Chapter 256 Sincere Advice

"Teacher." Chen Xiao'er saw clearly the person holding her hand, and tears fell down her face.

She had so much to say, but when her eyes caught sight of the small figure lying on the hospital bed, she immediately put all her worries aside. She took the teacher's hand and whispered, "Excuse me, how is Xiaotong? Is she okay?"

Professor Milo had a soothing smile on her face. Before she spoke, she made an obvious gesture of taking out her cell phone to Chen Xiao'er, then put her index finger on her lips, signaling her not to say anything.

"?" Chen Xiao'er sniffed and nodded at her like a little rabbit.

The professor typed on his phone as he spoke slowly, "Chen Xiaotong is doing okay. She fell from a hot air balloon and needs to rest for a while."

After she finished speaking, she turned her phone over and faced the screen towards Xiao'er.

It read: "After a brief physical examination, the child had ingested a large amount of red leaf berries. These berries are hard, have acidic juice, and the hard, small seeds in the flesh can easily scratch the mouth and cause small wounds."

So what she spit on you before was basically juice and a little bit of blood from her mouth.

What?! "No, there won't be any problem, right?" Chen Xiao'er hurriedly took out her phone and typed: No way, teacher, then why did she faint?

Milo replied slowly, "It's okay. I'll watch her here. You can continue shopping and come back to perform when the time is almost up."

The words on the screen were deleted and replaced with: You go to the playground first, and I will record the video and send it to you later.

Chen Xiao'er understood a little. She nodded pitifully and walked towards the playground with her cell phone, looking back every few steps.

Milo watched her walk to the edge of the playground, then slammed the window shut, making a crisp sound.

"Okay, now that your sister's gone, you can talk to me about the deal now, right? Don't worry, it's just a verbal deal, no contract required."

Chen Xiaotong quickly opened one eyelid, peeked out with her left eye, then turned her head to look hard at the door. After confirming that her sister's breath was indeed far away, she suddenly raised her head.

"Huh~ Tell me. What benefits can you give me, and what benefits do you want to get from me?" She wiped the sweat from her forehead, lifted the quilt, got out of bed and stepped into her slippers.

Miroku placed her hands lightly on her knees. She smiled at the Newborn Snake and said gently, "It's simple. I don't want you to stay in school any longer."

"Oh, who wants to stay here? Your church's base is so stuffy!" Chen Xiaotong put her hands on her hips angrily. She wanted to move to the wilderness with her sister, but her sister only liked to live with humans.

"What if I can convince Chen Xiao'er to go with you?" A red light flashed in Mi Luo's eyes.

Xiaotong's eyes lit up and then quickly dimmed. She shook her head and said, "Oh, no, I'm different from my sister. No matter how strong my sister is, she can stay on the ground if she wants..."

But if I continue to gain weight, I will fall into the abyss even if my sister is next to me.

She knew very well that she had missed the opportunity to merge with Chen Xiao'er. Now their powers were complementary, but they were two completely independent individuals.

Mi Luo looked at her calmly and said, "Actually, I don't care at all whether you two are together or not. I only care about Chen Xiao'er's safety. If she doesn't leave now, the church might take away her power."

"They dare!" Chen Xiaotong stared with her eyes wide open, her belly bulging like a puffer fish.

Milo pulled out an energy bar from his pocket, tore open the package and handed it over: "Don't be angry, let's talk while we eat. You should have kept a trump card to deal with this power ceremony, right?

If you believe me, you can tell me and let me discuss it with you. If you don't believe me, it's best to escape with Chen Xiao'er before you run out of tricks."

"I won't tell you!" Chen Xiaotong munched on the energy bar happily. The energy bar was coated with chocolate on the outside and had a crispy nutty core inside. It was so delicious!

"Okay." Milo clicked the send button and put the phone back into his secret pocket.

Seeing that she agreed so decisively, Chen Xiaotong asked suspiciously: "Hey, you devil look like a decent person, but don't complain to my sister later."

Chen Xiaotong moved her lips and swallowed the chocolate, mumbling, "Even if the deal doesn't go through, I'll still be loyal to you."

"Don't worry." The professor nodded slightly.

The next second, the sound of footsteps could be heard in the corridor outside the door.

Ouch! Chen Xiaotong's pupils trembled with fear, and she quickly rolled up the quilt to cover her face.

But her ostrich-like behavior of covering her ears and stealing the bell was of no use. Chen Xiao'er pushed the door open, rushed in, grabbed her sister's pig ears and pulled them out.

"I told you to scare me! I told you to pretend to be sick and scare your sister!!"

"Wow, I don't dare anymore~" Chen Xiaotong pretended to cry and rushed towards the devil, but she missed him. She was dragged to the bed by Chen Xiao'er with a speechless face and was hit hard several times.

A few minutes later, there was an angry Chen Xiao'er and a Chen Xiaotong lying on the bed, pretending to be dead with his butt facing up.

"Listen up, Xiaotong, don't be so naughty again. Your legs are so tight that you can easily fall." Chen Xiao'er stroked her sister's hair. She didn't want to punish Xiaotong at all. The spanking she had just done was just a lot of noise but little effect. She really didn't know how much effect it would have.

"Ouch." My right foot is fine... Xiaotong kicked her right leg and rolled to the corner helplessly holding the pillow.

After reading the medical examination report, Chen Xiao'er opened her sister's mouth and confirmed that there was only a small wound that was about to heal. She relaxed completely.

She had just been extremely nervous, every muscle was desperately expending energy, and now she was so tired after suddenly relaxing that she felt a little sleepy.

But since my sister is fine, I have to attend the performance on time.

Chen Xiao'er slowly straightened up by holding onto the edge of the bed and gave Professor Milo a weak smile. "Thank you... I'll go meet up with my classmates right away."

"Wait a moment." Milo suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, the touch of the thin gloves was unusually clear.

Chen Xiao'er was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "I know. I will apologize to Ling after I finish my performance."

She wasn't trying to undo the breakup.

It’s just because if they were just classmates, then Zero’s “safe rescue of Chen Xiaotong” would be far more important than her indifference towards Xiaotong.

She thought bitterly: Perhaps only lovers and close friends can argue about their inner thoughts and deeds, so forget it. A troublesome person like me is not worthy of arguing with Zero.

"Apologize? No, you don't need to apologize." Milo stood up from the chair,* she gently hugged the girl's shoulders and patted them soothingly.

[“Take your claws away from my sister——”] The spirit body suddenly exploded with a wave of fluctuations.

The little snake's sharp crackling stopped with a creaking sound as she saw Chen Xiao'er leaning against Mi Luo's shoulder and sobbing. "But, but." The girl's tears fell one by one on the teacher's shoulder. "But I don't know what to do..."

Milo's hands gently patted Xiao'er's back, as if he could feel the surging emotions through his gloves and tangible limbs.

She didn't know whether this wave of emotion was a false emotion deliberately fabricated by the devil or true empathy. But at this moment, Milo truly tasted the taste of sadness, which was the human imagination of the ocean, salty, bitter and depressing.

Of course she knew how confused Chen Xiao'er was, because part of this confusion was her fault.

It was she, the teacher who was supposed to guide her students, who was constantly deepening Xiao'er's wrong impression of the world and making her believe in all kinds of false things.

If the situation was not so critical, Milo would immediately put aside what he was doing and try his best to heal the wounds in Xiao'e's heart and guide her to integrate into this extraordinary world little by little.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

I am the one who should apologize the most, but I can't apologize now.

The devil sneered in his heart, "Of course, you're not even willing to take the risk for her. How hard would it be to borrow my power to send her out myself?"

Miroku patted her gently until Xiao'er's sobs gradually subsided. Then he leaned over and whispered, "Lan and Ling must have told you a lot of things."

Chen Xiao'er's intermittent sobbing stopped abruptly. For a moment, she curled up her fingers alertly like a little hamster, and then quickly relaxed.

"Nothing, they just think Xiaotong is not suitable for studying here."

"Oh, it seems our poor little one doesn't trust you very much."

Milo didn't bother to pay attention to the devil's sarcasm. She looked at Xiao'e with even more heartache. She knew that the child in front of her had already lost her trust in humans due to repeated misunderstandings.

She is not afraid of being hurt by others, but she is afraid that "her own mistakes" will accidentally hurt others.

Mi Luo leaned forward, his soft lips touching Xiao Ai's temples, letting the following words pop into the girl's mind word by word: "I can't hide it from you anymore. The situation is urgent. In fact, the school and the Chen family have the same goal."

"But before school..." Chen Xiao'er's eyes flickered, as if she was hesitating which side to believe.

With Zero's previous experience as a lesson, Miroku said in the most frank tone: "The school wanted to protect you at first, but now they care too much about something."

Every word she said touched upon the hidden worries in Chen Xiao'er's heart, and every word had nothing to do with the abnormality, and was successfully conveyed through the cognitive filter.

Chen Xiao'er's expression went from bewilderment to horror. She stammered, "I, I'm not sure what you're talking about, teacher. It might not even exist."

"The key point is not how much you know or whether it actually exists, but that they believe it must exist." Milo's tone was full of suggestion. Even Chen Xiaotong behind her noticed her purpose. She retracted her murderous gaze and closed her mouth.

As expected, Chen Xiao'er no longer thought about questions like "Is the school safe?" and "What else can Xiaotong do if she doesn't go to school?" Her thinking pattern turned to the direction that Milo wanted: survival.

"Then...what should I do?" Chen Xiao'er looked at the teacher she had always trusted.

"Run away."

"Escape?" She moved her lips weakly.

Miroku held her right hand and nodded vigorously: "Yes, the sooner the better."

Chen Xiao'er fell backwards and staggered back onto the bed.

Her body was extremely tired, but Mi Luo's words stimulated her brain to work at high speed: the school and the Chen family were fighting for a possible treasure.

Although they are not in the same group, either Chen Xiaotong hands over the thing obediently, or - they will kill her to ensure that the thing does not fall into the hands of others.

No, no, I absolutely cannot accept this.

No matter how dangerous it is outside the school, no matter how precious the Taoli University diploma is, I must protect Xiaotong.

Chen Xiao'er bit her tongue hard, and the tired look on her face was swept away by the red will.

She straightened up, placed her hands on her knees, and bowed deeply to Professor Miroku: "Teacher, please teach me!"