??Chapter 45: Chapter 41: Can’t Escape the Temple
Chapter 45: Chapter 41: Can’t Escape the Temple
“You really are joking, running to my house.” Ye Chen was totally stunned.
“Ask her if she can have a liking for .” Yu Qing said.
“You’re too funny.” This is the ti to avoid the wind, if she runs to the yard, it will be a real problem if Young Master Ze knows.
“Don’t believe , huh? You can go ho and try it.”
He gave a fake laugh and stopped, as if soone had revealed his secret, and he didn’t know what to do.
Ye Chen wiped his sweat and explained: “I really wasn’t avoiding you.”
Yu Qing just smiled coldly and didn’t say anything. She sat down on the grass, just watching to see if he dared to leave.
Ye Chen circled back and sat down, looking like a defeated dog.
“Didn’t you say you were busy at ho? Why don’t you go back?”
“Oh, it’s a minor issue. She should be able to handle it without .”
Yu Qing sneered again, “Not going back!”
“Better stay a little longer.” How dare he go back now.
“I think you can run away from the monks but not the monastery.”
Ye Chen sat down a little further away from her.
“Are you afraid I’ll eat you? So far from ?”
“Maybe.”
“And you say you’re not avoiding
lately.”
“I’m not avoiding you.” Ye Chen picked up the book again and pretended to read.
“Is it because of Zhan Ze?”
“No.”
“Heh, if there’s nothing, why are you always avoiding ?”
“I don’t have any reason to avoid you, you’re not a tiger.”
“Okay, I’m going to ask Zhan Ze and see what really happened.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen put down his book, “Why are you going to Zhan Ze about this?” like he thought the situation wasn’t complicated enough!
“I want to know if sothing happened.”
“Aren’t you fussing too much?”
“Fussing?” She threw a stone at him, which Ye Chen dodged.
“Now I know why I’ve rarely seen you lately,” Yu Qing added.
“Why do you need to see ! We’re neither kin nor close friends. I didn’t owe you anything in the cave, did I?”
“And you say you’re not avoiding !”
Ye Chen didn’t say anything.
“Is it because of Zhan Ze? Did he say anything?”
Ye Chen didn’t respond, but by not denying it, he admitted it.
“Huh, you might be overthinking it.” Yu Qing sneered, “We haven’t even started anything.”
“Right, maybe I’m overthinking. But it would be better not to be misunderstood, I still want so quiet ti.”
“You’re acting like I’m clinging to you.”
“It shouldn’t be like that.”
“Would I, Guo Yuqing, chase a cowherd like you?” She poked him hard in the forehead.
“Then why should you care about what I do?”
“I care! You’re really overthinking.” Another stone was thrown, and this ti he didn’t dodge, and it hit his head.
“Ouch…” Ye Chen rubbed his head.
“Shall I throw another one?”
“You really want to kill . I did save your life.”
“So should I offer my body in return?”
“Better not. This tigress would cut years off my life. I just want to live peacefully here and learn martial arts for a few years, and I really don’t want to get into anything else.”
“You’re really overthinking it,” Qing’er sneered.
“Don’t worry about whether I’m really overthinking, or just pretending to overthink. It wouldn’t hurt to put so distance between us. It’s good for you, good for , everyone is good.”
“What on earth is this blockhead thinking all the ti!”
Ye Chen didn’t say anything, just took a deep breath.
“Zhan Ze isn’t that narrow-minded.”
Ye Chen rely smiled faintly.
“Did he say sothing to you?”
“No, but it would be better not to misconstrue.”
“Are you sure he didn’t say anything?”
“Yes.”
“If he didn’t say anything, why are you avoiding ?”
“Oh, co on, less is more. You don’t need a cowherd like . Why care if I avoid you or not!”
Another stone flew over and hit the book.
“Your thoughts are really complex,” Yu Qing said.
“Maybe I am overthinking.”
“Of course, you’re overthinking. I wouldn’t like a cowherd like you. You don’t need to flatter yourself.”
“That’s true, but being misunderstood still isn’t good. Even if it’s just my ego.”
“So we can’t be friends later?” Yu Qing asked.
“Is it that serious? It seems I don’t want to lose a friend either.”
“You say ‘less is more’. Wouldn’t it be better not to be friends at all? It will avoid any misunderstandings.”
Ye Chen was silent for a while, then said: “Fine then, let’s be enemies.”
Qing’er’s eyes widened. She never expected him to say yes. This agreent had cut off her own retreat, making her look like she was doggedly pursuing him.
Picking up a stone from the ground, she was ready to throw it at him.
“Hey hey, you can really hurt sobody doing that.”
Yu Qing choked and stopped.
“Zhan Ze is actually pretty good to you. He can seem childish at tis, and doesn’t know how to express himself properly, but it’s obvious he likes you.” Ye Chen said.
“Are you trying to play the diator?”
“No, I’m just saying what’s on my mind.”
“You think he’s impulsive too, right?”
“He is indeed a bit impulsive, but only when it cos to you. He wouldn’t be like that with anyone else.”
“You seem to know him well.”
“It would be better not to get too close, for your own good, to avoid unnecessary trouble.”
Yu Qing put on a fake smile after hearing that.
“Your foot should be almost healed.”
“So, you can show concern!”
“Well, it’s not like you need my concern. I’m quite replaceable,” Ye Chen added.
“Of course, there are indeed many people who care about .” Qing’er glanced at Ye Chen, who looked like a guilty schoolboy.
“Glad you’re better, try not to tire yourself too much. Zhan Ze might worry again.”
“You mind your own business.” Yu Qing said dismissively.
“Sure, nothing to worry about on my side,” Ye Chen responded.
“I thought sothing happened to you!”
“Really? Are you worried? Don’t fall for , I won’t take responsibility,” Ye Chen answered, curious.
“Hehe, don’t flatter yourself, I have no worries. Fall for you? Look at yourself first!”
“I already have. Turns out, I’m quite handso. I know many beauties would flock towards
in my life. I’m destined for a harem. Can’t help it.” Ye Chen said.
“You need sorting out, I’ll tell you that. They’re planning to throw a party for
in a couple of days.”
“Celebrating your narrow escape from death?”
“Apart from that, it’s also my birthday.”
“Your birthday, really?”
“Yes, will you co?”
“Can I just skip it?”
She picked up a stone, ready to hurl it at him.
“Hey, don’t get impulsive, that could actually kill .”
Yu Qing dropped the stone, her round face puffing up like a pufferfish.
Ye Chen said, “I bet many people will show up; you have so many friends with high statuses. I’m just a country bumpkin, it would be embarrassing. You wouldn’t notice
anyway, so it won’t make any difference whether I co or not. Let
just congratulate on your miraculous escape from death.”
“And you say I have an inferiority complex? It looks to
like you’re the one who’s inferior.”
“I’m not.”
“Nevertheless, you must co and bring a gift.”
“Who asks directly for gifts!”
“Why not? Prepare a decent gift,” Qing’er commanded authoritatively.
“I’m really poor, can’t afford a gift. How about I give myself instead?”
“What use are you? No physique. Just give
your jade pendant,” Qing’er said, eyeing Ye Chen’s pendant with interest.
“Hey, enough with the dowry. You can ask for anything but not the jade pendant. It’s the only thing my absentee father left . The only link between us.”
“Let
look at it.”
Ye Chen took the pendant off his neck and handed it to her.
Yu Qing looked it over and said, “It’s nothing special.”
“It may not look like much, but my mom said you’ll find out its specialty at the right ti. She also said, as long as I have this pendant, my dad would know I’m his son.”
“So, you’re saying your dad is still alive.”
“That’s what my mom said.”
“Rember, you don’t have to bring a gift, but you have to co to my birthday.”
“I’ll have to see if I have ti. If so, I might just show up.”
“So you might not co too, right?”
“Can’t say for certain.”
She kicked up a cloud of dust and leaves, raining them down like a storm.
“Hey, my mouth is full of sand, you crazy girl.”
“You asked for it,” Yu Qing muttered under her breath, “You said to co to you if I wanted to vent, that’s all lies.”
Ye Chen just smiled, “Just go to Zhan Ze, he’s willing to listen to your gripes.”
“I don’t know why, but to tell the truth, I’m a bit scared of him.”
“Scared of him? Why?”
“He may suddenly do sothing I can’t understand, without considering the consequences.”
“Still because of the fireworks incident?”
“Doesn’t that require thought before acting?”
Ye Chen pondered, then said, “Indeed, he did act impulsively. But that was for you.”
“Ha, did I ask him to?”
“Right, you didn’t.”
“His actions were quite scary.”
“Oh, co on, we’re still young. Hot-headed decisions are bound to happen. Once he realizes the danger, he won’t act recklessly.” Ye Chen assured.
“I’m not sure, but to , he’s just a child.”
“Actually, I was there that night too. I didn’t stop him forcefully, so I’m partly to bla.” said Ye Chen.
“What have you been up to lately?”
“Reading books, practicing martial arts when I have ti, and occasionally chatting with Jing Si and Jing Qiu,” Ye Chen shared.
“Are you into older won?”
Ye Chen chuckled.
“Don’t you have any other hobbies?”
“Not at the mont.”
“Did your mother force you to practice martial arts?”
“My mother doesn’t force .”
“Really? I heard people say that your mother has very high expectations of you.”
“A bit strict maybe, but she has a special way of making fun of
that stings yet motivates .”
The sky gradually darkened.
“It’s ti to head back,” Ye Chen got up. The twilight had already faded away, it wouldn’t be long before it was pitch dark.
Yu Qing also stood up.
“Let’s go, your foot is still healing. Don’t hurt it again,” Ye Chen suggested.
“Rember, you must co,”
“I’ll see if I have any other plans.”
“Why do you have to be so annoying, forced
to complain to your mother.”
“Hey, I really need to be free to co.”
“If you don’t show up, I’ll get really angry.”
Ye Chen only gave a faint smile.
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