Xue Yan slightly pursed his lips and dared not to speak.
He had stopped studying for a reason. Ever since he came back from town, he had been prepared to hear gossip. This was just how the world worked, so Xue Zhuzi’s words naturally didn’t affect him at all.
Moreover, what hadn’t he experienced in his past life? The two emperors that he had served even made him take the blame and infamy for them… He only felt sorry for his fifth brother when this happened.
Although he was not the biological child of this family, he was no different from a true family. Everyone in the family doted on him and treated him very well. They could not bear to see him suffer even a little.
Jiang Yue raised her head to look at Xue Wufu, then at Xue Yan, before turning back to look at Xue Zhuzi.
Xue Zhuzi was with four other people, and Hunter Wu was telling them to turn their backs to venture on. They wanted to continue going deeper into the mountains to hunt.
It just so happened that there was a small section of tree trunk that was as thick as her arm lying on the ground beside her feet. This tree trunk had probably gone through a lot of tribulations. Its color had long changed and it was now black. The bark on the outside was almost all falling off because of the decay. Without thinking, she lifted her leg and kicked it behind.
The small section of the tree trunk quickly rolled in front of Xue Zhuzi.
Xue Zhuzi didn’t even look at his surroundings. He stepped on it and immediately slipped. With a bang, he fell flat on his face.
“What was that!” Xue Zhu suddenly fell to the ground. Hunter Wu and the others were stunned at first, but they quickly went to help him up. “Why are you so careless? Don’t you watch where you’re walking?”
Xue Zhuzi also thought that he was like this, and suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.
Hearing the sound of something falling behind him, Xue Wufu subconsciously turned around and saw Xue Zhuzi falling. He immediately laughed loudly without mercy, “You deserve it!”
He even made a silly mocking face. Then, he ran away with Xue Yan and Jiang Yue happily.
As they ran, Xue Yan glanced at Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue pretended not to notice how Xue Yan’s eyes flashed a smile.
Xue Zhuzi had been ridiculed, and that brat Xue Wufu even dared to make a face at him. Naturally, he was angry, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he had fallen down by accident. He could only slam his fist on the ground in hatred before he struggled to get up with Hunter Wu and the others.
As they continued deeper into the mountain, Hunter Wu suddenly realized something off. He turned around and looked in the direction where Jiang Yue, Xue Yan, and Xue Wufu left.
This mountain was difficult for even adults to enter, so how did the two children enter so easily and catch up so quickly?
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Jiang Yue and Xue Yan ran for a while with Xue Wufu leading them. They only stopped running when Hunter Wu and the others could no longer see them.
Thinking of Xue Zhuzi’s rare defeat, Xue Wufu couldn’t help but jump in joy. “He really deserved it. He fell while walking.”
Xue Yan looked at Jiang Yue again and asked, “Weren’t you also exploring the wasteland? You even us that you wouldn’t go…”
Before Xue Yan could finish, Xue Wufu laughed, “I said my stomach hurt and promised them I would never go to the mountains with hunter Wu, so our parents said okay. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to take my bow and arrow if you were at home, but you weren’t there.”
Xue Yan said, “If mother and the others knew about this, they would definitely scold you.”