Chapter 8

Chapter 8: I Know a Little About Fighting

In the empty stone cave, Xie Chenzhou opened his eyes, his heart was still beating wildly in his chest.

He stared at the rock wall above, after a while, he turned his stiff neck and looked around.

Then, he froze.

Beside him, the girl who hadn’t woken up yet was curled up, a small ball.

The soft light of the unknown mineral shone on the top of her head, reflecting a small swirl.

When he saw her face clearly, Xie Chenzhou’s hazy gaze suddenly became clear, a faint chill spread in his eyes.

【Ding~ Xie Chenzhou’s current favorability -100000】

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On the bed, Xie Chenzhou was about to turn over and sit up, but he suddenly noticed something strange.

——Under the wide and soft green dress, two slender hands were tightly gripping his fingertips, his palm was warm and dry.

Xie Chenzhou’s breath hitched.

The next moment, Sang Nian’s eyelashes fluttered, she was about to wake up.

He came back to his senses, he abruptly pulled back his hand and sat up.

With his movement, the defensive artifacts Sang Nian had placed in his arms all fell down, silently covering the soft fur blanket on the bed, emitting a faint glow.

Xie Chenzhou was stunned.

“You’re finally awake!”

Sang Nian sat up with a jolt, seeing that he seemed to be fine, her eyes lit up, she leaned forward to look at him and asked in a crisp voice:

“Are you still uncomfortable anywhere?”

The two of them were very close, Xie Chenzhou could even see the small mole between her brows.

A long red ribbon hung down beside the girl’s cheek, she looked up at him and smiled, her eyes curved.

Her appearance was exactly the same as the person in his dream.

The young man’s fingertips twitched, he unconsciously gently scratched the soft fur beneath him.

【Ding~ Xie Chenzhou’s favorability +100】

Sang Nian tilted her head, she caught sight of those gaudy defensive artifacts, and suddenly realized.

“You don’t have to be so grateful, after all, you’re basically a member of the City Lord’s mansion, it’s my duty as the future City Lord to protect you.”

She picked them up one by one, and finally, she picked out a delicate jade die and threw it to him, she waved her hand casually and said generously:

“This one is ugly, here you go.”

She didn’t mention the dream at all, Xie Chenzhou hesitated for a moment, his tone was stiff:

“You entered my dream?”

“You mean the hallucination caused by the demon poison?” Sang Nian looked terrified, “I was just about to tell you, it was so scary in there.”

Xie Chenzhou’s palm suddenly clenched, his knuckles turned white.

Sang Nian continued to complain:

“It was pitch black in there, I couldn’t see anything, I groped around in the dark for a long time before I found you.”

After she finished speaking, she shrank her neck, “I’ve been afraid of the dark since I was a kid.”

Xie Chenzhou: “……Anything else, besides that?”

Sang Nian: “No.”

Xie Chenzhou stared fixedly at Sang Nian, the latter looked completely calm.

After a while, he let out a sigh of relief, almost imperceptibly.

Sang Nian tidied herself up and asked him:

“The people from the City Lord’s mansion should be coming to save us soon, should we wait here?”

“Yeah.”

In her sea of consciousness, Liu Liu said anxiously, “Why didn’t you finish what you were saying? The task was almost successful just now.”

Sang Nian was silent for a few seconds, then she asked back:

“Why would I tear open a scar that had finally healed, even though it was still rotten inside?”

The moment the dream ended, her consciousness was pulled out, along with the negative emotions that had been generated in it.

But those scenes were vivid, she shuddered every time she thought about them.

If it was like that for a bystander, what kind of mood would Xie Chenzhou, who had experienced it firsthand, be in?

Liu Liu said, “How can that be considered tearing open a scar?”

Sang Nian was puzzled, “Then what do you want me to tell him?”

“Tell him that I saw you being abandoned by your mother? Or tell him that I saw you being cut into pieces and used for human experiments by a pervert? Tell him that you were in agony every second, but you couldn’t die, you were chained up like a dog, never seeing the light of day? I bravely saved you, I’m so amazing, you should thank me, you should fall in love with me, like that?”

Liu Liu was less confident, “But you could just say a little bit, just emphasize the key point of saving him, right?”

Sang Nian: “I did emphasize the key point, I told him I saved him.”

“Oh, right…” Liu Liu was almost convinced, but it quickly denied it, “No, something’s wrong.”

Sang Nian sighed:

“You also said it was a dream from the past, in reality, the person who saved Xie Chenzhou wasn’t me.”

“If that’s the case, what’s the point of me mentioning this, other than letting him know that I, the person he hates the most, saw him at his most pathetic?”

Besides, a lot of things, once you bring them up, you set off a chain reaction.

Memories are like vines, they can always follow the lead to the end.

Those pain and despair are still waiting for him.

“As long as he remembers.”

“Just wait for him to remember.”

And she didn’t want to be the catalyst.

Liu Liu couldn’t understand the meaning behind her words, but it didn’t argue with her anymore, it just said:

“I can’t win against you, anyway, you only have seven months, figure it out yourself.”

Sang Nian glanced at Xie Chenzhou in front of her, her expression was listless:

“The sky is falling, what can I do?”

Xie Chenzhou noticed her gaze and turned to look at her.

His gaze swept over her wet skirt, paused slightly, and quickly moved away.

Sang Nian’s eyes rolled, she felt like she could struggle a little more.

She said dryly to Xie Chenzhou:

“That demon looks scary.”

As expected, Xie Chenzhou ignored her.

Sang Nian’s voice lowered, “I don’t know if we can go back alive, maybe we’ll die here.”

Xie Chenzhou’s brow furrowed slightly.

She reached out and carefully pulled on Xie Chenzhou’s sleeve, she begged:

“For saving you, if we can go back alive this time, can you promise me something?”

Xie Chenzhou lifted his eyelids.

“Let’s eat together.”

She withdrew her hand, she cupped her chin and looked at him:

“Every time I want to eat breakfast with you, you look so unhappy, we’ve never eaten together.”

She said, “Okay? Xie Chenzhou.”

The light from the crystal-like minerals was soft and bright, it silently poured down from the dome, the girl’s thick eyelashes cast a small shadow under her eyes, they fluttered slightly as her gaze shifted.

Like a butterfly about to fly.

Xie Chenzhou’s eyes paused for a moment, he didn’t answer her, he got up and left:

“I’ll go find the exit.”

“Hey, wait for me!” Sang Nian hurriedly got out of bed to chase after him, “Let’s go together!”

One underground cave connected to another, but they all looked eerily similar, even if you got lost, it was hard to tell.

The two of them wandered around for half a day, Sang Nian’s energy was completely depleted, but she still hadn’t seen the female lead.

Not only the female lead, even the demon that had captured them hadn’t shown up.

“I really can’t walk anymore,” she gave Liu Liu an ultimatum, “This isn’t going to work, if the female lead doesn’t come, I’m going to use navigation and go back myself.”

Liu Liu was so worried that its feathers were about to fall off:

“There’s no reason, the female lead should have arrived by now, what’s wrong?”

At the same time, in the dense forest near Qingzhou City.

The girl in white had vacant eyes, “Senior Brother, we seem to have taken a wrong turn again.”

The girl in red was dazed, “Senior Brother, we’ve been circling in this forest for three days and three nights.”

The young man they called Senior Brother touched his nose, a little embarrassed:

“This place is forbidden to fly, it’s not convenient to survey the route.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a pink figure sneaked past him.

The young man’s eyes lit up instantly, he reached out and grabbed the figure, seeing that it was a man, he politely asked:

“This kind sir from the demon race, may I ask you for directions?”

The man in pink struggled, “Who are you? Let me go! Or I’ll call for backup!”

The young man said, “I am Wen Buyu, the eldest disciple of the (Xiaoyao, Sect).”

The girl in white followed and bowed, “Su Xueyin, of Xiaoyao sect.”

The girl in red rolled her eyes, “Chu Yao, of Xiaoyao sect.”

The man in pink rolled his eyes even wider, “I don’t care who you are, I’m not in the mood to deal with you, scram.”

Wen Buyu rolled up his elegant sleeves, revealing his muscular forearms, he said gently:

“This one knows a little about fighting.”

The man in pink instantly changed to a standard smile, revealing eight teeth, “What directions do you need?”

Wen Buyu said, “Where’s the exit of this forest?”

He said, “Keep going west.”

Wen Buyu: “Thank you.”

“Can you let me go now?” The man in pink said.

Wen Buyu released him, he left with his junior sisters.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned back:

“Excuse me, which direction should I go west?”

The man in pink: “…”

He silently raised his left hand.

Wen Buyu looked grateful, he smiled kindly, “Thank you, brother! But I see that you are behaving in a lewd manner, your face is ugly, and you look flustered, I wonder if you have encountered any difficulties? If you need anything, we…”

Before he could finish, the man in pink roared:

“You’re the one who’s lewd! You’re the one who’s ugly! Your whole family is lewd and ugly!”

After he finished speaking, he waved his arm, black mist billowed out, covering the sky:

“I’m going to fight you today, to the death!!!”