Xia Die was so intimidated by Qi Du that she didn’t dare say another word. Tears pooled in her eyes and kept trembling there, so she could only nod meekly.
After they left, 0617 still punched Qi Du twice. “Look at you, taking a swipe at the grown-ups is one thing, but why won’t you even let a little girl off?”
Qi Du looked aggrieved. “How can you blame me? It was their kid who was rude first…”
“Besides, kids these days know a lot. Can you say Xia Die doesn’t know anything?”
Doesn’t the original plot also start developing from children this age? Xu Yangxia had suffered more than ten years of neglect and betrayal.
As soon as 0617 heard that, he understood what he meant. They weren’t deliberately targeting one child; they were taking revenge for Little Treasure from his previous life.
The little male lead in this world could have had a far brighter life. These supporting characters had caused him pain, yet never received the punishment they deserved, and in the end they even got a happy ending. On what basis?
Because they had good family backgrounds? Because they had people backing them? Because everything had to be borne by Xu Yangxia?
Then Qi Du and 0617 simply refused to let them get their way.
They wanted those arrogant people who were stingy with their help toward Xu Yangxia to turn around and bow and scrape before the little male lead.
That was the meaning of their coming to help the little male lead. The very people who had inflicted the crimes, yet still reaped the benefits of a happy ending… when had there ever been such a good deal?
Little Treasure didn’t know what Daddy and Qiqi were angry about, or what schemes they were plotting for him in secret. He only knew that Qi Du had stood up for him again, and that was especially cool!
“Daddy! You’re amazing!”
“Xia Die’s parents didn’t even dare to speak!”
Qi Du laughed and rubbed his head. “Of course. Don’t you know who your dad is?”
“Do they keep finding trouble for you at school?”
Xu Yangxia thought about it. “Actually, it’s pretty good. Xia Die just keeps pestering me about brother, and that Gao Xinyuan likes competing with me, always trying to beat me at everything. I haven’t really paid him any mind…”
After all, the two of them hadn’t transferred here for long. Not much had happened in this past month. Xu Yangxia was being raised very well by Qi Du and the others; he was no longer insecure or sensitive and could handle things well on his own.
Besides, he still had Qi Lan, his brother, backing him up at school. None of the ostracism and bullying he suffered in the original plot appeared at all.
With the shackles of his environment gone, Xu Yangxia grew very well on his own. His excellence no longer needed to be hidden; he could shine on his own. Gao Xinyuan not only felt no superiority over him, he even looked something like a clown.
All of this confidence came from the family he had now. Xu Yangxia himself was also very promising. Even meeting annoying classmates today didn’t affect his good mood for the outing. After just a few days, the happiness index had gone up by several points.
The current value had already passed fifty.
That night, when Qi Du and 0617 were lying in the same bed and discussing serious matters, he felt quite emotional. “I originally thought Little Treasure’s favorability value would be hard to raise. I didn’t expect it to go up this fast after all that. In just a few years, it’s already over fifty…”
0617 patted his chest. “Don’t get too happy too soon. The farther we go, the harder it gets.”
“Once the happiness he takes from us reaches saturation, the two of us won’t be able to push much anymore.”
Qi Du, with his arm around 0617’s slender waist, didn’t feel much sense of crisis. “Then ally, what do you think? If one day he stops rising and we’re no longer useful, will the little male lead abandon us?”
0617 frowned. “How could that be? Our Little Treasure isn’t an ingrate. He has a very good character, and would definitely never do something so ungrateful.”
Qi Du smiled and looked at him, reaching out to pinch his cheek. “There you go… What are you worried about?”
“If it gets harder to push, there’s no need to be afraid. You have to have confidence in our Little Treasure. Under our care, he will definitely be happy enough.”
0617 was made a little sensitive by his random teasing hand, so he pinched Qi Du’s arm twice to make him behave, then raised his eyes and gave him a light glare.
“You… why do you always act like a hooligan?”
Qi Du chuckled and lowered his head to kiss his face. “How can touching my wife be called acting like a hooligan?”
“Wife Lord, hurry up and give me a kiss~”
0617 wanted to scold him a couple of times, but his nature was too soft and he indulged Qi Du too much, so he couldn’t bring himself to refuse.
As they joked around, he started laughing too. Qi Du really was very good at pampering people in front of him. Apart from being a bit of a bastard in bed, he truly loved him the rest of the time. That bright, unmistakable affection practically filled his chest. As soon as he saw him, every expression revealed joy.
With affection so direct and passionate, 0617 was no block of wood. How could he not feel it?
In fact, he had been stunned the very first time he saw Qi Du. The man had deep features, broad shoulders, and a narrow waist. At the time, he was wearing a black turtleneck sweater, with half a cigarette still burning in his hand.
He just stood there lazily and casually in the mission hall, waiting to take on a mission and waiting to be matched with the system.
Back then, 0617 had just had his human identity erased and was still a little lost. The main god gently assigned him to Qi Du. At the time, he was still a little disappointed. After all, if he had to watch a mission taker save the male lead, wouldn’t that mean watching them fall in love?
He hadn’t expected Qi Du to play by none of the usual rules, even daring to bargain in front of the main god. Relying on his exceptionally strong overall abilities, he forcibly changed the original seduction routine.
He had been pretty shocked then, but he never thought Qi Du would turn his attention to him.
Actually, the first time he came to the Small World in a human identity to meet him, 0617 had still been nursing a little ulterior motive. He subconsciously wanted to leave Qi Du a good impression, so he dressed very youthful and clean.
Back then, he himself hadn’t even realized that he was definitely trying to hook Qi Du. Thinking about it now, it was kind of funny.
Qi Du saw the curve of his lips and became curious. “What are you thinking about? So happy? Tell your husband.”
0617 looked at him. Qi Du’s handsome side profile fell into his line of sight, his sculpted bone structure and sharp, spirited brows and eyes looking handsome no matter how you saw them.
He curled his lips in a light smile. “I just suddenly remembered something. The first time we met, why didn’t I seduce you properly?”
“You’re so easy to hook. If you had lost your composure on the spot, I wonder what that would have looked like.”
Qi Du laughed. “You haven’t even seduced me yet?”
“You were practically going to have me hooked, grinning like a fool! First the innocent white shirt, then the wet-shirt temptation, then cinching your waist in front of me…”
“If that’s not seduction, then what else do you want to do, wife Lord? Why don’t you demonstrate now? I think I’m pretty eager to learn.”
The smile never left 0617’s lips. How could Qi Du be so good at seducing himself?
He pushed at Qi Du’s body, which was pressing down on him. “I just said it casually. Why do you have so much drama?”
“Anyway, after this trip, you’re going to get busy again, right?”