Long Aixi couldn’t understand why Xia Dabao suddenly became unhappy. She didn’t care about Zhou Xianzhi, only took the water bottle, and went to Xia Dabao’s room.
The room’s door was locked, and she called out from outside several times, “Abao? Abao, are you feeling unwell?”
Xia Dabao was lying on the bed and heard Long Aixi’s voice from outside.
She got up, intending to open the door, but the thought of how Long Aixi cared for Zhou Xianzhi made her halt her steps again.
Even she didn’t know why she was upset.
“Xiao’ai, I’m not unwell,” Xia Dabao finally spoke up, yet through a closed door.
“Abao, since you’re not unwell, then why did you e back without saying a word? I’m quite worried about you,” Long Aixi said from outside.
“I’m fine, just a bit tired. You don’t need to worry about me. You are the Young Master of the Longya gang; there are many things outside that need your concern,” Xia Dabao still sounded somewhat annoyed.
Long Aixi, outside, felt baffled, “Just because I’m the Young Master of the Longya gang, I can’t be concerned about you? Abao, what are you talking about? Open the door and let me in; I want to see you.”
“I’m going to sleep, and it’s not convenient for a boy to always be around me. If others see it, it also wouldn’t reflect well on me,” Xia Dabao said.
“Well… Since you have such concerns, then you should rest well. I’ll leave first,” Long Aixi said. After standing there for quite a while, he finally turned around and walked back.
Xia Dabao heard no more sound from outside. Suddenly, she felt a bit lost. After standing quietly by the door for a while, she went back to lie on the bed.
Her mind was a jumble. One moment it was Long Aixi, the next it was Tian Xiaobei.
The day when Tian Xiaobei left Peach Blossom Village, she did the same thing—refusing to see him from behind a door.
Why was she thinking of Tian Xiaobei now?
After all, Xiaobei was her first crush. When he liked her, there was no one else in his heart, and when he was nice to her, it was only her that he treated well, and not any other lady.
He had told her to wait for him, two years, three years. He promised to return.
Xiaobei, do your words still count?
Xia Dabao mused in a daze, and eventually fell asleep without realizing it.
…
Chen Lingyun walked painfully back towards her own room.
She really wanted to pretend that she wasn’t injured, yet she couldn’t fake it; Zhou Xianzhi was too harsh, all her punches and kicks landed on her buttocks. Now, her buttocks must have turned blue and purple, right?
The most infuriating part is, if she says that the injuries on her body were caused by Zhou Xianzhi, no one would believe her. Who in the Longya gang doesn’t know that it was she who always bullied Zhou Xianzhi? Zhou Xianzhi is the softest one among them.
She could only swallow this resentment.
It would be best not to run into any acquaintances on the way; otherwise, if questioned, she wouldn’t know how to explain herself.
Yet, as luck would have it, not long after she left the garden, she saw Zhou Chang approaching from the front.
Zhou Chang was the son of the first lady of Hall Master Zhou. Even though he was young, he would be able to take on the position of the official Hall Master after gaining more experience. It was for him that Chen Lingyun made things difficult for Zhou Xianzhi at every turn.
Zhou Chang also saw Chen Lingyun. He was patrolling within the gang, thus preoccupied with official business. He intended to just greet her and move on, but when he saw the pained way Chen Lingyun walked, he quickly told his subordinates to continue the patrol while he went over to support Chen Lingyun, “Lingyun, what’s making you unfortable?”
Chen Lingyun was already feeling aggrieved, and seeing Zhou Chang only intensified her feelings, “Brother Zhou Chang,
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