CH 16

The Stealer’s Regret

A long time passed, however, Ji Chen Ai didn’t know whether Zhou Leling was still crying or not. By the time he came out of the bathroom in his wheelchair, she not only was not crying but was even grinning from ear to ear.

Zhou Yaoyun also had his usual gentle expression while sitting next to Zhou Leling. It seemed that he was telling some jokes to lift her mood. Neither of them seemed to notice Ji Chen Ai, But he knew that even if they see him, they would just look away and pretend to not see him.

He knew that Zhou Leling had this kind of attitude towards him, but what was unexpected is that as soon as Zhou Yaoyun got home, his attitude towards him began to degrade day by day. Ji Chen Ai didn’t understand as to why it was happening. He searched through his memory again and found nothing related to it in the end.

Wang Zhixiu and Zhou Yumian, who went out to buy the vegetables, came back. After seeing Zhou Leling, they greeted her and went into the kitchen to make lunch.

Because of his disability, Ji Chen Ai never had to do anything as help in the kitchen. Zhou Yaoyun, on the other hand, usually helps their parents by picking and washing the vegetables. Sometimes, he even does the cooking.

Although he just came back home, there were no exceptions today. After a little chat with Zhou Leling, Zhou Yaoyun went into the kitchen. In the way he paused for a moment and  took a look at Ji Chen Ai but didn’t say anything in the end.

Zhou Leling saw that Zhou Yaoyun was gone, and her puffed red eyes slowly turned into a mockery. She came over and bent down in front of Ji Chen Ai and whispered in his ear, “Brother Yun said that he had no girlfriend. You lied to me.”

Ji Chen Ai’s expression didn’t change, “How do you know that I lied to you, but not him?”

Zhou Leling gritted her teeth and said, “Brother Yun is not the same as you. He is not a pervert who likes his sibling.”

After hearing this sentence, Ji Chen Ai’s whole person froze.

Zhou Leling seemed to regard Ji Chen Ai shock as an embarrassment and she sneered, “Brother Yun likes women. Even if you pester him, he won’t like you.”

After a moment of silence, Ji Chen Ai said, “So my family knows that I like him?”

Zhou Leling said, “Otherwise? Hmph. If it wasn’t for your legs…Forget it, you’ll just pretend to be pathetic with your disabled legs. “

Ji Chen Ai looked at Zhou Leling, he felt that his three views have been broken and need to be picked up and put together again. What’s with the original body like Zhou Yaoyun? What’s with his family knows that he likes Zhou Yaoyun? What’s with because of his legs, his family was used to tolerate him and let him like Zhou Yaoyun situation??

Ji Chen Ai: “Xiao Qi, don’t you think that you need to explain something now?”

Xiao Qi, “……I guess now you know that this world is dreadful.”

Zhou Leling saw that Ji Chen Ai did not speak any more. She sneered coldly and said, “Don’t come to annoy Brother Yun or I’ll make you regret it!”

Ji Chen Ai slowly nodded. He almost reached out to pat Zhou Leling on the shoulder and tell her: ‘Brother Yun is yours, and the whole world is yours.’

Fortunately, Ji Chen Ai resisted his urge and did nothing. Zhou Leling went back to sit on the sofa with satisfaction and began to hum and watch TV, leaving Ji Chen Ai alone to sit and relive the dog-blood story he just heard.

Ji Chen Ai has never come across any homosexuals in his life which is why, in his eyes, this sexual orientation, is particularly strange. When Zhou Leling told him that the original body was a gay, moreover he was attracted to his own younger brother, Ji Chen Ai didn’t know what to say.

When Zhou Yaoyun walked out of the kitchen holding the vegetable dishes, he saw Ji Chen Ai’s lifeless face. Zhou Yaoyun paused a bit, he looked at Zhou Leling and slightly wrinkled his brows. But in the end, he didn’t say anything.

As Zhou Yaoyun didn’t say anything, all the three pretended as nothing was wrong.

The dishes were ready in a short time and the whole family sat around the table to eat the dinner. Wang Zhixiu puts several vegetables in Ji Chen Ai’s bowl, and at the same time asks some questions in concern. However, in the end, she asked Zhou Yaoyun unintentionally, “Have Xiao Qin caused any troubles to Xiao Yun? Otherwise, why don’t you come and live here?  

Without waiting for Ji Chen Ai to respond, Zhou Yaoyun said, “Mom, it’s okay. It was nice to have someone around when you go to school,” (notes: Yaoyun is saying that while he is studying, it good to have someone accompany him)

Wang Zhixiu looked at Ji Chen Ai and hesitated, finally she didn’t say anything.

Ji Chen Ai was still digesting the explosive news that he heard just now so he ignored the complex expressions on Wang Zhixiu and Zhou Yaoyun faces.

The one who enjoyed this meal the most was Zhou Leling. She felt that Ji Chen Ai was so bewildered because she threatened him. So she was so excited that she ate an extra bowl of rice.

Xiao Qi entirely understands Ji Chen Ai’s disbelief and his complex feeling right now. It sighed deeply and said, “Alas! I didn’t expect the earth to be such a chaotic place. Alas! It’s really intense.”

Ji Chen Ai: “Your acting is too exaggerated, I will give it three points at the most.”

Xiao Qi: “……All right, even if I know everything in advance and intentionally didn’t tell you, what can you do to me? You bite me ah.”

Ji Chen Ai, “I don’t eat sh*t.”

Xiao Qi: “……”

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After dinner, Zhou Leling asked Zhou Yaoyun to hang out with her, Zhou Yaoyun said, “Brother, let’s go together.”

When Ji Chen Ai was about to refuse, he heard Wang Zhixiu said, “Xiao Qin, you go along with Xiao Yun and Leling for a stroll. Don’t stay at home all day long.”

Ji Chen Ai listened and he simply agreed as he could get familiar with the way around his house, which is a good thing for him.

Zhou Yaoyun pushed Ji Chen Ai’s wheelchair and went out together. Although Zhou Leling was dissatisfied, she did not dare to say anything in front of her elders. After leaving their house, behind Zhou Yaoyun’s back, she made several faces at Ji Chen Ai. 

Ji Chen Ai took it all in heart……and made a note of it…

Originally, if there were only Zhou Yaoyun and Zhou Leling, they could go wherever they want. But now there is another person, Ji Chen Ai, who has inconvenient legs, so there are not many places they can go to.

Zhou Yaoyun kept Ji Chen Ai’s wheelchair inside the car’s boot  and drove to the nearest amusement park. There was a lot of entertainment project in the park, and the environment is good too, which is a relatively suitable place to go

At the gate of the amusement park, Zhou Yaoyun stopped to park the car. Then he pushed Ji Chen Ai to the gate and made him sit there for a moment. He told Zhou Leling not to walk around and went to buy the ticket first

Because the vacation started not long ago and since today’s weather seemed to be more pleasant and cool, there were a lot of people in the park and the queue was very long too.

Although Zhou Leling didn’t like Ji Chen Ai, she didn’t leave him and walked around. She stood beside Ji Chen Ai and hung her head down, looking at her phone.

Ji Chen Ai was a little bit bored as he looked around. Suddenly he felt an impulse to pick up the garbage on the ground……It seems that condition reflexes are really terrible..

Just when Ji Chen Ai was distracted, a yell came from his side: “There is a thief!”

Ji Chen Ai startled, turned to see Zhou Leling standing not far from him, shouting while pointing to a man.

The man was neatly dressed and wore a pair of glasses. He didn’t seem like a thief. When Zhou Leling shouted at him, the eyes of people around there quickly gathered at him. He looked a little annoyed, “Stinky bitch, what are you yelling at randomly for!”

Zhou Leling took a step back because of the man’s glare but still, stubbornly said, “You stole money from that old man!”

Ji Chen Ai looked around and then noticed an old man in plain clothes was standing beside the man. The old man saw the situation and said in a hurry, “Little girl, little girl, forget it, leave it as it is.”

There aren’t many people who dare to catch thieves in public nowadays.

The man saw the owner who lost the money flinching, a glimmer of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, he said, “You say I’m a thief, what is your evidence? If you speak any more nonsense, I’m going to hit you, believe it or not.” 

When he finished, several men appeared around him. By the look of it, they seemed to be in the same group as that man.

Zhou Leling was stunned on the spot. She exclaimed, “Don’t…don’t you guys have any laws around here?”

The man spat on the ground and wanted to go forward to grab Zhou Leling, but suddenly he heard a cry: “Stop it.”

The crowd followed the voice and saw Ji Chen Ai sitting in his wheelchair.

They thought a man who can speak with this voice, in any case, is someone with a little bit menacing nature and yet they saw a man sitting in a wheelchair, the man in the neat suit was stunned and laughed heartily, he said, “Yo, little girl, this cripple is your man? It’s really hard for you.”

Others around that man all burst into laughter.

Zhou Leling’s face turned red and tears began to accumulate in her eyes. She looked at the people around her for help. However, facing Zhou Leling’s plea for help, no one stood up.

Zhou Leling looked again at Ji Chen Ai, bit her teeth and said, “What are you talking about! Even if my brother sits in a wheelchair, compared to you, this kind of vile thief, he is much better of a person.”

In the end, she is just a young girl. Even if she doesn’t like Ji Chen Ai, she still has a conscience in her heart. Otherwise, in a situation like this, it is unlikely for someone to come forward to catch the thief.

Ji Chen Ai said, “Xiao Qi, can I use the technical skill?”

Xiao Qi said, ”Negative energy has accumulated too much and it’s about to overflow la la la, if you don’t use it, I’ll explode la la la.”

After listening to Xiao Qi’s words, Ji Chen Ai directly used the stealer’s regret.

At this moment, Zhou Leling had already regretted her decision, yet she stood in front of Ji Chen Ai while biting her lower lip and glaring at several men on the opposite side. It seemed like she wanted to frighten them away with her eyes, but Ji Chen Ai who should be protected by her, reached out and patted her back gently and said in a soft voice, “Leling, it’s OK.”

The next second, before Zhou Leling’s eyes, is the scene that she can’t forget her whole life ——those men who just now stole the things and openly threatened her were kneeling in front of her. After they knelt on the ground, they kowtowed repeatedly and cried bitterly saying, “I know it’s wrong, I know it’s wrong, I’ll never steal anything.”

Zhou Leling and the people around him were all dumbfounded, but Ji Chen Ai seemed to have expected this scene, he asked, “What do you mean by saying ‘it’s wrong’?”

Those several people cried one after another, “Stealing is a sin that deserves to be punished by cutting with a thousand knives”

But this is just the beginning. After kneeling, several men took out many wallets of different styles from their pockets and spread them out in front of the public, “This is something we stole. Please help us by calling the police. We know we were wrong.”

And Zhou Leling, who watched the whole scene from the beginning to now was dumbfounded and her expression looked silly because of the abrupt change in the flow of action.

The author has something to say:

Who could have thought that the dormitory would blackout all of a sudden = =