Chapter 44: If you are in danger at the same time, who will you choose to save first?

After struggling for a long time, Xu Ruochu finally mustered up the courage to ask, "I'm saying, if I hurt Lin Yuan... or accidentally killed her, would you... avenge her... for killing me?"

After she asked, her heart was pounding wildly, afraid that he would give a disappointing answer, but she was eager to know.

However, the man just stared at her quietly for a few seconds, then raised the corners of his lips and asked with a smile: "You can't even bear to kill an ant, but you dare to kill people?

Xu Ruochu was stunned for a moment. It turned out... he still remembered that she had "released" the ants before.

That year, not long after she followed her mother to the Gu family, summer arrived. It was the season when ants came out. She was enjoying the cool under a tree and watching the ants moving in the yard. Suddenly, a footstep came towards her, and she immediately stopped the person.

“Don’t step on it!”

She looked up and found that it was Gu Yixiao.

Although he had a blank expression on his face, he politely gave way and did not step on the ants.

It was from then on that she became more impressed with and admired him.

"So it's just a hypothesis~ Cousin, tell me...will you hate me..."

She asked timidly as her thoughts returned, her dark eyes fixed on his face.

The man looked down at her, "If it was unintentional, why should I hate you?"

Xu Ruochu heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and smiled brightly, "Really?! So...that means you believe I'm not that kind of bad person?"

Gu Yixiao did not answer her, but continued to look at her with his deep eyes.

Xu Ruochu felt a little nervous when he stared at her and lowered her head involuntarily.

Gu Yixiao's lips curled up into a faint smile that hinted at something unclear. "Of course, I don't want anything to happen to her either."

Because he owed Lin Yuan a life, he couldn't just watch her get hurt.

Not many people knew about this, and Gu Yixiao didn't want to reveal too much.

Hearing his answer, Xu Ruochu felt puzzled. She raised her head and continued to ask, "Then...if Sister Lin Yuan and I were in danger at the same time, who would you choose to save first?"

"......" Gu Yixiao looked at her and narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Why do you always assume unrealistic questions?”

"I'm just asking out of curiosity... If you find it embarrassing, just ignore me. I was just asking casually anyway."

Gu Yixiao looked at her for a long time without saying anything, just staring at her.

His eyes were so focused that she felt a little guilty.

She pursed her lips and looked away uncomfortably, not daring to look him in the eye any further.

Then she heard a soft sigh in her ear.

"Don't ask such boring questions again." Gu Yixiao said lightly, then straightened up, walked into the balcony, and slowly looked into the distance.

He said, "No matter who you are, I will not let anything happen to you."

"For Lin Yuan, I would rather sacrifice my own life in exchange for her lifelong peace. As for you, I have to be well so that I can personally protect you, so the two cannot be compared."

This sentence was serious, without any water content. Xu Ruchu couldn't help but look up and look at his tall back.

So it seems...

Lin Yuan is the most important person in his mind, otherwise he would not have risked his life to guarantee her.

Xu Ruochu didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment.

She looked at his tall back, feeling a little dazed.

She suddenly felt stupid...

Why ask this kind of question?

Why do you keep expecting something so stubbornly...

She would still have to keep her distance from them in the future. Even though she was sure that she would not be tortured and killed in this life, she could no longer eat and chat with him as easily as before without any grudges.

Her heart would still recall the fear of her previous life from time to time.

Xu Ruochu lowered his eyelids, slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, and felt a little bitter in his heart.

She shouldn't let love blind her mind anymore, torturing herself and forcing herself into despair...

Gu Yixiao stood by the window in silence for a moment, then turned around and looked at the girl on the sofa. She had fallen asleep on the armrest of the sofa...

He walked over slowly and called out softly, but she didn't respond.

Gu Yixiao reached out and patted her shoulder, but she was still sleeping soundly.

He wiped her forehead with his hand to make sure she didn't have a fever, then bent down to pick her up, shook his head helplessly, and put her on the bed in the bedroom.

He knew that Xu Ruochu had a lot of study tasks recently, which made her tired and sleepy, so he didn't have the heart to wake her up.

Then he bought her dinner and left the apartment quietly.

......

The next day, when Xu Ruchu woke up, it was the middle of the night.

Since she went to bed early, she woke up early. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, sat up, and saw a text message on her phone.

It was sent by Gu Yixiao last night.

[Don't forget to eat when you wake up. Dinner prepared by a five-star chef is in the kitchen.]

Looking at this line of words, Xu Ruochu felt warm in his heart, but at the same time he felt it was a burden.

After hesitating for a moment, she sent a grateful smiley face, then got out of bed, washed up, and went to have a big meal.

After reciting the book for a while, the sky gradually brightened.

She packed her schoolbag and went to school on time. Since she had no classes in the afternoon, she planned to go to the bustling commercial street to find a part-time job.

After coming out of the cafeteria, Ran Ran and Xia Xiaomo continued to busy themselves with decorating the auditorium. The three of them said goodbye, and she walked out of the school.

As she reached the bus stop, her cell phone rang.

When I looked at the number, it turned out to be Lin Yuan calling.

Xu Ruochu was stunned for a moment and looked at the phone screen in surprise.

According to the rhythm of the previous life, is he going to ask her to meet on the rooftop?

She hesitated for a few seconds, but finally hung up the phone.

No matter how Lin Yuan died in this life, it had nothing to do with her. As long as they didn't meet, she wouldn't be wrongly accused of being the murderer!

Unfortunately, this thought didn't last long, as Lin Yuan called again.

Xu Ruochu frowned, but finally broke it.

She didn't want to have too much interaction with Lin Yuan, so as not to get into trouble.

But Lin Yuan kept calling, calling twice in a row.

Xu Ruochu couldn't stand it anymore and simply turned off his phone.

Just then, a bus passing through the commercial district arrived and she was about to get on when a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Miss Xu, please stay!"

She stopped, turned around, and saw a strange man in a suit running towards her.

She saw clearly that the man was Lin Yuan's assistant, whose name seemed to be Li Wei.

In his previous life, his boss fell from a building and he was the one who cried the most sadly. Now, when she thinks about it, she feels it is a little abnormal.

Xu Ruochu frowned slightly and looked at him warily, "What's the matter?"

Needless to say, it must be Lin Yuan who asked him to come here, not to mention that he must have no good intentions when he came to find me!