Chapter 44 Fresh and Fascinating

For a moment, Xiao Yu felt extremely ashamed.

He knew very well that his desire for Xu Chuchu was not those primitive and dirty impulses, but simply a desire to be close, to be close to her, and to have warmth.

But what is the difference between the two to outsiders? They are both twisted and dirty.

His only thankfulness was that he still had a sense of shame and could keep his sanity, so he could hide these despicable desires.

"Xiao Yu!——" Xu Chuchu beside him suddenly screamed.

Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat. This was over. With all her abilities, she couldn't possibly be capable of mind-reading.

If she found out, "I treat you as a friend, but you want to hold me to sleep," he really didn't know how to face it...

Then with a loud "bang", his figure was drowned out by a group of sisters-in-law who rushed up to grab the buns.

Xu Chuchu was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

How could she read minds? She just saw the shopkeeper bringing out a large tray of steaming buns, and a bunch of people rushed over to grab them, so she quickly reminded him to move aside.

Even after being reminded, I still didn't know what he was thinking about. He clearly heard it but just stood there motionless. He was squeezed out of sight in an instant.

"Sorry, please make way! Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu--" Xu Chuchu was anxious to save him and joined the crowded crowd, but found that she could not squeeze through the sisters-in-law who were usually well-trained, and could not even break through the outer circle.

Although according to her judgment, short-term contact with women would not make Xiao Yu sick again, but asking him to suddenly squeeze together with so many women... Xu Chuchu was afraid that he would not be able to accept it all at once.

She stood on tiptoe and skipped around looking for someone, sweating profusely.

Finally, a hand reached out from somewhere, grabbed Xu Chuchu's collar and dragged her out of the crowd.

"Still squeezing?" Xiao Yu stuffed a paper bag full of steaming buns into her mouth unhappily. "You're a girl, but you're so greedy. You haven't grown any better. You're still as skinny as a monkey."

"I've already bought it. I didn't even see you come out!" Xu Chuchu took it with surprise. "You're so fast."

"How can you see it when you're so short?" Xiao Yu cleared his throat. "...and it's not that fast."

The buns cost twenty cents, and he gave the boss a silver ingot. He was the first to get the goods and ended the battle at the speed of light.

"Great! Thumbs up." Xu Chuchu noticed that Xiao Yu's clothes were a little wrinkled and a few strands of hair on the left side of her temple had fallen loose. She asked quietly, "Are you letting them take advantage of you?"

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes: "Are you looking forward to me being taken advantage of?"

"I dare not." Xu Chuchu chuckled, "So... how do you feel? Is it effective?"

Xiao Yu understood what she was asking.

Surrounded by so many women, he would have collapsed and lost his composure before. But now...

He lowered his eyes, and some emotion seemed to flash in his eyes, but in the end he couldn't suppress the joy from the bottom of his heart, and curled up the corners of his mouth.

"Yeah." His voice was even a little unsteady and trembling. "It worked. Thank you."

Even though he was mentally prepared, the joy that surged when he actually discovered that he was not affected far exceeded his expectations.

He could feel the copper sheet pressed against his chest emitting a cool air from time to time, which could suppress the restlessness in his body and calm his depressed and irritable mood.

He can finally stand upright among the crowd and do many things that he couldn't do before.

"That's great, Xiao Yu!" Xu Chuchu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She subconsciously raised her hand and immediately put it down, smiling, "Let's go, let's go for a walk."

Xiao Yu did not miss Xu Chuchu's little gesture. He could see that she wanted to grab his arm to express her happiness, and his heart was pounding.

Why put it down? She could continue. How could he hint this to her?

"Fresh meat, braised pork... why did you buy vegetarian buns?" Xu Chuchu rummaged through the bag. "I don't eat vegetarian stuffing."

"I want to eat..." Xiao Yu's thoughts were instantly broken, and he said helplessly, "There are six of them. Can you finish them?"

"You can't finish it." Xu Chuchu chuckled and quickly wrapped the vegetarian buns and handed them to Xiao Yu, "Here, please try."

After saying that, he added unwillingly, "Their specialty is meat buns."

Xiao Yu ignored her and took the bun and took a bite. Freshly baked, the bun had a soft, chewy crust and a fresh, refreshing filling. It certainly couldn't compare to the delicacies he'd tasted, but it was still a delicious home-cooked treat.

"How does it taste?" Xu Chuchu asked him, her mouth full.

She had never imagined that Xiao Yu would take the initiative to try these street snacks. Baozi seemed completely incompatible with his personality, temperament, and wealth.

But even when he was eating while walking, his manners were still gentle and elegant, which gave people a sense of incongruity, but also seemed not completely incongruous.

This is the feeling Xiao Yu gives people. Even if he is asked to push a toilet now, he can still give you a sense of fresh and unworldly elegance.

"...It's okay." Xiao Yu answered honestly.

In fact, he didn't feel like eating anymore after taking a few bites, but he still forced himself to swallow it.

Unlike Xu Chuchu, he didn't have much interest in food. He suddenly wanted to try the buns because he had never personally gone to the busy and crowded market to buy anything.

Seeing so many people buying, I naturally felt a sense of participation.

The taste of the buns didn’t bring him much surprise, but being able to buy them in person and eat them while walking on the street made the whole process fresh and novel.

After confirming that the blood-stained bronze was indeed useful, Xiao Yu seemed to relax a lot.

He and Xu Chuchu walked on the bustling street, still politely avoiding the women passing by, but the previous tension and fear had begun to dissipate little by little.

They visited many worthless shops and roadside stalls along the way. In the end, Xu Chuchu lost interest in shopping, but Xiao Yu still dragged her to visit each shop, as if to make up for all the regrets of the past in one go.

He squeezed into the crowd to watch an acrobatic performance and complained that they were all fake.

I bought a bowl of street food, drank a sip and then secretly poured it away...

He even went to the casino and lost fifty taels of silver, leaving in disgrace and reluctance.

Although life in the city is not very classy and not really that beautiful, it can be seen that Xiao Yu feels very fresh and fascinated by everything.

After that, the two walked towards the government office, where there were fewer passers-by.

Xu Chuchu noticed that Xiao Yu was in a good mood and took the opportunity to take credit: "How about it? It's quite interesting to walk outside occasionally, right?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yu smiled softly. "In the past, whenever I wanted to buy something or do something, Ah Fu and the others would run errands for me, and I would just sit in the carriage and wait. It's okay to come out and relax occasionally."