Awake, night man!
Xiao Song usually supports the family alone, and all the heavy work inside and outside the house falls on him. Although his muscles are not strong, they are enough to block the palm when it falls.
Father Chen stared, his eyes moving up along the wheat-colored arm on his wrist. Obviously, he had never expected that the usually taciturn young man would dare to stop him.
"Oh my, Master Chen's health is not good. He can't even beat this unlucky deaf man."
"That's right. Even if you keep yourself fat, you won't be able to use it at the critical moment!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
When Father Chen heard this gossip, his face flushed red, and he was immediately filled with anger. He waved his fist and said rudely, "You unlucky thing, how dare you stop me?"
Xiao Song dodged to the side, causing Chen's father, whose punch missed, to stagger. If the village chief behind him had not supported him, he would have almost fallen to the ground.
"He came to visit me late at night and tried to hit my brother. I didn't agree!"
A hint of anger appeared between Xiao Song's brows. It was not for anything else, but because Chen's father's slap almost landed on Xiao Cha's face.
Normally, he would not bear to see any bumps or scrapes, but seeing a grown-up being bullied and having his right and wrong twisted, he wished he could sweep all the villagers out of his house one by one!
But he knew that he could not defeat the other side because of their large numbers, and the village chief was also there, so he did not want to offend the village chief.
Xiao Song's fists at his sides gradually clenched, and veins popped out on his arms. It seemed that as long as there was a reasonable opportunity, the anger that had been suppressed for a long time would burst out directly.
At this moment, a warm hand gently pressed on the back of his hand.
Xiao Cha stood in front of Xiao Song, looking at the village chief with a pair of bright eyes: "What? You want to accuse me of a crime based on just a few words?"
"I guess no one would accept this."
After these words were spoken, the crowd, which had been noisy just now, seemed to be frozen in time, with their mouths opened wider than anyone else's.
Someone in the crowd blurted out, "Stupid! He spoke?!"
These words were like an invisible hand, suddenly pulling everyone's attention back.
No one noticed Chen's father and mother in the corner. They looked surprised for a moment and then turned ferocious. They glanced at each other.
The next second, Chen's mother dragged Chen Hao forward and pointed at Xiao Cha's nose, saying, "Okay, I knew you were playing dumb. No wonder my Xiao Hao has been waking up in the middle of the night lately. It must be you. You must have bullied Xiao Hao!"
Xiao Cha rarely met such unreasonable people, and he knew in his heart that there was no way to communicate with such people.
A sly glint flashed in his eyes, but on the surface he looked like a naive little white flower who had been bullied but didn't dare to fight back. He pointed at the wound on his forehead and said aggrievedly, "Why would I bully Xiaohao recently? Everyone, look at me, I still have a bandage wrapped around my head."
"Coincidentally, a few days ago, my brother took me to a holy temple a mile away to pray for peace. Who knew that on the way back, we met a mad dog with a bunch of cubs."
Mother Chen's eyes widened, unable to believe that this guy was being so sarcastic towards her. Her mind immediately buzzed, "You...you!"
“No!”
Xiao Cha glanced at Chen's mother and winked provocatively, then continued, "I didn't look at the road when I was running away, and I bumped into a tree."
"Oh, I don't know if it's the effect of the holy temple, but after this collision, it felt like a god was caressing my head, and I suddenly felt much clearer!"
After he finished speaking, Xiao Cha clasped his hands together and bowed to the sky, looking like a devout believer.
"Is it really that effective?"
"Nonsense, this idiot has been with us since we were little. How could he be fake?"
"No, my wife is about to give birth soon. I have to go and pray quickly so that she can give birth safely and suffer less!"
…
Xiao Cha noticed the change in the wind and took advantage of the situation to say, "Look, Village Chief, someone broke into my house in the middle of the night. Shouldn't we investigate?"
"Because some people are angry and can't keep their mouths shut!"
"Yes, yes, village chief, hurry up and move the stuff! The rooster that my family has raised for three years must be in this room." Mother Chen turned her head, perhaps because she was unsure, her voice became louder and louder, trying to show her dominance.
The village chief brought a group of people to search the house of the Xiao brothers, but the yard was so small that everything could be seen at a glance, and there were very few items in the house.
After a while, the group of people walked out and shook their heads at the village chief.
Seeing this, Xiao Cha didn't forget to add another stab: "Oh, it's a good thing I went to the Holy Temple a few days ago, otherwise I would still be an idiot today, and my deaf brother would never be able to win over two mouths!"
"Hiss." He covered his forehead with a piece of cloth, revealing a fragile expression that didn't seem fake: "Why is this wound hurting again... It's all because of that mad dog!"
The village chief put his hands behind his back, his face grimacing. He tightened his fingers and said in a low voice, "Let's go. It's late tonight. It's not right to keep making such a fuss!"
The last two sentences were obviously a subtle warning to Chen's mother and father, telling them to stop messing around, otherwise it would be embarrassing for everyone.
Forget it, the village chief walked out the door and was about to leave.
Xiao Cha said in a startling voice, "Village Chief, how about I stay at your house tonight?"
"ah?"
"What, he's not stupid anymore, he's become a fool now?"
The village chief had already lost much patience after tonight's events, but he suppressed his annoyance and asked, "Why?"
Well, he didn’t refuse. The village chief still has some responsibility as a village chief.
Xiao Cha smiled slightly and pointed at the wooden door that had become a pile of broken wood. "The door is gone. I heard there's a man-eating cat lady in the next village. My brother and I are both delicate and tender, so we're definitely the type the cat lady likes to eat. What if..."
"Okay, Chen Xing, come over and fix it tomorrow."
The village chief rubbed his twitching eyebrows, took three steps at a time, and wished he could grow wings and fly away from this place of trouble.
"Thank you, Village Chief!"
Xiao Cha looked at the village chief's back and waved. Then, realizing that the onlookers hadn't left yet, he said with a half-smile, "You guys—are you still not leaving?"
"Go, go, go!" The crowd suddenly realized what was going on and immediately dispersed.
Of course, there were also Chen's father and mother who left stealthily.
Xiao Cha, who had won the battle, would never let them go. He immediately shouted at the two men's backs, "Hey! Brother Chen, you have to come over tomorrow!"
"I don't want to be eaten by the cat lady!"
Seeing the man's body stiffen, Xiao Cha narrowed his eyes in amusement, thinking: "This is going to annoy him to death! It's a relief."
Soon as the crowd left, the yard returned to its usual quietness.
"Cock, cuckoo!" The rooster popped its head out from behind the roof. Seeing that the person had disappeared, it flew down from the roof.
At this time, Xiao Cha followed Xiao Song to clean up the debris in the yard.
Xiao Song walked to the door, his fingertips traced the lines on the door panel, and touched the kicked wooden door. He said nothing, as if something was weighing on his mind. After a long while, he asked, "Brother, when did you expect all this?"
Before the crowd outside the door approached, Xiao Song noticed that the rooster, which had been quietly burying its head in its wings, seemed to have discussed it with Xiao Cha in advance, and took advantage of the darkness of the night to fly behind the house.
This good plan made the village chief lose face and caused the Chen family to suffer losses.
Such a mindset is rare among young people.
Xiao Cha pursed her lips and looked up at Xiao Song.
After spending the past few days with Xiao Song, Xiao Cha already knew how and what to say.
He didn't intend to hide too much, but there were some facts that he couldn't tell in full, so he could only say half-truthfully: "Brother, I have memories!"
Xiao Song quietly looked at the lips of the person in front of him, "What memory?"
"I have never forgotten what happened since I was a child." This sentence was undoubtedly telling Xiao Song that he was not a soft persimmon that could be bullied. He knew right from wrong and the rules of worldly affairs.
Xiao Cha leaned close to Xiao Song's ear, yet was still close enough for him to see the shape of his lips. Without changing her expression, she slowly said, "Before, I just felt like I was trapped in a mold, sleeping soundly. I heard the noises outside and wanted to come out to take a look, but I found that I couldn't move. It wasn't until a few days ago when my head was smashed by the Chen family's child that I realized..."
After saying this, Xiao Cha swallowed the saliva in his mouth and observed the subtle expressions on the face of the person in front of him with his peripheral vision.
The information shows that Xiao Song treats the "body" very seriously and dotes on it. He must be a complete brother-con.
What I just said should be enough to put my abnormal behavior in the past few days behind me.
Xiao Cha, who was a little distracted, suddenly felt someone gently holding his shoulder. Then he looked up and met a pair of eyes that concealed a bit of seriousness.
Xiao Song pinched the person under his hand lightly, his heart filled with a bit of heartache. He said bitterly, "It's my fault. I don't have the ability to take good care of you, and let you suffer like this."
"But my brother, the glory of your birth surpassed all my joys."
Xiao Cha couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the last sentence.
In the past decade or so, the character of 'A-di' lacked soul and was just like an emotionless robot. However, he did not become a disliked person because he had an 'A-ge' at home who could tolerate him.
Xiao Cha blinked, and couldn't help but have slightly red eyes. It was a reaction of her body, but also the heartache of her soul that had existed for more than ten years.
He subconsciously thought that it was inappropriate to express his tears in front of Xiao Song, so he found an excuse to get away.
"Brother, let me clean up first. We've been busy all day. You should go wash up first." Xiao Cha pushed him into the room.
Xiao Song turned his head away, but Xiao Cha lowered her head, so he couldn't see her expression. Being insensitive, he didn't notice anything was wrong and just said, "If you can't move the big planks, let me do it tomorrow. Don't tire yourself out."
"Uh-huh."
Fortunately, the kicked wooden door had been stepped on intentionally or unintentionally by the audience and had long since become a pile of broken wood. Only a few large pieces remained, but it was not difficult for Xiao Cha to move them.
But perhaps because he had suffered a serious injury a few days ago, after finishing all this, Xiao Cha felt a burst of tinnitus.
The south wind that blew in the middle of the night, mixed with a bit of biting chill, made Xiao Cha's originally dizzy head clearer.
He pressed the side of his ear, pulled a wooden chair and sat down. After a while, the tinnitus symptoms were about to disappear.
He was keenly aware of an uncomfortable gaze and slowly shifted his gaze to the side.
What was surprising was that the owner of that gaze had no intention of hiding at all, but was sitting leisurely on the courtyard wall.
"What happened here? Young man, do you need help from kind people?" Bai Changqing wiped the dried blood from the corner of his mouth with a forced smile, and looked at the young man with narrowed eyes full of cunning.
No good intentions.
Xiao Cha's expression showed some regret. Why didn't he take the opportunity to add a few more stabs when he was in the forest today? Although it was only a matter of time according to the recovery ability of the demon clan, what made him more curious now was why Bai Changqing came to his house.
Could it be that his identity has been exposed and Bai Changqing has come to seek revenge?
Xiao Cha thought about it and quickly rejected this point. His reincarnation was the result of the system fabricating this 'idiot' who did not exist in the book. Logically speaking, the 'idiot' was an NPC who was completely isolated from the original work. The only people who knew his identity were the system and himself.
"The mortals here just now said you are a fool, but I don't think so." When Bai Changqing spoke, he always licked his fangs intentionally or unintentionally, which also made it clear that Xiao Cha in front of him was just a prey that could not resist.
The prey has no right to refuse anything, nor can it resist any unreasonable demands of Bai Changqing.
Xiao Cha stood up straight. The evening candles were still lit in the room behind him. Xiao Song, who had poor hearing, could not hear the sounds outside. He took a ladle and poured cold water on himself while thinking about what food he should prepare for Xiao Cha tomorrow. He had no idea that danger was coming outside.
"Sir, thank you for your kindness, but it is a bit offensive to enter someone else's courtyard in the middle of the night without permission!"
Unexpectedly, the scene of his rebirth was exactly the same as the scene of his suicide in his previous life. He was already familiar with the scene after confronting Bai Changqing.
Xiao Cha waited indifferently for the man's response.
He concluded in his heart that Bai Changqing was in a desperate situation at the moment, and Bai Changqing would definitely not dare to act rashly today. After all, the injuries on his body did not seem to be caused by training, but by escaping.
There is no other possibility that could have forced Bai Changqing to this point except for a large sect.
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