Chapter 4919 — A Real Good Man
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But before he could take a step, Ni Caiyue grabbed hold of his sleeve. In her fluster her left foot caught her right, and she tore a whole section of his sleeve clean off on the spot, while at the same time tumbling bodily into Wei Zhao's arms.
"No—don't go!" Ni Caiyue's first reaction was not to push Wei Zhao away, but to look up at him pitifully.
"Hey, hey—don't go teasing me now." Wei Zhao could only tilt his head back and look at the sky. There was no help for it: at this moment little Ni was pressed right against his chest, and one glance downward would easily catch sight of things he ought not to see.
Even so, with soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms, Wei Zhao still had the reaction any normal man would have. The girl's figure was, after all, truly incendiary. He could only awkwardly shrink his body backward.
"Ah!" Ni Caiyue gave a soft cry, then flushed scarlet and hurriedly pushed Wei Zhao away. Stiffening her neck, she said, "Nonsense! How could a girl like me tease a man like you?"
"Who says a woman can't tease a man? There are female scoundrels too, you know," Wei Zhao said, shaking his head with a laugh.
"Huh? Female scoundrel?" Ni Caiyue blinked, tilting her head and thinking it over for a good long while before she understood. She waved her hands hastily. "I… I'm not a female scoundrel…"
"Not a female scoundrel? Then why did you tease me for no reason at all, and tear my sleeve off too? This is a fresh change of clothes—now you've gone and turned it into a Beggar Sect uniform," Wei Zhao said helplessly.
"I wasn't teasing you! I just wanted to hold you back—who'd have thought your sleeve would be so flimsy…" Ni Caiyue pouted, the picture of injustice.
She had tripped over her own feet, and now it was his sleeve that was flimsy? Faced with logic of such formidable power, Wei Zhao truly had no way to retort. He could only say, "Fine. Then what did you grab me for?"
"I'm afraid they'll come grab me again, so… young hero, could you take me back?" Ni Caiyue said pitifully.
"Take you back?" Wei Zhao frowned, spreading his hands. "Not right now. I still haven't found my companions."
"Then I'll just come along with you—that way they won't dare grab me," Ni Caiyue said, immediately climbing up the pole he'd offered.
"What?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. On second thought, he had no other plans at the moment—once he found Wang Xinyan and the other two, he meant to leave this place, and bringing along one little Ni girl wouldn't be much trouble. So he nodded helplessly. "Suit yourself, then."
"Wonderful! Young hero, you really are a good man!" Ni Caiyue was overjoyed.
"A good man who hides it very deeply?" Wei Zhao glanced at her.
"Yes, yes—a good man who hides it very deeply!" Ni Caiyue nodded again and again.
Wei Zhao stumbled and nearly fell flat on the ground. Meeting such an odd little thing with such a unique way of thinking, he had truly come to understand what "caught between laughter and tears" meant. He had saved her twice now, and all he got in return was "a good man who hides it very deeply." Did he really look that much unlike a good man?
With Ni Caiyue trailing after him like a shadow, Wei Zhao set off along the edge of the basin to search for Wang Xinyan and the others, keeping an eye out for Nourishing Mystic Grass along the way, of course.
But Wei Zhao had clearly gotten his hopes up. This time he was destined to have no luck with the Nourishing Mystic Grass. Not only had he come up empty-handed in the City of Thunder Burials, but even after wandering around the area for two whole hours he still couldn't find any. His luck was truly rotten.