The cactus suddenly let out a sharp, explosive cry and cried out, "Waaaaa! My life is so miserable! Even the only soulmate I can sing folk songs with wants to kill me. What's the point of living?"
Shi Ling said indifferently: "Then you die."
Wu Yuyu choked with sobs, "How could you be so cruel? Forget those days, I was the immortal grass on the bank of the Wangchuan River, and you were the banished immortal from heaven. We sang to each other across the river. You once said, 'High mountains and flowing water,' Boya and Ziqi..."
Shi Ling interrupted: "Impossible, I can't even say something like that when writing my college entrance exam essay."
Wu Yuyu's voice choked again. "Back then, you were bored, so I sang for you. You said that in your next life, you would repay me for my kindness in relieving your boredom by returning all the songs you sang in this life to me."
Shi Ling frowned: "Although I am a poor student, I have read Dream of the Red Chamber."
Wu Yuyu: "...Don't kill me, I won't bother you anymore, and I can even help you catch mosquitoes."
Not to mention, there are mosquitoes in Yuncheng in winter.
Shi Ling's murderous aura quickly disappeared, "You better behave yourself, kid."
Wu Yuyu: "Hmm."
As early as when the Black Feather Jade Cactus started talking nonsense, Shi Ling gave up his murderous intention.
Because she really saw the cause and effect about herself in the black jade cactus.
Chu Jiao also realized that he had made a mistake and apologized to Shi Ling with a smile. Suddenly, he saw Yu Chen with silver hair and Gu Xiuji who looked quite familiar, and he quickly closed the door.
How can I run into people from the Imperial Capital when I go to Yuncheng?
Shi Ling: "Teacher Gu, I'll take this cactus with me."
Gu Xiuji nodded. He felt awkward hearing Shi Ling call him that. He couldn't help but say, "Shi Ling, I'm just a temporary teacher at No. 1 Middle School. I'm only a few years older than you. Outside of school, you can call me..."
Shi Ling: "Uncle?"
Gu Xiuji felt a pang in his heart.
Shi Ling said righteously: "That won't work. You look quite young, it's not appropriate to call you uncle."
Gu Xiuji was helpless: "Can't you just call me brother? You can just call me..."
Shi Ling: "Okay, Brother Ji."
Yu Chen couldn't help laughing.
Gu Xiuji had another heart attack: "... Remember that word. The word 'Ji' as in bright and clear wind and moon, clouds and rain have dissipated."
Shi Ling: “Oh oh.” She didn’t know why, but she still felt that Brother Ji was more catchy.
…
Gu Xiuji sent Shi Ling back to the Jing family first, and then drove Yu Chen back to the Yu family.
Both of them waved goodbye to Shi Ling, but as soon as Shi Ling left their sight, the temperature in the car dropped sharply, as if the heater and air conditioning had been turned off.
The moving car slowly stopped, and Gu Xiuji said coldly: "Si Yuchen, don't dream of the impossible. She is not from the same world as you."
Yu Chen leaned back in the back seat, feeling a little sleepy. He said in a cold voice, "You don't have the final say."
Gu Xiuji took off his gold-rimmed glasses and slowly wiped the lenses with a cloth. The cold light in his eyes could no longer be concealed. "You can't protect her. You don't want your parents' tragedy to happen to you, do you?"
"She doesn't need my protection."
Yu Chen glanced at Gu Xiuji calmly, a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, as if mocking his arrogance. "She doesn't need anyone's protection. You don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, no one deserves it."
Gu Xiuji clenched his hands slightly, turned around and stared at him with narrowed eyes.
Yu Chen opened the car door, put on his hood, and got out of the car in the wind and snow.
The night wind blew the silver strands of hair from his forehead, and the falling snow covered his black coat with a cold air, as if hiding the unseen and secretly suppressed wishful thinking that was growing wildly within him.
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Good night~
In this book, I have assumed two scenarios: one with Shi Ling and the other without. Do you want a CP? (End of this chapter)