Chapter 115 Can you comfort yourself?

There is a folk slang for cursing people: Do you want to fly now that your wings are strong enough?

In Sang Zhixia's past understanding, his own gravity and the gravitational force under his feet determined that it was impossible for humans to fly into the air. However, after meeting Xu Yu, this understanding was cruelly changed.

It turns out that humans can fly without relying on gravity or having wings.

Don't fly too high though.

Xu Yu skillfully held the plow and plowed forward along the ridge, his bare feet stepping on the gradually softening soil and saying, "It's a little late for you to learn now, but there's still time."

I don't ask for my martial arts skills to be extremely profound and brilliant, but at least I can run faster when I encounter trouble.

Xu Yu didn't dare to expect Sang Zhixia to be honest with him about everything, but he would like to add another weight to Sang Zhixia's self-protection scale.

He simply hoped that even when he was not around, Sang Zhixia could ensure his absolute safety.

Sang Zhixia fiddled with the mud in her hands intermittently, then looked up and said, "So should I learn from Xu Mingyang and the others?"

"What are you doing with them?"

Xu Yu said with a smile: "Laying the foundation at a young age is a long time past the time for you to do so. It's pointless to waste time with them."

"Give me some time to prepare, and I'll teach you when the time is right."

The methods he learned were not applicable to Sang Zhixia, but now he had limited resources at his disposal and it would take time to get ready.

Sang Zhixia hummed thoughtfully, then stood up and stretched, sighing, "Now that I think about it, I feel like I still have a lot to learn."

In addition to the various tasks that must be done every day, listening and reading in the evening and reviewing at night, the schedule now also includes learning how to take off and run fast.

She is the busiest person in the family.

Xu Yu paused for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking about. He bent down to pick up the rope that was almost tangled in his hand and asked calmly, "Does it feel very hard?"

"good."

Sang Zhixia said absentmindedly, "Didn't Grandfather say that learning never ends? This is a rare opportunity, so it seems like it would be a good idea to learn more."

At least considering the original owner's illegitimate status, if she had not married Xu Yu by accident and happened to encounter a disaster when the Xu family was in trouble, she would have been just an insignificant little shrimp among the big bosses and powerful people, and no one would have cared to teach her these things.

Why not learn more if you can?

Sang Zhixia inexplicably recalled what Aunt Xu had muttered all the way two days ago, and a hint of ridicule gradually flashed in her eyes.

She grabbed a piece of mud and threw it at Xu Yu's feet, then said with a smile, "Do you know what Second Aunt said to me when we came back that day?"

Without even looking up, Xu Yu asked, "What?"

"She said she wanted to duel with Second Uncle."

Xu Yu turned his head with a subtle expression: "Duel?"

"Yes, duel."

Sang Zhixia's face was filled with a mixture of amusement and emotion. She sighed and shook her head, saying, "Second Uncle is really being pushed to the limit by Second Aunt, but when you think about it, it's also human nature."

Lips and teeth are very close to each other, but they can still accidentally fight. Disagreements and disputes between couples are common little things and are nothing in themselves.

But it was another matter if Second Uncle Xu suddenly lost his mind and insisted on pushing people into a desperate situation.

Sang Zhixia didn't care how shocking such an idea was in today's context. She paused and said, "Second Aunt also said that you are different from Second Uncle, so I don't have to worry. If you really want to hit me, no matter how many secret plots I make, it will be useless. Most people can't withstand your beating."

"But then again, Xu Yu, if we really get into a fight someday, will you resort to attacking me just because you think your fists are big and hurt?"

People's hearts are fickle, and because of her past experiences, Sang Zhixia has never dared to trust anyone very much.

Even close relatives can become alienated and turn against each other, let alone the relationship between husband and wife that is based on the bond between men and women?

She asked casually, sounding like she was just joking, and she wouldn't feel sorry even if she didn't get the answer she wanted.

But Xu Yu's eyes fell silent in the relative silence.

He stared at Sang Zhixia, his throat trembling: "Do you think I will attack you?"

Sang Zhixia originally wanted to say perfunctorily, "No way," but when the words came to her lips, she felt an indescribable hesitation.

She still couldn't trust people's hearts.

When their eyes met, Sang Zhixia chose to shrug and be honest under Xu Yu's gaze that made it impossible for her to escape.

She sighed and said, "To be honest, I don't know."

After all, before Uncle Xu almost pushed Aunt Xu to the brink of despair, no one realized that he had such a despicable nature.

As for her and Xu Yu...

Sang Zhixia sighed helplessly and said quietly, "But let's make it clear first. If one day you feel that I'm not worthy of you, or that we can't go on together, there's no need to make a big fuss."

"You could have just said it."

She looked at Xu Yu's tense jaw with sincere eyes and said seriously: "We can part ways amicably. I won't pester you. And..."

"You are worried like this. Did I do something to make you unhappy?"

"Or am I doing something wrong that scares you?"

Xu Yu suddenly interrupted her and stared at her without blinking, as if he wanted to use his gaze to drill into the depths of her mind and see clearly what her concerns were that she never told anyone.

Sang Zhixia blinked speechlessly. Xu Yu abruptly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head to see the jade pendant dangling from his chest, and said word by word, "Sang Zhixia."

"If I show any disrespect to you in the future, you can just slash my neck with the dagger I gave you."

"Even if you want to kill me, I will never resist."

Sang Zhixia didn't expect that the words she said at the last moment would cause such a reaction from him. She moved her lips helplessly, and the words she couldn't say were stuck in her throat.

The unusual silence lasted for a long time, and Sang Zhixia was almost driven crazy by this strange atmosphere.

If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have talked nonsense.

She knocked her forehead with indescribable annoyance, and her fingers touched the roots of her hair that were still standing up unruly on her temples. She was ready to go downstairs and apologize to Xu Yu.

But just as she bent down to take off her shoes, her feet sank into the soft mud. Xu Yu, who had been looking straight ahead, suddenly said as if he had eyes in the back of his head: "Zhizhi, if you dare to go down barefoot, I will really be angry with you."

He sighed helplessly, as if admitting defeat, and said with a headache, "Just stand there and wait for me. I'll calm down on my own."

Sang Zhixia was stunned when she took off her shoes, and a laugh came out of her throat.

"You can comfort yourself now? You don't even need me to apologize for my gaffe?"

Xu Yu glanced at her sideways, suppressing any unnecessary emotion in his eyes, and said calmly, "You never have to say sorry to me."

"That's provided you're not walking barefoot on the ground right now."

He held the heavy plow with one hand and turned in a direction. Seeing that Sang Zhixia was standing still obediently, he showed a reserved satisfaction on his face.

"There's not much left. Once I finish this we can go home."

Sang Zhixia stood on the ridge, looking at Xu Yu, who was still very handsome even though he was covered in mud, and a smile appeared in the depths of his eyes that he didn't even notice.

She said, "Okay."