Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
TL Note: Gong Hua is male, but everyone thinks he is fe Hua is referred to as “he”, but in dialogue the characters use “she” Hopefully this won’t confuse any of you
I have been consistently learning new things But the et
Have I iotten steadily worse?
— Gong Hua
Before he could finish his sentence, Mila raised her voice and hollered, “Cedric! What did you say? Whoever dares to sell Gong Hua will have to fight me until death for it!”
Owen has long been confused by the pile of information thrown at him It was only when he heard Mila’s shriek did he finally react Moreover, his reaction cohtforward He raised his fist, glaringhi violent
“Don’t get so agitated!” Cedric frantically put up his hands to surrender, shaking his head vigorously as he explained hiuys would do in this predicament I really don’t have any other intentions!”
Upon hearing his words, Mila was still soravated She didn’t hold much trust in Cedric’s explanations But, Owen, in contrast, dropped his fist He bellowed, “You bastard, don’t experile time! If not for the fact that you have stayed in this otten used to your weird teo!”
Cedric smiled weakly
“Gong Hua is really from the Leaf Tribe?” Mila questioned with uncertainty After she found out that Gong Hua wasn’t human, she felt a little confused This is due to the fact that she has zero understanding of the Leaf Tribe and doesn’t know for sure whether the tribe is good or bad
Cedric honestly replied, “That is one thing I ae of the Leaf Tribe, and I’ve only heard of a few passing ru Hua says”
“Of course I believe her!” Owen immediately roared in response
This ti, and she eventually couldn’t help but murmur softly, “Leaf… one person from the Leaf Tribe can obliterate an entire town on their own?”
“If that was possible, I would have killed her long ago,” Cedric put his point across bluntly
Mila widened her eyes, whilst Cedric went quiet and did not offer any further explanations
Owen quickly tugged at Mila and whispered in her ear, “Cedric’s entire fa his parents and sister, died in that town If Cas had not whined to thehere for an inspection, he would also have died there! During the pastit easy That’s why I’ Cas out for a breath of fresh air”
Mila nodded her head, and even though she tried her best to suppress it, she could not help but show a sorrowful expression
Cedric didn’t see up his familyHua, “If she’s from the Leaf Tribe, then it’s even more impossible for her to be the murderer The Leaf Tribe is well known for their altruistic nature Even though they are born gifted and could easily become Spirit Charmers, they couldn’t possibly be this powerful…… To tell you the truth, I have no idea how anything could be this powerful”
His words see Hua, so Gong Hua must be of the Leaf Tribe Moreover, Cedric hadas Gong Hua was kind, it didn’telse
Owen glanced further down and could not help but point out, “Let’s go back quickly! Your Cas is full of odd tricks and I don’t kno he’ll pester Gong Hua”
Cedric taunted hihter! Relax, Cas is still young; there’s nothingHua”
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Once Owen finished repri briskly as he lashed out, “I’o take a look at those two brats There’re no adults around and it would be disastrous if they got out of hand!”
Cedric and Mila broke into smiles, but the moment Owen turned around, Cedric whispered to Mila in a low voice, “If you guys are already acting like this, will you be able to leave Gong Hua behind in a city or village when the time comes?”
Mila smiled and answered, “I just can’t bear to do it It’ll be fine to leave her in the arer a child, and she is a fast learner, so she’ll be able to help out with a lot of stuff”
Cedric shook his head in exasperation, “You like that kid that much? She doesn’t look that special Her looks are delicate, yet she can’t be considered beautiful Her appearance just seeends that speak of the Leaf Tribe”
Mila chuckled, “Once you get along with her, you’ll definitely like that child”
“Will I?”
Cedric didn’t think along those sa her’ isn’t important now What’s vital is to source out the murderer who has decimated his town and make him pay; an eye for an eye!
As the adults left, Cas clutched Gong Hua’s hand and discovered that the other party’s hands were smooth and exquisite, wonderful to touch The people around hiirls, never had hands so delicate So he couldn’t help but stroke them a few more times like a pervert Yet theat his hands intensely
Cas’ face reddened and he quickly used words to divert the other party’s attention “Jie jie, how old are you this year?”
Gong Hua slightly lowered her head to face Cas, as Cas was shorter than her by half a head She then replied, “I don’t know”
“You don’t know?” Cas was dumbfounded and retorted suspiciously, “Why don’t you kno long you’ve been born is how old you are!”
“I’ve always been sitting under the tree I don’t kno long I’ve sat there, and how old I am”
“You don’t kno long you’ve sat under the tree?” Cas got evencan you sit under a tree? You mean, you lived under a tree?”
Gong Hua pondered it Living under a tree seeht, so she nodded her head
“Then, youtrees!” Cas came to his own conclusion, and ju trees Let’s cliether later, shall we?”
“Why should we cli Hua didn’t quite understand
Cas froze Having cliht of the reason he did that He contemplated it, and forcefully came up with an answer, “Because it’s fun?”
“So clier to knohat the word ‘play’ meant
“Yeah!”
“Okay” Gong Hua nodded her head
“Cliood”
Cas’s eyes lit up and al Hua’s answer Ever since he joined the h Gong Hua looked ained a playmate He abruptly yelled ecstatically, “Then, let’s co trees later!”
“What’s ‘co trees’Hua perplexed once more
“We use it to see who can climb faster! The faster one wins!”
“What’s ‘win’?”
“Jie jie, you really have a lot of questions!”
Gong Hua nodded her head and admitted, “I do have a lot of problems”
Cas suddenly burst out laughing and roared out, “Who would say that she has a lot of problees when it’s phrased like that!”
“What does it mean?”
Rarely getting the opportunity to becohty as a senior would and said, “That means you have a lot of problems!”
Doesn’t thatHua was completely confused
Luckily, Owen and the others returned then Owen yelled out before he even ca Hua?”
“I didn’t!” Cas raised his voice evenme!”
“I’ly You’re a brat full of weird ideas You rappled Cas’ head and , “You little pervert, speak up! Did you take advantage of her?”
As he had indeed secretly touched her hands, Cas was speechless, feeling a little guilt-ridden
“…What have you done?” Owen’s voice resonated loudly He said it for the sake of it, but he never expected Cas to have actually done so
Not only could Cas not answer, his face also turned beet red
Upon seeing his expression, Owen’s jaas close to dropping off He stuttered, “You, you little pervert…”
Cedric never expected to run into this kind of problelare at Cas
As for Mila, she didn’t believe Cas would do anything outrageous Hence, she directly asked Gong Hua, “Did Cas touch you?”
Gong Hua nodded, “He touched my hands”
In order to clear the doubts those twotowards a boy, Mila had to ask a little more specifically, “Did he only touch your hands? What about other areas? Or did he say anything to you?”
Gong Hua nodded her head again and spoke, “He said cli trees”
After hearing what Gong Hua had to say, Mila spun around She spread her hands out as she wore an amused smile on her face The latter subsequently turned towards Cas and bellowed, “You sneaky little brat, I thought you really did so hands Why the hell did your face redden like that? You’ve probably held hands with countless girls most of the time, haven’t you?”
Holding and touching are two different things! Cas retorted in his heart, yet he did not have the courage to say it out and risk getting repri hiaze with suspicion written all over his face
“Enough, the both of you should stop bullying Cas!” Mila spoke, half ath and she’s taller than Cas by half a head! There’s no way Cas could mistreat her”
Owen abruptly blared, “Mila, it’s not like you don’t know this Gong Hua is just like a child! She doesn’t know anything Should Cas do anything to her, she would not retaliate!”
Cedric dissented, “What exactly do you think ible rascal? He’s only twelve! “What” can he do?”
“Who knows?” Owen snapped back, relentlessly
The twono roo from the side, Mila started to feel distressed, and i Hua, you htly younger than you”
“We can’t touch hands?” Gong Hua turned towards Cas
Mila pondered it and said, “Holding hands is fine, but touching isn’t” She knew Gong Hua wouldn’t understand the difference between holding and touching, so she grasped Gong Hua’s hands to demonstrate it
Upon seeing his predica Hua, trying to signal her vigorously It was a pity Gong Hua didn’t understand it She then spoke frankly, “Cas just touched my hands”
Mila froze and questioned, “Touch? Not hold hands?”
Gong Hua shook his head and affir Mila’s hand, “Touch”