Chapter 39: Bosom Friend

  Shi Ruwen's gaze, which had been looking down on the girl, shifted away with disdain. But then he thought to himself, "No way, I'm going to compare eyes with this kid," and turned his gaze back to meet the girl's sparkling eyes. A faint, enigmatic smile played on his lips, and for an instant, the world around him paled in comparison. If one were to say that he was stunningly handsome at this moment, it would be hard to describe just how dazzling he looked. The girl's eyes only reflected the beauty of that fleeting smile, like a shining pearl in the ocean, captivating countless people who followed in its wake.

  Lu Ke warned and glanced at Rui Wen, covering the girl's eyes with his hand. The confusion in the girl's eyes gradually disappeared, and her clarity returned to its usual state. "Brother..." The girl had a lot of grievances to tell.

  "Don't mess with him." Lu Ke lost his previous smile and coldly instructed.

  The girl saw that Lu Ke had lost his previous warmth and only then realized that her opponent was a troublesome guy, and she also blamed Qi Ruwen for making Lu Ke lose his smile. When she looked at Qi Ruwen again, her eyes were full of resentment, and thinking of Lu Ke's warning, she could only glare at him fiercely as revenge.

  Shi Ruwen didn't think much of it, the smile on his face didn't diminish. This girl came at just the right time, best if she could cling to Lu Ke and not leave, that way he would have the opportunity to monopolize Su Qi Ruo alone. Alas, Shi Ruwen suddenly remembered the context of Su Qi Ruo's downfall and escape, should I go comfort my goddess? I'm very gentle, you know!

  Su Qi Ruo hastily retreated back to her bedroom, her mind filled with the tender scenes of Lu Ke and the young girl. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't forget the situation at that time. Every movement, every expression, all the details were ruthlessly replayed over and over again, as if they wanted to carve everything into Su Qi Ruo's brain. Su Qi Ruo felt like she was going to collapse.

  "Mew mew mew......" The ball of fur sensed that Su Qi Ru was in a bad mood, and immediately snuggled up to her body, licking her palm with a flattering expression, staring at her blankly.

  Su Qi's mind was a jumbled mess, and she listlessly teased the ball of fur, who was trying its best to get her attention. The ball of fur would roll around on the bed, exposing its fluffy belly, or chase its own tail in circles, or even cling to Su Qi's fingers and whine pitifully. After a while, it finally managed to coax out a faint smile from Su Qi. "Mao Tuan, if only you weren't a demon, that would be great." If you weren't a demon, I could hug you and talk about my feelings, like every disappointed girl, unburdening her heart without any worries.

  "Su Qi Ruo! Su Qi Ruo!" Just as Su Qi Ruo was feeling down and disheartened, Xi Rui Wen's voice rang out from downstairs, filled with a hint of excitement, shouting her name loudly. The girls in the dormitory rushed to the window, eager to gossip.

  Su Qi Ruo supported her forehead, and Xi Rui Wen always had a look of fear that the world would not be chaotic. "You want to die! Xi Rui Wen!" Su Qi Ruo retorted without showing weakness. As soon as she spoke, Su Qi Ruo regretted it immediately. Her elegant lady image over the years was completely destroyed by Xi Rui Wen! What's wrong with me? I just saw Lu Ke with a little girl, so what? Anyway, I'm not his girlfriend, and he's with whatever girl has nothing to do with me! Besides, Lu Ke and I are enemies. He followed me because he wanted to break the curse, otherwise we have no relationship!

  Su Qi reluctantly went downstairs, trying to avoid Rui Wen from disturbing the public again. "Rui Wen, what do you want?"

  "I'll take you to a good place"

  "Shi Ruwen dragged Su Qiyou away without saying a word, Su Qiyou didn't think Shi Ruwen could take her to any good place, she struggled and shouted, "Let go, in broad daylight, are you crazy?""

  As soon as Su Qi said this, Xi Ruiwen really stopped in his tracks. Before Su Qi had even finished speaking, Xi Ruiwen made an even bolder move, taking advantage of Su Qi's unpreparedness to sweep her up in his arms and leap into the clouds. "Xi Ruiwen, you're crazy! It's daytime now, aren't you afraid of being seen by others?"

  "It's fine, anyway, there's a barrier!" Xie Ruwen didn't think much of it. If he didn't use this method, Su Qi would never obediently let him hold her. Taking advantage of the gap when Lu Ke and the little demon were flirting, he could improve his relationship with Su Qi. This way, in the future, if he sucked a few mouthfuls of spiritual energy from her, she shouldn't mind! He could also take advantage of her unpreparedness to devour her! Haha... perfect plan!

  "We're here!" Shi Ruwen put down Su Qiruo from his arms, and Su Qiruo looked around to find herself being pulled by Shi Ruwen to the back mountain.

  "What's going on at Lai Hou Shan?"

  "Come and watch the sunset!"

  "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, it's just near dusk." Su Qi said with a sigh.

  "Hey, how can you say that!" Ruiwen enthusiastically patted Qiruo's shoulder. "In life, it's not the lack of beauty, but the lack of discovery. Even if the scenery is picturesque, without an appreciative heart, even the most beautiful scenes are in vain. If your heart has a view, then even the Gobi Desert becomes a blue sky and sea, it's not about the scenery, but about your heart."

  Su Qi's dissatisfaction was evident as he tried to shake off She Ruiwen's paw from his shoulder, but the latter climbed up even faster. Despite trying to throw him off several times, Su Qi couldn't get rid of his paws. Helpless, Su Qi gave up and kept hinting to himself, "I'm taking advantage, I'm taking advantage." "She Ruiwen, I suddenly found that you're quite philosophical in your speech. But what's the point of saying all this?"

  "You're uncomfortable in your heart, but you can't ignore the people around you either! You can't neglect the whole forest just because of one crooked tree!"

  "What did you say?!" Su Qi's heart was guilty and she turned her head around, could it be that obvious that I like Lu Ke? Even Shen Ruiwen noticed it, what about Lu Ke? If Lu Ke finds out, how embarrassing would that be! I'm six years older than him! This is definitely not liking, just a good feeling, just a good feeling only!

  "You don't know what I'm talking about."

  Su Qi Ruo rearranged her emotions, anyway, it's not like there's a result. Even if she likes him, so what! Who he's with is none of her business! As long as she has feelings for him, that's all that matters, who cares about his feelings towards her? Besides, it's not like she hasn't experienced heartbreak before, and this isn't even heartbreak, what's there to be sad about? Lu Ke is only 18, finding a girl of similar age is normal too. Who hasn't been young before? Her sister also went through the same thing at 18! What's so special?! Su Qi Ruo comforted herself like this and suddenly felt much better, "Hey, Sheng Ruwen I'm hungry, can we go back to eat?"

  "Huh?" Xie Ruwen looked at Su Qi Ruo again, and she had recovered so quickly? The big pile of comforting words he had prepared hadn't even been said yet! Was she going to turn her sorrow into appetite instead?

  "But," Su Qi said sincerely, seeing Yang Ruiwen looking at her with a puzzled expression, "Yang Ruiwen, I want to thank you. Actually, you're not bad. No, this snake is not bad."

  "Grandpa's always been nice, seeing how honest you are, I'll treat you to a big meal!" Su Ruiwen thought to herself, does this count as taking a step into Su Qi's heart? Has she taken a step closer to her blue-robed confidant? Can she ask for spiritual energy from her in the future?