The three boys took a step back slightly. In the past, when they bullied the little boy, Meng Jiali would stand up for him. Although she was a girl, she was tall and slender. She grew faster than the boys and was the tallest. Although she couldn't really take advantage of them in a fight, she still had a strong attitude when she stood up. In addition, she was always among the best in her homework.
In the eyes of the teacher, he is a good student with both good character and academic performance. After every conflict, they are always the unlucky ones. Therefore, although they hate Meng Jiali with itch, they are still afraid of her. However, they are not on campus now, so the teacher can't control them.
"You, your mother is the one who is dead." The big man in the lead blushed and fought back not to be outdone.
"Yes, an orphan without a mother."
"A motherless orphan."
The two followers immediately agreed.
"Shut up, she's not an orphan, she has a father!" The little boy saw Meng Jiali's face turn pale suddenly, and an unprecedented anger rose in his chest.
"Hey, we have all forgotten, you are a motherless orphan like her, no wonder you like her, hahahaha." The leader, Fat Tiger, pointed at the little boy and laughed, and the two followers also laughed.
The little boy's face turned blue and white, and his whole body was trembling with excitement.
"Orphans love orphans, orphans love orphans -" the three boys began to shout repeatedly in a rhythmic manner, with a strong sense of mockery.
The little boy's slender eyes were blazing with anger, his jaw tightened, and he stepped forward, but before he even landed on the ground, the girl's angry curses came from behind him.
"Deserves a beating!"
As soon as the little boy's eyes flashed, Meng Jiali had already rushed out past him and bumped into the leading boy.
"Hit someone, everyone, come on!" Not to be outdone, several boys gathered together to meet him.
When the little boy saw Meng Jiali being surrounded by three boys, his eyes suddenly turned red. He yelled and rushed forward to help.
Several primary school students huddled together inside the cave in an instant, but it began to rain at some point outside the cave. It was pouring, and the fine raindrops gradually turned into water drops that were rushing to fall, making a loud splash.
"Damn fat man, you dare to hit me?"
"It hurts me to death, man, I'll fight you."
"Hit her."
"Hit him."
"Stop it, come at me if you want!" the little boy mustered up the courage to yell.
"Shut up and stay out of the way!" Meng Jiali scolded ungratefully.
"Ouch——"
The shouts of several children floated into the rain along with a burst of punches and kicks. Although the weather was cold, the cave was full of fire.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?! Stop it!" A burst of scolding suddenly sounded at the entrance of the cave.
Several children suddenly stopped moving and looked blankly at the man standing at the entrance of the cave holding an umbrella.
"It's the teacher from the next class!" The little follower was startled and shouted in a low voice.
"Flash." The leading boy turned his head and rushed into the rain regardless of the situation.
"Wait for us." The two followers also fled.
"Hey, stop—" As if he didn't expect them to run away in the rain like this, the teacher looked at the three figures in astonishment and shouted.
The fat little boy stood there in a daze. Before he could react, his wrist was pulled out.
"What are you doing standing here? Why don't you run?" Meng Jiali glared at him angrily, and then while the teacher's attention was still on the three boys who had dodged first, she quickly pulled him out of the teacher's side and ran away without looking back.
"Hey! You two, come back quickly!" The teacher noticed that even the remaining two children who were fighting in a group had slipped away. He tried to catch up, but accidentally tripped and fell on the mud. His glasses fell aside and he angrily cursed at the blurry figure running further and further away: "The teacher knows who you are. Report to the teacher at school tomorrow!"
"Hey, the teacher fell down..." The little boy looked back at the man who fell in the mud and reported anxiously.
Meng Jiali released her grip on his wrist, and without stopping, a hoarse voice floated from the wind and rain, "If you want to go back, go back on your own."
The little boy paused and decided to follow Meng Jiali. He was really worried about her.
"Why do you keep following me?"Meng Jiali ran to the big tree far away from the air raid shelter before she stopped, gasping for air.
"I, I promised Mother Meng that I would help her take care of you and protect you."
Thinking of her mother who died of illness, Meng Jiali's eyes turned red again, she raised her hands and pretended to wipe away the water drops on her face, and said with a bit of anger: "Just don't hold me back."
"I know you were the one who stood up for me in the past, but you won't do it anymore. I will never let anyone bully you in the future."The little boy quickly raised his hand to assure himself.
Meng Jiali glanced at him, her thick long eyelashes lowered, covering up the emotion in her eyes.
The two of them were actually childhood sweethearts. Although the little boy was two years older than her, he not only lost his mother in a car accident when he was young, but was also seriously injured and was hospitalized for a long time. Therefore, he postponed his schooling and was only one grade higher than her. His newly born sister was forced to be raised by his grandmother because his father could not take care of her properly alone, and they were separated from each other.
The fathers of both parties were exchange brothers. They had a close personal relationship since they were young. It could be said that the relationship was closer than that of real brothers. Therefore, the two of them had many opportunities to interact with each other since they were young. In addition, his mother passed away very early. Therefore, in the past few years, when Meng's mother was in good health, the little boy would often stay at her house after class, waiting for his father to finish his work before picking him up.
Although her father had asked her to spend more time with him, she had always been dissatisfied with how he tolerated not fighting back when he was bullied. Even though she often couldn't help but stand up for him, she didn't pay much attention to him.
Unexpectedly, he would do something for her today, which surprised her a little, and also changed her view of him a little bit...
"Don't you believe it?I mean it, I swear I will never let anyone bully you again!" Seeing that she was still silent, the little boy raised his hands anxiously and swore again. In addition to the rain, the little boy's cheeks were actually covered with sweat.
Meng Jiali glanced at his serious, round face, and suddenly stepped out of the tree again.
"Jia Li?"The little boy lowered his hands a little disappointed.
"Hurry up and leave, I forgot your coat in the air raid shelter."Meng Jiali paused and shouted back, her voice softened by embarrassment.
Does this mean she won't chase him away anymore?The little boy's round face broke out into a silly smile.
"You idiot Gunn." Meng Jiali was infected by his smile and couldn't help but curl her lips, turned around and ran away again.
"As long as you are happy, it doesn't matter what you call me."Geng Boen responded loudly without feeling dissatisfied, and chased her figure into the rain.
"Silly Geng Bo'en..." Meng Jiali stood by the window, looking at the night, whispering the words in her memories.
She still remembered the warmth that came from his coat in the air-raid shelter, and his oath under the big tree that he would never let others bully her in the future.
Later, the rain made Geng Burn seriously ill, and she was scolded by her father. It was Geng Burn who had a high fever and came to plead for her, and that time was also the first time she cried indulgently in front of her father.
From then on, he really fulfilled his promise and seriously studied Taekwondo, Aikido, and various martial arts that could increase his abilities. He was no longer the weakling who allowed others to bully him and needed her to jump out to defend him, but became the big tree that always stood in front of her and protected her.She gradually became dependent on him and liked his company. The strength between them changed unconsciously. The only thing that remained unchanged was his warm, always smiling and doting eyes.
The blessed face in Meng Jiali's mind slowly overlapped with the cold and hard lines of another face like an axe. The gentle eyes in her memory were also covered by a gloomy and sharp cold light.
Is it really him?He had changed so much that in her memory, there was no trace of the good Mr. Maitreya Buddha that he once existed.
He is now extremely handsome, and the muscles under his clothes are visibly flexing. His whole person is calm and majestic, like a cheetah. Even without any movement, he is still full of dangerous oppression.
Is he really Gunn?
Geng Boen... this name has always been deeply imprinted in her memory. Although she has not heard anyone mention it for a long time, it is the most profound memory of her childhood.