Chapter 213: Shen Fengzi is Terrifying

"If your mother gets hurt because of hitting you again, it won't be as simple as five strikes of the ruler!"

"I know, Dad." Jiang Sinian looked at his reddened palms, not daring to cry out loud.

That evening, seven-year-old Jiang Sinian learned a lesson.

His parents were true love; he was just an accident.

His father loved his mother in a way that disregarded whether he lived or died.

After figuring out his position in this family, Jiang Sinian felt he had matured a lot.

But there was still a problem he couldn't quite figure out, so he knocked on his sister's door and asked her, "Is your brother good to you or not?"

Jiang Siyu tilted her chubby little face up, "Hmph! No!"

Jiang Sinian:...

"Fine, then I'll test you with a question. I bet you won't know it!"

Jiang Siyu immediately got anxious, "As long as it's knowledge we've learned in books, there's nothing I don't know!"

"What is three plus four?"

"Seven!"

"Impressive. Then let me ask another: what is eight plus six?"

"Fourteen."

"Come on, I don't believe you know all the addition and subtraction within twenty?..."

After about ten such questions, Jiang Sinian was finally satisfied.

He thanked his mother for giving birth to his twin sister; tonight's math homework was finally finished.

Ever since changing classes, Jiang Sinian had started doing his homework and occasionally did quite well on small quizzes, which infuriated Shen Qingyu to no end.

She believed that this little brat Jiang Sinian was definitely listening to his mother on purpose just to spite her!

But no matter what she thought, Jiang Sinian gradually stopped causing trouble.

There was a girl in class named Bai Mo.

She always wore a pretty princess dress and had her hair in pretty little braids.

In the past, Jiang Sinian would pull her little braids crooked almost every day.

These past two days, Jiang Sinian hadn't pulled her little braids, so Bai Mo felt she should thank Jiang Sinian.

She brought the little cake her mother had made for her to Jiang Sinian to eat, "Let's be good friends from now on!"

"Okay."

Jiang Sinian finished her little cake and immediately raised his hand to pull her little braids crooked.

Then he apologized, "Sorry, Bai Mo, it was just a reflex."

He clumsily helped Bai Mo adjust her braids, "From now on, I'll protect you. If anyone dares to pull your braids, I'll definitely beat them until they're looking for their teeth all over the floor!"

Bai Mo's eyes curved, "Jiang Sinian, thank you."

But besides Jiang Sinian, no one else pulled her little braids anyway.

At this moment, Jiang Yue walked over and glared at Jiang Sinian, "You can't protect her; you have to protect me. Your mother said that when I grow up, I'll be your wife!"

"Big sister, do you need me to protect you? You could kill me with one punch, okay?" Jiang Sinian was somewhat speechless.

The two siblings had been learning to box with Jiang Yue since they were three, and every time they competed, the youngest, Jiang Yue, won.

Jiang Yue raised her fist.

Given how much his mother liked Jiang Yue, Jiang Sinian decided to compromise, "How about this: you protect me, and I protect Bai Mo. Wouldn't that work?"

Jiang Yue considered it for a moment and lowered her fist, "That works. Let's three be good friends!"

Because her son had been behaving well these past few days, Si Rong decided to make the mushroom and meat dumplings he liked to reward him.

It would also let him know that studying had its rewards.

Jiang Sinian loved eating mushroom dumplings. He remembered the little cake Bai Mo had given him, so he immediately took advantage of his mother not paying attention and stuffed a few mushroom dumplings into his pocket, planning to take them to school for Bai Mo to eat.

The summer day was hot. When Jiang Siyu passed by Jiang Sinian on her way to school in the afternoon, she frowned and asked him, "Brother, do you smell?"

"You're the one who smells!" Jiang Sinian glared at her fiercely and then bolted toward the school.

He quickly left Jiang Siyu and Jiang Yue behind.

To let Bai Mo eat the dumplings he brought for her sooner, Jiang Sinian planned to cut through the small bamboo grove.

When he reached the depths of the small bamboo grove, he heard a burst of crying.

The crying was very familiar, as familiar as if he heard it all the time.

It was Bai Mo!

Every time Jiang Sinian pulled her little braids, if they came undone, the beauty-conscious Bai Mo would cry.

"Bai Mo! Is that you?"

He shouted loudly, and the bamboo grove echoed the sound, making it feel very empty.

The crying grew louder. Although he didn't get an answer, Jiang Sinian was even more certain that the person crying was Bai Mo.

He ran quickly in the direction the crying was coming from.

Could it be that someone was pulling Bai Mo's little braids? Jiang Sinian thought to himself.

Then he must fulfill his promise and protect Bai Mo with his life.

Behind a broken wall, Jiang Sinian saw that disheveled person, Shen Fengzi from the island.

He was currently pinning Bai Mo, who was wearing a white dress, to the ground.

A dirty hand was covering Bai Mo's mouth.

"Stop!"

Jiang Sinian looked around with some fear; he was all alone.

When it came to strength, he definitely could not compare to this Shen Fengzi.

Last year, he and a few other children had taken stones to throw at Shen Fengzi for fun, but Shen Fengzi had suddenly gone crazy and chased them to beat them up.

He chased them for an entire afternoon; all eight children were exhausted and collapsed on the ground, yet Shen Fengzi was still running around on the island.

He was simply no match for Shen Fengzi.

What should he do?

Although Jiang Sinian did not know what Shen Fengzi was doing to Bai Mo, Bai Mo was crying so hard that she must have been hurt.

He had promised Bai Mo that he would protect her.

Jiang Sinian picked up a stone from the side of the road, his mother's instructions echoing in his mind.

"Sinian, remember Mom's words: you cannot throw stones at people's heads; it will cost them their lives."

He raised the stone, walked toward Shen Fengzi step by step, and with a "Bang!", smashed it against the back of his head.

But fearing he might kill someone, he did not use too much force.

Shen Fengzi shook his head and turned to look at Jiang Sinian, his scarlet eyes revealing his rage, "You're courting death! You're courting death!"

"You dare hit me? Jiang Cheng! You dare hit me!"

Jiang Sinian was somewhat surprised to hear his father's name in Shen Fengzi's mouth; could it be that his father had also hit Shen Fengzi before?

"Bai Mo! Run!"

Jiang Sinian struck a punch at the back of Shen Fengzi's neck, catching Shen Fengzi off guard.

Bai Mo managed to escape, but when she wanted to turn back to grab Jiang Sinian's hand, she discovered that Jiang Sinian had been grabbed by Shen Fengzi and lifted above his head.

"Don't worry about me! Run quickly!"

Jiang Sinian shouted with all his might.

This was also the first time he realized that in the face of absolute strength, any flowery, showy moves were useless.

"Wuwuwu... Help!" Bai Mo did not run; she knew how terrifying Shen Fengzi was—he would take people's clothes off.

While crying, she shouted for help, simultaneously picking up stones from the ground and throwing them at Shen Fengzi's legs and back.

As she threw them, she lured Shen Fengzi toward the edge of the bamboo forest, thinking that as long as there were people around, she and Jiang Sinian would be saved.

Finally, more people arrived in the bamboo forest.

But unfortunately, it was Jiang Siyu and Jiang Yue, who had come looking for Jiang Sinian.

"Shen Fengzi, put Jiang Sinian down!" Jiang Yue shouted sharply, simultaneously assuming a punching stance.