Chapter 679: Li Xiao is a Tag-along

Seeing the expression on her face that said she couldn't wait to avoid him, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a bit stifled inside.

Yet, he still quickly found a reason and said with a straight face, "Do you know the local language here? If you aren't very proficient, it would be better for me to be your tour guide..."

"My English is good, and I have a translation app!"

Cai Xiaotang was not to be outdone, and she immediately found words to block him back.

Li Xiao: "..."

Why hadn't he noticed her being this smart before?

He sighed helplessly in his heart and continued, "It just so happens that I also want to go out for a stroll..."

"Then you stroll your way, and I'll stroll mine. We won't interfere with each other. You just need to tell me if it's safe to go out right now, that's all."

Cai Xiaotang was determined not to go with him, and she turned her head away with a somewhat complicated look in her eyes.

What does this guy mean?

Does he have to stick to her!

Could it be that he wants to find some sense of achievement in someone who likes him?

Pfft!

She would never hang herself on one man!

Cai Xiaotang muttered to herself, but then she heard Li Xiao suddenly sigh helplessly.

"Xiao Tang."

He changed his tone from before, sounding inexplicably deep.

Cai Xiaotang was slightly stunned, and she subconsciously looked back at him.

Then, the next second—she heard that person's tone return to that annoying way it was before.

"You... don't tell me you're afraid to go out with me? Why do I feel like you've been avoiding me lately?"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Li Xiao simply resorted to reverse psychology.

Cai Xiaotang was instantly even more annoyed.

"What do I have to avoid you for! I just can't be bothered with you!"

She replied loudly, feeling inexplicably stifled, and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Don't you understand the concept of keeping your distance? I'm not pestering you, yet you insist on pestering me..."

"Would you pester me?"

Li Xiao asked back, amused.

"In your dreams! I, this lady, know how to hold on and let go! I don't do that kind of clingy, pestering stuff! Stop trying to flatter yourself!"

Hearing his tone so nonchalant, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but feel increasingly annoyed.

What kind of bizarre situation is this?

Is there something wrong with this guy Li Xiao's brain?

Since he doesn't like her, why ask these strange questions?

She just wants some peace and quiet by herself, is that so hard!

"Stop talking nonsense with me here, I'm heading out."

Cai Xiaotang completely lost her patience and simply walked straight toward the door.

Seeing this, Li Xiao hurriedly followed: "I'm going with you."

"Why do you have to follow me!"

Cai Xiaotang couldn't take it anymore and looked at the "tag-along" named Li Xiao as if he were a lunatic.

This was also the first time Li Xiao had done something like this, and even he didn't know why, but he didn't want to let her go out alone just like that.

He quickly found an excuse and said, "It's not absolutely safe to go out right now. I have to be responsible for you. If something happens to you, your brother..."

Halfway through his sentence, he felt that this reason was very lame himself.

Cai Xiaotang rolled her eyes at him, speechless, and then looked at his arm.

"Who can you protect in your current state? If something really happens, I'd be the one protecting you!"

As she spoke, she realized that Li Xiao's arm only had a cast on it and was no longer hanging from his neck, unable to move, like before.

"Your arm is better?"

Cai Xiaotang asked subconsciously.

Li Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly explained, "Not yet, it's just that the way it was before was too restrictive, so I took it off for now."

"Oh."

Hearing this, Cai Xiaotang felt a bit disappointed and couldn't be bothered to speak further, walking toward the parking area without looking back.

She pulled open the car door and got in.

Immediately, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that someone had already very self-consciously sat in the passenger seat.

"Are you sure you want to follow me?"

She asked speechlessly.

Li Xiao still insisted on his previous reason and said with a straight face, "I want to go out and get some fresh air too."

"Tsk..."

Cai Xiaotang frowned impatiently and closed her eyes.

Forget it.

Everything here belongs to Li Xiao anyway.

The house is his, the car is his, and she doesn't seem to have any reason not to let him follow...

She'll just have to endure him for a few more days!

She's going to file for divorce as soon as she goes back anyway!

At the mere thought of "divorce," Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but feel a sour, unpleasant sensation in her heart.

The time she and he could be together in such a legitimate way was only these few days left...

She had finally managed to like someone, but she never expected that the two of them wouldn't even have a chance to begin before it was already coming to an end...

Let him do as he pleases.

Perhaps he just thinks this is fun...

Cai Xiaotang's gaze flickered for a moment; she didn't say another word and started the car directly.

Seeing her suddenly go quiet, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a slight stir in his heart.

Subconsciously observing Cai Xiaotang's expression, the complex emotions in his eyes vanished in a flash.

There was no conversation along the way.

Following the navigation, Cai Xiaotang arrived directly at the largest shopping mall in the city center.

This mall spanned almost the entire length of the road from left to right.

On the far left was an entire open-air plaza.

Cai Xiaotang got out of the car, deliberately not waiting for the person behind her, and walked straight toward the mall's entrance.

Wanting to make her happier, Li Xiao hurried to catch up and said with a smile, "Is there anything you want to buy? I'll pay for it today, just to repay you for taking care of me these past few days..."

"No need, I have my own money."

Cai Xiaotang refused expressionlessly, trying hard to ignore the presence of the person beside her.

She continued, adding, "Since you said you followed me for my safety, can I just treat you as the bodyguard you usually assign to me? Is there any reason for a bodyguard to pay while shopping?"

By the end of her sentence, her tone couldn't help but carry a hint of mockery.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao raised an eyebrow, wisely shut his mouth, and said nothing more.

Cai Xiaotang also continued walking forward, feeling inexplicably regretful.

Was what she just said too harsh?

She didn't want to be like this either...

But those words seemed to have come out without any need for thought.

For these last few days, shouldn't they get along peacefully?

But this guy is really infuriating!

He knows clearly that she likes him...

And he has someone he likes in his heart.

Yet he still clings to her time and time again...

No... it's that she is too spineless.

If her attitude had been firmer just now, he wouldn't have had the chance to follow her...

Cai Xiaotang's mind was in a mess; she walked with long strides through the mall aimlessly, not paying any attention to what was being sold around her at all.

Not long after—she finally saw an empty milk tea shop.

Without a second word, Cai Xiaotang walked straight over.

When one is unhappy, one should eat something sweet!

Anyway, things are already like this; could they get any worse?

The world doesn't revolve around her!

Why should others have to give her a response just because she likes them!

Cai Xiaotang suddenly began to frantically rationalize things to herself in her heart, not wanting to continue dwelling on this matter.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw a flamboyantly dressed foreign woman walking toward Li Xiao...