Rebirth After Divorce

“Xiaoxiao, from this semester onwards, we can go to school together!” As soon as the class ended, Ye Lan quickly came over to Luo Xiao and said in a good mood.

 

While Fan Lie, who was his deskmate, quickly frowned and glared at him with an unhappy face, “Who do you think you are? Don’t act like you’re familiar with Xiao Yuzi.”

 

“Xiao Yuzi?” Ye Lan turned to look at Luo Xiao with doubts, “Xiaoxiao, is that your nickname? Are you very fond of fish?”

 

Upon hearing this, Luo Xiao felt speechless, “No, it’s because I was surnamed Yu before, but now I’ve changed my surname. It simply has no connection to whether I like eating fish or not.” Honestly speaking, Luo Xiao actually dislikes eating fish for one simple reason; he hated the fact that there were so many bones on the body of fish, and the feeling of being stuck by the fishbone couldn’t be more uncomfortable.

 

“So it’s like this.” Ye Lan also somewhat heard the news outside, so he directly shifted the topic by speaking again, “Xiaoxiao, let’s go eat lunch together.”

 

“No way!” Fan Lie quickly disagreed in a loud voice, “Even before, it was us who were always with Xiao Yuzi when eating. Why should he eat with you?”

 

“Why not? I’m asking Xiaoxiao, not you little runt1Short person.” Ye Lan disdainfully looked at Fan Lie up and down. How come this person is always getting on his nerves? Come to think of it, this was the first time he felt annoyed at someone just after meeting him.

 

This should be the keen sixth sense of a top-notch young male student, because in the not-too-distant future, this classmate Fan Lie added a lot of ‘challenges’ to Ye Lan’s journey in chasing his wife.

 

“Who are you calling a short person?” Fan Lie especially disliked it when someone says things about his height. After the New Year he realized that the people around him had gained height and it was only him who’s height remained the same, so it was natural that he wasn’t too happy about it. “Xiao Yuzi, Don’t pay attention to him. You just play with us.”

 

As a matter of fact, Fan Lie would rather say just play with him alone.

 

But since a new person who could make him even more annoyed has now appeared, he would reluctantly allow that Hao Ren guy to join his camp.

 

“Says who comes out to chatter.” Ye Lan said with a shrug and spread his hands.

 

“You! Hmph!” Fan Lie was so angry that his face went red, but there was nothing he could do. Facing Ye Lan, who was taller than him by a head and had greater strength than him, he could only sulk by himself.

 

Even though Luo Xiao found it especially fun to anger Fan Lie, that was only limited to himself. If someone else bullied Fan Lie, then he wouldn’t stand by and watch, “Young Master Ye, I think our statuses don’t match each other. Your status is too high, so it’s good for us short people to play together.”

 

Ye Lan listened to Luo Xiao’s clear sarcastic remarks and awkwardly rubbed his nose. Well, it looks like he said the wrong thing but this little runt is really annoying to the extreme!

 

Looking at Fan Lie whose face showed a smug expression, Ye Lan faintly sneered. But for the sake of Luo Xiao, he still opened his mouth, “I’m sorry, Classmate Fan, I shouldn’t have said those words to you just now. Please accept my apology.” It really doesn’t feel right! He’s actually apologizing to a little runt!

 

“Since you said your apology in a sincere way, I’ll be generous and accept your apology.” Fan Lie said as he lifted his head with a peacock look.

 

Luo Xiao on the side looked at Fan Lie’s cheap expression and couldn’t help but turn his head away. He was scared that if he looked any further he wouldn’t be able to control himself and give him a slap on his face. Really, it’s like giving him one color and he opened a dyeing shop2“Give some color and open a dyeing workshop” means somebody just achieve a very little compliment or good words, then he or she becomes arrogant. This proverb is often used when parents or teachers admonish children..

 

“Then thanks a lot for your generosity ah.” Ye Lan hooked the corner of his mouth with a deadpan expression and said.

 

Soon, a morning passed. When it came to lunch time, Ye Lan indeed walked over with his lunch box and squarely occupied the spot in front of Luo Xiao.

 

“Xiaoxiao, look, I brought a very sumptuous lunch today.” Ye Lan opened the lunch box in a good mood, “See if you like anything in it and feel free to eat it.”

 

Luo Xiao fixed his eyes on the lunch box that was pushed in front of him, and he had to admit that the food inside was quite sumptuous. What with braised pork, braised eggplant, steamed egg with meat, pickled radish and so on, but the problem was that there were a lot of green onions sprinkled in them, so what was the point?

 

Luo Xiao still shook his head and turned down his offer, “You’d better eat by yourself, I’ll just eat my own.”

 

“Hey? Why?” Ye Lan was quite disappointed when he heard this. It was clear that he had specifically asked Grandma Luo, and these are dishes that Xiaoxiao loves to eat.

 

On the other side, Fan Lie swept a glance in their direction. En, these dishes are indeed Xiao Yuzi’s favorites, just a pity…

 

Seeing the smug look in Fan Lie’s eyes, Ye Lan didn’t understand, so: “?”

 

Hao Ren, the kind-hearted old man on the side, opened his mouth to explain, “There is nothing wrong with these dishes being Xiaoxaio’s favorites, but every dish you have here has something put in it that Xiaoxiao doesn’t like.”

 

“Something he doesn’t like?” Ye Lan sniffed and turned his eyes on the lunch box, “Is it green onions?”

 

When he saw Hao Ren nodding his head, Ye Lan knew that he had guessed it right. Who would expect that his favorite green onion would turn out to be what Xiaoxiao dislikes the most? Well, starting from this day, he’s going to dislike the green onion too. The disliked Mr. Green Onion said that being innocently blamed and whatever was the most annoying!

 

Ye Lan proceeded to point his finger at the pickled radish that didn’t have green onions in it, “There are no green onions in this, do you want to taste it?”

 

Fan Lie quietly added a knife, “But, the pickled radish there has pickled peppers that Xiao Yuzi dislikes.”

 

Thus, the innocently blamed Mr. Pickled Radish was added to the list together with Mr. Green Onion.

 

After Ye Lan heard this, he silently took the lunch box back. He made up his mind that after coming home, he would have Aunt Li isolate all the green onion and pickled radish outside the kitchen and absolutely forbid their appearance.

 

After eating lunch, some people chatted for a while before starting the afternoon class. Elementary school students’ class time was very short, and in the blink of an eye, dismissal time came.

 

Relying on his thick-skinned skills, Ye Lan managed to walk beside Luo Xiao to go home together. Only, because of the difference in location of their houses, he had to split up with Luo Xiao in advance. After waving goodbye reluctantly, Ye Lan walked home alone. He thought inwardly, he had to go back and talk to Grandpa Huo, and let Xiaoxiao come over to study calligraphy tomorrow. That way, they can go home together after school. Of course, if they could study until late, it would even be better since Xiaoxiao could stay at the house and sleep together with him!

 

Back to Luo Xiao’s side, he is facing Fan Lie’s stern questioning.

 

“Xiao Yuzi, give me an honest explanation. What’s up with that nuisance ah?” Fan Lie talked about Ye Lan and his chest surged with seething fire, and the more he thought of that guy, the more unhappy he was.

 

Hao Ren also stared at him with a concerned expression, “Xiaoxiao, that person…”

 

“He is the one I met by accident.” Luo Xiao recounted to two of them what happened in a few words. But he didn’t say anything about Ye Lan’s family, since that was someone’s personal matter.

 

“What, Xiao Yuzi, you’re too kind-hearted.” Fan Lie sneered after hearing what his brief story, “If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t have saved him, hmph!”

 

“Fan Lie.” Luo Xiao couldn’t help but shake his head as he watched his childish actions.

 

While Hao Ren on the side was worried, “Xiaoxiao, so if you helped him like this, will those people know about it and come looking for trouble to you later?”

 

“Yeah Xiao Yuzi, will you be in trouble?” When Fan Lie heard this, he quickly looked at Luo Xiao with a nervous expression.

 

Luo Xiao, on the other hand, shook his head at them comfortingly, “You don’t have to worry, there won’t be any problems.”

 

Although he had no idea about the details, just from the few words he heard when he listened to Ye Lan on the phone last time, he could tell that the other party must be a member of the kind of family that has power and influence. And it was also because of this that Ye Lan was kidnapped this time, and now it must have been properly handled by them long ago.

 

Besides, even if he is really not ready for everything, his master is not the one to take a loss. Possessing that otherworldly divination and other magic arts, dealing with those ordinary kidnappers is definitely more than enough.

 

“You must look after your safety.” Hao Ren was still feeling a little uneasy, and he made up his mind inside that he must pay more attention to Luo Xiao’s safety. How can he not take care of his little brother as an older brother?

 

“Well, that is to say, this is good,” Fan Lie shook his hand and lightly slapped his chest, “In the future, I will be your personal bodyguard and will definitely protect you from any harm.”

 

Luo Xiao remained silent after hearing his words, and he just swept a glance at him from the top of his head to the bottom of his body. Seeing this, Fan Lie directly exploded, “Good, Xiao Yuzi, I didn’t expect you to be the same as that nuisance. See how I deal with you!”

 

After letting out those words, he directly pounced on Luo Xiao’s body. His hands nimbly started to tickle the itchy flesh on both sides of Luo Xiao’s waist, “Speak, do you admit that you’re wrong?”

 

“I, I admit, I admit I was wrong. Haha, stop, stop it.” Begging words spilled out from Luo Xiao’s mouth as he continued to dodge his evil hands, “Good Master Lie, please take your hands back, hahaha, I admit I was wrong!”

 

“Are you telling the truth?” Fan Lie ceased the movements of his hands and lifted an eyebrow.

 

Luo Xiao hurriedly nodded his head. Being tickled was the thing that he was most afraid of. This Master Lie wasn’t even trying to pretend good at all! It’s decided then, he’ll ask his mother to put some cilantro inside the rice for his lunch, then by tomorrow he’ll ‘send’ it to Master Lie to eat. Just don’t be thankful to him when that happens!

 

The three of them went back to their respective homes happily. Luo Xiao opened the door with a slight push and saw that no one was inside the house yet, and he knew that his mother and godmother were still working on something at the shop. So, he removed his schoolbag and did his homework first, and then he went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

 

By the time the dinner was almost ready, Luo Qian and Xu Yan both entered the door with a face full of excitement, chatting and laughing as they did.

 

“Mom, godmother, you’re back.” Luo Xiao said a few greeting words.

 

“Xiaoxiao, you know what? Your godmother and I made a lot of money today!” Luo Qian held a box made out of tin and proudly shook it a few times at Luo Xiao. Listening to the rattling sound coming from inside the box, the smile on her face turned even more bright.

 

“Really? Then we have to congratulate mom and godmother.” Luo Xiao was overjoyed and spoke to them as he walked over after cooking the rice.

 

“Well, it’s all because of that thing of yours.” Xu Yan reached out her hand and rubbed Luo Xiao’s hair. In her heart, there was a bright anticipation for the future.

 

Before opening their Xiaoji food shop, she and Luo Qian were all sorts of apprehensive. But after working hard for one week, the confidence in their hearts grew. Who says that women can only rely on men to live? You see, the two of them will soon live a good life, right?

 

Because the food they cook tastes delicious and the price is very affordable, a lot of people are visiting the shop again and again to buy. Business is getting better every day.

 

“Mom, godmother, the rice is already cooked. You can eat after washing your hands.” Luo Xiao took out the rice from the kitchen and placed it on the dining table, then he spoke to the two of them.

 

Luo Qian and Xu Yan smiled and exchanged glances. After working hard for a day, coming home to eat a ready-made hot meal couldn’t be any better.

 

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1Short person2“Give some color and open a dyeing workshop” means somebody just achieve a very little compliment or good words, then he or she becomes arrogant. This proverb is often used when parents or teachers admonish children.