Chapter 73 (1/2)

Chapter 73: Lifting Up

Qin Xu was very surprised. He grabbed the child and examined his face carefully. He saw that his eyes indeed resembled Jiang Yang's, it was just that his face was still child-like, and his features had not completely developed, ”You're called Jiang Yang, then is your father called Jiang Jian Hua and your mum Liang Ying?”

The little boy's eyes widened, and he was even more shocked: ”How did you know?!”

Sure enough, this is Jiang Yang as a child.

After Qin Xu was surprised, his mood improved. He finally met someone he was familiar with and his heart calmed down. It was then filled with curiosity. This is Jiang Yang. He was already so cute at a young age, all soft and tender. He couldn't help but want to pinch those chubby cheeks of his a few times.

As he thought this, he immediately put it into action. He not only pinched that soft face of his, he even ruffled his hair with a satisfied and happy smile.

Little Jiang Yang was completely stunned. His face blushed red and a humiliated expression slowly formed on his face. For a boy, it was extremely humiliating having his face pinched and head rubbed! So angry!

The other child who ran over to find little Jiang Yang watched the tall and strong Qin Xu smile like that while messing with his friend was suddenly scared to tears. ”Wuwuwu, someone's bullying Jiang Yang. What to do………”

The other child was also panicking, ”Let's get our mummy and daddy. No, we should find the police uncle…….”

After all, they were just six or seven-year-old children. With one look, they knew that the other person was someone that they couldn't deal with. The disparity between them was almost like a novice player going up against a full levelled final boss! They were both nervous and scared and couldn't calm down at all.

Qin Xu didn't think that just touching little Jiang Yang's face would terrify the little children to that extend. He felt like he had done something wrong and he proceeded to fumble around and coax them: ”Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person……”

The teary-eyed children started crying even more fiercely, ”This is what bad guys always said on TV! Bad people won't ever admit that they are bad uwaaaaa!”

Qin Xu: ”…………..”

If it was just that, then it wasn't anything major but even little Jiang Yang looked at him with vigilance. In a hurry, he suddenly remembered a trick that he could use to placate them. From his pocket he pulled out a coin and showed it to the children: ”Look, what's this?”

The children glanced over at him while busy crying and pouted. Isn't it just a coin?

Qin Xu smiled and then clenched his fist. With his other hand, he waved around over it like he was casting some magic. He muttered a few words and then opened his hands again, ”Look.”

The palm of his hand was empty.

The children suddenly widen their eyes in surprise and momentarily forgot to cry. Their small faces were filled with shock, where did the coin go?

Little Jiang Yang was also extremely curious. In disbelief, he reached his small hands and searched his hands and pockets to see if it was hidden in there.

Qin Xu grabbed onto his small, warm hands and said: ”It tickles. Wait, I'll pull it up for you.

Then, under little Jiang Yang's fervent gaze, he rolled up his sleeves to reveal his slender and muscular forearm. The coin however was nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Yang was confused. In a childish voice he asked: ”Where did you hide the coin?”

Qin Xu smiled: ”I don't know, it disappeared. Let me find it…..Ah, wait.”

Suddenly, he bent down with bright eyes and stared at little Jiang Yang. This made little Jiang Yang a little surprised and nervous. He unconsciously clenched his little fist, ”Wh-what's wrong?”

Qin Xu's fingers brushed past his hair like he was looking for something. He said: ”I found it, it's here.”

Little Jiang Yang watched him take out the coin from his hair and suddenly became very excited. His pair of bright eyes stared at Qin Xu and his expression was filled with amazement. Those burning hot eyes of his made Qin Xu feel a little embarra.s.sed. This was nothing but a little trick used to tease little children with.

But the children were completely fooled by him. They looked at him as if he was someone amazing and was filled with wors.h.i.+p. The vigilance that they had earlier was instantly gone and they started saying sweetly, ”Brother, please teach us.”

But something like magic was something that would no longer be fun if you revealed its secrets. He had also finally managed to find something that he could use to coax the children with so if he reveals this last hand of his, what else could he use?

And so, Qin Xu pretended to be conflicted, ”But this…..isn't something that I can teach anybody.”

The children's' bright eyes didn't have a trace of frustration. Instead, they felt that this was something extremely precious and their desire to learn was even stronger, ”Then what should we do for you to teach us?”

Qin Xu mulled over this and he deliberately squinted his eyes with a look of complication. He whispered in a mysterious voice: ”This kind of thing is very important. I can only pa.s.s it onto people who are close to me. Others can't know about it……..”

This att.i.tude of his made the other children follow suit and also lower their voices. This made them look even more adorable. ”I promise I won't tell other people so can you teach me?”

Qin Xu dragged out a sound and looked conflicted, ”But I'm not close to you. Not familiar with you at all.”

The children were stunned. He said that they would need to be close to him so that he could teach them but what should they do to become close to him? The little radish heads huddled together and started discussing but what they said still reached Qin Xu's ears.

”To be close means that the relations.h.i.+p is good, like mummy and daddy? But I have mummy and daddy, that brother can't take their place.”

”But I really want to learn. Can we just let him for one day and then ask for mummy and daddy back the next day?”

”You don't want your parents? I'll tell aunty and uncle!”

”N-no. It's just for one day. They're still my mummy and daddy!”

After discussing for a long time, the little radish heads still couldn't reach a proper conclusion. Their little faces were filled with conflict as they said to Qin Xu: ”We can't bear losing mummy and daddy. Is there another way?”

Qin Xu was about to be rendered to tears by little Jiang Yang's cuteness. He found it really fun teasing these children, ”Apart from your mummy and daddy, there is another person who will be close to you.”

”Who? Grandma and grandpa?”

”That's not wrong but I was referring to someone other than them.”