Chapter 125 Why should I be obligated to accept your good intentions?
The night was quiet.
Moonlight streamed through the open window, illuminating the boy's peaceful face as he slept.
No matter how many times she looked at it, Yu Qingzhou had to admit that it was indeed a pleasing face.
But it's merely pleasing to the eye.
Yu Qingzhou did not wake Li Xiao, but quietly sat down on the other side of the table.
The gaze shifted from the sleeping boy to the food box on the table.
Yu Qingzhou felt as if he had seen it somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it. Then a soft murmur caught his attention.
It's unclear what he was dreaming about, but Li Xiao's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyelashes trembled, as if he were about to struggle to wake up at any moment.
Yu Qingzhou's fingertips twitched slightly, and she finally withdrew her hand, which she had subconsciously raised.
He has already done something unnecessary.
Now that things have come to this, we shouldn't make the same mistake twice...
Just as Yu Qingzhou was thinking this, she saw the boy's shoulders suddenly tremble, and then he suddenly straightened up, staring intently at the air in front of him.
Large beads of sweat slid down his pale forehead, and Li Xiao's face looked even paler than the moonlight.
"Li Xiao?"
"..."
"Ah Xiao?"
After being called twice, Li Xiao seemed to notice the person in front of him and slowly blinked.
The heterochromatic eyes stared at Yu Qingzhou's face for a long time before slowly exhaling.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Yu Qingzhou asked.
Li Xiao nodded and then shook his head: "I can't remember, but I guess so."
Seemingly sensing Yu Qingzhou's concern, a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips, her clear blue eyes seemed to glow with extra light, even her cold prosthetic eye seemed to have an extra luster.
"You're finally back! I've been waiting for you for so long. I even fell asleep waiting."
Yu Qingzhou couldn't tell whether the boy was complaining or emphasizing his own hardships.
He simply gave a soft "hmm".
Li Xiao was clearly dissatisfied with the young man's reaction.
But then, as if remembering something, she reached out and pushed the food box towards Yu Qingzhou.
"I've tried it. Although it's a pastry, it's not sweet at all. I thought you would like it, so I brought it for you to try. After all, I'm not like some people who are always running around outside and never come home at night, and we can't even exchange a word with them."
Yu Qingzhou could tell that Li Xiao was clearly blaming her.
But he still didn't say anything. He glanced at the neatly arranged pastries in the open food box and then pushed the box back.
"I don't want to eat," Yu Qingzhou said calmly.
Li Xiao was already somewhat dissatisfied when he saw Yu Qingzhou's refusing gesture.
Hearing the other person say that, he immediately showed a displeased expression.
"What do you mean? I... I waited for you for so long, and I brought it to you because I thought it was good, and you didn't even try a bite. Don't you think that's going too far?"
"I either want to or I don't want to. Why should I be obligated to accept your good intentions?"
Yu Qingzhou glanced calmly at the boy who had stood up by supporting himself on the table, showing no sign of weakness despite the angle from which she was looking up.
"Besides, it's clearly someone else's good intentions towards you, and you just present them to me so easily. Isn't that going too far?"
Yu Qingzhou's voice wasn't loud, but both her expression and tone of voice were more serious than ever before, even carrying a hint of solemnity.
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment
Then he muttered to himself, "It's just a small matter..."
Is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of this?
He silently completed the second half of the sentence in his mind.
Then, as if suddenly discovering a blind spot, the boy exclaimed, "Yu Qingzhou, how did you know these pastries were a gift from someone else? Oh, I know, you wouldn't have been secretly watching me all this time, would you?!"
Yu Qingzhou paused for a moment when she met the incredibly confident expression on that beautiful face.
"You're overthinking it," Yu Qingzhou explained. "I only saw that food box in Junior Sister Zhen's room."
After racking his brains, Li Xiao finally remembered that the "Junior Sister Zhen" that Yu Qingzhou mentioned was actually Zhuzhu.
I see……
Just as Li Xiao was about to say that, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Wait a minute!
What did Yu Qingzhou just say? In Zhuzhu's room...
Why did Yu Qingzhou go to Zhuzhu's room?!
Could it be...?
The scene of his chance encounter with the two people in town flashed through his mind. Could it be that from that time onwards, the two of them had started doing something he was unaware of?
Li Xiao's face flushed red instantly, his blood rushed to his head, and it felt as if something invisible had appeared on the top of his head.
He slammed his hand on the table so hard that it made his palm go numb.
"You two...you two..."
"Us, with whom?"
Li Xiao stammered with excitement.
Yu Qingzhou remained aloof, only frowning slightly when her gaze swept over the boy's hands, which were white from exertion.
"And what are you doing?" he asked, seemingly puzzled. "Doesn't your hand hurt?"
Before he said anything, Li Xiao's attention was drawn to his two hands, and his eyes and eyebrows immediately furrowed.
"...It really hurts." The boy gasped, then, as if suddenly realizing something, said seriously, "Wait, don't change the subject so abruptly. What we were just talking about was—"
"I don't know what you're thinking, but you're probably overthinking it," Yu Qingzhou said frankly. "I only went there once, to deliver Tangyuan back."
Tangyuan is the cat that Zhuzhu raised.
They are indeed quite lively, especially now that they've reached the age where they can run and jump, and they're not as thin as before.
For a while, Li Xiao felt that every time he saw Zhuzhu, she was searching the world for a cat.
Those unaware of the situation would probably think this girl had trained too hard and gone crazy from hunger, so she was asking everyone she met where to find tangyuan (sweet rice balls)...
Li Xiao had always had a question: why would a perfectly normal cat be named Tangyuan (glutinous rice ball)? It just made people misunderstand.
How wonderful it would be to call him Little White! White, small, and so vivid...
Later, the name can be adjusted according to age and physical characteristics. When he grows up, he can be called Da Bai, and when he gets old and loses his teeth, he can be called Lao Bai.
Seeing Yu Qingzhou's resolute tone and the clear innocence written in his eyes.
Li Xiao also felt that he might be overthinking things—after all, Shen Yingxue was there.
However, his thinking was not based on his approval of Shen Yingxue as a woman.
Li Xiao simply felt that people who wanted to live longer would not easily provoke Yu Qingzhou, because provoking Yu Qingzhou was equivalent to provoking Shen Yingxue, and provoking Shen Yingxue might mean that their heads were not far away.
As for Li Xiao himself, he is certainly considered to be in the unusual category.
After all, beheadings and severing limbs were commonplace for Li Xiao in the past.
In comparison, Zhuzhu is just an ordinary, weak human being... Well, now it seems that this girl's pastry-making skills are not bad.
Oh, and some snacks...
Li Xiao finally remembered that there was such a thing.
He carefully considered what Yu Qingzhou had said earlier, and it seemed to make some sense.
Then he quickly came to his conclusion.
"So what I meant before was that if I, the great one, cook it myself, there won't be any problem, right?"
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