Chapter 56: Xia Xiaoyu's Invitation

  Just as Xuan Qi and Lao Ding were still arguing over whether to cultivate the "Gui Long Bian" heart method or some other techniques that Lao Ding considered to be unorthodox, Xia Xiao Yu's voice came from outside the house.

  "Brother Zhi, are you there?"

  Upon hearing Xia Xiao Yu's voice, Old Turtle laughed and said: "Youngster, your luck with women is quite impressive! This girl is a great find, you'd better hold on to her tightly!"

  Xuan Qi did not expect that Lao Gui would be so unscrupulous, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but say: "Old Turtle, you've lived for a big chunk of years, how can you still be so shameless? My relationship with Xiao Yu is not what you think it is! I and she are purely siblings. Next time if you speak like that again, I'll turn against you."

  It's clear that Lao Ding's words made Xuan Qi feel extremely embarrassed and humiliated.

  Although Xuan Qi had some good feelings towards Xia Xiao Yu, this feeling was just a vague ambiguity. After being said by this old turtle, he felt very embarrassed.

  In Xuan Qi's view, his relationship with Xia Xiao Yu shouldn't be that kind of physical relationship. In his opinion, the beautiful feelings between men and women are not to be desecrated.

  Lao Ding didn't expect Xuan Qi to get angry, he knew that what Xuan Qi said was serious. Upon hearing this, he said: "Alright, let's just say I misspoke. Let's not talk about it anymore, let's not talk about it anymore."

  Xuan Qi went out of the door and looked at Xia Xiao Yu standing outside, asking: "Xiao Yu, why did you come? Is there something?"

  Today Xiaoyu dressed up very beautifully, wearing a white dress, looking slender and elegant, with a pure face, a lovely appearance.

  Looking at Xia Xiaoyu's appearance, Xuan Qi's thoughts involuntarily returned to the days of more than a decade ago. He still remembered that Xia Xiaoyu back then was so pure and lovely.

  He never figured out why Xiaoyu was later called **** and was driven out of the house by Liu Ruping. This is his inner pain.

  He couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Xia Xiaoyu's bumpy fate.

  However, he was unable to help Xia Xiaoyu at that time. At that time, he was also struggling to save himself. He was plagued by misfortune and failed miserably, unable to change Xia Xiaoyu's fate.

  When Xuan Qi appeared in front of her, Xia Xiao Yu's face turned scorching red again. At this time, she lifted her head, gathered her courage and softly said to Xuan Qi: "Qi Ge, there's something I'd like to trouble you with..."

  "If there's something, just say it!" Looking at Xia Xiao Yu's shy appearance, Xuan Qi hastily said: "As long as Brother Qi can help, I'll definitely help!"

  Xia Xiaoyu said in a low voice: "It's like this, our class is organizing us to go to the Tiger Leaping Gorge for a trip. I'd like to invite you to come with me. Don't know if you can agree?"

  "Go to Hu Tiao Gou?" Xuan Qi repeated somewhat unclearly, "Since it's a class-organized activity, why did you think of calling me along with you?"

  However, Xuan Qi didn't continue to ask and said: "Since you've invited Qi Ge to go, then let Qi Ge go! Anyway, the college entrance exams have ended in a few days, and I'm bored staying at home. Being able to go out and play is also not bad."

  Xia Xiaoyu heard Xuan Qi agree to her request, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Her expression returned to normal, and a happy smile appeared on her face as she said, "Thank you, Brother Qi!"

  "Thank you for what? Where are we going? Is it today?" Xuan Qi looked at Xia Xiao Yu, who seemed to have dressed up a bit more than usual today, and knew that she probably planned to go out.

  Xia Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Yes, today our exams are also over. So, the class organized us to go to Hu Tiao Gou together."

  "How was it? How did you do on this test?" Xuan Qi asked Xia Xiao Yu with a big brother-like expression.

  Mentioning her grades, Xia Xiaoyu showed a proud expression and said: "If nothing unexpected happens, I can get into the top three in my grade this time. Although there were a few difficult points on this test paper, I was able to do them all. The teacher even praised me saying that I'm very smart!"

  "Good job!"

  Xuan Qi praised Xia Xiao Yu, saying: "From now on, don't worry about money. If this amount is not enough, in the future, Brother Qi will continue to make money to support your university studies. A good seedling like you can't be wasted."

  Having heard Xuan Qi's words, Xia Xiao Yu showed a grateful expression and said: "Brother Qi, you're really good to me. I'll remember all of these in my heart and never forget them."

  Xuan Qi's words made Xia Xiao Yu feel very warm in her heart.

  Xiaoyu had always been hesitant and entangled in whether to continue her studies or not. The situation at home made her feel that continuing her studies was meaningless.

  Listening to those classmates in the class who are not studying well, if they drop out of school and work, they can earn more than a thousand yuan a month. This money is already a lot for Xiaoyu.

  If she could earn that much money every month, then the debts of her family could be paid off gradually. In the future, she would also have some money to buy things she wanted.

  And she had to stay in school, so she had to worry about tuition and other miscellaneous fees. Although the amount of money was not a lot, it was already a large sum for her family.

  Liu Ruping, a widow, has been raising Xia Xiaoyu on her own since she was young. It's not easy to raise her by herself. Moreover, Xia Xiaoyu has always been weak and sickly.

  When she was young, Xia Xiaoyu almost died from a serious illness.

  In order to cure her illness, Liu Ruping borrowed from all the relatives she could borrow from, sold everything valuable in the house, and ran to many hospitals to treat Xia Xiaoyu's disease.

  However, even the large hospitals in big cities were helpless against Xiaoyu's illness. In the end, Liurouping gave up hope and brought Xiaoyu back to the village, preparing to accept her fate.

  At this time, Xuan Qing and Yu met Liu Ruping mother and daughter.

  Liu Ruping heard that the villagers said Xuan Qing had great magical powers, and she begged for help with Xia Xiaoyu who was almost dying. Originally, Xuan Qing did not intend to lend a hand, but instead planned to live a low-key life in the village. However, seeing the mother and daughter being so pitiful, and Liu Ruping kneeling down and begging for help, Xuan Qing decided to take action.

  Xuan Qing and Shi Zai couldn't bear to see her struggling so hard, so they made an exception and stepped in to rescue her, curing Xia Xiao Yu's stubborn illness.

  Afterwards, Liu Ruping always regarded Xuan Qing as a benefactor and tried her best to repay his kindness. The miscellaneous things in the Xuan family, as well as some cleaning and washing tasks, were all taken care of by Liu Ruping.

  The meals in the Xuan family were mostly made by Liu Ruping herself.

  However, although Xia Xiaoyu's illness was cured, Liu Ruping became penniless. In the following days, she began to work hard to earn money to repay her debts.

  To cure Xia Xiaoyu's illness, Liu Ruping owed a huge sum of 100,000 yuan. In a small village, this amount was almost astronomical.

  Especially for a widow, this money seems like it will never be repaid.

  However, Liu Ruping is very strong-willed. In the following decades, she was busy every day, earning money to pay off a debt of 100,000 yuan, and surprisingly, she almost paid it off slowly.

  However, in these years, for the sake of repaying debts, Xiaoyu and Xiaoxiao's life was extremely bitter. Even during Chinese New Year or other festivals, they couldn't bear to buy a little meat.

  Like Xia Xiaoyu's clothes, most of them were made from the leftover fabrics saved by Liu Ruping when she was a seamstress or old clothes that others didn't want.

  Things like new clothes have always been out of Xia Xiaoyu's reach.

  However, Xiaoyu is very sensible and has never asked for these things since she was a child. On the contrary, she has been trying to share her mother's household chores and help her mother.

  She knew that her mother was so hardworking because of her.

  Watching the days of this widow and orphan, Xuan Qing also helped as much as possible. For example, when the Xuan family bought meat and vegetables, they would ask Liu Ruping to cook rice and invite her and the child to eat together as a reward for helping.

  Xuan Qing can only help them with these things. Over the years, he has washed his hands of the golden basin and no longer gets involved in mysterious affairs, so the Xuan family is also very poor, just slightly better off than the Liu family.

  Facing the difficulties of the Liu family, Xuan Qing and others wanted to help, but more often than not, they were powerless.

  If it weren't for Xuanqi suddenly taking out tens of thousands of yuan to dispel Xia Xiaoyu's worries, she probably wouldn't have had the heart to continue studying.

  It was precisely because of Xuan Qi's guarantee that Xia Xiao Yu could take the exam without any worries and achieved a particularly good score.

  Xia Xiaoyu has always been the focus and star of her class, not only because of her good looks but also due to her excellent academic performance. Many male classmates and seniors in her school regard her as their dream girl.

  For these pursuits, Xia Xiayu always turns up her nose and tries to ignore them as much as possible.

  But these days, Xiaoyu has been really annoyed by the harassment of those boys in her class. There are more than 30 boys in the whole class, half of them have written love letters to her, and the other half secretly admire her but dare not speak out.

  In such an atmosphere, Xia Xiaoyu felt very embarrassed and helpless, not knowing how to deal with this situation.

  Xia Xiaoyu has a best friend and deskmate named Zhang Jiali, with whom she shares all her secrets. When she heard that Xia Xiaoyu had an older brother like Xuan Qi, she couldn't help but come up with a plan for her.

  "If you have someone you like, just make it public at school. This way, all the boys in the whole school will understand that you're taken and won't pursue you anymore. Then, you can also be free from disturbance."

  Upon hearing Zhang Jiali's words, Xia Xiaoyu said: "But I still don't know if he likes me or not! What if Qi Ge doesn't like me?"

  "Of course, you're so pretty, Qi Ge can't possibly not like you. Besides, even if he doesn't like you, you can still like him! Confess to him, it's not wrong. At least this way, you'll occupy a place in his heart. You say, isn't that right? Next week we'll go play at Tiger Leaping Gorge and invite him along. This way, everyone will know you have a boyfriend. This way, others will also retreat."

  It was because of such advice that Xia Xiaoyu chose to invite Xuan Qi to go out and have fun together.

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