Ch64 - Not a Good Person

Seeing Ji Xiunian look at him with a complicated expression, Lu Xu’s own expression subconsciously became a little more cunning. “Nian ge, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. I sent you a message too, I don’t know if you saw it.”

Ji Xiunian had been pulled into checkups the entire time beforehand, and only now thought of looking at his phone. As expected, a message from Lu Xu was lying in his notifications, saying he was waiting for him in his room.

Ba Mei ran to Ji Xiunian’s place all the time. In order to make it easier for him to take care of the cat, Ji Xiunian had told Lu Xu his password. But this was still the first time Lu Xu had come to his room by himself.

Too many things had happened today and Ji Xiunian could only feel that his head was in a mess; he had even thought about the unrealistic words Lai Chengshan had spoken before about the grim reaper.

He had too many questions he wanted to ask, but when Lu Xu was standing in front of him, Ji Xiunian actually didn’t know where to begin.

“Meow…” Bai Mei jumped out of Lu Xu’s arms, going over to Ji Xiunian’s feet with graceful little steps, and raising its soft tail to rub against his calf.

Ji Xiunian bent over to pick Ba Mei up out of habit. He only calmed down a bit after feeling the softness from embracing it in his arms. How could a cute, food-loving, little kitty like Ba Mei be related to any bloodthirsty keywords?

Furthermore, Lai Chengshan was a scammer. There was no credibility to the words a scammer said casually.

Ji Xiunian’s mind cooled rapidly and he quickly recovered his usual calm.

Before asking anything, he didn’t forget to first open a can for Ba Mei, and pour milk for Lu Xu.

Lu Xu originally thought Ji Xiunian was in a hurry to ask a lot of questions, and didn’t think the first thing he would do would be to feed them.

Looking at the cup of milk in front of him, Lu Xu couldn’t help but feel somewhat complicated.

Ji Xiunian only withdrew his gaze after Ba Mei had begun focusing on eating from the little can of food. He smiled at Lu Xu. “Don’t stand, let’s sit and speak.”

“Oh oh, okay.” Lu Xu was used to pretending to be obedient in front of him. When he heard this, he sat down across from Ji Xiunian, pondering how he should begin.

Grim reaper grim reaper, as the name implied, only dead people would know of his identity.

Just as Lu Xu was thinking of how to deal with Ji Xiunian, the other side stole the role of speaking first. “Actually I think I already know everything…”

“Hm?” Lu Xu saw his decisive expression and couldn’t help but feel interested. “Then Nian ge, what do you know?”

Ji Xiunian pursed his lips, his tone warm and accepting. “Your identity, or should I say, your profession?”

Lu Xu subconsciously raised his brows when he heard this and asked casually, “Then, what do you think my profession is?”

“Isn’t it communicating with ghosts and the like?” Ji Xiunian thought as he spoke, unclear over how to explain it. “Monk, Taoist priest, a medium? I don’t know what your profession is called, but I know you give services to the dead.”

Yes.

Saying it like this would immediately explain a lot of things.

For example, he had snatched away the life-stealing amulet Lai Chengshan had given him. For example, the F4 called Lu Xu ‘Master’; for example, the dead souls in the ocean had called out to Lu Xu.

It wasn’t like Ji Xiunian hadn’t watched supernatural shows before, but he had thought they were all program gimmicks at that time. He didn’t think they would actually exist by his side.

“Ai?” Lu Xu had no way of knowing that Ji Xiunian would take him as some kind of person who communicated with ghosts. Seeing his determined attitude, Lu Xu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and didn’t know what to say for a while.

But Ji Xiunian was a considerate person. Seeing that Lu Xu’s expression towards him was complicated, he thought it was because he was shocked that he had actually guessed correctly.

Although feudal superstitions weren’t very tolerable, there was a saying that at the end of science, was metaphysics.

If it had been someone else telling him that they could see ghosts, Ji Xiunian probably wouldn’t have believed them. But when this phrase was spoken by Lu Xu, Ji Xiunian actually thought that anything was possible.

“I have something I want to ask you.” The events that had happened before flashed before his eyes. Ji Xiunian suddenly thought of a point.

Lu Xu didn’t refuse him and only looked towards him, waiting for Ji Xiunian to speak.

“The amulet Lai Chengshan gave me before, you already knew it wasn’t good, right?”

Lu Xu didn’t feel like this was something he needed to refute, so he nodded gently. “Mn.”

“Everyone online says he had put a lifestealing coin in it, but when I searched inside I didn’t find one.” His speculations were becoming more and more clear in his mind. Ji Xiunian didn’t even know why he had suddenly become moved. “You took it away, right?”

“Yes.” Lu Xu nodded truthfully. Ji Xiunian was his appointed big order; he definitely couldn’t let an insignificant person like Lai Chengshan meddle.

But Ji Xiunian didn’t know what Lu Xu was thinking of. He felt inexplicably moved. “So you knew everything but didn’t say anything. Were you just secretly protecting me?”

Uh…

“I wasn’t…” Although it was correct in assuming that the situation seemed like this, the starting point wasn’t protection.

Lu Xu wanted to explain, but Ji Xiunian had already assumed that he was being cautious.

If someone else had done this much for him, they would definitely boast about it all over the place, letting others know all the effort he had put into it.

But Lu Xu had done so much without saying a single sentence. He only silently and secretly protected him, keeping his head in the dust.

Ji Xiunian looked at Lu Xu and could only feel completely heartwarmed.

In this world, other than his already deceased parents, there had never been someone else like Lu Xu who was so good to him.

For some reason, he thought of the first week they recorded the program, when Lu Xu had told the others that he had come for Ji Xiunian. At that time he didn’t think much of it and thought he had only said it for the sake of the show’s effects. But looking at it from a broader perspective, the words Lu Xu had said might have actually been truly sincere.

This youth’s honesty was cute. He only realised this now.

“Lu Xu, thank you.” ‘Thank you’ sounded rather plain, but Ji Xiunian didn’t know how else to express his feelings other than through ‘thank you’.

Lu Xu didn’t even have time to say anything. He could only watch unblinkingly as Ji Xiunian made up an entire drama in his head.

Although the him in Ji Xiunian’s imagination had become selfless and courageous, the good thing was that he didn’t need to explain much further.

Ji Xiunian was naturally handsome, his beautiful eyes were misted over with emotion.

Being watched with such sincerity like this, Lu Xu inexplicably felt a little weak. He wanted to ask him to not take this too seriously. “Nian ge, I’m really not like what you say…”

“I know.”

You will only be even better than the you of my imagination.

It was just that this phrase was too embarrassing to say. In front of Lu Xu, Ji Xiunian couldn’t say it out loud.

The two of them sat across from each other for a while, each nursing their own thoughts. It was Lu Xu who rose first. “It’s getting late. Nian ge, you should rest early.”

“Are you going back to your dorm room?” Ji Xiunian glanced at the time and couldn’t help thinking of last time. “It’s already so late, will your roommates have closed the door already? Why don’t you stay here tonight.”

“No need.” Lu Xu wasn’t afraid of being seen as a bad person, but he wasn’t used to being seen as a benefactor. “I didn’t close the door when I left, so I should be able to go back.”

“So it’s like this.” He had already said this, so Ji Xiunian couldn’t force anything.

After sending Lu Xu to the door and saying good night, Ji Xiunian closed his door. In the second that he turned around, his face was full of smiles—

Knowing that someone was secretly protecting him, this kind of feeling was amazing.

He even thought, since Lu Xu didn’t like others knowing that he could communicate with spirits, then he should help him keep it hushed.

A secret that only the two of them knew, this kind of feeling was covert and exciting.

How nice.

“Do I really look like a good person?”

Lu Xu held Ba Mei and walked back to the dorm room. He couldn’t resist muttering this.

“Meow…” The Ba Mei in his embrace raised its head to look at him. It saw its owner’s face full of worries, not needing it to answer in any way.

Ba Mei opened its mouth and yawned, its mind full of the little can of food it had eaten earlier—

Guessing the feelings of those two-legged creatures was very complicated. A four-legged kitty could experience simple happiness just from eating.

“Meowooo…” Ba Mei licked its mouth with its powdery pink little tongue, only hoping that tomorrow would come quicker. It needed to find Ji Xiunian again.

Lu Xu walked over to room 201 and pushed open the door. Before he could sort through his thoughts, he heard the Han Tianyu who was sleeping on the lower bunk call out softly about something.

His entire forehead was covered in large beads of sweat, as if he was experiencing a terrible nightmare. The muscles on his face were somewhat twitching, his expression full of fear.

Lu Xu couldn’t help going forward when he saw this. When he got closer, he could clearly hear what Han Tianyu was saying, “Xu ge, save me…”