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Chapter 714: Why Are You Here
"Plop!"
Just as he was lifting his foot, Xiao Yi, upon hearing the little girl’s words, almost stumbled and fell flat on his face, barely avoiding it by hitting a nearby tree.
"Uh, sorry, mister, my daughter doesn’t know any better..."
The woman hadn’t expected her daughter to blurt out sothing like that, and while she found it amusing and vexing at the sa ti, upon seeing Xiao Yi’s discomfited state, she quickly glared at her daughter and apologized to Xiao Yi with a look of chagrin.
"No problem, kids will be kids, haha."
Xiao Yi quickly waved his hand, rubbing the spot on his forehead where he had bumped it, then turned back around, smiled at the little girl, and said, "Little sister, marrying your big brother isn’t that simple, you know. You have to listen to your mom, be healthy and happy as you grow up. Moreover, you have to be a good girl who studies hard and improves every day."
"I’ll definitely listen to my mom, study hard, and improve every day."
The little girl waved around the lollipop in her hand, batting her large twinkling eyes earnestly.
"Then rember what you said today, okay? Big brother will be waiting for you to grow up."
Watching the little girl earnestly waving her lollipop and nodding vigorously, Xiao Yi couldn’t help reaching out his hand again to pinch her adorable little cheek, then, under the grateful gaze of the woman, he turned and walked towards the street ahead.
Perhaps it was because he had just successfully rescued the mother and daughter, or maybe it was the naive and cute words of the little girl that made Xiao Yi’s mood extraordinarily cheerful. He couldn’t help but hum a light tune to himself.
However, his light-hearted mood didn’t last long. Just a few steps later, when he heard the all-too-familiar voice behind him, the smile on his face froze instantly, and his expression turned unsightly.
"Xiao Yi!"
Zeng Xiaoi’s face wore a complex look as she watched the young man ahead of her. From the mont she heard Xiao Yi’s first sentence, she realized sothing was off, the voice sounding strangely familiar. Once she saw clearly the young man’s silhouette ahead, she instantly recognized Xiao Yi’s identity. But she had not interrupted their conversation, observing Xiao Yi’s kind interaction with the little girl, encouraging her... until Xiao Yi was about to leave, then she followed and called out to him.
She really hadn’t expected that the one who had saved those two people would be Xiao Yi... This youth who, in her heart, had already been blacklisted, considered by her to be an incorrigible bad seed...
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would have never believed that this young man could talk so attentively and so sincerely with a little girl...
"Officer Zeng, hello there, what a coincidence to see you here."
Although extrely reluctant to face her, having been caught, Xiao Yi had no choice but to turn around with a smile uglier than crying and face this female police officer. At this mont, he couldn’t help but regret—not that he had dashed out to save soone, but... he regretted completely forgetting about Zeng Xiaoi after the rescue, devoid of any caution.
Otherwise, he would have made a quick escape right after saving those people, avoiding a run-in with Zeng Xiaoi entirely.
In his heart, he prayed constantly, hoping that his exposure wouldn’t lead Zeng Xiaoi to associate him with other matters. Otherwise, things could beco quite troubleso.
At the sa ti, he couldn’t help feeling depressed once again. Was he really fated to cross paths with Zeng Xiaoi in a past life? It seed like every ti, he just couldn’t avoid her. This ti, he thought he had managed to steer clear, only to have the previous incident occur, ending with him being exposed to Zeng Xiaoi anyway.
"It is quite a coincidence. Why are you here?"
Unfortunately, as the saying goes, you tend to encounter what you fear the most. Zeng Xiaoi had been thinking about Xiao Yi’s actions in rescuing people and talking to the little girl, not giving it much thought. But when she saw Xiao Yi turn around and heard him ntion the coincidence, her thoughts finally shifted back from the rescue, and she beca wary as she looked at Xiao Yi.
"I just happened to be passing by. I ca here to..."
"Don’t tell you’re here to see a friend again."
Before Xiao Yi could finish his sentence, Zeng Xiaoi coldly interrupted him. Her beautiful eyes fixed on Xiao Yi. As soon as she saw Xiao Yi’s evasive, slick deanor, an involuntary disgust erged in her eyes.
"Well, Officer Zeng is joking. This ti, I’m not here to see a friend; I ca to buy sothing."
Xiao Yi touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, apologizing.
"Oh? What are you buying that you had to co all the way here?"
Zeng Xiaoi looked at Xiao Yi dismissively as she spoke.
"Well, the item I’m looking for is quite rare; it’s a type of traditional dicine. The pharmacies near our school don’t have it, only the old-established drugstore ahead does, so..."
Xiao Yi’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly caught sight of a store sign with the huge character for "dicine" hanging not far in front. His heart lit up, and he spoke more smoothly, as he had visited this pharmacy before—it was a definitively long-established major drugstore.
"Oh? You’re taking traditional Chinese dicine?"
Zeng Xiaoi looked at Xiao Yi with a touch of surprise in her eyes.
"That is, I haven’t been feeling too well, so..."
Xiao Yi said with a blush on his face, his already pale complexion seeming to grow even paler as he spoke, and he also coughed slightly but covered his mouth with his hand before the cough could co out, offering a sheepish and apologetic smile to Zeng Xiaoi.
"Take care of yourself," Zeng Xiaoi said.
Observing Xiao Yi’s pale face and his slight cough, Zeng Xiaoi’s expression softened. From his deanor and complexion, he did appear to be unwell, and his physique seed frail, thin, and especially pallid.
Thinking of such an ailing young man having the courage to rescue soone earlier, her impression of him improved slightly.
Although he had faced so temptations after coming to a large city like G City, at heart, he was fundantally decent.
Thinking this, Zeng Xiaoi’s voice beca even gentler. "From now on, stop lying, avoid those rambunctious friends, and focus on your studies at Z University. Get involved in more sports, and unless it’s necessary, don’t keep going off campus," she said.
"Thank you, Officer Zeng!"
Hearing Zeng Xiaoi’s kind encouragent, Xiao Yi almost thought he had misheard. Why was she being so gentle with him today? Shouldn’t she be scolding him harshly, reprimanding him? It had always been like that in their previous encounters.
After a while, upon seeing that there was no change in Zeng Xiaoi’s deanor and that she was genuinely concerned for him and speaking softly, he let his guard down. Seeing the sincere care in her eyes, he felt a renewed sense of being touched.
He knew that although Zeng Xiaoi scolded him harshly and her words were unpleasant, she truly cared about him.
At the sa ti, he felt a twinge of guilt for deceiving her, especially about being sick—it felt like a sinful attempt to garner sympathy.
But earlier, when she had pressed him, and he happened to see that pharmacy, combined with his mory of visiting this very pharmacy when Liu Jingling was injured and needed dicine, he had no choice but to tell that lie. He wasn’t worried about Zeng Xiaoi pressing him further, as he was most familiar with traditional dicine and confident in responding to her queries.
"The police are here, the police are here..."
Zeng Xiaoi wanted to say more to Xiao Yi, but from the scene of the car accident, a clamor arose. Soone had already called the police, and the traffic departnt personnel nearby had arrived at the scene of the accident.
Upon hearing the noisy commotion and the siren sounds, Zeng Xiaoi lost the mood to continue their conversation. She simply said, "Keep doing your best, and if you have any trouble or difficulty, rember to call ," before hurriedly heading toward the scene.
Although she wasn’t with the traffic departnt, based on the earlier situation, this accident should be handled by the traffic police. Yet as a national civil servant and law enforcent officer who was also the primary witness at the scene, her strong sense of legal integrity prompted her to imdiately think of providing relevant information and evidence to the traffic departnt colleagues.
When she was gentle, she was truly beautiful and charming.
Watching Zeng Xiaoi’s hasty retreat toward the scene, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but entertain a thought.
Ptui, ptui, ptui!
What nonsense are you thinking about!
Whether she’s gentle or not, what does it have to do with you!
No sooner had the thought arisen than Xiao Yi quickly shook his head, spitting out a few curses in his mind and chastising himself, then he turned and headed toward the corner of the street ahead, disappearing into the crowd. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welco to vote for it and cast your monthly votes at qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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