After the little cannon fodder was reborn, he chose the villain childhood sweetheart

Jiang Wan and Xie Lan looked in the direction of the sound.

Xie Jing's clean, brand new clothes were now dirty, with footprints and mud spots all over them.

Xie Jing's face wasn't much better.

The little face was covered with bruises and there was a big swelling next to the cheek.

He looked like he had just had a fierce fight with someone, and was beaten up unilaterally by the other person.

"Second brother!"

Xie Xueling rushed over, anxious to the point of tears.

"Second brother, where have you been? Don't you know how worried your elder brother and sister-in-law are about you? And Xueling, Xueling is worried about you too!"

Xie Jing scratched his head guiltily.

He wanted to pat the little girl on the back, but when he saw that his hands were dirty, he gave up.

"Little sister, brother is fine, don't cry. If you cry, brother will be heartbroken!"

Xie Xueling raised her head and glared at him, holding back her tears, turned around and ran to Jiang Wantui, raised her head, and smiled happily: "Sister-in-law, the second brother is back! You and the eldest brother don't have to look for him!"

Jiang Wan was relieved to see that everyone returned safely.

But what's going on with Xie Jing looking like he's been rolling on the ground?

Before Jiang Wan could ask, Xie Lan strode up to Xie Jing, raised his hand and hit Xie Jing on the back of the head.

"Ouch! Brother, it hurts!"

Xie Jing held his head with both hands and cried out.

Xie Lan had a serious expression and looked at him sternly.

"I told you to stay here, why did you leave without permission?"

Xie Jing knew that he had done something wrong, so he didn't even have the energy to explain.

"Brother, you, you listen to me..."

Xie Jing's voice was weak. He didn't know how to explain it later, so he just shut up and pretended to be mute.

Anyway, the eldest brother couldn't bear to hit him, at most he would just hit him on the back of the head a couple more times and the matter would be over.

But Xie Jing thought too simply, Xie Lan was really angry.

Xie Lan carried the person to the table, sat on a bench, and let Xie Jing stand in front of him.

He reached out and took a few more chopsticks, and said in a cold tone: "Stretch out your hand."

This is going to hit Xie Jing's palm.

Xie Jing had never been hit on the palm of his hand. In the past, when he did something wrong, Xie Lan would at most hit him on the head twice, not with much force, just to serve as a warning.

Now Xie Lan actually hit him with tools.

Xie Jing had never been hit by chopsticks before, so he thought it wouldn't hurt and readily stretched out his hand.

Xie Lan straightened the corners of his lips, raised his hand and exerted force, and the chopsticks fell heavily into Xie Jing's palm.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

Xie Jing grimaced in pain.

The chopsticks looked long and thin and didn't have much killing power, but I didn't expect that they would hurt so much when used to hit someone!

"Stretch out."

Xie Lan said ruthlessly.

Xie Jing had no choice but to stretch out his hand obediently and was beaten a few more times.

"It hurts!"

Xie Jing's dark palms were beaten red, and there were signs of swelling.

Jiang Wan saw that it was almost time, so he stopped her and said, "Okay, Xie Lan, if you keep hitting me, it will break."

This is a bit exaggerated.

Xie Jing had been doing rough labor at home for many years, and had many calluses on his hands, so he could withstand Xie Lan's strong beatings.

If it were Xie Xueling, the skin on the palm of her hand would be broken before she could even hit him twice.

Xie Lan is a martial artist, and when he gets angry, the strength he exerts is not something that most people can withstand.

Xie Jing glanced at Jiang Wan and found her more pleasing to the eye than ever before.

He hurriedly followed Jiang Wan and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Big brother, look at how swollen my hand is. If you hit me again, it will break. Then I won't be able to work anymore!"

Xie Lan glanced at him and said, "This won't happen again."

"Yeah! Don't worry, there won't be a next time!"

Xie Jing quickly nodded in agreement.

Jiang Wan finally had the chance to ask him, "Xie Jing, where have you been? Didn't I tell you to wait in the teahouse?"

Xie Jing quietly looked at Xie Lan's face, and only when he saw that his face had eased a little did he dare to say, "I, I'm going to do justice!"

"what?"

The three of them looked at him at the same time, with confusion in their eyes.

Xie Jing said slowly: "I was waiting in the teahouse, but you didn't come back for a long time, so I was a little bored. Just at this time, I saw a few half-grown children on the street bullying two little beggars. The two little beggars were thin and pitiful, and they were beaten and humiliated by them. I couldn't bear to watch it, so I went out to help."

Jiang Wan looked him up and down, "Are you sure you're going to help, not to get beaten?"

Xie Jing blushed, but unfortunately his face was bruised and swollen, so his blushing could not be seen.

"Who said I was going to get beaten?! I fought them off at first, but after a while, they brought two adults with them. I couldn't beat them with my two fists, so I was..."

He covered his red and swollen cheek and was too embarrassed to continue.

Jiang Wan understood, and at the same time she admired Xie Jing's courage and bravery.

If a child sees someone being bullied, he or she will probably just stay away from the bully and will not step forward to meddle in the matter.

"So you did do a good thing."

Jiang Wan nodded in agreement, glanced at Xie Lan again, and said, "If you had told me earlier, your elder brother wouldn't have slapped you."

Xie Jing rubbed his head shyly and said, "My elder brother was right to hit me. I shouldn't have left the teahouse without saying goodbye and made you worry about me so much."

He said this frankly, without any complaints at all.

Jiang Wan couldn't help but admire Xie Lan's teaching.

Not only did he raise his two younger siblings, he also prevented them from growing up in a bad way. Both children are pure, honest and kind-hearted people.

Although Xie Jing has some minor flaws, his merits outweigh his flaws. Overall, he is a righteous and straightforward young man.

Looking at Xie Jing like this, Jiang Wan couldn't help but think of Xie Jing in the original book.

The young man, who should have been full of vigor and vitality, was persecuted by the original owner and became disabled for life and died of depression.

Just thinking about the difference between before and after, Jiang Wan cursed the original owner a hundred times in his heart.

Fortunately, she traveled into a book and prevented such a tragedy from happening.

"Now that everything is alright, let's go home. My dad is getting worried after being out for so long."

Jiang Wan livened up the silent atmosphere and diverted the attention away from Xie Jing.

Xie Jing said, "Well, can we go back later? I, I want to buy some food for those two little beggars."

Jiang Wan looked at him curiously, "You and they are still friends?"

Xie Jing had few friends in the village to play with. Apart from Maodan from Fourth Uncle Xie's family, he had never seen anyone he got along well with.

If he could make a few friends, that would be nice.

It’s just that the identities of these two friends he made are somewhat special.

Xie Jing shook his head, then nodded, and after a while he said, "Not really friends, but they are so pitiful. It's so cold, they don't have enough to eat or warm clothes. It reminds me of my childhood, so I want to help them."

After hearing what he said, Xie Xueling immediately gave up half of the candied haws.

"Second brother, Xueling is willing to give them the candied haws. Xueling also has shortbread and white cakes. I am willing to share them with them!"

Xie Jing looked at the candied haws that were still stained with saliva, wrinkled his nose and said, "Little sister, you should eat it yourself. I don't think they like to eat your saliva."

Xie Xueling puffed up her cheeks angrily, "Second brother, you are bad! Xueling will ignore you!"

"Hey, little sister, if they don't eat it, then the second brother will eat it. The second brother doesn't mind your saliva!"

Xie Jing tried to comfort her with a smile, but Xie Xueling ignored him.

The two of them were arguing with each other, and the atmosphere was cheerful and harmonious. Xie Lan couldn't help but smile.

He said calmly: "Okay, Xiao Jing and I will go together."