The little fox harbored a hint of fear towards Wu Li in its heart, acting as if obeying an order, it snatched the clothes and ran off.
"Li Li, you are so generous, giving away a piece of clothing just like that," Chai Xiaomi raised an eyebrow at him, "Since when are you more of a germaphobe than me?"
"You didn't say you wanted my clothes, it was for someone else to wear."
The young man rarely threw a tantrum, his lips pressed tightly together, whispering and muttering, "If I knew you were going to wrap someone else's body, I wouldn't have taken it off."
To think he thought she wanted it for herself.
"I just praised you for being generous, next time I encounter this kind of thing, I won't ask you for help." Chai Xiaomi snorted softly, pretending to undo her own clothes, "I'll take off my own, will that do?"
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Wu Li frantically grabbed her hands and tightly closed her collar.
He didn't even care about the melon in his hand. Seeing it about to fall, Hongjiao suddenly darted out and used its body as a meat pad to catch it, the impact almost making its snake eyes bulge out.
"Are you crazy, in broad daylight, how can a young girl just take off her clothes casually?"
The young man's voice was suppressed with thin anger. He knew that if this outer garment was peeled off, there would be a layer of light gauze underneath, and the white and smooth shoulders and back of the neck would be almost fully visible under the gauze.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't lend it next time? Then I can only take off my own to put on someone."
"...I'll lend it, I'll lend it, okay?" Wu Li answered through gritted teeth, while lowering his eyes to re-tighten her collar, his fingers moving quickly as he tied a huge bow on her chest.
"Next time you do this, I won't buy you food, and snacks are out of the question too. Hear me?"
Tsk, this tone is like scolding a child.
Chai Xiaomi rolled her eyes at him in annoyance: "If you don't buy it, can't I buy it myself? My money—huh? Where's my purse?"
She touched her waist, and her face suddenly changed. The Qiankun bag tied there had disappeared out of thin air. It contained not only a purse but also treasures and many miscellaneous things.
Looking up again, the young man in front of her was long gone.
Not far away, that tall and slender figure was running fast, his clothes fluttering in the wind.
He held a melon in one hand, and dangling leisurely from the index finger of the other hand, wasn't that her Qiankun bag?!
"Stinky—Li—Li—!"
She angrily lifted her skirt and chased after him.
In the end, she had to coax him by calling him "Brother" several times before she got the Qiankun bag back.
The two strolled around the market and finally got all the various fresh fruits that should be in the fruit basket.
Chai Xiaomi bought a piece of ribbon at the tailor shop along the way, carefully wrapped it around the basket handle, and finally wanted to tie a bow, but twisting it left and right, she could never tie it symmetrically.
She was looking down and struggling with that piece of ribbon, while Wu Li was playing with her hair with interest on the side, gently wrapping a lock of hair around his knuckles, tightening and loosening it, and the end of the hair curled up into a wavy arc.
But the curl didn't last long, so he reached out and hooked another lock, repeating the previous action.
Chai Xiaomi looked up at him: "Are you done playing? If you're done, come and help me tie a nice knot."
"Call me brother, A-Ge is fine too."
She really wanted to put the fruit basket on his head: "Are you addicted to hearing it? Do you think I'm an old hen laying eggs? Clucking endlessly."
Seeing that she was really a little annoyed this time.
Wu Li smiled mischievously, then took the ribbon and shuttled it quickly at his fingertips, tying a well-proportioned and exquisite bow in the blink of an eye.
*
The gate of the Ouyang Mansion was wide open.
It is said that tomorrow Alchemist Ji will summon the soul of Ouyang Rui in the mansion.
Since coming out of Luoxingyuan, he has been in a coma until now.
White Cat calculated a bit and specially chose this day with the heaviest Yin and evil spirit.
Because Ouyang Rui's birthday is at midnight, the soul summoning is also scheduled to start at midnight, which is exactly the most Yin moment.
Therefore, the mansion had already prepared enough lanterns and torches, just waiting for tomorrow night to pave a bright light for this ritual.
Wu Li followed behind Chai Xiaomi with a dark face.
If he knew this fruit basket was brought to Ouyang Rui, he wouldn't have tied that knot, let alone carefully picked those top-quality fruits, he should have just picked rotten ones to put inside.
"Reasonably speaking, he is the one who went in with my group after all, I should come and visit him." Chai Xiaomi reminded him in a low voice, "Don't always keep a straight face, as if someone owes you five million. Although it's pretty cool, it's not popular in social occasions."
"Learn from me, smile more, come on, show your cute canine teeth."
Hearing this, Wu Li forced a smile and twitched the corner of his mouth, but the chill in his eyes was even worse, exactly scaring the servant who turned around to lead the way into a shiver.
This young man with a cold face was scary enough, but when he smiled, it made people's hair stand on end even more.
Those aren't canine teeth, they clearly look like fangs!
"..." Chai Xiaomi: "Smiled very well, don't smile next time."
Actually, visiting Ouyang Rui was just a front. With Old Ji holding the fort here, it was only a matter of time before he woke up. What she really cared about was the ten thousand taels of gold she promised Xiaoman.
She didn't know if Ouyang Rui's nightmare had been dispersed. The longer the time dragged on, the more tormented Xiangyun would be.
Today, people even kowtowed, she must take this matter to heart.
Seeing Chai Xiaomi appear, White Cat was suddenly overjoyed.
The originally tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed: "Oh my, Xiaomi, you came at the right time! This old man was just about to let Yu'er go find you."
"Find me?"
Chai Xiaomi pointed to herself in confusion.
She looked around this resplendent bedroom. The top-class compartment of Huanyin Pavilion could already be considered particular, but this place was several times more spacious than there, with carved beams and painted buildings, and scattered bonsai, revealing a strong family background everywhere.
Ouyang Rui lay quietly on an exaggeratedly large bed, his eyes tightly closed. Several close maids surrounded him, sobbing softly, pinching his shoulders, wiping his face, and rubbing his hands and feet for him.
This treatment...
But the figures of Master Ouyang and Madam Ouyang were not seen in the room.
When she looked up, she met Jiang Zhiyu's awkward expression, especially when he saw Wu Li behind her, he hesitated to speak even more.
"I'm going to summon Ouyang Rui's soul at midnight tomorrow. The magic array is ready, but a crucial item is still missing."
White Cat jumped onto the desk and said, "We need an object that he longs for in his heart to be placed in the array, but after asking around, they all said that he has had whatever he wanted since he was a child, and has never had anything he couldn't get."
"Until, this old man found this in his study."
"Master! Don't..." Jiang Zhiyu wanted to stop White Cat.
But it had already raised the scroll in its hand and grandly unfolded it.
A clear and lovely girl leaped onto the paper, with a smile in her eyes and fluttering clothes, as if she would walk out of the paper at any time.
"Look at this brush and ink, it's really extraordinary. It paints Xiaomi girl so beautifully!" White Cat shook its head and commented.
Before the voice fell, flames suddenly shot up from the scroll axis.
Even the tip of White Cat's tail "whooshed" and caught fire: "Oh my god!"
White Cat hurriedly let go, and Jiang Zhiyu rushed forward and slapped it to suppress the fire.
And the painting on the ground, the tongues of fire suddenly stopped at the moment they were about to devour the person in the painting. The edges of the paper around were scorched and curled, leaving only the figure in the center intact.
A suffocating pressure suddenly surged from all directions.
It was a malevolent aura...
As if sensing something, White Cat narrowed its eyes, its gaze landing on Wu Li, who stood behind Xiao Mi.
The young man was significantly taller than her. Standing against the light, his tall, straight silhouette almost completely enveloped the girl in front of him in his shadow. He was like a silent boundary, forbidding anyone else from catching even the slightest glimpse of her.
