Zhao Zhao was momentarily stunned at the sudden appearance of Su Yuan.
"Su Yuan?! What are you doing here?!" Song Yao's voice came from behind. Only then did Zhao Zhao come back to her senses.
Zhao Zhao watched Jiang Rang trying painfully to pull his hand back and felt a bit angry.
Did Su Yuan really hate her so much? She just wanted to make a friend, yet Su Yuan had to come and cause trouble! He was so mean!
"Su Yuan, let go of Jiang Rang!" Zhao Zhao angrily tried to pry Su Yuan's hand off. If he kept holding on like that, Jiang Rang's hand would be crippled.
Song Yao also got anxious. "Su Yuan, don't go too far. Let go!"
Su Yuan's eyes were as cold and deep as a frozen pool. He gave a cold glance at the chattering Song Yao, scaring the latter into freezing on the spot and unconsciously taking two steps back.
"Su Yuan, I'm talking to you. Can you hear me? Let go quickly!" Zhao Zhao couldn't pry Su Yuan's hand off and was really angry.
Su Yuan's rational nerves were on the verge of collapse. Every word Zhao Zhao said at this moment was stimulating his breakdown. Su Yuan himself didn't know why he was acting so out of control.
He grabbed Zhao Zhao's wrist instead, endured it for a while, and tried to ask calmly, "What are you doing here?"
Zhao Zhao looked at the hand he had grabbed and tentatively shrank it. Well, it was held tightly.
"Why should I tell you?" Zhao Zhao was very unhappy. Later, she suddenly had the idea of going against Su Yuan. Who asked Su Yuan to hate her for no reason!
She was a bit angry and unhappy, so she didn't want to talk to Su Yuan.
People around them were casting curious and gossiping glances at them because of Su Yuan's actions, but Su Yuan seemed not to notice. He stared at Zhao Zhao persistently.
Su Yuan unconsciously tightened his grip and pulled Zhao Zhao closer to him. He asked her with great restraint, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"
This Su Yuan seemed a bit strange and scary to Zhao Zhao.
Her hand was a bit painful from being grabbed by Su Yuan. She wanted Su Yuan to let go of her quickly, so she answered truthfully, "Dating."
As soon as these two words came out, the anger in Su Yuan's eyes intensified. He felt a breath stuck in his chest.
Zhao Zhao could feel that Su Yuan was angry, but she didn't understand why. What impact did her dating have on Su Yuan? She wasn't doing anything bad...
Adhering to the attitude of asking when you don't understand, Zhao Zhao asked softly, "Su Yuan, why are you angry? Does my dating hurt you?"
Su Yuan suddenly let go of the hand holding Zhao Zhao, with a complicated look in his eyes.
Yes, why was he so angry that she was dating? Why?
Su Yuan couldn't figure it out. He was eager to find a reason to convince himself.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Rang grimacing beside him. Unconsciously, Su Yuan compared himself with the latter.
Jiang Rang was not as tall as him or as strong. He was just restrained by the hand, yet he couldn't break free for a long time. Such a person, what could he do for Zhao Zhao? He couldn't protect her at all...
Looking at it this way, Su Yuan felt a bit better.
So looking into Zhao Zhao's pure eyes, he told himself and everyone present,
"No. You don't understand many things. I'm afraid you'll be deceived. Moreover, he's not suitable."
Song Yao rolled his eyes so hard upon hearing this. What nonsense was he talking about?!
Song Yao pulled Zhao Zhao behind him and said rudely to Su Yuan, "You don't need to worry about whether she'll be deceived or not. As her elder sister, I'll surely keep a good eye on things when Zhao Zhao wants to fall in love. If Jiang Rang is not suitable, then who is? You?"
Song Yao took a breath and then said sarcastically, "Honorable Lord Ying Long, I think you came for the exchange conference, right? You should be quite busy. You'd better go and attend to your business. You don't need to worry about our Zhao Zhao."
Su Yuan looked at Zhao Zhao behind Song Yao. His body reacted before his mind. By the time he came to his senses, he had already flown a long distance with Zhao Zhao in his arms.
Zhao Zhao was held in Su Yuan's arms. As soon as they landed, she couldn't wait to jump out and stood far away from Su Yuan.
This sudden move of keeping away stabbed Su Yuan. His Adam's apple rolled, and he called out hoarsely, "Zhao Zhao..."
His gaze fell on the wrist that Zhao Zhao was covering. There was a striking red mark on her fair and delicate skin, which was left by his too-tight grip just now.
Su Yuan let out a breath, walked closer to Zhao Zhao, pulled her hand over to check, and frowned tightly.
Zhao Zhao looked at it for two seconds, blinked, then pulled her hand back, blamed Su Yuan with a pout, and murmured, "Men and women should avoid physical contact. Don't pull me."
This was something Zhao Zhao learned from a video yesterday. Girls should know how to protect themselves when they go out!
Su Yuan was stunned for a moment. When he realized, his face looked a bit ugly. "Did Song Yao tell you that?"
Zhao Zhao shook her head. "I learned it myself."
Su Yuan didn't say anything else. He forcefully pulled Zhao Zhao to sit on a wooden chair by the roadside, conjured up a box of ointment, and carefully applied it to her.
"It's right that men and women should avoid physical contact, but you don't need to care about this with me."
"Why?" Zhao Zhao asked back.
Su Yuan thought to himself that her past and present fates were tied to him. Could she really care about so many things? According to the statement of the Diting, Zhao Zhao was his, and they belonged to each other.
Although he didn't have any special feelings for Zhao Zhao and shouldn't...
Su Yuan explained in a muffled voice, "Because I won't do anything to you."
Zhao Zhao unexpectedly accepted this explanation.
After applying the medicine, Su Yuan couldn't help but ask that question again. "Why are you dating Jiang Rang? Do you want to fall in love with him?"
This question made Zhao Zhao a bit confused. When did she want to fall in love?
She said, "No. Jiang Rang is very nice. I want to be good friends with him. He knows a lot!"
Boom! Suddenly, there was a thunderclap in the sky.
Su Yuan clenched his fist and tried to stay calm. "I also know a lot."
Zhao Zhao nodded perfunctorily. "Yeah, I know."
Su Yuan continued somewhat reluctantly, "If you want to know something, you can come and ask me. You don't need to find him."
Zhao Zhao was almost confused by Su Yuan. She pulled a straight face and said to Su Yuan a bit aggrievedly, "But don't you hate me? I don't want to ask you..."
"..." Great. The shot he fired on the Wailing Spirit Mountain before was now hitting him right in the forehead. Su Yuan explained with difficulty, "I don't hate you."
Zhao Zhao was both happy and sad after getting this explanation. "Then why didn't you say anything at that time? It made me sad for a long time." Zhao Zhao said whatever was on her mind. This straightforward sentence made Su Yuan even more guilty.
He squatted in front of Zhao Zhao, wiped off the grass clippings on her shoes, and said softly, "Then I apologize to you. It was my fault, Su Yuan's fault. Please forgive me, Zhao Zhao, okay?"
Zhao Zhao shook the ankle held by Su Yuan and suddenly laughed.
"Okay, then I'll forgive you."
Su Yuan took out the dragon scale that Zhao Zhao had returned and placed it in her hand. "Then from now on, don't go on dates with other boys, okay? If you want to know something, just come to me."
Zhao Zhao took the dragon scale, hugged Su Yuan, and happily threw the idea of "men and women should avoid physical contact" out of the sky.
"Okay! Then we're still good friends!"