After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 341 Dinner Table Drama

When Ye Zhi followed Bai Lu and Li Xiaoyi to Qingling Creek, she saw the undulating blue energy above the ancient forest and felt a long-lost sense of peace and relaxation. Even the bottleneck that she had been unable to break through for a long time showed signs of loosening.

But looking at Guan Bi standing on the third-floor balcony, Bai Lu felt a little angry for some reason. "Why isn't she watching over Shen Xu? What if something happens to Shen Xu? I clearly told her to take good care of Shen Xu."

When Guan Bi saw the arrival of the group, he hurriedly walked down from the pavilion.

After Guan Bi arrived at their side, Li Xiaoyi asked with some dissatisfaction, "How is Shen Xu?"

Guan Bi noticed their dissatisfaction and respectfully said, "Shen Xu has woken up and seems to be fine, but he doesn't want me to follow him, so I can only observe his condition from the third floor."

"What? He's awake. So fast! I thought he was going to sleep for a long time!" Bai Lu couldn't help but look at Gu Mulin. Knowing that Shen Xu had woken up, she was inexplicably afraid to meet him.

"Is he in the ancient forest right now?" Ye Zhi asked anxiously.

"Yes!" Guan Bi nodded.

After receiving a definite answer, Ye Zhi was about to head towards the ancient forest when Guan Bi interrupted her: "He said he has something very important to do and doesn't want to be disturbed."

"This guy is completely clueless, acting like he wants to see everyone!" Bai Lu said with great dissatisfaction.

“But I’ve already asked him to come over for dinner tonight, and he should be here soon,” Guan Bi explained.

“Alright, we’ll wait for him here!” Li Xiaoyi said.

After a while, everyone sitting around the round table under the Yuanlu tree seemed a little distracted, and the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

"Um, how about I go and call Shen Xu over?" Ye Zhi asked tentatively.

"No need, just wait here! Let's see how long he can keep us waiting!" Bai Lu's voice was full of anger, while Ye Zhi frowned.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit off, Guan Bi quickly said, "Miss Xiao Yi, Shen Xu told me a little about what happened in the secret realm. I wonder if it will have any impact."

"What did he say?"

Guan Bi hesitated for a moment before asking, "Can we say it here?"

"The council didn't ask me to keep it a secret, so I don't think it will have any impact. However, it's still better if as few people as possible know about this."

Hearing this, Bai Lu and Ye Zhi's curiosity was piqued, and they also wanted to know what was behind Shuanghe Village.

“He said there’s a small world behind the secret realm,” Guan Bi said tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Bai Lu and Ye Zhi were stunned, and then both looked at Li Xiaoyi.

Li Xiaoyi then looked at Guan Bi. Sure enough, Guan Bi was the real threat; Shen Xu was actually willing to tell her such important information.

“He’s right. There really is a small world behind Shuanghe Village. That’s why I said it’s a matter of great importance. The fewer people who know about this, the better.”

"Don't worry, we know how serious this is!" Bai Lu assured her.

"I didn't expect so many people to be here. I wonder if you've missed me all this time?" A cheerful voice suddenly reached their ears.

Ye Zhi immediately stood up and looked behind her. When she saw a familiar figure, tears welled up in her eyes again, and her longing for him overflowed.

Bai Lu was also stunned. She thought she could easily pretend not to care after seeing Shen Xu, but when she actually saw Shen Xu standing alive in front of her, she realized that all the mental preparation she had made had collapsed.

She simply couldn't bring herself to give the man in front of her to Li Xiaoyi.

"Why are you crying, Xiaozhi? I'm back safely, aren't I?" Shen Xu walked to Ye Zhi's side and gently comforted her.

Hearing Shen Xu's comforting words, Ye Zhi could no longer hold back her tears. She reached out and hugged the man in front of her tightly. This time, she didn't miss her target, but instead hugged a warm body tightly.

Feeling the warmth in his arms, Ye Zhi buried her head in his chest and sobbed softly. She felt that she was the happiest person in the world at that moment.

Everyone present was stunned by what they saw; none of them had expected Ye Zhi to be so bold.

Looking at Ye Zhi in his arms, Shen Xu was a little stunned. He didn't seem to have flirted with this girl much!

But feeling the increasingly cold gazes from the other three, he knew he couldn't continue like this, so he quickly reached out and gently pushed Ye Zhi away.

"Xiao Zhi, I'm fine, really don't worry," Shen Xu said with a hint of helplessness.

"I know! I just can't help it." Ye Zhi wiped away the tears that she couldn't stop flowing from the corners of her eyes.

Unwilling to meet the other three unfriendly gazes, Shen Xu looked up and remarked, "The moon is quite nice tonight!"

"Sit down and eat! The food will get cold soon." Li Xiaoyi's indifferent voice reached his ears, making his heart tremble.

"I'm not actually that hungry. Why don't you guys eat first? I still have some things to take care of," Shen Xu said somewhat awkwardly.

"Shen Xu, we've all been waiting for you for so long. Isn't it disrespectful of you to leave now?" Guan Bi suddenly said.

"Sorry, I misspoke." Shen Xu sighed softly and sat down in the chair that Bai Lu had reserved for him.

Ye Zhi knew that it was her sudden action that had caused the originally harmonious situation to turn into this state, so she lowered her head and sat down, but she did not regret what she had just done.

Shen Xu was on pins and needles. Li Xiaoyi's calm expression revealed nothing, but Bai Lu showed utter disgust for him, and the oppressive atmosphere made him afraid to even look at her.

"Bai Lu, I'm sorry to have worried you," Shen Xu said sincerely. He knew from Guan Bi that Bai Lu had done a lot to save him.

"Hmph! With so many people caring about you, one more won't make a difference!" Bai Lu sneered.

“It’s different, Bai Lu. I’m really grateful for your help.” If it weren’t for Bai Lu, he wouldn’t have come to the Ancient Forest, let alone obtained that black seed. And without that black seed, he certainly wouldn’t have been able to leave the Blood Central Realm alive.

Not to mention Bai Lu's efforts to save him.

"Also, I have something else to give you," Shen Xu said with a smile.

"I don't want your things." Although she refused verbally, Bai Lu still looked forward to what Shen Xu would give her.

"This!" Shen Xu took out a wooden carving of a white crane that he had asked the blue spirit in the ancient forest to make it. It was very lifelike.

"I know you really like the Praying White Crane, but no matter how I try to persuade it, it won't come near you. So I had no choice but to give you a statue instead. And this statue is only given to you with the Praying White Crane's permission; it's absolutely officially licensed!"

The moment Bai Lu saw the statue, her eyes lit up, but then she seemed to realize something and her face hardened again.

"Did you make this yourself?" Bai Lu asked coldly.

"I guess so! I spent the whole afternoon doing this." Although he didn't carve it himself, the cyan spirit body couldn't have done it this well without his corrections.

"Hmm~, since you're apologizing so sincerely, I'll reluctantly accept it." Bai Lu couldn't hide the smile on her face.

As everyone looked at the lifelike statue of the white crane that prayed for blessings placed on the table, a hint of barely perceptible envy appeared in their eyes.

Seeing Bai Lu's smile, Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere at the dinner table was finally less tense, but he was a little confused about Li Xiaoyi's thoughts.

Normally, if I saw him giving gifts to other girls, I would have given him the cold shoulder long ago, but this time I was unusually calm.

Just when he thought he had passed the test safely, Li Xiaoyi suddenly said, "Now that you know there is a small world behind Shuanghe Village, Shen Xu, tell me what we experienced in that small world?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Bi immediately turned her gaze to Shen Xu.

In the end, Shen Xu managed to gloss over the matter by saying it was too complicated, and everyone listened to Li Xiaoyi's version.

In Li Xiaoyi's story, after arriving at the True Blood Heavenly Palace, he was locked in a flying shuttle. When Li Xiaoyi came out of the True Blood Heavenly Palace, he was already unconscious.

Although he didn't know why Li Xiaoyi was hiding the fact that he had also entered the True Blood Heavenly Palace, Shen Xu knew that Li Xiaoyi wouldn't harm him.