107 I’ll Be Back Soon (2/2)
”I’m just a fake. Deep down, I’m still just a student.” Ye Qingxuan smiled in self-deprecation, ”Most people go into complex notes after they learn all basic notes, but I’m probably the only one who learned how to perform complex notes before I even learned all of the basics, right?”
Charles did not say anything.
”Anyway, just think of it as me cheating.” The youth smiled mysteriously and grasped his ‘cane.’”Since I’m handicapped without any ‘sense,’ I need a ‘cane’ to help me, right?”
Seeing how sure Ye was, Charles’s troubled emotions ceased. He smiled helplessly and waved his hand, telling the youth to leave, ”…Be careful.”
”Okay.” The youth did the button on his sleeve cuff. Just as he turned around, he heard Charles say, ”Hey, Yezi, you aren’t really stupid enough to take on all of downtown, right?”
”How could I?” Ye Qingxuan pulled down his hat and chuckled, ”I just want to let those people who want my head to understand how I feel. If they understand and stop chasing after me, I’ll be thankful.”
Understanding what he meant, Charles felt a headache coming. ”Sounds hard. Good luck.”
”Okay.” The youth turned to leave, ””I’ll be back soon.”
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Ten minutes later, Charles stood in the living room, gazing at the moon. Downing one cup after another, he went back into his failure state. With a bowl in his arms and a fork in his hand, he mixed a salad in the bowl, trying to find a larger cherry tomato to eat with his wine.
”That kid gives me such a headache.” Charles sighed and muttered, ”He’s like a totally different person now. What provoked him? As expected, you only realize you’re old when you can’t understand the kids. Ah, I’m only eighteen…” As he cried over his youth, a thin shadow crept up behind him, sneakily going toward the door.
”Bai Xi?” Charles asked without turning, as if he had eyes on the back of his head. ”Where are you going?”
The shocked girl became petrified and stammered, ”Uh, I’m in a bad mood and I can’t sleep…I want to go out for a walk.”
”What a coincidence. You’re right after Yezi.” Charles looked at her out of the corner of his eye. ”There’s a carnival in downtown now. It’s dangerous.”
Bai Xi instantly lost her temper, ”I’ll go wherever I want to!”
”But not now,” Charles sighed and stood up, blocking her. He said seriously, ”It’s midnight. Do you know how dangerous downtown can be? I know you’re worried about Yezi, but a little girl shouldn’t run around. No one will even know if a human trafficker catches you. Be good and go to sleep, alright? Otherwise, I’ll get the professor.”
”Hmph!” The girl glared at him unhappily, but Charles did not budge. The way he guarded the door, no one would be able to get past.
Bai Xi gave up in the end. Sighing, she turned for her room, but when her eyes swept past a shadow in the room, she froze, ”Professor?”
”Professor?! I wasn’t drinking…” Charles denied instinctively, hiding the bottle behind his back. He nervously followed Bai Xi’s eyes, but there was nothing there.
”Ah, this…this is bad.” By the time Charles finally realized what had happened, it was too late. In the moonlight, he saw Bai Xi’s shadow raise her arms. There was something heavy in her hands, and brought it down against his head without hesitation.
Bang! Charles collapsed onto the ground.
”Ha! No matter how powerful you are, you’ll fall under the brick.” Bai Xi tossed the Anglo encyclopedia to the side. Gritting her teeth, she dragged Charles onto the sofa. After moving him into a weird position, she waved at the shadows.
”Old Phil, come on! We’ll lose him if we’re not fast enough…” Under the moonlight, the girl picked up the felt hat that Ye Qingxuan had left behind. Putting on her jacket, she walked out with a grumpy dog.
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The moon illuminated the dark city quietly. The city was silent as if it had fallen asleep. An intoxicated man walked down a small alley in downtown, swaying as he went.
Suddenly, a burly shadow jumped before him. ”Hey, you! Come here!” A cruel-looking man waved the mace in his hands as he studied the drunk, ”Stand still!”
Sensing that something was wrong, the man stuck his hands in his pockets and turned around. But another figure popped out on the other side, blocking his escape route. Seeing that he was surrounded, he pulled out his dagger, his eyes fierce, ”I am Dean of the Luco family. Friend, don’t do anything stupid…”
Bang! Whacked on the back of his skull, the man fell to the ground. A third figure jumped down from the wall.
”Dean? Luco family? Who are you kidding?” The man with the mace kicked him, laughing proudly, ”Ha, you don’t know how long we waited here. You Eastern mutt, you think that I won’t be able to recognize you in this disguise…you even wore a wig!”