Bracelet

Xiao Xun Er's eyes shone instead, feeling that this Xiao Bai Gege was a little more domineering than before.

"This kid's a little demonic!"

The corners of Ling Ying's eyes twitched as he watched. He had seen plenty of killing; if the boy had killed him outright, he would not even have blinked, but this was the first time he had seen such a gentle method.

Seeing the young man lift his foot again and step onto his other calf, Ga Lie Nuo was so frightened that he immediately stopped screaming and choked out in a hurried voice:

"Xiao Bai... no, Master Xiao, let me go. As long as you let me go, I can give you anything! As long as the Ga Lie Family has it, I can get it for you!"

"Sure!" Xiao Bai nodded with a beaming smile.

Ga Lie Nuo endured the pain, joy rising in his heart, but before a smile could appear on his face, he heard that familiar sound again.

Crack!

"Ah!"

Another scream rang out.

"Y-you... hiss... didn't you agree... hiss... agree to it?"

Ga Lie Nuo gritted his teeth and spoke in broken, furious bursts.

"That's right. I did agree to it. I, Xiao Bai, have kept my word all my life, so naturally I do what I say!"

He nodded, and as if seeing Ga Lie Nuo's confusion, Xiao Bai very thoughtfully explained to him in a soft voice:

"But what I wanted was your legs. How about it? Moved, aren't you? You don't even need to do it yourself. I'll take them myself!"

"Moved my ass! Damn it, you freak!"

His eyes were filled with hatred, but in his heart he regretted it to the extreme, regretting why his mouth had been so cheap that he had gone and provoked this madman.

Seeing Xiao Bai look toward his arms again, Ga Lie Nuo panicked.

"Master Xiao, don't... I only beg you not to break my hands. From now on, I'll listen to everything you say. If you tell me to go east, I absolutely won't go west. If you tell me to catch a dog, I absolutely won't chase chickens. If you don't want to see me, I absolutely won't appear in front of you. I only beg you to let me go! Let me go! Sob...!"

As he spoke, Ga Lie Nuo burst straight into tears. Xiao Bai shook his head.

"I'm very satisfied with your words, but I really dislike the look in your eyes. What do you think we should do?"

"No, Master Xiao, you've wronged me. From now on, whatever look you want, this Little Nuo will have that look. I won't say another word!"

Xiao Bai revealed a satisfied smile and looked at Ga Lie Nuo kindly.

"Good! Good child! Remember what you said today. It can save your life!"

After saying that, Xiao Bai stretched out his hand toward Xun Er not far away.

"Let's go. We're going home!"

Xiao Xun Er smiled sweetly and walked over with light steps, placing her jade-like hand in Xiao Bai's and obediently letting him hold it.

When they passed Wang Offering, Xiao Bai glanced at him, making Wang Offering's expression change drastically. After seeing the scene just now, he was now incomparably awed by this young man.

"Y-Young Master Xiao Xiao, what are you going to do?"

"No need to be nervous. I don't kill people. I'm just telling you that after you carry your young master back, remember to help me send my regards to the Ga Lie Family Head!"

Wang Offering looked at the fifteen-year-old young man before him, speechless in his heart. You're trying to drive the family head mad! But he still nodded.

"Young Master Xiao Bai's words, this Wang will definitely deliver!"

Xiao Bai nodded. When the surrounding crowd saw him walking over, they immediately squeezed to both sides, making way for this young man with a faint smile on his face, afraid that he would speak to them in that gentle tone.

"Xun Er, look at the way they're looking at me. Doesn't it look like they're looking at some big villain?"

Xiao Bai looked at the crowd's reaction and asked Xiao Xun Er.

"If Xiao Bai Gege is a big villain, then Xun Er will be a little villain, all right?"

Xun Er's brows and eyes curved slightly, and she shook the hand Xiao Bai was holding with a somewhat coquettish air.

"Heh, you little girl, learning all the wrong things!"

Seeing her adorable appearance, Xiao Bai could not help scraping her delicate, straight little nose.

"Hmph! Whatever Xiao Bai Gege does is the best!"

Seeing Xiao Bai's intimate gesture, the young girl wrinkled her little nose and huffed, but a trace of shy joy flashed across her brows.

They chatted and laughed along the way. When the passersby saw that one looked like a wealthy young lady while the other was dressed in rags, yet the two behaved intimately and laughed together so warmly, they could not help suspecting that wealthy young ladies these days really played around this wildly?

However, after taking a closer look at the raggedly dressed young man, they saw that his face was handsome, with a hint of authority between his brows. The two strips of cloth hanging from the forehead band over his black hair fluttered, giving him a naturally carefree elegance, and they could not help nodding in understanding. That was right. It was still a world that judged by looks.

Xiao Bai saw a clean stall by the roadside, where bracelets of all colors were displayed.

So he came to the front of the stall and swept his gaze over it. One pale-green bracelet among them caught his attention.

He picked it up and looked it over. The bracelet's material was average, with some Ice Silver added, making it cool to the touch. It should be quite nice to wear in summer. Although the materials were a little ordinary, the workmanship was good, and it looked elegant and unique.

"How much is this bracelet?" Xiao Bai asked.

"Young master has a good eye. Don't be fooled by the bracelet's somewhat ordinary material; it has Ice Silver added, making it the most comfortable to wear in summer. It's only two hundred gold coins."

The female boss spoke warmly.

Although Xiao Bai felt a little like he was being taken for a fool, when he thought that this was a gift for Xun Er, he was too lazy to haggle. He took out two hundred gold coins and handed them to the boss.

Xiao Xun Er stood quietly to the side, watching Xiao Bai with bright, sparkling eyes, her face full of expectation.

Xiao Bai looked at the girl's expression and said softly, "Give me your hand!"

Xiao Xun Er obediently held out her right hand. Xiao Bai placed the bracelet around the girl's snow-white wrist and studied it for a moment.

Mm, not bad!

"The bracelet is a little cheap. Xiao Bai Gege doesn't have much money right now, so I can't compare to a little rich girl like you. Don't look down on it!" Xiao Bai said, ruffling Xiao Xun Er's little head.

Xiao Xun Er stared blankly at Xiao Bai, gently stroking that sharply defined face, then shook her head.

"Xiao Bai Gege, it isn't cheap. In Xun Er's eyes, there's nothing in the world more precious than this bracelet. After all, this is the first gift Xiao Bai Gege has ever given me!"

Xiao Xun Er's gaze was gentle, her brows and eyes curving into a crescent moon. Smiling like a flower in bloom, she admired the bracelet on her hand as if she were looking at some rare treasure.

Watching the delighted Xun Er, Xiao Bai felt as if he had overlooked something in the past. Ever since this girl had started calling him Xiao Bai Gege, he seemed to have taken her quiet devotion for granted, enjoying it as though it were only natural. And she had never once asked him for anything, nor complained about anything.

He had always thought he treated her pretty well, but compared to everything Xun Er had done for him, what did that so-called "pretty well" amount to?

How could a cheap bracelet possibly make Xun Er this happy? In the end, wasn't it all because of him?

Only because he had given it to her did she like it so much.

"Maybe even if it were just an ordinary stone, as long as I gave it to her, this girl before me would still be overjoyed."

Xiao Bai felt a little heartache, and a little guilt.

Otherwise, with Xiao Xun Er's status as the Young Miss of the Ancient Clan, what precious things in this world had she not seen? A mere cheap bracelet—this girl might not even have spared it a glance normally. How could she be grinning foolishly like this now?

It seemed he had never truly cared about Xun Er's real thoughts.

He had always treated this girl like an NPC whose affection he could grind. No—after coming to this world, it seemed he had treated everyone like NPCs.

And had ignored the fact that they were all flesh-and-blood people with feelings.

This was not a game.