Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve: Waiting for the Rabbit

Yuan Xiaoling blinked in confusion.

Just now, Bai Ling’s intimidating aura was so terrifying that she thought she’d be thoroughly crushed again. But then it suddenly turned so gentle, as if everything could be negotiated.

“Can I say no?” Blonde-haired Maiden tentatively asked.

Bai Ling smiled faintly, “Since you don’t like going out to play, you must enjoy the happiness in bed a lot. Let me carry you back to the room.”

“No, no, no! I’ll go, I’ll go!”

Apparently, it was just ‘seemed’ like, not real.

Satisfied, Bai Ling patted her little head, “We should go downstairs and tell this good news to our kind-hearted family members.”

Family members who probably wish they were dead.

It was just about lunchtime when they arrived at the living room, and everyone else had already sat down.

“Uncle Zhang, Aunt Huang,” Bai Ling said after sitting down, “This afternoon, Xiaoling and I will go out to play, and we won’t come back tonight.”

Zhang Shengkang was surprised, “Are you going out so soon?”

He immediately realized and added, “I mean, you’ve only been back for a couple of days. Isn’t it better to stay home longer?”

“That’s right, Xiao Ling,” Huang Ling also agreed, “Your uncle has just returned. You either work or study normally, it’s rare for the whole family to gather together.”

She didn’t know Zhang Shengkang’s specific plan, she was just helping to persuade.

“But we have to go back to school in a few days. If we don’t go today, there won’t be another chance.” Bai Ling said, “Afterwards, we need to prepare for the final exams and won’t leave school before summer vacation.”

“Yes, that’s true.”

Zhang Shengkang wiped non-existent cold sweat and didn’t say anything more.

After lunch, he went to the yard with heavy heart, guessing he found a corner to make a phone call.

Yuan Xiaoling accompanied Bai Ling on the sofa, discussing where to go in the afternoon.

“Where do you want to go?” Bai Ling peeled an apple and offered a piece to Blonde-haired Maiden with the fruit knife.

“Emmm, I want to go to the seaside,” Yuan Xiaoling replied, then took a bite of the apple slice.

Her body had been squeezed too much these past few days, eating some fruits to replenish vitamins.

“The seaside is too far away, it would take hours for a round trip, and we can’t stay overnight. We only have one afternoon,” Bai Ling said.

Yuan Xiaoling blinked, “Then… how about the water park?”

Bai Ling put down the apple and looked at her expressionlessly.

A look of “Do you really think we’re here to play?”

“The water park isn’t far indeed, but…” she said lightly, “If you want to cosplay as characters from a secondary world game, it’s not impossible.”

Yuan Xiaoling didn’t understand, “What do you mean?”

“Fighting in bikinis.”

“Eh… then never mind.” The Blonde-haired Maiden retreated unhappily.

That would be too embarrassing.

Bai Ling cut the remaining apple slices and saw Dabeitù sulking in the corner of the sofa.

“Do you really want to go?”

“Yeah, I do,” Yuan Xiaoling casually said, “I’ve never been before.”

In her previous life, she lived in an inland city, and her family situation wasn’t great, so she never had the opportunity to go to the seaside. She always longed for it.

Bai Ling paused for a moment and said, “When I’m free during the holidays, I’ll take you.”

Yuan Xiaoling’s eyes lit up, “Is that true?”

Bai Ling didn’t answer, instead stuffing a piece of apple into her little mouth.

Asking if it’s true makes it sound like something worth lying about, how stupid.

At this time, Zhang Shengkang also returned, his face wearing an unnatural smile, “Where are you two going to play this afternoon?”

“We’ve decided,” Bai Ling began peeling a second apple while looking down, “To Tianhai Square.”

Instead of slicing it, she bit directly into the peeled apple.

Crunch, crunch.

For some reason, Zhang Shengkang felt this eating sound a bit eerie.

“Shopping street, girls indeed like shopping. Is your pocket money enough? Let me give you some.”

Maybe in his eyes, today was the farewell dinner for his little niece, so he was unusually generous.

After eating the apple and taking the money, Bai Ling left with Yuan Xiaoling.

Zhang Shanshan wanted to follow but was held back by Zhang Shengkang.

“Dad, don’t stop me, I want to expose this pair of lesbian dogs and let the classmates at school know.”

“Don’t go out, go back to your own room,” Zhang Shengkang signaled to Huang Ling, “You’re not allowed to go anywhere today!”

From his abnormal behavior, Huang Ling seemed to understand something and quickly pulled her daughter.

“Hurry, hurry back.”

……

Yuan Xiaoling thought that they might really be here to shop.

This wasn’t her problem, mainly because Bai Ling was leisurely strolling along the pedestrian street, reminiscing.

Without any clear purpose, just wandering around, looking everywhere.

Yuan Xiaoling was curious but dared not ask, after all, there were quite a few couples’ hotels on this street, ready for strategic retreat at any time.

However, fortunately, after turning a corner, Bai Ling voluntarily said, “Do you know? In a few years, the prosperity here will no longer exist.”

Yuan Xiaoling blinked, “Then, where will people go shopping then?”

“Of course another street, a place closer to the sea,” Bai Ling smiled, “There, it belongs only to one person, even those who go shopping will be divided into different classes.”

“… Sounds bad.”

“Hehe.”

Bai Ling stopped in front of a café, “We’re here.”

“Are you thirsty?”

“No, but the camera at this corner is broken.” She said.

Yuan Xiaoling looked up, sure enough, the surveillance overhead was crackling with sparks.

Clearly someone had tampered with it, and it hadn’t been long since the damage, showing how urgent the timing was.

Bai Ling pushed the door open first, there weren’t many people in the coffee shop in the afternoon, some customers were scattered around inside.

“Bai Ling,” Yuan Xiaoling quietly called her, “Are we really going to be… here?”

Bai Ling looked at her curiously, then seemed to understand after a while, “You can choose a less crowded spot.”

“Then let’s go to that corner over there, no one’s there.”

Yuan Xiaoling ordered a cappuccino and sat down, noticing Bai Ling looking at her meaningfully.

“What, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just looking around.” Bai Ling answered evasively.

Always talking about Minnows, thinking you don’t treat people as humans, turns out you’re just good at talking, huh?

Of course, her plan, Yuan Xiaoling guessed it. Though she didn’t know the specific details, she knew roughly it was about luring the snake out of its hole, fishing law enforcement, deliberately enticing assassins to appear, subduing them, and interrogating the mastermind behind the scenes.

Now it should be the stage of waiting for the rabbit, um…

“Will we be in danger?” Yuan Xiaoling quietly asked.

“I won’t be anyway,” Bai Ling said, “You don’t know.”

Hearing this, Yuan Xiaoling was不服气 (not convinced): “Then I definitely won’t be either.”

After all, she was Third-tier Water Dragon LORD.

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PS: Seeking monthly votes~! Begging the families, giving monthly votes is a good civilization, everyday there will be big white rabbits to eat.

These days my body has some issues, tomorrow I will definitely start double updates.