God's Gift

“What is a leader?”

Anthony thought Yu Youyou had finished asking the question, but he didn't expect that Yu Youyou would immediately reply with another question after he answered it.

"You don't even know this, haven't you ever read a book?!" Anthony widened his eyes and looked at Yu Youyou in surprise.

The incredible expression on his face made Yu Youyou feel a little embarrassed for the first time in a long time. Yu Youyou rubbed her hands and said with her neck stiff:

"Of course I have!"

Anthony nodded, "That's right..."

In this day and age, who hasn’t been educated?

But before he could finish, Yu Youyou's next sentence almost made him lose control.

"I have read a lot of fairy tales!" After saying that, Yu Youyou looked away guiltily.

Although her mother read it to her, the book was too small! It was as big as a grain of sand, and she couldn't see it clearly even with her eyes wide open.

When Anthony heard Yu Youyou's words, he burst out laughing.

"Who reads fairy tales? I'm talking about compulsory education, which is when students listen to teachers in a classroom and they teach about mainland history and imperial politics. Haven't you even received compulsory education?"

Yu Youyou scratched his head and answered honestly: "No."

She walked around Lu Keming to Anthony, looked at him with wet eyes, and asked him expectantly: "Have you received compulsory education?"

"Of course, I have studied hard for more than ten years since I was a child. I am not the kind of person who escaped the compulsory education." Anthony raised his head and spoke proudly. The study that once made him miserable has now become something to be proud of.

Yu Youyou's eyes turned into stars, and she looked at Anthony with admiration: "You are awesome!"

Anthony gradually lost himself in Yu Youyou's admiring eyes.

Lu Keming glanced at Anthony with a cold gaze, and Anthony quickly stood up straight.

He coughed and asked Yu Youyou in a low voice: "You said you read a lot of fairy tales, what did you read?"

Speaking of this, Yu Youyou became excited.

"I've seen the ugly duckling selling matches!"

Lu Keming, who was walking in front, suddenly staggered.

Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming strangely, wondering why he couldn't even walk steadily, but she quickly regained her attention and enthusiastically told Anthony the story of the ugly duckling selling matches.

"A long time ago, there was a little duck. It was very ugly. The mother duck didn't like it, but only liked its two sisters. When it was at home, it had to clean the house, wash clothes for its sisters, and its sisters would steal its things."

Anthony was stunned. “What kind of family is this? This is too much!”

"That's right!" Yu Youyou nodded, indignant. "In winter, the ugly duckling was thrown into the street by its mother duck and told to sell matches. It couldn't go home until it sold all the matches!"

"And then?" Anthony's majestic face was full of worry, and he was eager to know the ending.

"Then the ugly duckling froze to death." Yu Youyou looked sad and told Anthony this unfortunate ending.

"No!" Anthony covered his mouth, unable to believe the ending.

Lu Keming curled the corners of his mouth.

Yu Youyou patted Anthony and said, "It's okay. I'll tell you a happy story."

Anthony wiped his tears and said, "You say."

"Once upon a time, there was a sea far, far away. In the sea there lived a little mermaid. She fell in love with a prince, so she asked the witch in the sea to give her a pair of human legs. But after she came ashore, the queen of humans was jealous of the little mermaid's beauty, so she gave her a poisoned apple and locked her up in a high tower..."

"The little mermaid slept and slept, and slept... until the queen died of old age. Suddenly, peas grew out of her thick quilt. In spring, the peas blossomed and bore fruit. In autumn, the peas burst out of the pods and woke the little mermaid up!"

Yu Youyou looked intoxicated and finished telling the story as she skipped and jumped.

"This story is called, The Princess and the Pea."

"The Princess and the Pea..." Lu Keming curled his lips, "The Pea Shooter is about the same."

But the two people behind him couldn't hear what Lu Keming said at all and were still immersed in the story.

Anthony stroked his chin, looking thoughtful, and realized belatedly that something was wrong. "No! Your story is obviously not the story of the Princess and the Pea!"

"What is that?" Yu Youyou looked at Anthony in confusion.

"It's called Sleeping Beauty." Anthony snorted, "You didn't expect that, I've watched Sleeping Beauty hundreds of times."

"Ah, really?" Yu Youyou doubted herself for a moment when she heard Anthony say he had watched it hundreds of times. "Did I really remember it wrong?"

"It's okay, you haven't received much education, so it's normal to remember things wrong." Anthony kindly comforted Yu Youyou.

Lu Keming couldn't bear to listen any longer and coughed.

When Anthony heard Lu Keming's voice, he quickly shut up.

Seeing that Anthony didn't say anything, Yu Youyou returned to Lu Keming out of boredom.

After a while, she remembered that Anthony had not answered her what a leader was, so she shouted to Anthony across the road Ke Ming.

"You still haven't told me what leader means?"

"Oh, yes." After her reminder, Anthony also remembered this and continued to shout across Lu Keming.

"That's what the boss means. He controls everyone."

"So amazing!" Yu Youyou said in surprise, and recalled her previous life.

"Then I used to be a leader too!" Yu Youyou told Anthony excitedly.

Anthony looked at Yu Youyou in disbelief: "Really? Why shouldn't I believe it?"

"Really, I used to be in charge of the sea..." Yu Youyou wanted to say "in the sea", but paused and changed the word.

"I'm in charge of a pond of fish! All the fish have to listen to me!"

When Anthony heard Yu Youyou talking about fish, he said with disdain, "How can you be a leader if you manage a pond of fish? Are you the king of fish?"

Yu Youyou frowned and thought for a while, and felt that this name was not wrong.

"You could say the same thing."

Anthony waved his hand. "Taking care of fish is nothing. It's more powerful to take care of people!"

Yu Youyou thought about it carefully and felt that this was the case. She nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, that makes sense."

Anthony laughed and patted his chest.

"Let me tell you, our young master is the best."

The two of them sandwiched Lu Keming in the middle and started chatting as if no one was around.

After a long time, Lu Keming turned and stared at Anthony with a sharp warning in his eyes.

Anthony gradually lowered his head under Lu Keming's gaze.

Only then did Lu Keming withdrew his gaze and squeezed Yu Youyou to the side.

Yu Youyou staggered due to the squeeze and looked at Lu Keming in confusion.

But she soon forgot about it and took out a candy from her bag and put it in her mouth.

After a moment of silence, Yu Youyou began to sigh again.

"Ugh."