Chapter 120

The Firefly Festival was the last day Jiaojiao and her friends stayed in Changli Village. When the sunlight set again from the sky, a group of people walked out of the mushroom house dragging their luggage.

Jiaojiao came out pulling on his father's trouser leg, carrying on his back a small bamboo basket that Zhou Yi had specially woven for him before he left. The basket was full of woven grasshoppers and small animals.

When getting in the car to leave, Jiaojiao saw Wang Quezi at the village entrance. He stuck his head out of the car and waved his little paws to Wang Quezi: "Goodbye, Grandpa Wang!"

Hearing the voice, Wang Quezi looked over and frowned: "Are you leaving?"

"Yeah." Jiaojiao nodded her head: "Jiaojiao and Dad are going home."

"Go home." Wang Quezi looked at Jiaojiao and couldn't help but say, "Be careful on the road."

"I understand. Goodbye, Grandpa Wang."

As the vehicle drove away, Wang Quezi, who was standing at the village entrance and watching them leave, felt a little uncomfortable.

It’s better for this kid to leave, so he doesn’t have to disturb his peace all day long!

Wang Quezi raised his hand and touched his face. He didn't know why, but this child was not afraid of him at all. Every day, he would carry his small bamboo basket and come to his house to chat with him. Not only did he not speak fluently, but he also often had no beginning or end. His limited patience was all given to this child these days.

And with his short legs, it's hard for him to even climb over the threshold. Every time he comes, he has to be carried inside and we always find things for him to do!

But now that this child is gone, the village is a little too quiet!

Wang Quezi returned home and sat in the yard, thinking as he looked at the small straw hat that was almost finished knitting.

On the return flight, Lu Jie and Jun Xiangze happened to be on the same flight as Jiaojiao and the others. What was even more coincidental was that they sat next to Jiaojiao, with an aisle between them.

"Uncle Lu Jie, Uncle Jun!" Jiaojiao turned around and saw them, waving her little paws in surprise to greet them.

Lu Jie and Jun Xiangze also responded to Jiaojiao with a smile.

Li Yubai, who was sitting next to Jiaojiao, looked at them and frowned unconsciously.

He always felt that the two of them had deliberately created such a coincidence!

The two people who met Li Yubai's gaze smiled and looked away, feeling inexplicably guilty.

The two of them did create such a coincidence on purpose. After all, the reason why they approached Jiaojiao was too mysterious. It was difficult to explain it to others without personal experience.

Besides, if someone approaches their children with such an intention, they will definitely turn around and chase the person away, and will also tell their children to stay away from such weird people.

So when the two faced Li Yubai, they inevitably felt a little guilty.

Time passed by little by little. Jiaojiao, who was full of energy playing the hand-catching game with her father in the previous second, fell asleep leaning on the back of the chair with a red face in the next second.

Li Yubai glanced at Jiaojiao, unbuckled his seat belt and went to the bathroom in the back to solve some physiological problems.

Seeing Li Yubai leave, Jun Xiangze, who was sitting next to her, unbuckled his seat belt and squatted beside Jiaojiao. He gently held Jiaojiao's small, fleshy hand in his hands and touched it on his head.

Isn’t there a saying that goes like this: If an immortal touches my head, I will be granted eternal life.

Jun Xiangze never thought about living forever. He just wanted to live well with his family. He didn't want to work hard for most of his life only to end up with his wife and children separated from him.

He really loves his wife very much, and he will not accept any form of separation except death.

So no matter whether this is outrageous or a waste of effort, he has to try it, no matter how absurd it is.

"Uncle, do you want a pat on the head?" Jiaojiao, who had woken up at some point, moved her little hands and touched Jun Xiangze's head. She then shared, "Jiaojiao likes it every time Dad touches her head."

Jun Xiangze, who was originally a little embarrassed about being discovered, felt completely relieved when he heard Jiaojiao's words.

He looked up at her bright smile and suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Can you give me a hug?"

Jiaojiao blinked in confusion. Although she didn't understand, she still tried to open her arms and leaned over to give him an awkward hug: "Uncle, are you unhappy?"

"Well, very unhappy!" Jun Xiangze said in a low voice, rubbing Jiaojiao's furry head with his chin.

Ever since that incident, he has been in a very low mood. He doesn't even dare to think about what he would do if he was really bewitched into getting a divorce.

Many times he thought that if things really came to that point, he would no longer be himself in a sense, but a man-made moth without self-awareness.

Every time he thought of this possibility, he felt extreme panic, and his body and mind felt as if they were immersed in a cold pool, freezing cold.

The faint warmth coming from the small body in his arms made him feel a little alive.

Li Yubai, who had returned from the bathroom, stopped after seeing this scene, and looked at Jun Xiangze with a somewhat complicated look.

Jun Xiangze noticed his gaze and looked over awkwardly. He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, so he raised his hand to say hello, then stood up a little embarrassedly and returned to his seat.

Li Yubai walked back to his seat and sat down, fastened his belt, took the bottle from the side and handed it to Jiaojiao, occasionally glancing at Lu Jie and Jun Xiangze, with a bit of vigilance.

He suspected that these two people were trying to snatch Jiaojiao from him, otherwise why would they be behaving so strangely?!

The two people who noticed his gaze looked straight ahead a little stiffly, without turning their heads to look at him.

The plane soon arrived at Beijing Airport. When getting off the plane, Jun Xiangze's steps were slow and heavy. He even hesitated for a long time before taking the last step.

When Jiaojiao, who was held by her father, saw him, she stretched out her little paws to him: "Uncle Jun, are you scared? Jiaojiao will hold your hand."

Jun Xiangze was stunned, and quickly raised his hand to hold Jiaojiao's small hand, then stepped off the plane and landed on the land of Jing City.

Unexpectedly, the voice that repeatedly appeared in his mind and frantically urged him to divorce did not appear because he returned to Beijing. Jun Xiangze almost cried for joy.

In the next few days, he was very cautious and even brought several guarantors with him. Wherever he went, he would ask them to observe whether the woman was there first. Only if she was not there would he go out. Every time he went out, he was in a hurry, as if there was a ghost chasing him.

During these few days, Li Yubai took Jiaojiao to settle her household registration and also got her an ID card.

When coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Jiaojiao was so happy that he jumped up and down as he walked, holding the household registration book with his and his father's names on it.

Jiaojiao knew that having this little notebook meant that he and his father were a real family. That’s what Sister Yaoyao said.

Thinking of this, Jiaojiao took a photo of his household registration book with the smart watch his father bought for him and posted it in their small group chat.

A series of congratulatory expressions and voice messages instantly appeared in the group.

Considering that Jiaojiao is illiterate, Cao Yuhao and others sent messages in the group using voice messages.

Hearing their congratulatory voices, Jiaojiao's eyes curved into crescents of joy. He put his watch to his lips, pressed a button on it, and said in a serious manner, "Sister Yaoyao, Brother Yuhao, Sister Huairou, Brother Yicheng, Jiaojiao will treat you to a delicious meal someday."

Another series of voice messages came out in the group.

Shi Huairou: "OK!"

Mu Yicheng: "Okay!"

Lou Yaoyao: "I want to eat lotus cake!"

Cao Yuhao: "Don't postpone it to another day, just do it today."

Jiaojiao: "No, Jiaojiao has no money now. I'll invite you when Jiaojiao makes some money!"

Cao Yuhao, who was doing his homework at home, heard the news and his excitement instantly disappeared. He lay on the desk weakly.

I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait for Jiaojiao to make money!

Will this meal only be available sixteen years later?

Cao Yuhao was thinking in doubt and uncertainty when another message flashed in the group. He clicked on it and found that it was a voice message from Mu Yicheng. He clicked on it to listen.

"Then we'll make an appointment for next Sunday!"

That’s not right. Didn’t Jiaojiao say that we should wait until he makes money?

Confused, Cao Yuhao sent a voice message.

Lou Yaoyao, who was also doing homework at home, sent a voice message: "Cao Yuhao, you big idiot, our show will be airing this Friday. After the show airs, the director will transfer our fees for appearing on the show. Doesn't that mean Jiaojiao will make money?"

is that so?

Cao Yuhao scratched his head in embarrassment.

Jiaojiao on the other side was also confused. He looked up at Li Yubai and asked, "Dad, does Jiaojiao also get fees for appearing on the show?"

"Yes." Li Yubai squatted down and picked him up: "When Jiaojiao's fees come in, I'll get you a bank card and put all the money in it. It will be linked to your little watch. If you want to buy something in the future, you can use the little watch to pay."

Jiaojiao looked at the watch on her wrist with curiosity, and said to her father, "Jiaojiao will buy you lots of delicious food when the time comes."

Li Yubai smiled when he heard this: "Okay!"

Time flies and it is Friday. Cao Yuhao, Lou Yaoyao, Shi Huairou, Mu Yichen and others who had made an appointment to meet gathered at Jiaojiao's house. Jun Che also came, and of course Jun Xiangze and Lu Jie also came.

These two people came here purely to take advantage of Jun Che's face, otherwise they couldn't find any good reason to come.

As the show of Time and Space Zaizai was about to begin, several children sat in a row on the sofa, and one of them was holding half a bucket of popcorn made by Li Yubai in his arms.

"Wow, Jiaojiao is amazing. She pointed out that this person is a bad guy at first glance."

"Yes, but why does the person in his arms look so much like Jun Che?" Shi Huairou asked puzzledly.

"It's not like, it's me!" Jun Che said, stuffing two popcorns into Jiaojiao's mouth.

Although Jiaojiao didn't need to be fed popcorn, Jun Che was still happy to do it for her, especially when he saw Jiaojiao's cheeks bulging with food. The sense of accomplishment that emerged in his heart was more satisfying than getting a perfect score in the class.

"Wow, look, Cao Yuhao is trying to grab Jiaojiao's bottle to drink!" Lou Yaoyao suddenly exclaimed.

"I didn't, that was Xiao Tian giving it to me to drink, I didn't know it was Jiaojiao's!" Cao Yuhao immediately retorted loudly.

"Who said that? Jiaojiao was crying, and you didn't give it back to him. You even drank it all!"

Upon hearing this, the people present looked at Cao Yuhao differently.

Even Lu Jie and Jun Xiangze on the side cast a subtle glance at him. Feeling this, Cao Yuhao stomped his feet in shame and anger, and decided that he would teach Xiao Tiancheng a lesson when he saw him during the next recording of the show. After all, he had taken such a big blame for him.

After a while, the program was played to the time when they had dinner on the first day. Lou Yaoyao and the others, who were sitting on the sofa eating popcorn, saw this scene. Recalling the taste at that time, they couldn't help but wrinkled their noses and complained to Jiaojiao in a low voice.

"Can you imagine that the rice is half-cooked?"

"It's so choking and bitter. They don't even treat us children as human beings."

"You don't even feed pigs like this!"

“That was the worst meal I’ve ever had in my life.”

Jun Xiangze, who heard their complaints from the side, couldn't help but look over. The oldest of them was only five and a half years old. It was a bit too early to talk about his whole life.

While listening to their complaints, Jiaojiao said, "Jiaojiao's dad cooks delicious food."

"We know Uncle Li's cooking is delicious, but the food they cook is really terrible."

"Then let them learn from their father."

"That's fine. When the time comes, let them pay Uncle Li's tuition."

Several children were chatting excitedly while watching TV.

The program ended when Jiaojiao finished selling vegetables and Cao Yuhao was about to go across to find Mu Yichen. After they had taken only two steps, Jiaojiao suddenly looked frightened, pulled Cao Yuhao to hide behind Aunt Li Li and said that there were bad guys.

Lou Yaoyao, whose heart couldn't help but follow Jiaojiao's nervous and frightened look, couldn't help but complain, "This is keeping things on hold a bit too much."

"That's right, it's too much!" Mu Yicheng, who was still unsatisfied, couldn't help but complain.

The next episode will be aired in a week. This production team really knows how to keep people in suspense.

After watching the show, they had nothing to do and looked at each other. Cao Yuhao, who didn't want to go home yet, suddenly had an idea and looked at Jiaojiao and said, "Can I sleep at your house tonight?"

"Hey!" Jiaojiao, who was eating popcorn, tilted her head and turned to look at her father for advice.

Li Yubai rubbed his head and said, "If he's willing to sleep on the floor, fine."

There was only one bedroom in the house, and he couldn't think of where else he could sleep except on the floor.

Before Jiaojiao turned around to ask Cao Yuhao, Cao Yuhao had already raised his hands and said excitedly: "Sure, sure, I can sleep on the floor!"

Lou Yaoyao and the others' eyes lit up, and they said in unison, "Uncle Li, can we sleep on the floor here too?"

After their request to sleep on the floor was approved, a group of people, led by Jiaojiao, excitedly rushed into the bedroom and worked together to lift the bedding needed for sleeping on the floor out of the closet.

After the floor was laid in the vacated space in the living room, several people excitedly took off their slippers and rolled around on it.

That night, Jiaojiao rarely abandoned his father, ran out of the room with his little pillow, and prepared to sleep on the floor with his friends.

The abandoned Li Yubai pinched Jiaojiao's chubby face in annoyance.

Jiaojiao smiled up at him, and coquettishly held his hand and rubbed it. Li Yubai, who had never been able to do anything with him, had no choice but to compromise and accept the fact that he would have to sleep alone tonight.

Seeing that her father agreed, Jiaojiao stuck out her little butt and put the pillow on the floor. Jun Che quickly took the seat to Jiaojiao's left, and Lou Yaoyao followed suit and took the seat to Jiaojiao's right.

Seeing this, Cao Yuhao, Mu Yicheng and Shi Huairou, who were a step slower, sighed and resigned themselves to their fate and slept in other places.

While several children upstairs were fighting for a seat next to Jiaojiao, Lu Jie and Jun Xiangze, who were driving away downstairs, sighed with regret.

Children can ask to stay and sleep on the floor without any psychological burden, but the two adults cannot do so. After all, their relationship with Li Yubai is not very good, and they came here just to take advantage of Xiao Junche's face.

It seems that they need to build a good relationship with Li Yubai in the future, preferably to become close friends. This way, it will be convenient for them to visit Jiaojiao often. Maybe when Li Yubai is busy, they can take the opportunity to take Jiaojiao home to stay for a few days.

As the night deepened, Li Yubai, who was lying in bed and unable to sleep, came to the living room quietly, squatted beside the mat and quietly looked at Jiaojiao who was sleeping on the mat with a rosy face.

The moonlight quietly slipped into the room from the window, and two rays of light slipped to Jiaojiao's side, allowing Li Yubai to clearly see the curve of Jiaojiao's chubby little face squeezed by the pillow.

Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Li Yubai, who couldn't fall asleep at all, rarely felt a sense of mischief. He didn't suppress the urge in his heart, put on a serious face, and reached out to pinch Jiaojiao's little nose.

After a while, Jiaojiao, who was out of breath, frowned and turned her head. When she found that she still couldn't breathe, she fluttered her eyelashes and tried to wake up.

Li Yubai quickly withdrew his hand and gently patted Jiaojiao's chest. Jiaojiao, who was about to wake up, fell asleep again after being comforted by him. She inadvertently stretched out her little hand and grasped one of Li Yubai's fingers.

Li Yubai, whose fingers were held, raised the corner of his mouth, his eyes so gentle that they seemed to be filled with tears.

It is hard to imagine that one day he will have trouble falling asleep because he has to sleep alone. Without this little ball in his arms, he will always feel like something is missing.

Every time he was about to fall asleep, he would wake up with a start. The empty arms always made him, who was about to fall asleep, subconsciously think that Jiaojiao had fallen off the bed.

When he got up and returned to his room again, there was a sleeping little person in Li Yubai's arms.

Around five in the morning, Cao Yuhao woke up and went to the bathroom. He came back and habitually glanced in the direction of Jiaojiao. Not seeing Jiaojiao, he thought Jun Che had pressed Jiaojiao under him and slept. He immediately rushed over and pulled the sleeping Jun Che up.

Jun Che, who was suddenly forced to sit up while sleeping, said: “…?!”

Cao Yuhao, who didn't see the bright and beautiful girl under Jun Che, went to pull up Lou Yaoyao who was standing beside him.

Lou Yaoyao woke up in a daze: "...?!"

Cao Yuhao, who didn't see Jiaojiao even after pulling two people, scratched his head and then lifted the quilt.

"Cao Yuhao, what are you doing crazy in the middle of the night?" Lou Yaoyao, who was a little more sober, saw this and said in a very unfriendly tone.

"I'm not crazy, Jiaojiao is missing!" Cao Yuhao said anxiously.

"What?! Jiaojiao is missing?" Mu Yichen, who had woken up at some point, suddenly sat up.

Everyone who was woken up by Cao Yuhao started looking for Jiaojiao all over the house.

"Jiaojiao?"

"Jiaojiao, where are you?"

They lowered their voices for fear of disturbing Uncle Li.

Lou Yaoyao squatted down and looked under the sofa, then turned around and reported: "Jiaojiao is not under the sofa, I checked."

Mu Yicheng: "Not in the bathroom either."

Shi Huairou: "Not under the curtains either."

Jun Che: "There's nothing in the kitchen either."

Cao Yuhao: "There's nothing in the refrigerator either."

"Are you stupid? How could Jiaojiao be in the refrigerator?" Lou Yaoyao said unhappily.

"What if Jiaojiao gets hungry and goes to the refrigerator to look for food, and accidentally falls asleep in it?" Cao Yuhao retorted unconvinced.

After searching for a long time but still unable to find Jiaojiao, the few people knocked on the bedroom door anxiously.

Li Yubai opened the door after hearing the knock: "What's going on?"

Several people looked at him hesitantly, and finally Lou Yaoyao spoke up: "Uncle Li, Jiaojiao is missing."

Li Yubai looked back at Jiaojiao on the bed, then looked at them and said, "Jiaojiao is here with me."

"Uncle Li, did you take Jiaojiao back to sleep?" Jun Che looked at her with an expression that asked, "How could you do this?"

"No." Li Yubai flatly denied: "Jiaojiao came back to sleep on her own."

"Really?"

"Um."

"Oh well!"

After learning that Jiaojiao was fine, they walked back yawning in a daze.

When Jiaojiao woke up the next day, she believed what her father said about her sleepwalking without any doubt. Li Yubai obviously enjoyed Jiaojiao's trust in him and showed off his skills to make a delicious meal for Jiaojiao.

Time flies, and with the broadcast of Time and Space Baby, netizens' views on Li Yubai have changed a lot.

This change existed as early as the period when Shikong Zaizai was recording, but the number of people watching the live broadcast was small, so this change in perception could not be expanded.

In addition, something else happened during this period. Li Yubai terminated his contract with the media company he signed with, and at the same time sued the marketing account that had previously spread false negative information and plagiarism about him.

After winning the lawsuit, he took advantage of the popularity of Time and Space Zaizai and bought some marketing accounts and internet trolls to publicize the matter, almost clearing away all the negative information about himself in one fell swoop.

In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and the second recording of Time and Space Zaizai has begun. This time they went to the Xinjiang prairie, where they met eagles flying thousands of feet in the sky, met the Tianshan Mountains, one of the seven major mountain ranges in the world, met sapphire blue amber, met the endless prairie and the horses running freely on the prairie.

When learning to ride a horse, I encountered a strange thing. When the horse known as the fiercest horse on the grassland saw Jiaojiao, it actually came over and lowered its head to let Jiaojiao ride it. Unfortunately, the horse was too tall, so for safety, Jiaojiao rode a docile pony.

Because of this, it got angry and rolled over and over on the ground. Seeing that no one was coaxing it, it got up and snorted threateningly at the pony that Jiaojiao was riding, scaring the pony so much that it stood there and dared not move.

Because Li Yubai was worried, Jiaojiao still rode the pony in the end. The horse named Heifeng, which had a very fierce temper, followed behind Jiaojiao miserably.

Only later, when Jiaojiao and the others became more and more skilled in horse riding, the owner of the stable asked the program team to let Jiaojiao ride Heifeng once, and patted his chest to guarantee that Jiaojiao would not be hurt in any way.

Most horses are very intelligent, and Dawuti is a real horse lover. Seeing that his most beloved horse was depressed and sad because Jiaojiao didn't ride it, and even refused to eat grass, he felt so distressed that he couldn't help but make this request to the program team.

He knew his horses very well, especially Black Wind. Although the horse was fierce, it would never hurt anyone.

Although Li Yubai agreed to the request of the horse farm owner, he also required that he bring Jiaojiao with him.

There was no way. The horse was too tall, and its muscular body looked scary. Li Yubai was not comfortable letting Jiaojiao ride it alone no matter what.

If Jiaojiao hadn't also liked this horse and expressed her desire to ride it, Li Yubai would never have agreed to such a dangerous request.

In the end, no one knew how the owner of the stable communicated with the horse, but in the end, the most fierce horse agreed to let Li Yubai ride on its back.

In order to let Jiaojiao get on, Heifeng even lowered his body. When Jiaojiao and her father successfully rode on his back, he snorted with joy and ran forward excitedly.

The endless grassland is the best place for horses to run, and even the wind blowing towards you carries a sense of freedom.

Snow-capped mountains stood in the distance, overlooking the grassland. A horse, shiny black without a single strand of hair, galloped above it, with several ponies and horses chasing after it. An eagle was circling above their heads in the sky, and all the laughter and exclamations were blown high into the sky by the wind.

This is a scene so beautiful that it can be painted, so beautiful that it makes netizens who are confined to the city yearn for it.

After this incident, Jiaojiao Disney's title of the runaway little prince was stuck on him. However, what made him reach the peak of this title was the last stop of the Time and Space Cub.

At the end of autumn, the crew of Time and Space Zaizai arrived at a very beautiful island.

They stayed here for half a month, and on the last day they took a cruise ship to the sea.

It was afternoon, and no one knew who suggested it, but Jiaojiao and the others put on life jackets and got off the cruise ship. They got on kayaks in pairs to experience the sea up close.

The sea breeze blew in their faces, carrying the smell of salty sea water. All around them was the endless sea. The clouds in the sky were dyed purple and red by the sunset. A huge shadow suddenly appeared under Jiaojiao and their kayak.

I'm sorry, I haven't been in good shape these past two days. I'll continue with what I haven't finished tomorrow!