HLnovel Chapter 172 Could it be that... I like him?
Chapter 172 Could it be that... I like him?
Lanling Wang couldn't believe it and laughed sarcastically: "How ridiculous! Why should I believe what you said? Maybe you saved me and gave the credit to him~"
Hua Mulan couldn't help but roll her eyes: "If I had saved you, I would have picked you up and brought you back to the Great Wall... and then used this to blackmail you into joining our group. I wouldn't waste such a good opportunity~"
Prince Lanling had nothing to say.
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The next day, Kai and Yuxi arrived at the square early. After Yuxi entered the stone gate, Kai stood aside waiting for the game to begin.
Lanling Wang looked around, walked towards him, and pretended to cough: "Ahem!"
"Cough cough cough..."
Kai was a little annoyed when he heard this, and frowned and asked, "Are you sick?"
Lanling Wang took out a bag hesitantly and said, "I have something to give you."
Kai shook his head: "Thank you, but I don't need it."
Lanling Wang insisted: "This is the reward for saving me. Please accept it and we will be even."
Kai responded calmly: "When did I ever save you?"
Lanling Wang was a little embarrassed: "Two months ago in the Jade City Demon Cave, didn't you put me in the Jade City Tower?"
"No." Kai's answer was clear and straightforward: "That's not the case at all."
Lanling Wang was stunned. He looked around awkwardly while holding the bag, and happened to see Hua Mulan who was hurrying over.
"Flowers, trees and orchids!" Lanling Wang roared.
Hua Mulan responded impatiently: "Hey! Why are you calling me sister?"
Lanling Wang angrily shouted: "How dare you lie to me?"
Hua Mulan looked innocent: "What did I lie to you about?"
Lanling Wang was furious: "Didn't you say yesterday that he saved me?"
Hua Mulan jokingly replied: "You really want to ask? Don't you say you don't talk to Kai?"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Lanling Wang excitedly grabbed Mulan's collar and shook her hard.
Hua Mulan was startled by Lanling King's action. In panic, she lowered her head and bumped into him hard, knocking him back a few steps.
"Why are you crazy?" Lanling Wang shouted angrily.
Hua Mulan protected her chest and shouted angrily: "What are you trying to do by pulling my clothes in public?!"
Lanling Wang sneered: "What can I do..."
Hua Mulan interrupted him: "Hey! Where are you looking?"
Lanling Wang retorted disdainfully: "Why cover it? You don't have breasts."
Hua Mulan angrily retorted: "Shut up! Go to hell, you blind man!"
Kai, who was standing by, witnessed the entire quarrel, but just stood there silently with a dull look in his eyes, as if nothing could disturb him.
The two were about to fight when a sound suddenly came from the stone tablet in the center of the square, and the gate slowly opened to reveal the image of a lake. A tree with only branches left grew in the lake, and the surrounding fog made it impossible to see anything clearly.
Zhuang Zhou's voice came from the air: "Students, the Pearl Competition has begun."
With a mysterious smile on his face and a chilling arc at the corner of his mouth, Zhuang Zhou continued: "What treasure do you think is the most precious? Throw it into the lake and wait for the result. Kun will lift up the most precious treasure, and the team whose treasure is lifted by Kun will advance."
The students threw all kinds of treasures in their hands into the lake, including money, weapons, and gems.
Yuxi looked at those strange and wonderful "treasures" and murmured to herself: "These people are too rich..."
Dongfang Jing turned to Yuxi and asked, "What have you prepared?"
Yuxi raised the Endless Blade and replied, "The blade in my hand is worth about 2000 gold coins."
The little archer girl also picked up a delicate little crossbow in her hand and said shyly: "This is a crossbow I made myself... It is very precious to me."
Dongfang Jing looked at them and said contemptuously: "These are your most precious things? It seems that it will be difficult for us to pass."
Yuxi asked curiously: "So what have you prepared?"
A rare tenderness appeared in Dongfang Jing's eyes, and he said slowly: "My most precious... never listens to me."
As he spoke, Jing's gaze fell vaguely on the students.
Yuxi followed her gaze and heard an extremely arrogant voice coming from the students.
Dongfang Yao rushed out of the crowd, stood by the lake and shouted, "Come on, everyone! Win the second place!"
"I am the treasure of the world!"
After saying that, Dongfang Yao dived into the lake.
When Yuxi saw Dongfang Yao's funny behavior, she couldn't help but think, "Is there something wrong with this kid's brain?"
Zhuang Zhou seemed to remember something at this moment, and added calmly: "Ah... I forgot to say that the treasure that is not lifted up will dissolve in the lake."
The Star Team suddenly panicked.
Xishi said anxiously: "This idiot! Is he... okay?"
Meng Qi said impatiently: "But what? Can you please stop hemming and hawing when you speak?"
Master Lu Ban comforted him in a deep voice: "Don't quarrel, you can't think rationally anymore."
While they were still arguing, Xi Shi jumped into the lake.
Sun Bin exclaimed, "Sister Xi Shi!"
Yuxi saw Xishi also jump into the lake and couldn't help but complain: "What the hell is this diving competition?"
Yuxi's eyes fell on Dongfang Jing's face, which was as calm as water, and she reminded her with a little concern: "Jing, your brother jumped into the lake..."
Dongfang Jing tilted his head slightly, his eyes showing no major fluctuations, and said calmly: "He can swim, he doesn't need to be rescued."
As soon as these words came out, Yuxi was speechless. She couldn't help but complain, "Is Yao really your biological brother? Even Xishi went to save people. Wait... I remember Xishi can't swim!"
As time went by, the two people still did not surface from the lake. Yuxi became more and more uneasy. He hesitated for a moment and finally decided to jump into the lake to save them.
The lake water soaked his clothes, and Yuxi swam towards the direction where Yao and Xishi disappeared.
As he approached the two, he saw that they seemed to be hugging each other from a distance.
However, just as Yuxi was about to get closer to check out the situation, she suddenly discovered that countless bubbles began to appear in the surrounding lake water.
One of the bubbles slowly rose up and passed by Yuxi, and Kai's face appeared inside it.
Yuxi suddenly froze in the water, staring at the unique bubble in surprise.
"What is this? Why is it the same as Mengqi's bubble..."
As the bubbles increased, they seemed to have life and surrounded Yuxi. Yuxi could not help but watch them silently as they played back every detail of his and Kai's past.
In the picture, Yuxi tells Kai how much she misses him; Yuxi pinches Kai's neck and kisses him passionately; Yuxi ruffles Kai's hair and kisses the top of his head.
These scenes made Yuxi feel familiar yet unfamiliar, and his heart was filled with doubts and a hint of fear.
"What's going on? Why are these memories so confusing?"
As the last scene gradually faded, Yuxi suddenly popped her head out of the water, gasping for breath.
He recalled the scene he had just seen, and a strong feeling of disgust surged in his heart.
"What the hell did I do! How could I do these things... Even if I was drunk, I wouldn't do these things!"
At this moment, a surprising thought came to Yuxi's mind: "Could it be...I like him?"
After all, he had been straight for more than twenty years, and suddenly when he thought of this possibility, Yuxi couldn't help but feel physically nauseous.
He was pale, sweating profusely, his heart filled with fear and confusion: "No... I feel sick just thinking about it... I can't think about it... I can't think about it..."
Just as he was struggling internally, a bubble suddenly circled the necklace on his chest, trying to take it away.
"Is that... the necklace Kai gave me?"
Seeing that her necklace was about to be carried away by a bubble, Yuxi ignored her nausea and fear and swam forward desperately to catch up with the bubble.
"I remember he was very angry when the gem was lost last time... We must not lose it again this time!"
"Come back." Yuxi cried out.
Fortunately, the bubble did not float very fast, and Yuxi quickly grabbed it and crushed it, taking the necklace back.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when the lake suddenly emitted a dazzling light, a long roar was heard, and something swam towards his feet.
The next moment, when he came back to his senses, he found that he had been sent by Kun to the tree and the lake, where flowers were blooming, but he was completely unaware.
Dongfang Jing, who was standing by the lake, said in surprise: "The tree suddenly bloomed?"
At this time, Zhuang Zhou's voice sounded: "The so-called treasure is not a rare treasure, nor is it a treasure that is of high value."
“Treasures are those things that can touch our innermost being, no matter if it is an ordinary hairpin, an ordinary necklace, or even any ordinary thing.”
“Any person or thing that is dear to us can be a treasure.”
Finally, Zhuang Zhou announced: "Congratulations to the Mirror Team for being the first to find your treasure."
As Zhuang Zhou announced, the little Sagittarius girl shouted excitedly: "Yeah! That's great!"
Dongfang Jing looked at Yuxi with approval: "Yuxi, you did a good job."
Yuxi stood there in silence with muscles twitching on her face and a complicated mood until the end of the game. In the end, only their two teams succeeded in passing.
Finally, Zhuang Zhou instructed: "The content of the next game will be delivered by mail. Please go and rest first, students."
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