True Affection

"Don't you dare scare me! As long as you guys don't go tattling to Junior Sister and setting me up, we're good!" Du Bishu turned his head to check the doorway, and only after confirming no one was there did he speak to Wu Dayi and the others with a sense of relief.

"Am I that kind of person?" Wu Dayi glared at him upon hearing this.

"Haven't you guys set me up enough already?" Du Bishu glared right back, completely unfazed.

"Tell me, why do you all always love to pick on me?" Du Bishu truly couldn't understand it.

"We can't afford to mess with Little Junior Brother, and Zhang Xiaofan is just too honest; we really can't bring ourselves to do it. So, that leaves only you! Besides, before Little Junior Brother came to the mountain, didn't we always tease you to pass the time? Who told you to be the youngest back then?" Wu Dayi said with a laugh.

"What about Fifth Senior Brother? He isn't much older than me, is he?"

"You can't mess with Fifth Senior Brother now! Just think about that thing in his left arm! We're too busy trying to protect him to even think about messing with him!"

Zhang Xiaofan listened from the side, finding it amusing, and the agitation in his heart faded quite a bit. Indeed, being with his fellow disciples was what made him feel most at ease and comfortable.

"Do you think the fact that so many of us were injured scared Junior Sister? Is that why she suddenly became so sensible?" After laughing and joking for a while, Du Bishu looked at Wu Dayi and He Dazhi, asking with a hint of worry in his heart.

Wu Dayi nodded. "It's possible! This is the first time I've