Geng Shu said, "I'm not trying to hurt you. I just need a favor and want your help. All right, go ahead and eat."
"I'll brew you a pot of tea, too. These pastries taste better with tea. They won't be as good once they get cold."
Watching her bustle about, Xu Tong interrupted her. "You'd better tell me what you need first, or I'll feel guilty accepting all this."
When she saw that he really had stopped eating, Geng Shu said, "It's nothing major, actually, and you already know about it."
"There's still poison in my body that hasn't been cleared away, remember? So I'd like you to accompany me to Heavenly Dao Lake."
Only then did Xu Tong remember. It seemed he really had become fixated.
Ever since returning from Heavenly Dao Lake, his mind had held nothing but the secret hidden within it.
He had just criticized someone else, yet now he was making the same mistake himself.
Xu Tong picked up another pastry and popped it into his mouth. "I thought it was something serious. Didn't I already promise you I'd help with that?"
Geng Shu pursed her lips. "We've found Heavenly Dao Lake, but everyone knows how dangerous it is. I'm afraid I won't be able to enter alone."
"Since you can come and go freely there and know it so well, Brother Xu, could you accompany me?"
Only then did Xu Tong understand what she meant. She wanted him to enter Heavenly Dao Lake with her and help remove her poison.
Xu Tong happened to be planning another trip there anyway, to see whether he could uncover exactly what secret lay hidden within it.
But he did not agree outright. Instead, he motioned with his eyes for Geng Shu to brew the tea.
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