My love game is too abstract

Chapter 206: Little Ji Doesn't Want to Be Disciplined (3.6k)

“Peach Fox, Lulu La, I’m ready, let’s go out.”

Ji Xiaofei put on a very cute jellyfish hat and a small chicken-shaped satchel, which was bulging with snacks.

Today, she was going to play in the newly opened botanical garden in the city with Lulu La and Peach Fox, so she had prepared early and selected her favorite snacks to bring along.

“Um, Xiaofei, did you only bring food?” Peach Fox said, looking at Ji Xiaofei’s satchel.

“Because I’ll be walking a lot later and will be very hungry, so I brought a lot of food.” Ji Xiaofei picked up her bag and said.

“They are all carefully selected and the most delicious snacks. Peach Fox and Lulu La, try some later, okay?”

“But… shouldn’t we bring some water? It’ll be very thirsty to just eat.” Lulu La said.

“Oh, right.” Ji Xiaofei just remembered and wanted to go get juice.

At this moment, Serena came down from upstairs, holding an arithmetic book in her hand, and said sternly to Ji Xiaofei: “Ji Xiaofei, didn’t I ask you to finish twenty arithmetic problems yesterday? Why haven’t you done a single problem when I checked today!”

Ji Xiaofei shivered in fright, secretly glanced at Serena, and murmured in a low voice: “I, I wanted to do it last night, but I fell asleep as soon as I opened my homework…”

“Was a sleeping spell cast on this homework book?” Serena said, holding her forehead.

“Come up now and finish yesterday’s work.”

“Eh?” Ji Xiaofei widened her eyes.

“But, we already agreed to go to the botanical garden today.”

“Then go after you finish. There are only twenty problems, which is already very few.” Serena said.

“Serena~ Can I do it after I come back?” Ji Xiaofei ran over, grabbed Serena’s arm, and pleaded.

“No,” Serena said decisively, stuffing the workbook into Ji Xiaofei’s arms.

“You can only go out to play after you finish.”

Then, without giving her any chance to bargain, she went upstairs without looking back.

Holding the workbook, the corners of Ji Xiaofei’s mouth were pouting so much that you could hang a kettle on them.

“It’s okay, Xiaofei, there are only twenty problems. Finish them quickly and you can go out to play.” Peach Fox and Lulu La came forward to comfort her.

“That’s right, and it’s just addition and subtraction within a hundred, it’ll be very quick to do.” Lulu La took her workbook, opened it, and looked at it.

“Then, can you help me do it?” Ji Xiaofei looked at them pitifully.

At this moment, the two of them looked away again.

“That… teaching you is okay, but if we directly help you do it, then you won’t learn anything,” Peach Fox said.

“And if Serena finds out, she will be unhappy.” Lulu La also said.

The two’s words made Xiaofei lose heart.

Helpless, Ji Xiaofei had no choice but to take off the satchel full of snacks, stay by the coffee table in the living room, and, with Peach Fox and Lulu La pointing left and right, spent nearly an hour to finish all the problems.

After submitting it to Serena for inspection, she was allowed to go out.

Along the way, Ji Xiaofei was a little unhappy, completely losing the joyful energy she had when she first went out.

Seeing her unhappy, Peach Fox thought for a while and said: “Okay, Serena is also doing it for your own good, Xiaofei. After all, learning is very important. Even if you don’t engage in any profession, it is indispensable in daily life.”

“That’s right, no matter what, it’s always right to learn more.” Lulu La said.

Everyone knows that Xiaofei’s studies are poor. She still has difficulty calculating addition and subtraction within a hundred. The only thing she has learned best is the “Hero’s Journey” board game rules. She doesn’t recognize many characters either. If she doesn’t study hard now, she will really become illiterate in the future.

So everyone agrees with Serena’s strict education of her now.

“I know…” Ji Xiaofei muttered.

Seeing that she was still a little unhappy, Peach Fox thought for a while and said: “Then, let’s treat you to a dessert buffet today? The kind where you can eat as much as you want.”

Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Xiaofei’s face, and her mood became cheerful.

Arriving at the botanical garden, because it was newly opened and it was advertised that there were strange plants from the demon tribe, mandrake vines, the botanical garden was extremely popular when it first opened. Many people were already lined up at the entrance, waiting to check their tickets.

“It seems like it will take a lot of time.” Peach Fox said, looking at the thick wall of people in front.

While waiting, Xiaofei had already taken out snacks to eat.

“By the way, if you go in, you have to buy a guidebook in advance. If you don’t know the special habits of some plants, you will lose a lot of fun.” Peach Fox suddenly remembered and said.

“Lulu La, Xiaofei, wait for me here,” Peach Fox said and ran to buy the guidebook.

The two of them were queuing in place. At this moment, Lulu La suddenly saw the cute little snake dolls being sold not far away, and her attention was immediately attracted.

“Xiaofei, you queue up here first, I’ll go over there to buy something, I’ll be right back.” Lulu La said to Ji Xiaofei.

“Okay~” Ji Xiaofei casually agreed.

Lulu La also left. Now she was the only one queuing here. It was a bit thirsty to keep eating snacks, but then she remembered that she had forgotten to bring the drink.

“Well, let’s wait a while before eating…”

She put away the snacks in her chicken satchel.

At this moment, she heard a commotion coming from the side.

“Eh? Really? They really don’t care about you at all?”

“Of course, I’m so free now, I can do whatever I want, and no one nags me,”

Ji Xiaofei turned her head and saw several girls together, wearing very trendy clothes, with heavy makeup and colorful hair, joking with each other. One of them was even holding a cigarette, puffing smoke.

“That day, I deliberately smoked in front of him, and the old man was so angry that he said he would never care about me again. It’s so funny,”

“No way, is that old man so rigid?” The surrounding girls joked.

“Laugh to death, aren’t you happy now? No one cares, free and easy.”

"Yeah, if we just outlive that old man, won't we inherit his fortune?"

They all giggled and laughed.

Little Ji tilted her head: "No one cares? Complete freedom?"

She stared at the cigarette the girl was holding. She had seen uncles and older brothers smoke those things, but it was the first time she'd heard that having one meant no one would care about you anymore.

"If I have one of those, Selena won't care about me?"

She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then walked forward.

The girls noticed her and frowned. The girl with the cigarette in her mouth said, "Hey, kid, what do you want?"

"That... that..."

Ji Xiaofei didn't usually talk to strangers, so she was inevitably a little nervous and didn't even know what to call them.

Suddenly, she remembered what she had seen in a DVD before, how they referred to these kinds of girls.

She gathered herself for a moment, trying to make her tone as friendly as possible, and said to them:

"Hey there, sluts."

The expressions on the faces of the girls in front of her instantly collapsed.

"You little brat! What did you call us?!"

The leader immediately became angry and reached out to grab Ji Xiaofei's collar.

Suddenly, a hand slapped hers away, and a figure stood in front of Ji Xiaofei.

It was Tao Hu. She had already returned after buying the handbook.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

Tao Hu shouted, her eyes sharp as she glared coldly at the women in front of her, the four tails behind her swaying gently.

The leader still wanted to get angry, but her companion tugged at her sleeve.

"Hey, look at her, and the tails behind her. She seems to be a young lady from a big family... Let's go."

Hearing this, the leader also realized this. She clicked her tongue and muttered, "What bad luck," before turning and following her companions away.

"Phew," Tao Hu sighed, immediately turning to look at Ji Xiaofei. "Are you okay? Xiaoji, did they hurt you?"

"I'm okay..." Ji Xiaofei shook her head.

"That's good. You should stay away from those people," Tao Hu reminded her.

"Oh," Ji Xiaofei said, guiltily averting her gaze for some reason.

Inside the botanical garden, the various beautiful and unique plants quickly made Ji Xiaofei forget what had just happened as she wandered around with Tao Hu and Lulu La.

"Xiaoji! Tao Hu, come look at this! It's a dancing banana!"

Lulu La waved to them.

Tao Hu and Ji Xiaofei followed.

While watching the banana dancing, Ji Xiaofei inadvertently heard a scolding voice behind her:

"You're smoking again! Give it to me!"

"Wait, there are only a few left!"

"No way!"

Ji Xiaofei turned her head and saw a couple. The girl snatched the pack of cigarettes from the man's pocket and threw it into the trash can.

"Seriously? You won't let me finish those few?" the man said, annoyed.

"Don't even think about it. If you don't quit smoking, I'll break up with you!"

"Okay, okay..." the man compromised.

They left.

But the pack of cigarettes didn't fall into the trash can. It bounced off the edge and fell out, landing on the ground.

Ji Xiaofei glanced at Tao Hu and Lulu La beside her, then quickly ran over, picked up the cigarette pack, opened it, and saw that there were three cigarettes left inside. She immediately stuffed them into her shoulder bag.

She felt like she had done something very exciting, and her heart was beating faster.

"Xiaoji! Let's go over there!"

Tao Hu waved to her at this time.

"Coming!"

Ji Xiaofei quickly followed.

Back home, in her room, Ji Xiaofei took out the pack of cigarettes she had picked up and pulled out one of them.

"With this, I can make Selena stop caring about me, and I can be free..."

Ji Xiaofei tilted her head, holding the cigarette.

Although she got the cigarette, she didn't know how to use it.

She saw those uncles, they all seemed to hold it in their mouths and then light it with fire.

"But... Yarrow said that kids who play with fire will wet the bed."

She didn't want to wet the bed.

She leaned in, smelled it, and frowned at the pungent smell, immediately holding it far away.

"It stinks."

She said, pinching her nose.

"Hmm... but, just holding this, it should also have an effect, right?"

She tilted her head and thought.

"Let's go find Yarrow and try it first."

"Damn it, I'll never take on a cafeteria task again!"

Yarrow collapsed on the sofa, unable to open his eyes. Today, again, at the cafeteria, dozens of pigs all ran out, and it took him a lot of effort to catch them all back.

"Yarrow, Yarrow," Ji Xiaofei ran to his side.

"What?" Yarrow was too tired to open his eyelids.

"Look at me quickly."

He opened his eyes irritably, and then saw Ji Xiaofei holding a cigarette in her hand, waving it at him.

"I can smoke this now, awesome, right?" Ji Xiaofei said proudly, one hand holding the cigarette, the other on her hip.

Yarrow's eyes suddenly widened.

"Wah!!!"

Ji Xiaofei cried out, covering her butt, and ran upstairs, with Yarrow chasing behind her.

"You dare run! Stop right there!" he roared at Ji Xiaofei, his face flushed.

Selena heard the noise and came out of the room, just in time to see Ji Xiaofei running over, her face covered in tears.

"Selena!"

Ji Xiaofei immediately ran over and hid behind Selena.

"What's going on here?" Selena said, puzzled.

It seemed that Ji Xiaofei had been beaten by Yarrow.

She couldn't help but frown and said to Yarrow, "Yarrow, that's not what I meant by discipline. You can't use corporal punishment, no matter what."

"Ask her yourself what she did!" Yarrow said sharply.

Selena looked at Ji Xiaofei.

Ji Xiaofei sniffled and took out the pack of cigarettes from her pocket.

"I... I just took this out, and Yarrow hit me, Selena, you..."

Ji Xiaofei couldn't say the second half of her sentence because she saw Selena's expression instantly turn cold as well.