kvmb Chapter 167
Chapter 167
As soon as Lin Ji stood up, he immediately gave Chu Wenqing two sharp raps on the head.
With a scream, Chu Wenqing clutched the two large bumps on her head where Lin Ji had knocked her, tears welling in her eyes. "Waaah~ I was just trying to help you! Because no matter how I called you, you wouldn't wake up, so I had to try this!"
Lin Ji rubbed his reddened cheek, his expression still cold. "You should be glad you did it to save me."
Fortunately, Chu Wenqing only patted him lightly to save him, so the marks will probably disappear soon. Otherwise, even if he didn't kill Chu Wenqing, he would have broken the other man's hand!
Lin Ji utterly loathed this humiliating behavior! Back when he was still weak, that old codger from the Tianyi Sect often slapped his face like this, treating him like a plaything! Even though he eventually killed that old guy, this shameful memory remained buried deep in his heart!
Chu Wenqing had no idea about Lin Ji's psychological trauma. He was just very dissatisfied with the fact that he had saved someone but didn't get any credit for it. "What? No good deed goes unpunished... If it weren't for my help, you would still be in the illusion!"
Lin Li immediately narrowed his eyes in displeasure. "Huh? What did you say?"
Upon hearing that dangerous "hmm," Chu Wenqing felt goosebumps rise all over his body. He immediately chickened out and shook his head, saying, "N-nothing! I didn't say anything!"
Just then, Su Luo walked over, and Chu Wenqing looked at her with surprise and joy, as if he had seen a savior. "Su Luo! You're here!"
Lin Ji's gloomy expression instantly changed. He turned around abruptly to look at Su Luo, his eyes filled with worry as he stepped forward and grabbed the girl's shoulders, checking her over from head to toe. "Su Luo, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
The speed at which he changed his expression made Chu Wenqing's lips twitch.
Lin Ji is truly something else. He's as cold as winter in front of them, but as warm as spring in front of Su Luo! This guy has two faces... a guy who values women over friends!
Chu Wenqing mentally complained, but didn't want to disturb their conversation, so she quietly turned and left.
Seeing Lin Ji's anxious expression, Su Luo smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing. I was just woken up, and came to check on you as soon as I saw you were awake."
Lin Ji breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "It's good that you're alright! I was really too careless this time and didn't notice anything strange about the Frost Lotus."
"It's not your fault, we were all careless. Who would have thought that the fragrance emitted by the Frost Lotus after it blooms could put people into a hallucination! Fortunately, Zhuzhu didn't lose her mind, it saved us all."
"Zhuzhu?"
"Yes, we owe it all to Zhuzhu this time." Then, Su Luo recounted how Zhuzhu had saved them.
"Oh, it's your spirit pet..."
Lin Ji glanced at the little guy who was hiding in Song Qiao's arms not far away, his lips curving slightly, and the wariness and coldness in his eyes lessened considerably. "It is indeed more useful than I thought..."
He initially really disliked this spirit beast that had won Su Luo's favor solely through its cuteness and was always clinging to her! However, they were fortunate to have escaped this time thanks to the little guy, so the spirit beast was actually somewhat useful. As long as it remained loyal to Su Luo forever, he wouldn't mind being a little nicer to it…
Although Zhu Zhu couldn't guess Lin Ji's thoughts, it could sense that the other party's malice towards it had suddenly decreased a lot and was not as terrible as it had been at the beginning!
So Zhuzhu mustered up its courage and peeked out from Song Qiao's arms, looking timidly at Lin Ji. It met the boy's complicated gaze and was so frightened that it shrank back.
Waaaaah! That person is still so scary!!
Song Qiao also sensed Lin Ji's gaze on them. He looked down at the ice surface somewhat uncomfortably, as if he could see a flower in it.
"By the way, Lin Ji, how are you feeling? You and I were the last to wake up."
Su Luo's question brought Lin Ji back to his senses. He thought of that terrifying illusion again, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and a flash of bloodlust crossed his dark eyes hidden by his eyelashes.
In the illusion, Su Luo still discovered his demonic identity. She looked at him with disgust, calling him a filthy liar and declaring that she would never be with a demon! No matter how much he pleaded or explained, Su Luo refused to budge, saying that the filthiest blood in the world flowed in his veins, and that he deserved to die! In the end, he went mad, throwing the world into chaos and imprisoning Su Luo by his side, their feud lasting until death!
If Chu Wenqing hadn't forcibly woken him up, he probably would have already gone mad in that illusion...
In the end, Lin Ji didn't say anything, only shaking his head to indicate that he was fine, "I'm okay too, Chu Wenqing called out just in time..."
"That's good."
Su Luo didn't think much of it and felt relieved.
"correct."
Just then, Su Luo suddenly remembered what she had seen when she came over. "When I came over, I saw you and Chu Wenqing arguing. What happened?"
When asked about this, Lin Ji looked a little uncomfortable. "...It's nothing serious."
"Really? Lin Ji, don't lie to me."
What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. The word "lie" struck a nerve with Lin Ji, hitting his deepest fears. He hesitated for a moment, but finally forced himself to speak: "Chu Wenqing slapped my face to wake me up, and I got angry and hit him a couple of times..."
As he spoke, Lin Ji's voice grew softer and softer until he could barely continue.
He had always known that Su Luo cared deeply about her close friends, including Chu Wenqing. If she knew that Chu Wenqing had saved her, and instead of being grateful, she had beaten him up, wouldn't she... hate him?
Thinking of this, Lin Ji felt a tremor in his heart and couldn't help but bite his lip tightly. For the first time, he felt fear.
Su Luo was a little angry, but seeing the boy hanging his head and looking pitiful, she couldn't help but soften.
She thought for a moment and said, "Lin Ji, I don't want to blame you, but Chu Wenqing really cares about you. Although that guy is usually unreliable, he's very devoted to his friends. Because you're a friend he considers a friend, he'll do everything he can to help you. Like this time, even though Chu Wenqing slapped your face, ultimately he was trying to save you, wasn't he? Friends should treat each other with empathy. It can't always be one person offering kindness while the other is cold-hearted, otherwise one day the other will become disillusioned."
To everyone's surprise, Lin Ji looked up abruptly after hearing Su Luo's words, his eyes filled with astonishment. "He considers me...a friend?"
He'd never had any friends, and no one would want to be friends with a demon like him! That unreliable guy, Chu Wenqing, actually considered him a friend? How could that be?!
"do not you know?"
Su Luo was even more surprised. "I thought you already knew. From the day you met Chu Wenqing, he treated you as a friend. So he would subconsciously protect you, help you, and share good things with you. Even if you sometimes give him the cold shoulder, he doesn't mind. That's how you treat a friend."
"..."