Chapter 44 Lu Ting is an orphan (Seeking monthly votes)
"Wow..." Wang Xiaohu felt his body suddenly take off, and then he plunged into the water with a thud, his butt hurting a lot.
He had never been so frightened before, and he cried loudly.
Xu Qingmo's expression turned sour. "I don't like being called a bad kid. Apologize to me."
Wang Xiaohu sniffed, tears still clinging to his eyelashes, and angrily cursed, "You're a bad kid, a complete and utter villain! How dare you hit me! When I get back, I'll tell your mom you hit me, and you'll be in big trouble!"
Wang Xiaohu struggled to lift himself out of the water, which was submerged in his calves. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calves and looked down to see a leech staring at his leg, which had already drawn blood.
He jumped up and down in pain, crying out, "It hurts! It hurts so much! Song Wei, Zhou Tianyu, come help me! There are leeches biting me, and they're trying to burrow into my flesh! I'm going to die! Waaaaah..."
Song Wei tried to grab him with his hands, but Wang Xiaohu kept jumping around and he couldn't catch him at all.
Zhou Tianyu kept slapping Wang Xiaohu's calves with his slippers, each time precisely avoiding the leeches.
Wang Xiaohu yelled even louder, lashing out at the other two, "You did this on purpose, didn't you? You deliberately didn't help me remove the leeches. Did you want to see me get bitten? You're bad people too."
Song Wei said, feeling wronged, "It's really not that. I wanted to help you, but you couldn't even stand up straight. How could I help you?"
Zhou Tianyu chimed in, "That's right, that's right, we're trying to figure something out too, but these leeches are too hard to kill. You should go back and find your master."
Wang Xiaohu was even more terrified at this moment. "No, no, no, it has already burrowed into my flesh. If I run back from here, it will definitely suck my blood dry, and I will die."
Xu Qingmo couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Wang Xiaohu was crying with tears and snot streaming down his face, but Xu Qingmo's laughter made him blush deeply.
"What are you laughing at? I'm about to die and you're still laughing. Are you happy that I'm about to die?" Wang Xiaohu bites anyone he sees.
Xu Qingmo nodded. "How did you know I was laughing at your crap?"
"You you you...you're a bad guy, a big bad guy, waaaaah, it hurts so much, someone help me." Wang Xiaohu sat on the ground, exhausted, and kept slapping the leeches on his calves with his slippers.
But the leeches were very persistent, constantly sucking blood.
Wang Xiaohu's voice was almost hoarse from crying, and Xu Qingmo was annoyed by it. "Stop crying, I'll help you get rid of it."
"You?" Although Wang Xiaohu was scared, he did not forget to suspect that Xu Qingmo was exaggerating.
Xu Qingmo stepped forward, her small hand approaching Wang Xiaohu's calf. A ball of fire appeared in her palm, instantly burning and dehydrating the leech, which then fell to the ground.
The aroma of roasted meat wafted through the air.
It immediately whetted the appetites of Song Wei and Zhou Tianyu. Following the scent, they discovered it was the meaty aroma emanating from leeches that had fallen to the ground.
How could they forget that leeches are afraid of fire?
"Stop howling, it's so noisy." Xu Qingmo kicked Wang Xiaohu's shin.
Wang Xiaohu clutched his leg and cried out in pain, but he couldn't find the leech.
Upon closer inspection, he saw only a small cut.
The leeches are gone.
Xu Qingmo turned and left, took the wooden stick back, and continued walking along the riverbank.
Before long, a carp appeared in her sight, followed by two blackfish, one weighing over a pound and the other three or four pounds.
Xu Qingmo aimed at the three- or four-pound blackfish. With nimble movements, she aimed the wooden stick at the blackfish's body and pierced its belly.
Xu Qingmo lifted the stick, and the black fish on the other end was still alive, its head and tail thrashing and struggling.
"Wow, she actually caught a fish! It's a huge fish!" Song Wei exclaimed in astonishment.
Zhou Tianyu immediately ran over and circled around Xu Qingmo, asking curiously, "You definitely can't finish such a big fish. Why don't you come to my house and let my mom cook it? She's amazing at cooking fish."
Song Wei clapped his hands happily, "Now we can have fish to eat, that's great!"
Xu Qingmo rolled her eyes at them. "When did I ever promise to catch fish for you to eat?"
"But the fish was so big, why didn't you share it with us?" Zhou Tianyu asked matter-of-factly.
Wang Xiaohu also noticed the big black fish and immediately had the idea of keeping it for himself.
"No one is allowed to take it. This fish is mine, and my dad needs it." With that, he reached out to snatch the wooden stick from Xu Qingmo's hand.
Lu Ting couldn't stand it anymore, so he rushed forward and pushed Wang Xiaohu away. Wang Xiaohu staggered a few steps, pointed at Lu Ting, and shouted, "You orphan who lost your parents, what right do you have to push me?"
Lu Ting's hand, which had been hanging by his side, suddenly clenched, and his eyes were filled with ruthlessness as he looked at Wang Xiaohu.
He impulsively stepped forward, grabbed Wang Xiaohu by the collar, and swung his fist at Wang Xiaohu.
Wang Xiaohu's mouth was swollen from being hit, but he was still cursing Lu Ting as an orphan without parents.
Until someone noticed the commotion and immediately came to separate the two people.
Xu Qingmo didn't help, but she also felt that Wang Xiaohu deserved to be beaten.
Even after everyone left, Lu Ting remained defiant. With red eyes, he growled at Wang Xiaohu, "I'll beat you every time I see you from now on."
Wang Xiaohu made a face at him, "You think I'm afraid of you? Just you wait, on the way to school, I'll get a bunch of older students to beat you up."
Song Wei's wife, Liu Guiying, told Wang Xiaohu and Lu Ting to keep quiet.
Ignoring everything else, Wang Xiaohu continued to do as he pleased. "Lu Ting, you orphan, only Uncle Shen in the entire compound is willing to take you in. You've caused him so much trouble outside. When we get back, I'll have my dad talk to Uncle Shen and ask him to kick you out."
Lu Ting suddenly stopped talking, his head hanging down like a child who had done something wrong.
Xu Qingmo noticed that Lu Ting had fought with Wang Xiaohu to help her, so she spoke up for Lu Ting, "My dad didn't tell Lu Ting to leave. Wang Xiaohu, you're an idiot."
Xu Qingmo took Lu Ting's wrist and led him back.
Lu Ting silently followed Xu Qingmo toward the family compound.
Xu Qingmo was initially indifferent to these children, but upon hearing that Lu Ting had no parents, she recalled her previous life, in which her mother died early and her father coveted her throne, regarding her as a thorn in his side.
She felt that she was like Lu Ting, having neither father nor mother.
But now that she's met Wang Jing and Shen Jiang, they're both being cared for by these two people, and their lives aren't so bad now.
As they approached the entrance to the family compound, Lu Ting suddenly broke free from Xu Qingmo's hand, turned around, and ran away without looking back.
Xu Qingmo stood there and called Lu Ting several times, but received no response.
Xu Qingmo wanted to go back, but a sense of worry arose in her heart.
The direction Lu Ting ran in was a dense forest, a place nestled between mountains and water, very suitable for the survival of wild animals.
Lu Ting had only just met her, but he was already learning how to protect her.
Xu Qingmo couldn't ignore it, so she handed the blackfish to the guard and asked him to take it to Shen Jiang's house. Then she turned around and chased after Lu Ting.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
