Xie Qingyan retorted defiantly, "Besides, you haven't even realized what the problem is!"
That's right. Xu Shi's answer only addressed the second half of her sentence, without mentioning the first half at all, but that was actually what she most wanted to change.
She admitted that her situation was indeed a bit delicate compared to others, and as she herself had said before, she felt from the bottom of her heart that she owed Xu Shi something.
But this is absolutely no reason for her to suffer like this. Someone once said, "You don't owe me anything anymore," right? The two of them have been through thick and thin together. If you still don't think that's enough, then don't say those things! Instead of coming together like this, they've grown increasingly distant from each other, which makes her always feel inferior to other girls.
If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have preferred to have Xu Shi give her the ability directly in the first place, at least it wouldn't have been this scenario of expectation followed by disappointment.
Anyway, she couldn't stand it. If anyone owed me, Xie Qingyan, it was only you, Xu Shi. What did the other girls have to do with me? Why should I be teased and ridiculed by you for no reason every day, and then I get angry and everyone is happy like a clown?
"Don't you know what we're doing right now?"
Xu Shi was utterly helpless. "We are now playing a game against the Vatican. Not to mention that every step is like walking on thin ice, not making mistakes is the most basic requirement. Letting you rest and recuperate is not only being responsible for you, but also for everyone."
"Besides, how could I not know where the problem lies? Aren't we treating you right now? Once you're no longer troubled by the sea god's corruption, you can do whatever you want, okay?"
Xia Wuyou always felt that these two people were still not on the same wavelength. They seemed to be talking about the same thing, but their focus was completely different.
“...I don’t have the same good temper as other people, Xu Shi.”
Xie Qingyan sighed again, "But I didn't come here to argue with you. I don't want to argue with you. I just want to lay things out and explain them clearly."
"Are you threatening me?"
Xu Shi frowned. "That's just my personality. I don't know what's wrong with me. Whatever."
"you!"
The dog-woman suddenly stood up, completely disbelieving that Xu Shi could have said such a thing.
Not long ago, he was there with a haughty look, saying "I don't want to." Heaven knows how touched she was at the time. Who knew that he would become like this so soon? It would be hard for anyone to accept such a change.
However, she didn't do anything outrageous again. She stared at Xu Shi for a long time before finally angrily flicking her sleeves and turning to leave.
Xu Shi made no attempt to stop him, but instead slammed himself onto the sofa in frustration, feeling agitated and out of breath.
Perhaps no one expected that the relationship between the two would take this turn.
Xia Wuyou, to her surprise, couldn't help but speak up after Xie Qingyan left, "Was what you did a bit inappropriate? I feel..."
To be honest, in her eyes, this was not how the two of them should have become after going through life and death together. Especially since they were both strong-willed, they didn't seem like the type to hold grudges over these things, or even if they had a falling out, they would still stick to their own opinions and refuse to give in to each other.
Could it really be because there have been too many things to do these days? She had heard from her aunt before that everyone was busy with the cat teaching and it wasn't easy... In addition, Xu Shi sometimes doesn't like to consider other people's thoughts when he does things, and he has a parental mindset of "this is all for your own good". It's not surprising that Xie Qingyan is unhappy.
Even so, Xia Xiaomao still felt that Xu Shi should be a little gentler with Xie Qingyan. As someone who had been through it all, she knew that this guy enjoyed the pleasure of training and disciplining a hawk, whether it was herself or Chen Qin, and Xie Qingyan just happened to fall into this category, which could easily trigger his old habits.
But then again, shouldn't training and discipline be something that should only be done before a relationship is established? Anyway, that's how Xu Shi treated her, using all sorts of little tricks to make her unable to resist at that time... But Xie Qingyan has already done *that* with you, so it's a bit too much for you to do this.
On the contrary, what's the point of being so forceful when someone is feeling so down? It's not that hard to treat her well; you've been kind to others before.
At least he has always treated himself well, in fact, very well.
"...Do you also think it's my problem?"
Xu Shi interrupted her, his tone questioning but not in an authoritative way; rather, it conveyed a sense of helplessness.
"this……"
This left Xia Xiaomao at a loss for words. If she had to say, her heart was definitely with Xu Shi, but was this Xie Qingyan's fault? It didn't seem like it was entirely.
No matter how I answered her, she felt it was inappropriate.
"never mind."
Xu Shi didn't dwell on it too much, waved his hand wearily, and asked, "Where were we?"
"Speaking of...some plans targeting the Vatican?"
Xia Wuyou didn't forget the main business because of this accident. "We just talked about creating an opening for the Holy See to catch us?"
"Right... let's leave it at that for now."
Xu Shi nodded, but he also seemed to have no energy to think about these things. "We'll talk about this after this is over. Don't tell anyone about my relationship with Qingyan."
"Uh-huh."
Xia Xiaomao nodded sensibly.
Then.
After separating from Xu Shi, she immediately found Xia Ke'an and shared the matter with her.
That makes sense. Others can be considered outsiders, but how can your own aunt be considered an outsider?
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