Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5 – Conditions
“I see that you have beaten them today but they’ll surely find you afterwards to settle the score But don’t worry about it, I’ve got you covered!” Yin Xudong broke open a pair of disposable chopsticks and stirred his noodles, boasting to Qin Kexuan as though he had nothing to do with the guy as just being chased
Qin Kexuan gave hiht was filled with disdain, “Hey, why are you looking at me like that? If it wasn’t for the fact thatschools if she saw a neound on me, I wouldn’t have ran!”
Qin Kexuan lifted a noodle gently into her mouth
Yin Xudong patted his chest, swearing: “I’ve got your back, so you will definitely be able to walk around safely!” He paused for aQin Kexuan covertly: “But there’s a condition”
Qin Kexuan continued eating her noodles
“The condition is that you have to teach me how to throw a knife Of course it doesn’t have to be a knife la, using a rock ork as well”
Qin Kexuan lifted her bowl to drink aher head to shout at the boss: “Check, please”
“What? Already done so soon? It’s my treat, my treat Wait for me, I’m almost done with my food!”
Qin Kexuan paid, ignoring the yelling Yin Xudong and left
Yin Xudong hurriedly placed 10 dollars underneath the bowl, shouting “Payht of Qin Kexuan’s figure
Disappointed, a backpack shot behind hi pummeled by it He was pleasantly surprised to see Qin Kexuan behind hi for me?”
Qin Kexuan: “Helpmy backpack home It’s too troubleso someone up”
Yin Xudong was stunned stupid, “What? Now?”
“Yes”
“What about you then?”
“It’s none of your concern”
“So youho said in disbelief
“If you do not want to learn knife throwing, you can say no”
“This…… Of course can la! You play around slowly, I will head ho to teach hirading fact that he was reduced to being an errand boy for an uniirl
Having spoken finished, Yin Xudong held onto her bag and ran, as though afraid that Qin Kexuan will snatch it back, vanishi+ng into thin air
Qin Kexuan continued on her journey to collect information
Unknowingly an entire afternoon was over, Qin Kexuan gazed at the darkening sky She would stop for today She looked up at the setting sun, deter in a deep breath and ran towards the direction of home
Realizing that running in public under watchful eyes was attracting attention, Qin Kexuan started to pick the dark and deserted alleys
Aftercontinuous turns in the alleys, she heard sounds of childish laughter and dog’s whimpers from the corner in front Qin Kexuan reduced her speed, slowly leaning over to see that several kids were using wooden sticks to beat a dusty-grey puppy which was cowering in a corner
Every single escape attempt made by the puppy was blocked by the children as they surrounded it It had nowhere to run, howling repeatedly as it was beaten
Qin Kexuan stood, watching for a shorttojust a few kids to completely block it
The kids noticed so that it was an adult who ca behind theh, and beat the puppy
Qin Kexuan reached out her hand to pick up a kid by his collar and threw hi theround The children were instantly frightened by her aggression, and ran away crying for their mummies
She continued walking forward for a few steps before stopping to squat next to the shi+vering puppy and reached out her hand Warning growls burst fro that she had no intention to hurt it, lying lohine and lick at its wounds
Qin Kexuan reached around its neck to rip off a wooden tag, “Zhuo Hongyi’s Beloved Dog – Coco” She readily threw it aside, “You are free now”
The doggy stopped its licking, raising its head to peep at her
Qin Kexuan stood up to continue her interrupted training, vanishi+ng quickly into the crisscrossed alley The distance fro[1]-less Qin Kexuan reached home, the sky had turned completely dark
Entering the house, she saw Jiang Huilin rush towards her “Xuan Xuan, you finally reached ho us to death! I should call your dad first to tell him that you have returned” She rushed back in to enter the house
As Qin Kexuan was standing at the entrance to change her shoes, Qin Pengcheng walked out to say grotesquely: “Bothersome pest!”
She walked pass him without an expression
Qin Kexuan returned to her roo to practice exercises to build up her internal strength[2] She heard the sound of Qin Shuhua’s car, then the “thu” of knocks on the door
“Enter”
“XUAN XUAN, COME OUT NOW!! If you don’t give ood explanation today, I will……” Qin Shuhua sounded really stirred up
“Shuhua, cal the child”
“Huilin, not another word from you!
If I don’t teach her a lesson today, she won’t have any morals! XUAN XUAN! Come out!”
Qin Kexuan opened the door before striding out, “Speak, what’s the matter?”
“Your class advisor called me today to inform that you didn’t attend classes this afternoon, is it true?”
“Yes”
“And you still ca classes?”
“Yes”
“So do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No, then do you have anything else to add? I want to rest soon”