Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In addition, ever since Dumbo’s mother left, his father had developed a drinking problem.

When he drank too much, he took it out on his son and beat him to a pulp.

It didn’t take long before his father died on the side of the road because he drank too much one night.

He was discovered the next morning. But by then, his vital organs had lost their functions and he could not be saved.

Although Dumbo had experienced so much injustice in his life, God had given him a body that was different from ordinary people. He was very strong so he worked very hard.

Of course, that meant that he had to cook and ate more.

Xiao Yun only knew Dumbo due to a few reasons from his previous life.

However, he never had any direct interactions with Dumbo before. It was only because of Dumbo’s physique that Xiao Yun had a deep impression of him.

Xiao Yun remembered when he was still in junior high school and had skipped class to play at an internet cafe, Dumbo was crouched in front of his computer to watch him and others play.

At that time, Dumbo looked at the few young people playing games who had hair that looked like they were going to kill a horse. They were very naughty and would occasionally curse.

And Dumbo was not allowed to watch for ‘free’ either. The boys eventually started to make Dumbo into their little errand boy.

And since Dumbo was simple-minded, he immediately thought that they had a genuine friendship and started to treat them as friends. He was willing to work without complaint. He even happily helped them run.

At that time, Xiao Yun felt sorry for Dumbo. However, the non-mainstream youths did not look like they were to be trifled with. Moreover, Xiao Yun did not know that group of boys well. Therefore, Xiao Yun had no intentions to meddle in other people’s business. He observed them for a while and eventually forgot about them.

However, he did not expect a piece of bad news to spread through the streets and alleys not long after.

It even appeared in the news.

Dumbo had apparently accidentally killed the son of the Li family.

Xiao Yun found it hard to deal with that piece of news at the time, thinking that he perhaps had some hand in it.

He thought that if he had seen Dumbo with those punks at that time, he would have realized that if he had just paid Dumbo a little more attention and taken better care of him, Dumbo wouldn’t have accidentally killed the Li boy and ended up like this.

Later, he learned from the neighbors that Dumbo had killed Mr. Li’s son simply because Dumbo had not been able to control his strength when he helped those so-called ‘friends’ to vent their anger on the poor boy.

Those ‘friends’ had simply been sore losers when they lost to Mr. Li’s son in an online game and started an argument.

Their argument had become so heated that they decided to even things out in person.

But Dumbo showed up to deal with Mr. Li’s son instead while the ‘hooligans’ hid in the shadows and watched like cowards.

Mr. Li’s son did not come alone and Dumbo did not use much of his strength in the beginning.

But those recruited by Mr. Li’s son had somehow angered Dumbo during the fight. Thus, the latter lost control of his strength and beat his opponents to their death.

The ‘hooligans’ saw how motionless Mr. Li’s son was as he lay on the ground so they decided to come out and take a closer look. But when they heard someone say, “Not good, not good. He’s dead…”, the ‘hooligans’ ran away.

They knew jail was the only consequence of such an incident. As such, they could care less about Dumbo and decided to only think for themselves.

It was a passerby who saw this scene and called the police. When the police arrived, they immediately arrested Dumbo.

The police knew Dumbo was not the only one behind this and were still looking for the ‘hooligans’.

When Xiao Yun heard about it, he remembered thinking how ridiculous the entire situation had ended up. He thought back to the time when Dumbor had run around to buy water for these people with that innocent smile of a child. Xiao Yun simply pitied the poor guy.

If only he had done something to keep Dumbo away from those hooligans, would Dumbo still end up like this? Would he have a different ending?

Would Dumbo still be able to maintain his innocence?

Since Xiao Yun had met Dumbo again in this life, he did not want to ignore him again.

On the contrary, Xiao Yun had decided to take care of Dumbo in this life and the future.

Although the time and place Xiao Yun met Dumbo in this life were different, and the age of Dumbo in this life was different from the one in his previous life, Xiao Yun was still very sure that the person not far away was undoubtedly Dumbo from his previous life.

Chubs saw that Xiao Yun was just about to put the last bit of intestines into his mouth but his hand just froze in place. He could not help but nudge Xiao Yun’s shoulder and said, “Brother Xiao, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded? You don’t even want to eat intestines?”

Lin Xi also looked at Xiao Yun with a curious gaze.

Xiao Yun came back to his senses and stuffed the last mouthful of intestines into his mouth. Then, he kept his rubbish in his bag.

He stood up and patted Chubs on the shoulder as he asked, “Do you still have money? Lend me some and I’ll return it to you.”

“I do. Brother Xiao, how much do you want?” Chubs pulled out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Yun without hesitation.

Xiao Yun looked at the five yuan bill and said to Chubs. “Thanks, Chubs. I’ll return it to you soon.”

Chubs scratched his head and said, “Brother Xiao, you don’t need to hurry. You can pay me back whenever.”

Xiao Yun did not answer. He would definitely pay back the money. After all, it was not easy to earn some money. Plus, this was Chubs’ pocket money.

Xiao Yun took the five yuan and walked to the place where Chubs bought the fried intestines.

Chubs saw this and said with a smile, “So it was Brother Xiao who was greedy and wanted more.”

Then, he and Lin Xi followed behind Xiao Yun.

The owner asked Xiao Yun enthusiastically, “Hello, little friend. What do you want?”

“How much for these fried intestines?” asked Xiao Yun.

Before the owner could speak, Chubs had already walked up and answered Xiao Yun’s question. “One yuan per piece.”

“Yes, this little friend is right,” said the fried intestines seller as he nodded.

“Then give me five intestines,” said Xiao Yun and handed over the five yuan in his hand.

After the seller received the money, he happily said, “Okay.” Then, he picked up the five intestines, skillfully cut them up, and neatly put them into the pot of oil.

When the intestines were golden on both sides, they were scooped out and then sprinkled with cumin, chili powder, pepper, and other spices.