EFB Chapter 20 Smile
Chapter 20 Smile
"Why would you say that?" Su Jue finished dressing and got up to go upstairs.
He believed that he hadn't revealed any flaws yet, and that Xu Menghe shouldn't be discovering them now.
"I was just asking, are you really okay?" Xu Menghe looked at Su Jue's back.
"Okay." Su Jue nodded and went upstairs.
"Then tomorrow..." Xu Menghe called out to Su Jue, "Could you come with me to see my dad?"
Su Jue stopped and turned to look at Xu Menghe: "Your dad? Why do you want me to come with you?"
"My dad has always been reluctant to let me be separated from him. Last time I ran away from home. Now I need to see him about something, but he has sorcerers under his command, and I'm afraid he'll catch me and take me back," Xu Menghe explained.
"Your subordinates? Your father is..." Su Jue thought for a moment. After eliminating several organizations, there was only one person under his command who had recruited sorcerers and whose surname was Xu.
"Xu Guofeng, didn't I tell you this before?" Xu Menghe said.
Xu Guofeng is the mayor of Pingchuan City.
"Probably not." Su Jue continued walking upstairs.
"Hey! So are you going or not?" Xu Menghe followed behind Su Jue.
She was worried that her father would catch her, and then she wouldn't be able to go out and have fun, so she needed to find a reliable person to accompany her.
It can also be used to check if Su Jue really has a problem.
"I'm not going," Su Jue said.
"Actually, you just can't use magic anymore, right? Is that high priest that scary?" Xu Menghe quickened her pace, following closely behind Su Jue.
"Yes," Su Jue affirmed.
Su Jue simply confirmed that he didn't know any magic right now. Telling Xu Menghe this wouldn't have a big impact on him, but it was hard to say if he went to a place full of sorcerers.
"Then... ah? Really?" Xu Menghe was stunned. Although she had guessed, she did not expect that Su Jue really could not use the technique, and at the same time, he admitted it so bluntly.
"Hmm, it might be because of that high priest." Su Jue continued walking up the stairs, finally stopping at the top.
"What should we do then?" Xu Menghe asked.
Xu Menghe felt that this was undoubtedly the biggest blow to a sorcerer; no one would want to accept that all the reliance on their strength had just disappeared.
But actually, Su Jue isn't in a particular hurry right now. He doesn't have anything he needs to do immediately, so he won't need the technique for a while.
There's still no clue about what's going on with their parents, and Fang Qi is missing. Neither of these matters can be rushed.
"It's not like I can't live without the technique." Su Jue waved his hand, took another step, went upstairs, and entered his room.
Su Jue lay on the bed, her hands unconsciously making a throwing and catching motion.
"You wouldn't have bothered with such things before."
Wang Yang's words pierced Su Jue's mind, causing him to keep recalling them.
"Really...?" he muttered to himself.
Su Jue tore open the potato chip package, took two chips, and put them in her mouth: "Was that sentence really my own opinion?"
He recalled Pei Min's words in the morgue, which were just like a will.
Night fell quickly, and the moon hung in the sky as always, its peaceful appearance unchanged. Nothing had changed.
Su Jue did nothing and simply fell asleep.
He didn't wake up until the bright sunlight shone on him the next morning.
Su Jue opened his phone and found that it was already 10 o'clock. He didn't know if he was too tired or what, but he had overslept.
In addition, he also saw a message from Xu Menghe.
"Hey, anyone want to come pick me up? My dad caught me."
Below the message is a funny emoji and a location.
"How do you think an ordinary person could get you out of the hands of a sorcerer?" Su Jue countered.
"I don't care, I don't want my dad watching me!" She replied almost instantly, seemingly having been looking at her phone the whole time.
"I'm not going." Su Jue sent this message and then turned off her phone.
Half an hour later, in front of a courtyard house in the city center.
Su Jue watched the girl frantically clinging to the wall without saying a word.
A moment later, Xu Menghe lost her grip and fell off.
"Ah!" she screamed, then covered her mouth with her hand, seemingly realizing she shouldn't have shouted.
Her eyes were closed, but after a while, she realized that he hadn't fallen to the ground. Instead, she was greeted by a soft touch and a delicate fragrance.
It was Su Jue who caught Xu Menghe before she fell to the ground.
"Hurry up!" Xu Menghe jumped out of Su Jue's arms, patted him, and started running.
Su Jue didn't ask any more questions, but followed them.
A few minutes later, the two of them, panting heavily, sat down on the edge of a flower bed by the street.
They didn't speak for a long time until their eyes met unintentionally.
Xu Menghe asked with a smile, "Didn't you say you couldn't do it?"
"I made too much lunch, I can't finish it all by myself." Su Jue's lips curled up into an even wider smile than before.
"You should smile more often; it looks better than having a cold face," Xu Menghe said.
She felt that Su Jue's smile this time was very natural.
"Let's go, what dishes did you make? I'll go try them." Xu Menghe patted Su Jue on the shoulder and got up to leave.
"Mm." Su Jue also got up and followed behind Xu Menghe.
At noon, the sun was blazing, relentlessly shining on every corner of Pingchuan City.
"It's so hot! I didn't know my house was this far from my dad's. I should have taken a taxi!" Xu Menghe complained.
"Su..." She turned around and, finding Su Jue gone, immediately called out, "Su Jue? Su Jue! Where is she?!"
"Here." Su Jue's voice sounded behind Xu Menghe.
Xu Menghe looked in the direction of the sound and saw Su Jue walking towards her, carrying a bag of milk tea in her left hand and an ice cream cone in her right.
"Let's eat the ice cream first, it'll melt later." Su Jue handed over the ice cream cone first.
"You're so thoughtful, it's just the right temperature!" Xu Menghe took the ice cream cone and began to savor it.
Su Jue wasn't really bothered by the heat; for him, this kind of leisure was a rare treat.
In Su Jue's memory, the last time he experienced such a leisurely and wonderful time was with his parents.
Su Huai looks like a very leisurely person, but he is not actually leisurely, nor does he bring leisure to others.
Therefore, Su Jue thoroughly enjoyed this time, without having to risk her life for anything or live in fear.
Even if this time is fleeting. For him, "appearance" is more precious than "existence," and he only needs to remember the present moment.
"I've taken a taxi, wait a bit." Su Jue took out his phone. "Lin Yang just messaged me... he's a demon exterminator from the morgue."
"Lin Yang... I remember him, but why would the morgue still be looking for you?" Xu Menghe asked.
"It's related to the sealed document you found before. Pei Min told me about the contents of that document yesterday." Su Jue and Xu Menghe recounted part of the morgue god-making plan that Pei Min had told him yesterday.
"I'd actually heard similar rumors before, but I always thought they were false." Xu Menghe finished the last bite of her ice cream cone. "So, what about that Lin Yang? What did he want with you?"
"He told me that he had accidentally discovered the morgue's deification plan and knew that a disaster was about to occur. They planned to deceive all the exorcists in Pingchuan City into voluntarily offering sacrifices," Su Jue said.
He said he planned to save everyone and needed my help.