The cold wind howled, cutting like a knife on people's faces. The last glimmer of light on the horizon faded away, and the night fell upon the small courtyard. But no lamp was lit in the yard, making it eerily dark, as if a huge beast was lurking in the darkness.
Meng Ruyi couldn't make out the expressions on their faces. She only knew that her aunt was staring at her. Her gaze was like that of a wild beast salivating over meat, full of greed. As long as Meng Ruyi made a move, her aunt and the two maids would pounce on her and devour her completely.
Fortunately, the teenager in front of her was protecting her. Although Meng Ruyi was afraid of him, at this moment, in contrast, she actually felt a strange sense of security.
"Ruyi, the medicine I managed to get for you with great difficulty. How could this rascal spill it on the ground? Hurry up and have him taken away!"
There was a hint of exasperation in Meng Ruyi's aunt's tone. Since the medicine had been spilled, the only way to salvage the situation now was to capture this stinky boy who had appeared out of nowhere first. Then, before Meng Ruyi's parents came back, they could force-feed her the medicine again.
Meng Ruyi gradually calmed down. Looking at her aunt's face turning green and then pale, and her eyes drifting furtively towards the teenager standing in front of her from time to time, Meng Ruyi suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and even wanted to vomit.
How disgusting.
"Aunt, you'd better leave quickly." Meng Ruyi tried to suppress the disgust in her heart as she looked at the wolf - like woman in front of her. Her voice trembled slightly without her knowing. "Let's just pretend that nothing happened tonight."
How could such a terrifying night be ignored? Meng Ruyi just thought that they were outnumbered at the moment and wanted to coax these people away first.
After all, she was just a ten - year - old child. Although she had tried to stay calm, she still couldn't help showing some fear.
"Go! Capture this stinky boy for me!"
Suddenly, Meng Ruyi's aunt came up with a great idea!
With this teenager around, there was no need to force - feed Meng Ruyi the medicine anymore. They just needed to beat this teenager to death with sticks and then strangle Meng Ruyi in her bed...
She could pretend to be concerned about her niece. As she walked over "to check on her", she would "just happen to see" someone break in and rob and kill her niece. The maids beside her would step forward to beat the thief to death, but they couldn't save the already dead Meng Ruyi.
Thinking like this, her aunt's face looked extremely strange. She unconsciously took a step forward.
Hearing this, the two stout maids immediately rushed towards Song Huaizhi. Although they looked menacing, neither of them dared to look directly into the teenager's eyes, which were as alluring as those of a demon.
The coldness in Song Huaizhi's eyes was so palpable that it sent a chill down people's spines and made them shiver involuntarily.
[Lol, it's like watching a newbie who just left the starter village trying to clear a top - level dungeon.]
[They seem like the Calabash Brothers trying to save Grandpa now, sending themselves to be killed one by one.]
[Shocking! In this declining world, a thirteen - year - old teenager actually beats up three old people. Is it the decline of morality or the distortion of human nature?]
Meng Ruyi watched these words flashing by quickly. They were all full of the excitement of people who love to watch the show and don't mind making things worse, just like the guests watching a play. She began to have some guesses in her mind.
These things were like onlookers, and she was the actress in their eyes?
Just as the two tall and big maids were about to reach him, the teenager calmly squatted down, casually picked up two or three pebbles, and with a flick of his hand, the two maids and Meng Ruyi's aunt "plop", "plop", "plop" fell to the ground like frogs jumping into a well.
Meng Ruyi was stunned. She involuntarily stole a quick, admiring glance at Song Huaizhi and then lowered her head firmly, afraid that the pride on her face would be seen.
"You... Ouch!"
As Meng Ruyi's aunt fell to the ground and let out a groan, she saw that the teenager who had been protecting Meng Ruyi was actually going to pick up a Taihu stone placed as a small landscape beside the tree.
A small pebble had already made her right leg immobile. If this half - foot - high Taihu stone were to hit her, wouldn't it break her bones and tendons?
The teenager weighed the stone in his hand, a faint smile playing on his lips. He was like a fierce wolf lurking in the darkness with cold eyes, waiting for the prey to get closer so that he could bite its throat tightly and never let go.
"Run! Run!"
The two maids who had fallen in front had already gotten up. Wailing continuously, they helped their mistress up and fled towards the courtyard gate.
"Ruyi... You dare to have an affair with an outsider. Just wait until I tell your uncle. I'll accuse you of being immoral! I've really wasted my love on you all these years!"
The voice of Meng Ruyi's aunt, full of unwillingness, became fainter and fainter, making Meng Ruyi involuntarily let out a sigh of relief.
[Why does this woman just keep blabbering? She's as noisy as a loudspeaker selling rat poison. She's bullying this little girl.]
[Exactly! No, I'm going to switch perspectives and follow her to see.]
[Song Huaizhi doesn't kill everyone he meets. Wuwuwu, little Song is so handsome! I love him so much.]
Switch perspectives?!
A storm was raging in Meng Ruyi's heart. She tried hard to maintain her expression on her face, but still couldn't help pursing her lips. She was overjoyed.
Didn't this mean that she could use this strange thing to track her aunt's whereabouts! And in the future, she could also use it to track the whereabouts of many people! Oh my god, what a miraculous thing this was!
Wait!
Meng Ruyi looked up and saw that the teenager was looking at her. His eyes were as dark as ink, and he seemed to overlap with the person in her dream.
The teenager was extremely handsome, as beautiful as a demon. But his eyes were somehow dead - looking.
The cold aura around him made people unconsciously overlook his appearance.
When Meng Ruyi's eyes met the teenager's, she involuntarily held her breath. Her heart skipped a beat and then started beating even more violently, making her swallow all the words she wanted to say.
"Miss!"
At this time, Lianqiao, who had returned with the meal, was shocked to see the sickly Meng Ruyi standing in the cold wind in the yard.
She handed the lunch box in her hand to the maid beside her, quickly took off her outer cloak, rushed over to wrap the stunned Meng Ruyi up, and then took her back into the room.
"Hey!"
Although Meng Ruyi was afraid, she still remembered the teenager's kindness in saving her. She gave a wink to the teenager, who was also standing in the cold wind in thin clothes.
Song Huaizhi's lips curved slightly. The smile on his face flashed by, but the darkness in his eyes became thicker and thicker, like an unbreakable cloud.
"Who are you!" The panicked Lianqiao finally saw the teenager following behind her. But as soon as she said this, she was startled by Song Huaizhi's icy gaze and involuntarily protected Meng Ruyi behind her.
"It's okay, Lianqiao. He just saved me."
Meng Ruyi's throat was already hoarse, and after being blown by the wind, she could hardly speak. Seeing this, Lianqiao immediately brought her a cup of warm water.
[No, you guys should go and watch the replay from Lianqiao's perspective. I accidentally switched over just now and saw Song Huaizhi's look in his eyes. It almost scared me to my knees and made me kowtow!]
[Why do you kowtow to everything in front?]
[Deduct money for puns!]
These strange things quickly started arguing about whether Song Huaizhi's look in his eyes was scary or not. Occasionally, there were also a few messages about Meng Ruyi's aunt.
Meng Ruyi looked at the teenager with his head down. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to break the silence between them. So, on a whim, she hesitated and said to Song Huaizhi, "My benefactor, would you like to have some food with me first?"
Song Huaizhi looked up and gave Meng Ruyi a cold glance, then actually nodded.
Meng Ruyi didn't expect that this other - worldly - looking "immortal" like Song Huaizhi would actually agree. She was stunned for a moment, and her big round eyes showed a hint of surprise.
The two sat at the table somewhat awkwardly.
While paying attention to the strange thing she called the "danmu", Meng Ruyi originally planned to ask about Song Huaizhi's background. But in the face of the teenager's expressionless gaze, her strong survival instinct made her shut up.
Forget it. Meng Ruyi suppressed the curiosity in her heart and let out a deep sigh.
She asked for his name just as a formality. Then she stared fixedly at the danmu, not missing any message.