To Yan Yincheng, this harsh threat didn't sound intimidating at all. Instead, it carried an inexplicable hint of coquetry. And the banana peel hit his chest lightly. His heart was like being gently scratched by a cat's paw, a tingly and numbing feeling.
Trying hard to suppress the upward - curving corners of his mouth, he knew that the best strategy at this moment was to retreat in order to advance. So he stopped talking and silently tapped his blind stick as he chased after them.
Finally, when he almost tripped over an obstacle for the third time, the worried voices of the two kids came from ahead.
"Mommy, Uncle Yin is so pitiful. He just fell down again."
"Mommy, can we wait for Uncle?"
Xu Zixi remained unmoved. She snorted and said, "Don't mind him. He's not a three - year - old kid. He won't get lost."
"But Mommy, you said we should learn to be kind..." Yuan Xiaoxuan said pitifully.
Xu Zixi snorted again. "It's not that Mommy doesn't want to be kind. It's just that that guy is going too far. Don't be deceived by him. He's just pretending. If he's been blind for so many years, how could he not even walk on this kind of road?"
Cough, cough, cough. Master Yan almost choked on his own saliva. He wondered if his act was so obvious that this woman could see through it at a glance.
Although he didn't hear the kids' replies, Yan Yincheng could clearly feel their hesitation. Obviously, they were observing his actions. To maintain his image in front of... the two kids, Yan Yincheng made up his mind. When he encountered another obstacle, his blind stick skillfully missed the right position. Then, with a "bang", he felt a sharp pain in his knee as he hit a stone pier standing by the road.
"Oops, Uncle is hurt!"
The two kids didn't care about the act anymore. They quickly ran over and supported him, one on each side.
"Uncle Yin, are you okay?"
"Mommy, Uncle didn't lie. Let's wait for Uncle."
Although Xu Zixi was still angry, she had to consider the feelings of the two kids. As their mommy, she had the responsibility to set a good example. She couldn't really show a heartless side in front of them. So she had to turn around to find Yan Yincheng. Without saying a word, she grabbed his blind stick and led him out.
"Stairs. Lift your feet." Xu Zixi said stiffly.
Master Yan let out a sigh of relief. His heart was as sweet as if filled with honey. He guessed right. This woman was just being shy and acting reserved. He knew it. How could anyone resist his charm?
However, not long after, Master Yan was severely "beaten" by reality.
It was already past noon when they left the experience hall. The two kids were starving. Xu Zixi found an open grassland and started preparing lunch. Master Yan sat on the grass covered with a cloth. The familiar aroma of food filled his nose, and his whole body was filled with the word "expectation".
However, after hearing Xu Zixi distribute the lunch to the two kids, he waited for a long time but didn't get his share. He couldn't help but ask:
"What about mine?"
Xu Zixi glanced at him. She really didn't want to talk to this self - centered man, but still replied politely, "I originally only prepared enough for me and the kids. Who knew you would insist on coming?" The implication was that there was no share for him.
Yan Yincheng knew she was right, but the aroma had already awakened his fragile stomach. If it wasn't appeased, it might act up again soon.
"Maybe you can share half of yours with me." He said.
Xu Zixi rolled her eyes. She had a new understanding of Yan Yincheng's shamelessness. At this moment, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind. She swept away her disgust for Yan Yincheng and said to him with a smile, "Wait a minute. I'll go and prepare it for you."
Yan Yincheng was extremely satisfied. He adjusted his sitting posture and tried to identify what was in the lunch she was preparing by the smell.
Bacon, chicken, cheese, onion... Was it pizza? Red beans, taro, lotus seeds... Were they desserts?
Suddenly, a very strong smell drifted from afar. The smell was so pungent that it immediately overwhelmed the original aroma of the food. Yan Yincheng, with his sensitive sense of smell, frowned tightly. He found that the smell was getting stronger and closer, until -
A hot box - like object was placed in his palm, and Xu Zixi's smiling voice came from ahead:
"Your lunch. Eat it. Be careful, it's hot."
Yan Yincheng quickly threw the thing away. He covered his nose tightly and got up, staying far away from the steaming instant noodles.
"Yuan Xi, I gave you five million, and you let me eat this?!"
He could smell it, a strong smell of additives, preservatives, as well as excessive salt, monosodium glutamate, and flavoring... Oh my god, how could there be such a terrible food in the world! Wouldn't this stuff kill people if eaten?
"What's wrong with this? Don't you think it smells good? Although it's instant food, it's a lifesaver in case of a disaster." Xu Zixi said seriously.
Yuan Xiaoxu was attracted by the smell. Drooling, he said, "Mommy, that thing smells so good! Can Xiaoxu eat it?"
"That's something only for adults. You're still a baby, so you can't eat it." Xu Zixi quickly shooed Yuan Xiaoxu away. Yuan Xiaoxu looked at the pizza in his hand and then at the instant noodles being disliked not far away. His little face was full of reluctance.
"Yuan Xi! Aren't you ashamed to lie to a kid! Adults can't eat this stuff either!" Yan Yincheng said through gritted teeth.
Xu Zixi shrugged. "Eat it if you want. If not, you can just call someone to pick you up and go to a five - star restaurant." After saying that, she ignored Yan Yincheng and ate lunch with the two kids.
Yan Yincheng clenched his fists. The little bit of tender affection he had just developed for Xu Zixi immediately disappeared. He would rather starve than eat that kind of food full of chemical additives! This woman was really vicious and unreasonable!
It was just a lunch. He could bear it!
Xu Zixi thought that after this, Yan Yincheng would surely give up and leave early. But unexpectedly, after lunch, he stubbornly followed them again. For the rest of the journey, the two of them seemed to be in a competition, and neither of them was willing to talk to the other.
The two kids saw many animals they had never seen before today. They chattered all the way, letting their imaginations run wild. Xu Zixi and Yan Yincheng walked one in front of the other. Although they didn't communicate at all, the cold and stiff atmosphere gradually eased.
There was an amusement park in the zoo. When the two kids saw the towering Ferris wheel, they insisted on taking a ride. Xu Zixi couldn't refuse, so she took the two kids and Yan Yincheng to buy tickets. It was getting close to evening. The setting sun in Haicheng dyed the thin clouds in the sky with brilliant and gorgeous colors. As the Ferris wheel slowly rose, the feeling of gradually getting closer to the sky, as if one could pick the stars and clouds with their hands, made the two kids completely quiet. They lay on the glass and sighed.
"Mommy, the sky and the sea are so beautiful..."
Hearing this, Yan Yincheng turned his face towards the source of the sound. He imagined the picture in his mind according to the kids' description, and a look of longing appeared on his face.
When the Ferris wheel slowly rose into the air, the golden setting sun shone on his handsome and flawless face, making him look so handsome and holy, as beautiful as a god in the sky. Xu Zixi accidentally glanced at him and was stunned by this picture like an oil painting. She stared blankly and couldn't move her eyes away for a long time.