Chapter 349: Chapter 349 Cute Chapter 349: Chapter 349 Cute “Big brother, let’s go, weren’t you wanting me to take you to the kitchen?” Xiao Taohong floated in front of him, upside down, almost face to face looking down at him with a smile.
Just moments ago, he had thought this little girl was quite cute, but now, at this moment, to Erlaizi, such a delicately carved face seemed like that of a demon. He sat on the ground, terrified, retreating continuously while shaking his head and saying in panic, “I did not recognize Mount Tai with my petty eyes earlier, I dare not trouble auntie to take a long journey for me.”
“Big brother, why are you so scared of me! Is it because I’m ugly? Did I scare you?” Xiao Taohong said while gently touching her own delicate face.
Erlaizi trembled all over, too frightened to speak properly.
“Scaring you, that’s really my fault, how about I change my face, then you won’t be so afraid, okay?”
Xiao Taohong’s gentle and soft voice sounded like an ice-cold cellar to Erlaizi’s ears. He quickly shook his head, then nodded again, utterly unsure of what he was doing.
“Alright, since big brother agrees, I’ll change my face.”
While she spoke, Xiao Taohong touched her face with one small hand and suddenly, with a forceful tug, whoosh, she tore off her entire face. The delicate beauty from moments ago instantly turned into a bloody, gruesome mass. Her chubby, once rosy cheeks now morphed into a black hole, mournfully uttering, “Big brother, do you find me pretty now?”
Erlaizi stealthily glanced up and was instantly so terrified that he felt like he lost three souls and seven spirits, he wet his pants, scrambled up from the ground, and while screaming his lungs out, he crazily ran away, “Ah…! Ghost, there’s a ghost!”
“Big brother, big brother, don’t run! You haven’t found the pork yet!” Xiao Taohong floated mid-air, calling out to Erlaizi’s retreating figure.
At this moment, Erlaizi was almost driven insane by fright, no longer hearing what she was saying. When he rushed out, he accidentally slammed into a wall, fell several times, his head bleeding, but he didn’t care, he just got up and ran, all he wanted was to quickly get away from this terrifying place, it was too scary, he had actually chatted with a ghost all night long.
In the shadows, Big Bull, who initially got up to deal with them, seeing this, went back to his room and continued to sleep.
The noise outside finally woke Aunt Li, who, holding a lamp, came out only to find the courtyard gate wide open. Thinking Xuexue and the others had forgotten to close it, she stepped forward to shut it securely, then checked around and seeing nothing amiss, went back to her room, turned off the light, and continued to sleep.
In the early morning, Xuexue got up feeling refreshed, washed up, and started preparing breakfast. She made noodles with white flour and fried a dish of double-cooked pork, considering it breakfast for the morning.
At the breakfast table, Aunt Li, while eating, said to Madam Xie, “Madam Xie, make sure to bolt the yard gate before going to bed in the future. Even though the Mo Family Village is a remote and impoverished place, there is no shortage of thieves and sneaks.”
Madam Xie, looking puzzled, glanced at her and replied, “Aunt Li, what are you talking about? I always make sure the door is locked before I go to sleep.”
“Look at you, so young and already so forgetful. You didn’t close the yard gate last night.”
“Impossible, I checked everything before I went to bed.”
As the two argued endlessly, Xuexue suddenly remembered Xiao Taohong calling her last night to get up, realizing that their pork must have drawn some envious eyes from the village, compelling someone to sneak over the wall and attempt to steal in the dead of night.