Chapter 5580: Abduction (Part 3)
The two of them, Li Lan'er and Ma Wei, rushed out, one after the other. Li Lan'er sprinted ahead, feigning tears, while Ma Wei followed close behind, acting menacingly as if chasing her.
"Help me, help!"
No sooner had Li Lan'er's cry for help fallen than a childish voice, sounding urgent, loudly commanded, "Scatter!"
All the children immediately scattered from around Mo Baobao.
"Watch out for fraudsters!" Master Guangguang shouted in a high-pitched voice, quickly clutching Mo Baobao's small arm and retreating several steps.
Li Lan'er froze, exchanging wide-eyed glances with the scattered children. What kind of routine is this?! Is there no innocence left?!
Master Guangguang pulled a black stick from his inner space and gestured with it towards Li Lan'er. "What do you want?"
Li Lan'er: ...
Ma Wei, who had been chasing, was also dumbfounded. How do we continue acting now?
Li Lan'er, being more experienced, immediately collapsed onto the ground, sobbing, "You cruel wretch! How can you hit your own wife? I don't want to live, I can't live!"
Classmate Mo Baobao's expression grew even more wary. He pulled Master Guangguang back a few steps and addressed the little "radishes," "Fellow students, we're too young to handle adult matters. Everyone should go home now. We'll have our meal tomorrow!"
The children, startled by Li Lan'er and Ma Wei, had indeed lost their appetite for baked sweet potatoes. Hearing Mo Baobao, they quickly nodded, said their goodbyes, and dispersed.
"Guangguang!"
"Yes." Master Guangguang, without another word, pulled a spiritual energy orb from his pocket and forcefully threw it at Li Lan'er.
Li Lan'er: ...
Ma Wei: ...
What kind of routine is this?! They haven't even made a move, and these two brats have already struck first!
With their small hands clasped together, they moved their four short legs, thump-thump-thump, round the two adults and ran off.
Li Lan'er swept her sleeve, instantly deflecting all the exploding spiritual energy from the orb outside a barrier, her face immediately darkening.
Zhao Gouzi, hiding in the shadows, frowned repeatedly, seemingly not having anticipated that the two children would be so difficult to handle. He signaled to the kind-faced Venerable Mulberry beside him.
The latter nodded, pretending to emerge from the vast white mist. He saw the two children rushing towards him and paused slightly. Then, he smiled and stopped them, speaking gently with the benevolent expression of a kindly old grandfather. "Two children, why are you running so frantically?"
"Old Grandpa, there are two strange aunties and uncles chasing us from behind," Mo Baobao answered matter-of-factly. "I suspect they're professional child-snatchers."
Even Zhao Gouzi, hidden in the dark, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He never thought two small children would be so vigilant. Li Lan'er and Ma Wei hadn't even started their act, and the kids had already seen through it? What's going on? Even Zhao Gouzi's intelligent mind was struggling to comprehend.
There was no other way; they had to speed things up and throw the old man out to fool the two children. The old man's kind face was incredibly deceptive to begin with, and the two children, being inexperienced, wouldn't understand that the more benevolent a person's appearance, the more malicious their heart might be. When the old man chopped off people's leg bones, he wasn't soft-hearted at all.
Sure enough, the two children lowered their guard when they saw the old man.