Chapter 100: The Mirror
The golden clouds in the sky gradually turned from golden to fiery red, draped in a layer of sunset glow, making the world look a few shades warmer.
Fei Jing, who was at the entrance of the mirror house, had just finished speaking when he faintly raised his eyes and glanced at Zhuang Jie, curling his lips into a smile. “I’ve never looked for problems in myself when it comes to popularity. It’s always someone else’s fault, understand?”
Fei Jing tilted his chin up proudly, and his amber eyes also caught a beam of red sunset glow, as arrogant as a flower that no one could pick.
No matter which life, the arrogance on Fei Jing’s body was always so wantonly displayed, never hidden.
Zhuang Jie was not surprised by Fei Jing’s expression. After all, in his perception, Fei Jing had always been this kind of person.
So it was really not Zhuang Jie’s fault that he had had such an ugly falling out with him in his previous life. Who would be willing to be forever inferior and trampled underfoot to befriend a narcissist like Fei Jing?
With a soft hiss, Zhuang Jie frowned and averted his gaze.
He felt that in this life, if it weren’t for Nuonuo’s clingy and well-behaved personality, anyone else would not have been able to be on such good terms with Fei Jing.
Fei Jing saw Zhuang Jie seem to be lost in thought again, just let out a cold snort, and then turned his head and walked in.
Holding the camera, Fei Jing even secretly turned on the recording mode, intending to record Nuonuo’s entire black history.
The mirror house had various maze modes, but considering that there were too many children in their group, Fei Jing had taken Nuonuo to an ordinary house with various funhouse mirrors.
And the two little ones walking in front of Fei Jing, especially Nuonuo, the moment he entered, he bumped into a mirror that was about the height of an adult.
Covering his little head, Nuonuo stumbled back two steps, tried his best to steady his body, and then lifted his little face to look over.
In the mirror was a short and fat child, his face like a round moon plate, his little body chubby and plump, also looking at Nuonuo with a dazed expression.
Nuonuo, having bumped into the other person, was very embarrassed and walked over, wanting to apologize to the other person.
The other person was also like a fat penguin, waddling towards Nuonuo.
Nuonuo felt that the other person’s walking was silly and so much fun. He crinkled his eyes and covered his mouth to laugh.
The little fat child in the mirror opposite him also imitated Nuonuo and covered his mouth to laugh.
Nuonuo’s big eyes glanced at the other person learning from him, and he was a little unhappy. He put down his hand and pouted. “You can’t learn from me. Papa said that kind of little friend is very impolite.”
With that, Nuonuo looked at the other person, and the other person also stared at him with wide eyes.
“I… my name is Nuonuo. Why aren’t you talking?”
Nuonuo felt that this little child was strange. He was three or four times fatter than himself, but his height only reached his waist.
What a strange little friend, Nuonuo thought, tilting his head.
The other person also imitated him and tilted his head, blinking his eyes at Nuonuo.
Now Nuonuo was really unhappy. He turned his head and took his brother’s hand, letting out an angry “hmph.” “Brother, let’s not play with this little friend. He’s not good at all.”
Fei Luo was still holding his ice cream and eating. Hearing his little brother’s words, he nodded heavily. “Mm!”
And so, the two of them held hands and continued to walk inside.
When they reached the center, Nuonuo found that there were strange people everywhere, some tall and thin as if they were two meters tall, some fat and not even as tall as Nuonuo, and some even had twisted bodies.
Seeing this, Nuonuo was so scared he gripped his brother’s hand and said fearfully, “The little friends here are so strange. Brother, let’s go!”
It was also the first time Fei Luo had seen so many strange people, but after all, he was almost eight. He looked carefully and found that these people were all in mirrors.
But this was even more terrifying. So many strangers were sealed in mirrors!
Unable to help but blink his eyes, Fei Luo held Nuonuo’s hand, his heart beginning to pound wildly. For the first time, his usually calm heart was in turmoil.
Having always been the one to scare people, Fei Luo was suddenly frightened by the mirror. The pupils in his big eyes even dilated for a moment, and then quickly contracted.
No, he can’t let his little brother be sealed inside!
Pursing his lips, Fei Luo grabbed Nuonuo’s arm, suddenly turned around, and ran forward quickly with Nuonuo.
Nuonuo was being pulled by his little hand, his little feet trying their best to keep up with his brother’s pace. His hair was blown to both sides by the wind from running, revealing his fair little face.
Occasionally, when he turned a corner, his gaze would sweep over the people in the mirror, but he found that they were also looking at him, which scared Nuonuo so much he directly pouted.
Crystal-clear tears began to well up in his eyes, and a few drops hung on his eyelashes. Nuonuo even reached out his little hand to wipe them away as he ran.
After running for a good two minutes, they finally ran out of the range of the mirrors and reached the exit.
The staff member at the exit saw the little friends come out so quickly, let out a light “huh,” and patiently crouched down to ask, “Little friends, you’re out so quickly? Have you looked around carefully inside?”
The ticket price for this park was not low. Although the mirror house had fallen out of favor, it was still a considerable expense to enter once.
The staff member was a very sweet young lady. Seeing how cute Nuonuo was, she was afraid he would be at a disadvantage. Before Nuonuo could even leave, she wanted to pull him back to look around again.
Nuonuo, on the other hand, quickly put his little hands behind his back, shook his little head, and his little milky voice was tinged with a bit of a sob. “I… I’m not going. It’s not fun.”
It’s full of little monsters inside, Nuonuo thought, wiping his tears.
And they’re very impolite, they keep staring at me. So scary.
The staff member was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, but it was very difficult for such a small child to understand the principle of funhouse mirrors, and she couldn’t explain it clearly herself, so the situation was at a stalemate for a while.
Fei Jing also happened to walk over with his camera at this time. Seeing the two little ones with their hair blown by the north wind into identical chicken’s nests, he unkindly aimed his camera at them and took a close-up.
In the lens, Nuonuo was still rubbing his little red nose, sniffling from time to time. Seeing the camera, his little eyes even looked over with a dazed expression.
“Brother, let’s go!”
Nuonuo stretched out his arms and, with a little cry in his voice, wanted Fei Jing to hold him.
Fei Jing smiled and let out a “hmm,” picking up the little one with one hand and saying to the staff member, “No trouble. We had a lot of fun.”
Zhuang Jie came over from behind and couldn’t help but curse in his heart, thinking to himself, Only you had a lot of fun!
Zhuang Jie, who had seen through Fei Jing’s essence, sighed and helplessly followed them out.
The orange-red glow of the sunset was almost unable to cover the gradually spreading blackness, and the afternoon had finally passed.
Bouncing the still-crying Nuonuo in his arms, Fei Jing poked the other’s soft, jelly-like cheek and asked with a smile, “Are we going home to eat, or are we eating at the amusement park?”
Nuonuo, who was immersed in his own world, accurately caught the words “eat.” His little hands, which were rubbing his eyes, instantly stopped. He was stunned in mid-air and didn’t retract them, just thinking about eating.
“Let’s go home and eat, ya. With Papa and my brothers.”
Fei Zhiyan, who had been working overtime for several days, had said he would be back tonight.
And Nuonuo hadn’t seen his papa in several days.
And so, the group returned home, walking towards the parking lot.
Halfway there, Nuonuo was lying on his brother’s shoulder, his little face covered in a layer of pale light from the red sunset, looking beautiful and exquisite.
Having played all day, he was so tired his little head was not moving, and his little tuft of hair was drooping softly on both sides of his cheeks.
The balloon seller, who had set up a stall on the side of the road, saw Nuonuo in Fei Jing’s arms and even smiled and looked at him a few more times.
Nuonuo, on the other hand, suddenly came out of his daze, blinked his eyes, which startled the boss. “Yo, I thought it was a fake doll, haha.”
At this point, the boss couldn’t help but look a few more times and met Nuonuo’s gaze. “Little friend, do you want to buy a balloon? We have all kinds of cartoon characters!”
The boss quickly and cheerfully tried to get some business.
Sure enough, Nuonuo’s little eyes were instantly glued to the balloons, so attracted by these colorful things that his eyeballs wouldn’t even turn.
Seeing that his brother was about to carry him away, Nuonuo quickly reached out his little hands and patted his brother’s shoulder. “Brother, there are bawwoons!”
Fei Jing had already anticipated this result when they passed by. He sighed and had no choice but to turn around and walk back with Nuonuo.
Among a pile of balloons, Nuonuo liked all of them. After a difficult choice, in the end, he still chose a little train one.
For the rest of the way, Nuonuo loved this balloon so much he couldn’t put it down. Even after returning home, he still held the string tightly with his little hands, reluctant to let go.
Clutching his little balloon, Nuonuo saw the suit hanging in the entrance hall, and the little tuft of hair on his head immediately stood up. “Papa! You’re back!”
Running all the way into the living room, Nuonuo saw Fei Zhiyan, who was wearing gray home clothes and flipping through documents on the sofa, and he bounced over and lunged at his papa’s legs. “Papa, I haven’t seen you in so long!”
Nuonuo clingily rubbed against his papa’s legs, using his hands and feet to try to climb up.
Fei Zhiyan’s originally cold expression softened the moment he saw Nuonuo. He reached out with his large hand and picked Nuonuo up in his arms.
Under his glasses was an unconcealable gentleness, and Fei Zhiyan’s indifferent temper disappeared without a trace at this moment. “Did you go out to play?”
Nuonuo nodded his little head and even swung the balloon in his hand. “There’s also a bawwoon. Papa, look!”
Fei Zhiyan nodded lightly and reached out to wipe the sweat from the little one’s forehead, his eyes filled with a smile that had been infected by Nuonuo.
“I also rode a wooden horse today, and a little car, much bigger than my little motorcycle…”
The moment he talked about what had happened today, Nuonuo’s little mouth couldn’t stop.
Nuonuo loved to tell his papa or his brothers all the little details of his life, as if by doing so, these things were experienced together by them.
Although today had been quite a mess, Fei Zhiyan’s expression was very gentle, and he listened to Nuonuo’s words without a hint of impatience.
After he had finally finished talking, Nuonuo tilted his little face up, swung his little feet, and asked, “What did Papa go to do? It took so long to come back!”
Hearing this, Fei Zhiyan’s fingers couldn’t help but rub a couple of times. He frowned and said in a slow voice, “To catch a few bad guys.”
Nuonuo quickly let out a “wow.” “Then did you catch them?”
Fei Zhiyan nodded.
After the explosion, Fei Zhiyan didn’t even have to deliberately look for the remaining transmigrators. They had revealed their location in their excitement.
They probably also didn’t expect that Fei Zhiyan would have so many people ambushing them there. One by one, they were all taken away.
As they were talking, Fei Han walked in, exuding a cold aura.
Behind him was a cowering person in tattered clothes.
