The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 672 - 634: Won’t

A radio drama adapted from a novel.

Shi Tan’s voice acting role is the female lead.

So the first voice that appears when the radio drama starts is hers.

Shi Tan listened to her own voice, her hand slowly clenched until it started to tremble slightly.

Qiao Yuxian raised her eyes slightly, watching her trembling hand.

After a while, she said, "I didn’t take down your work, everything will remain. The promotion for this radio drama also uses your Weibo account, and after a while, it will announce your departure from the scene in your tone."

Shi Tan slowly raised her eyes to look at her.

Qiao Yuxian looked at her too, gazing at her reddened eyes and said, "This is the best farewell I could think of as a friend."

Shi Tan’s eyes reddened even more, and then she suddenly smiled and said, "Friend?"

"Mm." Qiao Yuxian looked at her and said, "Let’s say we’re friends. We interact as ’colleagues,’ but I feel what we have is more than colleagues, don’t you think?"

Shi Tan looked at her without speaking.

Qiao Yuxian said, "My family once told me. Treat those around you sincerely, and they will reciprocate with sincerity. If not, fate will compensate you in another way."

Shi Tan looked at her.

Qiao Yuxian continued, "So I’ve been wondering, with you, have I exchanged my sincerity for a bit of your genuine heart, or am I waiting for fate to repay my sincerity in another way?"

Shi Tan lowered her eyes, avoiding her gaze.

Qiao Yuxian looked at her, then took a USB flash drive from the jacket inside her down coat and placed it on the cabinet beside her: "All your works are in here. There is no equipment here to play them. But leaving it can be considered a memento. All the efforts and dedication for your love over the years are here."

After saying that, she got up and walked toward the door.

Shi Tan looked at the USB flash drive on the cabinet, fixating on it.

To her, the flash drive contained not just her works over the years, but it was the time she truly felt that she was a person.

A person with her own thoughts who could do what she loves.

The first time she felt this world could be warm was because of Huo Yanxin.

The second time was because of Qiao Yuxian, because of the voice acting studio.

She kept staring at the flash drive, so much that Qiao Yuxian stood at the door for a while without her noticing.

It was only when Qiao Yuxian coughed twice that she snapped back to reality and looked towards the door.

As she turned to look at the door, tears she didn’t know had gathered in her eyes fell out.

Qiao Yuxian watched two drops of tears fall one after the other.

Shi Tan froze, raised her hand to wipe her eyes messily, looking at Qiao Yuxian.

Qiao Yuxian lifted the corners of her mouth into a smile, a simple smile without any complex emotion in it. Though there was fatigue in her eyes, it was also a very healing smile.

Shi Tan’s pupils lightly trembled.

She suddenly recalled the scene when she first met Qiao Yuxian.

"Hello, I’m Qiao Yuxian."

The first words Qiao Yuxian said to her, her voice was very nice, and her smile was very sweet.

Her first thought at the time was that such a girl must be dearly loved by her family.

She must be a very happy person.

"Shi Tan." Qiao Yuxian called her name.

Shi Tan snapped out of her memory.

Qiao Yuxian suddenly asked, "Will I die? Will I die from poisoning?"

Her voice carried a sense of helplessness.

Shi Tan looked at her without speaking.

The sleeves of Qiao Yuxian’s down coat were very long, her hands hidden inside, repeatedly grabbing at her fingers.

Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment.

Qiao Yuxian felt that this short moment was incredibly long.

She could hear her own heartbeat getting faster and faster. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Finally, as she thought she wouldn’t get an answer and prepared to leave, Shi Tan lowered her head and spoke.

"No." After saying it, she paused and then softly repeated, "No."

...

After leaving the room, closing the door, Qiao Yuxian immediately supported herself against the wall, leaned back against it after a brief pause.

All the strength left her body, and she could only rely on the wall to keep herself from collapsing onto the floor.

The back of her clothes was already soaked with sweat, both hands trembling slightly.

She was composed when she came, but when she really asked, she was so nervous that her whole body felt slightly numb.

It was like putting her life in someone else’s hands.

A single word, or even just one or two characters, can decide your life or death.

She didn’t know why she suddenly thought of Shi Tan.

After waking up from a dream in the morning, she suddenly thought of Shi Tan and wanted to come over to ask for some clarity.

Perhaps subconsciously, she always felt that Shi Tan shouldn’t be like this.

Or maybe she had always blamed Shi Tan, blamed her for betraying her sincere treatment, blamed her for stabbing her in the back. So she kept dreaming about her grandmother telling her these things.

Qiao Yuxian leaned against the wall, slowly adjusting her breath. After a while, she raised her hand to cover her eyes.

She thought she was going to die and was ready to say goodbye. But then she suddenly discovered that there was still a way out left for her.

This feeling of surviving a disaster...

Qiao Yuxian covered her eyes with one hand, and after a while, suddenly heard hurried footsteps.

She quickly wiped her eyes and looked up in the direction of the footsteps.

Lu Muyao approached hastily and found her eyes red, lashes wet, and tears not yet wiped clean at the corners. He frowned, somewhat urgently saying, "What’s wrong?"

"Nothing." Qiao Yuxian slightly straightened her body, leaned against the wall, and said, "Why did you come up here?"

"You didn’t come down for so long, I had to come up and take a look." Lu Muyao took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to her, "Did she bully you?"

"No." Qiao Yuxian opened a tissue to wipe the tears from her face.

"Then you..." Lu Muyao paused, wanting to ask gently, but after thinking about it, he didn’t know how to do so, and thus awkwardly continued, "Why are you crying?"

"Who’s crying?" Qiao Yuxian retorted confidently while wiping her tears.

Lu Muyao was stunned by the question, "Don’t tell me saliva is flowing from your eyes."

"Yes. Is that not okay?" Qiao Yuxian teased him.

Lu Muyao looked at her for a while, then with a numb and cold expression, gritted his teeth and said, "Fine."

Qiao Yuxian chuckled and leaned against the wall without saying more.

After a while, Lu Muyao, seeing she didn’t move, asked, "Do you want to head back?"

"Let’s wait a bit." Qiao Yuxian said, "I’m unsteady on my feet, let me take a break."

"Should I support you?" Lu Muyao asked.

"No." Qiao Yuxian continued to tease him, "I’m afraid you’ll drop me halfway, and I’ll fall and can’t get up."

"..." Lu Muyao replied speechlessly, "Am I such a bad person?"

"Hmm..." Qiao Yuxian looked him up and down and said, "Maybe."

Lu Muyao felt momentarily faint, took a deep breath, then walked to Qiao Yuxian’s side, supporting her arm to help her off the wall and provided her some support, guiding her outward.

"Hey, slow down." Qiao Yuxian walked a couple of steps with his support.

Lu Muyao, already moving at a very slow pace, immediately slowed even more.

Staying leaned against the wall is not as good as just going down, sitting in the car, then heading home.

With his help, Qiao Yuxian walked toward the elevator and, after a moment, chuckled and said, "The little kid has grown up and knows how to take care of his sister."

"Who’s the little kid?" Lu Muyao replied coldly.

Qiao Yuxian chuckled again and said, "Who’s just started college then."

Lu Muyao fell silent with a cold face.

Qiao Yuxian continued, "Really, just call me ’sister.’ We’ve known each other for so long, and you haven’t even given me a title."

Lu Muyao’s expression became even colder.

Seeing his silence, Qiao Yuxian continued, "Just call me once."

Inside the elevator, supporting her, Lu Muyao refused very directly, "No."

"Sigh, I wonder how much longer this body can last." Qiao Yuxian’s voice was low, her emotions downcast. "I don’t even know if I can still hear that word ’sister.’"

Listening to her words, Lu Muyao frowned slightly, his breath tightening.

The elevator opened.

Lu Muyao supported her as they slowly exited the elevator and walked toward the car.

Inside, it was quite warm, but a strong wind blew when they came out.

Qiao Yuxian wrapped her clothes tighter, and Lu Muyao turned to shield her from the wind.

Qiao Yuxian looked at him.

Lu Muyao lowered his gaze to meet hers for a moment, then quickly shifted away, turning his head to look into the distance before gruffly and awkwardly calling out, "Sister."

Unexpectedly hearing him call her, Qiao Yuxian was taken aback, but as soon as she realized, she started to laugh.

Once she started laughing, it didn’t stop all the way.

Every now and then, she’d laugh, and then laugh again.

All the way, Lu Muyao’s ears were red, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into...