Chapter 1143: Chapter 1143 Fear of Death (4)
But there were few people along the way, so no one noticed.
Xiu Xi and Rourou followed behind her, not too close but not too far. Xiu Xi clenched his fists tightly, using almost all his strength not to rush forward and pick her up.
The summer evening sky was breathtakingly beautiful, with rosy clouds filling the heavens, coloring half the sky red.
Because her leg hurt, Ruan Jiaojiao walked very slowly. As she walked, she kept her head up, as if attracted by the sky’s beauty, yet no one knew she was just trying to stop her tears from falling.
Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t accept the possibility that she might die at any moment.
She was even cautious during meals, fearing that one bite might choke her to death if she wasn’t careful, and she was afraid to breathe or cry with force, fearing death!
She was afraid of death… yet she had to be cautious in her fear.
When Ruan Jiaojiao walked out of her street, the sky grew darker.
The pedestrians on the road decreased, with only a few rushing past Ruan Jiaojiao, eager to get home early, not noticing her abnormality, thus not stopping.
Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t know how long she had walked, only feeling that her injured leg was numb before she slowly stopped and sat down by the roadside.
She glanced at the three people and a wolf following distantly behind.
Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t ignore them like this, nor be so wilful.
But today, she truly had no time to care about so much.
The summer ground still retained heat and was not cold. After sitting down, Ruan Jiaojiao rested her head on her knees, staring blankly in one direction.
Xiu Xi and Rourou walked over from behind, sitting down on both sides.
Xiu Xi didn’t expect Ruan Jiaojiao would pay attention to him; he only hoped to keep her company.
Unexpectedly, Ruan Jiaojiao spoke, her voice calm after settling. She tilted her head, looking at the bright-eyed youth under the night, as if seeing many years ago, the wolf guarding outside her cave.
Back then, she never thought he was deliberately guarding her, only assumed it was a coincidence.
Things unseen before now in recollection made Ruan Jiaojiao find herself truly foolishly ridiculous.
A wolf with Ten Thousand Years Cultivation, a cat worth nothing, yet arrogantly believing she could snatch food from the wolf’s mouth, not knowing whose audacity gave her the confidence to be so self-assured.
“Brother Xi…” she called out in a sigh, meeting his ever-focused gaze, asking the question that had troubled her since learning the truth: “Why? Why be so good to me, defy fate to send me back.”
Is it worth it?
Ruan Jiaojiao asked herself if there would be a day of such selflessness, sacrificing Ten Thousand Years Cultivation, giving it up without hesitation, and the answer was naturally no.
“I don’t know,” Xiu Xi replied.
He had no intention of hiding; he once told Ruan Jiaojiao that he would never conceal anything if she asked, once then and still now.
He did not know himself.
But this ‘selflessness’ was only for her; if it were others, it would be absolutely impossible.
Sometimes he would also wonder if perhaps he really owed her a debt in past lives, so he couldn’t bear any unhappiness or dissatisfaction from her.
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at him blankly, tears long dried up, as if drained.