Chapter 335: Friends (1/2)

“No matter what, I still need to thank you.” Bai Luochu took out the ashes of the firewood that had practically stopped burning as she thanked Pei Rumo.

Pei Rumo was rather surprised that Bai Luochu would actually say thank you to him. He immediately felt a little overwhelmed by the favor.

“Why do you say so?” Since there was no one here, Pei Rumo wanted to say everything that was in his heart.

Bai Luochu stopped what she was doing and patted the ashes off her clothes. She then sat beside Pei Rumo and said, “If you didn’t save me, I would be a corpse at the bottom of the cliff by now. I always thought we were making use of one another…”

Pei Rumo’s brows raised up and his head became heavy. He didn’t think that one wrong move in the beginning would hinder all progress with her.

“At the start, I was indeed making use of you.” Pei Rumo felt that since Bai Luochu had already voiced it out, he should be frank about it. He turned to look at Bai Luochu’s expression and when he didn’t notice anything odd, he continued talking, “I might be an imperial prince, but there are many things that I have no control over. Back when I bought you from the Bestial Battle Arena, I wanted to use you to strike a fatal blow to my Third Brother. I didn’t know when, but I started to fall for you. Maybe it was during the trip to the Falling Cloud Mountain Range, or it might be when you started appearing as Divine Physician Bai. At the start, I was merely curious about you. How did a lass from the general’s residence who was thrown into the Bestial Battle Arena so mysterious?”

Bai Luochu could see that Pei Rumo was reminiscing about the past and she quietly sat at the side.

“Afterwards, I started to pay attention to you. In the end, I wasn’t even aware that I had already fallen so deep down the rabbit hole.” Bai Luochu felt rather uncomfortable after hearing Pei Rumo’s statement. After all, she was aware of Pei Rumo’s feelings but she had been beating about the bush when it came to his feelings for her. Now that he had stated it out clearly, she wasn’t able to remain silent. Her brains started to move and she tried to think of a plan to deal with Pei Rumo.

“If I was given another chance, I would never choose to make use of you.”

Even if I can’t obtain your heart, you won’t feel disgusted by me.

Of course, Pei Rumo kept his thoughts to himself as he might frighten Bai Luochu and push her further away from him.

When Bai Luochu noticed that Pei Rumo wasn’t speaking anymore, she spoke unhurriedly, “Where can one find the medicine for regret? If it wasn’t because you wanted to make use of me, we might even be friends right now.”

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By the time Lu Wenshu led the soldiers down, it was getting late. He didn’t make them start the search immediately. Instead, he allowed them to set up camp by the lake. He felt that they should take a good night’s rest in order to do their best during the search the next day.