Chapter 85 Are We Just Friends?
"Why are you here?" When Xiao Yu came, Xu Chuchu had just finished his afternoon practice.
Her spiritual power had not yet been fully retracted, and she could smell the elegant scent of incense on Xiao Yu's clothes and the scent of jasmine water on her hair from afar.
Looking at him again, his clothes and hairstyle were neatly arranged, even his eyebrows were drawn. It was obvious that he had dressed up carefully before going out.
Oh, he looks so handsome, I don’t know what he wants to do.
Xiao Yu felt her scalp tingle when she was stared at by Xu Chuchu. She felt like her thoughts were being seen through. She hurriedly looked away and said, "Are you busy? I have something to tell you."
"You say." Xu Chuchu nodded.
"...Brother Shao is back and told me about you and Shao Zhi." Xiao Yu said.
I had thought about what I wanted to say eight hundred times in my mind, but when I saw this girl and met her clear and bright eyes, I felt that I had no right to say these words.
"Really?" Xu Chuchu wasn't surprised that Shao Zhi would exaggerate the matter, but she was a little surprised that Xiao Yu would come to her for this. "You're not here to seek justice for her, are you?"
Xiao Yu was silent for a moment: "I don't think you would punish her for no reason. Something must have happened that I don't know about."
"That's true." Xu Chuchu said mercilessly, "While we were interrogating Madam Lu, Shao Zhi went to find Sanshan Zhenren, so the baby suddenly attacked me."
She looked at Xiao Yu's slightly surprised expression and found it a little funny: "Why, is it different from what she said?"
"Why didn't you tell me such an important thing?" Xiao Yu couldn't believe it.
He didn't doubt it at all. Instead, countless scenes from that time flashed through his mind, including Shao Zhi's inexplicable disappearance and her avoidance over the past few days... He was secretly annoyed that he didn't even notice such an obviously suspicious thing.
"What if I tell you?" Xu Chuchu said helplessly, "Will you really do justice for me?"
"Why do you think I won't do you justice?" Xiao Yu was even more surprised.
"Because she's your childhood sweetheart and the sister of your best friend," Xu Chuchu said matter-of-factly. "Even if we could find evidence, wouldn't Shao Mingjie plead for his sister? Wouldn't the Shao family intervene? Can you put aside all these external factors and convict Shao Zhi?"
"I……"
"This is also why I didn't come to you, Xiao Yu." Xu Chuchu continued, "We are friends, and friends should give each other some wiggle room. I have the ability to uphold justice for myself, so there's no need to put you in the middle. You don't have to come to me specifically to talk about this and tear apart the surface of peace for me to see."
- And if I tell you everything and you can't handle this matter fairly for various reasons, I will be very disappointed.
——Instead of being disappointed, it is better not to have any expectations from the beginning.
These were the two sentences Xu Chuchu thought of but didn't say out loud.
"You don't trust me." Xiao Yu quickly grasped the key point and looked at her with scorching eyes. "Why do you think I won't handle it fairly? Why do you think I will just watch you get wronged and bullied and do nothing?"
"In your eyes, are we just friends who leave room for each other?!"
As soon as the words came out, both of them were stunned.
Maybe she was too excited when she was talking, and she unconsciously moved closer. Xu Chuchu could almost see Xiao Yu's trembling eyelashes.
"If we're not friends, then what are we?" she asked softly.
Xiao Yu's expression became visibly stiffer.
"...We are friends for life and death," he finally said.
Xu Chuchu nodded: "Thank you, but it's not necessary this time. I've already taught her a lesson."
If Xiao Yu wanted to pursue the matter this time, it would inevitably involve Xu Chuchu's private punishment of Shao Zhi. Then both sides would be punished, and Xu Chuchu would not get away with it.
Xiao Yu obviously realized this and found that he could not prove himself this time, so he pursed his lips in displeasure.
"No matter what happens, you must believe that I will not abandon you." He was afraid that Xu Chuchu would not believe him, so he repeated it in a firm tone, "If you encounter any trouble in the future, just come to me directly."
"Okay, I'll remember this." This time Xu Chuchu finally smiled.
Regardless of whether these words were sincere or impulsive, Xu Chuchu's admission warmed her heart.
Apart from her master, Xiao Yu was the only one who promised to defend her when she was bullied.
Although she didn't seem to need anyone's protection before...
"Oh, right." Seeing Xu Chuchu's smile, Xiao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief and unconsciously smoothed his hair. "And about that matter, how have you considered it?"
"What?" Xu Chuchu didn't react at first.
"Don't you remember?" Xiao Yu said slowly, "You said you needed to think about letting me practice with you. Have you thought about it now?"
"Ah?" Xu Chuchu completely forgot about this matter.
In her mind, "consider it" meant "rejection", and she never expected that Xiao Yu would not give up and come all the way to ask again.
This time she thought about it seriously and said, "If you really want to learn, I can find a more capable and experienced physiognomist to be your master."
"What about you?" Xiao Yu pressed on, "Why don't you want to teach me? Is there something you're shy about?"
"No." Xu Chuchu said frankly, "It's just that I have something very important to do. I need to go to the north to find my relatives."
Xiao Yu immediately responded: "Is there any contradiction in this? I can accompany you to the north to find your relatives."
"you……"
"And I can also mobilize the power of the government to help you find it, which will be much faster than you can do it alone." Xiao Yu added, "You don't have to worry about anything. Just teach me some Taoist techniques occasionally and watch me practice. As for everything else you want to do, what you want, and who you want to find, leave it all to me."
He became more and more anxious as he spoke, afraid that he would miss something and give Xu Chuchu an excuse to leave.
He didn't want to drag it on any longer.
"Xiao Yu..." Xu Chuchu frowned as she thought about his strange behavior in recent days. "Xiao Yu, do you like me?"
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