Adopter
The two boys held onto the items in their hands tightly. They had sneaked out early in the morning just to obtain this equipment.
In the hands of the thin boy was a baseball bat, which he had picked up from the supermarket. He swung the bat around.
The chubby boy was holding a safety helmet he had taken from a construction site. He put the helmet on.
The two looked at each other and nodded.
They began to search for Xia Yu, but after a round, they found nothing.
Disappointed, they returned to the backyard and saw Xia Yu lying on the fence, watching them.
"You damn cat, you're here! Even God won't save you this time!" The thin boy raised the baseball bat in his hand.
"We'll strip your fur off!" The fat boy followed with a threatening tone.
Their words scared the other children playing in the backyard, who ran away screaming.
The thin boy swung his bat at Xia Yu, who dodged the blow with a sidestep.
He glanced at the fat boy, who was the one he had previously pinned down by his face.
Touching his safety helmet, the chubby boy felt well-protected this time. However, he didn't join in the attack and stood by watching.
He was not as irritable as the thin boy, choosing to avoid strong opponents if possible.
The thin boy continued to swing his bat, but Xia Yu dodged each attack.
The more he missed, the more anxious the thin boy became, and the more recklessly he swung his bat.
Once again dodging the bat, Xia Yu ran towards the chubby boy, and the thin boy followed closely behind.
Seeing Xia Yu coming, the chubby boy tightened his helmet, ready to protect his face.
But Xia Yu didn't jump on him; instead, he ran to his feet.
The thin boy's bat fell, and the chubby boy covered his leg as he collapsed to the ground with a scream.
As the thin boy stood in shock, Xia Yu stepped on the chubby boy and pounced on his face.
The thin boy fell to the ground, curling up and holding his head.
When a staff member arrived after hearing the commotion, they saw two mischievous boys lying on the ground and a white cat standing on the fence, looking up at the sky.
The two boys stood up, covering their wounds, and decided to carry out Plan B.
"You'll see!" They both ran upstairs to tell the old administrator.
They kicked open the door to the old administrator's study, taking turns accusing Xia Yu of his misdeeds.
"Grandma, we can't keep a cat that attacks people! Let's get rid of it!" said the thin boy.
Looking at the baseball bat in the thin boy's hands and then at her own frail self, the old administrator nodded. "All right."
The two boys joyfully left the study and went to the living room, proudly announcing to Tina, "Your cat is finished; it's going to be sent away!"
"What did you do?" Tina panicked.
"Look, the first hound of the old witch's command is coming out of its den. He's going to catch your damned cat!" The two boys excitedly watched the approaching young male staff member.
However, the young man did not go to the backyard to catch the white cat. Instead, he grabbed their hands.
"What are you doing!"
The two boys struggled but were pinned to the ground by the strong young man, one in each hand.
The boys couldn't believe it and didn't understand why things had turned out this way.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came before them.
Looking up, the two boys saw the old administrator. They were delighted and wanted to tell him that his lackey arrested the wrong person, but they couldn't say it.
Because they saw the white cat in the old administrator's arms.
The white cat smiled at them.
This cat actually captured the old witch's heart!
The two felt the darkness in their future.
"Lock them in the room, and you two take turns watching them." After saying this, the old administrator walked away holding Xia Yu.
The two boys were led into a room with gray faces by a young man, who closed the door.
Seeing that Xia Yu was alright, Tina happily followed the old administrator. She didn't dare to ask for the cat back, but she could follow him.
The old administrator glanced back at her without saying anything, letting the girl follow him into the study.
Returning Xia Yu to Tina, the old administrator took a piece of bread from the drawer and gave it to the girl, telling her to go out and play.
Coming downstairs with Tina, Xia Yu sensed that something was about to happen when he saw a group of middle-aged administrators and the remaining two staff members heading towards the study.
He followed them to the study and boldly eavesdropped.
The group was discussing the upcoming visit of potential adopters in the next two days.
Although it was called a visit, actually, some of these visitors might take a few children when they returned.
Tina was so gentle and lovely that she would definitely be chosen. Xia Yu needed to find a way to make sure she went to a good family.
For Xia Yu, this was not an issue since, when he was close to someone, he could sense their goodness or evil through psychic perception.
However, the next two days were for the three matches, and if he had to use these two days for dealing with the white cat, it would postpone the day to return to An Siyao's body.
The final match would take place in five days, and all the contestants would have spent a total of ten days in A-Fang city. Xia Yu thought that a two-day delay would not be a problem.
"… Shall we hide the good children first, wait for those who are determined to adopt to take the ordinary ones, and then use the good children to attract those who are not sure?" One of the staff members suggested.
This sounded like a good strategy, but it was only good for the welfare house.
"No, it's not fair to those good children. We can't make things difficult for them just because they are good," the old administrator rejected this idea.
Hearing this, Xia Yu was relieved. It seemed that there were no underhanded tactics going on here, and he could rest assured.
Eight hours later, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
At present, he was sitting on a plane heading to A-Fang city. There were only three contestants and three accompanying teachers on the plane, two of whom had not come over, and An Siyao was not here either.
It was a normal situation; the organizers wouldn't restrict the contestants to take this particular plane; it only had the advantage of reimbursed expenses.
At 4:30, they got off the plane, arrived at the hotel, and quickly freshened up before heading to the banquet hall.
Xia Yu had no interest in the banquet; he searched for An Siyao in the crowd but couldn't find her.
Did she listen to him and directly refuse to come?
After wandering around the banquet hall, Xia Yu unexpectedly saw Liu Ronglan and Kong Hanyue.
Kong Hanyue excitedly wanted to hug Xia Yu, but Xia Yu stretched out his hand, pressed her face, and rejected her intimacy.
In such a public place, it would not look good.
"You heartless fellow," Kong Hanyue said angrily, turning around and ignoring Xia Yu.
Not bothering to console her, Xia Yu looked at Liu Ronglan. Liu Ronglan was also one of the judges, and she should know about An Siyao's situation.
"Why didn't An Siyao come?" Xia Yu asked.
"An Siyao? She has a bit of a cold, her teacher didn't let her come," Liu Ronglan replied. An Siyao was a highly-anticipated newcomer, and Liu Ronglan was also paying attention to her.
So, she had caught a cold.
Relieved, Xia Yu returned to appease Kong Hanyue.
He didn't notice that two people were watching him.
They were the two people who had been ridiculed by Xia Yu at the banquet of the Kaiyang Second Competition for pestering An Siyao.
The two looked at Liu Ronglan in surprise, whispering to each other.
"How does that guy know Liu Ronglan? Wasn't it said that his teacher had no fame at all and never entered the circle?"
"Who knows how Liu Ronglan became friends with him? Logically, the guzheng and piano, violin don't have any connection."
"Could this guy also play the guzheng?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling that the joke was very funny.
Mastering one instrument was already difficult, mastering two instruments was astonishing, and mastering three instruments, how is that possible?