She glanced at Xue Rui's foot again, then asked in a fluster, "Xiaorui, did you walk up here all by yourself?"
"Alas, no one was willing to help me," Xue Rui sighed.
Gu Muxue rushed over to Xue Rui and gently took hold of his shoulder. "I'll help you."
Xue Yao also stood up to help support him.
Xue Rui breathed a silent sigh of relief. 'He knew playing the victim would work.'
'If this is how it is, I might have to be 'frail and sickly' more often when I mess up in the future.'
However, Da Huang was jumping and hopping at his feet, sniffing him insistently…
Gu Muxue asked in surprise, "Are you and Da Huang that close? Why is he so excited?"
Xue Yao was also taken aback. Although Da Huang was always friendliest with Xue Rui, he had never been *this* excited before.
Xue Rui swallowed hard. 'Good thing humans have a poor sense of smell,' he thought. 'Da Huang must have smelled Lin Ruoxi's scent on me.'
