Chapter 66: About to be exposed (2)

  "Big brother, can I not go up the mountain?" She is now afraid of offending the person on the mountain and also afraid that if she runs into him, he will give her a hard time, and when she gets home, what awaits her won't just be "beaten with a stick".

  So now, Xiao Yao is trying her best to persuade her brother not to let her go up the mountain. Rui Xuan looked at Xi Mei with difficulty and then glanced at Wang Wan Ying who was not far away.

  "Come on, sis, be good. It's her first time at our place and she wants to go play in the mountains. If you don't go, she might not want to go either, and that would be a disappointment for her. And mom will scold you again."

  After listening to her brother's analysis, Xi Mei also thought it made sense. However, there was another 'monster' in the mountains that was even more terrifying than her mother.

  "Brother, good brother." Someone started again with their persistent coaxing. Seeing this, Rui Xuan could only compromise a bit, "Alright, alright, I'll go talk to Mother about it, maybe she'll agree."

  Hearing Big Brother say that, Xi Mei nodded hastily like a Pug, "En, go, go. Mother listens to Big Brother's words the most."

  Watching her own brother turn and walk into the kitchen, Xi Mei secretly let out a sigh of relief. This is good, they won't run into each other now, and it also won't be exposed.

  Just when he thought everything was going smoothly, Rui Xuan came back and said, "How's it going, big brother? What did mom say?"

  Rui Xuan looked at Xi Mei with a hint of apology, and after a long while, said, "Mother said that every day you don't do your proper duties, and now when we need you, you're nowhere to be found. So this time, she won't agree no matter what."

  After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and seemed to want to say something but stopped. Xi Mei looked at him anxiously and asked: "Big brother, if you have something to say, just say it all at once, why are you being so hesitant?"

  "Mother said you eat a lot and have plenty of meat on your body, it's time to climb mountains and lose some weight."

  After finishing, Rui Xuan himself couldn't help but smile. But when he found his little sister looking at him with a 'heartbroken' face, he quickly buried his face, but his constantly shaking shoulders had already betrayed him.

  Alas, Xi Mei is really at her wit's end. She must not be her mother's own child; she must have been picked up somewhere. Otherwise, what kind of mother would bear to deal such a blow to her own four-year-old daughter?

  Seeing Xi Mei's injured little eyes, Rui Xuan felt a bit unbearable and comforted her saying "It's okay Xi Mei, if you don't want to climb the mountain, brother will carry you. We're not afraid."

  What can Jie Mei say at this point? She could only reluctantly nod her head in agreement.

  Just before departure, Xi Mei quietly slipped into the kitchen. She took out four or five steaming hot meat buns from the steamer and added a few intact pickled eggs from the jar, only feeling satisfied when they were all packed in her small basket before coming out of the kitchen.

  "Hey sister, are you ready? Alright then, let's go!" Several kids in the courtyard were all set and waiting for her.

  Reluctantly nodding. Pulled by her older brother to walk up the mountain, she heard Zhang Zishang's proud voice "Cousin, is this your first time? I'll tell you, last time I came with them, it was so much fun, you..."

  The words were left unspoken. Xi Mei was choked back, "What's that supposed to mean? I reckon you hadn't even climbed halfway up the mountain slope before you came back down, and yet you still have the nerve to brag about having been here before?"

  He was ruthlessly rejected and lost face, Xiaobao's face couldn't hold on. "That was last time you guys were in a hurry to go home, otherwise I would have reached the top of the mountain long ago. Alright, this time I'll let you see if I can climb to the top of the mountain or not. Am I bragging!"

  After finishing speaking, he led the way towards the direction of the mountain top. The group looked at each other in confusion as Zhang Xiaojie stormed off up the mountain. They were all bewildered and couldn't understand what was going on. Rui Xuan chuckled to himself as he glanced at his own sister, only to see Xi Mei still muttering under her breath, "Really, a man's heart can be so small."

  He patted her head, and Rui Xuan said, "Let's go, or we won't be able to find him again later." Meanwhile, Rui Hao had already caught up with Xiao Bao Wang as soon as he left.

  Xī Jiě also pulled Wáng Wǎnyíng's hand, considerately asking, "Are you still okay? If you can't move anymore, tell me and we'll take a break."

  For the first time away from her family's protection, everything felt new and fresh to Wang Xiaojie. She wiped the sweat off her face and looked at Xi Mei with bright, shining eyes, saying "It's okay, Xi Mei, I'm not tired, let's hurry up and go find our brother."

  Xi Mei looked at the girl in front of her, who was only two months older than herself, and couldn't help but admire her. She had a mature mindset as an adult, so no matter how tired she was, she didn't dare to say it. But this young lady, who had been pampered and spoiled, followed them for such a long distance without complaining, which was truly precious.

  Two little girls chattered and laughed, quickly catching up with the large group in front of them. However, as they walked, why did she feel that this road was becoming more and more familiar?

  No good, they are heading in the direction of that iceberg's hiding place. No wonder it looked more and more familiar to her.

  "Wait, wait everyone." Panting and running to the front of the group, "Let's not go in here, grown-ups said it's not safe, there are bad things inside."

  "Who knew that Xiaobao Wang pointed to the ground and said, "Xi Mei Mei, don't be afraid. Look at the grass under our feet, it's been trampled down in a big patch, and over there, a lot of grass has been pulled out too. So someone must have walked through here, and often at that. It's okay, let's go."

  Listening to Xiao Bao Wang's explanation, Xi Mei let out a cold breath, while Rui Xuan brothers nodded in agreement. Seeing Xi Mei still had a refusing intention, Xiao Bao Wang comforted, "It's okay, if you're afraid, brother will carry you, this road going up the mountain is faster, we'll climb up and come down."

  No, no, although since that ice block arrived, the venomous insects and ferocious beasts around here have hardly been seen, but what's most frightening isn't these, it's that person, who can still emit a chilly aura even in the scorching summer.

  She can't help but shudder at the thought, with so many people around, what if she bumps into someone and they're not happy, just like the first day she bumped into her, casually resolving the two of them, she really can't afford to lose or get hurt.

  "No way, I'm not going, I can't move anymore, you guys go ahead." Seeing that it was hopeless to stop everyone, Xi Mei simply sat down on the ground with a plop and refused to budge. Seeing Xi Mei being so stubborn, several people were at a loss for what to do next.

  "Hey, Xi Mei, hurry up and get up. Are you going to keep doing this on the ground? Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you?" Ruihao said with a smile.

  Hmph, little sister is almost gone but still afraid of losing face?

  "No matter how you say it, I won't get up. Why can't big sister come? Or third sister? But only I have to come? Mother, isn't this obviously bullying me? I won't go, I just won't go." The little girl's temper flared up, and she wouldn't listen to anyone's words.

  Speechless, they looked at the girl who was sulking on the ground. Ruihao and Zhang Zishang exchanged a glance, then went forward together, one of them lifted up Xi Mei, while the other bent down and carried her on his back.

  "Ah, Second Brother. You... " His eyes widened in shock, unable to believe that these two people would actually do such a thing.

  "Alright, little sister, don't be embarrassed to say you're tired. I and Ruihao will carry you up the mountain, don't worry about it." Xia Ba Wang rarely comforted her with such kind intentions.

  When the group was about to set off again, Xi Mei still hadn't recovered from the blow earlier. By the time she realized she was already on Xiao Bao Wang's back and being carried steadily, she finally found herself at a loss for words.

  Forget it, forget it. Let's take things one step at a time. Anyway, she doesn't believe that handsome guy with a bad temper is a ruthless killer, but rather a lovely brother. Why can't your thoughts and actions ever be on the same page?

  Since you're consoling yourself like this, why are your hands still tightly wrapped around his neck and your legs still clamped tightly around him?

  Just then, Ruihao suddenly raised his head and looked up at the top with a puzzled expression. Rui Xuan stopped in his tracks and asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you walking anymore?"

  Ruihao scratched his head, looking up at the ceiling for half a day without finding any clues. He responded to his older brother, "It's nothing, I just thought I heard some noise above me, but when I looked again, there was nothing. I must have been overthinking."

  After listening to his brother's explanation, Rui Xuan smiled and said, "Alright. Let's go if nothing else happens, be careful."

  "En en" a few small nods in response, among them, the voice of Xi Mei was loud, but no one noticed that after they left, Ruihao had been staring at the top of the tree for half a day, and suddenly standing there was a man with a cold expression, his face as frosty as ice!

  Xuanyuan Lie looked at the little girl who had disappeared without a trace since yesterday afternoon, now lying on the back of an unfamiliar boy, wrapped tightly around him, with a sweet smile still hanging on her face.

  For some reason, his heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if something he didn't want, something that was ignored, was suddenly picked up by someone else one day, and that person treated it with a treasured attitude.

  Now, that little girl is such an existence to him, and Xuan Yu Lie, who hasn't figured out his own thoughts at all, only knows that he's in a bad mood now, staring tightly at Xi Mei's back, as if he wants to stare a hole through it.

  "Achoo!" Just as she let out a cold "ah-choo", Xi Mei suddenly sneezed, wondering why it was so cold. It shouldn't be, she thought, and her body involuntarily leaned towards Zhang Zishang's warm small back. Who would have thought that this move thoroughly provoked someone in the tree.

  Looking at the little girl's pale face under the tree, with her words of flattery and worry still echoing in his ears, Xuan Yuan Lie didn't understand what emotions were. He only knew that on her, there was a warmth he could never touch. So, the ideas instilled in him since childhood floated to the surface of his mind: obtain it, or else perish.

  Watching the line of people walking further and further away, Xuan Yuan Lie's expression had returned to normal, but the arrogance in his eyes was something that no one could ignore. A cold smile spread across his lips as he jumped up and followed after them.

  "Ah yo!" Suddenly, Little Overlord let out a loud cry and almost threw Xi Mei off his back.

  "What's wrong?" "What's going on?" Several people surrounded him at once.

  Xiao Ba Wang looked at his knee in a daze and said, "I don't know, just now I suddenly felt something hit my leg, it hurts so much."

  "Really? Let me take a look." Rui Xuan squatted down and rolled up Xiao Bawang's pant leg to observe, "There's nothing, did your leg suddenly cramp?" Rui Xuan asked.

  "It wasn't, it was just that I was suddenly hit by someone, really, I'm not cheating you guys." Seeing the few people in front of him didn't believe him, Xiao Bawang felt depressed, he clearly hadn't lied.

  Hey, he didn't even think about it, where did Xuan Yuan Lie grow up since childhood? How could he be so stupid to let people know his existence and expose himself? So, running into him is just being unlucky.

  Just as Little Overlord was about to walk again, another leg suddenly hurt severely, he couldn't support himself and fell to the ground with Xi Mei on his back.

  At that moment, no one saw clearly, and in that instant, a black shadow suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Xi Mei, and flew away into the distance...