Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

The rain was falling softly, and a hazy mist enveloped the world. Suddenly, a yellow and white umbrella caught my eye.

Like a beam of warm sunlight, it spreads a light yet bright color.

Black Bear stood still, his knuckles slightly clenched.

This umbrella clearly belongs to Shen Mingchao.

My thoughts surged uncontrollably, giving rise to a multitude of fragmented ideas.

Why give him an umbrella? Doesn't she want him to stay dry in the rain? Does this mean Shen Mingchao still has a little bit of a soft spot for him?

"What are you spacing out for?"

Shen Mingchao then pushed the umbrella forward a little further.

Hei Xiazi waved his hand, concealing the strangeness in his eyes, and put on his usual carefree and nonchalant smile.

"No need. I'm tough as nails, a little rain is nothing to me, especially since the rain wasn't heavy to begin with. Besides, what would you use the umbrella if I gave it to you?"

"Take it if it's given to you."

Shen Mingchao forcefully shoved the umbrella handle into Hei Xiazi's hand, then turned and crawled under Zhang Haixia's umbrella.

Her tone was calm and natural:

"Of course I'll play a game with Xiaxia."

The rain continued to fall silently, and a cold wind swept by gently.

"..."

Black Bear gripped the extra umbrella handle in his palm, his fingertips icy cold, and he stood frozen in place.

Sure enough.

He smiled bitterly to himself, knowing he should have expected this outcome.

When he asked that question just now, he still held a sliver of hope, thinking that Shen Mingchao might join him in a fight.

But he also knew that the hope was slim.

Black Bear's gaze was fixed on the two figures in front of him, but his heart was still uncontrollably heavy.

In the misty drizzle, the two shared an umbrella, their steps in sync, their posture intimate and inseparable.

The umbrella's eaves sheltered him from the cold rain, effectively isolating him as well.

What is this all about?

Is there a difference between "人" (person) and "从" (from)?

Black Bear chuckled softly, feeling that he might as well get soaked in the rain.

Fortunately, he had brothers who could share his hardships.

Meanwhile, in the cinema lobby, a pink figure sat with a bag of snacks and two movie tickets on the table.

He looked at the message on the screen and unconsciously straightened his collar.

Black Bear's efficiency is certainly not that fast.

The speed is the efficiency of solving problems.

The two of them had arrived in Shen Mingchao's city the day before. The matter of her boyfriend was too sudden, and they couldn't give up without investigating on-site.

But just before he was about to leave, something happened at the Xie family's place.

Xie Yuchen had no choice but to stay at the hotel to handle the work, letting Hei Xiazi test the waters first. When the work was almost finished, he received another request for help from Hei Xiazi.

Want to see a movie?

Xie Yuchen thought he might as well go all the way, so he bought two tickets and arrived at the movie theater a little early to wait.

[Grandpa Hua, they're almost here]

Shortly after the news arrived, Xie Yuchen looked up and saw several familiar figures walking out of the elevator.

The other person was clearly taken aback for a moment when their eyes met.

Shen Mingchao never expected to see Xie Yuchen at the cinema. She glanced at Hei Xiazi out of the corner of her eye, and the latter smiled at her.

"Ming Dynasty".

Xie Yuchen got up and walked over, his gaze inevitably falling on the unfamiliar man next to Shen Mingchao.

The man was tall and elegant, with a refined and gentle face, and a cool and aloof air like bamboo mist.

Even Xie Yuchen, who has seen countless people, had to admit that the person in front of him truly had the ability to amaze people at first glance.

A sense of crisis quietly spread.

Xie Yuchen nodded slightly, his manners polite and proper. He parted his thin lips and said, "Nice to meet you. Let me introduce myself. My surname is Xie, so I'm nominally hers—"

The gentle words were spoken slowly and deliberately, but before the word "brother" could be uttered, it was interrupted by another voice.

"Are you also an uncle from the Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Yuchen's body stiffened abruptly.

He frowned slightly, as if he had heard some absurd joke, and asked in surprise, "Uncle?"

Zhang Haixia ignored Xie Yuchen's reaction, only glancing at Shen Mingchao with a hint of doubt in her eyes, as if silently questioning: Isn't that how it is?

Shen Mingchao suppressed a laugh.

This little shrimp is really cunning.

She decided to play along, a sly glint in her eyes, and nodded in agreement with Zhang Haixia.

"Yes, this is my other uncle."

Since that's the case, she can't possibly favor one over the other.

The moment she said that, the air froze, and the people present reacted in different ways.

[Hahahaha, that's right, we should have called them uncles a long time ago. I've wanted to say this for ages. They're almost forty, and instead of calling them uncles, they want me to call them brothers. They're shameless!]

Wang Can's comment was full of schadenfreude.

Black Bear covered his mouth, turned his back, and coughed.

"Cough cough cough..."

Don't misunderstand, he just couldn't help but smile, and he was afraid that Xie Yuchen would settle scores with him later, so it was better to avoid it.

However, this "uncle" didn't sound as jarring as before. Sure enough, his joy comes from seeing his rival suffer.

Xie Yuchen opened his mouth.

It was a rare opportunity for me to experience what it feels like to be speechless.

But he quickly calmed down and discovered another blind spot: "What does 'another one' mean?"

"Him?" Shen Mingchao pointed to Hei Xiazi and said matter-of-factly, "You're all his uncles."

"Cough cough cough..."

Hei Xiazi is really coughing this time.

"So," Shen Mingchao looked at the two of them, then continued, "you're here to see a movie too?"

"Yes." Xie Yuchen nodded, and handed the bag in his hand to Shen Mingchao: "I bought some things because I had nothing to do."

Shen Mingchao looked over and saw that the bag was full of colorful snacks.

That's so thoughtful.

I've even bought the snacks.

Not wanting to offend Xie Yuchen, she reached out and took it, sweetly saying, "Thank you, Uncle."

"Um……"

Xie Yuchen suddenly regretted coming over.

A glimpse of Hei Xiazi's upturned lips ignited an inexplicable surge of anger within him.

Shen Mingchao changed his address to call him uncle, which wasn't unacceptable, given the age difference.

What angered him was that being called "uncle" alongside this hundred-year-old black man made him look older for no reason.

But seeing Shen Mingchao's downcast eyebrows, the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated.

That's enough.

As long as we can communicate normally, you can call me whatever you want.

The movie was chosen by Shen Mingchao: Zootopia 1, a very popular Disney movie.

In her original world, she had already seen this movie in person once. But she was too young then and didn't remember much of the content.

Now is a good time to revisit it.

Before booking the tickets, she also asked Zhang Haixia for her opinion, and the latter said that she could watch whatever she wanted.

She didn't expect to run into Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen, and these two actually bought tickets and came in with them.

However, they didn't sit together. Perhaps because they bought their tickets late, their seats were quite far apart. With a large crowd between them, they didn't disturb each other, so it wasn't awkward.

Of course, they weren't the ones who were truly embarrassed.

Hei Xiazi glanced at Xie Yuchen beside him, then at the other two people huddled together in the distance, and raised an eyebrow.

I thought having brothers around would make things better.

The result was simply a distinction between "人" (person) and "从" (from).

Damn, this makes me even more upset.