Chapter 146: The Kid Next Door Cried from Craving
Chapter 146: Chapter 146: The Kid Next Door Cried from Craving
Ye Kui tilted her head, a little confused.
Gu Xulin clutched his heart, his face a mask of terror. "Say something."
The penguin immediately hid behind Gu Xulin, peeking its head out to look.
"A person," she answered.
Her gaze toward Gu Xulin was filled with incomprehension. ’Why can’t he even recognize a person?’
’How pitiful.’
"A person?" Gu Xulin breathed a sigh of relief, but he still watched her with extreme caution.
The main thing was, what were the odds of running into a child on a snowy mountain? And a child with a bleeding mouth, at that...
This was a snowy mountain! He was lucky it was still daylight. If this had happened in the dead of night, he would have fainted on the spot.
"W-what’s your name? Why are you here? Where are your parents? What happened to your mouth?"
Ye Kui wondered why this person had so many questions, but she still answered obediently, "My name is Ye Kui now. I don’t know where my mom and dad are. And my mouth is fine."
’Fine? If it were fine, would it be bleeding?’
Gu Xulin watched her warily until a drone struggled out of the snow and flew over Ye Kui’s head.
’The show’s drone?’
Gu Xulin squinted at Ye Kui. ’Hah, so she’s Ye Zexi’s new little sister. No wonder she’s so weird.’
He snorted coldly and turned to leave.
’Stay away from the Ye Family!’
And just like that, Gu Xulin’s location was confirmed!
A drone that had been searching for Gu Xulin for a long time zipped over! It had finally found him!
’It’s not a stray drone anymore!’
On one side, everyone was celebrating the return of the "vagabond" Gu Xulin.
While on Ye Kui’s side, everyone was at a loss for words.
[So... her brain really isn’t working right...]
[The person above is being too polite. How can someone who gnaws on a rock until their mouth bleeds be normal?]
[Look how scared our Brother Lin is. He’s about to shatter.]
[I need to speak up for myself!! You can’t eat rocks, and you can’t throw them at a drone’s face! The drone falling in the snow is a small matter, but it made my heart pound!]
Gu Xulin was ecstatic to see the drone. "Where’s Gu Zhao?! Quick, tell her to come rescue me!"
"Her brother is about to starve to death! My wandering partner is hungry too!"
Although the penguin didn’t know who he was talking to, it nodded frantically by his side.
’Hungry, hungry, hungry!’
’Right, where’s the kiddo!’
’Gu Zhao?’
Ye Kui, who was about to leave, froze in her tracks and immediately walked over to Gu Xulin’s side.
’If I can’t find Gu Zhao, I can’t complete my mission.’
’Can’t let that happen!’
"What do you want?" Gu Xulin noticed her, his face full of resistance.
"I’m lost. Can I follow you?" Ye Kui looked at Gu Xulin with pleading eyes.
"I won’t follow you for free. These treasures are for you." Ye Kui pulled out a pile of pretty-shaped rocks from her clothes.
And a handful of melted snow.
Gu Xulin: ??
’Is this some new kind of mockery?’
’What is the Ye Family up to now!’
He turned to leave, but then he saw her standing pitifully in the snow, clutching the rocks with blood still on the corner of her mouth.
No matter how he looked at it, she was a pathetic sight.
Gu Xulin sighed. "Keep up."
He walked ahead with a cold expression.
Inside, however, his thoughts were a chaotic mess.
’AHHHH! Gu Xiao Zhao, come save me!! I’ve actually become a bleeding-heart saint!!’
’I seriously think my brain is broken!!’
’Gu Xiao Zhao, ahhh, I don’t want to compete with the Le Shan Giant Buddha for a spot!!’
Ye Kui followed excitedly. She felt that this way, she’d be able to complete her mission soon!
Then she would never have to go back to that cold, sterile laboratory again!
She wouldn’t have to get shots every day!
Ye Kui skipped along behind him.
One dared to lead, the other dared to follow.
The result was that they ended up even farther away from Gu Zhao.
[What do I do, what do I do! My rational mind tells me the Ye Family is evil! But my eyes are telling me! This little sister is so cute, ahhhh! I love her! She seems kind of dazed.]
[I have to resist! I’m a soldier of the Monkey King!]
[Where are they going?? Are they planning to circle the globe before they find the Monkey King?]
[I’m also confused. Are they planning to start their own separate variety show?]
Gu Xulin and the others didn’t notice anything was wrong.
The drone followed silently.
After walking for who knows how long, the two people and one penguin were starving.
Especially Gu Xulin. He was now crawling.
Ye Kui scratched her head and looked at the penguin.
’Isn’t he bringing along an emergency food supply?’
’Why isn’t he eating it?’
The penguin sensed her gaze and immediately scrambled under Gu Xulin.
’What a terrifying girl! It just feels like she smells weird and is really fierce.’
’It’s very unsettling.’
Seeing that he was reluctant to eat his emergency rations, Ye Kui started looking around and spotted a snow-white rabbit.
She took a rock from her clothes, aimed, and threw it with all her might.
THWACK!
A loud crack echoed.
The rabbit’s blood flowed nonstop.
It even left a deep indent in the snow.
Gu Xulin, who had been startled by the noise: ?????!!
Netizens: ??!!!!!
’What was that?’
Gu Xulin struggled to his feet and walked toward the rabbit. Ignoring the animal, he picked up the rock, which had shattered into pieces, and began to study it.
’Is this not a rock? Is it really a treasure?’
「Meanwhile」
Gu Zhao, having eaten and drunk her fill, began to lie in wait for her prey.
The reason was that a Snow Wolf had told her that six people were approaching.
Based on its description, Gu Zhao didn’t even need to guess who they were.
She left a few animals hidden inside the tent and arranged for other animals to hide outside.
Meanwhile, Gu Zhao and the others were outside the tent, laughing and giggling as they started a snowball fight.
「Outside the tent.」
"Eat this!" Gu Zhao rolled a giant snowball and shoved it toward the group.
"Ahhhh, Big King... WOOF WOOF WOOF..." Zhong Mingrui was swallowed by the snowball, once again experiencing what it felt like to be in a washing machine.
It didn’t stop until Gu Zhao ran over, wrapped her arms around the snowball, and forced it to a halt.
Zhong Mingrui emerged from the snowball, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Big King! That was fun!! I want to go again!"
Song Yi and Gu Jiao immediately chimed in.
Song Zhe also hurriedly raised his hand, afraid he’d be left out of the fun.
Zhong Siqi sighed.
’Brother Lin, where are you?! Without you, I’m the only adult here!’
’As for Song Zhe? Even his younger brother is more mature than him.’
「Behind a snowdrift not far from the tent.」
"What are they doing? Respond if you copy!" a teammate’s voice came through the walkie-talkie. The person holding it was utterly silent.
’How am I supposed to describe this?’
"Hello? Anyone there? Are you still with me?"
"I think so..."
"What’s the situation? Didn’t you say you found the contestants?"
"We found them..."
"What are they doing? Answer me!" the person on the other end demanded.
After a few seconds of silence, one of the six replied, "Reporting! They’re wrapping a kid in a thick layer of snow, rolling him around a few times, and now all the kids next door are crying for a turn!"
The other end: ??
"Just come back for now."
The leader’s voice came from the other side. He was filled with self-reproach. ’I should have taken them for a brain scan before we left...’
’Great. Now we’ve made fools of ourselves all over the internet.’
The netizens were already laughing so hard they didn’t know which way was up.
A hashtag also quietly started trending.
#HowToEatKids_DeliciousAndRefreshing#
「An hour later」
Gu Zhao and her group, tired from playing, returned to the tent.
And the "special guests" who had gone back to report had returned.
With more people.
A group of eleven in total.
"It’s probably around two or three in the afternoon right now. Even though you can’t feel the passage of time here, the body still keeps some of its habits."
"We’ll ambush them when they get drowsy!"
"Here... a few of you block this spot. And over here."
"Remember, don’t hurt the contestants. Control your strength, especially with the kids!"
"Do you hear me?!"
"We’ll make this quick!"
The eleven of them were full of confidence. Taking on a few kids and two celebrities? ’This should be a piece of cake.’