As soon as they left, Wu Jia sprang out impatiently.
"That voice sounds so familiar. Isn't that the flop who nearly wiped me out? What's she jabbering about with that foreigner?"
It wasn't that his English was bad. Wu Jia had sworn as a child that he wanted foreigners dead, so he hadn't understood a single word.
Ignoring Wu Jia's clamoring beside her, Shi Yao said worriedly to Ye Xunzhi, "Sis, they seem to be planning to hurt you."
"I know." Ye Xunzhi mimed wearily lighting a cigarette.
"That guy was clearly born a cucumber-he's asking to get smacked. But that's okay. I'm a good person, so it doesn't matter. I'll step in!"
Wu Jia hadn't understood earlier and had felt a little excluded, but now that he understood, he asked eagerly:
"Then can we stay now?"
Ye Xunzhi said, "You should know that staying up late makes you ugly."
Wu Jia sounded disappointed. "Ah, but..."
Ye Xunzhi finished for him. "But if you're already ugly, you can keep staying up."
That drawn-out pause nearly left Wu Jia unable to catch his breath.
This woman would even mock herself just to be a smart-ass. She was ruthless.
Ye Xunzhi said, "Let's go, folks. The stars and the ocean lie ahead of us. Are you ready, kids?"
Shi Yao said, "Aye aye, captain! SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants!"
Wu Jia said, "..."
He suddenly realized that his inability to sing made him stick out like a sore thumb.
What should I do? Waiting online-urgent!
The two followed Ye Xunzhi around bend after bend, passing one corner after another. Shi Yao couldn't stop glancing at the digital compass on Ye Xunzhi's phone.
"Sis, does that really work?"
Why does it seem so unreliable?
Ye Xunzhi rubbed her chin. "In theory, yes. But there