"Cough cough..."
"Actually, it wasn't really a case of bullying or not. It's just that they were quite protective of you, which led to a tiny misunderstanding." Zhong Yan spoke each word carefully and earnestly.
Jiang Xiaochen's expression changed slightly: "Wang Hu, you did this, didn't you! Apologize."
Zhong Yan: "..."
It seems that instead of providing an explanation, it only added fuel to the fire.
Honestly, she didn't mean it that way at first! But seeing their resentful expressions now, she suddenly felt terrible.
From now on, Jiang Xiaochen will need them to protect him.
"No, thank you!"
“Zhong Yan…”
"You should focus on getting better first. Don't worry about anything else. I'll take care of you!" Zhong Yan said worriedly. "By the way, don't think you can just brush things off like this. How did you get injured? How did you get haunted by that female ghost? You still need to explain these things."
"Me!" Jiang Xiaochen was speechless. He couldn't very well say that after leaving her, he spent all his time cultivating and drowning his sorrows in alcohol, making himself muddle-headed, and then he encountered a mission, which allowed others to take advantage of him.
Anyway, you absolutely shouldn't say things like that.
Zhong Yan narrowed her eyes, looking at his expression with surprise: "Don't want to tell me? Fine, anyway, you're almost fully recovered, so let's part ways here and never have any contact again."
Jiang Xiaochen panicked and instinctively grabbed her wrist, refusing to let her leave. She had finally returned; letting her go now seemed inappropriate.
"Zhong Yan, are you blaming me?"
"No."
“I can tell you’re blaming me!” Jiang Xiaochen said unhappily, “You’ve even learned to lie? You said before that you would never lie to me.”
"Really? I forgot, Jiang Xiaochen, just now down there, I don't know who it was, acting like we didn't know each other. In that case, what are you doing now?"
"You!" Jiang Xiaochen felt guilty. It seemed that he was indeed in the wrong just now, and this matter couldn't be blamed on her! Anyway, no matter what happened, it was all his fault.
He hesitated, and hesitated again.
Zhong Yan said she didn't want to see him with that expression at all, it made her feel incredibly uncomfortable! Actually, it's hard to say who's right or wrong in this situation.
"Just because of our argument, just because I refused to go to Kyoto with you, you've given up on yourself, haven't you? Jiang Xiaochen, how come I never realized you were so spineless!"
"Anyway, I'm just a good-for-nothing, so what can you do to me?" Jiang Xiaochen gritted his teeth, adopting a "what's the use" attitude: "Things have come to this point, so I have nothing to hide anymore. Zhong Yan, if you don't like me, fine, I won't force you!"
"Who said I don't like you?" Zhong Yan asked subconsciously, but as soon as she finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong, as if she had just been tricked by him.
Jiang Xiaochen's face lit up with joy; he was practically jumping for joy. He looked incredibly happy; after waiting so long, how could he not be?
You must understand that, whether it was a thousand years ago or a thousand years from now, Zhong Yan is his only hope in this life.
If he could, he would rather give up everything to stay by her side.
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