Zhao Rong held a little fox girl in red clothes who was carrying a small bookcase on her back in his right hand and brought her in front of him.

He looked at her.

Su Xiaoxiao's mumbling voice suddenly became quieter, and she whispered, "Zhao Lang, why are you holding me by the back of my collar?"

"Uncle Xiaobai will be here soon." Zhao Rong raised his hand and pointed at the small bamboo bookcase behind her. "Why are you carrying this thing? What's in it? Where are the snacks I gave you?"

Su Xiaoxiao raised her thumb and pointed to the small bookcase behind her shoulder. "It contains my clothes and my five favorite books on talented scholars and beautiful women."

As she spoke, she stretched her hands behind her neck, trying to force Zhao Rong's right hand away. She looked cute but also struggling. "Zhao Lang, put me down. I want to go with you. Okay? Okay?"

Zhao Rong's head was even more troubled. "No!" he said in a firm tone and lifted her up a little higher.

"Well, I don't carry much! I only packed three sets of clothes, embroidered shoes, a small bellyband, underwear, tabi, and five books about talented scholars and beautiful women. It's not much at all. I can carry it myself, and I can help you carry some."

"No! Stop talking." Zhao Rong shook his head.

"Why not? Can't I go with you? Please, Zhao Lang! Xiao Xiao won't hold you back... Well, as long as you take me with you, that's all. Zhao Lang Zhao Lang~ Do you have luggage? There's still room for my small bookcase. I can help you carry it. Xiao Xiao is very strong. Why don't you let Xiao Xiao try? Just try... I can even carry you on my back if you're tired. Well, didn't you say before that you wanted to ride a fox..."

Zhao Rong's face turned dark. Isn't this just a whisper in the quilt? And you, stupid girl, didn't really think it was that kind of riding, did you?

"No means no."

He frowned and said, "And don't change the subject. This is not about luggage. We all have Sumeru objects, so we can put these things. It's not a problem. And I don't want you to carry me. I should carry you."

"Well, that's right. It's okay for you to take me with you. Why don't you let me go? I'm small and won't be in the way. I don't need you to carry me. I can collect firewood, cook, sing, and do needlework on the way... Can we travel like before? Just the two of us, no one else, just the two of us, okay? Zhao Lang? Please, please."

Zhao Rong remained silent and said seriously, "No, stop making trouble! Be good and go with Uncle Xiaobai later. I'm going to go out for a walk and get some fresh air. I won't be away for too long. When I come back, I'll give you an explanation about what happened with Qingjun. Let me go now and let me relax. I'm so tired lately."

"If you're tired, Xiaoxiao will give you a massage and fan you on the way, and act cute to make you happy. I can do all this! Take Xiaoxiao with you! Why not?" Su Xiaoxiao pouted.

Seeing Zhao Rong silent, she sniffed, raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, and then struggled.

"Put me down, put me down... Zhao Lang! When we were good friends, didn't we venture into the underworld together? Is it not possible now? You are my Zhao Lang now, so don't you have to take me with you? Don't leave Xiao Xiao behind, please!"

The little fox demon that was held in the air was spinning its two thin arms as fast as rowing a boat, almost turning them into two phantom circles, and its two legs were kicking in the air, but to no avail.

He was still held high in the air by Zhao Rong's big hand.

"Please, Zhao Lang!" Su Xiaoxiao said a little aggrievedly: "Please, please take me with you, I will be very, very, very... You don't even have to..."

"No! You can't leave. Stop being naughty and listen to me. Give me the book box quickly." He reached out to take her beloved book box.

She started crying.

This "wow" sound made Zhao Rong's eyelids twitch.

"I'm not taking you with me because it's troublesome, but I'm not going out just for sightseeing. I want to be quiet. During these days in the academy, I've been chasing after something illusory, thinking it was what I wanted, but in the end I found out... it doesn't seem to be what I want... um, maybe it's a bit confusing."

He couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, looking at the crying little fox demon. "But I don't know how to tell you that if you go with me, you will only be a burden. I'm not saying that you are a burden, but that anyone who accompanies me is a burden to me. Look, didn't I even bring Ling Fei and the others?

"Because I think I might not be able to calm down, just like I like to read alone in the study late at night, with the oil lamp lit until dawn, and only put down the book when I see the fish belly white in the sky, and my mood is peaceful... This time I decided to go south for the same reason."

“Wuwuwuwu… don’t be so petty anymore… Wuwuwuwuwu, don’t be so petty anymore… your heartless lover, wuwuwuwuwuwu…”

Su Xiaoxiao didn't listen and cried even harder, hitting him with her little fists.

Gui curled his lips, "The most effective way to deal with children is to not be soft-hearted."

Zhao Rong pursed his lips, "Teach me how to do things again?"

"……cut."

Zhao Rong ignored it and said with lowered eyes:

"Su Xiaoxiao, don't you want to bring some snacks back for your sisters? Don't you want to go back to see your grandmother? You finally came to Duyou City to find her." He said sternly, "Also, you still have work to do at Taiqing Mansion tomorrow, along with your sisters. Have you forgotten that you said you wanted to be a hardworking little fox fairy?"

Su Xiaoxiao cried even harder.

Zhao Rong frowned and suddenly became a little angry. He thought it would be best if this willful and stupid girl cried her eyes out.

And the strange thing is that the main reason why he was so angry at this moment was that if she followed him now, she would not be able to stand guard with her close sisters tomorrow.

"Come on." Zhao Rong snatched the small bookcase she was carrying, opened the hand that was pressing on the bookcase, took it away, and then put down the crying little fox demon in red clothes.

"Come on, go out with me to wait for Uncle Xiaobai, he should be here soon..." Zhao Rong took the lead and walked outside, carrying a small bookcase.

I don’t know why, but Zhao Rong felt a headache when he saw Su Xiaoxiao, this silly girl, carrying a small school box on her back. He really didn’t want to watch her carrying it.

He thought about giving the small bookcase to Uncle Bai later, and then returning it to her after Uncle Bai took Xiao Xiao back to the Four Mansions of Taiqing. He knew that if she wanted to follow him secretly, she would have to take the small bookcase back first.

He knew that this silly girl was just so naive.

Zhao Rong took a few steps to the door, but Su Xiaoxiao did not follow him.

She refused to leave.

However, Zhao Rong still went out to take a look and found that Uncle Xiaobai had not arrived yet. He put the small book box at the door first, and took out all the fine wine in the Xumi object and placed it next to it, so that Uncle Xiaobai could take it away later.

Zhao Rong turned around and went back into the tent. Su Xiaoxiao was still sitting at the back of the hall, wiping her tears.

When Zhao Rong walked over, she turned her back.

He knew she would be like this. When this silly girl is angry, she will turn her little body away and not face you or look at you. Even if you are suddenly captured by bad guys, it will be none of her business.

"Well, I suddenly changed my mind. I feel that the idea of ​​going out for a walk seems quite childish. I won't go. Don't cry. Let's not be childish, okay?" Zhao Rong said.

But what's funny is that when he said that, she wasn't crying at all. She just covered her face with the back of her hands, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Xin Huligui frowned, "Zhao Rong, are you regretting this now?"

Zhao Rong ignored it and continued to hold out his hand to Su Xiaoxiao, saying, "Let's go, let's go outside and wait. When Uncle Xiaobai comes, remember to call him politely. Also, you are not allowed to cry anymore, or you will be laughed at by outsiders. Well, there shouldn't be anyone as crybaby as Fox, right?"

Su Xiaoxiao still seemed to ignore him. Zhao Rong tried to reach out and grab her, but she still refused to let him, turning around and slapping his ponytailed head.

"Did you taste the cake just now? It's very sweet. Qian'er likes it very much. Qingjun also said it's good. You can try it and see if you like it. I really want to ask the little emperor for that imperial chef."

Su Xiaoxiao still refused to pay attention to him. She just sniffed and took off the sachet on her slender waist - which contained the second stanza of the poem he had completed - and almost hit Zhao Rong's nose hard. Then she shook her ponytail and turned her back to him.

Zhao Rong paused and stood still, motionless for a while. He took a deep breath, suppressed the pain in his nose and the anger in his head, then bent down to pick up the sachet and threw it back into his sleeve.

"Hey, let's go. This is someone else's place, lent to us. If you refuse to leave, we will come to chase you away later. Let's go to the door first," he said.

"I won't go back to Taiqing Mansion!"

Her words made Zhao Rong at a loss for words for a moment. He and Su Xiaoxiao stood there for three breaths... ten breaths... a hundred breaths... half a quarter of an hour.

Zhao Rong really wanted to ask her if her legs didn’t feel sore from standing.

"You must go back to the Four Mansions of Taiqing. Don't you want your grandmother anymore? Don't you want your little sisters anymore? You want to be a hardworking and self-reliant little fox fairy. Have you forgotten?" he couldn't help but say.

"In no mood."

"You want to, you definitely want to, it's impossible not to, all right, let's go, stop being angry, let's go together." Zhao Rong stretched out his hand and pulled her arms that were folded across her chest, "Hey, didn't I tell you, I'm not going anywhere now, I'm not childish anymore, I'll go back to Duyou City with you, and Uncle Xiaobai and I will take you back to Taiqing Mansion. We should be there before three o'clock in the morning, so you should get some rest when you go back, and don't disturb those sisters."

After a pause, he nodded calmly, "Then I will come back with Uncle Xiaobai, meet up with Qingjun Qianer, pack some things, and then go back..."

"I said I won't go back to Taiqing Mansion. You can go wherever you want. I won't go back to Taiqing Mansion!" The little fox demon shook off the big hand that was stretched out tentatively.

"Can you please shut up?" She turned her little face away.

“……???” Zhao Rong.

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