Chapter 16 – Never Marry a Man with Two Tintins
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After all, now wasn't the time to start pointing fingers at other people. Besides, Bai Rui had saved his life before so Cheng Nuo closed his mouth and rested on a stone.
Whenever he spent time with Liu Guang things were always noisy but Bai Rui barely spoke. Cheng Nuo tried to find some topic to talk about to forget the pain. However, Bai Rui rarely answered one in ten sentences, rendering Cheng Nuo speechless in the end. Bai Rui was still young now. If he grows up like this, will he become a robot in the future?
They rested for a while then the two continued walking. Cheng Nuo's stomach had begun to hurt and he also felt dizzy, either because of the pain or because of hungry. The leg injury seemed to be more serious. The pain was terrible but Cheng Nuo gritted his teeth and endured it, not wanting to lose out to a child.
He had eaten the drugged bowl of congee a long time ago, thus it was normal for him to feel hungry. Now that he thought of it, he was actually lucky that Chang Chun had used a sleeping drug instead of poison. As he struggled to climb the mountain road, he looked around carefully and finally found a jujube tree.
He hurriedly yelled at Bai Rui and limped over to the jujube tree which was covered in small thorns. It was quite difficult to pick the fruit. He spent some time on it then threw a jujube in his mouth. It was sour and sweet but each fruit only had a little edible flesh. He estimated that he would have to eat a few pounds to fill his stomach.
Bai Rui was not there to help him. Cheng Nuo asked him to come over and gave him a sour jujube. "Eat first and pad your stomach."
Bai Rui paused then reached for it after a lot of time had passed. He usually wouldn't eat this troublesome thing at all.
Cheng Nuo picked another fruit and saw that Bai Rui only looked down at the fruit but didn't eat it. He suddenly laughed. Bai Rui's face still had a hint of baby fat. He was looking at the jujube in his hand with a look of disappointment in his eyes and, for once, he looked rather childish.
Bai Rui was unable to make heads or tails of it. He looked up and saw a brilliant smile, with two prominent tiger teeth.
Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "Eat."
After saying that, Cheng Nuo put one in his mouth and chewed on it a few times. He spat the pit of the fruit far away.
Bai Rui's beautiful eyes narrowed then put the jujube in his hand away. He took up his stick and went straight ahead. Cheng Nuo hurried to catch up to him. Speechless, he rolled his eyes. What a fussy child...
However, what Cheng Nuo didn't see was that Bai Rui still secretly left one in his hand, and put it in his mouth when he wasn't paying attention. Bai Rui chewed a few times, and once again confirmed that this fruit's edible part was too small to bother with.
The path was shorter than he expected. After walking for a while, in the afternoon they stopped and saw the familiar mountain of trash.
Cheng Nuo was exhausted. He leaned happily on the stick but his thoughts were heavy. Since he had come to this strange world, he hadn't become close to a lot of people. There was a feeling of being betrayed. Also, how should he deal with Chang Chun? This was a problem. Strictly speaking, this was called attempted murder!
He can't kill Chang Chun but beating him up was too light a punishment. Whenever he thought of Chang Chun's vicious tone and expression at the cliff edge, Cheng Nuo felt cold. This abnormal child wasn't the same one he had taught!
