Chapter 29: Falling into a Dream โ “It might hurt a little, bear with it” part 1
Lu Xunye stumbled from the push. Looking up, he saw the man raising the knife to stab at Shen Yunqian.
The knife tip was close at hand. Shen Yunqian grabbed the man’s knife-wielding arm with both hands.
The opponent refused to back down, forcing him to crash directly into the tree trunk behind him.
The injury on the back of his head hadn’t healed yet. Being hit again, pain exploded instantly.
The middle-aged man, with a face beaten beyond recognition, roared hoarsely from his throat.
“I had already made up my mind to stop gambling! As long as I sold that wretched girl, I could pay back the money! Why did you have to meddle!”
“Now that woman ran away with her! The people from the gambling den want to chop off my hands and feet. I don’t even dare to go home! It’s all because of you!”
His eyelids were swollen to the size of walnuts. His eyes, with the whites showing below the iris, were bloodshot and vicious. He yanked his hand back violently. “If I can’t live well, don’t you think about living either!”
Then he stabbed down with both hands with all his might: “Die!”
Vision blurring, cold light flashing, Shen Yunqian slowly closed his eyes.
Then came a loud Bangโ. The man had already flown three meters away.
Lu Xunye supported himself on the ground. After getting up, his expression changed. Shit! Sprained my ankle.
He had used his entire body for that flying kick just now. He didn’t expect this guy to be dead heavy.
The phone that had fallen out was still on the call screen on the ground, displaying the large white numbers “110”.
Lu Xunye picked up the phone with its even more shattered screen. He quietly watched the “pile of meat” in the distance clutching his stomach, unable to even crawl up, while complaining aggrievedly with his mouth: “Hello, Officer, did you hear clearly? This gambler wants to kill us. My friend is almost scared into fainting.”
After giving the address and hanging up, Lu Xunye went over and patted Shen Yunqian’s face. “Hey, it’s okay now.”
ใLove Points +55,000. Current Love Points: 110,000.ใ
The next second, Shen Yunqian slowly opened his eyes. Before Lu Xunye could be happy for two seconds, the person fainted. “…”
Shen Yunqian’s body slid down and was caught by him. The other’s head naturally fell onto his shoulder.
Lu Xunye looked down and saw bright red blood flowing from his hair down his neck and into his collar. He panicked instantly.
“Shen Yunqian!”
The surroundings were dim and overgrown with weeds. The crescent moon was obscured by clouds. The bleak wind passing through the empty mountain forest gave one goosebumps, like the wailing of wronged souls.
Intermittent sobbing sounds came from the grass not far away.
Lu Xunye’s curiosity defeated the trace of fear in his heart. Just as he was about to step over to check, he realized he was holding something in his hand. Looking down, it was a Polaroid camera.
He pinched his thigh. It didn’t hurt. Indeed, I’m dreaming.
Thinking this, his last worries dissipated. He walked over calmly and pushed aside the grass. Then… he didn’t see anyone.
The crying came from below. Lu Xunye looked down; there was a huge pit on the ground, looking like a trap for wild boars.
The clouds were blown away by the wind, and moonlight spilled down, illuminating a little boy in the pit.
The kid was crying with snot and tears. He cried for a while, then stopped, wiped his face, and smeared the dirt from his hands all over his face.
Just when Lu Xunye thought he was going to be strong and find a way out, the boy pursed his lips and started crying again.
This amused Lu Xunye. He sat cross-legged by the edge of the pit lightly to “appreciate” the scene.
Clickโ The flash went off. Lu Xunye gripped the camera in regret. Seeing the boy look up blankly, he blinked too, attempting to muddle through.
The Polaroid spit out a photo. He felt a bit awkward, feeling he was being improper.
Under the other party’s upward gaze, Lu Xunye coughed lightly and was about to get up. “Um, I’ll go find something to save you.”
He got up too quickly and didn’t notice the tender voice stopping him from below: “D-don’t move.”
Two seconds later, Lu Xunye was also sitting at the bottom of the pit. The two looked at each other, both speechless. “…”
Lu Xunye guessed he should be five or six years old. At such a young age, fear was inevitable. “Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad person. Where are your parents?”
The child glanced at him, his tone flat. “I can tell. Bad people aren’t as stupid as you.”
Lu Xunye: “…”
“They went out to discuss business and won’t be back for a few days,” the child said.
“Then what about you? Why are you here alone?” Lu Xunye asked.
“What were you holding just now?” The child didn’t answer him but asked about another topic.
The light at the bottom of the pit wasn’t as good as above; he could only see a little. Lu Xunye picked up the photo paper from among the scattered camera parts and warmed it with his hand.
Then he covered it and extended it to the other party, saying solemnly, “Actually, I am a magician from another world.”
“Count down ten numbers, then blow a breath, and magic will appear.”
“Then your world is so backward.”
Lu Xunye felt the other’s tone carried disdain. Thinking about it, it’s impossible. A five or six-year-old brat, what does he know?
Immediately after, he was slapped in the face with reality: “I stopped playing this kind of deceptive trick when I was three.”
Seeing his idea exposed and falling through, Lu Xunye sighed with pity.
He held the photo paper in the air. By the faint moonlight, he saw the photo had already developed some color. He handed the photo to the other party. “Here, for you.”
“Thank you.”
The little boy took it with one hand, mimicking Lu Xunye’s actions.
But when he raised his hand and saw the person who looked exactly like him with a tear-streaked face, his brows furrowed unconsciously, looking bitter and full of deep hatred.
Lu Xunye was amused by his appearance. Having no self-awareness as an adult, he asked deliberately, “Hey, why aren’t you crying anymore?”
The boy blushed and argued urgently, “I wasn’t crying!”
“Then do you admit you were scared?” Lu Xunye stuck the needle in where it hurt.
“It wasn’t fear,” the boy seemed a bit ashamed to speak. He lowered his head and hummed and hawed, squeezing out a few words, “It… it was from pain.”
Lu Xunye was stunned. After checking, he discovered the other’s arm was dislocated, and his body was frighteningly cold.
His expression turned grave. He pressed one hand on the other’s thin shoulder. The boy shrank back but straightened up quickly.
“It might hurt a little, bear with it.”
“It’s okay to cry too,” Lu Xunye added.
“I won’t cry,” the other was exceptionally stubborn. “Adults say a real man bleeds but doesn’t shed tears. I won’t cry. Do it.”
Lu Xunye clicked his tongue. “Adults also say a real man can bend and stretch. I am an adult too, and I say you can cry.”
Lu Xunye suddenly asked out of nowhere, “What did you eat tonight? Are you hungry now?”
“Huh?”
While the boy hadn’t reacted, a short bone-cracking sound was heard. From the bone resetting to Lu Xunye letting go, the other party didn’t utter a sound from beginning to end.
Before he could speak, the other asked directly, “Are you a doctor? So skilled, so amazing.”
“No.” Lu Xunye leaned back against the pit wall, saying lightly, “I reset my own bones often, so I got skilled.”
“Technique isn’t bad, right?” Lu Xunye chuckled lightly. “You got a big bargain. I haven’t reset bones for anyone else before.”
This time it was the other’s turn not to know what to say.
After a long while, a small hand rested on Lu Xunye’s knee. “It’s okay. You’ve grown up now; you won’t be bullied by others anymore.”
A tiny child comforting a 24-year-old with a milky voice looked comical no matter how you looked at it.
Lu Xunye: “Were you bullied by others too?”
The boy was silent.
Lu Xunye took it as a default yes. “Let me tell you, no one can protect you by your side every step of the way, not even your parents. If you get bullied, hit back. Once you beat them into submission, no one will dare to mess with you.”
“But what if I can’t win?”
“Hmm…” Lu Xunye rubbed his chin. “Then play dirty. Show weakness first, then bag them and beat them up.”
The little boy seemed shocked by his shameless words, staring blankly at the outline of his face. He couldn’t see the features clearly. After a long time, he inexplicably spat out a sentence: “Are you good-looking?”
Lu Xunye touched his own face and thought about it. “Average, not too ugly.”
Little Boy: “Your voice sounds very nice.”
Lu Xunye: “Average, not too unpleasant.”
Little Boy: “…”
Lu Xunye looked at the small figure in front of him and felt a bit itchy. “Can I hug you?”
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