Chapter 18: Why Are You So Good to Me?
After the Sect Masters left, Gao Ze walked down, looking at the broken hall door that was knocked loose and swaying, his heart aching so much it twitched.
“You kid were eavesdropping outside for so long! If you wanted to come in, just come in directly! Why crash the door!”
The Sword Sect was poor as a church mouse; only this main hall used for holding ceremonies and banquets was presentable.
As a result, Ning Ke crashed into it, leaving a dent directly. It looked terribly ugly.
“Master, don’t worry!” Ning Ke raised his hand: “I’ll compensate, I’ll compensate, okay!”
He had no other skills, just lots of money.
Hearing this, the heartache on Gao Ze’s face vanished instantly. He coughed lightly twice and said: “I think not only this door has problems…”
“Not just repairing the door! Renovate the whole hall! Is that okay!”
“Okay.” Gao Ze instantly beamed with joy, trying hard to suppress it to barely maintain his usual serious appearance.
Before leaving, he patted Ning Ke’s shoulder and said earnestly: “I entrust your Senior Brother to you too. Master believes you can handle everything well.”
“Got it, got it.” Ning Ke spread his hands speechlessly.
Thinking of himself, a dignified Demon Sovereign, abandoning three palaces and six courtyards, mountains of gold and silver, insisting on running to this dirt-poor Sword Sect to chase the male lead while paying out of pocket, was also tragic.
However, Gao Ze’s performance also showed him that this Sword Sect Master had indeed been protecting Lou Yunxiao all along.
Otherwise, Lou Yunxiao wouldn’t have shouldered the heavy responsibility and developed the Sword Sect so well after Gao Ze went missing in the future.
“A-Ke, thank you.”
When only Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao were left in the hall, Lou Yunxiao solemnly thanked Ning Ke.
Ning Ke used the key given by the managing elder to unlock his shackles. In his brain, he was thinking about how to become a loyal bootlicker whom Lou Yunxiao wouldn’t find annoying.
Hearing this, he subconsciously said: “No need to thank me, this is all what I as a lick… oh no, Junior Brother should do.”
Damn! Almost let it slip!
Ning Ke hurriedly changed the subject, asking Lou Yunxiao: “By the way, Eldest Senior Brother, are your eyes unable to see?”
“Mm.”
Lou Yunxiao had gotten used to the darkness over these two years, so he answered naturally when his eyes were mentioned.
“Then let me hold you and walk.”
Ning Ke logically practiced the first rule of the love-brain code Xiao Yuan taught him: Treat the beloved with meticulous care. Regardless of whether he needs it or not.
Anyway, giving is better than not giving.
“I…” Lou Yunxiao wanted to say he could identify directions using divine sense, but before he could finish, his hand was firmly grasped by Ning Ke.
The boy’s palm temperature was on the high side, and very soft. Being held like this made Lou Yunxiao momentarily unable to say words of refusal, so he could only let him be.
Just like this, Ning Ke held Lou Yunxiao’s hand and led him all the way back to the separate courtyard.
Afterward, he took Lou Yunxiao to the room he had renovated, explaining in minute detail what was in the room and where to get things if needed.
Lou Yunxiao listened quietly, a warm current surging in his heart.
He actually hadn’t made a friend in the true sense yet.
High hopes were placed on him since childhood; his life was nothing but cultivation. Also, because his talent far surpassed others, other peers inevitably felt restrained when interacting with him.
Now that the Liuyun Sect was wiped out and he cultivated the Demon path, even fewer people were willing to approach him.
Someone like Ning Ke, chattering endlessly to him, afraid he wouldn’t get used to living here, constantly thinking for him—it was the first time he had encountered such a person.
“Phew!” Ning Ke talked until his mouth was dry. He poured himself a big mouthful of tea and asked Lou Yunxiao: “By the way, Senior Brother, are you hungry?”
“It’s okay.” Lou Yunxiao took out a porcelain bottle and said: “I ate fasting pills.”
Fasting pills were substitutes cultivators ate when there was no other food.
Tasted like chewing wax, just suppressing the feeling of hunger.
“You didn’t eat fasting pills for the whole half-year in the Demon Sealing Tower, did you?”
“…Mm.”
No one delivered food to him in the Demon Sealing Tower; this was all he could eat.
Ning Ke felt his heart aching.
Damn it! The cub I fed so many spiritual fruits and delicacies in the Demon Abyss came out only to swallow pills! This anger was no different from seeing the child he raised being abused by others!
Thus, he said to Lou Yunxiao, “Wait here.”
He directly rode his sword down the mountain, booked a huge table of dishes at a restaurant, stuffed them all into his storage ring, and brought them back for Lou Yunxiao!
Lou Yunxiao sat blankly on the stool. Ning Ke handed the chopsticks to him, saying: “Senior Brother, eat freely today. If it’s not enough, I’ll go get you more!”
But he waited for a long time, yet didn’t see Lou Yunxiao move his chopsticks.
Then he heard Lou Yunxiao ask him.
“A-Ke, why are you so good to me?”
Such kindness, asking for nothing in return, just like that beautiful sister.
Lou Yunxiao craved this kind of care, yet was afraid of receiving it.
Because he understood that if one never possessed something, one wouldn’t be sad, but once possessed and then lost, it would be endless pain.
“If it’s because you pity me, then there’s really no need.” Lou Yunxiao said: “There are many people more pitiful than me in this cultivation world. A mere me isn’t worth such care from you.”
“So?” Ning Ke asked: “You plan to never accept my kindness and cut off all contact with me from now on?”
Lou Yunxiao was stunned: “I…”
“I treat you well because I want to, and also because you are worth it.”
“You just need to accept it with peace of mind.”
“If you really feel apologetic and want to repay me something, then spar with me.” Ning Ke smiled, revealing his little canine teeth: “The disciples here can’t take a beating. If you can become my regular opponent and help my strength improve, I’ll wake up laughing from my dreams.”
He knew clearly that this child Lou Yunxiao had just been isolated for too long, so he hesitated like this in the face of kindness.
As a qualified love-brain, it was necessary for him to make Lou Yunxiao accustomed to his giving.
After all… only this way could the mission be completed!
And! Only this way! Could he make Lou Yunxiao stick to him constantly! Thereby letting his sister off the hook!!
Hearing his inner thoughts, Xiao Yuan rolled her eyes and said:
[Heh, this is your true purpose, right?]
[Sure enough, a sister-complex person sacrifices himself for righteousness.]
Ning Ke: You can even compose lyrics?
[Heh, simple and easy, third best in the world.]
Ning Ke: …
Lou Yunxiao quietly pondered Ning Ke’s words.
His hand gripping the chopsticks tightened. After a long while, he finally revealed a relieved smile.
“Okay, then I will try hard to become a qualified opponent.”
He made up his mind.
Since Ning Ke was willing to be good to him, then he shouldn’t be indecisive anymore, but should promptly return his own goodwill to the other party.
He had never made friends.
But he would learn and explore.
Exchanging sincerity for sincerity, it wouldn’t go wrong after all.
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