It's a wonderful feeling, like the feeling you stumble upon one day when you stumble into a girl you've had a crush on for a long time and a talented person who is taller, richer than you, and more handsome than you. In addition to the sense of loss that swells up like a tide, there is also the inferiority complex buried deep in your heart, gushing out with the current and jumping into your heart.

Xu Yichen could clearly feel that it was not his own emotion, but the emotion possessed by the original owner of this body, although his consciousness had disappeared, but the emotion that seemed to dissolve in flesh and blood had not disappeared.

It seems that the original owner of this body likes Sister Xiaoxiao, but because of his poor strength and the inferiority complex accumulated over the years, he has been cowering and not daring to confide in him. Xu Yichen can imagine that when the original owner of this body learned that Sister Xiaoxiao was engaged, the expression he tried to squeeze out the blessing of the smile and the heart that kept dripping blood, as well as the words that could never be said, were really tragic.

Xu Yichen didn't mean to laugh at the original owner of this body, but it was better to say that he had some empathy.

Most people should have such an object in their hearts, but they like it but dare not express their hearts for various reasons. Maybe during that time, just being able to watch her talk to her was very satisfying, and she was like the noble princess in the fairy tale, approachable but unattainable. In your eyes, it seems that no boy can match her, and you never thought that she would have a crush on a guy like you.

However, the princess in the fairy tale will rarely marry the knight who guards her, and will eventually have a very good prince by her side.

And knowing that after the prince appeared, you could only bless the princess with a smile in an inconspicuous corner, while deceiving yourself and comforting yourself:

"If you knew this, you should have told her your emotions earlier, maybe everything would be different. ”

However, in most cases, you know very well that the result is the same whether you say it or not.

Xu Yichen exhaled slowly, his feelings for Liu Xiaoxiao in his heart have always been the kind of emotion that he treats his family, but in this matter, he still wants to help the original owner of this body, after all, it is not a prince who is standing opposite the princess, but a "beast".

Anyway, Xu Yichen just doesn't like this Lin Ziyu, after all, men understand men better.

At this time, the two people who were originally sitting stood up, facing this side, Liu Xiaoxiao still had a sweet smile on her face, and Lin Ziyu said something to her seriously.

After a while, Lin Ziyu suddenly lowered his head at Liu Xiaoxiao, as if he was admitting a mistake about something.

Liu Xiaoxiao waved her hand again and again, indicating that it didn't matter, although she still had a smile on her face at this time, it was much stiffer than before.

After the two chatted for a while, Lin Ziyu took the lead in leaving, and neither of them seemed to notice Xu Yichen's existence during the whole process.

After Lin Ziyu left, Liu Xiaoxiao put away the smile on her face, she frowned slightly, and pinched her chin with her right hand, as if she was thinking about something.

Xu Yichen didn't rush out, but walked out of the woods after Lin Ziyu's figure completely disappeared and walked towards Liu Xiaoxiao.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, what are you thinking about here alone?"

Because Liu Xiaoxiao was immersed in her own thinking, she didn't realize Xu Yichen's approach at all, and was startled by his sudden words.

"It's nothing, it's just thinking about something..."

Liu Xiaoxiao subconsciously took a step back after seeing Xu Yichen, and the look on her face was a little unnatural.

Xu Yichen was not blind, so he naturally noticed the abnormality, so he didn't detour anymore, and asked bluntly:

"Did Lin Ziyu tell you something?"

Liu Xiaoxiao was slightly stunned, then raised her head and looked at Xu Yichen and said:

"Brother Chen, have you seen it all?"

"I didn't mean to follow you, I just walked in the woods with nothing to do, and I didn't expect to meet you at the end of the woods. ”

Liu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said:

"Brother Chen, that's not what I meant. ”

After being silent for a moment, Liu Xiaoxiao exhaled slightly and said:

"Ziyu just told me about your incident in Tianyan Pavilion, and apologized to me for this matter. ”

When Xu Yichen heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, this matter was indeed a little unexpected to him, he thought that he would keep his mouth shut and not mention it, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to admit his mistake to Liu Xiaoxiao.

"yes, wouldn't that be nice!"

Liu Xiaoxiao nodded, and after being silent for a moment again, she seemed to have finally mustered up the courage and said slowly:

"Brother Chen, I think what you said to Ziyu is very right..."

When Xu Yichen heard this, he subconsciously showed a shallow smile on his face, he thought that Sister Xiaoxiao would say two words about herself, but he didn't expect her to directly agree with her statement, although he didn't think there was any problem with his statement.

"Yes, Sister Xiaoxiao too..."

Xu Yichen's words were interrupted by Liu Xiaoxiao as soon as he was halfway through:

"So for the sake of fairness, I can't just unilaterally ask Ziyu like this, I should also abide by this request, no, not for the sake of fairness, but as it should be. ”

The smile on Xu Yichen's face froze, as long as he was a person with a normal IQ, he would know what Liu Xiaoxiao would say next.

"So... So, Brother Chen, it's better for us to keep a little distance!"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky that exploded in Xu Yichen's heart, he never expected that he would actually lift a stone and hit his own feet.

That's right, he and Liu Xiaoxiao are not related by blood, but although the two of them are not relatives, they are better than relatives, which the entire Xiaoyao Academy knows, Xu Yichen does not feel that he and Liu Xiaoxiao need to keep their distance.

After Liu Xiaoxiao saw Xu Yichen's expression, her face was obviously a little unnatural, and her body was trembling slightly, as if she was trying her best to suppress some of her emotions.

"When I was in Xiaoyao Academy, everyone knew that we were sisters and brothers, so there would be no problem, but the students of other academies didn't know about it, but most of them knew that there was a marriage contract between me and Ziyu, if my brother and I were still like in Xiaoyao Academy, there would definitely be a lot of gossip, which would not only affect my reputation, but also Ziyu's reputation. ”

Xu Yichen looked at Liu Xiaoxiao in a daze, his head buzzed like someone was beating the bell, what Liu Xiaoxiao said, there was no problem, and it was even completely in line with what he had said, he also knew that he and Liu Xiaoxiao were indeed a little too close.

But he is a little unacceptable, Xu Yichen does not deny that he is very double standard at this point, but he just can't accept it in his heart.

He cherishes this hard-won family relationship, so he knows how to choose in order to protect this family relationship.

Xu Yichen didn't say anything immediately, but closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly spit it out, in order to suppress his impulse that was frantically devouring reason.

His lips trembled slightly, and he said slowly to Liu Xiaoxiao:

"Well, good!"

Hearing Xu Yichen's answer, Liu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, just now her heart was very panicked, and why she was so panicked, she herself was not very clear.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, I also have a word to tell you, Lin Ziyu is a person, Sister Xiaoxiao still has to pay special attention to observe, although I have no evidence, but he is definitely not the person he shows now, after all, marriage is a lifelong thing. ”

Liu Xiaoxiao said "um", and then the two fell into a long silence.

After a while, Liu Xiaoxiao seemed to be unable to bear the strange atmosphere between the two, and took the lead in speaking:

"It's not too early, I'll go back to the house to rest first, Brother Chen, you also rest early, there will be a competition tomorrow." ”

Xu Yichen said "um", and then waved goodbye to Liu Xiaoxiao.

After Liu Xiaoxiao waved her hand, she turned around and walked quickly in the direction of the woods.

Xu Yichen stood beside the pond like this, watching Liu Xiaoxiao's figure move away from him step by step.

When Liu Xiaoxiao's figure completely disappeared from view, Xu Yichen was about to retract his gaze, when he suddenly saw a man in a yellow robe looking at him on the other side of the woods.

This person Xu Yichen knew, it was Lin Ziyu who had just left, and at this time, Lin Ziyu's face showed a playful expression, as if he was asking Xu Yichen if he was satisfied with the scene he had carefully arranged.

Without waiting for Xu Yichen to make any response, Lin Ziyu turned around and left like a winner.

Xu Yichen realized that all this was arranged by Lin Ziyu, just to avenge the last time in Tianyan Pavilion.

He turned around and laughed at the calm pool, Lin Ziyu knew that Xu Yichen attached great importance to the relationship with Liu Xiaoxiao, so he did the most harm to Xu Yichen by doing something on it.

But what he didn't know was that Xu Yichen really attached great importance to this relationship, which also meant that he would not allow anyone to calculate this emotion.

What Liu Xiaoxiao said just now is not unreasonable, so for the sake of her reputation, Xu Yichen can bear it, but this does not mean that Lin Ziyu can be safe and sound.

On this day, all the contestants who lived at the foot of Jianmangfeng Mountain heard a loud noise that resounded through the sky, and when they followed the explosion to the pond at the end of the woods, they could hardly believe what they were seeing.

The pond that was originally full of water was not a drop of pond water at the moment, as if the world had evaporated, and only the dry "pond" with no life at all was left.