Hua Jiaqing's body was very stiff, and the hand held by Ning Zhishui looked like a prosthetic limb.
She passively followed Ning Zhishui out, sizing her up, trying to find out her disgust and impatience.
But there is none.
At this moment, Hua Jiaqing was very confused——
Why?
Why doesn’t Ning Zhishui live in a better and more comfortable courtyard, but instead has to squeeze in here?
They just met today, and even this acquaintance was because she helped him first, but why did she want to be so close to him?
Yes, it’s closeness.
She took the initiative to approach him, and didn't mind his incontinence. There was only a brief look of confusion and surprise on her face... What was her purpose?
Is there anything on me that she is after?
Daddy was injured and sick, paralyzed in bed, and needed expensive medicinal herbs to support him every day. She spent all the money she earned as a fisherman on him, but even that was not enough.
My mother only has the cultivation level of the second realm, so she can only clean the newly caught seafood for the nearby merchants, remove the internal organs and peel them, and earn some hard-earned labor fees.
The Hua family was willing to take in the three of them and leave them a small yard to live in, which was already the limit. Dad's illness was obviously not within their scope of responsibility.
After Hua Jiaqing frowned and thought for a while, he realized that apart from the blue-striped cat's eye snail, he had almost nothing.
But even the blue-striped cat's-eye snail was only available to her after Ning Zhishui reminded her!
If she really wanted it, she could just buy it for a few dozen crystals without making a fuss, and then she could keep it for herself. Why would she need to remind her?
After entering the yard, before Ning Zhishui could say anything, Hua Jiaqing spoke first -
"As you can see, my father is in poor health, and our yard isn't a good place to live. You should go somewhere else."
She had a blank expression on her face. Although she was young, she already had a cold air that kept people at a distance.
However, compared to when we first met in the previous life, she is now much gentler.
Perhaps it was because the biggest disaster in her life had not yet come.
Ning Zhishui glanced at her arms which were still intact, with deep relief in his eyes.
"You also said that uncle is in poor health, and this is not something he can control. Besides, don't you take good care of him?" Ning Zhishui disagreed, "I don't mind it myself, why do you mind it so much?"
Hua Jiaqing frowned, "Why don't you just say it straight out."
Ning Zhishui was stunned, "What?"
"Why don't you just tell me what you want? As long as I have it and can give it to you, I won't be stingy. You don't have to waste your time trying to get close to me or beat around the bush," Hua Jiaqing said. "If you want, I can also give you the remaining half of the blue-striped cat's eye snail."
Ning Zhishui looked at him strangely, "Why would you have such an idea? I must have some ulterior motive in approaching you."
What else?
There was an inexplicable confusion in Hua Jiaqing's eyes.
This matter touched her blind spot.
"Why can't it be me who wants to be friends with you?" Ning Zhishui crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at her, as if he was laughing out of anger. "Look, we are the same age, both girls. If I don't play with you, do I have to play with Hua Zhaoxing?"
Hua Zhaoxing, who had just arrived in the yard and hadn't had time to speak, said:...
The two people who were talking face to face didn't notice him.
"Don't you have any friends? Don't you want to make friends? Isn't making friends based on fate? Do you have to have what I want in you before I can be friends with you?" Ning Zhishui asked again.
"Friends..." Hua Jiaqing murmured.
She really has no friends.
She spent all her time searching for seafood in the water, selling them for money, buying medicine for her father, and coming back to take care of him.
Even her own cultivation progressed slowly because of these trivial matters.
The job of fisherman is very fast, and the risk is too great, so people usually quit after working for a while.
New people are joining and people are leaving all the time.
The people around her kept changing, and among those who stayed, no one could talk to her. Instead, after knowing her family situation, they always kept their distance from her unconsciously, or looked at her with sympathy.
Those people could not be her friends.
There was a soft pity in Ning Zhishui's eyes when he looked at Hua Jiaqing.
She has to bear too much on her weak shoulders. No one can truly understand her, not to mention outside. Even at home, no one can truly understand her.
A "useless person" who has been bedridden for a long time will become lifeless, knowing only to lament and be pessimistic, and want to commit suicide from time to time. He will have no way to truly care for his daughter.
Hua Jiaqing's mother always lamented her bad luck and always wanted her daughter to marry into a good family so that life at home would be better.
Friends, these two simple words are so unfamiliar to her.
"Well, Ning Dao... Ning Zhishui is right. You already know each other and can chat with each other, so of course you are friends." Hua Zhaoxing saw that the two of them were silent, so he laughed awkwardly and walked over.
"What are you doing here?" Ning Zhishui asked him.
Hua Zhaoxing: ...
Am I being disliked?
"My mother asked me to ask you if there is anything you are missing."
"No need, there is no shortage." Ning Zhishui said.
In fact, Hua Jiaqing's family was in need. The house was very simple and all the things were old.
She had wanted to ask the Hua family to make up for it, but then she thought, Jiaqing definitely doesn't want to owe the Hua family anything, and it's not bad that the Hua family can do this, after all, they haven't really treated the three of them harshly.
So she didn't bring it up.
"Do you really want to live here?" Hua Zhaoxing asked.
"Um, is there a problem?"
"No... If you have any questions, just tell the maid. I've already given instructions. You don't have to be polite."
Ning Zhishui nodded and said, "Thank my uncle and aunt for me. I'm sorry for causing them so much trouble."
"You saved me first, no need to be so polite."
Hua Zhaoxing turned around and vaguely realized that he was not welcome here, but rather seemed to be a nuisance.
So he touched his nose and left in shame.
Ning Zhishui then looked at Hua Jiaqing and said, "Tell me about your uncle's condition in detail. What happened to his injury?"
Hua Jiaqing nodded.
Hua Jiaqing's father is also a fisherman, and he is an old worker who has been working there for a long time.
One day when he was in the sea, his foot was pricked by something and he felt a slight itchy pain. When he looked down, he could only see a clump of seaweed, so he didn't take it seriously.
When he returned home that day, he discovered that there were two holes in the fish-skin clothing at his ankles, and there were also small red spots on his feet.
It was obvious that he had been bitten by something, and the wound seemed to be quite small.
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