Chapter 6 (1/2)

Here's the third and final chapter for the 4th of July update.

Recently, I've been thinking that I want to try making Congee. All these Chinese novels make it sound like the most soul warming dish ever. So maybe I'll do that this upcoming weekend.

I've also recently reunited with my arch-nemesis of reading Chinese…..

Weird fonts.

Why do all the good Chinese tv shows choose the worst fonts for their subt.i.tles?

Tang Li took back the dagger without saying a word and stood stiffly in place.

When he realized what he had just done, he immediately felt goose b.u.mps stand up all over his body

He did not dare to look back at or talk to Shen Yu.

The fear that came from the bottom of his heart welled up to the top of his head.

For more than a year after his parents left, Tang Li never cared about anyone's feelings. He didn't mind what others thought of him or what was said about him. Even if his knife poked that disgusting man right into the hospital and his crying aunt madly scolded him as a murderer, he never thought twice such words.

But now, just the knowledge that Shen Yu saw the other side of him and heard the two paparazzi talk about his past, he was almost drowned by the fear that came over him.

It was as if the whole heart had been dug out and thrown into cold water.

The bitter chill made Tang Li's body tremble.

He is only a ten-year-old child. He can't possibly stop thinking about the things he cares for, and in turn he also can't stop being afraid of losing those things.

“Tang Li.”

Shen Yu's voice, which was neither disgusted nor weak, sounded behind him. Instead of calling him “Little Chestnut” kindly and gently, he called his full name directly.

Tang Li seemed to realize something. He drooped his eyelids silently and turned to face Shen Yu, but he was too timid to look directly into Shen Yu's eyes.

“Come here.” Shen Yu said.

“…” Tang Li hesitated for a while, but still took a step forward.

The group was surrounded by silence, the only thing that could be heard was light music playing in the mall which slowly flowed in the air. Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen were both nervous and tense. They dare not make a sound, and their eyes are hovering between Shen Yu and Tang Li.

Even Manager Fu, an innocent outsider, felt suffocated He rubbed his hands nervously and stepped back a few paces in fear that Shen Yu's anger might affect himself.

“Sir.” Uncle Zhang bent down and said to Shen Yu, “Let's talk about it when we get home.”

Aunt Chen quickly agreed, “Yes, that sounds like the best idea.”

The child was still carrying a dagger and was so impulsive. What if Shen Yu accidentally said something to stimulate him?

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen became more and more panicked when they thought about it. Unconsciously, they took two steps forward and stepped between Shen Yu and Tang Li.

Just then, they could barely hear Tang Li whispering, “I'm sorry.”

Hearing this, Shen, Yu who was standing in the middle of the stunned Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen, did not wait for their reactions and asked Tang Li: “Do you know what you did wrong?”

Tang Li nodded; his gloomy eyes fixed on the floor. He slowly clenched his fists at his side and squeezed out a lone sentence from his mouth after great difficulty: “I know my wrong.”

“Come a little closer.” Shen Yu once again beckoned.

Tang Li did not hesitate to cross between Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen and stood in front of Shen Yu, but his head remained buried in his collar, his soft black hair hanging down, covering his eyes.

Shen Yu couldn't clearly see Tang Li's expression at the time. He only knew that his face was pale, his thin lips were tight, and his face was in hiding.

“Raise your head.” Shen Yu continued.

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen were frightened to hear this. They were afraid that Tang Li would pull out a dagger and stab Shen Yu in a moment of madness. Tang Li's words had really left a shadow in their hearts.

In this day-in-age, which ten-year-old child can speak such cruel words so clearly?

Fortunately, Tang Li did not lash out. Instead, behaving like a good student who accepted the teacher's criticism, he raised his head silently and for a moment, looked at Shen Yu with his deep black eyes.

For a long time, Shen Yu did not shy away from looking at him. Then suddenly, he burst into laughter. He reached out and touched Tang Li's hair. “It's good that you know your mistake.”

He looked down at Tang Li's hands.

Although the wound on his palm still looks a little scary, after Dr. Liu's treatment, the blood had coagulated.

Shen Yu was relieved. He stuffed a card into Tang Li's hand. “Go and pay the money. Don't do that next time.”

“…”

Tang Li stared at the bank card in his hand with surprise.

Shen Yu spoke, “The pa.s.sword is your birthday. From now on this card will be yours. It will be my welcoming present to you.”

The card belonged to the original Shen Yu, but the current Shen Yu took advantage of Dr. Liu's examination of Tang Li and asked Zhang housekeeper to temporarily go out and change the pa.s.sword, and additionally, put 20 million yuan [1] into the card's account.

After a long time, Tang Li finally opened his mouth: “What am I supposed to pay for?”

“Baseball bat.” Shen Yu sighed lightly and pointed helplessly to the staff who were staying in the sports store not far away. “Didn't you take it from the store and plan to pay for it later?”

Looking in the direction that Shen Yu's finger pointed, Tang Li saw a girl in her uniform looking at them fearfully with an expression like she was about to burst into tears.

Shen Yu said, “Go ahead.”

Tang Li gradually understood Shen Yu's meaning. Instantly, the despair and fear in his eyes were swept away and replaced by a small light that was s.h.i.+ning like the stars.

He must have been looking at Shen Yu for a long time, his hot eyes walking up Shen Yu's skin, as if to deeply imprint Shen Yu's appearance onto his very soul.

Then, he quickly ran away.

Shen Yu smiled and shook his head.

While waiting for Tang Li to return, Aunt Chen couldn't help complaining, “Sir, don't let Tang Li carry knives with him in the future. How can such a small child play with such dangerous things?”

Shen Yu said, “I'll talk to him when I have a chance.”

“That's all right.” Aunt Chen quickly waved her hand. “Sir, you don't have to do that. After a while, I'll find an excuse to remind him that a good child shouldn't be more aggressive than adults.”

As for Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen's worries, it's not like Shen Yu didn't understand them.

In the past, he himself was the person most afraid of Tang Li, but avoidance could not solve any problems. If today, out of fear, he sent Tang Li away, maybe more than ten years later, Tang Li would come knocking on his door with a sharp knife.

Fate, this troublesome thing…