Chapter 207 Epilogue - The New World Arc (Part 4)
"You know, the look on your face when I said that was really funny."
As Li Xiao spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.
The boy's eyelashes were long and thick, and their color was darker than his hair color. Sunlight shone in from the side window and fell on his eyelashes, which trembled slightly with his expression, like two golden butterfly wings.
It made those two pools of emerald eyes appear even more clear and captivating.
The young man, sitting against the headboard, was reflected in her pupils, his expression focused and thoughtful.
"What are you thinking about?"
Noticing Yu Qingzhou's distraction, Li Xiao did not express his dissatisfaction immediately. Instead, he leaned closer until the latter had to instinctively back away due to the close proximity.
However, this attempt to avoid the situation was immediately stopped. Li Xiao grabbed both of Yu Qingzhou's wrists at the same time, gently pressing them to her sides, while lowering his body and tilting his head back slightly to reveal an innocent and pitiful face.
Such affected behavior, if it were from any ordinary man, would probably give him nightmares after just one glance.
The old Li Xiao would never have done this, even if you beat him to death.
However, things are different now. After so many years of experience, Li Xiao has long since figured out Yu Qingzhou's preferences.
In short, this guy is a total looks-obsessed person who won't listen to reason and has an extremely narrow aesthetic, only liking the pure, delicate, and innocent type.
Pure and delicate little white flower
Objectively speaking, the only things Li Xiao can be associated with are weakness and whiteness. His appearance is inherently strong and flamboyant, with a hint of demonic aura in his eyes. He is basically destined to be forever barred from being pure.
Although Li Xiao didn't want to admit it from the bottom of his heart, compared to Shen Yun, that guy's original appearance was much more advantageous...
However, Li Xiao often comforted himself with this thought: it's just a physical appearance; lust at first sight is ultimately a lowly thing.
Then she turned around and chose a light-colored outfit that better suited her sweetheart's aesthetic, such as light blue, pale cyan, moon white... For example, today, Li Xiao wore a white outfit with green bamboo accents.
Bamboo is said to be resilient, elegant, and refined, possessing the qualities of a hermit.
Coupled with Li Xiao's exceptionally bright face, it made people think of the bamboo transforming into a demon to bewitch the scholar.
“You weren’t like this before,” Li Xiao complained softly.
He still remembered how well-behaved Yu Qingzhou was when she first woke up that day. Her eyes were wide open, looking dazed and confused, and she would let him kiss her or hug her if he asked.
It felt a bit like going back to when I first came to the mountain, but it was much easier to get close to me now.
After all, back then, when Yu Qingzhou was still a naive young man, there was practically no one else in his eyes except for Shen Yun.
I don't know what kind of spell Shen Yun cast on him. He kept calling her "Senior Sister" all the time, but later he corrected himself and started calling her "Senior Brother Shen" all the time.
They were both senior students, but the other person would always remain silent and awkward when he saw him, as if he had seen a ghost.
At that time, Li Xiao was indignant, feeling that he had been treated unfairly. He also suspected that Shen Yun had spoken ill of him to the other party, ruining the heroic and valiant image that Li Xiao should have had in the latter's mind.
I never imagined that children are generally so sensitive.
As a newcomer, I was inexplicably glared at upon our first meeting.
The second direct contact was when I was suddenly startled by being patted on the shoulder from behind. Then he pinched my face, started hugging and cuddling me while talking to himself, and even asked for me like a toy right in front of everyone.
No matter how you look at it, it's hard to form a positive impression.
It should be said that it's already quite good that they didn't try to avoid it like a plague... Well, it's also possible that they did manage to avoid it, but not completely.
Just like now—
"So what do you think I should be like?"
Realizing there was no way to avoid it, Yu Qingzhou simply looked directly into the boy's eyes and asked him a question.
—That was truly a pleasing face.
He thought, especially those eyes, they were so beautiful in both color and shape, and no matter how many times he looked at them, he would always have the urge to reach out and touch them.
Unfortunately, it seems that his body has not yet fully recovered.
Moreover, Yu Qingzhou cannot clearly remember how she fell into a coma.
Unlike many injured people who wake up with a blank mind, on the contrary, it was precisely because of the overwhelming and complex memories in his mind that he could not distinguish which time and space he was in.
When Yu Qingzhou woke up yesterday, she wanted to go out for a walk, partly to recover her strength and partly to check out the surroundings.
But the boy kept clinging to him on the bed, tossing and turning, looking pitiful and extremely uneasy about having lost and found something he had lost.
They insisted that Yu Qingzhou's current condition was not suitable for excessive exercise. As they said this, the boy seemed to think of something, and two blushes suddenly appeared on his fair cheeks.
Realizing that Yu Qingzhou was still looking at him, he coughed lightly and said, "Old Chang said that you should rest and recuperate as much as possible in your condition."
Yu Qingzhou didn't persist, because he really felt he had no strength left.
Finally, all three meals were eaten in bed.
When Yu Qingzhou watched the boy take it for granted and scoop up a spoonful of rice porridge to his lips, he finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Well, I can do it myself," he said.
"Why?" Li Xiao blurted out almost without thinking.
--Why?
Yu Qingzhou was puzzled. She was physically weak, but she didn't have any broken arms or legs. Wasn't it only natural for her to eat?
On the contrary... Li Xiao seemed a little strange asking this question.
As if sensing Yu Qingzhou's thoughts, Li Xiao's smile faltered, and he suddenly lowered his eyes with a hint of disappointment, putting the spoon back into the bowl.
"But I've always been the one who came before..." the young man murmured softly, a somewhat forlorn expression on his face.
The white porcelain spoon in her hand stirred the rice porridge in the bowl.
This made Yu Qingzhou feel as if she had unintentionally hurt the other party.
He looked again at the face that, though its expression was somewhat deliberate, still looked pitiful, and felt that he should say something at this moment.
Then he picked out a phrase from his mind that he thought was most suitable for the situation.
"I really didn't realize you had such a virtuous side."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao paused abruptly, the spoon in his hand making a slight tapping sound on the edge of the porcelain bowl.
Yu Qingzhou also noticed the boy's hand movements, glanced at him in confusion, and saw that the other's knuckles were clenched so tightly they were red.
—What's wrong?
Just as he was wondering, the person in front of him suddenly stood up. Although Li Xiao still looked like a boy, he was already quite tall.
In addition, he had previously appeared to be a frail and weak person.
The sudden, towering presence standing beside the bed was quite visually striking. To give a concrete example, it was like seeing an Arctic hare suddenly stand up…
"Yu Qingzhou, if you have a problem with me, you can just say so. There's no need to be so sarcastic and roundabout," Arctic Hare said angrily by the bedside.
Yu Qingzhou's first impression was that the boy's voice was a little hoarse and his tone wasn't fierce enough; rather than an aggressive interrogation, it sounded more like he was aggrieved.
He paused for a moment before realizing that something was wrong.
"You...you weren't crying, were you?" Yu Qingzhou asked uncertainly.
Then he saw the other person's shoulders visibly tremble, and then he heard the boy continue to retort in that same nasal, hoarse voice: "I... why should I cry, why should I cry for a heartless guy like you... hiccup!"
A sudden hiccup startled both of them.
Yu Qingzhou's hand, which was about to grab Li Xiao's clothes, froze in place.
"Are you alright?" he asked in a low voice.
"You...you're the one—hiccup!"
Another incredibly crisp sound shattered the boy's retort, leaving him speechless and somewhat embarrassed as he covered his mouth.
Even so, short gasps still occasionally escaped from below.
Her bewildered and helpless expression was more endearing than her previous feigned one.
But Li Xiao himself obviously didn't think so. His face turned red and white for a while, and when he saw the suspicious smile on Yu Qingzhou's lips, he almost immediately concluded that the other party was mocking him.
He was already unhappy, and now he felt extremely wronged. Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away.
Yu Qingzhou, who was about to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, was left alone in the sunlight, feeling bewildered.
No, it was just a few cold burps, something that can be solved with some water. There's no need to get so emotional about it.
besides……
You may leave, but at least leave the porridge behind, hey...
"Oh well, I won't starve if I skip a meal," Yu Qingzhou thought to herself. "It's been a while since I last saw him, and the young master's temper seems to have become even more eccentric."
Yu Qingzhou had almost lost count of how many times she had sighed for the other person since waking up.
Just as Yu Qingzhou was about to lie down to conserve her energy, the door, which had been gently slammed shut not long ago, came slammed shut again. Yes, Li Xiao was able to maintain basic politeness even when he was angry, which was somewhat unexpected for Yu Qingzhou.
At that moment, the door was gently pushed open from the outside.
Yu Qingzhou thought it was someone else who had heard the noise and come over, but when she looked up, she met those watery, blue-green eyes again.
Yu Qingzhou was taken aback: "You're back?"
"...What, you're not welcoming me?"
—What should we do? The atmosphere seems even more somber now.
"No, not really, I was just a little surprised..." Yu Qingzhou carefully chose her words.
"Heh." Li Xiao snorted coldly, interrupting the other party, "I could see it all. Your expression just now clearly showed that you were greatly disappointed to see it was me and not someone else, right?"
Yu Qingzhou discovered that no matter which time or space he was in, he seemed unable to fully understand the young master's thought process.
He thought for a moment and said, "If this makes you feel better, then it's fine to think that way."
After a pause, seeing the boy's expression of clenching his teeth and glaring at him with eyes that seemed to be about to pierce him, she still added very considerately, "Of course, I'm very happy you're back."
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