Seeing the situation, Wan Suizhou couldn't bring himself to say the harsh words he had originally intended to.
He sighed and said helplessly, "I just want to tell you that some things, once done, are done, and once done, you can't lie about them..."
Upon hearing this, Baili Wanwan felt guilty, bit her lip, and finally admitted her mistake.
"Grandpa Wan, we're sorry, we shouldn't have lied..."
She recounted the whole story, but did not mention that she had deliberately left Wan Qiusui on the undiscovered reef.
Instead, she said that she was just angry and dragged him into it.
Although Wan Suizhou was also angry that Wan Qiusui had acted like a petty person, Baili Wanwan and Lin Yang'er had indeed lied this time. So Wan Suizhou punished them by not allowing them to go out and play all day, but to stay in the house and recite and copy the Analects.
The next day, Lin Yang'er entered the school run by Wan Suizhou as a new student.
Fearing that Lin Yang'er would feel shy and uneasy, Baili Wanwan, despite her young age, was also allowed to attend school with her.
Wan Suizhou introduced Baili Wanwan and Lin Yang'er's names in front of all the students and then arranged seats for them.
The first class in the morning was about learning new material, and soon the sound of students reading aloud filled the classroom.
An hour later, everyone can rest as usual.
Baili Wanwan then took Lin Yang'er's hand and wanted to go find Brother Chi to play.
As soon as they stepped out of the school, a little boy blocked their way.
The boy, about six or seven years old, stood with his arms outstretched, forming a "big" shape, arrogantly blocking Baili Wanwan and Lin Yang'er's path.
The other children were so frightened by the scene that they kept their distance.
Amidst the children's chatter, Baili Wanwan learned that the boy in front of her was the village's notorious leader of the kids, and none of the village's children dared to mess with him.
He also had many younger brothers who usually bullied other children in the village. They were just like Wan Qiusui.
"Are you Baili Wanwan?" The leader of the children stopped Baili Wanwan and asked her arrogantly.
Baili Wanwan wasn't afraid of him, but she was somewhat annoyed by his blocking her way.
"Yes, who are you?" Baili Wanwan asked.
The leader of the children glanced down at her, his expression full of disdain, and said, "Who I am is not important. What's important is that you know why I've come to see you!"
"Oh..." Baili Wanwan's tone was indifferent.
Seeing that he still didn't want to give way, she asked him, "Then what do you want from me?"
The leader of the kids snorted, then said, "I heard you pushed Wan Qiusui into the sea yesterday. I'm here to tell you that you have to apologize to him and pay for his medical expenses! Otherwise, my brothers and I won't let you get away with this!"
After he finished speaking, he reached behind him and a group of children came up behind him, all of them glaring fiercely at Baili Wanwan and Lin Yang'er.
Upon seeing this scene, Lin Yang'er was so frightened that she immediately hid behind Baili Wanwan, tugging at her clothes and asking in great fear, "Wanwan, what should we do? Will they hit us...?"
"What are you afraid of!" Baili Wanwan remained standing in the same spot, tilting her head slightly and staring at the group of children expressionlessly.
This scene was witnessed by Wan Yuechi, who happened to be there.
When he saw Baili Wanwan surrounded by the village's troublemaking children, alarm bells immediately went off in his mind.
Without hesitation, he charged straight at the group of children.
"Xie Yongnian! What are you doing! Don't even think about bullying Wanwan!"
Wan Yuechi ran over quickly, pointed at the boy and roared.
As soon as he got close, two of Xie Yongnian's henchmen grabbed him.
Two people each grabbed his arm, preventing him from moving.
"Second Brother!!" When Baili Wanwan saw Wan Yuechi being restrained, her originally gentle face suddenly showed a hint of anger.
Lin Yang'er, standing behind, was also startled.
"Releasing him is easy. Just agree to my two conditions, and I'll release you!"
Xie Yongnian looked arrogant and smirked as he looked at Baili Wanwan.
He was older and taller than Baili Wanwan, so he never looked at her directly when he spoke, and he had an attitude of bullying the weak.
"Wan Qiusui is a bad kid! If you play with him, you'll be a bad kid too!" Lin Yang'er, who seemed to have found the courage from somewhere, leaned out and said to Xie Yongnian and the others.
Xie Yongnian's face immediately contorted with rage. He pointed at Lin Yang'er and said to his underlings, "Bring her here! Let her know who's in charge in Blue Ocean Village!"
He spoke in a thug-like tone. Although these children are still young, there's an old saying, "You can tell what a person will be like at three years old."
With such an arrogant and domineering nature, and his tendency to bully the weak, he'll probably find it hard to achieve anything great in the future.
Upon hearing this, the henchmen immediately set off to capture Lin Yang'er.
Lin Yang'er was timid to begin with, and these children's actions instantly brought tears to her eyes again. She hid behind Baili Wanwan, repeatedly calling out "Fairy Sister."
"Who dares to touch her?!" Wanwan quickly shielded her behind her, then glared at the group of naughty children.
"What? Do you want to get beaten up too?" Xie Yongnian said, deliberately trying to scare Wanwan when he saw that she was not afraid of him at all.
"Of course I'm not afraid!" Baili Wanwan remained very calm.
"Are you the leader of this group of kids?" Baili Wanwan looked at him and deliberately asked.
"So what if it is!" Xie Yongnian couldn't figure out what Baili Wanwan was up to, but when he heard Baili Wanwan ask, he still pretended to be very smug and raised his chin.
"What skills are needed to be a leader?" Baili Wanwan was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked up and asked him very seriously.
Xie Yongnian was stunned by her question and before he could think of how to answer, Wanwan said something that shocked him.
"I challenge you to a contest. Whoever wins becomes the boss here, okay?"
Xie Yongnian was stunned for a moment, then let out a sneer: "Tch, you? You're as small as a little radish..."
"Just tell me if you dare or not." Baili Wanwan tilted her head back and stared calmly into Xie Yongnian's eyes.
For some reason, Xie Yongnian seemed to read a sense of disdain in Baili Wanwan's eyes.
This immediately annoyed him. Besides, his henchmen were watching; if he didn't agree, wouldn't they all say he was afraid of a three-year-old girl?
"What's there to be afraid of! Let's compete!" Xie Yongnian agreed on the spot, afraid of being ridiculed.
"Alright, what should we compete in?" Baili Wanwan remained calm, staring at Xie Yongnian with her big, seemingly clueless eyes.
"Let's make this clear first, you can't cry if you lose, and you definitely can't call your parents!" Xie Yongnian looked at Baili Wanwan, who was barely up to his chest, and hesitated a little.
"Okay." Baili Wanwan agreed readily.
But this made Xie Yongnian somewhat uneasy.
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