Everyone in the world knew that Bai Yuehu had revealed his true identity—except himself.
Bai Yuehu's obsession with the vest made Lu Qingjiu, who was standing next to him, fall silent. Along with him, the little boy who was held in Bai Yuehu's hand was also silent.
Startled by the White Moon Fox's reaction, the little boy let out a strange laugh, then transformed into countless fluttering bees, breaking free from the White Moon Fox's grasp. Watching the spirit in his grasp transform and flee, the White Moon Fox remained calm. He made no move to chase after it, instead turning to look at the children in the room.
The children were terrified by the swarm of insects and burst into tears. The only adult fainted on the ground. Bai Yuehu walked over to the adult surrounded by bees and waved his hand. The bees dispersed, revealing a face ravaged beyond recognition by bee stings. Lu Qingjiu gasped. Almost every inch of the man's exposed skin was covered in large red bumps, and the stings left by the bees were visible. It was clear he was seriously injured.
Although being stung by a few bees is not a serious injury under normal circumstances, if you encounter a large group of bees, it can be fatal. The person in front of me has fallen into a coma and seems to be in great danger.
As the bees gradually dispersed, Lu Qingjiu pulled out his phone and quickly called 911 and 912. Afterward, he walked around the classroom again, checking for any children injured by the bees. To his surprise, not a single child had been stung. While some had been injured, they had been so flustered that they'd accidentally tripped over the corner of a table, leaving a large bump on their head. They were now crying heartbrokenly, clutching their toys.
Lu Qingjiu quickly picked up the child and comforted him. When the ambulance arrived, the child had stopped crying. He was a very cute little boy with a chubby face and tears in his big eyes. He reached out and grabbed Lu Qingjiu's sleeve and refused to let go, as if he was frightened.
"Be good, it's okay, it's okay." Lu Qingjiu touched his little head.
The ambulance stopped downstairs. The doctors and nurses arrived on the fourth floor and saw the male teacher collapsed on the ground. After a quick check, they discovered that the male teacher was already in shock. If they had arrived any later, he might have died. Also arriving were the anxious adults who had heard the news. Seeing that there were more people around, Lu Qingjiu left the child behind and planned to run away with Bai Yuehu. After all, they had come in secretly, and if they were discovered by the police, they would probably be suspected.
Fortunately, the whole kindergarten was in chaos at the moment, so the two of them left without being discovered. However, when leaving, Lu Qingjiu noticed that it wasn't just the male teacher who was stung by the bee, there were other adults as well, but no children were injured.
Obviously, those bees choose their sting targets purposefully.
After leaving the kindergarten, Lu Qingjiu watched the ambulance rush out and take the injured to the hospital. He didn't know if these people could survive after being stung so badly.
"How strange, what on earth is he going to do?" Lu Qingjiu said, "From the looks of it, it's not an indiscriminate attack."
"Yeah." Bai Yuehu hummed.
Lu Qingjiu said, "But it should be safe if we go to the hospital?"
Bai Yuehu said calmly, "That's not necessarily true. He's not just in charge of bees."
Lu Qingjiu: "...Not just bees?" He suddenly thought of something and felt like he had guessed the identity of the little boy. He asked, "Could he be in charge of all stinging insects?"
Bai Yuehu said: "Yes, it's him."
Stinging insects refer to all insects with poisonous stingers on their tails that can sting humans. The leader of stinging insects is a creature called Jiao Chong. In mythology, he is shaped like a child and looks like a human. The only difference between him and humans is that he has two heads.
Jiao Chong controls all bees, not just honeybees, but also the more venomous wasps and various other poisonous bees. If you mess with him, you mess with all the bees in the world.
After Lu Qingjiu knew about this, he secretly felt lucky that his Qin Yuan had no blood relationship with bees.
Although Jiao Chong sounds like a monster, it's actually a relatively rare mountain deity with strong combat power. But why would such a mountain deity attack a kindergarten? Although it didn't hurt the children, it still scared them terribly. Could it be that someone in the kindergarten did something to anger Jiao Chong? Lu Qingjiu felt that this was the only possibility.
The two of them were discussing this matter when Hu Shu called Lu Qingjiu. Lu Qingjiu picked up the phone and heard Hu Shu anxiously asking them whether they had gone to kindergarten today.
"Yes." Lu Qingjiu said, "We just came out from inside."
"Really?" Hu Shu asked, "So, Brother Lu, did you see the bees too?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "I saw it."
Hu Shu asked, "Are you not hurt?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "No, what's wrong?"
Hu Shu said, "Two people were stung in the garden. Both are teachers. They are in the hospital now. They are seriously injured and we don't know if they can be saved."
Lu Qingjiu asked, "No children were hurt, right?"
Hu Shu smiled bitterly: "This is probably the only consolation. No children were injured at the moment..."
Lu Qingjiu thought for a moment and said, "Officer Hu, are you hiding something from us?"
Hu Shu was silent on the other end of the phone.
Lu Qingjiu said, "These bees have come here so many times, there should have been some injured before. Why didn't you tell us? Or, are the identities of these injured people very special? Can't you tell us?"
Hu Shu was silent for a long moment before he sighed, "You're right. There was indeed an injured person from the beginning, but the injured person was a very famous noblewoman. The matter was suppressed and few people knew about it."
Lu Qingjiu frowned: "The one who was injured was the lady? What did she do?"
"We don't know what she did," Hu Shu said. "She's still in a coma, and she was the one who was stung the most. Whether she can survive is another matter."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Such a serious accident has happened, and you haven't closed the kindergarten yet?" It even opened just a few days later.
Hu Shu said, "This was a decision made by the kindergarten's management. He said he wanted to find the murderer. We tried to persuade them, but there was nothing we could do." According to Hu Shu, the principal was convinced that the troublemaker was a human, so he wanted to find the culprit and avenge the lady. Lu Qingjiu frowned as he listened. This principal was quite irresponsible. He put so many children in danger just to catch the murderer. What if something really happened to the children?
However, Hu Shu's next words cleared up some of Lu Qingjiu's doubts.
It turns out the principal wasn't actually an investor in the kindergarten, but was merely hired as the principal. The real investor was also quite unusual: a well-known financial tycoon with assets exceeding 100 million yuan. According to Hu Shu's gossip, the woman appeared to have some private connection with the investor, and they appeared to be in a relationship. Seeing her lover injured, she was furious and firmly believed someone was trying to harm her.
Lu Qingjiu asked, "What are you going to do now?" Two more people were injured. Although the child was fine, the matter had become a big deal. And most importantly, the murderer had not been found yet.
"I don't know." Hu Shu smiled bitterly. "The pressure from above is already huge, and this time it will probably be even more troublesome... Hey, Brother Lu, do you have any idea?"
"Not yet." Lu Qingjiu didn't tell Hu Shu anything. He always felt that this matter was not that simple.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of her, Hu Shu reluctantly hung up the phone.
After Lu Qingjiu put down the phone, he looked at Bai Yuehu and said, "Yuehu, what should we do next? Should we go find Jiaochong?"
Bai Yuehu nodded and took something out of his pocket. Lu Qingjiu took a closer look and found that it was actually a living little bee. There were a few wisps of black mist lingering on the bee, which seemed to be deliberately left on it by Bai Yuehu.
Bai Yuehu opened his hand, and the little bee flapped its wings and flew away to the horizon. Lu Qingjiu also understood what Bai Yuehu wanted to do, and he said, "Should we follow?"
Bai Yuehu said, "Yeah." After he said this, he naturally stretched out his hands and hugged Lu Qingjiu's waist, and then the black mist instantly enveloped the two of them. Lu Qingjiu's eyes went dark at first, and then he felt himself flying into the air, and was brought into the air by Bai Yuehu.
The bee didn't seem to fly very far before stopping. Bai Yuehu placed Lu Qingjiu on the ground. The black mist dissipated, and Lu Qingjiu could see the surroundings. They left the kindergarten and came to a small park near the kindergarten. This park seemed to be for children to play. There were many play equipment on the sandy ground, and many mothers were playing with their preschool children next to the equipment.
Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu were standing in the bushes, and no one saw them.
"Why are we here?" Lu Qingjiu was a little surprised.
White Moon Fox said, "He hasn't gone far." He sniffed, as if searching for the scent of the proud insect, "He's nearby."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Is he still nearby? Is there anything else he wants to do? Can we find him?"
Bai Yuehu shook his head: "We can only find the approximate range. His body is too small after transforming, and his aura is relatively weak."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Then let's wait here." He always felt that Jiao Chong had chosen this park for a reason, but he didn't know what the reason was.
The two found a stone bench in the forest and sat down, observing the surrounding situation while waiting.
After waiting for almost a whole morning, they didn't notice anything unusual. The park was bustling with people coming and going, just like usual.
Lu Qingjiu and the others were a little hungry, so they went to the park entrance and bought a bag of snacks and a few grilled hot dogs, and shared them with Bai Yuehu.
This hot dog was quite delicious, with a salty and sweet taste and some crispy bones inside. It had a very good texture. Bai Yuehu liked it very much and ate three or four in a row without even having enough. Lu Qingjiu simply went out and bought another big bag. After all, his family had money, so this little bit of food was nothing.
The weather was nice today, and the sun was warm on people. Lu Qingjiu was almost asleep on the stone bench, and there was no movement over there. However, Bai Yuehu said that the aura of the arrogant insect was still there, with no change.
In this case, let's continue waiting. There's nothing to do at home anyway. Lu Qingjiu took a bottle of drink and opened a bag of melon seeds. He slowly started to eat them, pretending that he was on a spring outing in the park.
The two waited for a long time, until around five in the afternoon. After eating, Lu Qingjiu even took a nap on the stone table, but Jiao Chong didn't react. Just when Lu Qingjiu thought that there might be no results today, an unexpected figure appeared in the park - the little boy who had fallen in kindergarten that day and hit his head, and cried for a long time in Lu Qingjiu's arms.
At around five o'clock, most people in the park had left. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the empty toys and equipment, adding a sense of loneliness to the place.
The little boy, carrying a small schoolbag, walked slowly to a swing and sat down. The bump on his head had been treated, with medicine applied and gauze wrapped around it, but he still had a small schoolbag on his back, which was bulging with something.
The child swung on the swing for a while, his eyes fixed on the surroundings, as if searching for something. Seeing that he was only five or six years old and without his parents, Lu Qingjiu felt worried and wanted to go up and ask, but was stopped by Bai Yuehu.
"What's wrong?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
Bai Yuehu shook his head: "Let's see."
Seeing Bai Yuehu's serious expression, Lu Qingjiu stopped and continued to watch with Bai Yuehu.
The child swung on the swing for a while, and after making sure there was no one around, he carried his small schoolbag into the bushes, followed by Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu. The black mist released by Bai Yuehu enveloped the two of them, preventing their breath from leaking out. Their footsteps on the ground made no sound, preventing them from being discovered by others.
Lu Qingjiu initially thought the child was in the park to play, but he soon realized that the child was not there to play, but to look for something. His walking route was very purposeful, and he looked around along the way, observing the trees and grass everywhere.
Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu followed behind the child, watching quietly.
After walking for about five or six minutes, the child suddenly stopped at the foot of a tall pine tree. He raised his head, as if he had discovered something on the treetop. After staring for a moment, he suddenly called out, "Xiao Jiao, Xiao Jiao!"
Xiao Jiao? Lu Qingjiu, who was standing behind and observing secretly, immediately thought of Jiao Chong.
"Xiao Jiao, I'm here." The little boy rubbed the tree trunk with his little hand and said, "Are you there?"
He called out a few more times, and a person actually jumped down from the treetop. That person was clearly the arrogant insect who escaped from the White Moon Fox during the day, but he now looked just like a human being and did not have two heads. When he saw the child, he pretended to be unhappy and said, "What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to come?" Although his tone sounded very unhappy, the joy flashing in his eyes was so obvious.
"I'm here to bring you some food." The little boy smiled happily, "They're all in the hospital."
"Humph, that's what they deserve." Jiao Chong said, "I told you not to bring it to me, but you still insisted. I don't want you to bring me food."
The little boy smiled sweetly upon hearing this, not minding his friend's duplicity. He pulled out something from his backpack for his friend, which turned out to be a glass jar of snacks. After taking out the snacks, the little boy carefully opened the lid of the jar with his little hands, then, with a frown on his face, handed it to the eagerly waiting Jiao Chong sitting next to him.
"You really don't want to eat with me?" Jiao Chong asked uncomfortably after taking the snacks.
"No," the little boy said, "I've already eaten at home." He sniffed, his voice inexplicably lowered, "Even though Mom isn't home..."
Jiao Chong looked at his expression and snorted again: "It's okay, those bad guys are going to die. When they die, no one can harm you."
The little boy became happy again after hearing this.
Jiao Chong picked up the snack jar and started eating happily, while the little boy watched obediently beside him. The atmosphere between the two children was so good that Lu Qingjiu was reluctant to spoil it.
But Bai Yuehu was obviously not as gentle as Lu Qingjiu. He stepped out of the bushes, and the black mist around him rose, forming a semicircular cover that covered all of them.
Jiao Chong was happily eating snacks, but his face changed drastically when he saw this scene. He was about to turn into a bee and escape like before, but he saw a little boy sitting next to him with a confused look on his face.
"Xiao Jiao, what is this?" The little boy was a little scared.
Jiao Chong gritted his teeth and stood between the little boy and the White Moon Fox. He shouted angrily, "What on earth do you want to do by following me? I'm the mountain god. You will be punished if you eat me!"
White Moon Fox said, "A mountain god who eats and kills people won't do that."
Jiao Chong's face turned pale.
The little boy listened to the conversation between the two in confusion. Although he did not understand the specific meaning of the words, he still understood what the White Moon Fox said. He hugged the proud insect and cried, "Don't eat Xiao Jiao, he is a good insect!"
After being tricked by them, Lu Qingjiu immediately felt that he and Bai Yuehu had turned into ruthless villains. He felt a little helpless and said, "Don't worry, we are just here to understand the situation." He looked at Jiao Chong, "Why did you release so many bees to hurt people? They almost died."
Jiao Chong said coldly: "Of course it's because they are not good people."
"What happened?" Lu Qingjiu felt that this matter must be related to the little boy.
"Wuwuwu, wuwuwu..." The little boy started crying in grievance. Tears fell from his big eyes, and his cheeks puffed up like soft buns, looking very cute. He said, "They, they stung me..."
"Stinged you?" Lu Qingjiu was bewildered. "Who stung you?"
The little boy said, "Those bad guys." He seemed to be afraid that Lu Qingjiu would not believe him, so he lifted up his clothes with grievance, turned around and exposed his back, "Le Le, it hurts." From how he called himself, Le Le should be the little boy's nickname.
Lu Qingjiu took a closer look and was shocked by the marks on the child's back. There were about a dozen small black holes on the child's back near the shoulder blades. Most of these holes had scabs over, and because they were too small to be seen without careful observation. Lu Qingjiu was also an adult, and when he saw the holes, he immediately understood what had happened - the child had been pricked with a needle.
“Who did this??” He was furious. Even someone as good-tempered as Lu Qingjiu couldn’t help but curse. He angrily said, “To treat a child like this, are these people beasts?”
Lele was startled by Lu Qingjiu's expression and shrank back behind Jiao Chong.
Jiao Chong said angrily: "Can you please speak properly and stop scaring Lele!"
Lu Qingjiu: "Sorry—" He immediately thought of the people who were stung by bees and lost consciousness, and said, "Did those people you stung do it?"
Jiao Chong said, "What else? I'm a mountain god, so I wouldn't kill people for no reason." He puffed out his chest proudly, but the snacks on his mouth made his words less credible, and instead made people think he was a little too cute. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Bai Yuehu and muttered unconvincedly, "Unlike some people who eat things without permission..."
Bai Yuehu smiled at him, revealing two rows of white and neat teeth: "Really?"
The arrogant insect dared not say a word.
Lu Qingjiu walked to Lele's side, half-knelt down under Jiaochong's vigilant eyes, helped Lele tidy up the clothes hanging around her waist, and then said softly: "Lele, how long has this happened? Why didn't you tell your parents?"
"Mom is busy." Lele lowered his head. "Lele hasn't seen Dad for a long time."
Seeing the little boy's sad look, Lu Qingjiu couldn't help but touch his head: "Then when did you meet Xiao Jiao?"
Before the little boy could speak, Jiao Chong said, "I've known him for a long time. He comes to the park every day after school and chatters to a swarm of bees."
The little boy said, "Wow, it turns out Xiao Jiao is hiding in the beehive! Didn't you tell me you were hiding in the tree?"
The proud insect muttered, "Isn't this because I'm afraid that you're afraid of bees?"
The little boy laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of bees. I like Xiaojiao the most." As he spoke, he came over and kissed Xiaojiao on the cheek.
Jiao Chong's ears instantly turned red, but he had to pretend to be angry and scolded the little boy: "I told you not to mess with your relatives! If you do this again, I will ignore you."
Lele just listened, obviously certain that Jiaochong would not be really angry, and was still smiling foolishly.
Lu Qingjiu said, "Is this why you let bees into the kindergarten? But you didn't do it well enough. So many bees can easily cause panic. Look, Lele fell on his head because he was scared today."
When Jiao Chong heard this, he became angry and said, "Didn't you say you weren't afraid of bees?"
The little boy looked incredibly innocent, and whispered, "I'm not afraid, but I thought Xiao Jiao was swallowed by a bee, so I got anxious..."
Proud insect: "You big idiot!"
The conversation between the two sounded like that of two children. This arrogant insect obviously had no social experience and looked even more childish than Lele. No wonder he made such a big move. Lu Qingjiu understood the whole thing and looked at Bai Yuehu, asking with his eyes what to do.
Bai Yuehu was obviously still holding a grudge and raised an eyebrow: "Just eat it all."
Before Lu Qingjiu could say anything, Lele burst into tears out of fear, and Jiaochong was so angry that he almost attacked Baiyuehu. Lu Qingjiu then realized that there were not two children here, but three - his vixen was not mature at all.
The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: Bai Yuehu, how old are you?
White Moon Fox: Are you going to feed me before I’m weaned?
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