Translator: Xiao Wu
Editor: Yuki
The town seemed to have become livelier recently. Lights decorated the streets, shrouding it in a festive atmosphere.
Lu Qingjiu went to the food market and bought some new items Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun had never tried before, such as sugar cane. April’s sugar cane wasn’t exactly the freshest since most were old stock. If it wasn’t for Yin Xun’s blatant unhappiness, Lu Qingjiu wouldn’t have bought it. Apart from sugar cane, Lu Qingjiu also bought broad beans. He planned to use some as snacks while the others would be cooked in his dishes.
All in all, they had a successful shopping trip, with everyone carrying home bags and bags of shopping.
At night, everyone sat in front of the television and slowly chewed on the sugar cane. Bai Yuehu was disgusted with this sort of fruit that required him to exert effort and only had sweetness but no flavour. Thus, he avoided it. On the other hand, Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun liked it. They crunched on the sugarcane and occasionally threw pieces at Xiao Hua and Xiao Hei who were at the side. Everyone’s mouths were filled with sweetness.
The television was broadcasting today’s news, which was a bunch of trifling and useless information, but still made for an interesting watch. Lu Qingjiu saw some news related to Hua Yuan Kindergarten; it said that the kindergarten may open next week. This was similar to what Hu Shu had told him.
Bai Yuehu preferred the roasted broad beans that were seasoned with the five basic chinese spices. He would pry away the dried outer skin of the crunchy and savoury roasted broad beans before throwing them into his mouth. There were even peanuts mixed in with the broad beans, making it a delicious yet affordable snack combination. The only shortcoming was that eating this gave one gas…
After watching the news, they each prepared to turn in.
Monday soon arrived, the day Hu Shu said Hua Yuan Kindergarten would open.
Bai Yuehu had told Lu Qingjiu they would need to get up earlier the day before. Therefore, Lu Qingjiu woke up at the crack of dawn and went into the kitchen to prepare a luxurious sandwich before feeding the animals in his house.
Today, it was Yin Xun’s turn to watch the house while Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu went to town together.
They started driving their cute little pickup truck. A few hours later, they reached their destination – Hua Yuan Kindergarten.
By this time, it was nearly 9 am. Although the kindergarten was open, they didn’t see any children running around. The entire place was silent and even the security guard at the entrance was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Qingjiu felt perturbed by the silence. “Should we go in?”
“En.” Bai Yuehu took the lead.
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Since he grew up with his grandmother, he had never attended kindergarten and never played with such things before. By the time he came into contact with these, he was already too old to fight with children over such things.
Bai Yuehu saw Lu Qingjiu’s silly appearance and cocked his head. “Is it fun?”
Lu Qingjiu: “Not bad. Do you want to try?” He pointed at the swing beside him.
Bai Yuehu hesitated but didn’t speak. He silently took a seat beside Lu Qingjiu on the swing.
There were too many toys in this kindergarten, with swings being one of the basic toys. Lu Qingjiu glanced around and suspected that he could probably spend an entire day playing in here without repeating the same toy twice. This was all only in his head because soon, he heard footsteps from the doorway.
After all, Lu Qingjiu had snuck in here. He hurriedly pulled Bai Yuehu to hide behind the bushes.
Soon, they saw a group of people walk through the door. Upon closer inspection, he realised there were a few adults holding the hands of their children. Following behind them, there were several uniformed guards.
They conversed as they walked and from their words, Lu Qingjiu learnt of their identities. These were the parents of the children who attended the kindergarten. Many of them came with suspicions after knowing that the kindergarten would be reopened. Due to the previous incident with the bees, they all had concerns on whether or not to continue sending their child to school and thus, they came down to inspect the situation.
“There doesn’t seem to be any bees. Did they remove the hive?” One of the mothers asked. “But where are the other children?”
“They’re probably waiting to see the situation.” Someone answered. “I think it’s fine now.”
The kindergarten was clean and fresh without any trace of the bees. In fact, there wasn’t an insect to be seen.
“No. I think I’ll wait.” The woman was cautious. “My baby was stung before. It’s really scary how many bees there were.”
“En. Let’s go wait in the classroom.” Some people agreed with her.
Evidently, the kindergarten hadn’t been completely honest with the parents in order to protect their reputation. They all believed there was a hive in the kindergarten which resulted in the bee incident. Now that they did not see the bees, they naturally assumed the hive had been cleared.
After this group left, several more parents appeared and the kindergarten grew lively. The only thing that made Lu Qingjiu feel strange was the absence of the bees Hu Shu spoke of.
“There’s no bees.” Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu hid behind the bushes, like a pair of perverts here to peek on children. “Did this matter get resolved?”
Bai Yuehu shook his head silently, signalling for Lu Qingjiu to wait and see.
Hence, Lu Qingjiu waited patiently with Bai Yuehu. As time passed, more children gathered in the kindergarten. The parents saw that there were no bees and grew relaxed, leaving after sending their children in.
By now, it was nearly 11 am. All the children who should be here had already arrived but there were no signs of the bees.
Just as Lu Qingjiu was contemplating whether to leave or not, he heard a familiar sound. Buzz Buzz Buzz – it was the buzzing sound that came from the high frequency of wings beating together. Lu Qingjiu immediately recognised it as the buzzing of bees!
In a short span of time, a dark cloud appeared above Lu Qingjiu’s head. He looked up and realised it was, in fact, not a cloud but a large swarm of bees. They had congregated together and even covered the sky. The thunderous buzzing made people’s hairs stand on its ends. Lu Qingjiu stared at this scene in shock with his mouth wide open, watching them head towards the school like a tide of black water.
At this time, the school was filled with children who had just arrived. It was hard to imagine the extent of damage that would occur once the bees started attacking.
“Yuehu, what should we do?!” Lu Qingjiu panicked.
Bai Yuehu looked in the direction the bees had left in and turned towards Lu Qingjiu. “Come here.” Saying so, he ran towards the school block.
Lu Qingjiu followed behind him and scaled four storeys in one breath. They stopped outside the classroom labelled ‘Class Five’.
Bai Yuehu wasn’t panting in the slightest after climbing four stories but Lu Qingjiu was a normal human. He could barely catch his breath. “Huff…huff… Yuehu, what’s wrong?”
Bai Yuehu pointed towards the classroom.
The bees had thrown the classroom into disarray. The children ran around in a frenzy while the teacher who should have led the children away to safety was unconscious on the ground. No one knew if they were dead or alive. The bees bypassed the windows and doors, gathering in a thick swarm in the classroom. Be it the ceiling or the children’s bodies, they were all covered in bees the size of a thumb.
“Wuu, wuu…” The children sobbed, causing Lu Qingjiu to be alarmed.
Bai Yuehu walked into the class and looked towards a corner.
Lu Qingjiu followed his gaze and was stunned. In the corner, a little boy sat on the floor unmoving. His body was covered in a thick layer of something black. Theblack layer was moving and evidently countless live bees. The little boy seemed to be completely unable to move and Lu Qingjiu’s first instinct was to rush up to get rid of those bees. But just as he took a step, Bai Yuehu grabbed him by his shoulders.
“Don’t go.” Bai Yuehu said. “That’s not human.”
Lu Qingjiu froze. “Not human?”
Bai Yuehu replied, “En. He’s the one who summoned the bees.”
Just as he spoke, Lu Qingjiu saw the little boy slowly getting up from the ground and smiled. However, even his mouth was filled with bees. If it weren’t for his hair, Lu Qingjiu would even suspect that this person was made up entirely of bees.
“What are you?” The boy saw Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu. His tone was filled with intense malice and a slight buzz that made others feel uncomfortable. “You dare misbehave in my territory?”
Bai Yuehu said, “I’m called Bai Yuehu.”
The boy asked, “Bai Yuehu? Are you a fox spirit? Hahahaha. A fox spirit dares to come cause trouble for me? Scram if you don’t want to die.”
Bai Yuehu didn’t get angry from being slighted. He blinked and warmly said, “You words made me feel nostalgia.”
“Nostalgia?”
Bai Yuehu said, “Because the last person who said those words has already been dead for 500 years.” As he spoke, he took a step forward and grasped the boy by his neck. The boy was frightened by Bai Yuehu’s sudden actions and began to struggle wildly. The bees on his body began to dive towards Bai Yuehu until he was completely engulfed by them, leaving only a human shaped outline. He was covered in so many bees that Lu Qingjiu couldn’t even see Bai Yuehu’s face anymore.
This made him panic even more. Just as Lu Qingjiu was considering if he should light a flame to chase the bees away, he saw the bees covering Bai Yuehu undergo a mysterious change. They began to drop to the ground continuously. Within seconds, all the bees that were stuck on Bai Yuehu had fallen off.
The boy also saw this scene and was stunned. He began to shriek in fear and disbelief. “Im-Impossible. You’re a fox? You’re totally not a fox!”
Bai Yuehu’s expression was still tranquil but after hearing these words, it immediately changed. He coldly said, “I am a fox. I’ll kill you if you dare say I’m not a fox.”
The boy was completely clueless as to which reverse scale of Bai Yuehu he had touched and was utterly stunned.
As a bystander listening to the duo’s conversation, Lu Qingjiu was speechless. Was this the time to care about such things? Also, aren’t you mistaken on the main point?
Roasted broadbeans… quite yummy but wuwu has never tried it unroasted before.
T/n: Wuwu was late >,,,< another chapter tomorrow to make up for it (hopefully) Yuehu is a dummy
thanks for the translation! stay safe!
thank u! Stay safe too UwU
Thank you for the translation!
Yuehu, you big dumdum
Thank you for translating! <3
“I’m a fox! Hmph” Bai Yuehu is just too cute ahhh.
Thanks for the translation. Here have some cookies mwah
Yueuhu and his adamant obsession of being a ‘fox’ despite being already exposed. Hahahahaha
Also, thanks for the translation!
Hahaha! As always, I love Yuehu and his entirely unique thought process and utter devotion to claiming to be a fox spirit!
Thanks for your hard work translating!
🐉: “I am a fox. Disregard the scales.”
Broad beans are delicious, roasted with a little salt. 😋. For some reason, we called then horse beans. 🤔
Thank you
Someone doesn’t want to lose the identity of being a fluffy thing? lololol
Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/
Thanks for the update
Thank you for the chapter, but can you please also translate the full chapter titles like the previous translator did? 🐝
Lol someone tell the man he can drop the farce. Although it’s fun so maybe not.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
hehe… reverse scale
thanks 4 the chapter!
“Not in the front of my crush”
BYH..so cute…must acted like a fox so wifey will like him always🤣🤣🤣🤣