The Innocent Young Man

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Chapter 80: The Innocent Young Man

Just as Xiao Yan was guessing in his mind, he suddenly heard a discordant sound. His gaze followed the direction of the sound, and he saw that the rope tied to Xiao Yi Xian, fixed at the edge of the cliff, was gradually starting to tear. In the next second, it abruptly snapped!

Xiao Yi Xian also sensed this. Without the support of the rope, her body fell sharply downward as the rope snapped, causing a chill in her heart. A thought immediately flashed in her mind.

It's over. I shouldn't have been greedy and bought such low-quality rope.

Just as Xiao Yi Xian thought everything was lost and began to imagine her miserable fate, her falling body suddenly stopped. She tightly gripped the rope, hanging in mid-air.

It stopped.

Having survived a close call, Xiao Yi Xian felt a bit dazed. Her gaze slowly moved up the rope, where she saw Xiao Yan, who was holding tightly onto the broken rope with one hand and looking at her helplessly.

"You really don't value your own life, do you?"

"Xiao Yan?" Xiao Yi Xian looked up at the young man in a daze, instinctively asking, "Why are you here? I clearly put sleeping pills in the dinner."

"Sleeping pills?" Xiao Yan looked puzzled, not understanding what Xiao Yi Xian was talking about. Yao Chen couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

It was probably because of all the failed attempts that Yun Zhi, that girl, had made to roast things. These had indirectly trained Xiao Yan's stomach. That level of sleeping pill had no effect on him at all.

Of course, Xiao Yan himself didn't know this, and he lightly answered Xiao Yi Xian's question.

"Because I saw you sneaking out of the camp. Considering Boss Yao's favor, I came to see if anything would happen to you."

As Xiao Yan spoke, he grabbed the rope with both hands and slowly pulled Xiao Yi Xian up.

"Now that I see, it really was the right choice. If anything had happened to you, I'm afraid Boss Yao would never laugh again in his life."

"You! You're definitely sent by Boss Yao to protect me!"

After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Yi Xian became even more certain of her previous guess. Her eyes filled with indignation as she glared at Xiao Yan above.

"That's not it."

Xiao Yan responded indifferently, extending his hand to pull Xiao Yi Xian up to the cliff's edge, safely placing her on the ground.

"As I said, I'm just here for Boss Yao's mission to gather herbs. He never mentioned anything about protecting you."

Xiao Yan spoke in a calm voice, denying Xiao Yi Xian's guess.

However, if Boss Yao had indeed asked him to protect her, Xiao Yan would have accepted it, as the Blood Lotus Essence was too precious. Xiao Yan didn't believe the value of retrieving that herb was equal to the Blood Lotus Essence.

Having saved Xiao Yi Xian twice now, Xiao Yan felt that it was only right to make up for Boss Yao's loss.

"Then why did you save me? My life or death has nothing to do with you, right?"

Xiao Yixian approached, pointing her finger at Xiao Yan's chest, complaining. Xiao Yan softly replied.

"But it has to do with Boss Yao. He definitely doesn't want you to have an accident."

".Tch!"

Xiao Yi Xian curled her lip in dissatisfaction, clearly not believing his words. But if Xiao Yan didn't want to tell the truth, she had no way to press further.

Then, Xiao Yi Xian stopped thinking about the matter, crossed her arms, and gave Xiao Yan a sidelong glance.

"Then what are you going to do now? Are you going to pull me back to the camp?"

"If you're willing to go back on your own, then that would be even better." Xiao Yan said, his eyes flashing with a gleam. "But I have to ask, is there a treasure below?"

Looking for treasure should also count as Xiao Yan's childhood dream and regret. This was one of the few things outside of the righteous path that Xiao Yan had taken an active interest in.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Yi Xian's face became a bit ugly, and she lowered her head, lightly biting her nails.

To be honest, she was the one who had discovered this place first. But if she didn't share it with Xiao Yan, it would likely be spread everywhere, bringing her trouble.

Originally, she had planned to use the treasure inside to fill the losses of the Shop. She really didn't want to share it with anyone.

However, the situation now was that if she were alone, she wouldn't be able to reach the bottom of the cliff.

Although the length of the broken rope was still enough, it had snapped before. Even if her heart was big, Xiao Yi Xian was too afraid to risk her life on this low-quality rope again.

With that in mind, Xiao Yi Xian reluctantly sighed.

Fine, half is half. It's better than nothing.

"Alright, I understand!" Xiao Yi Xian made up her mind, looking at Xiao Yan and said seriously, "I'll take you to find the treasure, but you must protect me! Don't think about killing me when we get there to take all the treasure for yourself! Although my strength is lacking, I still have ways to defend myself!"

"Ah."

After hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, Xiao Yan understood that she had misunderstood. He raised his hand to explain.

"I'm just curious about what the treasure looks like. I never thought about—"

"Take me down!"

Xiao Yi Xian approached the edge of the cliff, pointing at the bottom and ordering Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan couldn't help but twitch his face.

Well, since she's someone Boss Yao cares about, and I've accepted such a big favor from Boss Yao, I'll help as much as I can.

Then Xiao Yan came to Xiao Yi Xian's side, reaching out to hold her slender waist. Xiao Yi Xian didn't show any resistance.

However, after a long time, Xiao Yi Xian still didn't feel Xiao Yan's hand on her waist, and she curiously looked down, only to find that Xiao Yan's hand was hovering just two or three inches away from her waist, not daring to move any further.

"Hey! What are you stalling for? Hurry up!"

Xiao Yi Xian glared at Xiao Yan with irritation. Xiao Yan scratched his face awkwardly, then placed the Heavy Xuan Ruler in his storage ring. Crouching down, his face turned slightly red, he said.

"I'll carry you down. Holding a girl's waist feels a bit too forward."

"…"

Xiao Yi Xian stared blankly at Xiao Yan, who was crouching by the cliff. After a moment, she burst out laughing.

"Hahaha~ Are you stupid? I, a girl, don't mind. You know how many people want to touch my waist but can't even get close?"

(Exactly! You were so confident when you commented on others before, but now that it's your turn, you've become shy? Coward! What a joke!)

Not only was Xiao Yi Xian mocking him, but Yao Chen was also scolding him in frustration.

(This disciple of mine is fine in every way, but when it comes to women, he's just hopeless. I should have thought of a way to get him and Yun Zhi to make things official!)

"Let's go."

Having been mocked by both of them, Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed and lightly urged. Xiao Yi Xian gradually stopped laughing, laid her body on Xiao Yan's back, and her wariness toward him unconsciously lessened a little.

After all, someone who was pure enough to be like this probably wouldn't be bad, would they?

(End of Chapter)

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