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

Chapter 376 Two Cunning Individuals

"Xiao Yi, you really have an older sister!" Although she had already learned about this from Shen Xu, she still couldn't quite believe it when Li Xiao Yi admitted it herself.

"And like Miss Xiao Yi, you have feelings for you. Shen Xu, you're really something else," Guan Bi said coldly.

“I already said that I don’t have much interaction with her at all, and I suspect she has ulterior motives,” Shen Xu immediately defended himself.

There is no love or hate without a reason in the world, and he did not believe that a few simple meetings could make the witch fall in love with him.

In his previous life, he served the witch diligently for so long, but she never showed him any affection. It was only after meeting Li Xiaoyi that the witch gradually developed some feelings for him.

He always suspected that he was just a toy in the hands of the two of them.

So unless the witch, like him, had awakened her memories of her past life, he would never believe that the witch would fall in love with such a nobody as him out of thin air.

"What do you think she's after?" Li Xiaoyi then asked.

"She seems to have a strange liking for my blood. She lied to me twice, and both times she took my blood. If she really liked me, why would she take my blood?"

"Then how do you explain the wound on your lip?" Guan Bi asked.

"She must be toying with me. After all, I was already out of it when I felt the pain. Maybe the wound wasn't even caused by her biting me." Shen Xu just wanted to end this as soon as possible.

He was already starting to regret telling Bai Lu the truth; if he had just said that he had accidentally bitten himself, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

Just as Shen Xu was struggling with how to end the topic, he suddenly noticed that Li Xiaoyi had walked up to him, and the aggressive look in her eyes made him feel a little scared.

"Xiao Yi, what do you want to do?" Shen Xu unconsciously took a step back.

"I also want to taste your blood!"

After Li Xiaoyi finished speaking, before Shen Xu could make any move, a cold hand touched his chest. A chilling sensation rushed to his mind, and for a moment he was completely unable to react.

In that instant, Li Xiaoyi's red lips touched his lips, and the soft, smooth touch immediately made his mind freeze.

A sharp pain soon returned to his lips, making him realize what had happened.

He quickly took two steps back, the sweet and metallic taste reaching his tongue. He reached up and touched his lips, the bright red color on his fingers proving that he had another wound on his lips.

Bai Lu and Guan Bi, who witnessed this scene, were stunned. They never expected that Li Xiaoyi would make such a bold move.

After doing all this, Li Xiaoyi licked the blood off her lips and smiled at Shen Xu, saying, "What my sister has, I want too, but I don't want what she left behind."

Li Xiaoyi's words struck Shen Xu's heart like a death knell, causing him to widen his eyes in disbelief.

He couldn't understand why, despite his cautious and meticulous nature since his rebirth, he still couldn't escape the fate of his previous life.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xu said coldly, "I am not your possession, and I cannot play along with your games!" After saying that, he walked straight to the other side of Qingling Creek.

Upon hearing Shen Xu's words, Li Xiaoyi's smile froze.

She felt like she had done something wrong, but also like she hadn't. She wanted to apologize to Shen Xu, but she knew he definitely didn't want to see her right now.

Li Xiaoyi walked into the attic somewhat dejectedly, curling up in the hanging basket Shen Xu had given her. Shang Xueyi's voice from earlier that day kept echoing in her mind, "How can you be so sure that your feelings for Shen Xu aren't because of me..."

"Xiao Yi, what are you worried about?" Yun Yao's voice rang in her ear at this moment.

"My sister has a special sensitivity to Shen Xu's blood, but I haven't detected anything special about it. What should I do if I really fell in love with Shen Xu because of my sister's influence?"

"Even if you initially developed feelings for Shen Xu because of your sister, so what! After spending so much time with Shen Xu, can't you see whether your feelings for him are truly from the heart?"

And I'm sure she's lying to you. She first tells you that she has a special connection to Shen Xu's blood, and then leaves such a sensitive wound on Shen Xu. When you kissed Shen Xu, did you have any other thoughts to experience other sensations?

"It would be truly foolish of you to doubt your feelings for Shen Xu because of one unverifiable statement she made."

Upon hearing Yun Yao's words, Li Xiaoyi's previously dim eyes regained their light.

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"Guanbi, why are they all so shameless? How can girls be so unreserved?" Bailu asked indignantly after returning to the attic.

Guan Bi felt a little guilty after hearing Bai Lu's question, but she still straightened her expression and replied, "Because I couldn't help myself, Miss, didn't you ever have such thoughts?"

Bai Lu looked at Guan Bi in shock. She had thought Guan Bi would agree with her point of view, but this time she did not get the answer she wanted. It seemed that Guan Bi had changed a lot after meeting Shen Xu.

But she stubbornly insisted, "Who would have such thoughts? Only a shameless woman would...do such a thing!"

“Miss, if you keep thinking like that, you'll really fall far behind Miss Xiao Yi. They've already been intimate, while you and Shen Xu haven't even held hands!”

"Hmph! I don't want a man who's been kissed by someone else!"

“Miss, it wasn’t Shen Xu who kissed Miss Xiao Yi on his own initiative. I saw Miss Xiao Yi’s coldness towards Shen Xu. How could Shen Xu possibly avoid it under those circumstances?”

Moreover, now is an excellent opportunity. After Miss Xiao Yi did that to Shen Xu, their relationship is bound to break down. This is the time for you, Miss, to take advantage of the situation.

"If you miss this opportunity, Miss, their relationship will deepen over time, and you'll likely find it difficult to catch up with Miss Xiao Yi then."

"Who wants to catch up with her? What does it have to do with me if she likes Shen Xu? Guanbi, you are not allowed to have anything to do with Shen Xu in the future."

"Since Miss hates Shen Xu so much, why not just kick him out of Qinglingxi? Wouldn't that be a more permanent solution?"

"Guanbi, what's wrong with you today? You always go against me whenever Shen Xu is mentioned. Why are you always trying to match me up with Shen Xu?"

"Because I was afraid that Miss would regret it. Miss, you also like Shen Xu, otherwise why would you go out with Shen Xu alone without telling me today, and why were you so happy when you came back?"

What's the difference between what Miss Xiao Yi and her sister did? If Miss Xiao Yi can accept one of them, why can't she accept the other?

"Does Miss feel that you've already lost to Miss Xiao Yi, and that's why you're unwilling to try again?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Lu fell silent.

“Miss, you don’t understand Shen Xu, and you don’t understand yourself either. But that’s okay, I will help you,” Guan Bi said softly.