Tomb Raider: The Saint of Wanjiang and Her Guardians

"1016 years old"

Xie Yuchen remained silent, and no one spoke. Chi Gu kept looking out the window, watching the things flying past outside.

Xie Yuchen took her to a homestay not far away to rest.

"Let's eat first. Tomorrow I'll have someone bring your...bed back, and then you can come back to Changsha with me."

Then he placed her in a room, told her to have a good rest and left.

Chi Gu walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked outside: "Chi Lian, is this a thousand years later?" The wind blew her hair but there was no response.

The next day came especially quickly. Xie Yuchen knocked on the door, and after waiting for a long time with no response, he pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Chi Gu had opened the window and was sitting on the windowsill, with a bird standing on her fingertips and shoulders.

Xie Yuchen's opening of the door startled the bird on her shoulder, and it flew away instantly, Chi Gu looked back and saw Xie Yuchen in a pink shirt and white trousers, then smiled at him.

Xie Yuchen was a little stunned. The morning breeze was particularly cool, carrying a hint of bamboo fragrance from the mountains and forests, blowing the long strands of hair in front of her forehead, making him a little dazed for a moment.

He suddenly came to his senses after seeing Chi Gu jump off the windowsill. He saw that the bed was tidy without a wrinkle, and it didn't look like anyone had slept there. He felt a little strange: "You didn't sleep?"

Chi Gu ignored him and walked out the door. Xie Yuchen followed him to the lobby on the first floor. Suddenly he saw a little red in his eyes. He followed Chi Gu's gaze and realized that it was the blood flowing from her feet.

"Don't move!" He frowned slightly, his tone serious.

Chi Gu turned around and saw Xie Yuchen walking towards her with two steps at a time and extending his hand. She was so scared that she quickly dodged.

Xie Yuchen was stunned, with his hands still raised in the air, and he clenched his fists awkwardly... Was he...being...disliked?

Thinking of this, Xie Yuchen's face became increasingly gloomy: "Go buy a pair of shoes, size 36."

When Xie Jia heard this, he quickly arranged for people to go to the nearby market to buy it.

"Let's eat first." Seeing that he disliked her and didn't bother to care about her, Xie Yuchen sat down at the table directly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he started early.

Chi Gu also slowly sat down opposite him

The two looked at each other speechlessly.

After a while, Xie Jia came back with three pairs of shoes: "Master Hua, this town market is too small, and there are not many nice styles. I picked out three pairs for you to take a look?"

Xie Yuchen took a glance and picked up a pair of purple and black embroidered cloth shoes, which seemed to match Chi Gu better. Then, in front of the assistant, he walked directly to Chi Gu, squatted on one knee, and stretched out his hand to grab her feet.

Chi Gu quickly stood up and kept backing away. His feet tripped over the stool and it fell heavily on the French window behind him. As a crack appeared, the stool slowly broke into small pieces and fell on Chi Gu.

Xie Yuchen looked at this scene, it was so beautiful, the sunlight penetrated through the broken glass and scattered on her body, making him forget his anger for a moment.

Chi Gu came to his senses and wanted to walk away, but as soon as he raised his foot, he was stopped by Xie Yuchen.

"Stop!" Xie Yuchen called out to Chi Gu, who was about to run away, with some disbelief in his eyes: "Are you disliking me?"

Chi Gu looked at him for a while, which made Xie Yuchen more certain. He put his shoes on the table and planned to ask his assistant to come.

"No... I, my body is poisonous. Once you touch it, you will be affected by the poison and turned into a puppet." Seeing that he misunderstood him, Chi Gu hurriedly explained.

Xie Yuchen was a little surprised, but it was much easier to accept than to despise himself. After all, he had never heard of the Wanjiang Kingdom, the saint who had been sleeping for a thousand years, the talking snake, and a poisonous one. He felt that his ability to accept things had become much stronger.

"Then do it yourself." Realizing that he had misunderstood her, his tone softened slightly.

Chi Gu looked at the shoes in confusion. He had seen this pair before at his mother's place, but he never left the palace and had never worn them.

Xie Yuchen sighed. Seeing her expression, he knew that she would not: "Is there any way I can touch you?"

Chi Gu thought for a while and said, "Don't make direct contact."

Xie Jia reacted immediately and handed over gloves and a medicine box, and also sensibly moved a stool for Chi Gu to sit on.

Xie Yuchen put on gloves and finally caught the foot. He placed the foot on his leg, carefully picked out the stones inside with tweezers, and bandaged it. "What is the puppet you just mentioned?"

Chi Gu felt that they would have to stay together in the future, and did not intend to hide it: "My grandfather is a spiritual master, but I did not inherit his puppetry skills, so my grandfather and grandfather used poison to let me master the puppetry skills."

Xie Yuchen chuckled. As expected, he was in deep sleep at the age of 16. He had no defenses at all and told everything when asked: "So your skin is full of poison?"

Chi Gu nodded: "Blood, skin, and clothes that have been worn for a long time will also be stained."