Chapter 149: The Fooled Liao Yun, Fall into a New Predicament (Part 2)
While Mingyue was looking at the surroundings, a male voice came from her behind.
"Ehem. . ."
"Hm? What's wrong, baddie?" Mingyue stared at the awkward Zheng Zhanglie. The latter was scratching his cheek, as if he was not sure of what he wanted to say.
If only Zheng Zhanglie twirling the hem of his shirt and his gender changed into a female, he would be very attractive. . Unfortunately, that male gender was enough to repel that thinking.
"Er, can we stop with this baddie thing? This big brother's fragile heart is wounded."
Blinking her eyes, Mingyue shot her innocent gaze. "Un. What is it, smelly?"
Zheng Zhanglie choked. But thinking between smelly and baddie, there was no better one. Sighing and pitying his bad luck, he told his request, "Little girl, can you help me?
Without thinking, Mingyue answered as if it was her reflex.
"I can't!"
"Why! Why why why!" Zheng Zhanglie wanted to cry for the blatant refusal. He felt that the refusal was not because of his request, but because he was the one who requested. Thus, he started to coax the little girl. "Girlie, little girl, my little aunt, please help this poor man."
Zheng Zhanglie kneeled in front of Xiao Wu, making Xiao Wu felt uncomfortable.
"I can't!" Mingyue's answer was the same.
"Oh, please, my little aunt." With miserable expression, Zheng Zhanglie went closer to Mingyue, but Xiao Wu leapt back with a disgusted expression. "Help me, or my love life will end before it begins. . ."
Mingyue's eyebrows were twitched. That problem was out of her care. In fact, the source of the problem was she herself - she was conscious of it and she was willing to make a trouble for Zheng Zhanglie. Hence, she didn't have the feel to help.
The reason? It was simple.
Mingyue didn't like his smug smile. She would rather see his miserable life, like Fu Tao's daily life.
Not caring for Mingyue's answer, Zheng Zhanglie kept on blabbering and turned on his reminiscence mode.
"Sigh. Do you know, girlie? I have been harbouring this feeling for many years, ever since my eyes met her dazzling figure, her warm and bright smile. She was a kind girl, even though she was not particularly close to anyone except for my little sister. And I can say that first sight happened thanks to my sister's help. Sigh, if not for my sister's help, I might not be acquaintance with Zhener. Ah, my cute and beautiful Zhener. . ."
His voice was calm and steady, as if telling a bedtime story for a little girl.
". . . Big sis Peng Zhen is not yours, baddie."
Not caring for Mingyue's rebuttal, Zheng Zhanglie continued. . .
"Sigh. Zhener is not good with the same age townspeople, except for my sister and me. Well, I don't know what happened before and my sister doesn't want to talk about it, but as long as Zhener is fine, I have no qualm. As long as Zhener is together with us, she would smile more often than the usual, and I love her dazzling smile. Like the morning sun that clears the hazy fog, giving warmth to start the day."
"Hoo?" Mingyue felt bored of the random rambling of Zheng Zhanglie. But thinking that she would hear a few things about the trio's past, she forced herself to stay and listen to the rest of the story. Perhaps, she would hear something interesting.
"Our dream as mercenary began when I was talking about the passing mercenaries. At that time, I always thought that a life as a mercenary is very good, as free as a bird in the sky, not chained by anything from the earth. Only moving forward and never move back. And it was only by my whim that I talked about life as a mercenary. I am impressed, but not until the state of a fanatic. But the funniest thing was the reaction from Zhener was out of my estimation." Zheng Zhanglie chuckled while reminiscing.
"Her bright eyes were akin to a starry night, illuminating the dark world. And at that time, I was genuinely fell in love with her. I love with how she was envying the life at the outside world, soaring around the world without being bound by the world's matter. Her vision was not as short as mine, while her dream was many times bigger than mine."
Closing his eyes as if imagining something, Zheng Zhanglie continued his word, "I want to stand together in that place, in the future, in the place where we achieve our dream."
"Hence, I braced myself, I want to support her, protect her, and stand by her. Moving out of the comfort zone and searching for the freedom, and become a mercenary is our first step."
Zheng Zhanglie continued all he wanted while Mingyue yawned after listening to all of that blabbering. For her, Zheng Zhanglie's word was no different from a mortal wishing to fly in the sky, control the weather as one wished, and in the end, it was all about a mortal wishing to be an immortal.
In her previous life, she had listened to the various story about that. But how many that was capable to achieve that? One? Two?
And even if some people achieved the said immortality, how many fell because of one's prideful nature?
It was similar to playing with fire. One could become an expert in manipulating fire, but it would nurture the arrogance at the same time. And when one slipped, all of his efforts would be wasted.
And even if one could achieve the immortality, how many immortal wished to be a mere mortal? The life as an immortal was not as happy nor as free as many thought, like what Zheng Zhanglie and Peng Zhen thought.
They were all bound by one's nature, and no one could be freed by nature.
It was the life.
Maybe, one had to be Buddha in order to be free of nature?
Hence, she didn't feel anything from the passionate Zheng Zhanglie. For Mingyue, everything which was said by Zheng Zhanglie was an utter gibberish.
"It is lame, baddie." Mingyue didn't pull back her sharp comment while that word stabbed at Zheng Zhanglie's pure heart.
"Wh- why? I am pure, girlie, my heart as clear as the sky!" Zheng Zhanglie never expected that his long speech didn't touch the little girl's heart. He was expecting that Mingyue would cry and promise to help with his advance toward Peng Zhen.
Perhaps his confession was messed-up with the previous event, but it didn't mean that he would give up.
Mingyue threw a side-glance upward. There was no sun as it was hiding behind the cloud while the sky was already orange-coloured.
With the voice full of innocence and the gaze full of pity, Mingyue answered without looking at Zheng Zhanglie, "It is a little dark and cloudy. Indeed, the sky doesn't lie."
". . ."
Even though Mingyue was not touched at all, there was someone who was. With her red-boiled face, Peng Zhen lowered her head as she couldn't focus on the sparring.
Similar with last time, Peng Zhen heard everything.
She didn't know whether Zheng Zhanglie said all of that on purpose, but she was only an inexperienced maiden. She didn't know any of the male's ruse, making her trusted every word that came from Zheng Zhanglie's mouth.
But, there was only one thing she understood. From her covered face, she could feel that the tips of her lips were curled upward, telling herself that she was happy.
All of sudden, the ground shook.
"""Wha- """
Everybody was surprised, even Mingyue was included.
No one expected such a thing, and no one was knowledgeable about the Stone Gaze Forest.
Everyone was frantic, only Mingyue and Liao Yun were carefree enough.
Xiao Wu leapt toward Mingyue's spot in no time while the latter swept her gaze at the surroundings. There was nothing out of ordinary, nothing different from yesterday.
The stone leaves swayed left and right, creating various frictions on the Stone Trees.
But after some time, not only the ground didn't stop the shaking, but also the shaking grew wild and hectic. Even Zheng Yi, Zheng Zhanglie, Peng Zhen, and Song Qi had to hug the nearest Stone Tree.
"Wh- why this thing didn't stoop!" Zheng Yi was ghostly pale, but she wanted to swear when she saw the indifferent expression on Mingyue. "ARE YOU EVEN HUMAAAAAN???"
For Zheng Yi, Mingyue was like she didn't understand the predicament all of them were in. but for Mingyue, this matter only made her a little intrigued, nothing more. And more importantly, this kind of thing would put her in a dangerous situation, even if Xiao Jing wasn't nearby.
"Don't talk, preserve your strength in case of a sudden danger." Fu Tao reprimanded Zheng Yi while warning Zheng Zhanglie and Peng Zhen at the same time. Moving his gaze toward his left, he continued, "Little Qi, stay close with me. Never leave my side no matter what happens."
After Song Qi made sure that Mingyue was fine, he nodded. "Un. . ."
As the shaking grew more intense, not only the stone leaves swayed left and right, but the Stone Trees began to head-banging the ground many times.
These scenes made Zheng Zhanglie and Peng Zhen shrieked, while Zheng Yi was already under Xiao Wu's body because she had already lost her consciousness.
"F**K F**K F**K! IS THIS THE END OF THE WOOOOORLD!" Zheng Zhanglie's pair of eyes were wide-opened while looking at the disaster in front of him. No, he was included in this disaster.
While there were some that were already lost their mind, Liao Yun only glared at Mingyue.
". . . What exactly did you do?"
Unlike the others, Liao Yun was steady in her footing as if these shakings didn't mean anything for her. But this bizarre situation only reminded her of her own bad experience, bad memories, the troublemaker.
Receiving such accusation, Mingyue pouted and snorted, "I am a good girl! I haven't done anything!"
". . . Really?"
"I never run from my responsibility!" Mingyue narrowed her eyes and continued, "I will make all trouble and dump all of it for you! I will never let myself fall into my own pit hole!"
"YO- YOU! YOU DAMN BRAT! SO EVERYTHING ABOUT ME BEING CHASED BY A BUNCH OF FIERCE BEASTS IS ALL YOUR IDEA! YOUR TRICK!" Liao Yun exploded when Mingyue made her confession.
As the main victim of Mingyue's whim, she was the experienced one. Or more exactly, she was the only victim, not even Fu Tao stepped on the trap.
At first, it was not like that Mingyue did it on purpose. She was doing her own thing, and able to wipe her own butt if there was no interference like Liao Yun. Not only twice, not only twice or thrice, but every time Mingyue did something in the Grey Forest, Liao Yun would appear not long after Mingyue did something.
But after a few times, Mingyue would find that it was amusing to see such a scene. And little by little, her mischievous nature appeared on the whim.
The last case was Mingyue and Liao Yun was being chased by a bunch of Purple-Patterned Bees. If there was no interference of Liao Yun, Mingyue would just beguile the bunch of Purple-Patterned bees, making her and Xiao Wu invisible.
But because of Liao Yun, Mingyue had to enjoy her wet body.
Seeing that Liao Yun realized her only amusement for the four years, Mingyue covered her mouth and shook her head while saying in earnest tone, "No, I didn't do anything! I am a good child!"
But even the stupidest child would realize that Mingyue was only pretending.
"DON'T LIE-"
The ground cracked in a blink of an eye and all of them were above the cracked ground.
Crack crack crack CRACK. . .
From one line divided into two, two into four, and in the end, the ground caved in and began to fell apart.
"Wa wa wa wa wa waiiiiiiit!"
CRACK CRACK CRACK. . .
Understood that some people would panic, Fu Tao took the lead, "HOLD ANYONE NEARBY! NEVER LET IT GO!" Moving his gaze toward Liao Yun, he continued, "LITTLE YUN! YOUR HAND!"
It was a romantic scene of a man taking lead to protect the woman, if only the woman was a normal person.
Not caring for Fu Tao, Liao Yun was glaring at Mingyue. "LITTLE YUE! WAIT! DON'T RUN! HOW DARE YOU TO TRICK ME! MAKING A FOOL OF MY INNOCENCE!"
Mingyue just threw her gaze while whistling without the sound of a whistle, "I- I don't know what you are talking about. Fwu fwu fhwuu. . ."
CRACK,
The ground was split, and some fell apart.
""Aaaaahh . . . .""
Zheng Zhanglie held Peng Zhen, while Zheng Yi and Song Qi were grabbed by Fu Tao. As there was no footing as all of them fell, Fu Tao had no chance to grab Liao Yun's hand.
"Little Yuuuun~~ . . . ." Fu Tao's voice was full of remorse, as he didn't have any chance to grab Liao Yun's hand.
But sadly, Liao Yun didn't care about Fu Tao as she glared at Mingyue.
"LITTLE YUEeee, I will make you paaaaaay~~~ . . . . . ."
One by one, all of them were split by the falling ground, fell into the dark hole below.
Not long after the cracked ground was opened, the earthshake stopped, leaving the mess everywhere.
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