“…” Xia Nuo returned a puzzled look, “What’s wrong?”
The boy’s eyes were clear and bright, and her shadow could be clearly printed.
Shi Xue Li was stunned for a moment, thinking that things might not be as she imagined, but seeing the postures of the two of them, she couldn’t help frowning, “The postures of the two of you…”
Xia Nuo suddenly realised that he was being hugged by a man, he unconsciously lowered his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered like a small fan, and a nice blush appeared on his face.
He hesitantly explained, “Well… I accidentally fell asleep… and then my legs were numb and I couldn’t stand up…”
“……”
Shi Xue Li was speechless for a moment, then said, “Is that why you didn’t go to lunch? I thought you were angry because of what happened in the morning?”
In the morning? angry?
The man’s eyes darkened, and he couldn’t help but look down at the expression on the boy’s face.
Xia Nuo pursed her lips and shook her head, “I’m not angry.”
But his mood didn’t look so good either.
Seeing his obviously depressed mood, Shi Xue Li comforted him, “You don’t have to pay too much attention to what that Luo Yin said. Where there are people, there will be disputes, which cannot be avoided no matter what.”
“I came to you to remind you that we agreed to go to Na Duo Sha last night, and we will meet at the door in two hours. You should go and have something to prepare first.”
After reminding Xia Nuo, she said bluntly, “Do you remember? Remember, I will go first.”
She doesn’t want to stay here anymore, being swept away by that man’s gaze, she has a feeling that she is redundant.
Seeing that Xia Nuo didn’t seem to have reacted yet after he nodded in a daze, Shi Xue Li turned around without hesitation, but before taking the first step, she still tilted her head slightly, and the corner of her eyes saw the man lowered his head and said something in the boy’s ear.
She smiled slightly, shook her head, and walked away.
“What happened this morning?” the man asked.
His voice was very soft and calm, but for no reason contained a breath of stormy weather.
“You were bullied?”
He got this message from Shi Xue Li’s words, and his eyes immediately sank, with a thick ink colour in them.
“No.” Xia Nuo shook his head frankly, “Actually, Luo Yin didn’t target me, he also suspected Shi Xue Li and Ka’er. In other words, he thinks everyone is suspicious. “
He told the man what happened in the morning in detail, and tilted his head in some doubt, “I don’t even know who to believe now. Shi Xue Li said that Luo Yin couldn’t produce evidence… So, is he lying?”
Faced with this kind of problem for the first time, Xia Nuo didn’t know how to deal with it.
But what he was sure of was that one of them had lied before.
Although he still doesn’t know who that person is.
The man touched his head, “Then let’s make a hypothesis. Assuming the person who lie is Luo Yin.”
Xia Nuo turned his head and put on a serious listening posture.
“Luo Yin revealed three pieces of information.” The man slowly analysed, “One is the existence of magic insects, this kind of creature is sensitive to blood; the other is the black shadow he saw at night, someone went out secretly last night; someone is injured, that person is your teammate.”
Seeing the boy nod, he continued, “He thinks Shi Xue Li is suspicious because Shi Xue Li once said that she heard the sound of the magic insect at close range. The suspicion of Ka’er and Kui Ke has not been completely eliminated, because he thinks they’ll cover each other up. And you—”
He lightly nodded the boy’s frowning brows, “Because you are the priest of light, he suspects that you are an accomplice with the injured person. Even if you are not an accomplice, he still thinks that you are covering for that person.”
Xia Nuo pursed his lips and explained very seriously, “I really don’t know anything. After I went back last night, I stayed in the room, and no one came to me.”
The man’s lips curled up, “I know, I believe in you.”
The boy’s every move has never left his sight, so he is naturally very aware of the boy’s movements.
Xia Nuo laughed cutely, and he sighed with relief, “Thank you for believing in me, the feeling of being doubted is really uncomfortable.”
The reason why he was so depressed was probably because he was not trusted.
He was stupid and didn’t know how to justify himself. At this time, the man could say that he believed in himself without hesitation and made Xia Nuo feel that the shadows lingering on his heart dissipated most of them, and the whole person was relieved.
The man’s fingers flicked slightly, and he resisted the desire to pinch the boy’s soft cheeks, and slowly guided him, “He doubted almost everyone, especially Shi Xue Li, Ka’er, and Kui Ke. They obviously formed a small group, and you are a neutral person in this team. What is his purpose in doing this?”
“…” Xia Nuo thought about it carefully, and guessed uncertainly, “In this way, will he stand on the opposite side of us? But will it do him any good?”
Xia Nuo felt that his brain capacity was not enough, Luo Yin deliberately provoked disputes in order to push himself to the opposite of everyone? Why is that ah?
The man chuckled, looked at the boy’s shining eyes full of longing ‘tell me quickly’, and deliberately elongated his tone, “Well——”
“What? What?” Xia Nuo pricked up his ears, eager to get an answer.
“It’s very simple, because of this, he gained the right to act freely. After falling out with you, no one will pay attention to what he wants to do anymore.” The man stopped teasing him and said the answer directly.
“Free movement?” Xia Nuo didn’t quite understand what he meant, “But if he wants to move freely, he could just let us know. Why bother?”
“Really?” The man didn’t comment, “But in your team, it’s obviously not so democratic, right?”
What does it mean?
Xia Nuo suddenly remembered what Ka’er said.
“Since we have entered the same game, we are a collective. If someone breaks away from the team without authorization, the impact will not be very good.”
This seems to be an unspoken rule of veteran players. Xia Nuo recalled the scene at that time, and it was so natural when Ka’er said this sentence.
“In a relatively closed environment, once a group is formed, there will be an invisible binding force. If someone wants to leave this group, it will inevitably cause huge influence and attention. In order to maintain the inherent order, other members of the group will spare no effort to eliminate this variable.” The man showed a meaningful smile.
Xia Nuo couldn’t help shivering, he was a little dazed, is it really that exaggerated?
“Of course, this is just a hypothesis.” The man calmly pulled the boy into his arms, “If he didn’t lie, then the one who wants to leave the team is someone else.”
“……”
For some reason, Xia Nuo always felt that the man seemed to know something. When he said “another person”, his tone was not obvious.
This should not be an illusion, right?
He was just about to ask, but he heard the man ask, “Are your legs still numb now?”
“?”
Xia Nuo felt it carefully, and then suddenly said, “…It’s not numb, it’s already healed.”
After chatting with the man for so long, he had long forgotten about the numbness in his legs, and he recovered without knowing it. Maybe this also has the effect of the man’s massage?
Xia Nuo couldn’t help shivering slightly when he thought of the indescribably sour feeling when the man massaged him.
He would rather leave it alone next time, even if the recovery time is longer, he doesn’t want to go through that torture again!
After hearing his answer, the man stood up and pulled him up as well, “Since it’s ready, let’s go eat. We’re going to a faraway place later, so we can’t do it if we don’t get ready.”
The moment he let go of the young man, a clear sense of reluctance welled up in his heart, but the young man stood up unaware, and obediently replied, “Yes, I understand.”
The crow that hadn’t appeared since he woke up flew down from the roof and landed on the boy’s shoulder.
The man and those scarlet eyes looked at each other for a moment, and the crow called out “Ah――,” as if greeting him.
“It seems to like you very much.” Xia Nuo turned his head to look at the crow, a little surprised, “It’s really rare, except for me, it was not close to anyone before.”
“Really?” The man stretched out his hand and touched its smooth wing feathers. Not only did the crow not avoid it, but it took the initiative to get close to it. “It may be because of my physique. I have been attracted to birds since I was a child.”
“Really?” Xia Nuo showed envious eyes, “It sounds really powerful.”
“Really, if you don’t believe me, look.”
The man stretched out his hand towards the roof not far away, and immediately a small sparrow-like bird fluttered into his palm and nestled obediently on it. The whole bird was round and looked very cute.
“…Wow!” Xia Nuo looked closer and asked excitedly, “Can I touch it?”
“Of course.” The man said with a smile.
The young man cautiously stretched out his hand towards the little bird, but at the moment when he was about to touch it, the originally obedient bird flapped its wings and flew out like an arrow.
Xia Nuo’s hand didn’t have time to retract, and it pressed on the man’s palm, and the man took advantage of the situation to close his palm, wrapping his fingertips in his palm.
Xia Nuo raised his head in a daze and just happened to look into the man’s deep pool-like eyes.
“This can also be touched as you like.” He said so.
“…” Xia Nuo returned a puzzled look, “What’s wrong?”
The boy’s eyes were clear and bright, and her shadow could be clearly printed.
Shi Xue Li was stunned for a moment, thinking that things might not be as she imagined, but seeing the postures of the two of them, she couldn’t help frowning, “The postures of the two of you…”
Xia Nuo suddenly realised that he was being hugged by a man, he unconsciously lowered his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered like a small fan, and a nice blush appeared on his face.
He hesitantly explained, “Well… I accidentally fell asleep… and then my legs were numb and I couldn’t stand up…”
“……”
Shi Xue Li was speechless for a moment, then said, “Is that why you didn’t go to lunch? I thought you were angry because of what happened in the morning?”
In the morning? angry?
The man’s eyes darkened, and he couldn’t help but look down at the expression on the boy’s face.
Xia Nuo pursed her lips and shook her head, “I’m not angry.”
But his mood didn’t look so good either.
Seeing his obviously depressed mood, Shi Xue Li comforted him, “You don’t have to pay too much attention to what that Luo Yin said. Where there are people, there will be disputes, which cannot be avoided no matter what.”
“I came to you to remind you that we agreed to go to Na Duo Sha last night, and we will meet at the door in two hours. You should go and have something to prepare first.”
After reminding Xia Nuo, she said bluntly, “Do you remember? Remember, I will go first.”
She doesn’t want to stay here anymore, being swept away by that man’s gaze, she has a feeling that she is redundant.
Seeing that Xia Nuo didn’t seem to have reacted yet after he nodded in a daze, Shi Xue Li turned around without hesitation, but before taking the first step, she still tilted her head slightly, and the corner of her eyes saw the man lowered his head and said something in the boy’s ear.
She smiled slightly, shook her head, and walked away.
“What happened this morning?” the man asked.
His voice was very soft and calm, but for no reason contained a breath of stormy weather.
“You were bullied?”
He got this message from Shi Xue Li’s words, and his eyes immediately sank, with a thick ink colour in them.
“No.” Xia Nuo shook his head frankly, “Actually, Luo Yin didn’t target me, he also suspected Shi Xue Li and Ka’er. In other words, he thinks everyone is suspicious. “
He told the man what happened in the morning in detail, and tilted his head in some doubt, “I don’t even know who to believe now. Shi Xue Li said that Luo Yin couldn’t produce evidence… So, is he lying?”
Faced with this kind of problem for the first time, Xia Nuo didn’t know how to deal with it.
But what he was sure of was that one of them had lied before.
Although he still doesn’t know who that person is.
The man touched his head, “Then let’s make a hypothesis. Assuming the person who lie is Luo Yin.”
Xia Nuo turned his head and put on a serious listening posture.
“Luo Yin revealed three pieces of information.” The man slowly analysed, “One is the existence of magic insects, this kind of creature is sensitive to blood; the other is the black shadow he saw at night, someone went out secretly last night; someone is injured, that person is your teammate.”
Seeing the boy nod, he continued, “He thinks Shi Xue Li is suspicious because Shi Xue Li once said that she heard the sound of the magic insect at close range. The suspicion of Ka’er and Kui Ke has not been completely eliminated, because he thinks they’ll cover each other up. And you—”
He lightly nodded the boy’s frowning brows, “Because you are the priest of light, he suspects that you are an accomplice with the injured person. Even if you are not an accomplice, he still thinks that you are covering for that person.”
Xia Nuo pursed his lips and explained very seriously, “I really don’t know anything. After I went back last night, I stayed in the room, and no one came to me.”
The man’s lips curled up, “I know, I believe in you.”
The boy’s every move has never left his sight, so he is naturally very aware of the boy’s movements.
Xia Nuo laughed cutely, and he sighed with relief, “Thank you for believing in me, the feeling of being doubted is really uncomfortable.”
The reason why he was so depressed was probably because he was not trusted.
He was stupid and didn’t know how to justify himself. At this time, the man could say that he believed in himself without hesitation and made Xia Nuo feel that the shadows lingering on his heart dissipated most of them, and the whole person was relieved.
The man’s fingers flicked slightly, and he resisted the desire to pinch the boy’s soft cheeks, and slowly guided him, “He doubted almost everyone, especially Shi Xue Li, Ka’er, and Kui Ke. They obviously formed a small group, and you are a neutral person in this team. What is his purpose in doing this?”
“…” Xia Nuo thought about it carefully, and guessed uncertainly, “In this way, will he stand on the opposite side of us? But will it do him any good?”
Xia Nuo felt that his brain capacity was not enough, Luo Yin deliberately provoked disputes in order to push himself to the opposite of everyone? Why is that ah?
The man chuckled, looked at the boy’s shining eyes full of longing ‘tell me quickly’, and deliberately elongated his tone, “Well——”
“What? What?” Xia Nuo pricked up his ears, eager to get an answer.
“It’s very simple, because of this, he gained the right to act freely. After falling out with you, no one will pay attention to what he wants to do anymore.” The man stopped teasing him and said the answer directly.
“Free movement?” Xia Nuo didn’t quite understand what he meant, “But if he wants to move freely, he could just let us know. Why bother?”
“Really?” The man didn’t comment, “But in your team, it’s obviously not so democratic, right?”
What does it mean?
Xia Nuo suddenly remembered what Ka’er said.
“Since we have entered the same game, we are a collective. If someone breaks away from the team without authorization, the impact will not be very good.”
This seems to be an unspoken rule of veteran players. Xia Nuo recalled the scene at that time, and it was so natural when Ka’er said this sentence.
“In a relatively closed environment, once a group is formed, there will be an invisible binding force. If someone wants to leave this group, it will inevitably cause huge influence and attention. In order to maintain the inherent order, other members of the group will spare no effort to eliminate this variable.” The man showed a meaningful smile.
Xia Nuo couldn’t help shivering, he was a little dazed, is it really that exaggerated?
“Of course, this is just a hypothesis.” The man calmly pulled the boy into his arms, “If he didn’t lie, then the one who wants to leave the team is someone else.”
“……”
For some reason, Xia Nuo always felt that the man seemed to know something. When he said “another person”, his tone was not obvious.
This should not be an illusion, right?
He was just about to ask, but he heard the man ask, “Are your legs still numb now?”
“?”
Xia Nuo felt it carefully, and then suddenly said, “…It’s not numb, it’s already healed.”
After chatting with the man for so long, he had long forgotten about the numbness in his legs, and he recovered without knowing it. Maybe this also has the effect of the man’s massage?
Xia Nuo couldn’t help shivering slightly when he thought of the indescribably sour feeling when the man massaged him.
He would rather leave it alone next time, even if the recovery time is longer, he doesn’t want to go through that torture again!
After hearing his answer, the man stood up and pulled him up as well, “Since it’s ready, let’s go eat. We’re going to a faraway place later, so we can’t do it if we don’t get ready.”
The moment he let go of the young man, a clear sense of reluctance welled up in his heart, but the young man stood up unaware, and obediently replied, “Yes, I understand.”
The crow that hadn’t appeared since he woke up flew down from the roof and landed on the boy’s shoulder.
The man and those scarlet eyes looked at each other for a moment, and the crow called out “Ah――,” as if greeting him.
“It seems to like you very much.” Xia Nuo turned his head to look at the crow, a little surprised, “It’s really rare, except for me, it was not close to anyone before.”
“Really?” The man stretched out his hand and touched its smooth wing feathers. Not only did the crow not avoid it, but it took the initiative to get close to it. “It may be because of my physique. I have been attracted to birds since I was a child.”
“Really?” Xia Nuo showed envious eyes, “It sounds really powerful.”
“Really, if you don’t believe me, look.”
The man stretched out his hand towards the roof not far away, and immediately a small sparrow-like bird fluttered into his palm and nestled obediently on it. The whole bird was round and looked very cute.
“…Wow!” Xia Nuo looked closer and asked excitedly, “Can I touch it?”
“Of course.” The man said with a smile.
The young man cautiously stretched out his hand towards the little bird, but at the moment when he was about to touch it, the originally obedient bird flapped its wings and flew out like an arrow.
Xia Nuo’s hand didn’t have time to retract, and it pressed on the man’s palm, and the man took advantage of the situation to close his palm, wrapping his fingertips in his palm.
Xia Nuo raised his head in a daze and just happened to look into the man’s deep pool-like eyes.
“This can also be touched as you like.” He said so.
