Xiao Tian felt that he was being subtly rebuked.
Who didn't use their brains?
"Using your brains is like being a Monday - morning quarterback," he "admonished earnestly." "When it comes to fighting, you've got to win on the spot to feel good."
"A gentleman takes his revenge, even if it takes ten years."
"That's just self - consolation," Xiao Tian scoffed at such a statement.
If you could win a fight, who would want to endure hardships and bide their time?
Moreover, there were so many people who endured hardships, but how many of them finally succeeded in their revenge?
He believed that one should never let a grudge last overnight and should avenge it right away.
Baozi finally couldn't stand his superiority. With a wooden face, he said, "I don't know any martial arts, and it's hard for me to fight against multiple opponents alone."
"Why didn't Zisu teach you?" Xiao Tian had wanted to ask this question for several days.
Zisu's martial arts skills were not ordinary. With Yi Qing's non - compromising personality, why didn't she let her son learn martial arts from such a good master?
"Because Aunt Zisu said that her martial arts can only be practiced by women."
Xiao Tian was surprised. There was such kind of martial arts?
He didn't know if Zisu just didn't want to take in an apprentice or if it was really the case.
But this finally solved one of his doubts.
"Then you've got to use tactics. How many people do you have, and how many are there on the other side?" Xiao Tian was more patient with Baozi than he had ever imagined.
"Just me on my side, and the other side can have anywhere from three or five to a dozen or so people."
Xiao Tian: "..."
With such odds, there was no way to win.
"So when you meet them, do you just have to take the beating?"
"I'm not stupid. I just avoid them from afar and run away quickly," Baozi said with a look of disdain, but there was still deep unwillingness in his eyes.
Xiao Tian thought for a while and asked, "Why do you make enemies everywhere?"
"I didn't provoke them. It's, it's..." Baozi's face showed grief and indignation, and he clenched his small fists tightly. "They said I don't have a father and laughed at me."
Xiao Tian was stunned. Then he reached out and slowly pried open his small fist.
Even though he was quick, there were still nail marks on Baozi's palm, and it was red.
If Baozi had suffered so much injustice, what about Yi Qing?
Xiao Tian felt a bit depressed. He took Baozi's hand and said, "Come on, I'll take you out to play."
"No. Lord Xiao, please teach me martial arts."
Giving a man a fish feeds him for a day; teaching him to fish feeds him for a lifetime. Instead of having others fight for him, it was better to learn martial arts himself.
"We'll talk about learning martial arts later. Let's go out and teach those bad boys a lesson first," Xiao Tian said.
Baozi hesitated a bit.
"Why are you being so hesitant at such a young age?" Xiao Tian smiled and pinched his chubby little face.
Baozi turned his head to avoid it. "I'm afraid people will say you're bullying the weak because you're an adult."
Xiao Tian laughed loudly. "I don't mind. If they ask adults to come and fight me, as long as they can beat me."
As he said that, he made a fist and waved it in front of Baozi.
His fist was so big.
Baozi couldn't help but stretch out his own small fist and press it against Xiao Tian's hand.
One was rough, the other was delicate; one was dark, the other was fair; one was hard, the other was soft...
Xiao Tian felt as if something was flowing through his body from the place where their hands touched.
Maybe it was because it was his first time in contact with a child, and it was also the first time a child had gotten close to him.
"Let's go!" Xiao Tian said, looking like a majestic general going to war.
Baozi's hand was held by him. His originally clenched little hand gradually relaxed and stretched out in Xiao Tian's warm big hand.
Maybe this was what it felt like to have a father.
"Lord Xiao, wait a moment. I'll lead them out first."
Xiao Tian was taken aback for a moment, then let go of his hand with a smile in his eyes. "Go ahead."
After a while, looking at the kids who were scared out of their wits, Xiao Tian said with a cold face, "If there's a next time, I'll break your legs!"
The kids ran even faster.
"Is it good to bully others with your power?" Xiao Tian squatted down and asked Baozi.
Baozi said, "It doesn't seem like a good thing to do, but I'm happy."
"As long as you're happy. Come on, let's go back and I'll teach you martial arts right away!"
"Okay." Baozi's eyes curved into a smile. This was the first time Xiao Tian had seen him laugh heartily.
"Let's go!"
Amid Baozi's exclamation, Xiao Tian picked him up with both hands and gently placed him on his shoulders, then strode back.
Baozi felt Xiao Tian's big hand tightly holding his calf. Sitting on his strong shoulders and looking at a height he had never seen before, he grinned and laughed.
Yi Qing came out of a house behind them. Looking at their backs, the corners of her mouth also curved slightly.
How thick - skinned. Scaring kids. She hadn't even done that.
But this feeling was really nice.
"From now on, if someone bullies you, you mustn't bear it alone. You have to tell your mother, okay?" Xiao Tian instructed Baozi. "Your mother is very capable. If you don't tell her, she'll worry when she finds out."
Yi Qing had been living a carefree life for so many years. Although she might have had her own hardships, she must be a capable person.
"I know you think it's not manly for a boy to do so. But you're still young. When you grow up, you'll be able to protect your mother."
"Okay."
The voices of the man and the boy echoed through the quiet alley.
"Lord Xiao, thank you. You're a good person."
"You're also a good boy, very smart. You're smarter than all the kids I've ever met."