Chapter 26 - I Drew It

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Outside the research institute.

Lu Zhu climbed up a tall tree. She had secretly placed her Taoist robe on the tree in the morning. After putting on the Taoist robe, she moved the supplies to the warehouse bit by bit like an ant moving house.

After she finished moving the supplies, the sky had turned dark. Lu Zhu stuck close to the wall and planned to sneak into her room without anyone noticing.

“Lu Zhu!” An angry shout suddenly came from the darkness. 

She’s done for.

Lu Zhu stood still and turned her head. As expected, she saw the person she didn’t want to see the most — her eldest senior brother, Lu Yao. He was slowly walking out from the darkness!

“Hello, Eldest Senior Brother! Aren’t you fasting recently? Why are you out for a walk at night to digest your food?”

As an expert at fooling others, she planned to fool him.

“Follow me to the study.” Eldest Senior Brother obviously didn’t want to give her a chance.

“I need to go to the toilet! I’ll look for you when I’m done!”

Lu Zhu was trying to escape. No matter what, she planned to go back to her room to change her clothes first.

“Do you think you can hide the fact that you weren’t in the courtyard for a day? With that puppet technique of yours? That puppet that was not even as good as a paper stick? Do you have a pig’s brain? When I told you to follow me to the study, I was trying to make you less embarrassed,” the dignified voice sounded again.

She was done for! She was exposed! With that thought, Lu Zhu was not afraid anymore. She would not be able to escape this lecture no matter what. Whatever it was, she would still need to be brave.

“Let me tell you, Lu Yao, physically punishing children is illegal! You can’t hit me anymore! You can’t restrict my freedom! So what if I go out to play? The president also has three days off in a year!”

Lu Zhu said with a stiff neck.

“What do you mean by you’re a child! You –“

Lu Yao stopped halfway. Lu Zhu did not remember anything about that incident 10 years ago. He was thankful that he could bring her back, and he did not want to risk losing her again.

Lu Yao, who was still feeling scared in his heart, became angry when he thought of her sneaking down the mountain today. He grabbed the back of her collar and planned to teach her a lesson in the study.

Lu Zhu had put on her Taoist robe hastily. The moment Lu Yao grabbed the collar, it slipped down, and Lu Yao felt that his hands were empty. When he looked at the ground, Lu Zhu who was in colorful clothes flipped over, made a face at him, then ran away quickly. 

“You!”

Lu Yao was furious. Just as he was about to chase after her, his eyes were attracted to a pink handbag on the ground.

That bag was the kind of bag that the current Lu Zhu liked, just like the colorful and childish clothes that she liked. However, this bag did not seem like an ordinary bag.

Lu Yao bent down to pick up the bag on the ground, and a sheet of talisman fell out.

Lu Yao looked at the talisman and frowned.

At this moment, Lu Zhu, who realized that she had dropped her bag, turned back.

“My precious limited-edition bag!” With a bitter face, she stretched out her fair hand, palm facing up. “Hit me, hurry up, and return the bag to me once you’re done.”

“Where did you get this talisman from?” Unexpectedly, the eldest senior brother did not take out the ruler that he always carried with him. Instead, he asked without thinking.

“What talisman?” Lu Zhu stuck her head out to take a look. Eldest Senior Brother was holding a strange-looking talisman. Although she did not understand what it was with her Taoist skill level, she could tell at a glance that it was a well-drawn talisman. She had to quickly admit that she was the one who drew it first! Perhaps the eldest senior brother would return the bag to her after seeing her draw the talisman so well!

“I drew it myself!” Therefore, Lu Zhu happily concealed the secret of the talisman..