Let s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 290: Chapter 290 Minister under the Skirt (12)
 

Xie Shu washed his face with the pool water, and as he looked down at his wrist, noticed that the cloth she used last night had left no marks.

Chuzheng called him. Xie Shu quickly rolled down his sleeve and stood up to go to her.

Xie Shu asked her where she wanted to go. Chuzheng replied to wander around aimlessly, so he didn’t ask any further.

When Chuzheng said to wander around aimlessly, she truly did just that.

So aimlessly that Xie Shu suspected she might be doing it on purpose.

“You don’t need to go to all this trouble if you want me dead!”

Xie Shu ground his teeth and shouted at the person in front of him.

Chuzheng stood on the iron chain, turned back and looked at him: “Are you scared?”

“Scared of what!” Xie Shu stood at the edge of the cliff, spurred on by Chuzheng’s challenge, and stepped onto the iron chain.

The iron chain was a single strand, as thick as a wrist, and wobbled alarmingly when someone stood on it.

Xie Shu looked down to see the molten lava churning below, and the fierce flames on top of the lava burning intensely, the heat waves hitting him in the face.

Suddenly, Xie Shu dared not move; his vision filled only with those tumbling flames.

He couldn’t help clenching his fists tightly, the light in his eyes swallowed by the flames, his body feeling as though it was sinking.

“Xie Shu.”

The clear and cool voice cut through the heat and dullness, abruptly awakening Xie Shu’s senses.

He lifted his gaze towards Chuzheng, and it seemed as if the afterglow of the fire still lingered in his eyes.

“Too scared to move?”

Chuzheng’s voice floated back eerily.

Xie Shu’s tone couldn’t help but be somewhat sharp, “Scared of what.”

But when he lifted his foot, he didn’t dare to put it down.

The flames below exploded in his eyes, and amongst them, grinning faces slowly took shape, surfacing before him.

“Chu Yingyu!”

Xuan Qi sliced through the air past Xie Shu’s side, and his figure was suddenly thrown downward, an overwhelming sense of weightlessness engulfing him.

Xie Shu felt himself being dragged towards the raging inferno.

Just as Xie Shu thought he was going to fall in, his body abruptly stopped, and flames rose beside him.

Held around the waist, Xie Shu looked up amidst the great fire, only to see that detestable face.

“Don’t be scared.”

Chuzheng pressed his head to her shoulder, leaped several times, and returned to the iron chain.

Chuzheng looked towards the other side.

Guo Zhen and a few people were standing there. Chuzheng’s rescue of Xie Shu was obviously beyond Guo Zhen’s expectations, and he looked somewhat shocked at the moment.

Guo Zhen had escaped death the last time, rolling to the other side as the Tianjin Mouse came crashing down, saving his life.

Seeing Chuzheng today, given such a good opportunity, he acted almost without thinking.

Guo Zhen once again unleashed Xuan Qi; the orange Xuan Qi, similar in color to the flames, swept over from the edge of the cliff.

Chuzheng, carrying Xie Shu, quickly crossed the iron chain to reach the other side.

She settled Xie Shu down then returned to the iron chain.

Xie Shu looked as if he had just been fished out of the water, his gaze fixed on the person walking on the iron chain.

The flames at his feet soared intermittently, leaping over the iron chain, ready to engulf her at any moment.

“Ah…”

“Help!”

Screams came from the opposite cliff.

Xie Shu’s chaotic thoughts were dragged back by the screams; he stared steadily at the other side.

On the opposite cliff, the people who were there just moments ago were now falling one by one to the bottom.

The woman stood quietly on the iron chain, the flames lifting behind her like wings unfurled; silver light danced in the air, now seen, now hidden.

A phrase involuntarily flashed across Xie Shu’s mind—Rising from the ashes, the King returns.

–

Chuzheng came back to him: “It’s okay…”

Xie Shu instinctively avoided her, his eyes filled with unfathomable emotions.

Chuzheng withdrew her hand and calmly asked him, “Scared?”

Xie Shu remained silent, still looking at her with those inexplicable eyes. Chuzheng, annoyed by his stare, pulled something off to cover his eyes.

Chuzheng stowed away the Tianjin Mouse, picked up Xie Shu, and left the area.

Encountering Guo Zhen was just a minor episode.

Chuzheng didn’t ask Xie Shu why he had that expression, nor did she ask him why he was afraid.

She calmly and indifferently turned the page on that matter.

After Xie Shu recovered, there wasn’t much difference from before. When he felt cheeky, he would take a jab at Chuzheng, though he could hardly get in a few words before Chuzheng angered him to the point of being speechless.

Xie Shu felt she must not have any friends.

Anyone who befriended her would only be infuriated to death.

“Xie Shu.”

The Tianjin Mouse squatted beside him and called him in a low voice.

Xie Shu glanced at the people not far away: “What’s up, Little Mouse?”

“!!” The Tianjin Mouse glared at Xie Shu: “You’re the Little Mouse! I am the Tianjin Mouse!”

Xie Shu folded his hands on his knees, laying his face on his arms, and looked at it sideways: “Aren’t you still a Little Mouse? What do you want with me?”

“Do you know what I just saw?” The Tianjin Mouse couldn’t be bothered to correct him, as the fire of gossip was raging strongly.

Xie Shu was curious: “Did she concoct some poisonous thing again?”

The Tianjin Mouse rolled its eyes: “No, it’s the group of people who bullied you before.”

“…”

Murong Ce?

The Tianjin Mouse continued: “It seems Murong Ce has been crippled by someone.”

Xie Shu blinked: “What do you mean?”

Before the Tianjin Mouse could explain, it was suddenly picked up. Xie Shu followed its gaze, and there was Chuzheng, holding the Tianjin Mouse, looking down at him with lowered eyes.

Her gaze was clear, cool, and indifferent, with no fluctuations.

Xie Shu didn’t know if she had heard or not, and he didn’t dare to make a sound.

But Xie Shu soon saw Murong Ce and his group.

They were up high at the time, with Murong Ce’s party passing through the valley below, looking like they were fleeing for their lives.

Murong Ce was being carried on someone’s back, looking quite bedraggled.

He thought back to that morning when she had disappeared.

The Tianjin Mouse said she had left early, just to find clothes and food for him. It wouldn’t take that long…

Was it her?

Xie Shu’s gaze drifted onto Chuzheng.

–

Chuzheng would have never guessed that leaving the Secret Realm would be a random teleportation. When she got out, aside from the Tianjin Mouse she was holding, the Good Person Card had actually disappeared.

Chuzheng was seriously frustrated!

She had finally caught one!

And now it was gone!

Was all her rescue effort in vain?!

Chuzheng leaned against a tree trunk, feeling too heavy-hearted to move.

The Tianjin Mouse curiously surveyed its surroundings. So this was the outside world?

The air even seemed different!

So fresh.

But what was this Human doing?

[Main Quest: Spend a Black Xuan Stone within two hours.]

Chuzheng: “…”

You Bastard, you dog thing, how can I feel like squandering now! The Good Person Card has run off!

[It’s not the first time it’s run off. Just catch it… ahem! Just find it again.] Almost got carried away by the young lady.

Chuzheng with a cold face: I worked so hard to catch it! Wasn’t it difficult for me?!

[…] Didn’t seem like you put in much effort.

[Miss, it’s precisely because you’re in a bad mood that you should splurge. Spending money brings joy, you know~] The King’s Account persuaded gently.

Chuzheng: “…”

No, I won’t!

Chuzheng moved her head away from the tree trunk, facing the Tianjin Mouse’s curious look. Her expression became serious and she began to roughly ruffle it.

Feeling much better now.

The Tianjin Mouse that was being manhandled: “…” Damn this immortal’s thick skin!!