Chapter 455: Priceless Friendship
"Did you close your eyes?"
"Mmmmm! Shut up, shut up!"
"Then I'm going to get the presents, you wait here for a moment."
Su Ming happily opened the drawer and took out the gift he had just completed. He thought Xia Xiaoyu would like the gift he prepared, but this was the first time he made a gift for a girl, so he was inevitably a little nervous.
He came to Xia Xiaoyu with the gift, reached out his hand and gently touched Xia Xiaoyu's closed eyes: "You can open them now."
Xia Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes and a painting came into view. It was a simple sketch of a girl's head. She smiled sweetly at the people outside the painting and made a scissors hand gesture. She looked lively and cheerful.
When Xia Xiaoyu saw the painting for the first time, she was stunned on the spot, her smile disappeared, and her attention was completely attracted by the person in the painting.
Her eyes moved slowly, scanning every scratch and stroke on the painting.
She looked at the person in the painting as if she was looking at herself. Suddenly, an indescribable wonderful feeling emerged in her heart, and her eyes became moist.
"It's a really good painting." Xia Xiaoyu stammered.
She reached out and took the sketch framed by Su Ming, sniffed, looked up and stared into Su Ming's eyes, and said seriously: "Thank you, this is the best gift."
Su Ming's eyes curved into a crescent shape and he smiled at Xia Xiaoyu. His smile was as gentle and warm as the sunlight under the shade of trees in summer.
He reached out his hand and gently touched the corner of Xia Xiaoyu's eyes, saying, "There will be better gifts in the future. My painting this time is actually not good enough."
Xia Xiaoyu opened her arms and hugged Su Ming, buried her head in Su Ming's chest, and nodded silently.
No one would ever give her such a good gift again. It was a unique gift in the world and the first portrait in her life.
Su Ming is the only person in the world who can paint her portrait. This painting is much more meaningful than those photos.
There was a sound of a door opening behind him. Su Mingyi got nervous and tried to break free from Xia Xiaoyu's hug. However, Xia Xiaoyu held him tighter with both hands and looked up at him: "Are you shy because someone is going to see you?"
"We found the whereabouts of the Iron Demon. He is at the No. 3 Mine on the small plain in the south of the island." Zhou Xiaoxiao walked into the house and saw the two people hugging each other. She ignored them and continued to talk about business. "All the workers at the No. 3 Mine have been dispersed. You'd better act quickly. The other party will soon notice the abnormality in the mine."
"Okay, I understand." Su Ming replied absentmindedly.
"I'm not sure if this demon is the one you're looking for. There are quite a few demons on this island... and there are also quite a few people who violate the contract." Zhou Xiaoxiao said solemnly. He glanced at Su Ming, pushed his glasses, and shook his head. "There are big problems with the religious beliefs on this island, but there's nothing we can do."
Su Ming shrugged, as if he both agreed and disagreed. In fact, he didn't know how to answer, because Xia Xiaoyu held him like a strongman, picking him up and putting him back on the ground, playing back and forth like this, making Su Ming unable to concentrate on listening to Zhou Xiaoxiao's words.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. You can ask Jiang Yichuan about other things. I've told him everything I know."
"See you later." Su Ming watched Zhou Xiaoxiao leave, took Xia Xiaoyu off himself, and asked angrily, "What are you doing!"
Xia Xiaoyu suppressed her giggles, turned her head away from Su Ming's face, and said hesitantly, "I just felt a little bored, so I just found something to do."
She would never say that she wanted to see Su Ming's attention being distracted by her and unable to talk to others seriously. She thought that was very interesting.
As soon as Zhou Xiaoxiao left, there was a knock on the door again. This time Su Ming was mentally prepared. He held Xia Xiaoyu's head and pushed away Xia Xiaoyu who wanted to hug him again. He strode to the door and opened it. Zhou Yuhao was standing outside the door with his hands crossed and raised behind his head.
"Hi!" Zhou Yuhao saw Su Ming and raised one hand to greet him. His gesture was like a carefree elementary school student... even though he was not young anymore.
"Hello, come in." Su Ming politely made way.
He was still a little restrained when facing Zhou Yuhao. After all, Zhou Yuhao was not an acquaintance of his. Although Zhou Yuhao was also a member of the Special Attack Department and had been in the Department for quite a while, Su Ming was not in the Department during those days. He was still a criminal on the run.
"I heard from the captain that you are very strong, senior. Not only did you escape the encirclement of the alliance by yourself, but you were also able to stop the combined attack of the captain who used the Saint's Torture Nail and the Demon of Love. This is not something that an ordinary S-level psychic can do. I admire you!"
Zhou Yuhao started flattering Su Ming as soon as he entered the room, but Su Ming guessed that the other party's intention of coming here was not to flatter him.
Judging from the other party's posture, he seemed to be looking for an explanation. Could it be because he left this kid on the cold street that night?
Su Ming felt apologetic and smiled modestly at Zhou Yuhao. He asked him to sit on the sofa, took out a tea bag from the small drawer of the coffee table, and boiled water to make tea.
Zhou Yuhao sat down on the sofa, his smile faded a little, and he got straight to the point: "Senior, do you know how long I lay in that dirty, shabby place that night?"
Sure enough, he came here just because of what happened that night.
"Um, after the battle that day, I was very tired, so I forgot about you. I'm sorry." Su Ming scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
Zhou Yuhao took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Do you know how I got through that night? Rats were crawling all over my stomach, and ants were burrowing under my butt. You might as well just put me in the middle of the street, so that my butt wouldn't be rubbed to pieces!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Su Ming apologized repeatedly, while Xia Xiaoyu next to him held her stomach and giggled.
Zhou Yuhao raised his head suddenly, stared at Su Ming, and said depressedly: "It took me several hours to come back. I passed by here on my way back. Guess what I saw?"
"What?"
"I saw the light in your bathroom was shining brightly. It was clearly two o'clock in the morning, but you were still in the mood to take a bath! Can you tell me, when you were taking a bath, did you think of your companion who was unable to move in a cold pile of rubble, enduring the bites of centipedes and ants?"
"this……"
Zhou Yuhao pointed his finger at Su Ming, narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "You must have remembered it! I know what you are thinking - anyway, that kid won't die, just leave him there for a while and let him get up and leave, so don't worry about him, I'd better take a good and comfortable bath... That's what you think, right?"
Faced with the other party's questioning, Su Ming felt extremely ashamed.
He had to admit that he had thought so before, but he didn't have time to think about such things in the bathroom.
"He was busy working hard at the time, so he didn't have time to look for you. Can you forgive him for my sake?"
Xia Xiaoyu said to Zhou Yuhao with a smile. Of course she knew that Zhou Yuhao couldn't hear her, so she said this to Su Ming.
The result was just as she expected. Su Ming showed a complex expression of pride, shame and embarrassment, which made Xia Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing again.
"I'm sorry, I was too tired at that time, so I didn't think of it. If I remembered, I would definitely go back to find you." Su Ming said sincerely.
"Could you stop at that time?" Xia Xiaoyu asked with a smile.
"Can you be quiet for a bit? Can't you see that I'm very unhappy?! Can you please show me some respect?" Su Ming pretended to be angry and glared at Xia Xiaoyu. He opened his mouth and added softly, "We can talk about dirty talk in private later. Please be serious now, okay?"
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. How do you want me to be serious? Should I help you cut some fruit?"
"Please." Su Ming forced a smile. He didn't care what Xia Xiaoyu did. As long as Xia Xiaoyu moved her butt away from him and did other things, it didn't matter. As long as Xia Xiaoyu was still sitting next to him and said a line like a narration, Su Ming would feel like a two-faced person, which made him feel very bad.
She finally walked away. Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhou Yuhao, "I'm so sorry. How about this! I'll treat you to a meal at the best and most expensive place in this place! To express my apology! I remember there is a big hotel in the wealthy area in the north of this island, the Royal Hotel, which is the second place of employment for the chefs of the Rongtie royal family after they retire. The price per person is 50,000! I'll treat you to a meal there!"
"Ah, this is not necessary now?" Zhou Yuhao was confused.
In fact, he didn't come here to really blame Su Ming. He just wanted to make Su Ming feel guilty, so that he could worship Su Ming as his master and find the secret of becoming stronger quickly from Su Ming. Being invited to dinner was not in his original plan at all.
Besides... a restaurant with an average cost of 50,000 per person is too luxurious, isn't it? Did I say something too harsh just now, making Su Ming feel guilty?
"It's okay, it's okay! I've decided, let's go there to eat tonight!" Su Ming decided on the time, looking as if he was going to spend money to treat you to a 50,000 yuan luxury meal today.
But in fact, for Su Ming, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, and people who can use money to increase their favorability are destined to have full favorability.
Fifty thousand, huh, just a drop in the bucket.
"Actually, there's no need to spend so much money. We can just find a small restaurant to eat, or we can just not eat... I, my butt doesn't seem to hurt that much anymore." Zhou Yuhao said shyly, feeling very embarrassed.
Su Ming's enthusiasm made him feel like a liar who was just trying to get free food and drinks.
"Relax! It's nothing, don't worry about the price! Money has a price, but friendship is priceless!
When you first joined the Special Attack Department, I planned to organize a celebration party with the captain to celebrate the newcomer, but you know...some unpleasant things happened at that time, and I left Dongyang Island later, so this time is just the right time to make up for it.
Let’s call the captain later tonight and have some fun!”
"But this..."
"Stop talking! We will be comrades-in-arms who will live and die together in the future. Why should we be so distant?" Su Ming acted like an older brother.
