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Chapter 342 The pain is gone

Chen Mo stared at him intently, every muscle in his body tensed, as if he was in a defensive posture, ready to explode at any moment.

However, Miao Kaijie seemed not to feel it and continued to stare at him with a half-smile.

The room was silent, even Qin Xiao put down his chopsticks and looked at the two of them.

"……I have no idea."

After a while, Chen Mo drooped his shoulders in frustration, lowered his head, and looked a little dejected.

Chen Mo's eyes were complicated: "I... don't know what to say."

Saying it out loud might make people laugh... That's what Chen Mo originally thought, but after seeing everyone's eyes that were no different from before, he felt inexplicably hot in his heart, and in an instant, he sighed.

"I'm... afraid that you'll ignore me."

"Why do you think so?" Lan Huaiqiu was stunned and said in disbelief.

Chen Mo looked away: "Because this kind of thing happens all the time."

Lan Huaiqiu was stunned. Miao Kaijie and the others looked at Chen Mo without saying a word.

"For some reason, anyone who has come into contact with him will inexplicably leave me...without exception." Chen Mo lowered his eyes, his voice dry, "The same goes for my childhood playmates and favorite toys."

"My dad always told me to put him first in everything, so I had no objection to toys. But for some reason, even though he started dating me first and we were pretty close... he became cold towards me after meeting him."

Chen Mo's eyes dimmed slightly, as if he was recalling something: "I don't understand what I did wrong, but they are all blaming me. Maybe I am indeed wrong."

"Didn't you study the reason? What was it?" Yin Xihui asked after taking a sip of tea.

"……No."

The air was silent, Chen Mo pursed his lips more and more tightly, and when he was finally about to speak, Qin Xiao spoke.

"Where are your parents?"

Chen Mo was stunned and looked up at him: "I, my father is also like this, my mother... I don't know."

Qin Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and immediately asked, "Why are your two families so complicated?"

Chen Mo:?

Qin Xiao glanced at the somewhat nervous Lan Huaiqiu, then at the calm and composed Yin Xihui, and shook his head: "I don't quite understand your dilemma."

"Is it because you don't have such worries?" Miao Kaijie said with a smile, "I'm so envious..."

"Is your mother dead?" Qin Xiao asked him.

Miao Kaijie:?

Miao Kaijie thought he was scolding him at first.

Miao Kaijie: "No, no?"

"Oh." Qin Xiao nodded, "My mother is dead."

Miao Kaijie: ...

Qin Xiao looked at him: "Even so, are you envious?"

Miao Kaijie was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Is your mother good to you?"

"Okay." Qin Xiao gave the answer decisively without hesitation.

"In that case... I'm not envious." Miao Kaijie smiled, "From my perspective, I would still be envious."

"You want your mother to die?" Qin Xiao tilted his head. "Why?"

"I thought you would accuse me of being unfilial." Miao Kaijie said with a smile.

"Why? Not every parent fulfills their responsibilities." Qin Xiao said, "Take Shen Youge for example. Look, his legs were broken by his mother herself."

“Hehe——What?!!!”

Miao Kaijie suddenly realized what Qin Xiao said and looked at him suddenly, shocked.

Chen Mo and Lan Huaiqiu were also stunned.

"real or fake?!!"

Qin Xiao was stunned: "You don't know."

"I have no idea." Lan Huaiqiu covered his mouth. "Why do you want to do this?"

"I don't know." Qin Xiao wanted to skip this topic. "Since he didn't tell you, he probably doesn't want you to know. Forget it, just pretend you haven't heard it."

...Is this something you can just pretend you didn't hear?!

Lan Huaiqiu also understood this and nodded slowly, but his expression clearly showed that he was still thinking about it.

Miao Kaijie was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "Compared to this, that woman seems to be a human being."

Qin Xiao glanced at him and shook his head.

"I'm telling you guys, the competition is about to begin, have you made any preparations?" Yin Xihui said gloomily after not getting to any serious matters for a long time.

"No." Miao Kaijie answered decisively, "Anyway, the highest level is only upper level, so he shouldn't die, right?"

"Then have you ever thought that there might be a secret technique that can temporarily elevate you to the Earth Realm? Will you be able to cope with it then?" Yin Xihui asked.

"Well... there's nothing we can do, right? We know nothing about them." Miao Kaijie seemed to have given up and spread his hands.

Lan Huaiqiu pursed his lips and said tentatively: "I think I can--"

"You can't, thank you." Miao Kaijie grinned at her, "If you're at the intermediate level, don't join in the fun."

"But..." Lan Huaiqiu wanted to refute, but saw the others nodded in agreement.

"The first round is too risky, you should wait until later." Qin Xiao pointed his finger and said.

Chen Mo also agreed.

Lan Huaiqiu was depressed and finished the whole meal with his head down. Before leaving, he heard Qin Xiao say to Chen Mo:

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but I don't think I'll be like that."

"I don't know either." Miao Kaijie next to him hurriedly followed and made a heart shape to Chen Mo.

"I, I don't know either." Lan Huaiqiu turned around and said.

Yin Xihui and Mo Hanyu didn't say anything, but even if they didn't say anything, the answer was clear.

Chen Mo's eyes moved slightly, and in an instant, he nodded.

"Wu Jian, why don't you practice with us?"

On the training ground, the young man asked the young man in blue who was about to leave.

Hua Wujian, dressed in red, tilted his head slightly to glance at him, his eyes expressionless: "I've already given the answer."

"Why? You hang out with that idiot all day, why don't you think about—"

The voice stopped abruptly, and the boy suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing. He stared at Hua Wujian's every move with fear in his eyes, fearing that he would die suddenly in the next second.

"Then what should we do? Discuss killing people together?" Hua Wujian looked at him with a half-smile, "I gave you advice, don't do anything to them."

"Why...why? And we're not the only academy that agrees. Even if we don't agree, the contestants from other academies will still attack them, and we're not in the wrong!"

The boy's words attracted the attention of his teammates.

"Why are you arguing?" A petite young girl ran over. She looked at Hua Wujian, who had an expressionless face, and Yuan Zhen, whose face was flushed, and asked in confusion.

Hua Wujian glanced at her, without any desire to answer, and turned to leave.

"Stop!" Yuan Zhen said sternly, "I know you're close to that idiot... Tian Miao. If you tell him—"

Hua Wujian walked out without any pause.

"This guy... I really don't know what he's so arrogant about!" said Yuan Zhen's teammate.

"That's what I'm saying... isn't he just a little bit better than us? What's there to be proud of?"

Hua Wujian has always been a loner with a cold and eccentric personality. He always speaks with a hint of sarcasm, which disgusts the boys in his team. Over time, a barrier between them grows.

"Add his name to the first round," Yuan Zhen suddenly said, a hint of malice in his eyes. "Isn't he above the world? I want to see how he can just stand by and watch such a dangerous situation."

"This... isn't a good idea?" The girl was a little hesitant. "What if he—"

"No matter how powerful he is, he can't deal with the four of us at the same time!" Yuan Zhen snorted coldly.

"What if... he can?" the girl asked tentatively.

Yuan Zhen:......

Yuan Zhen glanced at her. The girl immediately lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry."

"If he really had this ability, why would he participate in this competition?" Yuan Zhen sneered. "Given his style, wouldn't he have no interest in the prizes? Why would he agree under the pressure of the instructor..."

"How could I... agree to..."

Yuan Zhen's voice clearly floated into Hua Wujian's ears. Hua Wujian listened quietly, looking at Tian Miao who was waving his hand and running towards him, with no expression on his face.

"……idiot."

After hearing this, Hua Wujian couldn't help but sneer. A short, thin centipede crawled out of his right ear, landed on his hand, and quickly disappeared into his sleeve.

"Wu, Wujian!" Tian Miao ran over breathlessly and smiled brightly at him. "Did I keep you waiting for a long time?"

"Just arrived." Hua Wujian said lightly.

"Oh..." Tian Miao nodded, not quite understanding. Then, thinking of something, he took out a neatly packaged sweet from his ring and handed it to Hua Wujian, "I...bought you something delicious."

Tian Miao's eyes sparkled: "I thought you would like it, so I bought it."

Hua Wujian frowned slightly.

He doesn't like sweets.

But he still accepted it.

"The game is about to begin." Hua Wujian said.

"Yeah." Tian Miao nodded like pecking at rice, "Qin Xiao and the others are all going."

"What about you?" Hua Wujian glanced at him.

"I?"

Tian Miao was stunned, then hung his head in disappointment.

"The seniors... wouldn't let me go, saying it was dangerous."

Hua Wujian said "hmm": "Just listen to them."

"But I want to go." Tian Miao suddenly retorted loudly, which made Hua Wujian's ears hurt a little.

Hua Wujian stared at him with a cold gleam in his eyes. Under Hua Wujian's gaze, Tian Miao quickly lowered his head and whispered "I'm sorry".

"Why do you want to go?" Hua Wujian didn't want to argue with him.

"I was afraid they would get hurt, so I wanted to...heal them right then and there." Tian Miao clenched her fingers, struggling, "But they wouldn't let me."

"They're right." Hua Wujian seemed unable to understand his depressed mood and said calmly, "You'll only be a hindrance if you go."

Tian Miao suddenly looked at him angrily, his cheeks puffed up with anger.

Hua Wujian:?

"You big idiot!" Tian Miao shouted at Hua Wujian, "You don't understand anything! You're such an idiot."

Hua Wujian was stunned, not knowing whether to get angry or sneer first.

Tian Miao didn't give him a chance to react. After shouting, he turned around and ran away, as if he was angry.

Hua Wujian: ...

Hua Wujian looked at the busy streets and suddenly laughed out of anger.

"come over."

Hua Wujian found Tian Miao effortlessly, grabbed his long, thin braid with one hand, and pulled him over.

"Wuwuwu, don't pull my hair." Tian Miao's eyes were filled with tears from the pain. Hua Wujian had a heart of stone and remained unmoved.

"Enough." Hua Wujian was upset by his crying and said coldly.

Tian Miao was sitting on the ground, sobbing a few times, but she almost stopped sobbing when she heard these words.

Hua Wujian closed his eyes and rubbed his temples: "Tell me why you are crying."

"It hurts..." Tian Miao said with tears in her eyes and aggrieved.

Hua Wujian paused, then reached out and gently rubbed his soft hair. Tian Miao blinked, then meekly accepted his touch.

"It doesn't hurt anymore!" Tian Miao stood up in an instant and looked at him in surprise, "The pain is gone!"

"Hmm." Hua Wujian responded absentmindedly, and pointed his finger at Tian Miao's puzzled gaze, as if thinking about something.