Chapter 21
Although this rant wasn't exactly talking badly about someone behind their back, Li Rui's words were still sharp and harsh, hurting people more than simply making up a bunch of bad things.
Although Chi Jun was still smiling when he said this, as if he were joking as usual.
But who doesn't know that sometimes the truth is said in a joking way? Besides, even the usually good-tempered Chi Jun directly threw a ball at Li Rui.
She's definitely still a little angry.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other, speechless. In the end, Li Rui reacted the fastest, and immediately went over with a grin.
"Hey, Jun-ge is here!"
He then pretended to turn around and shout to the group behind him, "Who is it? Who's complaining about our sister? Our sister is so beautiful, and you bunch of stinky men, you must at least have a mirror at home, right? Wang Shuai, is that you? Chen Tong, Xu Wei?"
In the time it took for this banter to catch everyone else off guard, the others gradually came to their senses.
While cursing, a group of people rushed forward and grabbed Li Rui, giving him a severe beating.
"Damn it, who the hell is shameless?"
"Li Rui is the most shameless person, let's slap him in the face!"
"Anyway, his face is ruined; if he gets hurt, it's like he had plastic surgery!"
The group half-jokingly laughed and joked, tacitly smoothing over the awkward situation.
But in the end, everyone knew the truth:
Xu Jun is so generous. If it were anyone else, they would have been furious and rushed up to beat her up if their own sister was spoken to like that.
However, apart from throwing the ball at Li Rui at the beginning and uttering a curse, Xu Jun didn't do anything else specifically targeting Li Rui. When playing basketball, they were on the same team and cooperated quite well.
After the game, we went to an internet cafe and played some games together.
*
Around noon, after leaving the internet cafe, Chi Jun shrugged and said goodbye to the group.
At first, two people went the same way as him, but they parted ways after turning two street corners, leaving him alone.
"Alright," Chi Jun paused slightly, turning back to look at him. "Sneaking around like that, how long are you planning to follow us?"
The male ghost knew he had already discovered him, so he pouted and, no longer bothering to hide, simply floated forward:
"I wasn't sneaking around; I was following you openly and honestly."
Chi Jun chuckled, too lazy to argue with him about these things.
"Did you need something?"
The male ghost's eyes darted around, and his gaze fell on the ground.
"Can't I contact you if there's nothing wrong? Good friend... we should see each other more often."
He sounded a little unsure when he said "good friend."
But then I thought, Chi Jun is already calling those people brothers, and I've been close to him since he first came to the human world. It's been at least three months, so what's wrong with calling him "friend"?
What's wrong? !
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but straighten his back a little more.
Fortunately, Chi Jun didn't correct him. He laughed and naturally moved on from the topic. The male ghost breathed a sigh of relief and happily continued to follow.
Actually, the male ghost didn't come to find Chi Jun for anything specific.
The main reason was that he saw Chi Jun idling around all day, doing nothing but eating, drinking, playing games, and having fun. He was worried that Chi Jun might get too happy in the human world and forget about returning to the fox clan.
However, he couldn't keep nagging Chi Jun in his ear.
So after much thought, the male ghost decided to make more appearances in front of Chi Jun, subtly reminding him from time to time that he still had an important matter to attend to when he returned to the fox clan.
So, on their way to the rental compound, the male ghost dragged Chi Jun along and pulled at him about all sorts of random things.
Today is Saturday, and by noon the sun was shining even brighter, so bright that people couldn't help but squint.
Turning into the rental courtyard from the northwest corner, you see a square first-floor courtyard bathed in sunlight, with clotheslines neatly hung with bed sheets of various styles and colors.
A gentle breeze swept by, lifting a corner of the bed sheet, which rolled up and then unfurled in mid-air.
Chi Jun was fiddling with the ball in both hands, turning to go upstairs, when his gaze inadvertently glanced into the courtyard, and he stopped in his tracks.
Behind the bed sheet, which was being lifted by a gentle breeze, Xu Qingzhou, wearing an apron around her waist, was bending down to look at the child in front of her. The child looked to be too young to walk steadily. The chubby little boy was holding a half-eaten steamed bun in his hand and was looking up at Xu Qingzhou with a dreamy smile.
Xu Qingzhou, with a smile on her face, was gently wiping the little boy's nose with a tissue.
She had probably just been washing clothes; there was a red basin of water at her feet. A gentle breeze rippled the water's surface, and the light emanating from the ripples shimmered and danced on Xu Qingzhou, making her profile and hair appear as if adorned with a soft, shimmering glow.
Wow!
The male ghost suddenly spoke.
Chi Jun was a beat slow to react; he blinked before turning to look at him.
The male ghost gazed at Xu Qingzhou, his hands clasped together in a blissful gesture before his chest: "If the little mute girl becomes a mother someday, she'll probably look like this... It's kind of beautiful..."
Be a mom.
Chi Jun looked at Xu Qingzhou again.
The child's mother had already run over, smiling as she bent down to support the child, saying, "Dear sister, dear sister," and the child obediently hugged Xu Qingzhou.
Xu Qingzhou seemed a little shy, her face slightly flushed, but she still squatted down and tilted her head slightly.
The moment the child kissed her cheek, her eyes visibly narrowed.
As the child was led away by his mother, she remained in her half-squatting position, quietly waving to the child who turned to look at her, her face flushed and her eyes bright and clear.
For some reason, at this moment, Chi Jun suddenly remembered Li Rui's words—
She's already mute, isn't that a loss? Would it be a loss if she had a litter of mute babies? Disability, man, that has a huge impact, it might even affect her offspring. What decent family would dare marry her?
"Hey," the male ghost's eyes gleamed with gossip as he glanced at Chi Jun and said, "What kind of man do you think the little mute girl will marry in the future?"
After a few seconds, there was a "thump" sound.
Chi Jun casually caught the bouncing basketball and carried it upstairs, saying, "How should I know?"
"Just guess, I'm just saying it casually anyway."
The male ghost turned around and chased after him:
"Calm and reserved? No way, the little mute is already reserved enough. Two taciturn people together would suffocate."
"Humorous and witty? Hmm... that doesn't seem good either. Men like that are very popular. If he goes out and attracts unwanted attention, Little Mute will definitely be upset."
"What do you think of someone lively and outgoing? Lively—"
Chi Jun suddenly stopped abruptly, turned to look at the male ghost, and chuckled:
"I don't think they're anything special."
Male ghost: ?
Why are they all so bad?
What's wrong? You're getting so into playing the older brother that you're really protecting your own?
However, considering that Chi Jun is new here, if he continues to be so unrealistic and ambitious, and one day the little mute girl happens to have a stroke of luck and meet someone she's meant to be with, he'll probably ruin everything—
The male ghost thought for a moment and decided to help Chi Jun face reality:
"Brother Jun, you're wrong about that. People are very realistic these days. Even after graduating from university, when you're on a blind date face to face, you have to consider the other person's conditions."
"This little mute girl is pretty, but being orphaned and dirt poor is one thing, but being unable to speak is a fatal flaw. If you ask me... if she didn't have a boyfriend in college, and instead properly restrain her love-struck mind, she'd probably..."
The male ghost shook his head, not saying what he was going to say next.
Looking up again, he found that Chi Jun hadn't seemed to hear him either. He casually shoved the ball into the corner, pulled a chess set out of the storage box, and turned to look at him.
"Shall we have a friendly spar?"
The male ghost got a headache just looking at that thing, and stiffened his neck:
"...You might as well just cut me up!"
"..."
*
At noon, the courtyard of the rented house was filled with the chirping of birds and the aroma of food wafting through the air.
Compared to before, Xu Qingzhou made the dishes a bit simpler today, and he was quite nervous when he served them.
However, Chi Jun didn't seem to care, so Xu Qingzhou stopped thinking about it and ate quietly, but occasionally looked up at Chi Jun as if she had something to say.
One last time, Xu Qingzhou squeezed the chopsticks, reached into his pocket with his left hand, and looked at Chi Junshi—
Chi Jun suddenly looked up at her as well.
"Xu Qingzhou".
Xu Qingzhou paused.
Have you ever been in a relationship?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
