Chapter 4902 — Barely Trusting You
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Heh, now that's a curious thing. Not trusting bad people, I understand—but what do you mean, you can't trust good people even more?" Lu Xiaozhong clicked his tongue in wonder, while Wei Zhao and the others exchanged looks as well.
"Because good people are all faking it with ulterior motives. My master said there are no truly good people in this world at all!" Ni Caiyue put on a show of deep solemnity, except that such an expression suited her cute temperament not at all—like a child dead set on pretending to be an adult. It was enough to make anyone stifle a laugh.
"Heh, your master sounds like he speaks from bitter experience. Seems he's been burned by good people before?" Wei Zhao could not help laughing.
"I don't know about that. Anyway, whatever my master says, I do." Ni Caiyue spoke with perfect seriousness.
"So when your master betrothed you to a piece of scum like Chang Laiting as his dao companion, you obediently went along with it—and then got robbed by your own dao companion?" Wang Xinyan suddenly cut in.
"Uh..." Ni Caiyue's composure collapsed at once, and she said with a bitter little face, "I haven't married him yet! I don't want to be his dao companion at all—he's so fierce and so wicked!"
"There, you see. You can't take everything your master says to heart. When you meet people and face things, you have to feel them out for yourself. Now look at him again—does he look like the sort with ulterior motives?" Wang Xinyan said with a smile, pointing at Wei Zhao.
At that, Ni Caiyue looked Wei Zhao up and down all over again, which only made Wei Zhao thoroughly uncomfortable, and he coughed awkwardly twice.
"Not really..." Ni Caiyue finally reached a conclusion—only, before Wei Zhao could feel pleased, she immediately added, "But what if he's a villain hiding very deep?"
The others were caught between laughter and tears. Lu Xiaozhong laughed heartily. "If Master Lin here is a villain hiding very deep, then are you trying to say that dao companion of yours who fell head over heels is actually a good man hiding very deep?"
"No way! He's so fierce—how could he be a good man!" Ni Caiyue pouted.
"But Wei Zhao isn't fierce to you at all, and he just helped you out of a tight spot. And you still call him a villain?" Huang Xiaotao spoke up in Wei Zhao's defense.
"That..." Ni Caiyue tilted her head and thought for a long while, then looked Wei Zhao over once more, and finally concluded, "I suppose he doesn't really seem like a villain either. Then I'll barely count him as a good man."
Wei Zhao felt like weeping but had no tears. For no reason at all, he had been branded a villain hiding very deep, and now his name still was not cleared—and he was merely "barely" counted as a good man? Was it really that much of a stretch?
Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao both smothered their laughter and gave Wei Zhao looks of helpless sympathy, their eyes conveying the same message: This is as far as I can help you.
"All right, can you believe now that I won't rob you?" Wei Zhao could only spread his hands in resignation.
"Mm-hm, I suppose I can barely trust you." Only then did Ni Caiyue say, "Fine then, I'll tell you what it is. It's this."
With that, Ni Caiyue took a long, narrow wooden box from the bundle on her back. She opened it, and inside lay a spirit herb.
Wei Zhao and the others immediately gathered around. At first glance the spirit herb had nothing remarkable about it—it looked like an ordinary weed by the roadside. But on closer inspection, one would find a faint fluorescence glimmering between its leaf veins, lending the whole network of veins and textures an arcane mystery, giving one a sense of exquisite profundity. (To be continued.)