Chapter 8
He almost wanted to play a song right then and there.
“A brother’s heart is higher than the sky, broader than the earth.”
To express his gratitude.
The two of them were about to head toward the plane together.
But just as Wu Xiaojiu took a step forward,
his sleeve was suddenly yanked by someone.
He staggered from the pull, looked up, and saw Bo Suihan holding his phone in one hand while grabbing a large part of his clothes with the other.
“He can’t go with you. We have a mutual friend who just called about something urgent. Even though I don’t really care whether Wu Xiaojiu stays or goes, but…”
At this point, Bo Suihan suddenly got stuck.
He thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with a reason for keeping Wu Xiaojiu.
The other party was useless and not good at talking.
Having Wu Xiaojiu around was like having air-no harm, but no benefit either.
Bo Suihan pondered for a moment.
Then pushed him forward again.
“But he doesn’t seem to be of much use. If you want to take him, just take him.”
Qi Jiao’s eye twitched.
His brows furrowed instantly.
It was unclear what exactly had angered him.
With a dark expression, he stepped forward.
“I didn’t want to talk to you, but you need to fix your attitude. Wu Xiaojiu is not some thing you can summon or dismiss at will.”
Actually, Bo Suihan knew this, and he understood what Qi Jiao meant.
But for some reason, the moment Wu Xiaojiu called himself his friend,
Bo Suihan seemed to believe there was some sincerity in it.
As everyone knew,
he grew up on the mountain, never had peers around, let alone friends.
So those two words Wu Xiaojiu said felt fresh and strange to him.
And at that moment,
Bo Suihan developed a possessiveness in the name of friendship.
But at the same time, he instinctively felt awkward and repelled Wu Xiaojiu.
This made his words come out twisted and his reasons unjustified.
But deep down, he wanted Wu Xiaojiu to stay a hundred times over.
So he shook his phone,
his face displeased.
“Of course I know he’s not a thing, but you just come and try to take him away. Isn’t it you who’s controlling him?”
Bo Suihan retorted coldly.
After speaking, he turned to look at Wu Xiaojiu,
shaking the basic phone in his hand.
“It was Miss Su who called us over. Wu Xiaojiu, your Wu Family is probably just a nouveau riche around here-you can’t afford to offend the richest man, right? If you want smooth business, making the richest man owe you a favor is a pretty good move, isn’t it?”
After Bo Suihan finished,
he paused for a moment.
But then, wanting to confirm who Wu Xiaojiu would choose,
he immediately added,
“Am I right, Wu Xiaojiu?”
He didn’t give Wu Xiaojiu a chance to reply at all.
Qi Jiao immediately retorted,
“So what if he’s the richest man? The richest man can’t treat people like things either. Our Qi Family and the Wu Family have long joined forces, we don’t need to sell favors like you said.
Besides, Xiaojiu, your aunt was admitted to the hospital and needs to be looked after. Don’t waste time with this shady person-come back with me now.”
Bo Suihan gritted his teeth at that.
He lowered his head silently.
He had devoted himself to studying music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and martial arts on the mountain, but he really wasn’t good at arguing.
Even when being called a shady person repeatedly,
he couldn’t come up with any harsh words to fight back.
Actually, at any other time, with Bo Suihan’s personality,
he would have acted long ago. He wouldn’t have wasted words and made himself look bad.
But this time,
for some unknown reason,
he just wanted to exchange sincerity with Wu Xiaojiu.
Since you said you wanted to be friends with me, then in front of your childhood friend…
With no outside interference.
Who would you actually choose?
But you let him down.
Whether there was interference or not,
Wu Xiaojiu would definitely follow Qi Jiao.
Because Mother Wu was still lying in the hospital, Wu Xiaojiu couldn’t spare a thought for anyone else’s parents.
“Qi Jiao, stop talking, let’s go!”
At this point, anxiety was already written across Wu Xiaojiu’s face. He urged him on as he reached out to climb up the boarding platform of the plane.
The Old Butler beside Qi Jiao pushed up his glasses and said:
“Young master really has unique taste. Lad, haven’t you noticed the young master treats you differently?”
As he spoke, Wu Xiaojiu had already stepped onto the second plank.
Qi Jiao was standing directly beneath him, head tilted back, his eyes fixed on Wu Xiaojiu the entire time.
“I get it, say no more, bro, give me a hug!”
Moved by this, Wu Xiaojiu turned his head.
He reached out his arms on the swaying boarding frame, wrapping them around Qi Jiao’s head like he was on a swing.
In this position, Qi Jiao’s head was tucked between Wu Xiaojiu’s head and his waist.
Wu Xiaojiu’s heart was pounding loudly by Qi Jiao’s ear.
Qi Jiao’s face was growing redder by the second.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen young master blush like that,” the Old Butler sighed once again.
“Wait, Wu Xiaojiu, are you really leaving? Miss Su’s grandfather is letting us into the study – don’t you want to see what exactly caused his illness?”
Bo Suihan became anxious when he saw that Wu Xiaojiu was really about to leave.
Especially when the two of them hugged.
He suddenly felt that his own place as a friend in Wu Xiaojiu’s heart was not as secure as he’d imagined.
Wu Xiaojiu looked up at him.
At the same moment,
a notification sounded in his mind from the System.
[Long Aotian Favor Value -10 detected]
Wu Xiaojiu was shocked.
Did that mean it had dropped back down to minus ten?
He scrambled down from the plane in a hurry.
Qi Jiao stared at him in a daze.
After a long pause, he finally managed to say,
“You’ve lost weight.”
But Wu Xiaojiu wasn’t listening at all. He nearly rolled and crawled back to Bo Suihan’s side.
He grabbed the other’s collar.
Nodded frantically.
“I’ll go, I’ll go! Whatever you say, I’ll do it. Can you please not hate me?”
[Long Aotian Favor Value +10 detected]
Along with the System’s notification, Wu Xiaojiu’s phone chimed.
Normally, his phone was set to Do Not Disturb, with only his sister as an exception.
Realizing it could be something about the Wu Family,
Wu Xiaojiu, under two complicated gazes, hurriedly fished it out of his pocket.
The message, white text on a green background, read:
“Mom has recovered. Dad got investment. The Wu Family will recover soon. Don’t worry too much.”
Sure enough, as long as he pleased Long Aotian, things at home would always improve.
Wu Xiaojiu breathed a sigh of relief and spoke with even more conviction.
“Bo Suihan, from now on I’ll really listen to you. You want me to go east, I’ll go east. You want me to go west, I’ll go west. When you tell me to do something, I won’t question it. From now on, I, Wu Xiaojiu, am your tagalong – could you please like me a little more?”
If Wu Xiaojiu had a tail,
he’d be wagging it like crazy right now, just to show how eager he was.
Only then did Bo Suihan’s tense expression finally relax a little.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
Feeling guilty, he turned his head away, looking elsewhere,
and forced himself to sound calm. “Mm, okay.”
Now, these two were finally happy –
one had his family restored, the other had his wish fulfilled.
But over by the plane, if someone’s resentment could take physical form, it would have filled the sky by now.