Chapter 71. Li Xiao gritted his teeth, wishing he could rush up and take his place.
When Shen Yun said that she helped the loquat out of selfish motives, she was shocked.
Suddenly, Li Xiao's mind flashed back to the Lantern Festival three years ago.
—A quiet riverside away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
—Someone who suddenly moved very close to the loquat while speaking.
At that time, although Li Xiao found Shen Yun next to Pipa somewhat of an eyesore, he did not think too much about it.
In Li Xiao's own eyes, Pipa was just a child back then... so...
Shen Yun really is a freak, isn't she?!
How could... how could someone do this to such a young child...
"Even if you show that kind of expression, it won't make you seem any more righteous."
As if she could read Li Xiao's mind, Shen Yun slowly curled her lips into a slightly mocking smile: "You said you wanted to keep your promise to Madam Lan, and you kept saying it was for Lan Yunzhi's sake, but you were the one who wanted to take her away from Lan Yunzhi with that lame excuse of a bet, weren't you, cousin?"
"..."
"How come I've never heard of my cousin ever liking dogs?"
Seeing that Li Xiao suddenly fell silent, Shen Yun continued on her own: "I once heard my uncle mention a story about someone who, as a child, sneaked out through a dog hole to play, only to be surrounded by stray dogs. He fought three against one but ultimately lost."
If he weren't chained up and unable to exert any strength, Li Xiao would have jumped up and fought Shen Yun to the death.
How come I never noticed before that this guy talks so much?
"What exactly do you want?" Li Xiao took a few deep breaths, finally managing to suppress his anger, and patiently asked Shen Yun, "You didn't come here just to see me make a fool of myself, did you?"
“No, that’s not it,” Shen Yun denied immediately.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao was taken aback at first, and then an unbelievable thought flashed through his mind. Although it was unlikely, he still asked with a one in ten thousand chance, "You're not here to let me go, are you?"
"Um--"
Shen Yun pondered for a moment, seemingly considering the other person's question, before shaking her head and saying, "It's not that. I just wanted to see you, after all, we're relatives."
"..."
Li Xiao wanted to curse, and he actually did. He was certain that this jerk did it on purpose. He deliberately gave him hope, and then deliberately dashed it.
What kind of timely help is this? The Shen family are all the same kind of scoundrels.
We should be thankful that they didn't kick us when we were down.
"Now that you've finished watching, get out of here," Li Xiao said irritably, tugging at the iron chain on his foot and sitting back in the corner where he had been, closing his eyes as if to see the guest out.
"Doesn't my cousin have anything to say to that child?" Shen Yun suddenly asked.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao suddenly opened one eye and blurted out, "You can pass on a message to me?"
"No. I was just asking."
"Then why did you even ask that question?!"
Now, Li Xiao completely gave up on communicating. He finally understood that Shen Yun wasn't there to laugh at him; this loser was just there to annoy him.
—How much time has passed since then?
Li Xiao couldn't tell anymore.
He used the chain to carve words wherever he could reach, but quickly lost patience.
He simply didn't have the physical strength for it.
At first, he hated seeing Shen Yun, feeling that she only came to show off in front of him.
But Li Xiao couldn't help but look forward to the other person's arrival, because Shen Yun would always bring news about loquats.
The child had grown taller and his features had become more defined. He looked especially good in light-colored clothes and seemed to be very popular with young girls. He even took a little girl under his wing, just like a hero rescuing a damsel in distress...
As Li Xiao listened to these fragmented descriptions, he gradually sketched out a vague image of the boy in his mind.
But... I can never see its exact appearance.
He really misses his loquats.
He really regrets it.
It seemed that Li Xiao spent nearly three years in this torment of not being able to distinguish between day and night.
It seems that Li Xiao himself couldn't be sure, because apart from Shen Yun, no one here would talk to him. And Li Xiao didn't completely trust what Shen Yun said.
Li Xiao's brain seems to have gone mad.
Perhaps it was because he had slept for too long, but Li Xiao could not resist the temptation of that intense drowsiness, especially since his environment did not offer any other activities to pass the time.
Long sleep is always accompanied by chaotic dreams.
Over the past two years, Li Xiao has dreamt almost his entire first half of life, and then started to fabricate stories out of thin air.
Strangely enough, Li Xiao didn't even clearly see what Pipa looked like now, but she vividly dreamed of him as an adult.
In that strange dream, he was even younger than Pipa, roughly the same age he is now.
The Li Xiao in the dream is not much different from the Li Xiao in reality.
However, the grown-up Pipa in the dream seemed very important, and was surrounded by a group of chattering guys all day long, calling him "Senior Brother" repeatedly. Li Xiao was so tired of hearing it that his ears were practically calloused.
This made Li Xiao somewhat unhappy, and what annoyed him even more was that Shen Yun also appeared in his dream.
The good news is that the guy with the woman's face actually turned into a real woman. This is definitely something to laugh about.
The bad news is that the loquat in the dream seems to have actually fallen for Shen Yun, who has become a woman.
In short, he would stare at the woman absentmindedly, seemingly lost in thought, and suddenly his ears would turn red, his tongue would slur its words, and he would look like an innocent girl at a loss.
Li Xiao gritted his teeth, wishing he could rush up and take his place.
However, Li Xiao couldn't, because even though Shen Yun had become a woman in the dream, she was still as violent and perverted as ever. He couldn't afford to offend her, so he could only go to Yu Qingzhou every now and then to say bad things about her.
By the way... Yu Qingzhou is the name Pipa called out when she appeared in his dream.
Li Xiao didn't know why this name had popped into his head.
Although I found it incredible when I woke up, there was no sense of incongruity in the dream.
It seems... it seems that's how it should be.
As the dream unfolded, the past between Li Xiao and Pipa in the dream was revealed to him bit by bit.
Li Xiao felt that the version of herself in her dream was obviously going to be less fortunate.
Not only did his parents die at the very beginning, but he was also kidnapped as a demon and taken to some damn sect.
—And the one who kidnapped him was none other than Master Yu Qingzhou.
Moreover, judging from the other party's initial stance, it seemed that Li Xiao wanted to send him to his death on the spot rather than kidnap him.
However, for some unknown reason, Yu Qingzhou eventually stopped, but even so, Li Xiao was still badly injured, losing half of his eye.
Li Xiao could sense that at the beginning, the version of herself in the dream disliked Yu Qingzhou.
After all, the other party beat him up so badly, but later... Yu Qingzhou gave him snacks, bought him new clothes, and even spoke up for him when other clueless guys came to cause trouble.
Li Xiao then felt that the other person wasn't so bad after all, and was even a little cute.
Although Yu Qingzhou, as a pure-blooded human, only has two eyes and a pitifully small number of legs, his fragrance is irresistible.
The longer they spent together, the more Li Xiao could smell the sweet scent on Yu Qingzhou. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but the aroma always made him want to lick it, or even take a bite to taste it.
But Li Xiao couldn't beat his opponent, so in the end, between being beaten and being envious, he chose to eat the candy.
Li Xiao loves to eat sweets, whether she's in a good mood or a bad mood.
I tend to eat more when I'm in a bad mood.
Therefore, whenever Li Xiao saw Yu Qingzhou go to find that woman Shen Yingxue, his candy jar would be empty. After he finished his own candy, he would snatch Chang Li's.
Changli burst into tears and said he was going to find his brother to reason with him.
Li Xiao glanced at him sideways and chuckled coldly, "Go ahead, your good brother's eyes are fixed on that woman right now, let's see if he has time to pay attention to you."
Chang Li pretended to sob a couple of times before stopping crying, then glared at Li Xiao with some dissatisfaction: "You can be jealous all you want, but if you're so capable, go and cause trouble for Senior Sister Yingxue. What kind of nonsense is it to bully a little kid like me?"
Li Xiao threw the last piece of candy into his mouth and chewed it up with a crunching sound right in front of Chang Li.
Then, with an arrogant shrug, he said, "I'm happy to do it. If you're so tough, you little brat, why don't you challenge me to a one-on-one fight?"
She paused, then looked somewhat puzzled: "What did you mean by being jealous? When did I ever feel that way?"
Chang Li was so angry that he had no mood to explain any terms to Li Xiao. He immediately stuck out his tongue and made a face, saying, "Hehehe, Li Xiao, you big idiot, why don't you try it yourself and you'll know."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Xiao to make a move to punch him, he turned around and slipped into the water and disappeared, splashing Li Xiao with water before leaving.
Li Xiao was so angry that he cursed and swore for a while, but when he turned his head, he saw Yu Qingzhou standing behind him.
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