Chapitre 35: I Can't Watch

Xue Yan's lips were slightly pursed, and he remained silent. He had stopped studying and, upon returning from the town, was prepared to hear idle gossip; after all, the world never lacked that. The words of Xue Zhuzi would certainly not affect him in the slightest. Moreover, what hadn't he experienced in his previous life? He had served two Emperors who had made him take the blame and endure countless curses for them… He just felt heartache for his Xue Wufu. Although he wasn't the biological child of this family, he was treated no differently from one. The family doted on him and treated him well, never bearing to see him slighted in any way. Jiang Yue looked up at Xue Wufu, then at Xue Yan, before turning back to look at Xue Zhuzi. Xue Zhuzi, along with four others, was being summoned by Hunter Wu; they were walking away, facing the opposite direction from her, and were about to go deeper into the mountains to hunt. At her feet, there lay a section of tree trunk as thick as her arm, which had suffered through many seasons, its color turned to black and its bark almost completely rotted off. Without a second thought, she kicked it backward. The chunk of tree trunk quickly rolled in front of Xue Zhuzi. Xue Zhuzi wasn't watching the ground, and as the trunk still rolled, he happened to step on it. His foot slipped, and with a loud thump, he face-planted into the dirt. "Stool! Stool!" Xue Zhuzi had unexpectedly fallen, and Hunter Wu and the others were initially stunned, then hurried to help him up. "How can you be so careless? Walk without looking at the road." Xue Zhuzi also thought it was his own fault, feeling extremely embarrassed. Hearing the sound of a fall behind him, Xue Wufu instinctively looked back and, seeing Xue Zhuzi face down in the dirt, immediately burst into merciless, uproarious laughter, "Hahaha, serves you right for always farting! Even the Heaven is punishing you now! Na na na." He even pulled a face. Immediately after, he cheerfully ran off with Xue Yan and Jiang Yue. While running, Xue Yan glanced at Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue pretended not to see. A smile flickered in Xue Yan's eyes. Xue Zhuzi was being ridiculed, and that rascal Xue Wufu even dared to make faces at him; naturally, he was angry, but there was nothing he could do since it was his own carelessness that caused his fall. He could only pound the ground in frustration before struggling to get up with Hunter Wu and the others' help. But as they continued deeper into the mountain, Hunter Wu suddenly realized something, turning sharply to look in the direction where Jiang Yue, Xue Yan, and Xue Wufu had disappeared. This deep mountain, difficult even for adults to access, how did those two kids enter so effortlessly and catch up so quickly? * Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were dragged along by Xue Wufu for a while until Hunter Wu and his group were out of sight, then they stopped running and walked instead. Thinking of Xue Zhuzi's rare humiliation, Xue Wufu still couldn't help but laugh triumphantly, jumping up twice, "He truly got what he deserved, to trip while merely walking." Xue Yan took another look at Jiang Yue before asking, "Wufu, aren't you also clearing fields? How did dad and mom agree to let you come home to get the bow and arrow and venture into this mountain?" Before Xue Yan could finish, Xue Wufu chuckled, "I told them I had a stomachache and promised I definitely wouldn't come to this mountain with Even Hunter Wu, so they let me go home. I was actually worried you'd be at home, and I wouldn't be able to take the bow and arrow, but it turned out you weren't there." Xue Yan: "…If mom and dad find out, they're definitely going to scold you."