Seeing Xia Xiao close her eyes and put the knife across her knees, Xiao Ran hurried out. Xia Xiao worked hard, so she went to prepare lunch for her. It was time to have a good meal. After closing the door, Xiao Ran saw Ah Zhu coming and was a little flustered, because this girl always yelled every time she came. Sure enough, Ah Zhu asked loudly before she entered the door:

"Is Xia Xiao awake?"

As Shu Shuang's former contracted beast, Xiao Ran knew that Shu Shuang didn't like Ah Zhu, so she didn't like her very much. But like Shu Shuang, she never expressed her emotions directly, but was as tactful as a winding stream.

“Shh—”

Xiao Ran stopped Ah Zhu outside the door and said:

"Just woke up, thinking about something."

Upon hearing that Xia Xiao had woken up, Ah Zhu was extremely happy, with a smile on his face, which made Xiao Ran a little jealous. Like Shu Shuang, she frowned slightly, and when she saw Ah Zhu looking into the room, she became even more unhappy. Fortunately, the door of the room was closed, otherwise Xiao Ran would be even more annoyed. She felt that it would be a loss for Ah Zhu to look at Xia Xiao for even a second.

"Let's go get some food, he must be hungry."

This was originally what Xiaoran said, but Ah Zhu snatched it away. Ah Zhu didn't wait for her to agree, and pulled her towards the cafeteria.

"We have seafood today. He is so lucky."

Azhu seemed not to feel Xiaoran's gaze. She looked at herself as if she was looking at a fool, which was somewhat similar to Xia Xiao's initial look.

If a girl is too carefree, more people will hate her than like her. There are many reasons, but most of them are other people's problems. If a man is like this, many people will think it is normal, but people nowadays are too complicated. The simpler the person, the easier it is to be suspected, and there is even more prejudice against women. Just like the word "scheming", it is often associated with women.

Seeing that Ah Zhu had caught a lot of shrimps, Xiao Ran asked politely:

"Do you like eating?"

"Xia Xiao likes it."

Xiao Ran frowned and her tone changed a little, but Ah Zhu was so focused on the food that he didn't pay attention to the slightest change in her words. If she had been more careful, she wouldn't have come out to get food with Xiao Ran. The longer they spent together, the more they talked, and the more conflicts they accumulated.

“I remember he didn’t like it.”

"No, he peeled shrimps for me at the beach, and he ate one himself, removing the heads and eating them."

It has to be said that women think more than men. Just like Xiao Ran at this moment, she felt that Ah Zhu was challenging her. She knew that she didn't accompany Xia Xiao out of the academy, but she still mentioned the outside things. It seems that Ah Zhu, who looks pure, has a deep mind. But if she thinks that if Shu Shuang is not around, she can snatch Xia Xiao away, she is too naive.

"But he prefers roast chicken, which is a bit oily, but it's good with porridge and pickles."

Xiao Ran picked up the food in her hand, which seemed to be more thoughtful. But Ah Zhu didn't think too much and just said:

"It's just a little short. It's not enough for the three of us."

"That can't be helped. There are three living people. No one can be missing."

"How about I go to the foothills and get some food?"

"Um...okay."

Ah Zhu stole a small shrimp, then handed it to Xiao Ran and ran away. After running a distance, he turned around and told Xiao Ran to wait until he came back before eating, as she was very fast.

Watching her leaving, Xiao Ran was stunned. She didn't understand whether Ah Zhu was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. She was fighting for Xia Xiao, but Ah Zhu really only thought about eating? After a long time, she smiled. Maybe she was overthinking. After all, Ah Zhu came every day for the past six days, and every time he ate all kinds of small things. Maybe he was really a foodie and didn't hide his words. But with so many things, is it really not enough to eat?

Xiao Ran looked at the roast chicken, a bag of shrimps, three bowls of porridge, three portions of noodles, and a plate of pickles in her hand. It was enough. But Ah Zhu said it was not enough. How much could he eat?

On the way down the mountain, Ah Zhu took out a piece of dried sweet potato from the small pocket on her waist. This was given to her by the uncle in the cafeteria, and it tasted like the ones her grandmother had dried.

When the two girls put everything on the table and Xia Xiao came out to eat, he was still immersed in his own world. The Pudao had signs of life, he felt it, but it was difficult to communicate. Would Shu Shuang have a trace of consciousness hidden in the Pudao? According to what the Golden Spirit Beast said before, it might be the case, but what should he do to wake it up?

Xia Xiao called Shu Shuang's name many times, but Pu Dao remained silent, only a scarlet light. Outside the door, Ah Zhu sat at the table, watching the prawns gradually lose heat and become slightly cool. Seeing her stand up, Xiao Ran asked what she was doing. Ah Zhu walked towards Xia Xiao's door and said:

"If you don't come out, the food will get cold."

"ah?"

In Xiao Ran's eyes, a meal doesn't have much weight. If it gets cold, it gets cold. If Xia Xiaoruo doesn't like it cold, she can just heat it up or make it again. But Ah Zhu doesn't think so. She takes food very seriously. It's okay if it's not made. As long as the food is in front of her, she must eat it. Food is hard to come by, and the shelf life of food is very short. After a few minutes, it will lose its taste. If it gets cold, it will taste even worse.

This is Azhu's persistence, but Xiaoran still stopped him.

"You can't go in. Xia Xiao is meditating."

"What are you thinking about? You'll starve to death if you don't eat."

Xiao Ran was tall, so her movements were slow, and she didn't use her vitality in the room, so Ah Zhu slipped under her arm and opened the door. Seeing the knife across Xia Xiao's knees, Ah Zhu immediately exclaimed, "Isn't this too much love for knives?" Just hold it and sleep.

Ah Zhu raised her hand, ready to pull Xia Xiao's ear and ask him to get up to eat. Although she was a little afraid of Xia Xiao, it was wrong for him to do so. Grandma said that it was impolite not to keep others waiting for a long time when eating.

His arms were suspended in the air, and he could not move. Ah Zhu looked back at Xiao Ran, not understanding what she was doing. But Xia Xiao woke up, opened his eyes suddenly, and lowered his head, as if he was woken up by a beating.

When Xiao Ran saw Xia Xiao open his eyes, he quickly withdrew his vitality. Ah Zhu withdrew his hand, feeling a little embarrassed. But Xia Xiao was happy. He originally thought that it was Shu Shuang in the Pu Dao who slapped him, but it turned out to be Ah Zhu. But that's right, Shu Shuang wouldn't be so rude.

"what?"

Xia Xiao's gaze was the same as before, full of disgust, which made Ah Zhu angry.

"I called you to eat. I prepared this meal especially for you."

"Can you stop being so rough?"

Xia Xiao got out of bed and put the machete on the bed. Ah Zhu beside him followed him and kept yelling.

"How was I rough? I didn't touch you."

"The pig moved."

"It was done by a bastard who is worse than pigs and dogs."

Xia Xiao exclaimed, thinking that he had really invested a lot of money. Although he was disgusted, he was in a good mood today. When he returned to the Great Wilderness, the air was cleaner than in his original world.

Sitting at the table, Xia Xiao picked up a bowl of porridge and ate the roast chicken. Ah Zhu saw this and peeled shrimp for him and put it in his bowl. Xiao Ran had just developed a good impression of Ah Zhu, but now it was all gone. She looked at Ah Zhu, who picked up the roast chicken for Xia Xiao and said softly:

"Eat more."

No matter how good Ah Zhu is, gentleness can never be learned. In fact, she didn't want to compete with Xiao Ran, but the latter always felt that she had bad intentions. Xia Xiao raised his eyebrows. Although today is a good day, it doesn't have to be like this, right? He looked at the two girls and asked with some doubt:

"You guys are so weird today."

"No."

This was the most tacit understanding between Xiaoran and Azhu. After they finished talking, they looked at each other and lowered their heads guiltily, especially Xiaoran. She was indeed acting strange today.

After peeling more than a dozen shrimps, Ah Zhu stopped peeling them and started eating them by herself. When Ah Zhu was immersed in the food, she automatically ignored Xia Xiao and Xiao Ran. The latter then realized why she had said that it was not enough before. She ate three bowls of noodles by herself and still was not satisfied. It was really amazing.

"Eat slowly, it's all yours."

Although Xia Xiao still had a lot of things to do after returning to this world, he had already had some unprecedented connections with the Pu Dao. After dinner, he would go and sense it again, and perhaps he would gain something new. He hoped that this knife would really contain Shu Shuang's secret. This alone made Xia Xiao happy. When he was in a good mood, he naturally became patient with the people around him.

"You eat so fast, I feel embarrassed to eat slowly."

“Eat slowly.”

Xia Xiao gnawed on the chicken feet, as if to accompany Ah Zhu. Xiao Ran felt bad, it seemed that Xia Xiao and Xiao Ran had developed some feelings for each other during this trip. If this continued, wouldn't Xia Xiao be with Ah Zhu? As someone who inherited Shu Shuang's consciousness, she would never allow such a thing to happen. But she was always gentle and could not find any thorns, and now she didn't know what to say, so she could only sit there and worry.

Five minutes later, Xiaoran poured tea for Xia Xiao. After he finished drinking it, he asked Azhu.

"Are you full?"

“I’m full!”

"Then get out of here."

Ah Zhu stuck out his tongue and said he would come to see him tomorrow. Xiao Ran was curious, Xia Xiao spoke to Ah Zhu in this tone, so she wasn't angry? Or were they just good friends? When she saw Xia Xiao talking to Tian Ming before, they were also like this.

What the ancestors said always made sense. Xiao Ran just remembered the destiny when he came. But Xia Xiao just yelled in the room, "Get out of here, I'm busy," and he left quickly.

Maybe he was just overthinking it. Xiao Ran looked at Xia Xiao's door and sat in the living room, reading the book in Shu Shuang's room as he usually did when he was not around. He hoped to be a person like Shu Shuang and stay with Xia Xiao.

In the past three months, Xiao Ran had only done one thing, which was to recover the backlash caused by the broken spiritual contract when Shu Shuang left. Now, she has recovered her strength. Although the fifth level is not particularly strong, she has mastered the complete wood element and is no longer afraid of wild beasts of the same level. When Xia Xiao was away, she enriched herself by becoming stronger. But becoming stronger is not the end, waiting for Xia Xiao to come back is. Therefore, she began to wait for Xia Xiao to leave the room.

Shu Shuang never makes marks on books when reading, but she will take notes and write down some of her thoughts. Although these are just simple understandings and not golden sentences, sometimes what is truly touching is not those golden sentence models that are easy to imitate, but two sentences that truly reveal one's thoughts. For example, on this piece of paper at this moment, it is written:

When you are busy, I will wait for you to finish and never disturb you. But I will never be that busy, because I am always ready to appear by your side when you need me even a little bit.

Xiao Ran was intoxicated by the beautiful and generous handwriting. Shu Shuang was undoubtedly the kind of girl she wanted to be the most, gentle, strong and loyal. Outsiders thought Xiao Ran and Shu Shuang were very similar, but she was far from being as brave as the latter. Shu Shuang was really the kind of person who was quiet but never lacked courage. She could do whatever she wanted to do and was also good at expressing her love. This was why Xiao Ran admired her so much and even inherited her will.