Without a second thought, Xia Chuhe clung tightly to his younger self.
Although she knew she couldn't hear, Xia Chuhe couldn't help but nag, "Isn't it better to stay home when no one's with you? Aren't games fun? Or aren't novels interesting? You're just a little girl of ten or so, running so far away by yourself. The outside world is so dangerous..."
After nagging about the person, Xia Chuhe finally remembered that back then he didn't understand the fun of games and the only games he had played were small games like Tetris.
The first relatively large-scale game she came into contact with was Fantasy Westward Journey.
Back then, Xia Chuhe glanced at a classmate who was secretly playing video games at the sports meet, and the classmate taught her how to play a few rounds.
Xia Chuhe found it quite interesting and went home to ask Xia Qingxue for money to buy a cell phone.
Most of the time, Xia Qingxue, who always obeyed Xia Chuhe, immediately rejected him.
Because Xia Chuhe already owns an old-fashioned mobile phone that can play Snake...
Unable to get what she wanted, Xia Chuhe quickly found an alternative – going to internet cafes. The large-scale computer games she played there, such as DOTA, Fallout, and CrossFire, truly opened the door to a new world for her.
Of course, this also foreshadowed Xia Chuhe's skipping evening self-study sessions to play games during high school and his stubborn choice to major in a related field during college.
In short, Xia Qingxue was the kind of parent who deeply abhorred video games, and this aversion seemed inexplicable. The games didn't affect Xia Chuhe's grades; in fact, they gave her a new direction in life. Therefore, Xia Chuhe still doesn't understand Xia Qingxue's thinking back then.
As Xia Chuhe reminisced aimlessly about the past, the bridge, as she had predicted, broke.
Everyone walking on the bridge fell into the river, and the young Xia Chuhe happened to be in the middle of the river.
The crowd began to scream, and parents with children rushed towards their kids without hesitation, holding on tightly and refusing to let go.
In fact, this river is just a man-made river, and its depth is only up to an adult's chest, so only minors who haven't grown tall enough will face a little danger.
When adults in the vicinity see a child struggling in the water, they will always kindly reach out and pull him out.
Unfortunately, the teenage version of Xia Chuhe is an adult who hasn't grown tall enough, and the adult closest to her is a man in a suit with ill intentions.
The man in the suit looked around; no one was paying attention to them.
This instance has a very strange rule: you cannot harm or expose your abilities. If you are discovered, you will be imprisoned at best, and sliced to pieces at worst.
The man in the suit aimed at the young version of Xia Chuhe, and with a large hand, pressed her head firmly into the water.
Another child who wasn't in the water saw this and was so frightened that he swallowed water. After being pulled out by his parents, he coughed a few times and burst into tears.
The area around the project has become even more chaotic.
The staff arrived late.
The adult Xia Chuhe, breathing freely, squatted in the water, staring intently at his younger self's face, silently counting down: 10, 20, 30...
It must be said that she had the courage to face danger since she was a child. Even when she was held down by an adult, she did not panic. Instead, she tried to hold her breath and prolong her life as much as possible.
When Xia Chuhe counted to 70, a sense of overwhelming pressure, like being submerged in water, washed over him, and for two seconds, he truly felt as if he had traveled through time...
Now!
Xia Chuhe performed a graceful push off the water, opened the suit-wearing man's hands, and floated to the surface, embracing her younger self.
Young Xia Chuhe opened his eyes groggily, only vaguely seeing an outline before losing his support again and falling into the water.
The huge splash of water attracted the attention of those around, and the man in the suit gritted his teeth inwardly.
"Whose child is this? Why aren't the adults watching him?" A middle-aged woman next to her instinctively reached out and scooped up Xia Chuhe. "Hey! Waiter, waiter, please get the child out of the water first!"
The staff, who were busy rescuing people from all directions, walked this way on their way back to the shore.
Seeing that things were going badly, the man in the suit quickly said, "No, no need to trouble yourself, this is my daughter."
The older woman looked at the man in the suit suspiciously, then hid Xia Chuhe behind her back: "Let's get ashore first."
Seeing such a cautious older woman protecting "himself," the adult version of Xia Chuhe felt an overwhelming sense of security.
Amidst the struggle between the man in the suit and the middle-aged woman, Xia Qingxue finally arrived. Seeing Xia Chuhe in the water from the shore, she jumped in without hesitation and swam vigorously towards him.
The older woman was wary of the man in the suit when, unexpectedly, the little girl was snatched away by another person. She was about to call for a "waiter" again, but changed her mind when she saw the woman's face.
No wonder, the mother and daughter look so alike that it's hard to mistake one for the other.
The older woman gestured with her chin toward the man in the suit: "Is this your husband?"
The man in the suit stiffened, all his muscles tensing. He had inquired about the rules of this instance beforehand; some NPCs were very helpful, and it would be difficult to escape punishment for doing something wrong in public.
Where can he escape to? Should we use our powers to attack the NPCs?
The man in the suit was extremely anxious.
Xia Qingxue glanced at the man in the suit, then suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, this is my husband. He's a bit careless. Thank you so much for today."
The older woman complained, "What kind of father is that? He doesn't care about his child at all. What if something happens?"
"Yes, you're right. I'll definitely teach him a lesson when I get home!" Xia Qingxue frowned and shouted, "Hurry up and leave."
As she spoke, she picked up Xia Chuhe and stared coldly at the man in the suit.
Under Xia Qingxue's watchful gaze, the man in the suit obediently walked towards the shore.
Xia Chuhe mumbled sleepily, "Mom?"
"Yes, I'm here."
"Mom, I just saw you. You look so young, you're different."
Xia Qingxue remained silent.
In silence, the mother and daughter, along with the man in the suit, went ashore together.
Just as the man in the suit was about to run away, Xia Qingxue anticipated his actions, grabbed his ear in advance, and deliberately raised her voice so that people around could hear what was happening: "I told you to bring your daughter to the amusement park, and this is how you take care of a child? Come home with me!"
A large crowd had already gathered around the project site where the accident occurred, and their attention was now focused on the commotion caused by Xia Qingxue.
The man in the suit had no words to express his suffering, and in full view of everyone, Xia Qingxue grabbed him by the ear and dragged him away.
Xia Qingxue cursed as she walked, her ability to attract attention comparable to the God of Wealth scattering money, and her ability to control men in suits was comparable to Medusa, who could petrify people with just one glance.
With Xia Qingxue holding Xia Chuhe in her left arm and gripping the man in the suit with her right, she walked with difficulty to the car in the amusement park parking lot.
"Open the door!" Xia Qingxue shouted angrily.
The man in the suit instinctively reached for the door handle, and just as he was about to open the door, the car door was opened from the inside.
Xia Qingxue roughly grabbed the man in the suit by the neck and pushed him into the car.
Before the man in the suit could react, a knife had been plunged into his heart, the handle held in the hand of Lu Xingyi, who sat in the car with a gloomy expression.
Xia Chuhe, who was leaning against Xia Qingxue's shoulder in a daze, happened to see this scene.
"mom……"
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