Traveling Through the Book and Becoming a Cub Among the Villains - Chapter 39
As everyone knows, people only have two hands, you can’t hold hands with three people. But with two hands, you can also choose to hold no one.
So, Ye Qingxi let go of Pei Liang and Zhong Yan and ran ahead, shouting, “Last one to the classroom door is a little puppy!”
Pei Liang, “!!!!”
Zhong Yan, “!!!!”
Kang Cong, “!!!!”
Kang Cong immediately forgot his question from just moments ago and took off running after him. Pei Liang and Zhong Yan, unwilling to fall behind, ran even faster than him.
What’s hand-holding? The three of them had no idea anymore.
Ye Qingxi was feeling smug. Heh, with just a little trick, these little cubs were so easy to handle.
But he soon stopped smirking, because Pei Liang, Zhong Yan, and Kang Cong all started passing him one after another.
Ye Qingxi, “????”
Ye Qingxi, “….”
Ye Qingxi sped up, but in the end, still arrived at the classroom door in last place.
Good grief, these kids can really run! So sighed 18-year-old “old man” Ye Qingxi.
The four of them shouted “Reporting in!” and entered the classroom.
As soon as class ended, the student sitting in front of Ye Qingxi turned around and asked curiously, “Did the teacher scold you?”
“The teacher said they’d wait until the parents arrive,” Ye Qingxi replied honestly.
“You guys even got your parents called in?”
“It’s because that kid wanted to tattle to his mom. Like he’s the only one with a mom! I called mine, too!” Zhong Yan immediately poked his head over.
“Exactly! What’s the big deal about tattling? You think we can’t do that?” Kang Cong raised his chin proudly.
And as it turned out, not only could Kang Cong and Zhong Yan tattle, they were very good at it.
When Zhong Yan’s mother arrived, the first thing she did was check over all four kids. After making sure none of them were visibly hurt, she breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and started arguing with the other parents. She was striking and poised, radiating confidence. Combined with her eloquence and commanding presence, even though the opposing parents outnumbered her two to one, they still ended up at a disadvantage.
“Apologize!” Zhong Yan pointed at Ye Qingxi, “Our kid apologized immediately after bumping into someone. Your kid hasn’t apologized at all. Now apologize to him!”
Sun Hao was unwilling, and his mother said, “It wasn’t on purpose. Besides, he stepped on Jun, too!”
“Exactly! Is a light, casual apology enough after stepping on someone?” Liu Jun’s mom chimed in.
“Nonsense!” Zhong Yan’s mom crossed her arms, “Our kid already said it was just a bump, not a step!”
“Xiao Hao saw him step on him!”
“Oh yeah?” Zhong Yan’s mom turned to the teacher, “There should be cameras in the hallway, right? Let’s pull the footaright now, frame by frame, to see whether he stepped or not. If he did, I’ll pay you back with a hundred pairs of shoes! But if he didn’t, then you owe my kid a hundred pairs!”
Ye Qingxi, “!!!!”
Holy cow, he wouldn’t finish wearing those shoes even by the time he graduated elementary school!
Zhong Yan’s mom meant business. She grabbed the teacher and said, “Come on, let’s go review the footage together. I’ve got time. I’ll go through it frame by frame, and when the truth comes out, I just hope no one tries to backpedal.”
Sun Hao immediately got nervous.
He instinctively tugged at his mother’s sleeve. Sun Hao’s mom felt the small tug and she instantly understood everything.
At that moment, Sun Hao’s mom wished she could scoop up her son and give him a good spanking. It was one thing to lie at home, but lying at school, too? Now wasn’t this just embarrassing?!
“Maybe let’s just drop it,” she said with a forced smile, “Kids roughhousing is pretty normal. Since no one got hurt, there’s no need to make such a big deal out of it. If this gets blown out of proportion, it won’t be good for the children.”
“What’s so bad about it?” Zhong Yan’s mom was completely unfazed, “There’s got to be a clear right and wrong. It’s not good for anyone to be wrongly accused. Isn’t it perfect that there’s security footage? Let’s take a look together and see what really happened.”
Sun Hao’s mother, “…..”
Sun Hao’s mother could only relent and say helplessly, “Even if Xiao Hao saw it wrong, if Xiao Hao was in the wrong. Xiao Hao, come apologize to this little friend.”
“No,” Zhong Yan’s mother refused, “What do you mean even if? That makes it sound like I’m bullying others with power and you’re the ones being wronged. If it happened, it happened. If it didn’t, it didn’t. Kids come to school to be educated. If they made a mistake, they should admit it. If they didn’t, they shouldn’t be forced to admit one. What kind of attitude is even if?”
Ye Qingxi silently applauded in his heart. Solid reasoning. Auntie, you’re awesome!
The teachers, seeing the sudden shift in tone from Sun Hao and his mother, also began to realize. There was a very high chance Sun Hao had lied.
One of them tried to smooth things over, “Sun Hao, think again carefully. Did Ye Qingxi really step on Liu Jun? Did you really see it clearly?”
“I forgot… maybe he didn’t step on him.”
“Then shouldn’t you apologize to Ye Qingxi?”
Sun Hao had no choice but to look at Ye Qingxi and say reluctantly, “Sorry.”
“Just one sentence?” Zhong Yan’s mother spoke up again, “He bumped into Xiao Xi, he should apologize for that. He wrongly accused Xiao Xi, he should definitely apologize for that, too. And now it’s just one line?”
Sun Hao’s mother, “……”
The teacher had no choice but to look at Sun Hao again, “Anything else?”
Sun Hao pouted, unwilling but with no way out, “I’m sorry for bumping into you earlier.”
“Is just a casual apology enough for bumping into someone and wrongly accusing them?” Zhong Yan’s mother said smoothly, mimicking their earlier words.
Sun Hao’s mother, “..…”
She was speechless. Had she known there’d be such a sharp-tongued opponent, she wouldn’t have shown up!
“I’ll buy Ye Qingxi a new T-shirt tomorrow,” she said resentfully.
Zhong Yan’s mother turned to Ye Qingxi, “Xiao Xi, what do you think?”
Ye Qingxi, I think Auntie, you’re seriously amazing! Zhong Yan saying you’re just pretty really doesn’t do you justice!
“I don’t want a T-shirt,” Ye Qingxi said.
He didn’t lack T-shirts— and his grandfather had already bought him more than he could wear. More than a T-shirt, what he really wanted was for Sun Hao to truly understand his mistake and not do something like this again.
After all, they were just 6- or 7-year-old kids. Ye Qingxi still hoped they could recognize their mistakes and learn from them.
“I want Sun Hao to write a self-reflection,” he said, looking at Sun Hao’s mother, “Auntie, please watch him write it, record it with your phone, and then send the video to the teacher. The teacher can then show it to me.”
“The reflection should include why he has to write it, what he did wrong today, whether he’ll do it again in the future, and if he does, what the consequences should be, and what punishment he deserves.”
Sun Hao’s mother hadn’t expected him to make such a request. Neither had the teachers.
The teachers silently nodded to themselves.
This request was indeed much better than just giving a T-shirt. After all, no one in this school lacked a T-shirt! Compared to a shirt, a handwritten self-reflection clearly showed more sincerity.
And for Sun Hao, sending a shirt was one thing, but sitting down to write, reflect on his behavior, and come up with his own punishment, that carried real meaning.
What a smart and gracious child.
Even Sun Hao’s mother thought so.
She mainly felt that she had completely lost face in front of the teachers today. If it weren’t for the fact that they were at school, she would’ve already given Sun Hao a beating.
Now making Sun Hao write a reflection, she figured it better be as long as an essay. At least that would teach him a lesson!
“Alright,” Sun Hao’s mother agreed, “I’ll have him write it as soon as we get home. He’ll hand it to you tomorrow. If you’re not satisfied, he’ll rewrite it until you are.”
Sun Hao, “???!!!”
Sun Hao looked at his mom in shock, Ye Qingxi didn’t say anything about reviewing it and rewriting it if it wasn’t good enough!
He felt like his mom was a total stepmother, how could she say something like that?!
Ye Qingxi, …Well, that was unexpected! Ah, the heart of a parent really is full of good intentions.
“What if he doesn’t rewrite it?” Pei Liang asked, tilting his head.
“He will,” Sun Hao’s mother promised, “I’ll stay in touch with the teachers and make sure he writes a sincere and heartfelt reflection for Ye Qingxi, no perfunctory attitude allowed.”
Sun Hao, …Why did he even call his mom again? He should never have called her in the first place—QAQ
Zhong Yan’s mother was fairly satisfied with this outcome. She looked at Ye Qingxi, and seeing that he had no objections, she then turned her attention toward Liu Jun and his mom.
“Sun Hao and Xiao Xi’s issue is resolved, now let’s talk about your kid being the one who started the fight! He was the first to hit, right? I’m not falsely accusing him, am I?” Zhong Yan’s mom said.
Liu Jun’s mom, having already experienced her sharpness, didn’t argue this time. She turned to Liu Jun and said, “Apologize to the other kid.”
“But he called me a beggar first!” Liu Jun protested angrily.
“You’re the one who tried to scam Xiao Xi first, demanding he pay for your shoes!” Pei Liang said righteously.
“Well…” The teacher chuckled and tried to mediate, “The other child only bumped your shoe slightly. It wasn’t dirty or damaged, so asking for compensation isn’t appropriate. If you felt what he said was wrong, you could’ve spoken up, but you can’t resort to violence, especially since you’re older and taller than them. That makes it even less acceptable.”
Hearing that, Liu Jun’s mom looked down at her son, “Xiao Jun, apologize.”
Liu Jun had no choice but to grumble reluctantly, “Sorry.”
“I want a self-reflection, too,” Pei Liang said, lifting his chin, “Your mom can record it and send it to the teacher. I’ll review it myself.”
Liu Jun got even more upset, “If you hadn’t called me a beggar, I wouldn’t have hit you!”
“Well, you’re the one who insisted Xiao Xi pay for your shoes first!”
“That’s because he stepped on me!”
“Everyone already said he didn’t step on you. He just bumped into you, and that was because Sun Hao pushed him!”
Liu Jun turned to look at Sun Hao, “Then he should write one! Let him write two!”
Sun Hao, “???!!!”
Sun Hao almost started fighting with Liu Jun right there in the office!
In the end, it was the teacher who managed to calm everyone down, advising Pei Liang to express himself properly and, if he was upset, to tell the teacher rather than calling a classmate a beggar. She also told Liu Jun not to be so petty with classmates and, more importantly, not to start physical fights.
Finally, the teacher offered a compromise, “Why don’t you just have him bow and apologize to you, and we’ll skip the reflection.”
Pei Liang was a bit disappointed, “Alright then.”
Liu Jun gave a reluctant bow, then dragged his mom out of the office. Zhong Yan’s mother also took Ye Qingxi and the others out of the office.
As for the group fight—well, the teacher had already given them a good talking-to about that earlier.
Ye Qingxi was pulled along by Zhong Yan’s mom as they exited the office together.
Just as they reached the stairwell, they saw Pei Liang’s mom and Kang Cong’s mom coming up the stairs toward them.
“Mom!” Pei Liang and Kang Cong immediately ran over.
Pei Liang’s mom and Kang Cong’s mom looked at them, then over at Zhong Yan’s mom not far away, and asked in surprise, “It’s all settled?”
“Mm,” Zhong Yan’s mom clearly knew the two of them, “I’ve already taken care of it. The two kids over there apologized to Xiao Xi and Xiao Liang.”
“If I’d known it was all handled, I wouldn’t have come,” Kang Cong’s mom said with a laugh, “I was so worried. I didn’t even dare drive myself over, afraid something might happen.”
Ye Qingxi quietly glanced at her, thinking that Kang Cong must be exaggerating. His mom looked completely composed and intellectual. Not only was she not chubby, she was actually tall and slender. Just as he finished sizing her up, Kang Cong’s mom turned her gaze to him.
“This must be Xiao Xi? I’ve heard about you from my father-in-law. He said you’re really smart. And I didn’t expect you to be so handsome, too, better-looking than those child stars on TV.”
Former child star Ye Qingxi, …Thanks for the compliment!
Ye Qingxi gave a polite smile, “Hello, Auntie.”
“Hello, hello! You’re not hurt, are you?”
“No,” Zhong Yan’s mother said, “I already checked, the kids are all fine.”
“That’s good,” Pei Liang’s mother replied.
At that time, other students were still in class, so Pei Liang’s mom suggested they head out and let the kids return to their lessons.
But Zhong Yan didn’t want to. He felt like they had just won a glorious battle, and it was the perfect time to celebrate. So he raised his hand and said, “Mom, I’ll treat you to ice cream!”
He Jinyan knew her son all too well.
“Forget it, let Mommy treat you instead.”
“Yay~” Zhong Yan said happily.
He Jinyan took them to the school’s snack shop and bought ice cream, handing one to each of them and reminding them, “After you finish the ice cream, go back to class.”
Zhong Yan nodded repeatedly, “Got it!”
“Then Mommy’s heading out now. I’ll come pick you up after school.”
“En.” Zhong Yan waved at her.
After the wave, the moms left the school, and Ye Qingxi followed Zhong Yan and the others to the playground.
The four of them sat on the parallel bars, eating ice cream and chatting.
Pei Liang said, “When I get home today, I’m going to ask Grandpa to sign me up for classes.”
“What kind of classes?” Zhong Yan was startled, “If you sign up, your grandpa will tell my grandpa, and then my grandpa will want me to go, too.”
“Classes for fighting,” Pei Liang replied, “That way, if we run into kids bigger than us again, we won’t be scared. I’ll take them down with one punch each.”
Kang Cong quickly raised his hand, “Then I want to sign up, too.”
“Me, too!” Zhong Yan said.
After speaking, the three of them all turned to look at Ye Qingxi, who was quietly focused on eating his ice cream.
Ye Qingxi, “…..”
He didn’t really have any objections.
“Sure, I can go with you guys.”
“Great!” Zhong Yan cheered, “Then we’ll be the strongest from now on!”
Kang Cong grinned with excitement. Kang Cong giggled happily.
Ye Qingxi listened to his laughter, savoring the sweet creamy taste in his mouth.
Above his head was the golden sun, around him the sound of his friends’ laughter. They spoke in cute, cheerful voices, leaned against him, and even held out their ice creams to share.
These were all things Ye Qingxi had never experienced before.
Including fighting together today, and then Zhong Yan’s mom showing up afterward to stand up for them.
All of it was new to him. And all of it was so sunny and warm. Ye Qingxi had never imagined that he could still have moments like this.
Looking at the little friends around him, he just felt happy and content.
So he leaned closer to Zhong Yan and took a bite of his ice cream.
Zhong Yan turned to look at him and wanted to eat his in return.
Ye Qingxi smiled and deliberately didn’t let him.
Zhong Yan, annoyed, grabbed his arm and took a big bite of his ice cream in return.
Lifting his little face, he let out a triumphant “hmph” and added, “Yours isn’t as good as my chocolate.”
“Then I’ll have another bite,” Ye Qingxi said.
Zhong Yan generously held the ice cream up to his mouth.
Ye Qingxi took another bite.
“Well?” Zhong Yan asked.
Ye Qingxi nodded, “It is pretty good.”
After finishing their ice creams, under Pei Liang’s supervision, the kids returned to class.
When school let out at noon, Ye Qingxi was picked up by Mu Shaowu. While having lunch with Qin , he finally told him about what had happened. His original intention was just to share how great his friends were. But Mu Shaowu immediately focused on the wrong thing.
“You didn’t get hurt, did you?”
“No,” Ye Qingxi said, “None of us got hurt.”
Still not reassured, Mu Shaowu had him stand up and checked him over, confirming there were no scrapes or bruises, only then did he relax.
“Next time—next time something like this happens, you call me.”
Ye Qingxi blinked, “But everyone else called their moms.”
Mu Shaowu, …Well, he really wasn’t a mom.
And considering his own orientation, Ye Qingxi probably didn’t have a mom anymore, just one more dad.
“You can call me,” Qin Luan said gently, “Xiao Xi, if anything happens, you can call me anytime.”
Hearing that, Ye Qingxi felt a warmth in his heart, but he was a little embarrassed.
Mu Shaowu guessed he’d feel that way, so he added, “Then call your aunt! If a sister-in-law can be like a mother, then a big aunt can be, too.”
Ye Qingxi, “????”
“But Auntie is in school, too.”
“Oh, please,” Mu Shaowu said with a look of disdain, “with your aunt’s personality, if it’s windy or rainy, she doesn’t want to go to class. If it’s too hot and sunny, she doesn’t want to go to class. If she oversleeps, she skips class, too. You really think she’s sitting in every single class? Don’t worry, call her. You won’t be interrupting her school at all.”
Ye Qingxi, …Truly worthy of being his aunt. Her college life sure is liberated.
It wasn’t until after lunch, when they were back in the dorm, that finally asked Ye Qingxi, “Someone was bullying you, why didn’t you come to me?”
Well, that was because the fight broke out instantly, he didn’t even have time to go call for help. Even Kang Cong and Zhong Yan had only gotten help because their classmates ran off to fetch them.
“I didn’t plan to fight at first, but once it started, I just got caught up in it,” Ye Qingxi said innocently.
Chen Qin, “….”
Qin Cheng felt a bit frustrated. Ye Qingxi was in first grade, and he was in third grade, not only were they not in the same class, they weren’t even in the same grade. If something happened to Ye Qingxi, he wouldn’t know anything about it.
But… it’s not like he could go back and repeat first grade, right?
For a moment, Qin Cheng didn’t know how to solve the problem. All he could say was, “Next time something like this happens, make sure someone comes to get me, right from the moment you start arguing, have someone come find me, understand?”
Ye Qingxi felt it wasn’t really necessary. Not only could he handle it himself, but he also had Pei Liang and the others with him. There were four of them, it’s not like they’d lose that easily.
But when he saw the worry in Qin Cheng’s eyes, he nodded, “Okay.”
He’d try.
Only then did Qin Cheng feel a bit more at ease.
After lunch, Pei Liang didn’t nap right away. Instead, he called his grandpa and said, “Grandpa, help me find a teacher who’s super good at fighting and have him teach us. That way, even if we fight someone taller than us next time, we won’t lose.”
“What’s this? Did you get beaten up by someone taller than you?”
“No,” Pei Liang said, “We won.”
He proudly recounted everything that had happened that morning.
Pei Ying laughed heartily after hearing it, thinking these little kids were quite united and caring toward one another.
“Alright, I’ll look into it for you.”
He hung up and contacted .
Mu Feng had real training experience, he’d trained with a retired special forces soldier.
Pei Ying told him about his grandson’s request and asked, “Do you have someone suitable in mind?”
Mu Feng thought for a moment, he actually did.
After dinner that evening, he called Ye Qingxi into the study and said to him, “This Saturday, I’ll take you to a place. Bring Pei Liang and the others with you. You’ll all train with someone there, learn how to fight.”
“Okay,” Ye Qingxi agreed.
He looked at Mu Feng and asked, “Grandpa, you know someone for this, too?”
Mu Feng gave a slight nod and instructed him, “If you’re going to learn, then learn properly.”
One may choose not to use force, but it’s best to have it. Only then, when faced with danger, will you not be utterly powerless. This had always been Mu Feng’s belief.
Even Mu Shaoting, a girl, had once been sent by Mu Feng to learn , Judo, and Taekwondo. But she hadn’t stuck with any of them. She had been pampered growing up and was resistant to physically demanding activities. As soon as she arrived at the training center, after just a few moves, she would be too tired to go on, plopping down to the side and refusing to get up again.
Mu Feng tried to push her, but would look at him pitifully and say, “I really don’t like this, please, Daddy, just let me off. Worst case, I’ll just go out with a bodyguard.”
She had her own reasoning, “You make money so I can suffer? You want me to be happy, right? But if I keep doing this, I’m going to suffer to death. Just spare your daughter who can’t endure hardship and hates physical labor, okay?”
Mu Feng, seeing her looking so aggrieved and pitiful, ultimately gave up.
Fine, he thought, he didn’t make money so his daughter could fake-cry her way through life. Worst case, like she said, he’d assign her a few bodyguards. No need to make her feel miserable for real.
When it came to Mu Shaoting, the only girl in the family, Mu Feng, did soften a little. He wasn’t as strict. But he hadn’t expected Ye Qingxi to proactively want to improve his physical strength. He’d originally thought to wait until the boy was 7 or 8 and got more mischievous, then gently guide him toward it. Well, now this saved him the trouble of slowly coaxing him into it.
“Tomorrow, go tell Pei Liang and the others, and also ask your brother, see if he wants to come along.”
“Okay,” Ye Qingxi agreed.
Looking at Mu Feng’s calm and collected demeanor, he thought to himself that Mu Feng must have trained back in his youth. No wonder he was still capable of killing three people even in his 60s, definitely impressive.
But the moment he thought about the original novel, Ye Qingxi suddenly remembered that he still hadn’t warned to cut off the Qiu family’s growth.
But how was he supposed to bring that up?
He couldn’t just go up and say, Uncle, the weather’s getting cold. It’s time to let the Qiu family stop developing. Mu Zheng would definitely ask why. What happened? Did someone from the Qiu family bully him? The problem was! Forget Qiu Lu, the main character and “top” in the relationship. Even someone with the surname Qiu hadn’t shown up yet!
Ye Qingxi sighed silently in his heart. No rush, there was still plenty of time. He could plan this out slowly.
After chatting with Mu Feng a bit more, he left the study and returned to Mu Shaowu’s bedroom.
The next morning, as soon as Ye Qingxi got to class, he immediately told Pei Liang and the others about the matter.
“Great, then we’ll go together on Saturday,” Pei Liang said.
Zhong Yan and Kang Cong also nodded in agreement.
At lunchtime, Ye Qingxi told Qin Cheng about it too and asked, “Gege, are you going?”
Qin Cheng nodded, “En.”
Whether it was to learn how to fight or just to be with Ye Qingxi, he was more than willing. He had been in fights before, so Qin Cheng understood clearly.
If you’re going to fight, you have to win. Only when you win will the people you don’t want to see stay away.
“Then let’s go together.”
“En.”
The five of them quickly reached a consensus and began looking forward to Saturday. However, during the wait, Ye Qingxi unexpectedly discovered something.
This thing, on the surface, it seemed simple. But the more Ye Qingxi thought about it, the more complicated it felt.
That was, the original book hadn’t lied to him, his little uncle really was a Shamate. The incident happened completely by chance. You could say it was a textbook case of “truth is stranger than fiction.”
On Thursday morning, the school organized a community service activity for the first graders. The activity was to clean designated areas.
Since the kids were still very young, the teachers didn’t dare let them go too far, so they picked nearby streets, divided the children into groups, assigned team leaders, and had them clean their areas as a group. Ye Qingxi’s group included Pei Liang, Kang Cong, Zhong Yan, and a boy named Chen Xiang.
Pei Liang volunteered to be the group leader and assigned tasks to everyone.
Since Ye Qingxi was short, he wasn’t given tasks like cleaning the bus stop signs. Plus, being younger, Pei Liang couldn’t bear to have him fetch and change water either, so he gave Ye Qingxi the simplest task, sweeping the street. Ye Qingxi obediently took his broom and began sweeping his assigned area.
Pei Liang, while supervising, also helped Kang Cong and the others fetch water, clean bus signs, and wipe down the railings in their section.
“Everyone be careful,” Pei Liang said, mimicking the teacher’s tone as he reminded his teammates.
As Ye Qingxi swept, he slowly drifted farther away from the rest of them.
It was broad daylight, the street was spacious, and they were only operating on the sidewalk, no traffic around. Plus, the teachers were patrolling back and forth nearby. So Ye Qingxi wasn’t worried at all. He just found this kind of group activity, which he hadn’t participated in before, to be novel and meaningful.
When he swept his way to the street corner, Ye Qingxi heard a familiar voice.
“That idiot Sun Zhen. If he dares show up again, I’ll beat him every time I see him. That guy’s just begging for a beating.”
Ye Qingxi, “????”
That voice… Mu Shaoyan?
Ye Qingxi was puzzled. Shouldn’t he be in school right now?
“No kidding. He really thinks ‘Sun’ means he’s descended from Sun Wukong or something. More like just a plain old grandson.”
“Hahahaha, exactly! That loser actually had the nerve to ask someone to be his girlfriend. Has he looked in the mirror? Looks like a pig!”
“If I see him again, I’m punching him straight in the face. It’s not like he needs that face anyway.”
Ye Qingxi, holding his broom, curiously walked to the street corner and poked his little head out.
Not far away stood a few guys who looked like walking stereotypes of delinquent teens. One of them was especially over-the-top, bright red hair with golden tips, silver skull-shaped ear cuffs linked by a silver chain dangling between the skulls. He was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt with both hands in his pockets. Ye Qingxi could vaguely see a black tattoo on his arm, though he couldn’t make out the design.
The silhouette and voice were very similar, but his little uncle didn’t have tattoos, didn’t wear ear cuffs, and had black hair, not this over-the-top, non-mainstream style.
It probably isn’t Mu Shaoyan, Ye Qingxi thought.
As he was pondering, he heard that person speak, “Got a smoke? Give me one.”
“Here,” someone handed him a cigarette.
“No lighter?”
“Probably lost it during the fight just now. There should be a store nearby, right?”
“Probably…” the guy replied, turning his head, “There’s a… b—”
He didn’t finish the word “ba” because he had just locked eyes with Ye Qingxi.
Their gazes met—and both froze in shock.
Plop—the cigarette fell from his mouth to the ground.
snapped out of it in an instant, turned around and bolted.
Ye Qingxi grabbed his broom and chased after him.
“Little uncle!” Ye Qingxi shouted as he ran, “Little uncle, stop right there!”
Holy crap, it really was Mu Shaoyan!
Mu Shaoyan picked up speed and dashed away like the wind!
As long as Ye Qingxi didn’t catch him, he could still deny everything and say he wasn’t Mu Shaoyan!
Ye Qingxi was small and had short legs, he couldn’t even outrun Pei Liang and the others, let alone Mu Shaoyan, who was over 1.8 meters tall.
He fumed as he watched the red-and-gold head bob away like a leaping flame.
You brought this on yourself!
He had promised not to use nuclear… tactics, unless his little uncle tried to ditch him!
Ye Qingxi suddenly twisted his foot and plopped down on the ground, and the very next second, he let out a loud, wailing cry.
He didn’t believe for a second that Mu Shaoyan could keep running after this!
Go on, run! He’d like to see how far he thought he could get!
Author’s Note:
Mu Shaoyan: “Just let me run all the way, don’t think too much.”
Xiaoxi: Wow –
Mu Shaoyan quickly braked, turned around hurriedly, and ran back anxiously: “What’s wrong, b aby? Did you fall? It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have run.”
Xiaoxi grabbed him: I caught him~
[Mini Theater]
Mu Shaoyan’s younger brother A: No, why did big brother suddenly start the escape mode?
Mu Shaoyan’s younger brother B: I still remember the scene at that time. My big brother was running in front, and a child was chasing him with a broom in the back. If you don’t know the scene, you would think that the child was beating my big brother!
Storyteller CloudyPastels's Words
Translator:nNice~ going to trick him with the oldest trick xiao xi!n