"Is that okay?" Shi Zhuqing turned her head and looked at Chu Xiangyun. Chu Xiangyun nodded obediently, and saw Shi Zhuqing texting her name with her fingers.

After posting, Shi Zhuqing checked the follow-up comments again. After confirming that there was no problem, she closed the page and put her phone back in her pocket.

"Don't you have anything to ask?" She looked at Chu Xiangyun who was moving his body.

"Huh?" Chu Xiangyun moved his body and looked back at her in confusion, "No... what does they have to do with me?"

Shi Zhuqing's expression was complicated. Although she had known that Chu Xiangyun's strength would definitely cause a storm of discussion, it was still uncomfortable to see her being judged, but she really didn't care about it as she thought.

Shi Zhuqing was a little happy for a moment, but the desire to protect and the desire to let the other person grow were intertwined, making her tangled up in every possible way, tangled up like wool.

"It's time to run, Zhuqing, don't be lazy." Seeing her in a daze, Chu Xiangyun boldly patted her on the head.

Shi Zhuqing immediately woke up and realized that the child should still accept the beatings from society. She shook her head, smiled sinisterly, and did not fight back, but ran away on her own.

Chu Xiangyun couldn't help but shudder, looked around warily, frowned in confusion, thought about it, and put this feeling behind him, and chased after Shi Zhuqing.

But speaking of which, where did the tweet go?

At the same time, in Chu Xiangyun’s room.

[Yes, yes, I also think Chu Xiangyun is the most powerful in this class!]

In the dark corner, a pair of furry paws stretched out, fingers moving like afterimages, and the light screen reflected its serious face.

The screen is obviously larger than its body, but its hand speed is not inferior to others. For a while, the only sound left in the room was the clicking sound of typing.

[Her bow and arrows are too powerful!]

[Hey...if I could hug such a big guy’s lap, I would laugh out loud in my dreams!]

[Other candidates? There is nothing to pay attention to, right? Chu Xiangyun is the best one]

[Oh, by the way! There is a person named Shi Zhuqing who is also very good. I recommend you pay attention to it. I heard that they are friends]

[Me? I’m just a passerby, I’ve heard everything about it]

"Damn it... why did you ban me because you said I was advertising?" tweeted angrily, hammering the keyboard.

"Wait! I'll open a trumpet!!"

*

Ever since she discovered that post that day, Shi Zhuqing has become quite addicted to the Internet. The weird thing is that even Jiujiu is holding the bracelet and not letting go. One person and one mouse often sit side by side, typing on the keyboard without saying anything.

It wasn't until the night before departure that Shi Zhuqing finally put down the keyboard, sat cross-legged on the bed and watched Chu Xiangyun pack his luggage.

But in fact, there is nothing to deal with. Lingxiao Mansion is a semi-closed boarding school with all the facilities inside the school, and there is also a small commercial area outside the school with all the necessary supplies.

After Chu Xiangyun had taken care of his new bow and arrows, Shi Zhuqing waved her hand and called her over. After she walked to the bed, he raised his head and patted her shoulder, and said with some seriousness: "I want to give it to you.

Let me tell you about our itinerary tomorrow and listen carefully to me, okay?"

Chu Xiangyun nodded, and to show his respect, he turned around and moved a stool to the side of the bed. He sat face to face with Shi Zhuqing and looked at each other, with his hands lightly clenched and placed on his legs.

Shi Zhuqing nodded with satisfaction, "First of all, the first thing."

"You must, you must, you must follow me closely." She stared into Chu Xiangyun's eyes, her tone getting heavier every time.

Even though he saw Chu Xiangyun's serious expression, Shi Zhuqing still squinted his eyes and studied her for a long time.

In fact, it's not surprising that Shi Zhuqing didn't trust her. It was because Chu Xiangyun got lost too many times when he went out, almost from childhood to adulthood.

In the past, Shi Zhuqing tried to persuade her to help with work, but Chu Xiangyun often never came back. In the end, a group of people had to search for her everywhere at night, shouting her name, and in the end Shi Zhuqing had to drag her around to apologize.

She is like a cloud, always blown away by the wind.

Later, Shi Zhuqing learned his lesson. It was okay to be in a familiar place. Once he wanted to go somewhere far away, he had to take her with him. However, even so, Chu Xiangyun would often lose his whereabouts without noticing.

And she has a habit of showing no emotion on her face. Although she hasn't made any mistakes in major matters such as the Lingxiao Mansion exam, it still makes people unable to feel relieved.

"I will follow you carefully." Chu Xiangyun raised three fingers as if to swear.

Shi Zhuqing took a deep breath and withdrew her suspicious eyes, "As long as you can do this first thing well, the rest won't be a big problem."

"We are going to take a flight tomorrow morning. We should spend the night on the plane. Don't wear too thin clothes, you know?"

"Then the next morning the plane will stop at the airport specially designed for Lingxiao Prefecture. After that, the teacher will take us on the bus to school in batches. I don't know if they will provide breakfast by then..." Shi Zhuqing muttered.

He said, then frowned, "But my mother prepared some food for us, and I've put it in your bag."

"After you get to school, that's the most important thing."

Shi Zhuqing's expression turned unexpectedly serious, "I don't know what we will face."

"...Eh?"

Shi Zhuqing scratched her hair anxiously, "I've been browsing the Lingxiao Mansion internal forum these days, and all the posts on things to note for new students mentioning the same thing——"

"We will face an entrance test."

"But regarding this test, I searched the entire forum, looked through posts from the past few years, and even asked my uncle, but no one could explain the content clearly!"

Shi Zhuqing seemed a little angry. She had always been good at gathering intelligence, and this could be regarded as a rare turning point experience in her life.

"They only said that this test is very important. If you fail, you may have to go home." At this point, Shi Zhuqing gently hammered the edge of the bed.

"Some people say that the test is very simple and anyone can do it. Others say that this test is so devilish that it would be better to kill him if he does it."

"The only thing I can confirm at the moment is that there seems to be no time limit for this test. Some people say that it took them a day and a night to complete it. I think if this is the case, it means that this thing should not be too difficult, so hard work can be done.

problem to be solved." Shi Zhuqing gradually calmed down as she spoke, "So you can't give up, do you hear me?"

Chu Xiangyun scratched his cheek and moved his eyes away. Shi Zhuqing knew what she wanted to say as soon as he saw her expression, and said first: "No!"

Chu Xiangyun puffed up his cheeks, "I still..."

"You're trying to say that if it's too boring, there's no point in completing it, right?"

"Uh..." Chu Xiangyun's words were stuck in his throat.

"I understand you. But now that we have reached this point, I will never allow you to give up." Shi Zhu softened her tone, "Just think it's for me, okay?"

"...I know."

*

After Shi Zhuqing left, Chu Xiangyun lay on the bed tossing and turning, not knowing what she was thinking. She hadn't shown such obvious mood swings like this for a long time, so he stopped typing and looked at her.

"Do you want to talk to me?" Its tone was unexpectedly heavy, and it sounded like it had experienced a lot on the Internet these days.

Chu Xiangyun stopped her movements and turned to look at it. Under the moonlight, she couldn't help but think of that night. Her original upset gradually calmed down and she said: "I don't understand why people can't just do what they want to do.

What's going on?"

"Don't you want to go to Lingxiao Mansion?" Jiujiu asked.

Chu Xiangyun was silent for a moment, "No...no."

"I'm just..." Chu Xiangyun sat up and placed his right hand on his heart, "I'm just a little uneasy."

"I think something is going to change, but I don't know what this change will bring, whether it will be good or bad, so I..."

"You're scared of this."

Chu Xiangyun looked at Jiu Jiu blankly, then nodded after a long time, "Yes... I feel scared about this."

"But this feeling is different from when I killed the white-scaled beast. I have never faced such an enemy. My heart was beating very fast at that time, but I was not as hesitant as I am now."

"Now...I kind of want to escape."

"Of course you can do that." Jiu Jiu quickly replied.

"What?" Chu Xiangyun was a little surprised.

"I mean, you don't have to go to Lingxiao Mansion, right? There are some schools in Mingjin Township, so you don't have to go too far from home, and you don't have to force yourself to use an unfamiliar bracelet."

"Although you will be separated from Zhuqing because of this, friends will not stay together forever. Separation is inevitable. As long as you still keep in touch, it doesn't matter."

"Look, you have other choices, Xiaoyun."

As he said this, he jumped on the bed and touched the tip of Chu Xiangyun's nose with his slightly cold paws like he did that night.

"No one can control you, you are free."

"..."

Chu Xiangyun's expression was like that of a child who had his candy taken away. Jiujiu couldn't help but close his eyes, put the side of his face against her cheek, and sighed silently.

"But I know that you have already made a commitment and a choice, just like the decision was made in your heart before the coin was thrown."

"You're just not sure yet, because you've been being pulled forward. It was me before, and now it's Zhuqing. You still don't know what you want."

"This is normal, there is nothing to be afraid of."

You can be more willful and tweet in your mind, but it didn’t say the second half of the sentence.

"As long as I am with you, I will never leave you."

"...You just said that separation between friends is inevitable." Chu Xiangyun lowered his eyelids.

"Well, because we are not friends. I am your teacher, right?"

Chu Xiangyun looked at it and smiled, "Sometimes I think you know a lot, and sometimes I think you are like a liar."

Jiujiu released his claws and returned to his original position.

"Because you have seen too little, real geniuses will be mistaken for liars at the very beginning." Jiujiu said deeply, "This is the fate of geniuses."

Chu Xiangyun turned to look out the window, where a begonia flower was blooming quietly.
Chapter completed!