Ji Wangqiu originally wanted to stop Ning Yitao's action, but she waved his hand away. He could only smile indulgently and let her do as she pleased.
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Ning Yitao immediately noticed something strange about Ji Wangqiu's glasses.
He didn't need glasses for myopia, and the glasses didn't match his outfit. But he still chose to wear them, which meant there was something he wanted to hide.
Sure enough, after taking off his glasses, Ning Yitao saw the injuries on his face.
The glasses were just a disguise. Once they were removed, the blue - and - purple wounds on his face were clearly visible.
Ning Yitao's expression immediately turned serious, and her face darkened. She asked coldly,
"Who did this?"
Ji Wangqiu, however, didn't seem to care. He just took the glasses from her hand and put them back on, joking,
"Hey, I accidentally bumped into something. Who could hurt me? I'm the next head of the Fengze Gate. No one who dares to bully me has been born yet."
Ji Wangqiu leaned close to Ning Yitao's ear and whispered,
"I wore the glasses to maintain my image in front of you. How could I come to see you all bruised and battered?"
Ning Yitao raised her eyes and looked straight into Ji Wangqiu's eyes. She calmly pushed him away, took two steps back to keep a distance from him, and said seriously,
"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. Just make sure you know what you're doing."
A trace of loneliness flashed through Ji Wangqiu's heart. He knew that when she said this, she wanted to draw a clear line between them, but he didn't want that.
Ji Wangqiu pretended not to hear what Ning Yitao said. He put on a smile again, moved closer, and changed the subject, asking,
"Taotao, are you concerned about me but too shy to say it?"
Ning Yitao coldly kept him at arm's length and said distantly,
"I hope you understand that I'm asking simply because we're friends. I just don't want to see you get hurt for no reason. In this world, friends care about each other. You don't need to overthink it."
Ning Yitao thought that after making things clear, Ji Wangqiu would know what to do and what not to do.
But after she finished speaking, a light suddenly flashed in Ji Wangqiu's eyes. He seemed dazed by this unexpected surprise.
Ji Wangqiu thought he had long lost the qualification to be her friend. Every time he saw her, he only dared to make small talk. He never expected that she still regarded him as a friend.
Ji Wangqiu nodded excitedly and replied, "Yes, I know. We should care about each other."
Ning Yitao rolled her eyes, knowing that Ji Wangqiu had missed the point again.
For Ning Yitao, who had just come to this world, it was impossible to consider Ji Wangqiu a friend at first. But as time passed, her state of mind had changed.
Here, Ji Wangqiu and Ning Yitao were chatting heatedly, but it was just Ning Yitao desperately explaining while Ji Wangqiu selectively turned a deaf ear.
The show was still going on. Unlucky Henry was drawn first again.
Netizens sighed about his bad luck. This kid was really unlucky.
Henry was wearing a well - tailored white suit, simple yet elegant. His slightly curly hair had a foreign charm, and who wouldn't like a handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes? But Henry's luck was really a bit poor. Maybe it was the show's effect arranged by the director group. Henry started another program - challenge journey without knowing anything.
This time, Henry was wearing a formal suit, completely different from his slacker rich - kid look last time.
The suit enhanced his appearance, but it couldn't boost his courage. He was extremely nervous.
Henry still wanted to seek Ning Yitao's help. He didn't trust his own abilities. He always habitually looked for a sense of security and wanted to rely on others.
But even after all the off - site staff were ready, Henry still didn't move.
He just stood there, motionless, staring blankly in Ning Yitao's direction.
It wasn't until the show's staff asked him to move and start that he withdrew his gaze. He lowered his head sadly, feeling betrayed.
This time, no one would help him anymore.
Ning Yitao didn't even notice his presence. She was just focused on dealing with Ji Wangqiu's "harassment".
But just as Henry turned around, Ning Yitao seemed to sense something and looked back at his back.
As soon as Henry left, the waiting area became noisy.
A group of people came in a hurry, surrounding a well - dressed man. He was about forty years old, of medium height, and a bit thin. His sallow face showed an undeniable sickly pallor.
His sunken eye sockets and tired eyes made him look much older than his actual age. There was a hint of unspeakable worry between his eyebrows.
He was the former principal of the school, and the people surrounding him were the school teachers.
As soon as the former principal came, his goal was clear. He found the show's director and whispered something to him.
Careful viewers would notice that in previous shows, no matter when, the petitioners would always stand with the psychics.
Sometimes they gave advice to the psychics, and sometimes just by standing there, the psychics could find the answers the petitioners were looking for.
But in today's episode, it was different. There were only the lost student's belongings placed alone on a table. The figures of the petitioners, Mu Jiajun and Kang Xiaoying, were nowhere to be seen.
There were several photographers following Henry. It was just sunrise at this time. As long as he didn't do anything excessive, no "one" would risk coming out to provoke him.
This was Henry's only confidence.
Henry held Liao Ruochun's hairpin in his hand. Following the faint scent of Liao Ruochun on the hairpin, he walked straight to the back of the rockery where she disappeared.
He stepped over the old - fashioned fence. The grass and plants under his feet were all dead. The changing of the seasons had made them lose their color, but they were accumulating strength for the vitality of the next year.
Henry closed his eyes and felt the flow of energy in front of him. The dry grass and plants under his feet made a creaking sound.
Without a doubt, the energy in the grass behind the rockery was the most turbid, as if everything was mixed together and impossible to separate.
Henry tried hard to distinguish these mixed energies. He waved his hands in the air, trying to find the energy unique to Liao Ruochun from this chaotic mass.
He closed his eyes and focused on his hand movements. Henry thought he wasn't moving, but before he even realized it, his body was unconsciously being pulled by a thick energy.
Finally, the photographer standing beside him suddenly grabbed Henry, who was already standing by the pool, and stopped him from jumping in.
At this moment, Henry's one foot was already hanging over the water. When he came to his senses and looked down, half of his body was already floating above the water.
Henry quickly withdrew his foot with the help of the photographer behind him. His heart was pounding with fear, and the feeling of surviving a disaster made his back shiver.
At first, the photographer thought Henry was performing a spell. It wasn't until he saw Henry about to jump into the pool that he realized something was wrong and quickly reached out to grab him.
When Henry opened his eyes and saw the pool just one step away from him, he naturally knew what had happened.
He sat on the ground angrily, tore off the necklace around his neck, and threw it away in frustration. That expensive necklace was just casually discarded, lying alone among the weeds.
Henry was extremely angry. He had embarrassed himself in front of everyone again!
Henry gritted his teeth in anger.
His performance in the previous show had earned him a lot of cold looks when he got back.
Henry came from a magician family, and he was the weakest in the family. His poor performance had even caused his family to be looked down upon in the clan.
Henry had hoped to use money to get some behind - the - scenes help in this show and at least gain some popularity. But unexpectedly, the show didn't take his bribes seriously at all.
The once - optimistic Henry had finally become impatient and irritable under the pressure from his family.
This time, Henry was almost tricked into suicide by a little ghost.
Now, Henry's face was as black as ink.