Chapter 3419 — Ying Ziyu's Sorrow
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Wei Zhao looked at the reply and could not help but smile wryly. Ying Ziyu really was impatient—she had even skipped class. Still, Wei Zhao knew well enough what feelings for him stirred in Ying Ziyu's heart; it was only that he could give her nothing now, promise her nothing.
The eldest young lady, Xiaoxiao, Wang Xinyan, Xiaoshu, Yu Xiaoke—those few—were bound to him because their fates, their futures, their missions had already become one with his, inseparable. But Wei Zhao did not want Ying Ziyu and Chen Xi drawn in. They were too young; they had no notion how cruel the world of cultivators truly was.
If one day he was at ease, if all these matters were settled, and they still wished to follow him, Wei Zhao would take them along. But now—now he could not.
Before long he saw Ying Ziyu and Chen Xi come running out of the school hand in hand, quick-stepping, both their faces brimming with excitement and joy. But Wei Zhao wondered: once he told her about her brother Ying Zhijia, would she still be so happy?
At that thought Wei Zhao sighed faintly and decided to speak the truth plainly. Word of the Pangolin had come at last; he did not want to keep hiding it from Ying Ziyu any longer.
"Wei Zhao哥哥, you came! Why haven't you come to see me and little sister Chen Xi all this time? Do you not want us anymore?" Ying Ziyu ran up and flung herself into Wei Zhao's arms, leaving him no choice but to lift her up helplessly.
Chen Xi, by contrast, was a little bashful, not so bold as Ying Ziyu; she merely stood to one side, looking at Wei Zhao shyly.
"That's enough, Ziyu. You're a big girl now—don't you know that men and women should keep their distance? Carrying on like this, how will you ever get a boyfriend?" Wei Zhao set Ying Ziyu down and said to her.
"Little Xi and I are both Wei Zhao哥哥's little sisters. What boyfriend would we need?" Ying Ziyu looked at Wei Zhao, puzzled.
Seeing her like that, Wei Zhao found his guess all the more confirmed. He had not expected that after so long, with him scarcely coming to see them, their feelings had not faded at all—they had only grown stronger!
In the past, Ying Ziyu had used Chen Xi as a cover. Now she no longer concealed her own feelings in the least, which made Wei Zhao suspect that she and Chen Xi had reached some new agreement between them.
And in fact that was exactly so! Ying Ziyu had always teased Chen Xi and Wei Zhao together—until one night she talked in her sleep, let something slip, and spilled her own thoughts as well.
Chen Xi had suspected her before; now it was settled. Chen Xi had recorded her sleep-talk on her phone, leaving Ying Ziyu no room to argue.
But Ying Ziyu was not the shy sort that Chen Xi was. Having bared her heart, she simply set about brainwashing Chen Xi, coaxing her along: the two of them would follow Wei Zhao together in the future. Otherwise, with so many rivals like Gu Mengyao competing, they would have no advantage at all!
And Chen Xi was hardly the taking-the-initiative type; she would only lose out later, going ten days or half a month without seeing Wei Zhao once. Chen Xi thought it over—she really was that kind of person, and with Ying Ziyu helping her it would be better—so she agreed.
But Wei Zhao did not know any of this. Hence his question.
"Little sister... what has that to do with a boyfriend..." Wei Zhao blinked, taken aback.
"Wei Zhao哥哥, haven't you heard that song? Just how many good little sisters do you have..." Ying Ziyu hummed boldly.
"Pff..." Wei Zhao finally understood what Ying Ziyu meant, and could not help feeling vexed. Truthfully, he did not want Ying Ziyu and Chen Xi to lay their feelings bare just yet; it would put him in an awkward position.
For the dangerous things Wei Zhao had to do were far too many; better to keep the vague brother-and-sister relationship as before. So Wei Zhao feigned incomprehension: "What does that have to do with singing?"