Chapter 2413 — Xiaoshu's Confession
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"Ah!" Xiaoshu seemed a little disheartened. Heaving a faint sigh, she set the knife down. Her large eyes, misted over with a watery film as she looked at Wei Zhao, were brimming with sorrow — the sorrow of one who had no choice, who could not help herself.
Wei Zhao did not move. He wanted to see what Xiaoshu actually meant to do. With his strength, he could easily dodge even after the blade fell. Besides, Wei Zhao had the healing power of the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. Even if his heart were pierced, as long as he healed himself in time, there would not be any grave problem.
"Shield Bro... Xiaoshu still can't bring herself to do it..." Shen Yushu murmured, shaking her head. "Xiaoshu likes you, and Sister Yaoyao likes you too. If you die, Xiaoshu will be heartbroken, and Sister Yaoyao will be heartbroken... and Xiaoxiao and Sister Yunyun, they'll all be heartbroken... But Xiaoshu can't bear to make them all sad, and she wants even less to be heartbroken herself, so... it's better that Xiaoshu just dies instead... Only, Xiaoshu doesn't know whether she'll drag anyone down with her... ah!"
Wei Zhao was rather astonished. Shen Yushu had been muttering to herself for a while — how had it ended up with her dying instead? As for who this Sister Yunyun was, Wei Zhao had no inclination to dwell on it. Shen Yushu spoke too softly as well, so Wei Zhao supposed she must have meant Sister Yanyan — that is to say, Wang Xinyan.
"Shield Bro, Xiaoshu loves you!" Just as Wei Zhao was puzzling over it, Shen Yushu suddenly bent down and, light as a dragonfly skimming water, sealed his lips with her own, then quickly drew back — as though afraid of waking him.
Shen Yushu's sudden confession and bold move left Wei Zhao utterly dumbfounded! Though he had felt in his heart that Xiaoshu seemed to like him, she had never confessed so formally, much less used the word "love" in place of "like"!
"All right, then. Xiaoshu would have liked to spend her whole life peacefully as the little wife, but Xiaoshu doesn't have Xiaoxiao's good fortune. After Xiaoshu is gone, she'll send dreams to Shield Bro and be with him in his dreams — Xiaoshu will XO Shield Bro there!" Shen Yushu went on muttering to herself.
Hearing this, Wei Zhao nearly burst out laughing. This Xiaoshu — one moment utterly sorrowful, the next saying such absurd things. Wei Zhao was truly left speechless.
After she finished speaking, Shen Yushu stared blankly at Wei Zhao for a while longer. Then, as if she had finally made up her mind, she whirled around and walked toward the door of Wei Zhao's room... There was a heaviness and a resolve in her steps, and the sight of that small, delicate figure was enough to make one's heart ache.
"Xiaoshu..." Wei Zhao could hold back no longer. He opened his eyes and called out to her...
"Ah!" Shen Yushu was startled. She had not expected Wei Zhao to wake at such a moment. Her slender body went stiff out of reflex, and the knife in her hand slipped from her grasp and clattered to the floor with a crisp *pa*. In the quiet of the night it sounded especially shrill.
"Xiaoshu, what are you doing?" Wei Zhao tried to keep his voice calm, as though he had just woken up. "Not sleeping in the middle of the night — what are you doing in my room? What's that on the floor? A knife? Surely you're not going to kill me?"
Wei Zhao's tone was teasing, as though he were joking, but Shen Yushu's heart lurched as she heard it. "I... I... Yes, what am I doing? Oh... I know! Xiaoshu was sleepwalking... Just now, Xiaoshu was dreaming — she dreamed there was a little monster in Shield Bro's room, so Xiaoshu ran over to help Shield Bro fight the monster..."
"Sleepwalking? You have that problem too?" Hearing Shen Yushu's somewhat clumsy cover-up, Wei Zhao did not immediately call her out on it, but instead asked in a conversational way.