He Really Dared to Kick Back! (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Eight days passed in the blink of an eye. During those eight days, Xue Qinghe lived quite comfortably and happily, and after spending so many days together, the two of them formed a fairly deep friendship.

Of course, that was how Jiang Qianhai felt about Xue Qinghe.

As for Xue Qinghe, he gained a deeper understanding of Jiang Qianhai's temperament. He knew that although Jiang Qianhai's talent was unparalleled, he had no interest in power or struggle. So although Xue Qinghe still had not given up on pulling Jiang Qianhai into his own camp, he was no longer as urgent about it as he had been at the start.

He began interacting with Jiang Qianhai sincerely, because he knew that in this world, only sincerity could be exchanged for sincerity.

And in his heart, he acknowledged Jiang Qianhai as a friend. He even found himself enjoying it somewhat.

It could be said that Jiang Qianhai was the first true friend he had made in his life.

Only now did he realize that this was what it felt like to go out and have fun with a friend.

Playing around with a friend, fooling about, cracking jokes from time to time, trading jabs back and forth—this feeling was truly novel.

During this time, he also got used to Jiang Qianhai occasionally blurting out some deeply meaningful line.

Among them, his favorite was still: "All misfortune in this world is caused by the person involved lacking sufficient ability."

Jiang Qianhai had said it offhandedly after being moved while telling a story from their journey, yet it left a deep impression on Xue Qinghe.

What he thought of was not himself, but the Xue Qinghe whose place she had taken.

He had indeed been unfortunate, but it had indeed been because of his own reasons that she had been given an opportunity.

"Jiang Qianhai, I'm hungry!"

"If you're hungry, endure it. Wait until I land a fish!"

"Other than that actor fish, you won't catch a single one today! Hurry up and cook!"

"You really are vicious! I just don't get it. How does a mouth at over thirty degrees say such icy words?"

"I don't get it either. How do you have so many slick lines in your mouth? Give me the Fishing Rod, and you go cook. I really don't know how you managed an Empty Catch with such good Bait."

Smack!

Xue Qinghe caught the Fishing Rod that had been tossed over, then revealed the smile of a victor.

When he saw Jiang Qianhai take a sip of river water before leaving, he burst out laughing outright.

"What are you laughing at! I've never had an Empty Catch in my life! Remember that!"

"No way, right? Surely no one actually thinks taking a sip of water means it doesn't count as an Empty Catch, right? What kind of person fools themselves like that?"

Jiang Qianhai instantly blew up. "Keep being sarcastic and don't blame me for adding something extra to your food!"

"Fine, fine, fine, I won't say it. Sigh, look, a fish bit. Your rod. I won't say whose fault the Empty Catch was."

At lunchtime, Jiang Qianhai looked at Xue Qinghe, whose eyes were misty with tears from the insanely spicy boiled fish, and laughed disdainfully.

"That's it? Weren't you pretty good at talking? Keep going!"

Xue Qinghe looked at Jiang Qianhai, who was also drenched in sweat from the spice, and was utterly speechless inside. Wasn't it just a couple of comments? Did he really have to make it a mutual destruction like this?

Men's strange desire to win. I really don't understand it.

Xue Qinghe kept his head down and continued eating, ignoring Jiang Qianhai, who had been spiced into a dog. He was actually quite good with spicy food; on the contrary, Jiang Qianhai was the one who could not handle spice.

If not for the recovery of the Three Thousand Stars Body, he would have made a fool of himself by now.

He had truly brought this suffering on himself.

After lunch, the two of them rubbed their bellies and leaned together against a large tree.

"My stomach feels warm."

"Warm, my ass!"

Xue Qinghe drove an elbow straight into Jiang Qianhai's waist. His lips were bright red, opening and closing from time to time as he sucked in cool air to make his mouth feel a little better.

"Weakling."

Already recovered, Jiang Qianhai looked sideways at him, his eyes full of disdain.

Xue Qinghe: (╬￣皿￣)

If it weren't for the fact that what you made really was delicious, I'd beat you up no matter what!

"Oh, right. The guards you sent out are almost back. Are you leaving? If you really leave, I'll actually miss you a little."

Jiang Qianhai directly hooked an arm around Xue Qinghe's neck and asked.

Xue Qinghe's pupils shrank, caught completely off guard by that intimate gesture.

For men, putting an arm around someone's shoulders was a very ordinary thing, but at his core, he was not a man.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Jiang Qianhai's face and found that there was nothing unusual in his expression. The corner of Xue Qinghe's mouth twitched at once. What a true "good brother" of his!

With a shake of his shoulder, Xue Qinghe threw off Jiang Qianhai's arm, only then asking in return.

"You sensed them?"

Jiang Qianhai did not notice anything wrong either. He shrugged and said, "At your guards' speed, they'll probably reach here in about five minutes."

A strange look flashed through Xue Qinghe's eyes. "My goal has been achieved, and I've stayed here for quite a while. It really is time to go back."

At the thought that he was about to leave, he actually did not want to go. These past few days, he had truly been very happy. Having a friend with whom he did not need to put on airs had struck exactly at the part of his heart that had been missing.

Here, she rarely had to show her false side. But once he went back, not only would he have to find ways to eliminate everyone who might threaten his position as Crown Prince, he would also have to hit the old emperor with a personal life-accelerator.

All kinds of schemes, plots, hidden calculations, and false pleasantries would take up all of his time.

But he had to go.

"Sigh~"

"They're here."

No sooner had Jiang Qianhai spoken than a figure landed in front of the two of them.

In the man's hand was a huge Sharp-Tailed Swift. Though it was on its last breath, it was indeed still alive.

"Give it to me."

Xue Qinghe gave Protector Yan no chance to speak and directly took the Sharp-Tailed Swift.

Protector Yan immediately bowed respectfully, then hid himself again.

"I'll go off to the side to absorb the Spirit Ring. You just keep lying there."

Jiang Qianhai casually waved a hand. Seeing this, Xue Qinghe curled his lip.

His like-minded good friend was about to leave, yet he didn't care at all. He really wanted to kick him!

In the end, he still didn't kick Jiang Qianhai, because he knew this guy would very likely kick him back!

It made him almost want to tear off his disguise, stand in front of him, and kick him again.

Then let's see if he still dared to kick back!

After walking a little farther away, Xue Qinghe killed the Sharp-Tailed Swift, which had already suffered terribly, with one palm strike, then began pretending to absorb it.

After all, he was not truly absorbing it. He just acted it out and got through it, very smoothly.

When he returned, Jiang Qianhai was still lying there.

"I'm leaving."

Xue Qinghe stood beside Jiang Qianhai, looking down at him from above.

Jiang Qianhai was not used to being looked at like that, so he sprang to his feet with a carp kip-up.

"Then until we meet again."

"That's all you're going to say?"

Xue Qinghe's eyes widened. He could hardly believe Jiang Qianhai was sending him off with just that one line.

"What else? What do you want me to do? Give you a loving hug?"

Jiang Qianhai spread his arms, somewhat confused. Was there something else he was supposed to say?

"Hug your sister!"

Xue Qinghe kicked Jiang Qianhai, then immediately got a kick in return.

After getting up and dusting the dirt off himself, Xue Qinghe looked utterly unlucky.

I knew this guy would kick back!

"You really are a dog."

Though he was gnashing his teeth, Xue Qinghe still gave Jiang Qianhai a farewell hug. However, Jiang Qianhai's next line instantly broke him.

"You're really hugging me? Like a nian—"

Not giving Jiang Qianhai the chance to finish, Xue Qinghe directly took out a white stone and stuffed it into Jiang Qianhai's mouth, saying through gritted teeth, "I knew nothing good would come out of that dog mouth of yours. This thing is my communicator. Call me if something happens. If nothing happens, don't bother me!"

After that, he ignored Jiang Qianhai, turned around, and left.

In the carriage on the way back, Xue Qinghe lightly tapped the armrest with his fingers.

When I get back, I'm going to look into that bastard's background!

This was for knowing oneself and knowing the enemy! Only then could he better pull that guy into his own camp!

Right! It was all for official business! There was not the slightest bit of selfish motive!