The beetle carried its thick shell on its back and slowly crawled across the ground.
In fact, the tortoise could run very fast, but it was too lazy to move, so it appeared to be slow. Perhaps this was the secret to its long life.
The outside world had nothing to do with it. It only carried its house on its back and patrolled the area, as if it could not hear any other sounds. Then, it was picked up by Xu Qing with one hand. Its limbs moved a few times in the air, and when it found that it was already off the ground, it did not waste its strength.
"Dad …"
"Don't talk to me."
Xu Qing would rather play with the tortoise than talk to the black-hearted little cotton-padded jacket.
Speaking of which, it was also a skill to be able to translate so boldly and confidently even when he did not understand.
"Why is my mom so powerful?"
Xu Jin did not care about Xu Qing's alienation and moved closer. Xu Qing dodged to the side, and then she moved closer again.
Xu Qing used his hand to stop her head from moving closer. "Your mom is an ancient heroine. She came to me to repay a debt of gratitude."
"Really?"
Xu Jin opened her small mouth in surprise.
"How could it be fake? I never heard her say that she beat Li Bai to tears … But that was just her boasting. In fact, she was beaten to tears by Li Bai. "
"How did she repay a debt of gratitude? She threw a hairpin on the ground, and you picked it up? "
"Much more powerful than that," Xu Qing said in a low voice.
"As soon as she came, she smashed my TV. Then, she pretended to work to pay off her debt, so she stayed at my place. Then, she had evil intentions every day … Cough!" Seeing Jiang He lying on the yoga mat and looking over, Xu Qing changed the topic. "Anyway, the two of us know each other."
"Then how can you be sure that she is an ancient … um … heroine?" Xu Jin glanced at Jiang He and secretly asked.
"She is very good at kung fu."
"That's it?"
"What else?"
"Wow ~"
Xu Jin was very cooperative and exclaimed, then walked away.
Her father sometimes did not seem very smart.
At the same time, he took a book from the bookshelf and went back to his room to read. Because her grades had always been stable, Xu Qing and Huo Jinyao rarely paid attention to the novels on the bookshelves. Xu Shi 'an, on the other hand, had to be secretive even when he was reading a martial arts novel.
…
The next day at school, Xu Jin found an excuse to give Xu Shi 'an some pointers on martial arts.
"Brother, I'm actually an ancient person."
"…"
Xu Shi 'an stared at her for a moment as if he was looking at an idiot. "Yes, yes, yes. You're awesome. Whatever you say is right."
Xu Jin turned around and walked away, bored. Even Shi An would not believe in such childish things.
Ever since they entered junior high school, the two siblings started to be picky. Perhaps it was because they were twins, but their development time was almost the same. Xiaoxiao was a little anxious about this. She even changed her picky eating habits. She no longer picked vegetables from Shi An's bowl. She ate with all her might, trying to keep up with their height.
"Actually, there's a secret to growing taller."
Xu Shi 'an stood on the field and explained to Xiaoxiao how he grew taller. He wasn't as tall as Xu Jin before, but he was almost there now. In another one or two years, he would definitely grow taller than Xu Jin. There was a secret to this.
"You see, Ah Qing and I often hang here. Our bones will pull apart, and we'll grow faster." He pointed at the basketball rack. There was a beam in the middle of the rack. Ever since they were in fifth or sixth grade, he and Ah Qing liked to play under it. They didn't like to play basketball. They liked to jump up and hang from it.
Xiaoxiao was skeptical about his method, but the truth was right before her eyes. Shi An, who used to be a little shorter than Xu Jin, grew very quickly. Ah Qing also grew a lot taller.
"That Xiao Jin grew so tall even without hanging." She raised a doubt.
"She's not a normal person. Why are we comparing ourselves to her? She doesn't even study at home, and she still gets first place in her exams. Let's not compare ourselves to her."
In Xu Shi 'an's eyes, everything Xu Jin could do was natural. His sister was a creature that had surpassed the boundaries of humans. Even if she said she was from ancient times, there was no way he could refute her.
"Yes, yes, let's not compare ourselves to her." Ah Qing agreed. The three of them were normal people. Xu Jin had already been excluded from the category of normal people.
"Do I have to jump up and hang from here?" Xiaoxiao always felt that Xu Shi 'an was a troublemaker.
"I'll help you."
Xu Shi 'an squatted down and grabbed Xiaoxiao's legs. He lifted them up until Xiaoxiao's hands grabbed the beam of the basketball rack. Then he took a step back.
"Do you feel like your bones are pulled apart?" he asked while clapping his hands.
"Not really."
"This needs to be accumulated. No matter what, you can't just jump up and become taller. I'll carry you down when you're tired."
"… I keep feeling like my intelligence is being dragged down by you."
Xiaoxiao frowned, but she felt that it made sense.
Xu Jin squatted down not far away and looked at the three of them. She had a lollipop in her mouth, and her cheeks were puffed up.
The spring breeze ruffled her bangs. Students in school uniforms were scattered all over the field.
Ah Qing and Xu Shi 'an leaned against the basketball rack and chatted. He had been hanging out with Xu Shi' an for a long time. He didn't know when it started, but no one bullied him anymore.
Perhaps it was after Xu Shi 'an taught Zhao Lilong and his cousin who was in sixth grade a lesson, or after chasing Zhao Lilong for two streets with a stool leg and yelling in front of four to five people that they didn't offend him …
"The siblings purposely want others to offend them, and then they'll beat them up. They're so evil."
He occasionally heard people say this after school. When he was in sixth grade, everyone knew that Xu Shi 'an and Xu Shi' an liked others to provoke them. They rolled up their sleeves and warned them that they wouldn't offend others if they didn't offend them.
As time went by, the rumors became more and more ridiculous. There were even rumors that they were good at both sides of the law. Because they were good at fighting, they would warn them in advance and the police would come to fetch them from school. In the eyes of primary school students, this was very mysterious.
The curse of the eight words.
"Why don't you go over?" Ah Qing gathered his courage and came over to ask. Xu Jin glanced at him.
"Don't talk to me."
"Oh …"
Ah Qing returned to the basketball rack.
"Your sister is still so strong."
"Of course."
"Why is she always alone not far away?"
"Because she thinks you're stupid," Xu Shi 'an said casually.
"Because she thinks you two are stupid."
Xiaoxiao corrected them mercilessly, but she did not get down from the bar.
She had a good relationship with Xu Jin. Although the two of them were often together, she knew that Xu Jin liked to be alone sometimes. Xu Jin also explained this to her.
"When a person is alone, they can think calmly and effectively, and thus produce wisdom. That's what Dad said."
Xu Jin added, "If you stay with Shi 'an for too long, you'll become stupid."
Xiaoxiao did not mind. She knew that Shi 'an was not stupid at all.
Shi 'an spent most of his time playing, but she had to spend a lot of time studying hard to barely surpass him.
"I can't take it anymore. Help me down … Brother!"
"Sigh."
Xu Shi 'an helped Xiaoxiao down from the basketball rack. When he turned around, he saw the reflective glasses of the homeroom teacher.
"Don't play with such dangerous things. What if you fall?"
The homeroom teacher in a white shirt reminded him and walked away with his hands behind his back.
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