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Ren Jianmo’s question stunned Ji Dong.
In truth, he had no idea what he was doing in the middle of the night when he hadn’t had the time to adequately rest and had come to the bell tower.
He had just entered the [Film] and had experienced too many things at once, as well as gathered too many feelings in his heart, so he needed to find a quiet place to calm down alone.
“I couldn’t sleep just now,” Ji Dong lowered his eyes and answered honestly, “so I casually strolled around…”
Ren Jianmo seemed satisfied with his honesty and nodded. “Next time you’re in the [Film], you should pay attention to protecting yourself and don’t do such dangerous things, okay?”
Ji Dong raised his head and looked at Ren Jianmo in surprise. “Dangerous?”
At first, he thought that the “danger” that Ren Jianmo was referring to was the possibility of encountering those Skeleton Monsters, but on second thought, he realized he was perhaps referring to the act of coming up to the bell tower alone itself.
“It’s not a joke,one person doesn't enter the temple, two people don't look into the well, and three people don't hold the tree.”
Ren Jianmo explained to the silly Ji Xiao’niao, “Especially in a [Film], whether it’s other players or locals, you can’t take it lightly, you know?”
He spoke while walking behind Ji Dong and encircled him in a “hug” with his arms.
“With your small body, anyone with greater strength will pick you up and throw you like this, and you won’t even have time to scream before falling from the bell tower.”
Ren Jianmo pointed to the darkness outside the window. “So when we get up tomorrow morning, we will only find you missing, but we won’t even know what happened to you.”
Ji Dong imagined the scene and couldn’t help shivering.
“No… not at all…”
His lips trembled and forced a smile. “Rose and Fatty Huang wouldn’t do such a thing. Those surviving villagers have no grievances with me. Why…?”
Ji Xiao’niao was about midway through when he turned his head and noticed Ren Jianmo’s eyes, which were of completely different hues. His left pupil was magnificent, while his right pupil was abysmal. Half of what Ji Dong was about to say became stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t say it anymore.
“Who knows?”
Ren Jianmo curved his eyes, the corners of his lips hooked up in a sly smile. Half a step closer, two hands propped up on Ji Dong’s side, he quietly whispered, “For example, if I really intend to do something to you…”
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Ji Dong raised his head and looked straight at Ren Jianmo.
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The first time he spoke to Ren Jianmo in the [City of Ashes], he didn’t seem to be feeling well; his face was pale, his gait was feeble, he looked sickly and weak, and he couldn’t say two words before coughing and gasping for air.
Because the previous [Film] had left such a deep impression on Ji Dong, he always subconsciously thought that this was a sickly beauty made of white porcelain. As the team leader, he must always guard the people behind him, and so he did.
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If the other person truly wanted to “do something” to him, he could indeed pick him up and easily drop him from the bell tower.
Ji Dong’s heart was pounding and he swallowed a few saliva in a row.
“How, how?”
He said dryly, “W-we’re t- teammates…”
“Oh?”
Ren Jianmo had the intention to scare the kid properly, so he wrapped his arms close to Ji Dong, and asked slyly.
“Are you really so sure?”
The back of Ji Dong’s head was numb with fright, and his whole body shivered.
His wool rolls exploded with a “pop” sound.
A small strand of blue electricity leapt from his fingertips, striking a small spark between the two.
——Crap!
Ji Dong was truly grilled this time; his cheeks were so hot that he could fry eggs, and he was embarrassed and outraged.
Ren Jianmo terrified him.
Ren Jianmo froze, then bowed his head and smothered a peal of laughter.
“Haha, hahaa…”
He tried to suppress the volume, and the laughter sounded dull and trembling.
Ji Dong covered his hot cheeks and wanted to cry without tears.
Otherwise, he really wanted to be an ostrich. He just wanted to hit his head against the wall and knock himself unconscious.
“Hey, can you stop laughing!”
Ren Jianmo trapped Ji Dong between his arms and the wall. Even if he moved a little, their body would be rubbed. He could only hold his arm and pull with his hand raised. “Stop playing! Let me go, please!” he beggingly cried out, exploding into a clump of mushroom hairs.
Ren Jianmo felt that the child’s soft “please” with a crying voice was very nice to hear.
He happily let go of his hand, took two steps back, and then fished something out from his overalls’ pocket and handed it to Ji Dong.
“Sorry, I seem to have bullied you a bit just now,” Ren Jianmo said.
“This is a gift from me to make amends.”
Ji Dong took a look, and it was a bar of unopened chocolate that had been kept in his pocket for a long time, softened by body temperature, and could easily be pinched into a curve with his fingers.
It was one of the marching foods they put in their backpacks when they first entered the [Film], but Ji Dong’s share was completely packed in his luggage. When he escaped from the clinic, he had no chance to go back to pick up the bag in his room, and naturally, he lost it.
Ren Jianmo smiled at him, “Eat it. If you don’t eat it, it will melt.”
So they leaned against the wall of the bell tower side by side, and shared a bar of half-melted chocolate.
The chocolate in the military equipment was actually not that delicious. At least it couldn’t be compared with the various high-grade candy and dessert available in the [Peach Blossom Spring]. It had high oil content and high sugar content. In addition, it was still half-covered by the body temperature. When it was peeled off, it was stuck on the wrapping paper.
However, for Ji Dong, it was a very happy thing to have a sweet bite now.
What’s more, this half chocolate was given to him by Ren Jianmo.
He carefully peeled off the aluminum-plastic wrapper, put the melted chocolate into his mouth and on his tongue, and carefully felt the rich sweetness mixed with the bitter taste of cocoa butter with his taste buds.
He was reluctant to chew, only pursed his lips, and waited for the brownish-black solid to dissolve before swallowing the syrup.
“I used to practice archery.”
Ji Dong folded up the finished candy wrapper and said to the person beside him.
“After joining the youth team, the team’s professional nutritionist will make a plan for us to gain muscle and control our weight, and there are rules about what we can and can’t eat, and foods like chocolate, which are high in sugar and fat, are not allowed to be touched.”
He said while raising his eyes to glance at Ren Jianmo’s expression to check if he was listening and did not show impatience, which reassured Ji Dong to continue talking.
“Furthermore, to avoid errors in urine tests throughout the competition cycle, meals high in sugar and fat, as well as a variety of other items, are not permitted to be consumed. The list of forbidden foods might fill a whole sheet of A4 paper. Even if you buy canned foods, you should carefully read the ingredient list for preservatives.”
At this point, Ji Dong suddenly laughed. “Our coach is awesome; a world championships’ runner-up, a great instructor, but also quite black-hearted.”
He winked at Ren Jianmo. “Guess what he did?”
Ren Jianmo asked cooperatively, “What?”
“Our coach’s wife is a fantastic chef, and she always gives him a three-layer lunch box with three dishes, one soup, and fruit every day, which he always chooses to eat on the side while we eat muscle-building meals…”
He swallowed his saliva. “As soon as the lunch box is lifted, its fragrance floats thousands of miles, making all of us want to eat it! He would even speak arrogantly ‘I’m successful and well off in the society, my wife and children have a comfortable place to sleep, so I can eat whatever I want,’ — So he’s urging us, little devils, to work hard, not to be superior to him, but at least to keep up with him!”
Ji Dong shook his head and smiled. “We were miserable at that time! Almost everyday when we ate muscle nourishing meals, we had to smell the coach’s meal, and we had to hypnotize ourselves while eating. Yesterday was braised beef brisket, today is sweet and sour fried fish…”
Ren Jianmo imagined the sixteen-or-seventeen-year-old Ji Xiao’niao sniffing the rice next door while chewing on the chicken breast. He felt both funny and distressed. He asked subconsciously, “Then are you willing to be obedient and not secretly add food?”
Ji Dong looked up with some surprise. “I can’t believe you guessed it!”
He said, “There are some young children in our team. They would be very hungry and scratch the wall in the middle of the night every day, but the team is strictly controlled. After turning off the lights and closing the door, no one could go out. There’s no way. They could only mix xylitol in plain water and drink water first, and then wet two coarse grain biscuits to get through it.”
At this point, Ji Dong blinked.
He felt that his eyes seemed to be wet.
“Once, one of our team members somehow smuggled in a cup of milk tea from outside… It’s the kind that a little girl likes very much. It’s very sweet, with a large spoonful of pearls and a thick layer of milk cream.”
His voice trembled slightly.
“But he didn’t dare to drink all by himself, so he hid in the dormitory, shared a few mouthfuls with our brothers, finished drinking, washed the cup, cut it into bits with scissors, mixed it into other domestic garbage, and destroyed the evidence…”
In the end, there was a sound of choking.
He thought of the maglev accident that day.
On the bus that day, in addition to Xiao’an, who he had rescued, there were also his other team members, coach, and team doctor.
Ji Dong didn’t know if they had a chance to survive after such a serious accident, or if they, like him, died in the accident and then inexplicably entered a life-threatening [Film].
“Phew!”
He took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, forcing himself to withdraw his thoughts and stop dwelling on the past that he couldn’t change.
Then Ji Dong clenched his fist and set a small goal for himself. “In short, when I return to the [Peach Blossom Spring], the first thing I’m going to do is to order two cups of milk tea with a lot of pearls and milk cream! Then drink one and pour one!”
Ahhh jidong is so precious, I simply cant bear for him to be bullied
Ji Dong is so cutee hehe
Thank you for the chapter!
Someone likes bullying Xiao Dong hahaha
awww Ji Dong is is very cute-
Aww he didn’t forget his homies no what you gonna do hubby spoil our Mc or be jealous of the dead
ML be casually teasing (threatening) our mc how he is easily killable