Chapter 4 004 Protection Failure (Revised)

"Monster, what are you thinking about?" Yue Ling was lost in thought when suddenly several large faces appeared above him, and then he heard a voice behind him, "Third brother, pick up this monster, hurry up."

As the voice faded, a large hand grabbed his clothes and pulled him up. In a dizzying moment, Yue Ling was confronted with an old and ugly face.

A face even uglier than his own.

The owner of that face grinned, revealing a mouthful of large yellow teeth, and said with unusual kindness, "I heard you little monster went home a couple of days ago. What did you bring back? Hand it over."

Yue Ling said indifferently, "I didn't bring anything with me."

"Hahaha." Big Yellow Teeth was amused. He turned to the other beggars and said in surprise, "Did you hear that? This little monster said he didn't bring anything with him."

“Little monster, behave yourself. We all saw you when you came back that day. You were all bulging. Tell me, did you bring some silver with you?”

"Little monster, you'd better hand it over obediently, otherwise if you make things difficult for us, we'll have no choice but to make things difficult for you too."

The other beggars burst into laughter.

However, despite the beggars' threats, Yue Lingque remained unyielding, insisting that he hadn't brought anything with him.

The other beggars were enraged. Big Yellow Teeth slapped Yue Ling across the face and threw him to the ground. The other beggars swarmed over and began to strip Yue Ling of his clothes.

Yue Ling was thrown to the ground. He gritted his teeth and gripped the tattered clothes tightly with his tender fingers, refusing to let the beggars take them off.

He is a human being, not a beast; he needs to wear clothes.

Get out of here! Get out of here!

Don't try to take my clothes off!

Yue Ling's eyes were bloodshot; he looked like a small beast desperately clinging to its last territory.

However, no matter how tightly he clung to his clothes, he was still just a child. The beggars were adults or children who were not quite grown up, and they were much stronger than him. Before long, he had less and less clothing on him, and in the end, apart from the yellowed pair of underwear he was holding onto, he was completely naked.

"I didn't." Yue Ling lay on his side on the ground, his long hair covered in dust and weeds. He still said, "I didn't, I didn't bring anything with me."

But no one believed him, not even the beggars.

They were furious and, panting heavily, said, "Men, chase this little monster outside and make him run around the north gate. Anyway, he's covered in fur, so it doesn't matter if he wears clothes or not. We'll give him clothes when he says he brought something out."

"Cover up? What are you covering up for? You little monster, you know what shame is?"

Yin Chu Jiu entered the dilapidated temple with the herbs she had painstakingly bought, only to find Yue Lingyi completely naked, being forcibly dragged out of the temple.

"Stop! What are you doing!"

Yin Chu Jiu was furious. He never expected that a beggar would strip Yue Ling of his clothes and drag him out to parade through the streets.

In the novel, he only briefly described the scenes of Yue Ling being bullied when he was a child. The main humiliation was inflicted on the Yin and Yue families. His experience as a beggar was not described in detail.

He was expelled from his home, ended up in a dilapidated temple, and spent his days wandering and begging for food.

What kind of world is this? How can such untrue details be added out of nowhere?!

If he hadn't bought the medicine out of concern for Yue Ling's injuries, and hadn't been determined to save the medicinal herbs even at the cost of his own life, would Yue Ling have suffered an even greater humiliation today?

Yin Chu Jiu ran quickly toward Yue Ling. He was fast and quickly grabbed Yue Ling and pulled him out of the pile of beggars. In his haste, he didn't even notice that the medicine in his hand had fallen.

He appeared suddenly and shouted loudly. The shout was so powerful that the beggars, caught off guard, were startled and loosened their grip on Yue Ling's hand, giving Yin Chu Jiu the opportunity to pull Yue Ling out.

"Here, put this on." Yin Chu Jiu picked up a large cloth from the ground and carefully covered Yue Ling with it, but Yue Ling immediately refused his kindness. He forcefully pushed Yin Chu Jiu's hand away and shouted, "Get off!"

Although his voice trembled slightly, his tone remained extremely calm.

Yue Ling was still a child, no matter how deep his thoughts were. Yin Chu Jiu noticed his completely different attitude from before.

Was he... tricked by Yue Ling?

In a flash, Yin Chu Jiu figured out the key point.

That's true. He wrote Yue Ling, so he's practically Yue Ling's father. How could he not understand his own son?

He said that Yue Ling is a dark and perverted character in the novel, so how could he beg for mercy so easily?

Yin Chu Jiu was somewhat surprised, but also relieved. As long as Yue Ling didn't beg for mercy easily, and as long as he remained resilient, he wouldn't have to worry about provoking Yue Ling too much and making him afraid to apologize and make amends.

He made up his mind that no matter how much Yue Ling beat or scolded him, he would not leave.

However, he had to put apologizing to Yue Ling aside for now; he had more important things to deal with.

Yue Ling was unaware that someone had already changed their purpose for him.

"Put your clothes on!" The cloth was knocked off, and Yin Chu Jiu took off his coat and covered Yue Ling with it. Seeing Yue Ling reach out to remove it, he raised his voice and said, "It's fine if you hate me, but do you want to be naked and exposed to everyone?!"

He didn't want to...

Yue Ling bit her chin, her eyes red, and put on Yin Chu Jiu's coat with a face full of shame.

The coat was made of smooth silk, a world apart from his other clothes.

Seeing that he was dressed, Yin Chu Jiu felt a little relieved; he really was still a child.

"Kid, where did you come from? Who told you to meddle in other people's business? This is none of your concern. Get lost."

While Yin Chu Jiu was covering Yue Ling with clothes, the other beggars realized that they had been frightened by a child.

This kid, I don't know where he came from, is actually helping a monster. He probably doesn't know about the legends surrounding this monster.

"Get out of here while we're still talking nicely, or don't blame us for being rude to you." Big Yellow Teeth looked down at people with an arrogant air.

The child looked quite wealthy, wearing a white jade crown, a white brocade robe, and cloud-patterned boots.

The white jade crown was made of the finest white jade, the white brocade robe was made of the finest silk, a palm-width belt was tied around the waist, and a carved jade pendant was attached to the belt. The flying cloud boots on the feet were adorned with a blue and white agate in the front.

The white brocade robe was slightly long, with the bottom hem piled up on the white boots. Standing there with his back straight, he looked every bit the young master of a wealthy family.

The young master looks very young, about five or six years old, the same age as Yue Ling, but the two look completely different.

"She's really lucky," Big Yellow Teeth concluded enviously.

Who are you telling to get lost?

When your father created this world, you were still nowhere to be found.

Ignoring Yue Ling's rejection and standing in front of him, Yin Chu Jiu faced the group of beggars alone and said, "You don't recognize me? I'm the child who just came over."

"It's you?" Reminded, Big Yellow Teeth remembered, but his expression didn't change much. He said with a half-smile and a half-threat, "Young Master, this place is not for someone like you, and this little monster is not for someone like you to protect."

"Whether it's right or wrong, I'm protecting him." He might not be able to beat this group of beggars, but that doesn't mean he'll watch Yue Ling be humiliated. He's already wronged him enough; he can't wrong him any more. "Tell me, why are you humiliating him like this?"

Yin Chu Jiu stood firmly in front of Yue Ling, refusing to leave no matter how much Yue Ling resisted, looking like she was really going to stand up for him.

Leaving the beggar aside for the time being, he raised his vigilance to the highest level regarding Yue Ling.

Yin Chu Jiu went to such lengths to find ways to torment him.

“If he lives in this dilapidated temple, he has to pay me tribute. That monster usually doesn’t beg for anything, and I’ve never paid my full tribute. I only hope that he brings something back when he goes home every year, but that little monster is dishonest. He always says he has nothing. Do you think I should treat him like that?” Big Yellow Teeth said, “Fine, young master, if you want to stand up for him, then you have to pay his tribute.”

Filial piety?

Yes, that's a rule in "The Great Sage of Illusions".

In a gathering place for beggars, there is usually a leader who considers himself a leader. If he doesn't want to keep going out to beg, he will gather other beggars who seem powerful and make new beggars pay tribute to support them.

In the novel, Yue Ling was also harassed for making filial offerings, but by then Yue Ling was already eight years old and could find some herbs outside the mountains to use as a substitute for silver.

However, Yue Ling, who looked only five or six years old at the time, could not possibly find herbs, and thus this predicament occurred...

It was his doing!

With a slight pursing of her lips, Yin Chu Jiu asked Big Yellow Teeth, "How much?"

Big Yellow Teeth held up a thumb and said, "No more, no less, one hundred taels."

"What?" Yin Chu Jiu frowned. "So many?"

"Ha, this is for three years." Big Yellow Teeth laughed. "He lived in the dilapidated temple for three years, and I'm already being generous by only charging this much. This is a discount because you're all just kids."

Discount?

You can't lie to your dad, no matter who you're lying to. When your dad set out the amount of money to give as a filial gift, he didn't set out this much.

Moreover, he didn't have that much money on him at all. He had already spent it all on giving away the beggar and buying medicine.

Yin Chu Jiu was furious, but he knew he couldn't afford to clash with Da Huang Ya right now, so he said, "I don't have a hundred taels on me right now. I'll go back and get it, and I'll bring it over in a bit."

He thought the matter should work out, but he forgot that Big Yellow Teeth was the local tyrant of this dilapidated temple. He had already angered Big Yellow Teeth by standing up for Yue Ling. If it weren't for the hundred taels of silver, Big Yellow Teeth would have already lost his temper.

When Big Yellow Teeth heard that he had no money, he couldn't hold back his anger and waved his hand, ordering the beggars behind him to teach them a lesson.

"Wait!" Yin Chu Jiu shouted.

Big Yellow Teeth pressed his hand down, wanting to see what else this kid was planning to do.

Under his mocking gaze, Yin Chu Jiu loosened her belt, took off her clothes and shoes, and removed her white jade crown. Apart from a pair of close-fitting trousers, she left nothing behind.

"This should be enough, right?" Yin Chu Jiu said, his chest bare. He looked just like Yue Ling, even more naked than Yue Ling. "If it's not enough, please give me a little more time, and I'll definitely get it for you."

He almost forgot that this body was very vain and always dressed up before going out.

When he woke up today, Yin Chusan, that kid, knew this body's preferences and had already dressed him up.

He didn't have any money on him, but he did have clothes.

Through the gaps in the crowd, Yin Chu Jiu saw Big Yellow Teeth raise his chin and lazily say, "Do you think I'm stupid? What if you brought people? Beat them up!"

He must be crazy to call for help.

But the beggars had already surrounded them. Yin Chu Jiu only had time to push Yue Ling away so he could run before she was surrounded.

But Yue Ling didn't run away; he was surrounded by a group of beggars. He didn't want to run at all; he didn't want to accept any of their kindness.

More and more beggars surged up. At first, Yin Chu Jiu could still see Yue Ling, but later she could no longer see him.

Later, he was accidentally hit on the head and passed out, losing consciousness.

In the moment he lost consciousness, he had only one thought.

I'm sorry, he failed to protect her.

And, in just a few days, how many times did he fall into a coma?

Yin Chu Jiu, who had fainted, did not see that Yue Ling fainted later than him, nor did he know that Yue Ling had uttered two words: retribution.

Author's Note:

Apologizing is a long and arduous task.

Yin Chu Jiu: I'm sorry, I'm really, really sorry.

Yue Ling: Ha, you must have a scheme up your sleeve.

Yin Chu Jiu: There's no conspiracy.

Yue Ling: Ha!

Yin Chu Jiu: ...Why did he commit such a terrible sin!