He didn't want Xiao Jingsheng to keep feeling indebted to her, yet he was reluctant to eat the rabbit even if she gave it to him.
Xiao Jingsheng looked disdainful. "It's only hunting. Do you think I can't do it?"
"Do I need a little woman like you to teach me?"
"If my mom weren't stopping me from going into the woods, do you think I wouldn't be able to catch a rabbit?"
"Heh, without a hunting rifle, do you think you could catch a rabbit?" She wasn't looking down on him. Rabbits really weren't easy to catch.
Xiao Jingsheng's face flushed with anger. "You... don't look down on me. I'm strong and healthy. I can run faster than a rabbit."
"I'll wait for you by the river after school."
"Whoever doesn't come is a puppy."
Hmph, he had to catch a rabbit and show her.
Then he'd see if she still dared to look down on him.
"Fine. Whoever doesn't come is a puppy."
Done.
When dealing with him, this trick really worked.
*
At five-thirty in the afternoon, the setting sun dyed half the sky red.
"Aren't you going back to get a hatchet and basket?"
Seeing Su Qiao walk around the village toward the mountain, Xiao Jingsheng followed behind her with large strides, carrying his schoolbag.
"I don't need a hatchet for hunting."
Xiao Jingsheng suddenly reached out, yanked the schoolbag from Su Qiao's shoulder, and tossed it onto his own shoulder along with his. Only then did he mock her, "Don't tell me you plan to catch rabbits with your bare hands."
"Why are you babbling? Just follow me." Su Qiao didn't even look back.
Xiao Jingsheng watched the braid swinging behind her head, rubbed his slightly itchy nose, and muttered under his breath,
"She's so