Chapter 85

A group of little brats with no adults around to restrain them had an astonishing capacity for destruction.

Chu Wen and Lu Shan both tried to be reliable. One said he would not take part in anything too childish, while the other said vacations were also a good time to study.

But once the mood had reached that point, the two of them were quickly dragged down with everyone else.

Li Wenwen’s house had a restriction to prevent overly strong spiritual power fluctuations from damaging the building, and it would also automatically repair some smaller damage.

If too serious a problem occurred, it would notify her parents. It could both keep the children from wrecking the house and prevent accidents from happening to her.

But that restriction could not withstand the combined output of Chu Wen and Song Yi. Chu Wen was taking the path of artifact refining, so he was quite familiar with these household magical treasures and restrictions. With Song Yi working with him, it only took a couple of tries before the restriction temporarily lost effect.

Outside, the years were peaceful and beautiful. Inside, drums and gongs thundered to the heavens.

“In the flying race just now, contestant Song Yi kicked the other contestants off their flying swords and successfully won the championship of this grand tournament!”

A few little kids somehow managed to create the effect of an army of thousands.

Lin Ze roared loudly into his identity token, his emotional buildup extremely on point, as if the event currently underway were some world-shaking, ghost-weeping competition.

Even if the sky fell, it would not stop a profiteer from making money. Sure enough, he had started a livestream to earn tips.

There were so many interesting livestreams in the cultivation world that, originally, fewer people would watch little brats making a ruckus. Unfortunately, Song Yi and the others had far too many tricks, and even Chu Wen was there. Somehow, people were drawn in, and then they could not get out.

“Is that Senior Chu Wen? My eyes have gone blind. I’m sending this to my mom. She can stop using Chu Wen to educate me all the time. If I’m not enough of a genius, it must be because I don’t play in enough varieties of ways.”

“After watching this… silently adding a chicken drumstick for my little brat at home. I’m the one who doesn’t have enough patience.”

This livestream had an audience among both adults and children.

Children could watch it and worship it as a study bible. Adults could watch it to relieve stress. Somehow, it suddenly shot to popularity.

“Next up is the duel between Song Yi and Chu Wen. Will the genius prove his name, or will the dark horse pull off a counterkill? Let us wait and see! Tip five to support Song Yi, tip ten to support Chu Wen. Cheer for the contestant you like! There is absolutely no middleman pocketing the difference!”

Chu Wen glared furiously at Lin Ze. “Don’t use me to make dirty money!”

Lin Ze said, “But your support rate isn’t as high as Little Yi’s. Looks like your popularity is a little fake, huh?”

Chu Wen immediately tidied up his appearance and began “canvassing votes” for himself. “Thank you to every audience member who supports me. You all have excellent judgment. I will give it my all.”

Provocation always worked very well on him.

Say he could not do something, and he would want to prove he could. He was number one at being competitive.

Lin Ze snickered off to the side. In fact, he was secretly tilting the scales. This was not a proper competition, nor was it a real gambling pool. To the audience, this was about “cheering on” the contestants.

So it was useless for Chu Wen to be impressive. The audience thought Song Yi was cute, so they were still willing to support her. Besides, supporting her was cheaper, something they could do casually without feeling any pain.

In academics and the like, Chu Wen counted as a genius. But when it came to schemes, he really was not Lin Ze’s match.

After the house-dismantling footage spread, even Wenwen’s parents’ colleagues saw it, and they gathered around laughing loudly.

Li Wenwen’s parents were rather curious. “What are you watching?”

“Footage of little brats demolishing a house. It’s hilarious. I heard that genius Chu Wen from Spirit Capital is even in here.”

They leaned over for a look. These children had gotten themselves head coverings, saying they were too famous now and had to keep a low profile, or their guardians and school teachers would beat them down in fury. The sight made even them laugh. So they actually knew to keep a low profile.

Their colleagues chatted idly. “If this were my kid, I’d definitely have to hang them up and beat them once. Too naughty.”

Li Wenwen’s father cut in. “I think it’s fine, actually. It’s important for children to have fun too. They’re quite cute. Besides, this isn’t the past anymore. Happy education is encouraged now. We don’t do the whole hitting children thing.”

Just then, Wenwen’s mother’s expression turned a little off. “Look at that cushion. Doesn’t it look like the style from our house?”

“Don’t overthink it. Chu Wen probably wouldn’t be playing together with our kid.”

“But look at that light fixture. It’s exactly the same as the one you bought a few days ago!”

Wenwen’s father fixed his eyes on the footage in front of him. The smile on his face slowly disappeared.

From the house that had undergone a “major layout change” and become “entirely refreshed,” he barely found the tiniest trace of familiarity. Then the more he looked, the more familiar it became.

Among the crowd of head-covered children, he also accurately found one or two familiar figures. Li Wenwen and her little friends. The full set was complete.

Expressionless, sword in hand, he told Wenwen’s mother, “Help me ask for leave. I’m going back to thrash her.”

Li Wenwen, who was twisting around at home, could not help sneezing.

The colleagues hurriedly stopped him. “Don’t fuss with a child. Didn’t you just say so yourself? These days, happy education is the thing. We don’t do the whole hitting children thing anymore.”

Wenwen’s father thought about it. “I think new-style education really is not as suitable for my child as old-style education.”

“Forget it, forget it, Old Li. Your Wenwen is really pretty cute.” His colleague held back laughter. Old Li was also a veteran double-standard master.

When it was not your own kid, they were all cute. When it was your own kid, then they deserved a beating.

When it was not your own kid, it was happy education. When it was your own kid, it was time to follow the traditional process and beat them first.

Li Wenwen should have been grateful that these uncles and aunties from the City Defense Department were capable enough to stop her own father, who had been preparing to serve her with family discipline.

So, after sneezing a few more times, Li Wenwen vigilantly looked left and right. Finding no problem, she continued letting loose.

There was a reason Li Wenwen and the others were so brazen: the enthusiastic audience had already essentially provided a house repair fund.

In the cultivation world, demolishing a house was easy, and repairing one was easy too. By the time her parents came home that weekend, the house had already been fully refreshed, and none of the evidence from their previous world-flipping chaos could be found.

No evidence meant innocent.

Even tidying up criminals required a complete chain of evidence, so little brats would be even less likely to surrender themselves to justice.

A careless adult would not notice that tiny bit of replaced furniture and might even praise the well-behaved children a couple of times.

Of course, the little brats had not expected that because they had become too popular, even Wenwen’s parents, who were affected by work and cared the least about trends, already knew the good deed they had done.

Although Wenwen’s father did not rush back immediately, one day later, Wenwen was spanked for stepping through the door with her left foot first. There may have been a certain causal relationship between the two events.

Whether it was because crying hard had worked well, or because the liveliness had scattered the sadness in Song Yi’s heart, she had already recovered from the grief she had felt last night.

The inner demon had vanished. But she had originally been a split-off body of Song Yi’s divine sense. Among those shattered fragments of divine sense that had turned into stars, might there not be a little of her spiritual light?

From that angle, she would never disappear.

She would always be watching Song Yi.

Song Yi clenched her fists. In this life, she wanted to live a different kind of life. She wanted to live well.

But thinking about it carefully, there was no need for her to make such a solemn vow, because from the moment she came to this world, things had already been different. She had not encountered a master who coveted her spiritual roots. Instead, she had encountered a whole pile of people trying to help her and persuade her to study hard and strive upward.

Song Yi still was not sure where the answer lay, but she already had the confidence to find it.

Just then, Li Wenwen suddenly shouted, “Little Yi, I finally know why you haven’t been playing games lately! You were actually secretly whaling in the game behind my back! You must have been afraid I’d find out!”

Song Yi: ?

She took her own identity token and looked. At some point she had not known about, her account had frantically spent money in several games and exchanged it for a full set of invincible divine gear.

There was also a search record on the Spirit Net: What is the most regrettable thing in this world?

“You die, and the money still hasn’t been spent.”

The corners of Song Yi’s mouth twitched. “That guy! Damn it!”

You’re gone, but I’m not dead yet! Spending all the money is way too ruthless. No wonder she left so cheerfully! And with a full set of divine gear, wouldn’t Song Yi have nothing left to play for later? There was already no fun left in the game!

Couldn’t she have left each other with a few beautiful memories?

If that guy were still here, Song Yi would probably beat her up in the sea of consciousness again.

Fortunately, she had run fast.

Unfortunately, she had run fast.

What could Song Yi do? She could only silently close the game, then start calculating how to make some money for meals.

Li Wenwen put her hands on her hips. “Little Yi, Little Yi, I want to top up too! I want to buy, buy, buy too!”

Li Wenwen had no sense of proportion when spending money and was usually controlled by Song Yi. Now she felt like she had finally turned over and become the boss. From now on, she would be the one managing Song Yi. Mwahaha!

Song Yi spread her hands. “I’m out of money.”

Li Wenwen’s arrogant smile froze. With no money, it seemed like she could not manage anything.

Fortunately, her heart was big, and she immediately tossed the matter of managing money aside. In a tone of having seen through the truth, she said, “So Little Yi cried that miserably because you ran out of money.”

Money was a good friend, yet it had left her. If it were Li Wenwen, she would be sad too.

Li Wenwen patted Song Yi, speaking earnestly and sincerely. “Little Yi, I’ve told you so many times. Spend in moderation. Don’t get addicted to games.”

She would absolutely not let go of any chance to act like the big sister in front of Song Yi.

Song Yi: As long as you’re happy.

Li Xiu and the others did not make a special trip over, but Song Yi guessed that Li Wenwen must have announced the fact that she had cried to the world. Maybe she had even included the dark-history footage along with it.

Because for several days in a row, they did not come to check how much homework these children had completed. They even tacitly allowed Song Yi not to go work as a volunteer.

This kind of indulgence made Li Wenwen silently bite a handkerchief, then stare at Song Yi with a faint, resentful gaze.

She seemed to struggle for a long time before finally making up her mind. “I’m sorry, Little Yi. Even though I said I wouldn’t hurt you, but… I regret it.”

Li Wenwen let out a sinister cackle and stretched her demonic claws toward Song Yi, trying to pinch her cheeks. “Don’t dodge! Little Yi, cry a few more times, and we’ll be completely free from vacation homework!”

Although she did feel a little sorry toward Song Yi, this was a battle for freedom!

Li Wenwen gave her own cleverness a like.

There was no helping it. It was not that she did not want to sacrifice herself, but she had used her usual crying and fussing methods too many times. The adults had immunity against her tears, and they were basically useless. But when a little kid like Song Yi, who usually never cried, started crying, all the adults would go softhearted.

Song Yi dodged nimbly. “You’re not allowed to pinch my face! If my face gets round, every single one of you is responsible!”

It must have been pinched round by them.

Li Wenwen refused to admit this. “Little Yi, is there any possibility that you ate it round yourself?”

At that, Song Yi started muttering strange things like “I’m still growing,” “the adapted Whale-Swallowing Method works very well,” and “I definitely won’t eat myself round.”

Then she reacted and realized she had nearly been led off course by Li Wenwen. The point was: “You’re going to pinch me just for the sake of not doing a little bit of homework! Our friendship is way too fragile!”

Li Wenwen hesitated and withdrew her hand. “How about you cry by yourself?”

She rubbed her hands together regretfully. Mainly, Song Yi’s face was very soft and very comfortable. She wanted to take the chance to mix private business into official duty.

Unexpectedly, Song Yi actually started considering it. Should she cry a couple of times in exchange for a vacation with no homework? It seemed pretty worth it.

But after struggling for a long time, she still barely maintained the dignity of an old ancestor. Crying until her face got swollen and all was still a little embarrassing. Forget it, forget it.

Lin Ze: “...The fact that you could actually consider something like that for so long is the part that needs reflecting on.”

Wasn’t she supposed to refuse from the very beginning? This kid had already gone crooked!

Song Yi stroked her chin and said solemnly, “I need to save my tears. There might be a more important occasion to use them.”

A generation’s tear scammer was born just like that.

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