Baili Wuchang was an ancient sword who innately valued power. In his eyes, bullying the weak was something he disdained beneath contempt.
The three high school boys dared to raise their fists against a small child. Baili Wuchang scoffed, “It seems like all you need to learn your lesson instead.”
“What are you going to do?”
The three boys were scared. “Do you know who my dad is? What are you going to do to me?”
“Your dad?” Baili Wuchang laughed a laugh that was full of disdain. “After your dad dies, I’ll personally ask him what his name is.”
Wen Nuan was still squatting on the ground staring at Baili Wuchang as he scared the boys so much that they nearly peed their pants.
The three scurried off with ashen faces.
Baili Wuchang turned around to look at Wen Nuan. “Get up.”
Wen Nuan patted the dust off of him and quickly stood upright. “Arriving early can’t beat arriving at the right time. You were on the dot. Thank you.”
Baili Wuchang wasn’t in a rush. In a sense, he had arrived quite early.
When Wen Nuan was busy playing tricks with the caterpillar, Baili Wuchang was nearby. He had seen Wen Nuan’s misconduct quite clearly.
Baili Wuchang had thought, Wen Nuan’s a strange child. He didn’t think of going over to say hello at all, and had wanted to quietly leave to work.
But after seeing those three hooligans surround Wen Nuan, Baili Wuchang couldn’t stay indifferent any longer, appearing at just the right time to help Wen Nuan teach them a lesson.
Wen Nuan’s eyes glistened. He stared at Baili Wuchang expectantly and said, “I’ll come with you.”
Baili Wuchang liked working alone. He was used to it, and he didn’t want to bring a child with him.
Baili Wuchang’s eyelid twitched. He said flatly, “No.”
“Why not?” If Wen Nuan had ears at the top of his head, they would have drooped down. His entire face was full of disappointment as he looked at Baili Wuchang aggrievedly.
There was a strange twinge in Baili Wuchang’s heart. He had rejected Wen Nuan, but he felt like he had done something terribly wrong under the heavens that made him strongly full of guilt.
“I won’t be trouble, I’ll be good and stay by your side—you won’t hear a peep from me,” blabbered Wen Nuan.
Unable to stand Wen Nuan’s gaze, Baili Wuchang decided to stay silent, turning to leave.
Wen Nuan quickly followed him with a smile. “Oh, I get it. You’ve acquiesced, right?”
Wen Nuan followed in high spirits, skipping and hopping next to Baili Wuchang. “Let’s go, let’s go; I’ll take you to the school building. It’s right across from the stadium. Look, it’s right there.”
Baili Wuchang looked at Wen Nuan, then turned to the side. “There.”
His way of cherishing words like gold made it hard for Wen Nuan to understand what he meant at first.
Confused, he turned to the side. There was a tall structure with ivy creeping up its walls, and on this ivy, there were some mildly covered words.
—School building
Baili Wuchang supplied, “The school building’s there.”
Wen Nuan: “…” It turned out Baili Wuchang was saving his words to slap him in the face.
The building across from the stadium wasn’t the school building; it was to the side…Wen Nuan laughed embarrassedly. He scratched his chin and stood his ground. “Hey! I’m only three. I don’t know a lot of words.”
To the side, classes were about to start in the school building. Wen Nuan’s aunt had changed her clothes and was hurriedly walking into the building.
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Perhaps because her morning wasn’t off to a good start, his aunt’s face was unhappy.
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His aunt’s voice was quite loud. “What were you doing yesterday? The school has told you multiple times, you’re not allowed to work. You’re still a high school student, and even though you’re eighteen, going out to work will affect the image of the school!”
“Last time you reflected, you said Classmate Cao and some others ganged up to rob you. That was all nonsense! You’re so young, so how could you try to frame your classmates?”
“Classmate Cao’s family is well-off. Why would he want to rob you? Classmate Cao’s family members and teachers can all attest that you were the one who framed him.”
“In any case, Classmate Cao has been generous enough to not press this case. When you have time, go apologize to Classmate Cao.”
“There better not be a next time. If you’re found working or lying again, the teachers will take disciplinary action!”
Wen Nuan heard his aunt’s voice loud and clear from far away. Many students who were preparing for class passed by and watched quietly. Among them was the hooligan who had just been taught a lesson by Baili Wuchang, who stood at the side pointing, a proud look on his face.
“Despicable.” Wen Nuan clenched his fists angrily.
Song Xing was definitely wronged. His aunt didn’t listen to Song Xing’s explanation at all and had already concluded that he was a liar.
Wen Nuan wanted to rush over to defend Song Xing, but this was probably in vain.
Because in the eyes of his aunt, Wen Nuan was also an untrustworthy party.
Wen Nuan clenched his fists and stood there, unable to walk over. If he went over and spoke for Song Xing, he was afraid his aunt would have an even worse impression of Song Xing.
“Ai—”
Wen Nuan sighed, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that Baili Wuchang had already left. He had gone far away, leaving only a figure behind.
“Wait for me!”
Wen Nuan quickly ran after him.
Baili Wuchang didn’t go to the school building. He went past the stadium to the corner where there was the equipment room.
Wen Nuan watched Baili Wuchang enter the equipment room. The door of the dilapidated little room opened and slowly closed.
The door had an old-fashioned spring where even if you don’t close the door yourself, it would close automatically after opening.
Wen Nuan jumped and grabbed the door handle to enter the equipment room.
It was dark inside. Although it was broad daylight, there were no windows, making it eerie.
Inside stood a figure. Wen Nuan trotted over and exclaimed, “Baiwi Wuzang!” No, it’s Baili Wuchang!
As soon as Wen Nuan became anxious, his pronunciation, which he had finally managed to control, became strange again.
“Squeak—”
The door to the equipment room closed by itself. The room was left so dark that Wen Nuan couldn’t even see his fingers in front of him.
Wen Nuan ran towards the figure, and just when he was about to reach it, he stopped in surprise. “Who are you? You’re not Baili Wuchang.”
The figure turned, but Wen Nuan couldn’t see it clearly at all, not even its outline.
The figure’s voice was hollow, and it gave people goosebumps all over.
The figure said, “Why are you here? You shouldn’t be here.”
“Here?”
Wen Nuan felt like the figure was very intriguing as soon as it opened its mouth. “Do you know me?”
According to what Heibai Wuchang said before, the shadowy figure was most likely the soul of the recently deceased female student, but it was full of spiritual power.
Wen Nuan didn’t know any female students, but the shadowy figure in front of him seemed to know him.
The situation was a bit confusing. Wen Nuan inhaled and stared at the figure with squinted eyes, trying to make it out.
The shadowy figure seemed to know what he was thinking. It said, “Don’t waste your efforts. You can’t guess who I am.”
“It seems we know each other,” said Wen Nuan. “Then this has become even more interesting.”
Even though Wen Nuan had many ghost friends, they were all from the Hell Chain Hotel of eighteen years into the future. It was eighteen years ago now. Who did Wen Nuan know?
The shadowy figure didn’t want to argue with him. “Wen Nuan, leave here immediately.”
Leave…
When Wen Nuan heard this word, he was instantly curious. “I want to leave this place, but I don’t know how to leave. Do you know how to leave here?”
The shadowy figure seemed to nod. “I know. You have to…”
Having said this, a “meow” came from outside the equipment room door. It should be right outside, but it also felt far away.
“Meow!”
“Meow meow!”
Wen Nuan looked back at the door. His first thought was, Could it be that tortoiseshell cat again?
After arriving here in the past, Wen Nuan had run into the tortoiseshell cat twice. It was as dirty as a stray cat and looked very ordinary.
But beneath this ordinary appearance, Wen Nuan felt that this cat hid some extraordinary secret.
“Meow!”
The cat’s cries continued.
Then, a voice came from outside the door. “Kid? Are you in there?”
It was Baili Wuchang’s voice.
Wen Nuan’s eyes widened in surprise. He watched Baili Wuchang enter the equipment room, so Wen Nuan had followed him, but when he came in, he only saw a shadowy figure with no trace of Baili Wuchang at all.
Now that Baili Wuchang’s voice came from outside the door, it was really strange.
“There’s no time…” The shadowy figure heard the cat’s meow and Baili Wuchang’s voice, becoming a bit nervous.
A gust of wind blew by and Wen Nuan couldn’t see. The shadowy figure was in front of him.
A cold, big hand grabbed him and roughly lifted him up.
“Ah—”
Wen Nuan exclaimed, kicking his little legs. “What are you doing?”
“I’m sending you back. Don’t come here again.” The shadowy figure spoke, but Wen Nuan didn’t understand.
Wen Nuan felt the shadowy figure toss him in a corner where the equipment room kept exercise mats.
Wen Nuan fell on top, but he didn’t hurt. He felt dizzy, and his eyelids were heavy.
He really wanted to sleep.
“Meow meow!”
“Kid?! Kid!”
The sounds of meowing and Baili Wuchang’s voice got farther and farther away, becoming more and more indistinct. Gradually, Wen Nuan couldn’t resist his sleepiness, closing his eyes and falling asleep.
The moment he fell asleep, he heard a voice beside him say, “You shouldn’t be here…”
“Wen Nuan?”
“Wen Nuan…”
Wen Nuan didn’t know how long he had been sleeping until he was woken up by the sound of someone calling his name.
He vaguely heard Baili Wuchang’s voice again, low and rough, full of deep concern and anxiety.
Baili Wuchang’s usual calmness was instead replaced by a flurry of emotions.
Wen Nuan slowly opened his eyes. Sure enough, he saw Baili Wuchang’s beautiful face close enough to touch.
“Wen Nuan? You’re finally awake, that’s great.”
Wen Nuan felt a sense of vertigo from head to toe. He was embraced by Baili Wuchang and held tightly into his chest.
Wen Nuan’s brain froze. He laid against Baili Wuchang’s chest, confused. “You…Why are you so enthusiastic?”
“Wait, my voice—”
Wen Nuan was stunned. His voice wasn’t that milky and childish voice anymore. His voice didn’t have a lisp, like…
He was back. He was back to normal.
Wen Nuan was sure he wasn’t three or four anymore, and he was sitting on his bed in the staff dormitories.
Wen Nuan grabbed onto Baili Wuchang’s hand and asked urgently, “Guest! Is it 20** right now? Do you live in Room 404? Right, right!”
Wen Nuan didn’t wait for Baili Wuchang’s reply as he quickly stripped his shirt off and tossed it to the side. He turned his back to Baili Wuchang. “Guest, look!”
Baili Wuchang was dumbstruck. He didn’t expect Wen Nuan to open his eyes and initiate something passionate by taking his clothes off himself.
Wen Nuan’s skin was fair and clear. His shoulder blades trembled, and the red birthmark was clearly located on his butterfly bone, like a petal dancing in the wind.
Baili Wuchang felt his throat dry. He coughed. “Look…at what?”
The author has something to say: [Mini Theater]
[Handsome Lord Baili, asking questions online]
Lord Baili: I’m asking because I don’t understand. If someone who has drooled over my appearance for a long time suddenly vigorously undresses in front of me, are they seducing me? Waiting online for an answer.
Wen-Little-Nuan: …Believe me, absolutely not!
I’m so confused on what has happened 😭 Who is the shadow, why did Baili Wuchang put Wen Nuan on the Youxian (Youxuan?) Pillow and who is Song Xing and the tortoiseshell cat?
I have a feeling wen nuan may returned back to the past again. And something tells me that shadowy figure may be fan liangda? Or maybe im over thinking things 🤔