It was a dark and windy night, and the murderous atmosphere dissipated in an instant.
Xiao Yuanmu's expression changed slightly. When he met Song Xuanhe's eyes, which had changed from the previous concern to gloating, he felt angry and inexplicably. The image of the snake just now flashed through his mind. He pursed his lips and lowered his voice: "How are you going to solve it?"
"It depends on your sincerity." Song Xuanhe interpreted the phrase "taking advantage of someone's misfortune" very vividly: "I was originally planning to save you immediately without any grudges, but you threatened me at this time, which is really sad. In this case, it may cost a little to resolve this matter."
"What's the price?"
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly an idea came to him. He smiled and said, "For example, if you swear now, you will say that you have no way to repay your life-saving grace. In the future, you will be willing to help your benefactor with any trouble, but you will never cause trouble for your benefactor. Then you will definitely treat me respectfully as you would treat your life-saving benefactor."
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "That's it?"
"That's enough."
"Then let me tell you something." Xiao Yuanmu glanced behind Song Xuanhe, the corners of his mouth curved deeper, and he lowered his voice and leaned close to his ear and said, "I just saw a white shadow floating behind you, do you want to take a look?"
The hot breath from Xiao Yuanmu's mouth turned cold before it hit Song Xuanhe's ears. The whistling sound of wind came from behind him again. Song Xuanhe's scalp was numb, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Don't try to lie to me. I'm sure you are afraid of snakes, but I'm not afraid of snakes-"
Suddenly, something patted Song Xuanhe's shoulder. He paused, then jumped onto Xiao Yuanmu at lightning speed. He hugged his neck tightly with both hands and spoke tremblingly: "...What on earth do I have behind me?"
Xiao Yuanmu calmly hugged Song Xuanhe, looked at the vines behind him that were blown to the other side by the wind, and smiled, "Am I your savior?"
The wind blew again, and the vines were blown by the wind, once again lightly touching Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe's hands almost broke Xiao Yuanmu's neck, and his legs were tightly hooked around his waist. He said with a pale face: "Count it! Tell me what's behind me."
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his voice: "Do you really want to know?"
The scenes in his mind were getting more terrifying each time. Song Xuanhe clung to Xiao Yuanmu: "...I don't want to."
"I can help you with the rest of the matter." Xiao Yuanmu said calmly, "But it may cost you a little."
As the saying goes, fortunes change over time.
Hearing Xiao Yuanmu's calm voice as if it was a matter of course, Song Xuanhe gritted his teeth. In fact, he was now certain that there was absolutely nothing terrible behind him, but he was too traumatized by this kind of thing. Even if there was a slight possibility, he didn't dare to look back.
He squeezed out his voice from between his teeth: "You say."
“That one…”
"I throw it!"
"Savior?"
"We don't owe each other anything!"
I don't know if the person on my body is angry or scared, but the hand holding him is shaking. Xiao Yuanmu's smile deepened, but his voice was cold: "The phrase 'nothing owed to each other' cannot be used between lovers."
Song Xuanhe gritted his teeth: "What do you want?"
Xiao Yuanmu hugged Song Xuanhe's waist, a dark color flashed across his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you next time."
Song Xuanhe jumped off Xiao Yuanmu. After being interrupted by him, the last bit of fear he had was gone. He said, "Then don't say anything. Just throw the snake yourself."
The wind blew again, Xiao Yuanmu looked behind Song Xuanhe, and Song Xuanhe felt something patting his back again.
His tough expression suddenly changed, and he said, "I'll help you get rid of the snake, and you can help me deal with the rest...how about that?"
Xiao Yuanmu released his arms from around his waist and said nothing.
Song Xuanhe suddenly had an idea: "I agree to one of your conditions, but I have a requirement, that is, you can only propose this condition after two years, how about it?"
Anyway, it won't be long before Xiao Yuanmu returns to the Xiao family, and then he will return to his own world. He will not suffer any loss by agreeing to a condition that will never be fulfilled.
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at his watch and found that it was getting late, so he stopped teasing him, tore off the flying vines, threw them into the bushes beside him, and said, "Remember to owe me a condition in two years."
Although Xiao Yuanmu moved quickly, Song Xuanhe still saw the vine in his hand. He turned around and saw the branch one meter away with a few short vines hanging on it. What else was there to not understand?
But even though he understood, he said nothing. He just ran over and grabbed the snake by its vital point. When throwing it, he deliberately raised his hand and the snake's tail passed in front of Xiao Yuanmu. After seeing his expression change, Song Xuanhe threw the snake away with satisfaction.
The wind stopped, but this long dark path seemed to have no end. Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Yuanmu, walked over and asked, "Are your hands cold?"
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at him and held his hand tightly.
Back in the cafeteria, both of them had strange expressions on their faces.
The dean didn't see their expressions. His eyes swept across their holding hands, and he smiled so hard that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes blossomed. "Come in, it's cold outside. I just took the dishes to the kitchen to warm them up. I'll serve them out once you sit down."
After sitting down, Song Xuanhe pulled his hand away, then looked in the direction of the dean, signaling Xiao Yuanmu to let go.
Xiao Yuanmu let go of his hand and turned to look at him: "Destroy the bridge after crossing it?"
Song Xuanhe thought of what happened just now and sneered: "Who is crossing the river and destroying the bridge?"
The two looked at each other, and thought of each other's embarrassed appearance just now. Sitting in the warm cafeteria, one of them couldn't help laughing out loud, and the other's mouth corner raised.
The dean brought out the dishes, paused when he saw their smiling faces, and then slowed down his pace.
The food doesn’t taste good if it’s cold and then reheated, but the two grown men who “survived a disaster” always have bigger appetites, and they finished all the food on the table in a short while.
The dean smiled as he watched them finish their meal and said, "Do you want more? I'll go cook you another dish."
Song Xuanhe put down his chopsticks and said, "No need, I'm full."
Xiao Yuanmu also put down his chopsticks and said gently, "Grandma, you don't have to bother me."
The dean smiled and said, "It's no trouble to cook for you. Grandma is happy to do so. But it's really late now. It just rained a little. The weather forecast says it will rain heavily soon. It takes a long time to drive back from here. It would be better for you to go back earlier."
As soon as he finished speaking, thunder sounded outside the door. In just two minutes, there were strong winds and heavy rain.
The dean walked to the window and saw the heavy rain outside. He said with some concern: "It's raining too hard. It's too dangerous for you to drive back. Why don't you wait a while until the rain is lighter before leaving?"
However, after waiting for half an hour, the rain showed no sign of abating. Instead, local news came out about a series of car accidents on the road they had to take due to heavy rain, indicating that the heavy rain had made rescue operations difficult and that it might take at least two hours to clear the road.
The dean also saw the news. When he saw the number of people online, he said, "What a sin." But when he saw the two people who were intact, he was relieved and said, "Fortunately, you didn't drive back in the rain just now."
Song Xuanhe was also somewhat thankful. Driving would be slower in heavy rain. According to the time, if they had driven away at that time, they would have ended up on that road. Even if they were not injured in the chain reaction, they would have been stuck there for two or three hours.
But it is almost ten o'clock now. Two hours of clearing the road means that the road may not be open until the early morning, and it may be after one o'clock when we get back.
"You can sleep here." The dean said, "Yuanmu's clothes are all here, and I have prepared toiletries. You can sleep in Yuanmu's room and go back tomorrow morning. It's too late tonight, and if the rain doesn't stop, it will be very dangerous."
Thinking of Xiao Yuanmu's single bed that they would have to squeeze into if they slept together, Song Xuanhe subconsciously wanted to refuse. However, before he opened his mouth, Xiao Yuanmu had already agreed: "Okay."
The dean breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, you can just go back there. The rain will not stop for a while, so it would be better for you to go there early to wash up and rest."
Xiao Yuanmu said: "We will wait for you. After you finish checking the room, we will leave together."
The dean is old, and it is definitely not safe for him to go back alone in such heavy rain. Song Xuanhe nodded and said, "Dean, we will wait for you here."
"Good boy." The dean smiled and said, "I'll go check on the kids and come back."
The dean left quickly. After hearing what the dean had just said about the children, Song Xuanhe recalled what happened in the evening. He looked up at Xiao Yuanmu and happened to meet his gaze. He was startled and blurted out, "Were you always bullied when you were a child?"
Xiao Yuanmu was silent for a moment, then asked in surprise, "What makes you think this?"
"The girl from before, and the snake."
"No." Xiao Yuanmu said calmly: "The welfare home is indeed different from ordinary schools, but it is not as scary as you think. The little girl you saw is just a part of the children, and does not represent the entire welfare home."
For some reason, Xiao Yuanmu was very reluctant to see Song Xuan's sympathetic gaze.
He said: "When I was a child, I was good-looking and smart, so many people wanted to adopt me, so some children were hostile to me, but this does not mean that I will be bullied. From childhood to adulthood, no one has been able to bully me."
His tone changed slightly as he spoke, and he looked at Song Xuanhe: "Except you."
Song Xuanhe opened his mouth and wanted to ask how I bullied you, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered the scene of threatening Xiao Yuanmu on his first day in this world. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but in order to prevent Xiao Yuanmu from catching this and causing trouble for him in the future, he could only argue: "Isn't there a saying that I bully you because I like you? How can you use the word bully between lovers? That's called interest."
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes circled around Song Xuan's guilty expression, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, saying meaningfully: "I hope you will remember this sentence in the future."
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