Chapter 349.2: Scheme to Lure the Tiger Away From its Den (1/2)

Outside the temple, it was still raining. The sound of the drizzling rain continued as the sky gradually darkened. Before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep while meditating. When she shifted sleepily, she suddenly sat back up in realization. She glanced outside. Seeing that the sky was already turning dark, she slapped herself for almost forgetting about the main goal.

Achoo!

Oh no, she seemed to have a slight cold. Hopefully it wouldn’t get in the way of what she needed to do.

Just as she was about to head out, she heard urgent footsteps approach.

She looked around helplessly, then ran to hide behind the Buddha statue. One step after she hid herself, the people had entered the temple.

“I told you to hurry but you wouldn’t listen. Now this is just great, we have no choice but to stay in this temple for tonight!” An irritated-sounding voice appeared. Tang Doudou’s eyes whirled. The world sure was small. She had actually encountered that brat, Xiao Yi, again!

From the sounds of the footsteps and Xiao Yi’s words, there was probably one more person. If her guess wasn’t wrong, it was probably Xiao Siyuan.

As she had expected, right after Xiao Yi said that, Xiao Siyuan’s helpless and much more moderate voice appeared. “That grandma was very old. If we hadn’t helped her back, she definitely would’ve met with a mishap in this weather.”

“Whatever! In any case, you’ll always be able to argue back with something no matter what I say!” responded Xiao Yi, still annoyed. “I’m going to go make a fire. You should get changed!”

Tang Doudou poked out her head and saw that Xiao Siyuan just smiled without saying anything. He then took off his outer garments to wring them dry as he looked around the temple. However, since it was dark, he didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yi had already started throwing some dry wood in a pile. Following that, he picked up a bunch of straw, lit them with a rolled torch, and threw them onto the pile of wood.

Although this temple was quite drafty, the roof was strong and didn’t leak. These wood had been in the temple for countless years and had long dried out completely, so they easily caught the flames.

As the warm flames leapt up, Xiao Siyuan rubbed his hands, then swiftly lifted a bamboo pole and hung his wet clothes on it. “Ah Yi, you should take your clothes off too!”

It was clearly something said out of good intentions, but Xiao Yi’s face immediately turned dark. “No.”

Xiao Siyuan replied with a helpless tone. “You’ll catch a chill.”

“Tsk. It’s not like I’m a woman, as if I’m that delicate!” Xiao Yi didn’t agree and just sat down next to the fire. He untied a canteen from his waist, twisted it open, and took a large swig. “Refreshing!”

Xiao Siyuan stared at his canteen with a frown. “Why are you drinking alcohol again?”

“It warms you up. Have some?” Xiao Yi laughed mischievously as he waved the canteen at Xiao Siyuan.

Xiao Siyuan declined. “The 382th rule of the Xiao family is that alcohol is prohibited.”

Xiao Yi edged over with a smirk. “The 599th rule of the Xiao family: keeping violations secret is a first degree offense! You often see me drink. Why don’t you report me to the elders?”

Xiao Siyuan stiffen. He was just about to reply with something when a loud ‘achoo’ interrupted him.

The two’s expression turned serious and they shared a quick glance before simultaneously moving towards the Buddha statue.

Tang Doudou was covering her mouth nervously even as she rolled her eyes. It was seriously wonderful timing. She could’ve sneezed at any time, but it just had to end up at this time. Wasn’t this completely demanding her life?

Originally, she had been planning to sneak away once Xiao Yi and Xiao Siyuan fell asleep. Although Xiao Siyuan seemed pretty reasonable, Xiao Yi’s temper was nowhere as good. He probably still held a grudge against her about that incident last time. There was no one else around in the temple, so there was no guarantee that Xiao Yi wouldn’t attack her out of anger when he saw her. Based on how meek Xiao Siyuan looked, he probably wouldn’t be able to stop Xiao Yi.

As the two got even closer, Tang Doudou retreated backwards in a panic. However, after a few steps, she already hit the cold wall. There was nowhere left to hide.

“Who’s there?” shouted Xiao Yi as they came to a stop about a meter away from the statue.

Tang Doudou opened her mouth silently. After a moment of thought, she timidly stuck her head out. “It’s me.”

In reality, it had already been a month, so Xiao Yi with his careless personality had already forgotten about this aunt. “Who are you? Why were you hiding so sneakily behind the Buddha statue?”