“Duu.”
Xu Xiaoshou ended the call on the jade communication device.
Since he was alone, he did not need to joke around anymore. As soon as it was quiet, his expression turned serious.
No matter how much Xin Gugu tried to reassure him, he could not relax as long he was alone in the room.
’10 minutes?’
‘Is Xin Gugu reliable?’
Xu Xiaoshou opened the windows. The sun had started to set, so the sky had turned yellow.
He thought of the stranger who wanted to take his life.
The pressure he was feeling had become increasingly suffocating. It was as if he could collapse in the next second.
This feeling had lasted five days and was getting more intense.
Xu Xiaoshou knew that this could not continue any longer. Even if the assassin could wait, he could not.
The longer this dragged on, the more the assassin would find out about him.
For Xu Xiaoshou, there was bound to be a day when his last line of psychological defense would be broken.
‘Today is the day to settle him!’
Xu Xiaoshou bit hard on his teeth with determination.
Bang!
He pushed the door open and walked straight out.
“Xu Xiaoshou?”
Mu Zixi was at the doorstep. She had raised her hand, hesitating whether to knock.
“Hmm?”
Xu Xiaoshou’s nervousness had diminished a little. “Do you have something to tell me?”
Mu Zixi hesitated for a while and asked, “Are, are you, going out?”
“What for?”
“For a stroll?”
The young lady twirled her ponytails and lifted her head with her gaze shifting. “Don’t you find it boring to always be stuck in the room?”
Xu Xiaoshou was stunned for a moment.
He had not thought of that before. He might be having a lot of fun by himself, but this young lady might not be.
It was already considered good enough if she could alchemize for a whole day. Asking her to do so for five days was too harsh for this active and bubbly girl.
“Now is not a good time.”
Nevertheless, he still shook his head and said, “I have a serious matter to settle. I have to head out for a while.”
Mu Zixi’s eyes lit up. “I want to go with you. You can settle your matter. I will just watch from the side and cheer you on!”
“…”
Xu Xiaoshou thought, ‘You really should not take part in this matter. It can only be settled by me alone.’
Whether he could make it back alive was still an unanswered question.
Touching the piece of black rock he was wearing, Xu Xiaoshou hardened his resolve and rejected her. “No.”
“I’m leaving.”
The young lady wanted to continue speaking, but Xu Xiaoshou had already left her behind, causing her to stomp the ground in anger.
“@￥%…”
Cursed, Passive Points +1, +1…
Stalked, Passive Points +1.
Xu Xiaoshou sighed.
He looked back and shoved the sneaky young lady back into the room.
Scolding her now might cause her to have the opposite reaction. Hence, Xu Xiaoshou gently said, “Be a good girl and wait for me to come back into the room. I will take you out to play tomorrow.”
“…”
Initially, Mu Zixi wanted to resist. Once she heard such a gentle tone, she was stunned.
Was this person still Xu Xiaoshou?
She glanced at the big palm on her forehead and was speechless.
Xu Xiaoshou took advantage of this lack of reaction by his junior sister and moved away.
Mu Zixi was speechless.
‘It’s so irritating! I got cheated again!’