Xu Xingchen frowned in pain, hid his arm under the table, and then ate as usual.
Jun Haoyue's eyes were fixed on her, so he naturally noticed her momentary expression and asked, "What's wrong with your arm?"
"!" Xu Xingchen felt that she disguised herself quite well, but how come she was still seen through?
She laughed and said, "It's okay, I just bumped into it."
"She's injured." The beggar who had just refused to speak 'exposed' her, then put down his bowl and chopsticks, nodded to the two of them and walked out.
Xu Xingchen watched the beggar leave with his mouth slightly open. Was he just leaving like that? Was he just going to leave like that after betraying someone and just wave his sleeves away without taking a single cloud with him?
The beggar even closed the door considerately. Jun Haoyue's eyes sank inside the room. "Let me see."
"No need...it's nothing." Xu Xingchen hurriedly evaded the question. She was scared, and his expression was very fierce.
Jun Haoyue didn't intend to argue with the disobedient person. He stood up, pulled her wrist, lifted her sleeve and saw that her slender arm was wrapped in circles of bandages, and there were faint traces of blood.
"You call this nothing?"
Xu Xingchen broke free from his restraints, lowered his sleeves, and obediently told him that he was injured because he rolled down the hillside and hit a hunting trap while saving Zhang Xiaochun.
Jun Haoyue remained silent after listening to this, and replied after a while: "Don't be so stubborn in front of me. Be careful when you go out alone. Don't save everyone. Otherwise, wait for me to come back."
"Hey, I'm not trying to be brave. I'm very strong, look." Xu Xingchen used his uninjured arm to show off his muscles. She knew what he meant. Some people are worth saving and some are not, like beggars and Zhang Xiaochun.
"It's strong, but it cries easily at night."
Xu Xingchen angrily hit him, "I was just trying to scare you, and you still dare to bring it up."
Jun Haoyue smiled softly, and the originally depressing atmosphere became a little more relaxed.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Xu Xingchen stood up to open the door, but was stopped by Jun Haoyue, who went out to open the door.
Zhang Xiaochun tiptoed to look inside the door. When she heard the voice, she called out, "Widow Xu, it's Zhang Xiaochun."
Jun Haoyue stopped, paused for a moment, and then opened the door.
Zhang Xiaochun had been brewing her emotions for a long time before she came. She was grateful to Xu Xingchen for saving her life, but she still had considerable hostility towards Xu Xingchen in other matters.
But the person who opened the door turned out to be Jun Haoyue. Her chaotic emotions instantly vanished and she turned into a fangirl.
"Mr. Jun..." She clenched the bamboo basket in her hand and said shyly, "Sister Xu saved my life in the mountains today. I brought ointments and supplements to thank her. I hope she can get better soon."
"Thank you, I'll pass it on to my cousin."
Zhang Xiaochun stretched his neck and looked inside, expressing with his actions that he wanted to go in and sit down. It was lunchtime now, so maybe he could even get a free meal.
But Jun Haoyue blocked the door with his body and had no intention of letting her in.
After a stalemate, Zhang Xiaochun failed to achieve his goal and handed the things to him in disappointment.
Xu Xingchen waited in the house for a long time but Jun Haoyue didn't come back. Thinking of going out to check, he saw Zhang Xiaochun shyly handing something to Jun Haoyue.
She asked in confusion: "Zhang Xiaochun? Why are you here?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaochun immediately walked past Jun Haoyue, took Xu Xingchen's arm and said, "Sister Xu, I've figured it out now. I was wrong. You saved me, but I still had such a bad attitude."
"Look, I brought some ointments and supplements to thank you. I hope you get better soon."
What she said to Xu Xingchen was exactly the same as what she said in front of Jun Haoyue, as if she had memorized it.
As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit someone who smiles at you. Even though Xu Xingchen felt dissatisfied, he couldn't just turn his face away. He said politely, "Have you eaten? I'm having dinner right here. Come in and have something to eat."
This hit Zhang Xiaochun's heart, "Okay, okay."
Xu Xingchen: “…”
She twitched her lips. Why is Zhang Xiaochun different from others? Can't he hear the polite words?
However, this was not the first time Zhang Xiaochun's shamelessness had been seen. Once he had said that, he could only let her come in and have dinner with him.
After entering the house, Zhang Xiaochun walked straight to the table and sat down as if he was at home. Xu Xingchen and Jun Haoyue also sat down in their original seats.
Zhang Xiaochun found himself sitting next to Xu Xingchen, and under the pretext of getting the dishes, he came back and sat next to Jun Haoyue.
Xu Xingchen and the other two didn't pick up their chopsticks because someone had lost their appetite. Zhang Xiaochun ate with a smacking sound, saying that the food tasted good while diligently picking up some food for Jun Haoyue, "Mr. Jun, try this, it tastes good."
Jun Haoyue's face darkened as he looked at the dish that Zhang Xiaochun picked up in the bowl. Not to mention that he ate the dishes cooked by Xu Xingchen every day, how could he not know whether they were delicious or not?
What's more, he is a mysophobia and won't eat food picked by others.
Zhang Xiaochun ate three bowls of rice before he realized that the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit tense. Perhaps he realized that he had eaten too much, so he started chatting awkwardly, praising Xu Xingchen crazily, and even exaggerated the description of him catching a snake with his bare hands.
She was talking with saliva flying everywhere. Xu Xingchen shrank his neck and secretly glanced at Jun Haoyue, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Her description was much clearer than Zhang Xiaochun's.
After the meal, Zhang Xiaochun took Xu Xingchen's arm and said goodbye with reluctance, "Sister Xu, if possible, I really hope that this injury was caused by me." If you don't know, you might think that she and Xu Xingchen have a deep sisterly relationship, but only Xu Xingchen, the person involved, knows who she did it for.
Xu Xingchen sneered in his heart. If this injury happened to her, he would probably blackmail her, oh no, he would blackmail her cousin to take care of him personally or something.
Zhang Xiaochun racked his brains to find a topic, hoping to stay a little longer, when the bamboo house opened with a creaking sound.
A beggar walked out of the bamboo house. Zhang Xiaochun had heard that Xu Xingchen had rescued a beggar. Could it be this person? He looked clean in his clothes and didn't look like a beggar.
It wasn't until she saw the beggar's face that her attitude changed 180 degrees, and she showed no disdain in her eyes.
This man's face is covered with bandages. He must have been disfigured and looks extremely ugly.
The beggar tried to avoid suspicion and walked past them with his head down. When he came back, he was holding a basin of water. When he passed by them again, he tripped and the basin fell over. The spilled water mixed with mud splashed onto Zhang Xiaochun's trouser legs.
Zhang Xiaochun couldn't dodge in time and screamed at the beggar, "Oh! My pants! Are you blind, you ugly bastard?"
The beggar stood there at a loss, gesturing with his hands for a long time, as if to apologize.
Seeing the beggar making silent gestures, Zhang Xiaochun realized that he couldn't speak, so he became more aggressive. "It's bad enough that he's ugly, but he's also mute! What bad luck! Kneel down and apologize!"
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