Chapter 73 - Lifting Up (2/2)

“Who? Grandma and grandpa?”

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

“Who else is there?” The children were confuddled.

“Your future wives.” Qin Xu laughed.

“….Wife?” The children were a little confused. They wrinkled their brows in thought, “So, if you’re my wife then you’ll teach me?”

Qin Xu laughed: “In theory, yes. But I’m a man so I will be marrying a wife in the future and I will only teach that person.”

The little radish heads were very disappointed, and they pouted their lips in dissatisfaction. One even complained quietly: “Sigh, why am I a boy.” He had only said that he wanted to change gender because he really wanted to learn the magic trick and didn’t really mean it. He would soon forget that he had even said it the next day.

Qin Xu said: “Although I can’t teach you, I can still perform a few for you. If you manage to find the trick to it, then I won’t even need to teach you.”

After this, the little radish heads were once again very spirited. This was particularly the case for little Jiang Yang. He looked at Qin Xu with a burning gaze that was about to bore right through him.

But, no matter how big or round his eyes were, he could only exclaim in surprise and admiration. He couldn’t figure out the secret the magic trick, but he didn’t regret it at all. He just thought that this big brother is too amazing. He would also from time to time be his little assistant and this only made him very happy. When he touched Qin Xu’s forearm with his little hands, he found that it was surprisingly hard.

The other two children heard his cry of surprise and also moved to poke at Qin Xu’s arms with curiosity. They then touched their own forearms. It was very different. They asked: “Big brother, why is your hand so hard?”

Qin Xu: “This is muscle. It proves that the body is strong. In the future you will exercise more, and you’ll also have it.”

The children, including Jiang Yang, were envious.

Qin Xu’s eyes met with Jiang Yang’s gaze and he couldn’t help but be in a good mood. On a whim he reached out and held him under his armpits before lifting him up into the air and throwing him up and down. The weightless feeling initially made little Jiang Yang surprised but, after experiencing it for a while, he found it fun and started laughing cheerfully. While laughing he revealed his small teeth and even a lovely dimple at the corner of his mouth.

Really is too cute.

Qin Xu played with him like this and didn’t feel tired at all. His heart was filled with indescribable emotions as he watched little Jiang Yang laugh.

Little Jiang Yang played very happily and had forgotten about his other little friends. The other friends however were envious, so they also grabbed onto Qin Xu’s leg crying out that they also wanted a turn.

At this moment, the children started competing. Little Jiang Yang was playing very happily and naturally didn’t want to stop. The moment he saw Qin Xu moving to put him down, he immediately hooked his two chubby hands around his neck and his pair of short legs moved to wrap around Qin Xu. His legs were unfortunately too short, so he could just hang from Qin Xu’s neck like a koala.

Qin Xu didn’t expect him to be like this. After a moment of being stunned, he laughed out loud.

The other two children grabbed onto Qin Xu’s pants and looked up to complain that little Jiang Yang is acting embarrassing and that it’s now their turn. Little Jiang Yang refused and said that he wanted to play a little longer.

Generally speaking, the children should be treated fairly, and everyone should take turns and play for the same amount of time but who is Qin Xu? He is obviously biased towards Jiang Yang. And so, he did as Jiang Yang said and played with him for a while. He then picked up the other children and lifted them up a few times half-heartedly before finally letting them down.

Everyone had a great time, but they remembered that they still had to go home so they could only reluctantly wave goodbye. As for whether they could find the big brother again to play? Qin Xu understood the situation very well and he thought that it wasn’t good to lie to a child, so he didn’t directly agree and only said that he didn’t know.

When the little radish heads reluctantly parted, Qin Xu wandered around the street bored. He thought that he is very strange; after transmigrating he didn’t panic at all. At this moment, a sound suddenly appeared in his mind.

“No need to panic. This is something us systems have arranged. You will be going back soon.”

Qin Xu heard the system’s mechanical sound and felt a little nostalgic. After all, he hadn’t heard from it for a long time, “This is a task? Is there a time limit?”

“Not a task. You can just do as you want. When things are over, you will go back. It won’t take much time.”

Knowing that it was about to end, Qin Xu was even more calm, “Then do I need to find a place to stay tonight? I don’t have much cash, so I might need to sleep on the streets.”

System: “No need. It’ll only be one to two hours.”

Qin Xu was curious: “What is it? Does it have something to do with Jiang Yang?”

System: “I can’t tell you directly, but I can give you a hint. This has something to do with why Jiang Yang is afraid of the dark.”

Qin Xu heard this and couldn’t help but frown. This is ten years ago, and Jiang Yang is still young. If it is something to do with his fear of the dark, then something bad must’ve happened.

Thinking this, He immediately turned and ran back to the park he was at earlier. His first thought was to find Jiang Yang and protect him from any harm. At the same time, he tried to elicit more information out of the system, but it only said that it had happened in the past and he would not be able to change what had already happened.

The system is an artificial intelligence. It has no feelings, so it could remain rational and calm. It said, isn’t the future Jiang Yang fine? You don’t need to worry.

But how would Qin Xu remain calm when he knows that Jiang Yang is going to meet a bad predicament? Even if he knew that he may be in danger, he still wanted to do his best to minimise the danger. That’s the person that he likes, how could he be willing to let him get hurt!

The system fell silent. After becoming silent for a moment, it proceeded to point out Jiang Yang’s location.

On the other side, after little Jiang Yang parted from his friends, he didn’t immediately go home. Using the remaining change in his pockets, he ran off to buy snacks from a nearby store. Because the owner of the store closest to home was familiar with his parents, he would quickly be exposed if he went there so he deliberately walked further on to another store.

Even so, he didn’t go to far from home. Little Jiang Yang was only in grade 1 and had never thought that he would be in any danger. He happily thought about what he could spend his pocket money on when he suddenly felt someone pull him over. A stranger suddenly grabbed his hands and, using the opportunity when he is too shocked to react, he picked him up and walked in another direction.

Jiang Yang panicked. He didn’t know what to do and could only struggle while shouting: “Who are you? Let me go!”

The man however pretended to be familiar with him and said: “Don’t make trouble. There are already enough toys at home.”