Chapter 54

Peng Cheng's smile, which had been on since yesterday, suddenly disappeared.

But he couldn't say no, just like when he was saved by Bai Siyu, how could he tell Bai Siyu to just ignore it.

"It's okay, Xiaoyu, go ahead. I'll tell my parents..." Peng Cheng felt that the sunny sky had suddenly turned gray. "Where are you going? Why don't you let my mom take you there?"

Bai Siyu quickly shook his head: "No, no, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay! My mom is waiting outside. You'll have to pay for a taxi."

"It's mainly because it's not convenient. Isn't your home to the west of our school? I have to go to the east." Bai Siyu patted Peng Cheng apologetically and handed him the fruit in his hand. "Please give it to my aunt and uncle. I will definitely go next time."

......

Because Pastor Changzhu said "I told no one", he naturally had to play the whole game and did not let the driver pick up Bai Siyu.

Bai Siyu took a taxi all the way to Mu's house, which cost him 128!

However, after getting off the car, he immediately saw Du Wu waiting outside the Mu family's gate.

"Master Bai, you're here." Du Wu immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, "The Third Young Master is waiting for you in the recovery room."

"How is Changzhu's leg now?!" Bai Siyu asked hurriedly.

"The Third Master has been working hard on rehabilitation recently, but I don't know the specific situation," Du Wu said.

Although they were just ordinary words, Bai Siyu couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Thinking of the suppressed and painful breathing of Mu Changzhu coming from the phone, his nose felt a little sour.

Has Changzhu been silently swallowing everything and digesting it himself? He didn't even tell his family and Du Wu because he was afraid that they would worry? !

Thinking about how everyone respects and reveres Pastor Changzhu when they mention him, but also thinks he is cold-hearted, Bai Siyu feels that Pastor Changzhu has silently shouldered so much responsibility on a daily basis...

Changzhu was willing to confide in him this time, which must have taken a lot of courage, and he regarded him as his most trusted friend.

"Let's go over there quickly." Bai Siyu felt a little uncomfortable and quickened his pace.

Du Wu quickly called out to Bai Siyu: "Master Bai, don't worry, we'll drive over there."

The herdsman's family is very large. In addition to the vast manor green space, gardens and courtyards, there is more than one villa for residence.

The main villa is mainly used by herders and important guests, but there are two more villas for other purposes.

Du Wu accompanied Bai Siyu to the door of the rehabilitation room before leaving.

After all, the Third Young Master had specifically emphasized not to linger.

Bai Siyu ignored Du Wu and knocked on the door quickly: "Changzhu, are you there? I'm here. Is it convenient for you to see me now?"

After five or six seconds, the slightly hoarse voice of Shepherd Candle came from inside.

"I'm here, Ah Yu, come in."

Bai Siyu quickly turned the handle, and the door opened, and a huge empty rehabilitation room appeared in front of Bai Siyu.

The figure of Shepherd Candle sitting in a wheelchair was alone in a corner shrouded in shadow.

His face was pale, his hair was wet, and a moon-white Chinese-style shirt was hanging sweatily on his broad but too thin shoulders. It looked as empty as if it was hanging on a thin clothes hanger. He looked so pale and weak, much weaker than the last time Bai Siyu saw him.

But the moment those dark grey eyes saw Bai Siyu, they couldn't help but smile.

"Ayu, you're here."

Bai Siyu's eyes suddenly turned red.

He quickly closed the door and ran over.

"Changzhu, how did you become like this?! We haven't seen each other for just a few days, why are you so much more...than the last time we met?"

"What do you want?"

"Nothing." Bai Siyu couldn't bear to say anything bad, so he just said, "Does your leg still hurt? I see that you look fine, and you are recovering normally. Your fate is well covered, so why do you suddenly have such pain in your leg?"

"I don't know either. I just felt very painful suddenly this morning and even lost consciousness. But I feel much better now." Mu Changzhu said, his pitch-grey eyes dimmed slightly and a look of guilt appeared on his face.

"I'm sorry, Yu, I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid of disturbing you when you went to visit me today. But by the time I realized what was happening, I had already called you..."

Bai Siyu felt moved and sad when he heard this.

He quickly said, "It's no big deal. You can come next time. If you're willing, please call me first. I'll be happy!"

Mu Changguang clenched his right hand slightly and closed his eyes. The joy that had been suppressed since the moment he saw Bai Siyu rose again.

It seems that in his Ah Yu's heart, he should be much more important than that Peng Cheng, right?

Mu Changzhu's lips twitched slightly, and he raised his head and looked at Bai Siyu.

"Really?"

"Of course!" Bai Siyu was very serious.

Even a little serious.

"Changzhu, didn't I tell you on the phone that you shouldn't say sorry for disturbing me? We are friends, right? If you keep being so polite, I will get angry. If you encounter anything in the future... or any problem, it's okay if you don't want to tell others, you can come to me! I will help you solve it. We are best friends!"

Mu Changzhu looked at Bai Siyu, who had a stern face and emphasized seriously, and his eyes softened involuntarily, and his heart melted.

He was glad they were the best, but—

They must be more than just friends.

"Oh, by the way, let me see your beads."

Bai Siyu directly took Mu Changzhu's hand and pulled the beads off his hand.

Before Mu Changzhu had the chance to carefully feel the softness of his beloved's fingers, Bai Siyu's bold actions made him laugh and cry.

He suppressed his smile, and looked at Bai Siyu tenderly with his dark grey eyes.

"Any questions?"

"No, I'm still fine. And I see your face is fine too. How strange... Changzhu, does your leg still hurt now?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore now." Shepherd Cang said sincerely.

"That's really weird." Bai Siyu frowned in worry, and suddenly thought of something, "Maybe it's not a problem with the formation! Changzhu, could it be a medical problem? Go to the hospital for a check-up!"

Pastor Candle responded quickly. He said very naturally, "It shouldn't be a medical problem because I just checked it the day before yesterday."

Afterwards, without waiting for Bai Siyu to say anything else, he pointedly guided her: "It may also be a sequelae of my hasty rehabilitation these days. It's okay, Yu. Anyway, it doesn't hurt now."

"How can you say you're fine? You were in so much pain this morning..." Bai Siyu looked at Mu Changzhu worriedly, "Besides, Changzhu, why are you in such a hurry to get rehabilitated? I heard Du Wu say that he didn't know your situation, but he knew you've been working really hard lately. You have to take your time. You can't be too impatient for success—"

"I was wrong. I listened to A-Yu."

Shepherd Candle immediately admitted his mistake and quit while he was ahead.

He could actually continue to "show weakness" now, but the medicine cannot be too strong at once.

His Ah Yu was right. We should not rush into anything and should take things step by step...

Bai Siyu had no idea that he had become the lamb targeted by the wolf, and he was still feeling sorry for Shepherd Cang.

"It's good that you know you're wrong, but I still think you need to go to the hospital. Since it's not a metaphysical problem, it must be something else. Don't worry about your family finding out and making them too worried. I'll go alone with you."

"I will definitely go to the hospital tomorrow. Ah Yu, please let me go today." Mu Changzhu smiled haggardly and coughed. "I want to bask in the sun more today. Ah Yu, can you accompany me?"

How could that not be possible?

Looking at the weak appearance of Shepherd Cang, Bai Siyu felt so distressed that he agreed immediately.

Anyway, Peng Cheng has already pushed it off, so his main task today is to keep an eye on the Pastor's candle.

"Changzhu, your clothes are all wet. Shall I ask Du Wu to get you some dry clothes to change into?"

"Don't bother him. I have some clothes here. Ah Yu, please go sit in the living room. I'll change my clothes and come out soon."

......

At this time, Du Wu on the other side was receiving clothes from the store manager Makino who personally delivered the goods to his door.

Manager Makino looked unhappy and seemed worried.

"Assistant Du, has the Third Young Master worn the clothes I brought him yesterday? Is he...is he satisfied?"

The third young master ordered clothes twice in the past few days, and the sizes were larger than before. He specifically told the third young master that these sizes might not be suitable, but the third young master insisted on his own way and did not let him ask about it.

"Manager Chen, just follow the Third Young Master's instructions."

Du Wu took the clothes without saying a word.

Although he didn't understand why his third young master, who seemed to be trying to lose weight these days by eating less and exercising more, asked Makino to send him clothes of a larger size.

But he felt that the Third Young Master must have his reasons for doing this!

......

Bai Siyu spent the entire morning with Pastor Cang.

After Mu Changzhu changed his clothes, Bai Siyu saw that his complexion was indeed better, so he went out of the villa with Mu Changzhu.

They first went to the garden together to sunbathe, and then went to pick dates under the date tree that Shepherd Candle had specially left for a week.

Bai Siyu picked up a whole basket of dates, she was so happy!

The green and red date peel glowed slightly in the sunlight, and the faint fragrance of the date flesh could be smelled when one put it close to the nose. When Bai Siyu was addicted to it, he simply wiped it with his fingers and put it in his mouth and took a bite.

The sweet, crisp and tender jujube flesh bursts with fresh juice, and under the baking sun, the freshness is particularly obvious. It’s not just the taste that’s wonderful, but also the feeling of being close to the earth and nature.

Bai Siyu ran around, sometimes transporting dates, sometimes getting water to drink.

He also told Shepherd Candle to drink plenty of water.

Mu Changzhu took the cup of water handed to him by Bai Siyu, looked at Bai Siyu's face bathed in the sunlight, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably after a while.

Although they were able to plan everything in the morning, when they were really doing some "boring" things together, the sudden excitement made Pastor Candle a little overwhelmed.

It turns out that what he said is true, there is no such thing as true ease in love.

"Changzhu, why is your face so red? Have you been exposed to too much sun?" Bai Siyu came over with a basket of dates, panting.

"Yes, yes... a little bit."

Being stared at by Bai Siyu's sparkling eyes, Mu Changzhu suddenly felt a little nervous. He picked up the cup and drank two more sips of water.

"Then let's fill this basket and go back. Wait for me, I'll be quick!"

Bai Siyu quickly ran back to the tree.

A gust of wind blew up.

Mu Changzhu just looked at Bai Siyu like this, and kept looking at her, with a heart full of love and involuntary anxiety, intertwined and spreading together...

Two days ago and this morning he was still planning well, confident that he could rely on his wisdom and ability to catch up with his Ah Yu, but now Pastor Cang suddenly felt a little panicked.

Can he really keep a clear mind and make the best judgment in the future? !

If he did something wrong, would Ah Yu...

"We are the successors of communism, carrying on the glorious traditions of our revolutionary predecessors~"

Bai Siyu's cell phone that was placed aside suddenly rang.

Pastor Cang just glanced at it casually and saw the note on it marked "Peng Cheng".

The grey eyes that were originally filled with doting and worry suddenly turned cold.

Bai Siyu picked up the phone, and Peng Cheng's concerned inquiries immediately came over.

"Xiaoyu, is your friend okay? Is the situation getting better now?"

"Much better. Thank you for remembering."

Unexpectedly, Peng Cheng would call to show concern. Bai Siyu felt touched but also a little guilty.

During this time, Peng Cheng's mother took the call and repeatedly invited Bai Siyu to go next week.

Bai Siyu agreed repeatedly.

"Of course, Auntie, I will definitely go there next week."

Shepherd Candle was listening with a smile on his face, but that smile was cold and heartless.

After Bai Siyu hung up the phone, Mu Changzhu said, "Ayu, today I..."

"Don't bother me again, or I'll get really angry." Bai Siyu interrupted Mu Changzhu with a sullen face.

Shepherd Candle smiled.

"Of course I didn't mean to say that. You've already stressed that I can't drink, so why wouldn't I listen?"

Mu Changzhu said slowly, "What I mean is that you can take some of the dates that you and I picked today back to school and share them with Peng Cheng and other roommates. You can say that you picked them at your good friend's place. They are pesticide-free and taste good."

"Is it okay?"

Bai Siyu's eyes were indeed bright.

"Of course."

"Okay! Then I'll take some back!"

At twelve o'clock noon, the servant called the two to go to the main house for lunch.

Old Master Mu was very happy that Bai Siyu could come as a guest again, and told Bai Siyu to treat this place as his home. He said that he could come whenever he wanted in the future, and that the Mu family would always welcome him.

Although Bai Siyu didn't take it seriously, she was also very happy.

He felt that Pastor Candle was looking at him, so he raised his eyelids and glanced over at him.

[Did you hear that? Your dad told me to take charge of your family.]

Shepherd Candle also responded with a smile.

[Of course, I wish I could]

Bai Siyu smiled immediately and picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs happily.

Because there was a class meeting after get off work at five o'clock, Bai Siyu was unable to have dinner at Mu's house.

It was only half past three when he got into the Shepherd's stretched Lincoln, carrying a bag of dates.

Pastor Cang found an excuse and got on the car as well.

People who fall in love always want to stay with each other as much as possible, and Pastor Candle is no exception.

As soon as Bai Siyu returned to the dormitory, he immediately distributed the dates to Pang Guanchao and Zhang Chengshan. Peng Cheng and Xu Zhensheng had not returned yet, so Bai Siyu grabbed a few handfuls of dates and placed them on their desks.

Pang Guanchao's eyes widened in amazement as he ate the crispy, tender, and sweet dates.

"These dates are so delicious?! So sweet——"

Bai Siyu just gave it to him, but he didn’t want it at first!

"It's really sweet, sweeter than the dates grown in my hometown, which is a place rich in dates."

Zhang Chengshan also praised it while eating dates.

Bai Siyu was very happy and inexplicably a little proud: "This is the date tree planted in my good friend's home. This date tree is the same size as him. It was planted by his father when he was born. It has great commemorative significance."

"Really? That's been many, many years."

"Yes, more than 28 years.

"What?! More than 28 years?!" Pang Guanchao was stunned while chewing dates, "Xiaoyu, you actually have a good friend who is so much older than you, a close friend regardless of age?!"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"

Bai Siyu was almost choked by the saliva.

"What, what age difference? We are only a little over ten years apart. He is very young, okay? And he is very handsome. He looks better than celebrities! He is so outstanding... Oh, yes, he is also a graduate of our Kyoto University. He was admitted to Kyoto University at the age of eleven and graduated with a doctorate at the age of eighteen. He is a genius!!!"

Bai Siyu muttered to himself for a while, not realizing that when he heard others "questioning" Pastor Changzhu, he could not tolerate it even more than he could when he was "questioned" himself.

"He graduated with a PhD at the age of 18? How is that possible? Is he still a human being?"

Pang Guanchao didn't believe it.

Zhang Chengshan on the side was stunned for a moment: "I, I, I... I seem to have seen a list of Peking University honorary alumni in the library. There is a tycoon who graduated with a doctorate at the age of 18, and he is also a business genius. Could he be your friend?! Is your friend's surname Mu, Mu... Mu..."

"Bang--!"

A knocking sound suddenly came from outside the dormitory door.

Xu Zhensheng pushed open the door and rushed in, panting heavily.

He glanced at Bai Siyu's empty bed and his heart skipped a beat in disappointment.

He glanced at Zhang Chengshan who was sitting beside the bed.

"Shanzi, you didn't go to the library today?"

"The library is under renovation and the stairs are not accessible."

"Oh, okay, it's not important." Xu Zhensheng scratched his head, "No, I have to go to the school gate to wait for Xiaoyu, I have something urgent to find him..."

Pang Guanchao and Zhang Chengshan were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.

Bai Siyu, who was standing between the door and the cabinet, formed a clever triangle: "......"

As Xu Zhensheng was about to rush out, Bai Siyu grabbed him by the collar.

He was speechless: "I'm in the dormitory."

Xu Zhensheng's fate was strangled by the back of his neck. Under the impact, he almost rolled his eyes. His eyeballs rolled upwards and he started coughing violently.

But there was much more joy on his face than pain.

"Xiaoyu, you are in the dormitory! Then why didn't you answer my call?! Forget it, it's not important. Please help me. The girl I like seems to be in trouble——"

"Hmm?" Bai Siyu let go of Xu Zhensheng's collar. "What's the matter?"

Pang Guanchao and Zhang Chengshan on the side also put down what they were holding and stared at Xu Zhensheng with full concentration.

They had heard Xu Zhensheng talk about the goddess he had a crush on for three years in high school, and they had also seen her photo. She was an extremely beautiful, tall, slim and fair-skinned girl with a very celestial temperament. Just looking at her made people feel as if they were in spring breeze.

She and Lao Xu are a perfect match, after all, Lao Xu is a dark-skinned handsome man. But Lao Xu has no confidence at all, and he still doesn't dare to express his feelings...

Pang Guanchao is more proactive than Bai Siyu.

"What's the matter? What happened to your goddess? Was she kidnapped or is she sick? Do you need Xiaoyu's help to save her life?"

“Neither.”

As Xu Zhensheng spoke, he took out his cell phone from his pocket, hesitated for two seconds, and then lightly clicked on a video.

"I can't explain it, but I just think something happened to her. You've seen her in the graduation photo, but this video shows her now."

Xu Zhensheng pointed the screen of his mobile phone at Bai Siyu, but Pang Guanchao was too curious and tried to move his head towards it.

It turned out that it didn't matter at all. He looked for a long time but couldn't recognize which one in the video was Xu Zhensheng's goddess.

"Old Xu, who is your goddess? She's not in this video?"

Apart from an ugly, fat, dark girl with swollen features, and a pretty and sweet girl next to her, there is no one else in this video.

"Hmm... this sweet girl is pretty, but I remember your goddess doesn't look like this. Doesn't your goddess have almond eyes?"

"She...the girl next to her is..."

Xu Zhensheng was unwilling to admit it, but that was the fact.

"That fat, dark-skinned girl with a puffy face is the one I told you I like before... that girl."

"What?!!"

Pang Guanchao was immediately shocked and made an emoticon.

His eyes almost popped out of his head.

"How is this possible?! You must have recognized the wrong person. This girl doesn't look like the girl in the graduation photo you showed us before. There is no similarity at all."

And even if you gain weight and get tanned during the summer vacation, you can't exaggerate it. Gaining 100 pounds in two months? !

The facial features have completely changed!

"I'm not mistaken, this was taken by another classmate of ours, and now almost the whole grade knows about it."

Xu Zhensheng felt very uncomfortable.

But he was not upset because his goddess had turned ugly, but because this secretly filmed video had been spread to their entire high school group. Li Nianjun could be said to be the most beautiful girl in their grade before, and almost everyone in the grade knew her. Now she had turned into this and it had been spread to the entire grade group. If she knew about it, she would definitely be very sad...

Even though they are all students, not all of them are good people. Some men and women say extremely nasty things that make him want to sew their mouths shut!

Xu Zhensheng grabbed Bai Siyu's arm.

"Many people say that she has become disabled, fat and dark, but I don't think so. She must have encountered some problems. I feel that her mental state in the video is not right at all. I have liked her for three years and have never seen her look so muddled and confused. Xiaoyu, can you help me see if she has been drugged?!"

Bai Siyu frowned.

He looked at the two people in the video whose facial features were blurred and who looked as if there was a pool of dirty water expanding inside their bodies.

Yes, two people.

Although they look completely different in appearance, they are actually the same in his eyes.

Low-class beauty descends.

He hasn't seen this kind of black magic for a long time.

It is said to be black magic, but the principle is very similar to that of dragons. There are male and female dragons, and this black magic can be done by male and female dragons.

A high-level beauty spell can be cast alone, but a low-level one requires a sacrificial host to be brought along.

And the girl that Lao Xu liked was obviously used as a sacrifice.

"Who is the girl next to the girl you like? Do you know her?"

Bai Siyu did not answer Xu Zhensheng immediately, but asked a question in return.

Xu Zhensheng was stunned and shook his head quickly.

"I don't know her, but I saw in the group that this girl is from another class in our grade, and she was the best friend of the girl I liked in junior high school."

"What..." Xu Zhensheng suddenly reacted, "Is there something wrong with this girl?!"

"It's not a big problem." Bai Siyu said in a light voice, "Where did they go to college?"

"In the capital of Province S!"

Xu Zhensheng suddenly looked at Bai Siyu as if he were his reborn parent, his eyes sparkling with deep admiration and gratitude.

"Are you going to save her, Xiaoyu? If you can really save her, don't say anything in the future. I will go through fire and water without hesitation. In the future—

Xiaoyu, you are my second father!"