Chapter 30 Back to School (1/2)

I nodded and asked, “So, what did Bai find?”

“He seems to have found some clues about the Jade Ruyi, but none of us are sure whether they are real or just coincidences. So I’m afraid I won’t be at the old residence often in the next few days,” Wen Jiubo took a sip of tea and said.

I replied without thinking, “Then I’m coming with you.”

Wen Jiubo seemed to have expected that I would say that. He frowned and refused me mercilessly, “No.”

My enthusiasm deflated like a pierced balloon. “Why?”

“Because it’s dangerous, and you don’t know when you might get dragged into it and die,” Wen Jiubo said airily.

I said without hesitation, “I’m not afraid of danger.”

“I know.” Wen Jiubo looked at me as if I was a pain in the ass. “But it has nothing to do with you, I don’t want to take you. Because you’re weak and incompetent, if I take you with me, I’ll have to look after you all the time, and it will distract me.”

I said dryly, “So you’re saying, I’ll hold you back?”

“Yes,” Wen Jiubo admitted mercilessly.

I depressingly looked at him and could not find the words to refute him. After all, he was right. I probably could not help him if he took me with him, perhaps not only would I not help him, I would also be a distraction.

Although this was true, I still felt a little upset in my heart.

I was not sure if Wen Jiubo saw something from my expression. He suddenly tapped my forehead.

“However, when I’m absent, I give you special permission to act as an exorcist on my behalf.”

I did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Acting as an exorcist on your behalf?”

“Yeah,” Wen Jiubo said seriously. “I mean you’ll be able to take the commissions for me and solve people’s problems, how is that? In case someone goes through a bad situation while I’m away, you cannot sit idly by and do nothing.”

“Come on.” I didn’t take him seriously. “You don’t need to pity me, okay? It’s not like I’m going to die if you’re away from me. I have to go to school.”

“Really?”

All of a sudden, he leaned over with a sly fox-like smile on his face. “Won’t you miss me when I’m away?”

He was so close to me that I had to push him away.

“No, I won’t!”

“Not at all?”

“When did you become so embarrassing?”

“But I’ll miss you.”

“You dirty fox!”

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