226 Why Didnst You Continue Muddling Through? (2/2)

”The characteristics of a person can change. I had repressed it and it was not my true nature. After this, when I dreamed about the other Gu Xijiu, she asked me not to tolerate it anymore or I would die from getting bullied. At first, I did not believe it and did not do according to what she said, after a few incidents, I started to realize that she was right. I finally made the hardest decision to change…” Gu Xiju told the story flawlessly.

Long Siye remained silent for a long while, ”How come you never told me about this earlier?”

Gu Xijiu sighed, ”I am actually struggling to share this. I have mistakenly said that I received the heaven gift and Celestial Master Zuo has been chasing me so badly. I want to find a shelter to rest so I was thinking to muddle through the mistake…”

”Why didn't you continue muddling through, but choose to tell me the truth now?”

”Because I never expected that you would have such strong feelings towards Gu Xijiu. I don’t want to pretend to get help from you - that is why I chose to speak out now.”

Long Siye looked into her eyes.

Gu Xijiu calmly looked back at him.

At the moment, she had removed her makeup and was talking to Long Siye with her original appearance. She had a look of seriousness in her eyes and he could not see any abnormality.

After a while, Long Siye shifted his gaze and did not continue with the topic at hand. He changed the subject, ”Do you want to eat fish? There are green barracudas in the lake and it tastes like your favorite sea bass. If you would like to repay me, can you do a fish feast for me?”

Gu Xijiu remained silent.

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It was a very luxurious fish feast. There were various dishes - steamed fish, stewed fish, fried fish and so on.

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