Author: Filthy Machine Translation
Ling Jue walked out of her grandmother's hut. She was eager to go to the back of the mountain to take a look.
2After she left, her grandmother took out a box and looked at it while on her bed.
2Inside the box were old photos. Some were of her when she was young, and some were of her and her grandfather.
There was also a photo of their family. There was an eighteen-year-old Xia Qingsong and a sixteen-year-old Xia Qinglian. The two of them were holding hands and smiling. Even one photo could tell the warm family atmosphere.
"Qinglian, if you're still alive, don't hurt Xiao Jue anymore." She touched her daughter who was smiling like a flower in the photo and teared up. "Silly child... You're really stupid..."
2...
When Ling Jue walked to the back of the mountain, the sky was already slightly dark. She had planned to go in to take a look, but she saw an iron net at the foot of the mountain. There was also a sign that said, 'There's poison on the mountain. The mountain has been sealed.'.
2On the iron net, there was a sign that said, 'Climbing is prohibited, bear the consequences.'.
2Ling Jue did not quite understand. What kind of poison was on this mountain? Was it that powerful?
"Lord Jue! I'll go in and take a look. Who else can be more poisonous than Lord Tang Yuan?" Tang Yuan was not convinced. It was invincible in Miaojiang.
2No matter what kind of venomous worm it was, it could only listen to Tang Yuan obediently.
What kind of poison could be cooler than Lord Tang Yuan?
No! It could not take this lying down!
2It pouted angrily, wishing it could run in and take a look.
2"We'll come back tomorrow. It's dark now. Grandma will be worried."
2"Alright." Tang Yuan was a little unwilling. It looked at the gloomy mountain behind it. Hmph! Tomorrow, it, Tang Yuan, would come to verify the truth. It did not believe that there were more powerful bugs than it!
2"Hey, which village are you from?!" Just as Ling Jue turned to leave, a boy ran to her from nearby. He was one head shorter than Ling Jue, and he was tanned.
2"You're quite fair and tender!" He raised his head to look at Ling Jue and continued to ask, "Which village are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"
2He crossed his arms and looked at Ling Jue with disdain.
Ling Jue glanced at him indifferently. This kid seemed a little familiar.
However, she had forgotten a lot of her memories of staying at her grandmother's house last time, so she naturally forgot about the person in front of her.
"What's your name?" Ling Jue frowned slightly.
2"You'll definitely recognize me if I tell you my name. My name is Niu Tingxiong!" He was a little proud. He had already defeated all the middle schools nearby, and many of the kids called him Brother Niu.
2"Oh, I don't know you." Ling Jue curled her lips. She remembered now.
2She had known this kid since she came back. He was the child of Uncle Niu, who lived next door to her grandmother's house.
She used to be very introverted. In this village, she only knew this kid as a friend of her age.
2He was very annoying, and he used to hold her hand and say, "Your hand is so slippery. Are you a girl?"
2"You're Ling Jue?!" He saw Ling Jue smiling and suddenly remembered his friend.
2"You're Ling Jue from Grandma Xia's house?!" His eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to grab his hand. "I'm Xiao Niu. Do you remember me?!"
2Ling Jue did not let him touch her. She only nodded lightly. "I know now."
2"Wow! You really are little brother Ling Jue! How did you grow so tall now?!" He had to stand on his tiptoes to be as tall as Ling Jue, so he had been standing on his tiptoes.
2"I'm obviously one year older than you. Why are you so tall? That's impossible," he kept mumbling, looking a little unhappy.
2Ling Jue smiled faintly and did not say anything. She listened to his chatter all the way.
"Little brother Ling Jue, what did you do just now? Let me tell you, there are monsters on that mountain, so you can't go there. Many people in the village have been poisoned, and the cost of treatment is very expensive, so no one dares to go near that mountain."
2Author: Filthy Machine Translation
"Lord Jue, this kid is just trying to scare us." Tang Yuan was a little disdainful. How could there be a bug that was more powerful than it? It could not accept the fact that it was written in bold!
2A monster? Hmph! Did you think you were acting in a disaster movie?
2"Little brother Ling Jue... Ouch!"
2He had just uttered the words 'little brother Ling Jue' when Ling Jue gave him a good thrashing.
2"Why did you hit me? Let me tell you, kid, if you weren't so weak, I would definitely hit you!" He quickly moved away from Ling Jue and rubbed the top of his head. It really hurt.
2"Call me boss from now on," said Ling Jue calmly.
2"Boss?" He stopped moving and blinked his big black eyes. "You want me to call you Boss?"
2"If your ears aren't good, I can help you fix them."
2"You're my little brother. How can you be my Boss!" he said angrily and pouted. "Let me tell you, calling you Boss won't happen!"
2Ling Jue stopped and turned to look at him. She approached him step by step.
This was a small road made of bluestone, surrounded by houses made of limestone. No one had passed by this time.
2Niu Tingxiong took a few steps back. He was even a little afraid of his half-smile.
"Ling Jue, what are you doing?" He gulped and stared at his handsome, fair face. "Let me tell you, if I didn't see your weak face, I would have beaten you up. Go and ask around. I, Niu Tingxiong, have beaten up... Ouch!"
2Just as he finished speaking, Ling Jue gave him a hard slap. "Now, call me Lord Jue or call me Boss. Choose one."
2"No! Unless you defeat me! Otherwise, I will not yield!"
2"Defeat you?"
2"Yes!" He nodded stubbornly.
2"Alright." Ling Jue punched him in the stomach. It was not a strong punch, but it caught him off guard.
2"We haven't even started!" He clutched his aching stomach. "You're breaking the rules."
2Ling Jue smiled faintly. "Then tell me, how do you want to fight?"
2It was interesting to fight with such a middle-schooler. Hehehe.
2"I'll count to three, then we'll start. Whoever knocks down the other one first will be the Boss."
2"Okay."
2"One, two, three... Ouch!"
2He had just rushed up when Ling Jue swept her leg. He fell on the flagstone road. He even fell on his face.
2He turned over and lay on the ground, looking angry. He looked at Ling Jue and did not know what to say. "You, you, you..."
2"Little brother, get up. You gave me such a big gift, but big brother accepted it."
2"Hmph!" He stood up and patted his chest. "A man keeps his word. From now on, you will be my big brother."
2Ling Jue curled her lips. Children were so easy to bully.
"But, why have you become so powerful? In the past, you couldn't even catch a chicken." He patted the dust off his body and looked at him curiously. "Did you go to the city to learn martial arts? Ouch..."
2Ling Jue gave him a slap on the head and continued walking forward.
"Wait! You haven't told me yet! Where did you learn martial arts?" He quickly followed up with a smile. "Boss, Master Jue!"
2Ling Jue did not say much to him because she knew that he could talk to himself for a whole day.
He walked Ling Jue to his grandmother's door and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but he realized that he was much taller than him. He could only smile awkwardly. "Boss, I'll bring you to Xiao Po tomorrow. Let's put the cows and roast potatoes together. What do you think?"
2"I have something to do tomorrow." Put the cows and roast potatoes? At her current mental age, she was no longer interested in children's fun.
2"You want to go to the back mountain?" He suddenly whispered, smiling mysteriously. "I knew it."
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