Chapter 4 Childhood Friends

  The full moon hangs in the sky, emitting a silver-white glow, like a river of tide, spreading across the entire space.

  Under the moonlight, a child was running. He looked about eight years old, but his speed was very fast. In just a blink of an eye, he had already run far away.

  "It's so late, I don't know if Little Yan has gone to sleep yet. But I promised her that I would come tonight to accompany her in watching the moon."

  This child was Yang Yuxi, who had escaped from the woodshed. He had long since thrown off the unpleasantness of a moment before and now ran in the moonlight like a happy little wild animal.

  "We're here."

  He stopped in front of a house, which was an ordinary residential building. The whole house was dark and seemed to be asleep.

  The bright moonlight illuminated the evening city as if it were daytime. Yang Yuxi tiptoed to a narrow alley on the side of the house and saw that one of the windows was open a crack. The gentle evening breeze blew past, and faintly, she could hear the sound of steady breathing.

  "Cuckoo, cuckoo..."

  Yang Yu Xi leaned against the wall, pinched his nose and made a cuckoo sound, which was a secret signal agreed with Xiao Yan Er.

  However, Yang Yu Xi waited for a long time but still didn't hear any response. Her little face was instantly filled with disappointment.

  "What's wrong... already asleep."

  He hung his head, about to leave, but just then he heard some rustling sounds. If one listened carefully, it was clear that someone was stealthily climbing onto the table.

  Yang Yu Xi immediately stopped and asked in a low voice: "Is it Xiao Yan Er?"

  The movement inside stopped, and after a while, a very low sweet female voice came out: "Yu Xi Gege, it's me."

  "Ah, it's Xiao Yan'er!" Yang Yu Xi suddenly felt a lot more energetic, but still said in a low voice, "Hurry up and come out."

  There was no echo in the room, and the sound of climbing on the table came out again. Yang Yu Xi waited patiently and muttered to herself: Hmm... should have climbed onto the table already... moved the water bottle away... hmm, coming out soon.

  "Ouch!"

  The wooden window creaked open slowly, and a pair of big, watery eyes shone brightly in the moonlight, pure and flawless.

  "Brother Yu Xi." The little girl looked down at her feet and called out in a timid voice.

  Yang Yu Xi stood in the middle of the alley, opened his arms and said in a very masculine tone: "Don't be afraid, jump down, I'll catch you."

  Xiao Yan'er hesitated for a moment, she turned her head and looked at her parents who were sleeping soundly, afraid that she had just woken them up.

  "Come on, don't you believe in me, Brother Yu Xi?" Yang Yu Xi lightly clapped her hands, intentionally pretending to be a bit angry.

  "No, it's not like that." Xiaoyan saw Yang Yuxi get angry and immediately spoke up to explain herself. Then she looked down at the ground and saw that the window was more than a meter off the ground, and she still felt a little scared.

  Yang Yu Xi didn't rush either and continued: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely catch you."

  "Ah, okay!" Xiang'er seemed to have finally made up her mind, biting her lip lightly with her teeth, closing her eyes, and jumping down.

  "Slap"

  Yang Yu Xi saw Xiao Yan Er jump down and immediately went up to her, steadily embracing her in his arms.

  The evening wind blows gently, the window sways lightly, and the curtains on the window are covering someone's worries.

  "See, I told you I'd catch you." Yang Yu Xi gently patted Xiao Yan's shoulder and whispered softly in her ear.

  "Uh-huh." Xiao Yan'er felt a bit embarrassed, her pretty face flushing red in the moonlight.

  Yang Yu Xi let go of Xiao Yan Er, his right hand holding her left hand, pulling her forward: "Let's go, we're going to watch the moon."

  "Good."

  The moonlight is like a wash, a small person holding a small hand, the moonlight pulls their shadows very long.

  Two people came to a grassland, Yang Yu Xi let go of Xiao Yan Er's hand and fell directly onto the grass, stretching out her limbs, her eyes tightly staring at the moon in the sky.

  After a while, he picked up a dogtail grass and put it in his mouth.

  Xiao Yan'er sat quietly beside him, her hands clasped around her knees, and also lifted up her delicate face to gaze at the moon.

  Yang Yu Xi turned his head to look at her, Xiao Yan Er's real name was Lan Yu Yan, but she was the most beautiful little girl in Xiangyang City, a born beauty, one year younger than Yang Yu Xi. The city's second tiger son and third dog son followed her around every day, but Xiao Yan Er was especially good to Yang Yu Xi.

  "Xiao Yan'er..." Yang Yu Xi spoke in a low voice.

  Lan Yu Hui turned her head back, directly meeting Yang Yu Xi's straight gaze, her face reddening as she lowered her head and said: "What is it, Brother Yu Xi?"

  Yang Yu Xi turned his head again to look at the moon, his eyes somewhat dazed: "I want to become stronger."

  Lan Yu Yan glanced sideways and said: "Brother Yu Xi is already very powerful, even Er Hu Zi can't beat you."

  Yang Yu Xi shook his head, with both hands propping up his head: "This is still not enough, I want to become as powerful as my big brother, no, I want to be even more powerful than my big brother."

  "Ah?" Lan Yu Yan looked at Yang Yu Xi in surprise, the entire city of Xi Cheng knew that the city lord had two sons and everyone thought that the older brother, Yang Yu Wu, was the most formidable person in Xi Cheng.

  Lan Yu Yan supported her white chin and said, "Why do you want to become so fierce?"

  Yang Yu Xi gritted her teeth and then relaxed, saying: "I want to go find my mother. To find Mother, I must go outside, so I need to be very strong."

  "Oh." Lan Yu Yan also knew that her mother was an important person, but she suddenly lifted her head and said, "Yu Xi Gege, are you going outside?"

  "Yes, both elder brothers said that the outside world is very colorful!"

  Lan Yu Yan gazed at Yang Yu Xi tightly, her small fist clenched, but her eyes were red: "You're going outside... are you going to abandon Xiao Yan Er?"

  "Uh..." Yang Yu Xi sat up, looking at the girl in front of him with slightly red eyes, a feeling he couldn't quite describe rose from his heart. He crawled to Lan Yu Yan's side, grabbed her hand, "I won't leave you behind, I'll take you with me, okay?"

  Lan Yu Yan held back her tears, looking at Yang Yu Xi with some incredulity. After a long while, she sniffled and nodded: "Alright, you must remember to take me with you."

  Yang Yu Xi wiped away the moisture from Lan Yu Yan's eyes, stretched out her little thumb and revealed a very bright smile: "It's settled, we'll make a pact to be together for a hundred years without changing!"

  "Hmm, hanging on a hook for a hundred years without changing!" Blue Moon burst into tears and laughter, also stretching out her pink chubby little hand.

  The moonlight has witnessed many vows, and now it adds another one.

  "Ah, Xiao Yan'er!" Yang Yu Xi leaned in front of Lan Yu Yan with a slightly mischievous smile.

  "Huh, what's wrong?" Lan Yu Yan looked at Yang Yu Xi's smile and her face turned red for no reason.

  "I set fire to a grain warehouse at Wang Wu's uncle's house today..."

  Lan Yu Yan heard this and covered her small mouth in surprise, with a look of astonishment and even more admiration in her eyes: "Yu Xi Gege, you're so amazing!"

  Yang Yu Xi rubbed his nose with satisfaction and chuckled: "That's right, I, Yang Yu Xi, am destined to do great things!"

  "Yes, Brother Yu Xi will definitely be very powerful in the future!" Lan Yu Yan happily echoed.

  Yang Yu Xi walked up to Lan Yu Yan, who looked at his sly smile and hastily stood up. Under the moonlight, she was half a head shorter than Yang Yu Xi.

  "Xiao Yan'er, do you remember what you promised me?"

  "Ah……” Lan Yu Yan suddenly remembered something, her face turned red as if blood was about to drip out, she quickly covered her face with both hands and turned around in embarrassment. She could feel her heart beating rapidly, as if it was going to jump out of her throat.

  "Do you remember?" Yang Yu Xi continued to ask in a lazy tone.

  Lan Yu Yanqiang endured the rapid heartbeat, and replied somewhat dryly: "I... I promised what?" Anyone could hear the shyness in her tone.

  Yang Yu Xi's body flashed in front of Lan Yu Yan, his face close to hers, and he said with a sly smile: "So... are you going to back out?"

  "I..."

  Yang Yu Xi intentionally put on a disappointed look, turned around and unhappily said: "What's the matter? I'm the one who hates going back on my word the most." Then she pretended to leave.

  It turned out to be useful, Lan Yu Yan quickly let go of her hands covering her face, grabbed Yang Yu Xi's clothes and whispered: "No, Brother Yu Xi, don't leave, I...I won't regret it."

  Yang Yu Xi's heart skipped a beat as he turned around and grabbed Lan Yu Yan's hand, asking: "Then, what did you promise me?"

  Lan Yu's cheeks had two red clouds that never faded, setting off her increasingly charming appearance. Indeed, she was born with a flirtatious bone structure, and even before reaching puberty, she could already attract many people.

  "I, I promised that if Brother Yu Xi achieves something big, I, I will... kiss you." The last voice was as thin as a mosquito's hum, barely audible.

  However, Yang Yu Xi leaned in close and heard the small voice. He revealed a complacent expression and sneered: "Does burning down Uncle Wang's granary count as a big deal?" He spat out the dog tail grass from his mouth and casually plucked another strand of grass to play with in his hand.

  "It's calculated..."

  "Then shouldn't you make good on your promise?"

  "Me..." Lan Yu's eyes darted back and forth on the ground, if there was a hole she would definitely dive in immediately.

  The sky doesn't know when a cloud floated over and covered up the moon's shy eyes.

  Yang Yu Xi thick-skinnedly leaned her face in, saying: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm all ready to die." After finishing speaking, she even closed her eyes very comfortably.

  "Hmm..." Lan Yu Yan softly responded.

  She gazed at the boy's handsome face right in front of her, and felt as if there was a restless little deer in her heart, jumping faster and faster. She stroked her chest with her small hand, then took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and her pink lips trembled forward, her pink small hands tightly grasping the hem of his clothes, her whole body trembling slightly.

  The evening breeze stirs the grass, and the grass sways gently. Thin lips kiss, and love never grows old.

  "Yu Xi gege, this is actually my first kiss with a boy..." In Lan Yu Yan's heart, she was naively imagining everything about the future.

  "Poof"

  A small mark was finally left on Yang Yuxi's face.

  Feeling the warmth on his cheek, Yang Yu Xi only felt a surge of happiness in his heart. He reached out to caress Lan Yu Yan, opened his eyes gently and said: "Little Yan is really beautiful."

  "Brother Yu Xi is teasing me..." Lan Yu Yan's face was flushed red, and she stood awkwardly in Yang Yu Xi's arms.

  "Hehe......"

  Lan Yu's delicate face suddenly lifted, and she asked: "That's not right, is it, Brother Yu Xi? You burned down Uncle Wang's granary, how could Master City not punish you?"

  Yang Yu Xi let go of Lan Yu Yan, "pa" sound, pouting: "Who said there's no punishment? Lock her up for a month."

  "What? So long... Then why are you still out today?"

  Yang Yu Xi let out a dry laugh: "Who am I? I'm your brother Yang Yu Xi, how can this small confinement possibly hold me down?" As he spoke, he put his hands on his hips and had an arrogant expression.

  "Wow, Brother Yu Xi is so amazing!"

  "Haha, that's it!" Yang Yu Xi burst out laughing, but immediately fell down, saying "However, I can only sneak out at night, and during the day I won't be able to come out, need to cultivate well."

  "Oh, I see..." Lan Yu nodded thoughtfully.

  "Never mind, let's not mention this unpleasant thing. Let's just look at the moon together, Xiao Yan'er, see how round and bright it is today!" Yang Yu Xi put a smile back on her face, lifted her head to gaze at the moon, and in her small eyes, two wheels of clear and bright moonlight were reflected.

  "That's right!"