After being reborn, the cannon fodder junior sister quickly left the sect.

Chapter 158 Instinctive Fear

"Lin Ji!"

Just then, Chu Wenqing suddenly burst into a joyful shout and ran over in a few steps: "It's been so long! We haven't seen each other for a month or two!"

Chu Wenqing was so enthusiastic that Lin Ji couldn't help but take a few steps back. Just then, Feng Xiyue also greeted him, "Lin Ji, long time no see."

Lin Ji nodded. "Long time no see."

After exchanging greetings, Feng Xiyue couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "It's been a while since I last saw Lin Ji, and he's still unrealistically beautiful."

The boy was already very handsome, but now his face is even paler, and he looks like a doll made of snow!

Chu Wenqing seemed oblivious to Lin Ji's retreat, reaching out to put his arm around Lin Ji like a close friend, completely ignoring Lin Ji's stiffness. Then he was chilled to the bone, exclaiming, "Ouch, you're so cold!"

"what?"

Hearing Chu Wenqing say this, Su Luo became anxious and quickly took out a cup of fish soup and handed it to Lin Ji, "This Xuanbing Realm is particularly cold, and ordinary heating magic devices are not very effective. Drinking this fish soup will make you feel better."

"it is good."

Lin Ji naturally wouldn't explain that his body itself had no temperature. He pushed Chu Wenqing's hand away, then obediently took the fish soup that Su Luo handed him and lowered his head to drink it.

The fish soup was delicious and a little spicy, and drinking it definitely made me feel much better.

Chu Wenqing was already used to Lin Ji's attitude and didn't care. After Lin Ji finished his fish soup, Chu Wenqing pointed to Song Qiao across from him and said, "By the way, let me introduce you. This is my junior brother Song Qiao. We brought him along for the secret realm trial this time."

Lin Ji turned his head and nodded to Song Qiao as a greeting, but his gaze swept coldly across Song Qiao's handsome face and Zhu Zhu, who had already woken up in his arms.

For some reason, being stared at by those calm, dark eyes, Song Qiao felt as if his blood had frozen for a moment. "Um... hello, I... I am Song Qiao."

What's going on? Why is he inexplicably afraid of this ridiculously handsome young man in front of him?!

Zhu Zhu had already buried its head in Song Qiao's arms, trembling. It kept its eyes tightly closed, not even having the courage to turn around and look at Lin Ji.

The little creature was incredibly perceptive. From the moment Lin Ji appeared, it sensed a strong malice emanating from that beautiful human! It had an almost instinctive fear of this person, and its instincts told it absolutely not to get close!

Taking in the cowering figures of the man and the beast, Lin Ji's lips curled up, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his dark eyes.

Are you scared? That's perfect. From now on, stay far away from him and Su Luo, and don't bother Su Luo anymore!

Su Luo didn't notice anything unusual, but instead asked with concern, "Are you feeling better now?"

Lin Ji smiled and nodded at her, showing no trace of her fear. "Yes, much better."

With that, he returned the cup to Su Luo.

Su Luo was relieved and took the cup. "By the way, how come you're also in the Cloud Realm?" She even happened to run into them!

Lin Ji smiled, his eyes softening into a deep lake. "I also came to the Cloud Realm for the trial. I heard that you were here too, so I came looking for you."

"I see." Su Luo nodded, but when she looked up, she saw Lin Ji with a smile on his lips, staring at her greedily.

She wondered if it was because Su Luo's state of mind had changed, but she felt that Lin Ji's gaze was too intense, so hot that she subconsciously lowered her eyes and her face felt hot.

Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

Before he could think further, Chu Wenqing suddenly leaned close to Lin Ji and said with some dissatisfaction, "Since you're coming to participate in the Cloud Realm event, why didn't you tell us beforehand? We could have acted together! We even gave you a communication stone! You're so heartless, you haven't contacted us even once in the past two months!"

Su Luo lowered her eyes, but the heat on her face began to subside.

Indeed, Lin Ji hadn't contacted them or her even once since leaving the island...

Seeing that Su Luo was completely blocked by Chu Wenqing, Lin Ji gritted his teeth inwardly, and then quickly explained, fearing that Su Luo would misunderstand, "The communication stone you gave me was accidentally broken, so I can't contact you."

Su Luo was stunned for a moment, but her expression relaxed.

So that's how it is. It's not that Lin Ji didn't want to, but that he couldn't get in touch...

"Oh, I see... then I misunderstood you!"

Hearing this, Chu Wenqing patted Lin Ji on the shoulder somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother, don't take what I just said to heart!"

Seeing that Chu Wenqing still wouldn't move aside, Lin Ji couldn't help but click his tongue. He didn't say anything, but his gaze towards Chu Wenqing grew even colder.

Can't this guy have some sense and get out of the way? If it weren't for the fact that he's Su Luo's friend, I would definitely teach him a lesson!

Chu Wenqing didn't understand why Lin Ji was even angrier. "Huh? Why are you still angry? I already apologized..."

Feng Xiyue couldn't stand it any longer and reminded him speechlessly, "If you want Lin Ji not to be angry, then move aside. You're blocking the people behind you..."

Lin Ji's eyes immediately fell on Su Luo upon arrival, clearly indicating that he had a lot to say to her. However, his junior brother, lacking any sense of propriety, not only barged in as a third wheel but also completely blocked Su Luo from view.

Sigh, sword cultivators are all a bunch of inflexible idiots!

"what?"

Chu Wenqing was momentarily stunned, then belatedly realized who was behind him, and immediately felt ashamed.

So Lin Ji was angry that he interrupted his reunion with Su Luo and even blocked Su Luo from view?!

After Chu Wenqing apologized, he quickly moved away. Sure enough, Lin Ji stared at Su Luo again, but the next moment his expression turned very unpleasant.

Following his gaze, Chu Wenqing's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

It turned out that during their conversation, Su Luo had somehow moved closer to Song Qiao and was now whispering something to him, while her hand gently stroked Zhu Zhu, the creature in Song Qiao's arms. The two people and the beast looked incredibly harmonious, almost like a perfectly matched pair of Daoist lovers…

In fact, Su Luo was asking Song Qiao if he was tired, and if so, she wanted him to hand over Zhu Zhu to her.

Before Song Qiao could speak, Zhu Zhu shook her head vigorously, "Master, I don't... I don't want to go back. I'm perfectly fine here..."

That beautiful human seemed very close to its owner, and it had a premonition that if it really went back to its owner's arms, it might not see the sun rise the next day! Waaah, that person is so scary, it dares not go near them!!

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhu shrank closer into Song Qiao's arms.

Since the little guy said so, Su Luo stopped insisting and asked Song Qiao to take good care of it. Song Qiao naturally did not refuse.

Lin Ji looked at the two people talking in front of him, his expression growing increasingly gloomy. The turbulent emotions in his eyes were impossible to hide, as if he were suppressing a raging storm, which made Chu Wenqing tremble with fear.

Oh no! My junior brother is in danger! What do we do?!

In order to stop Lin Ji from being angry and to save his junior brother, Chu Wenqing's brain was working at high speed, thinking about how to appease his jealous brother.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he sneakily moved closer to Lin Ji, wanting to whisper something, "Hey, Lin Ji, listen to me."

Lin Ji frowned and backed away in disgust.

"Don't hide." Chu Wenqing pouted, then spoke in a whisper, "I have good news for you, you'll definitely like it."

He paused, then added, "It's related to Su Luo."

Lin Ji then stopped resisting Chu Wenqing's approach. Chu Wenqing asked, "The jade bracelet Su Luo is wearing on her wrist, was it a gift from you?"

Lin Ji: "So?"

Chu Wenqing chuckled, then whispered, "Let me tell you, these past few days Su Luo has been staring blankly at the bracelet on her wrist! So we've all been guessing that whenever Su Luo is lost in thought, she's thinking about you. Once I couldn't help but ask Su Luo, but she didn't answer me, but..."

Lin Ji immediately became anxious, the anger in his eyes long since vanished, "But what?"

But she blushed...

Lin Ji was stunned. He looked up and stared intently at Su Luo. A sour and swollen feeling welled up in his heart, surging in wave after wave, making it difficult for him to cope and leaving him overwhelmed.

It turns out that Su Luo was also thinking about her... and even, she even had feelings for him!