The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 296 - 270: Confusion, Doubt, Deceiving Together_2

Chapter 296: Chapter 270: Confusion, Doubt, Deceiving Together_2

Huo Yingjie looked at the little fool whose voice was getting smaller and couldn’t help but laugh and cry. Last time, He Tiantian had explained it in the same way; in fact, just as He Tiantian had said, he couldn’t come out to help, but he could have someone else do it.

Huo Yingjie couldn’t bear to criticize He Tiantian any further, so he held her and said, "If you had sent me a telegram telling me, even if I couldn’t come out, I could have had someone else take action. Then that Qi Jianguo wouldn’t have just been sentenced to reformation through labor for a year, he would have been locked up for at least a few years."

"I didn’t expect it would turn out like this, especially when the evidence was already conclusive," He Tiantian sighed, knowing that there were places in the world where reason mattered. However, how much weight that reason held was uncertain.

Huo Yingjie kissed He Tiantian’s head and said, "Sweet Treasure, this world is terrifying; you can’t be so kind anymore."

"Mhm!" He Tiantian nodded. She had been too naive before, thinking that reason and evidence would suffice. However, things weren’t as she had thought and maybe, in the future, she would need to discuss things with Huo Yingjie first.

"Will you lie to me again in the future?" Huo Yingjie asked, hoping that this would be the last time such a thing happened.

He Tiantian nodded obediently just like last time and said, "Mhm mhm, I’ll definitely talk next time."

"I still don’t know you, huh? You’ll definitely not tell me again next time," Huo Yingjie said sorrowfully, "But it won’t be long. Once we are married, I’ll apply for you to join the army with me!"

"Mhm!" He Tiantian’s face turned red, and she nodded her head.

He Tiantian took the Little Rotating Turtle out of Huo Yingjie’s pocket and said, "It was originally my pet, I was thinking of taking it to play with, is that okay?"

"It can talk; aren’t you afraid?" Huo Yingjie asked, surprised that He Tiantian was so brave.

"Not afraid, it’s quite cute. Sometimes, people are scarier," He Tiantian said, holding the Little Rotating Turtle in both hands and scratching it to wake it up.

Upon reaching the mountain, He Tiantian used the excuse of needing to relieve herself, and moved away to a distant place.

"Little Rotating Turtle, wouldn’t such frequent use of spells affect you?" He Tiantian asked urgently, "You can’t just blindly do as your master says and recklessly use mana just to seek revenge for me!"

The Little Rotating Turtle made a very human-like gesture, scratching its not-so-good-looking little head with its front claws and said, "It won’t affect me at all!"

"Before, the Snake King said that if it abused its mana on humans, it would be punished by the Heavenly Dao. Now you’re hurting people, so aren’t you afraid the Heavenly Dao will punish you and that lightning will strike you dead?" He Tiantian countered, feeling that it all was too fantastic and confusing.

"Ha-ha, I’m not worried. Even if lightning strikes, it’ll strike my master first!" The Little Rotating Turtle stated candidly, completely unaware it had said something inappropriate.

He Tiantian lifted the Little Rotating Turtle with two fingers and said, "You little ingrate, your master is just an ordinary human. Not to mention the powerful Three-Day Mysterious Thunder, Six-Day Mysterious Thunder or Nine Heavens Profound Thunder, even ordinary lightning could kill him. Since you know there is a punishment, why do you still do bad things for your master?"

"Pfft!" The Little Rotating Turtle scoffed, proudly saying, "Those Three Mysterious Thunders, Nine Heavens Profound Thunder, are just leftovers from what my master has played with; there’s nothing to fear. Those thunders don’t dare to strike him, they’d even avoid my master if they saw him. As for me, with my master protecting me, I’m not afraid of being struck by lightning at all!"

He Tiantian was startled, half-believing and half-doubting as she stashed that information away: "Is what you’re saying true?"

"Of course!" boasted the Little Rotating Turtle, with its master there, it wasn’t afraid of anything anymore.

"Alright then," He Tiantian said, "Then you better protect Brother Yingjie well."

"Of course I will," the Little Rotating Turtle agreed.

"We’ve been out for quite a while; we should go back." He Tiantian used the excuse of going out to relieve herself, which had already taken more than ten minutes. If she didn’t go back, Huo Yingjie would probably come looking for her.

"Alright," the Little Rotating Turtle nodded.

When Huo Yingjie saw He Tiantian coming out, the anxious expression on his face disappeared.

"Do you have an upset stomach?" Huo Yingjie asked with concern, "Do you want me to take you to see a doctor?"

"I’m fine," He Tiantian said with a smile, "This little thing is really fun, here, take it back."

Huo Yingjie pocketed it, immediately realizing that it was very dangerous for He Tiantian to be alone out here, so he decided to leave the Little Rotating Turtle to accompany her.

"You know how powerful the Little Rotating Turtle is, I’ll leave it with you," Huo Yingjie said, feeling reassured with the Little Rotating Turtle there.

He Tiantian was very touched by what Huo Yingjie said, but alongside the feeling of being moved, there was also a sense of guilt.

Huo Yingjie treated her with such sincerity, yet she had many things she was hiding from him.