Volume 3: Star Tower Chapter 5: The Story of Radish and Jasmine
The instructor in charge had to solve the problem of Tang Zheng and the others. He also knew that he should not waste time on someone who was not going in.
However, seeing the charming look in Xiao Lingling's eyes, he looked at the time he still had, nodded, and whispered, "Okay. But I can only ask one question..."
"Well, I just have one question."
"Go ahead and ask. Maybe it will be helpful for your future trip to the Star Tower."
"Well... well." Little Bell bit her finger, a sly light flashed across her eyes, "How long will my sister stay in the Star Tower?"
Before the incident in Feishi City, Meng Fenghua had originally planned to entrust Xiao Lingdang to Yisuli Academy. However, due to Leng Xiangyuan's tomb, Yisuli Academy had been crowded with people recently, so she finally decided to apply to take Xiao Lingdang to the capital.
However, Xiao Lingdang cannot enter the Star-Seeing Tower, so she and Meng Fenghua will still be separated for a while.
The instructor in charge smiled gently. "No matter how long they stay in there, it will only be two hours from the outside. In other words, even if they spend a month in the Star-Seeking Tower, you only need to wait two hours ."
Tang Zheng smiled, and what he saw was a hint of disappointment in Xiao Lingling's eyes.
It’s like you finally heard that your parents won’t be at home tonight, but it turns out that they just went out to buy something and came back.
"Come on, Xiao Lingdang, let me tell you a story." Tang Zheng naturally saw what Xiao Lingdang was up to and pulled her aside.
"Master, are you going to tell me another story?" Little Bell sat aside, chin in hand, waiting for the story.
The instructor really didn't realize at all that Xiao Lingdang was just looking for an opportunity to sneak out and play. She was still wondering in her mind, why did Tang Zheng suddenly start telling stories?
Tang Xiaotang and the others didn't have any questions to ask, so they all gathered together to listen to Tang Zheng's story.
"A long time ago, there was a small hill. On one side and the other side of the hill lived two little girls, one named Luobo and the other named Jasmine." Tang Zheng's story began. "Luobo was lively and Jasmine was quiet, but they were very close, just like real sisters."
"Just like my sister and I?" asked Little Bell.
"No, they are the same age." Tang Zheng smiled and shook his head, and continued: "Let me continue... One day, Luobo wanted to go to Jasmine's house to play, so her mother packed some fresh fruits and snacks for her and asked her to take them to eat with Jasmine. She also told her to walk along the main road, not to take the side roads, and not to go into the woods. If she saw strangers, she should not talk to them. When she arrived at Jasmine's house, she should remember to say hello to her parents."
"Yeah." Xiao Lingling seemed to have understood the situation, but Tang Xiaotang and the others looked confused.
"Little Red Riding Hood...Oh, no, it was Little Radish. She carried fruits and snacks and set off. Her home and Jasmine's home were both on the mountain, so they could see each other. However, to get to Jasmine's home, she had to go down the mountain where she lived and then climb up the mountain where Jasmine lived. She walked and walked humming a little tune, and soon she got down the mountain and came to the market at the foot of the mountain."
"Oh, I hope she didn't encounter any danger in the market?" Little Bell became nervous.
"No, Luobo stayed at the market for a while and then went up the mountain. However, she ran into a white wolf just after she got up the mountain. She thought it was a puppy, so she said hello to it." Tang Zheng looked at Xiao Lingdang's increasingly focused gaze, smiled and continued, "The wolf talked to her: Little sister, you are so cute, what's your name?"
"Little carrot." Little Bell answered subconsciously.
"Where are you going so early?" Tang Zheng imitated the voice of the little wolf.
"I'm going to find my best friend, Xiao Moli." Xiao Lingling covered her mouth and answered with a smile. She seemed to really like playing like this with Tang Zheng. They talked back and forth like they were acting.
What she didn't notice was that Meng Fenghua 's expression slowly changed...
Just as she subconsciously answered "little radish", Meng Fenghua's fingers clenched.
"What are you holding in your hand? It smells so good." Tang Zheng continued.
"That's the dessert my mother made, and there's fresh fruit picked from the yard..."
Tang Zheng gave Little Bell a thumbs up and continued with a smile: "Little White Wolf walked with Little Radish for a while and then said goodbye to her. He said: Little Radish, there is a river not far from here. There are beautiful flowers blooming by the river. Bring a few to your friend Little Jasmine. She will be very happy. After that, Little White Wolf jumped away..."
Meng Fenghua seemed to know what was going to happen and asked, "And then?"
Tang Xiaotang looked at Tang Zheng, then at Meng Fenghua, and then at Xiao Lingdang who was listening to the story attentively, and seemed to understand something.
As for the team instructor and Jiang Wuyan, they had no idea what was going on.
Tang Zheng continued with a smile: "Then, Xiaohong... Luobo went to the riverside and saw clusters of wild flowers in full bloom. Those flowers were so beautiful. She picked and chose for a long time before finally picking out the three most beautiful jasmine flowers. She held them in her hands, humming a happy song, and walked towards Xiaomoli's home..."
It seemed as if little Bell was holding flowers, humming a song, and walking towards her good friend's house, with a happy smile on her face.
Meng Fenghua asked again: "Then?"
Tang Zheng's expression changed, and he stared at Xiao Lingling without blinking: "It took Luobo too long to pick the flowers, and what happened at Xiao Moli's house during this time?"
Little Bell felt a chill all over her body and asked in a daze, "What happened?"
"The little white wolf came to Jasmine's door and knocked on the door... Jasmine's mother asked, who is it? He pinched his throat and said, I am Xiaoluo, I brought snacks made by my mother and fresh fruits picked from the yard, and I came to play with Jasmine." Tang Zheng looked at Xiao Lingdang's eyes and continued, "Jasmine's mother opened the door, and with a sound of "ah woo", the little white wolf was thrown to the ground by her..."
"How...how could this happen?" Xiao Lingling's face was a little stiff.
"After the little white wolf tricked the door open, it killed Jasmine's parents, and then swallowed up little Jasmine in one gulp, eating her whole... Just as the little white wolf was having a full meal, there was a knock on the door. It was Little Radish who came to Jasmine's house..."
"The little carrot was also... eaten?" Little Bell's face became paler and paler...
"What do you think?" Tang Zheng looked at her with a smile.
"She was eaten by a wolf, and she also killed her friend Jasmine?"
"Yes." Tang Zheng spread his hands and said, "So..."
Tang Zheng wanted to guide Xiao Lingling, to let her know that the outside world is very dangerous, there are many deceitful uncles, and if she is not careful, she will run into the big bad wolf, the little white wolf, etc. She must stay with the instructor for two hours and not try to sneak out to play alone...
However, Xiao Lingdang waved her fist and said, "I know! Master, you are telling me that we must work hard to cultivate our star power and make ourselves stronger! If we encounter a low-level wolf demon, we may be eaten... That's too weak!"
Tang Zheng and Meng Fenghua's faces turned dark at the same time.
"And...what else?" Tang Zheng really wanted to induce her to understand something that he and her sister both wanted her to understand.
"What else?" Little Bell thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up, "What else, I want to be like my older brother and sister, and one day be able to climb the Star-Seeking Tower..."
Tang Zheng's face was as black as ink: "How did you come to this illogical conclusion?"
…
The three carriages quickly set out from the restaurant. As a result, all the adults understood the story of Radish and Jasmine, except the one who should have understood it, who didn't understand it at all.
Meng Fenghua sighed and said thank you to Tang Zheng when leaving the restaurant.
The instructor in charge was a little slow to react. He said to Tang Zheng when he got on the bus, "It's a good story. Fortunately... Yisu Academy doesn't accept such a young child."
If Tang Zheng hadn't interrupted him with this story, he probably wouldn't have been able to figure it out for a while, and might have really been fooled by a little girl of eight or nine years old.
Dadada, dadada…
The carriage drove out of the small town where they settled and continued to head towards the capital of the Changyuan Leng family.
Tang Xiaotang leaned against the carriage to rest, but couldn't help asking, "Master, I've been wanting to ask you for a long time, where did you get these messed up stories? "
"You also think these are messed up stories?" Tang Zheng shrugged and said with a smile, "These are what I heard the most when I was a kid. I can even simulate the mechanical sound of a machine telling stories for you. At that time, it seemed that everything could be replaced by a machine..."
It is a great regret in life not to have a mother’s gentle voice telling fairy tales.
Therefore, fairy tales are definitely a very cold memory for Tang Zheng.
"You don't know those two girls, do you? Carrot? Jasmine?" Tang Xiaotang asked.
"Oh... I don't know them, but I know their combination - Loli." Tang Zheng replied with a smile, holding up two fingers, "Radish, you can pull it out if you want, Jasmine, you can insert it if you want, so Loli is a high-risk species and needs to be strictly protected."
"Eh? Loli?" Tang Xiaotang didn't quite understand. "Like a little bell?"
"Ha, hahahahahaha!" Tang Zheng looked at her confused face and laughed out loud.
The two people chatted in a random manner, and bursts of laughter were scattered amid the crisp sound of horse hooves.
In the late autumn afternoon, the atmosphere is much more relaxed than in the morning.
Tang Xiaotang, who was originally very nervous, was already looking forward to what was waiting for them in the aristocratic capital city they were about to visit...
