Chapter 424: Chen Zhao's Extra (3)

Shen Zhaozhi touched his forehead, which was covered in blood and mud. He didn't even know how to clean it.

He also didn't want to go back in such a miserable state, didn't want the people at the Imperial Observatory to think he was useless, and didn't want to disappoint his master.

But what's the point of him sitting here? He can only cry all the time.

Why does he have ears? Why is he different from others? Why is it just him?!

“Crash—”

A stream of cold water suddenly poured over Shen Zhaozhi's head, chilling him to the bone.

My entire forehead, face and collar were wet.

Chen Zhaozhi thought it was another prank by someone and was immediately furious. He looked over and found that the person who was splashing water on him was a little girl who was about the same age and build as him.

She was wearing a light blue dress and a bow in her hair. She stood with her back straight, her face bright and heroic, and she didn't seem to be afraid of him at all.

Now, are girls that bad too?

"It's clean." The girl's arrogant voice came over, "Just apply the medicine yourself."

"Here." She handed a small box of ointment to Chen Zhaozhi, "You're so old and you don't know how to treat the wound. You just squat on the ground and cry, you little crybaby."

Chen Zhaozhi resisted the urge to push her away and took the box of medicine tremblingly.

Yes, he needs it now, otherwise he won’t be able to go back... He doesn’t want to be friends with this girl!

The girl sat on the stone facing him and watched him apply the medicine. After a while, she walked closer and scratched his ear that had popped out.

"Is this thing of yours real?" she said. "Let me feel it."

"No!" Chen Zhaozhi stopped her hand unhappily.

"You're so stingy! It's not a rare thing!" The girl suddenly turned his two wrists with one hand and pressed them against his back, while using the other hand to grab his head.

"Wow, it's so soft and warm!" The girl seemed very surprised.

Chen Zhaozhi had never had his ears touched by an outsider before, and didn't know how to describe the feeling.

It was strange and comfortable, but not comfortable enough.

The girl seemed to have learned martial arts, and he could use his spiritual power to push her away... but surprisingly he didn't.

"So what they say is true." The girl let him go and said with a grin, "You were born by a monster."

Chen Zhaozhi's face darkened. He didn't like people calling him a monster, and his good impression of the girl also faded.

The girl looked at him and curled her lips: "That's right, you are a monster and they are human, so how can you be afraid of them?"

"Or are you afraid of being taken in by those Taoist priests and monks?" she asked him in a teasing tone.

"I'm not afraid!" Chen Zhaozhi finally spoke with confidence this time, "My master is the most powerful monk!"

The girl opened her eyes wide and said, "It's strange that a monk would accept a monster as his apprentice."

"I won't talk to you anymore!" This is also the knot in Chen Zhaozhi's heart during this period.

He had personally witnessed his master capturing a demon and burning the rabbit demon to ashes with fire, and he was very afraid that his master would do the same to him one day in the future.

He turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered that the ointment was still in his hand. He turned back and stuffed the ointment back into the girl's hand with a flushed face.

"Hey." The girl called him, "Aren't you going to ask my name?"

Chen Zhaozhi stood there struggling for a while: "You, what's your name?"

"Wanqing, my name is Xia Wanqing." The girl raised her chin high, "I am the only daughter of the Xia family in the Ministry of War."

"Oh." Chen Zhaozhi didn't recognize the Xia family of the Ministry of War. It sounded like something very important.

He stood there, waiting for Xia Wanqing to ask his name.

"What about you? Why don't you introduce yourself?" Xia Wanqing's chin almost reached the sky.

Chen Zhaozhi's face darkened, but he still replied, "Chen Zhaozhi, the great master and disciple of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory."

He didn't say that he was a descendant of the Shen family, for fear that Xia Wanqing would ask which Shen family.

Because he himself didn't know which Shen family it was.

"Alright." Xia Wanqing looked at his wet collar and dripping hair. "You can go back now. Come back here at this time tomorrow."

Chen Zhaozhi didn't want to meet these annoying kids anymore: "No. Goodbye."

"If you dare not come, I'll ask my father to report your master." Xia Wanqing said, hands on her hips, "Let's see if you come!"

"You..." How could the five or six-year-old Chen Zhaozhi understand what "participating in a book" meant, and what could one participate in?

He didn't even know that his master's official position was much higher than the current Lord Xia. He became anxious when he heard it, fearing that he would cause trouble for his master.

"Now that I'm here, what do you want?" Chen Zhaozhi huffed. "Are you going to throw stones at me like they did?"

"You must be joking." Xia Wanqing stepped on the stone where Chen Zhaozhi had just sat with a bold step, "From now on, you will follow me, your sister. No one will dare to bully you anymore!"

…

Shen Zhaozhicai didn't believe that a girl could control other boys.

But when he got home and saw the cleaned wounds and applied ointment, he began to look forward to meeting the domineering young lady.

The next day, he went out of his way to clear his name, and as he walked, he kept telling himself that he went to the appointment so that his master would not be implicated.

He saw from afar Xia Wanqing waiting for him at the same place as yesterday. She had changed into a dress, but she was still as dashing and heroic as ever.

How could there be a girl so strong and domineering?

He hurried over to meet him. Xia Wanqing also saw him and started to curse: "You're so late. Do you know how long I've been waiting?"

It was obviously earlier than yesterday, but Chen Zhaozhi told himself not to argue with her.

"Where are your ears?" Xia Wanqing asked.

"Put it away." Chen Zhaozhi said, "You can't leave it exposed outside every day, right?"

That's so scary.

"Let him out quickly." Xia Wanqing said.

What? He doesn't want it.

"You don't understand! Once you release it, it's hard to take it back!" Chen Zhaozhi had no choice but to admit it.

"I just want you to be unable to take it back!" Xia Wanqing suddenly took out a string of something from behind her.

When he looked closely, he saw that they were actually a pair of furry ears made of cloth! They looked exactly like his ears!

Xia Wanqing looked at his smug expression and said, "How is it? Does it look like it? I had someone do this overnight."

The ears were strung together with a thin string, which was very long on both sides. Xia Wanqing fixed the ears on the top of her head, then strung the thin string together and tied it behind her head.

——It became a pair of ears exactly the same as Shen Zhaozhi’s yesterday!

"Where are your ears? Let them out, quick!" Xia Wanqing urged him, "That way we'll be the same!"

Chen Zhaozhi could hardly believe his eyes. What on earth was Xia Wanqing playing?

Wouldn't she be bullied like him?

My mind was a mess of thoughts, and my body was honestly showing its ears.