run very far. I have to find a way to cheat. (After thinking about it, I seem to have thought of a way to deal with it) It suddenly occurred to me that this competition must have

The time is limited. If you can't catch up with me all day long, wouldn't our game be over?

Nangong Cheng: (laughing) It doesn’t take a whole day? As long as you run away, I can catch up with you immediately.

Xiang Tianyu: What if you can’t catch up? It’s better to have a time limit.

After saying that, Xiang Tianyu looked at Mei Shengxue.

Mei Shengxue: (Understanding) The lady is right, I think the limit is half a stick of incense! If you don’t catch up with the lady within half a stick of incense, you will lose. You wait, I will get the incense.

After saying this, Mei Shengxue entered the Hermitage Villa. When Mei Shengxue came out of the Hermitage Villa, she already had a half-length stick of incense in her hand.

Nangong Cheng: (nods) Okay.

Xiang Tianyu: One more thing! You can’t count too fast. If you count too fast, you will catch me up before I run far. You have to count like this, one (clap your hands three times), two (clap your hands three times)

lower palm)…

Nangong Cheng: Yes.

Xiang Tianyu: Finally, after you finish counting, Sister Mei will fight you. She is not your opponent. You can subdue her, but you cannot hurt her.
To be continued...