Just because she looks weak doesn't mean she's easy to bully.

Chapter 118 Repaying the favor

When Cheng Jinchu finished dealing with all the matters and went to find Bai Mingyao, he had already taken a shower, changed into white clothes, and his hair was still wet.

Cheng Jinchu felt it was very strange. He was clearly wearing clothes very tightly, so why did her face still turn red? She was silently repeating in her heart, "Don't look at me if I don't want to."

Cheng Jinchu coughed lightly, walked to the table and sat down.

"for you!"

She put the fifty taels of silver given by Zhou Xin on the table. Bai Mingyao was wiping his hair with a handkerchief in his hand, and he glanced at the silver.

Cheng Jinchu really wished he had a hair dryer so he could dry his hair. With his body, what would happen if his hair got wet and he caught a cold?

Suddenly, Cheng Jinchu felt that he was very much like his mother. Why did she worry so much about these things?

Forget it, even if there is a hair dryer, there needs to be electricity!

"I'll have two more handkerchiefs sent to you to wipe your hair."

Cheng Jinchu was still worried that Bai Mingyao would catch a cold. Bai Mingyao smiled, shook his head, casually hung the handkerchief on the shelf next to him, and walked over to sit next to Cheng Jinchu.

“What is this silver?”

"Zhou Xin is giving you this as compensation. He said that he felt really bad for beating you, so he had to give you this compensation. Of course, this is only half. There is still fifty taels left, and he had to write you an IOU!"

Bai Mingyao watched Cheng Jinchu take out two more IOUs. She opened one, put it back, and gave him the other one.

Bai Mingyao just saw it all. The piece of paper Cheng Jinchu put down was also an IOU. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He was worthy of being his Chuchu, who handled things so properly.

Bai Mingyao handed the IOU back to Cheng Jinchu, who was puzzled.

“Why not?”

Bai Mingyao shook his head.

"Here you go. You saved me. All of this is for you. You deserve it."

Cheng Jinchu blinked.

"Are you serious? You don't have much money on hand, right? Studying is the most expensive thing, so just keep it!"

Bai Mingyao stubbornly handed the IOU to Cheng Jinchu, who sighed as he held the IOU.

"Forget it, I'll keep it for you. I'll buy you some writing brushes, inkstones, and paper that you can use. If you need money, you can ask me for it."

"Cousin, these are all yours. I don't want them. I'm not injured, and I haven't even repaid you for saving my life yet. Why are you taking the money first?"

When Bai Mingyao said this, Cheng Jinchu remembered what Bai Mingyao said about promising himself to him, and her face turned red immediately.

"It's okay, cousin, you're exaggerating. I didn't do anything. I just helped others when I saw injustice. These people are nothing. I solved them without much trouble. Besides, the reason why Zhou Xin was looking for trouble with you was because of me. You helped me that day, so he hated you."

Bai Mingyao poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Cheng Jinchu.

"Cousin, I just told the truth that day. I didn't really help much, but today, I almost had my limbs broken. Cousin, you know that I am weak and my limbs are disabled. Maybe others can still survive, but I am not sure. I may have to lie in bed for a few days before I have to see the King of Hell. Cousin, you have been a great favor to me, and I have no way to repay you."

Cheng Jinchu couldn't find any words to refute. If her cheap cousin said it was so serious, how could she make it sound like it was insignificant? This was a bit difficult!

"But, in terms of cause and effect, this incident should be caused by me!"

Bai Mingyao looked at Cheng Jinchu with a look of disapproval.

"Cousin, what are you talking about? This Zhou Xin is my aunt's nephew. You just came back and you don't know that my aunt hates my mother the most besides my uncle's other concubines.

Because my mother is my grandmother's youngest daughter, and my grandmother always gave my mother money, and my aunt was the one who was most opposed to it, so it was not your fault that Zhou Xin wanted to bully me.

Cousin, don't feel guilty about it. I don't want you to think that I'm being targeted because of you. It's really not like that. You've done me a great favor, and I will repay you. "

Cheng Jinchu opened his mouth, but couldn't find anything to refute, so he could only nod. Forget it, he was a little pedantic and stubborn, so he wouldn't refute him. He just thought so, and it would be useless no matter what he said.

"Well, I'll accept it, but I'm your benefactor, so you have to listen to what your benefactor says!"

"Uh-huh!"

Bai Mingyao nodded obediently. Cheng Jinchu looked at him and wanted to reach out and touch him. He was so well-behaved, just like a super cute puppy. What should he do? Cheng Jinchu has never had any resistance to cute things.

"Well, it's too late today. I've booked a room for you in Guangjing Building. You can stay there for one night. The food there is better. The accommodation here is too bad and not safe. I'll find a carriage to take you back to the academy tomorrow!"

Bai Mingyao continued to nod. Cheng Jinchu looked at Bai Mingyao's still wet hair, stood up, went out to find the shopkeeper, and brought a few towels to Bai Mingyao. They waited for him to dry his hair before they went out to Guangjing Tower.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, Cheng Jinchu saw a familiar person.

Well~ the young general on horseback came over with a girl.

When Cheng Jinchu saw people coming, he quickly pulled Bai Mingyao back into the room, and quietly left a gap to observe which room the two people entered.

Cheng Jinchu's attention was on Ling Xiao and the woman, so she didn't notice that she was holding Bai Mingyao's hand, while Bai Mingyao's attention was on Cheng Jinchu holding his hand.

“Chu Chu!”

Bai Mingyao called out to Cheng Jinchu in a low voice. Cheng Jinchu did not notice that Bai Mingyao did not call her cousin, nor did she notice that she was holding someone's hand. She just made a gesture to Bai Mingyao to keep quiet. Only after the two men walked into the room did Cheng Jinchu close the door.

"That guy just now was the young general who came back today. Tsk tsk tsk, he brought a girl to the inn so soon. Sigh~ It's immoral!"

Bai Mingyao's attention was still on Cheng Jinchu's hand holding his. He unconsciously held Cheng Jinchu's hand in return. It was this action that made Cheng Jinchu notice that he was holding someone's hand, and he quickly let go.

Bai Mingyao stared at his hand with some grievance. There was still the residual warmth from Chuchu's grasp on his hand. He regretted holding Chuchu's hand just now. This way, Chuchu would not have discovered it so quickly. Alas... I am so sad! I couldn't hold it for a little longer.

"Well, I'm sorry, cousin, I didn't mean it. I just saw someone I knew. You know, General Ling's son, he just pulled a girl into a room!"

Bai Mingyao didn’t want to care about what had just happened outside. He only knew that Chu Chu had just held his hand.

"fine!"

Bai Mingyao extended his hand.

"Chu Chu, it's okay, you can hold my hand anytime you want, I, I want to pledge my love to you anyway, just..."