Zi Yang adjusted his mood and walked out of the dark passage slowly, only to find that Pei Yuan and others were already ready.
He came in front of everyone. Hua Yao, who was walking behind him, had just walked out of the passage. They were hundreds of steps apart. It didn't take a guess to know that there must be a conflict.
Pei Yuan, Jia Juesheng and the others were fine, they didn't have much expression on their faces, but Xiao Hai and Zhu Feng were different.
One of them lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong, not daring to look at Zi Yang, while the other suppressed the laughter in his heart and did not dare to laugh in front of everyone.
Jia Juesheng looked at Zi Yang, pointed at Hua Yao behind him, and asked, "Zi Yang, what's going on?"
Ziyang smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, she's a little unwell."
Before he finished speaking, Hua Yao's cold and resentful voice sounded behind him: "My health is fine. Whoever has health problems knows it himself."
When she walked past Ziyang, she deliberately glanced at him with a look of disgust, as if to say that you really can't do it.
Zi Yang naturally ignored her, looked at Feijiu with a slight embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Feijiu, you know how to get to the medicine garden, please lead the way."
Feijiu nodded and said a little embarrassedly: "It's okay to lead the way, but you can share some of the herbs in the medicine garden."
Originally, he didn't want to say this, but due to the situation, he had more leverage. After all, these things could save his life.
Zi Yang immediately replied: "Don't worry about this, we will share it equally when we get the herbs."
When he heard what Zi Yang said, he immediately smiled and said without saying a word: "Okay! Everyone, come with me!"
With that said, he led the way, with Xian Qingyun, Pei Yuan, and Jia Juesheng following closely behind him.
Zhufeng saw Hua Yao, Xiao Hai, and Fei Xiaoyuan walking in front of Zi Yang. He quietly came to Zi Yang and asked in a low voice: "Zi Yang, what happened between you and Hua Yao? Did you quarrel? "
Zi Yang exhaled, stared at him with slight dissatisfaction, and said, "Why are you arguing? This is not all because of you."
Although he knew it in his heart, he pretended not to understand and said quite innocently: "Because of me? No. Ziyang, you two are having a conflict, what does this have to do with me?"
Zi Yang directly blamed him: "If you hadn't asked Xiao Hai to find me, things wouldn't have developed like this."
"I..." Zhufeng thought carefully and replied with a smile: "Ziyang, you really misunderstood me. It was true that I asked Xiaohai to find you, but it was also for your own good. I I don’t want you to delay things.”
Zi Yang looked at him and said, "Don't you want me to delay things? I'm not telling you, you asked Xiao Hai to come at the right time. I really doubt you had calculated it yourself beforehand?"
Zhufeng didn't even think about it, and immediately shook his head and explained: "No! Absolutely not! I just saw you haven't returned for a long time. Firstly, I was worried about your safety, and secondly, I was afraid that you would make a mistake and make a fool of yourself, so I asked Xiaohai to find you."
"You also know that Lame has such a mouth. He is always talking about you behind your back. I can't bear to hear it anymore."
Zi Yang frowned slightly, his eyes full of doubts. In his heart, Jia Juesheng did not have the habit of speaking ill of people behind their backs.
Besides, throughout his journey with Jia Juesheng, he had never heard him take the initiative to talk about others. On the contrary, Zhu Feng often quarreled with Jia Juesheng.
Zi Yang smiled and asked pretending to be confused: "You asked Xiao Hai to find me. What does this have to do with Jia Juesheng?"
Zhufeng said matter-of-factly: "Zi Yang, don't you understand this? After you and Hua Yao left, the cripple has been talking about you two."
Zi Yang said with interest, and asked with a smile: "Is there such a thing? How did he talk about me?"
Next, Zhufeng started talking nonsense in a serious manner, saying that Jia Juesheng laughed at Ziyang's poor health and only cared about enjoying himself without caring about the overall situation.
In short, everything he said was to discredit Jia Juesheng, and simply described him as a greedy and lustful person.
Of course, Ziyang just listened casually and didn't take it to heart at all, while Zhufeng became more and more enthusiastic and kept talking about Jia Juesheng's faults.
After he finished speaking, Ziyang gently patted his shoulder and sighed: "Zhufeng, I have known you for so long, and this is the first time I have discovered that you are so good at slandering and distorting facts."
"To be honest, if I hadn't been very familiar with Jia Juesheng, I might have believed what you just said."
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhufeng said with a serious face: "Zi Yang, I didn't lie to you. What I just said is true."
"What you say is true is true, and what you say is false is false. Are you treating me like a fool?" Zi Yang's eyes were half-squinted and his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was angry.
"Uh..." Zhufeng laughed awkwardly and said, "Ziyang, do you know the truth of the matter?"
Zi Yang glanced at him sideways and said, "If I didn't know, would I be here to listen to you? It was clearly your idea to let Xiao Hai go find me, but you put all the responsibility on Jia Juesheng. You Do you think you can deceive me?"
"Zi Yang, even if I don't let Xiao Hai find you, your body won't be..." After saying this, Zhu Feng looked at Zi Yang quietly and smiled, but did not continue.
Zi Yang's face suddenly became serious and said: "No what?! What she said are all angry words, you can't believe it!"
"Oh! So you were just talking out of anger, then it's okay." Zhufeng pretended to suddenly understand, leaving Ziyang behind, and quickly chased Feijiu and the others.
He also knew in his heart that since he had seen through the matter, he would inevitably be scolded by Zi Yang if he continued to talk. It was the best choice to leave before he got angry.
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Hua Yao felt something was wrong when she saw Xiao Hai looking back at Zi Yang from time to time, feeling a little disappointed but not daring to take the initiative to talk to him.
Last night, Ziyang was with her and had no chance to see Xiaohai. What on earth was going on?
Besides, she and Zi Yang were fine before they left, but this time things turned into this. Out of curiosity, she asked, "Did you make him angry?"
Xiao Hai raised his head slightly aggrieved and told her everything.
After hearing this, Hua Yao became much more energetic and said with a joyful smile: "Oh! So that's it."
At this moment, Zhufeng walked up from behind. She said to the two little guys: "You two should follow him and leave first. I'll wait for Ziyang here."
In order to prevent Zi Yang from catching up and scolding him, Zhu Feng pointed to the back and said, "Zi Yang will be here soon, I will take them both away first."
After saying that, he took the two little guys and left. This kind of thing only needs time, and when Ziyang's anger subsides, the matter will naturally pass.
After Zhufeng left, Hua Yao folded her hands on her chest and leaned against the sand wall to wait for Zi Yang quietly. During this period, she raised her beautiful eyes to look behind her from time to time.
Not long after, a young man wearing a black silk mask rushed over. When he saw Huayao standing there leisurely, he stopped and asked, "Why don't you leave? What are you doing here?"
She immediately took off her snow-white mask, grabbed his arm with both hands, shook it gently, and took the initiative to admit her mistake with a lowered eyebrow: "Zi Yang, I've been in a bad mood these past few days to make you unhappy."
Zi Yang snorted softly, took off his mask, and said angrily: "What's the matter? I'm used to being bullied by you anyway. You can bully me how you want."
Hua Yao heard the tone of his voice and knew that he was angry. She moved lightly and opened her arms to hug him tightly.
Zi Yang wanted to raise his hand to hug her, but his palm was hanging in the air. After hesitating for a while, he asked in a low voice: "I...can I hug you?"
Hua Yao looked at him faintly and whispered softly: "What are you talking about? I am yours. You can hug me anytime you want."
Facing such a gentle Hua Yao, he felt a little unnatural, and whispered: "Are you testing me?"
She raised her pink fist and lightly beat him on the chest a few times, and said softly: "What a test! Isn't it normal for the relationship between the two of us to hug him."
Zi Yang slowly raised his arms to hug her jade back, and immediately pushed her away. Hua Yao stared at him with confusion on her face.
He straightened his clothes, turned sideways in a hurry, and said with a strong attitude: "Didn't you say that I am not a man? Why are you coming to me now?!"
She replied weakly: "No way."
Zi Yang pretended to be angry and said, "No way! Have you forgotten what I just said? Do I still need to remind you?"
"Also, you and I are just friends. Don't hug me at all times. This is not good for others to see."
Hua Yao narrowed her beautiful eyes, gritted her teeth and said coldly: "Are you serious? The relationship between us is just friends?"
He pretended to say: "You and I are just ordinary friends. Please be respectful and don't touch me."
She was quite dissatisfied and said: "I touched you? Didn't you want to hug me just now?"
Zi Yang said without blushing, "Just now I was deceived by you, a witch, that's why I said those words."
Hua Yao frowned slightly and said: "What did you say about me? Witch? You used to call me Yaoyao when you hugged me, but now you just call me witch?"
He said carefully: "I was bewitched by you before and failed to recognize your true face in time, so I went astray. Now, I have decided to clear up the relationship with you... ..."
Before he finished speaking, Hua Yao grabbed his throat and pushed him to the side of the sand wall.
"Uh..." Feeling her jade hands exerting force, Ziyang's breathing gradually became a little difficult. He widened his eyes and said in a panic: "What are you going to do?!"
She lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "You deceived my feelings, and you deceived me for so long. Do you have to pay a price?"
Ziyang hurriedly explained: "No! No! I didn't lie to you, my feelings for you are true. Yaoyao, I just wanted to make a joke with you, and I didn't play with your feelings."
Poof!
The girl couldn't hold it back, and immediately laughed out loud. She retracted her palm and smiled playfully: "I was just kidding you, there is no need for you to be so nervous."
He breathed a sigh of relief and said accusingly: "Aren't you nervous? Can I not be nervous? If you just use a little more force, you will break my neck."
Hua Yao stared at him with a smile and said, "Didn't I tell you already? I just wanted to make a joke with you. Look, I scared you. You are such a coward."
"I'm a coward, I can't leave, it's true!" Before the girl could say anything, he ran away.
Hua Yao shouted to him: "Zi Yang, wait for me!"
The young man in the distance was running while wearing a black mask and shouted without looking back: "I'm sure nothing good will happen if I wait for you, so I'd better not wait."
The girl put on a snow-white mask and shouted excitedly: "Then you have to run faster, I'm going to chase you."
With that said, she quickly chased after him, and not long after, Hua Yao's laughter and Zi Yang's begging for mercy rang out in the dark passage.
