Author: A Clockwork Orange Dream

"Spring algae."

The middle-aged woman standing in front of them had a thin figure, bulging cheekbones and no flesh. Under her gray hair, her eyebrows were knitted together, and her eyes were filled with anger.

"Aunt..."

Ji Chunzao responded in a weak voice, and she lowered her head again, covering her expression with her long hair.

Aunt? Yan Jingxing blinked. She was the "family member" who... threw away all the things Ji Chunzao had collected before?

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay at home and read a book?"

Facing the adult's gloomy face like a thunderstorm, the little girl subconsciously shrank her shoulders and said no more.

Then, Aunt Chunzao's eyes moved to Yan Jingxing's face.

"Who are you……"

"I am Ji Chunzao's classmate."

"What are you doing here with her?"

Aunt Chunzao's tone was very stiff.

"We are friends. I just moved to the town and I feel unfamiliar in many places, so I asked my classmate Ji Chunzao to help me find a place where I can buy what I want. Today is the weekend, so we went out together."

Yan Jingxing explained without changing his expression.

"..."

The woman nodded noncommittally, her eyes fell back on her niece, and she said responsibly in a suppressed voice:

"Why don't you quickly let go of your hands and start pulling and pulling with the guy? What are you talking about!"

Ji Chunzao seemed to have reacted at this moment and retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted. Then, her aunt grabbed her hand and staggered her forward.

Yan Jingxing spread his palms. Because he had been nervously grasped by the girl just now, after she let go, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Aunt..."

"You go back with me now."

"oh……"

Ji Chunzao looked dejected, but he still walked behind the middle-aged woman obediently.

Yan Jingxing looked at the girl's back, a little worried about her condition.

But the other party is her elder after all, so he has no reason to stop him casually, and the two of them had planned to say goodbye...

After the two took a few steps, the anger in the middle-aged woman's eyes did not dissipate because of Ji Chunzao's obedient attitude. She suddenly said to her niece in a low voice:

"Also, I will keep an eye on you in the future and won't let you run around anymore. From now on, you will stay at home honestly on the weekends. Whether you want to do homework or stare at the TV, you are not allowed to go anywhere else.

Place to go.”

"ah?"

The girl suddenly looked up, her round, dark eyes wide open, full of panic.

"Why, why?"

"You're still asking me why!" Her voice was louder. "You sneak out to hang out with boys on weekends. Who knows what else you will do! Do you want me to lose face?!"

Ji Chunzao cringed and took a step back, but the next moment, she tried to straighten her chest, her eyes covered by her bangs looked directly at her aunt's face, and her clear voice became louder.

"He and I didn't do anything bad!"

"How dare you say that..."

Maybe it was because this child rarely resisted adults, but this sudden talk back completely angered the woman.

"Do you know how much shame your usual weird behaviors have embarrassed me?! Now the neighbors know all about you and are laughing at you behind your back. Your uncle did something wrong in the first place and shouldn't tolerate you living there.

Come to my house!"

"me……"

"Come on, come home with me, don't be embarrassed here!"

The middle-aged woman said, grabbing the little girl's arm hard, intending to drag Ji Chunzao home.

Yan Jingxing, who witnessed this scene, began to frown tightly.

He just saw the two people arguing, and he was still hesitating "should I not get involved in this kind of housework?" Although Chunzao seemed to be criticized a bit badly, which child was not scolded by his family?

Besides, these days, it is more normal for adults to worry about whether they are in puppy love or something when they see two junior high school students going shopping on weekends.

But when he saw the woman being violent, all his concerns and rationale at that moment were forgotten.

…

Ji Chunzao closed her mouth tightly and stopped speaking, but her attitude was clearly that she was still resisting. The angry woman raised her hand to scare her, as if she was about to slap her away——

But at this moment, a figure rushed over from not far away. Yan Jingxing took three steps at a time and ran up to them.

"Hello!"

He quickly reached out and grabbed Aunt Chunzao's wrist, trying to separate the two.

"You, what are you doing?!"

The woman stared at him in shock and anger.

"Jing Xing..."

Ji Chunzao opened his eyes wide, his expression full of surprise.

"Auntie, please let go of your hands."

Yan Jingxing's heart was beating fast and he tried his best to speak in a gentle tone.

"If I teach my children a lesson, do you still want to take care of them?"

Aunt Chunzao said unceremoniously.

"But she's in a lot of pain now that you've scratched her. Didn't you notice?"

Yan Jingxing raised his voice.

The woman was stunned, and turned her head to see Ji Chunzao's face. She was looking in the direction of the boy in a daze, but her lips were pursed tightly and the arc was a little distorted. It was obvious that she was enduring pain.

The little girl has a slender figure and looks extremely fragile. Her soft skin is as fragile as jade. She was squeezed so hard that bruises and finger marks appeared on her arms.

She was blinded by anger, and the strength in her hands could not be small, so she subconsciously used all her strength.

But even after realizing this, the woman still has no intention of letting go.

Yan Jingxing had been observing, and he noticed that Aunt Chunzao's grip on the girl's wrist had softened slightly, but she still refused to let go.

He suddenly realized something: it is impossible for an adult to bow his head at such a time, especially when a child points out a mistake in front of his face, even for the sake of face.

But after realizing this, Yan Jingxing was even more unwilling to let go. No one knew whether Aunt Chunzao would vent her anger on the girl after letting the two go back like this. The other party was capable of "taking the child away"

Throw away all the things you love!”

In this way, the stalemate between the three people lasted for several seconds. Because they were standing near the entrance of the commercial building where people were coming and going, some people nearby had noticed the dispute and turned their eyes over here.

The middle-aged woman seemed to be hesitant. For a person with such a good reputation, she actually no longer wanted to stay here for a long time.

An adult is quarreling with two junior high school students? It doesn't sound good to say that.

at this time--

Yan Jingxing's ears twitched slightly.

He seemed to hear... footsteps?

No, it's not an illusion, there is a rush of footsteps approaching, rushing towards them!

His eyes wandered around, subconsciously trying to find the approaching figure, but the next development of the situation was so rapid that it was completely beyond his expectation:

"boom!"

The middle-aged woman in front of her staggered due to the fierce force coming from behind. She struggled forward for a few steps, but still couldn't stand firm and fell directly to the ground.

After she fell, the figure behind her appeared in front of Yan Jingxing.

It was a young girl carrying a schoolbag on her shoulders, with long black and smooth shawl hair, and a genuine ladylike temperament.

She was stroking her chest and panting, her cheeks flushed, as if she had run all the way from a distance, and her eyes were firmly fixed on the woman lying on the ground.

"Eh?"

"Huh……?"

The other two junior high school students present exclaimed in unison.

The person who just knocked Aunt Ji Chunzao to the ground from behind was Xie Yuzhi...?

After reacting, Yan Jingxing felt that he could hardly close his jaw. He looked at Chun Zao, and she also opened her mouth wide.

The captain of the grade class, who is both good at character and academic and is trusted by teachers and students, uses a "rocket headbutt" to knock down his classmates' parents. It's really...
To be continued...