Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Are you worried about Dad and Mom?" Liu Bei saw right through Su Yuehe's thoughts.

"Yes!" Su Yuehe nodded.

"Don't worry about Dad and Mom." Liu Bei pulled Su Yuehe and ran faster.

"Why?" Su Yuehe still didn't quite understand.

"Your parents have been through more than you have. They've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. We didn't come home all night last night, do you really think they didn't notice anything at all?"

"There should be... there should be!" Su Yuehe said somewhat uncertainly.

"It's not 'should,' it's 'definitely!'" Liu Bei said with absolute certainty. "Since they know we didn't come home all night, and last night was a stormy night, aren't they worried about us at all?"

"Of course I'm worried!" Su Yuehe hesitated for a moment before saying.

"You said you were worried too! But they haven't come looking for us. Why do you think that is?" Liu Bei asked Su Yuehe with a smile.

"this--"

Su Yuehe fell silent.

"Because they both knew what we were doing out so late at night. As experienced people, they certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to come looking for us to go back. They deliberately let us spend the night outside."

"Ah? Is it like this...?" Su Yuehe felt a sense of sudden realization after hearing this.

"That's it. That's why I said you don't need to worry about Dad and Mom. The most important thing right now is to pick some lotus flowers and bring them back. How many do you think we should pick?"

"Well—"

Su Yuehe hesitated for a moment, resting her chin on her hand. "Good things come in pairs, so why don't we pick two?"

"Two flowers?" Liu Bei paused slightly. "Hmm, that makes sense. Two flowers it is. One pink, one white. Pink symbolizes that Nian Nian will grow more and more beautiful. White symbolizes that Nian Nian will be pure and flawless. What do you say?"

"Yes. I agree!"

"Then let's go quickly!"

The two held hands and ran quickly toward the pond.

Before long, the two of them ran to the edge of the pond.

Unlike Su Yuehe's dream,

There were no wooden boats in the pond.

The water was a bit dark.

It's still a bit deep.

Lotus flowers all grow in places that are relatively far from the shore.

I stretched out my arm, but it was too far; I couldn't reach it at all. There was still a considerable distance between us.

"I can't reach it!" Su Yuehe looked around. "There's a branch over there!"

"Don't move." Liu Bei let go, ran over to pick up the branch, and returned to reach out to a white lotus flower.

"Still not good enough, there's still a long way to go!"

"What should we do then?" Su Yuehe frowned slightly, looked around again, and did not find any longer branches.

"How about we go back to the village and get some bamboo poles?"

"Going back and forth is too much trouble. If word gets back home and Niannian finds out, there won't be any surprise. I'd better go swimming!"

Liu Bei waved his hand in disagreement.

"Huh? Going into the water? The water's too dirty and deep—"

"Don't worry. It'll be fine!"

Liu Beichong made a heart shape with his hands, and without caring whether Su Yuehe could understand it or not, he took off his shoes, went barefoot, and grabbed tree branches to walk into the pond.

Soon, the water in the pond rose above his knees, immersing Liu Bei's legs in the black water.

"Watch your step, watch out for sharp stones!"

Su Yuehe gave a special reminder.

"See this?" Liu Bei shook the branch in his hand and poked it into the depths of the pond. "With this scouting ahead, we'll be fine!"

"No matter what, we still need to be careful!" Su Yuehe was still worried.

Liu Bei continued walking forward.

One step, two steps, three steps...

I took another seven steps forward, weaving through layers of lotus leaves.

He finally arrived in front of the white lotus flower.

He first broke off a lotus leaf, then picked the white lotus flower.

Then he put the lotus leaf on his head and used it as a hat.

He then picked up the white lotus flower and placed it in his mouth.

She turned around and made a face at Su Yuehe, "Yuehe, do I look pretty?"

"Pfft~"

Seeing Liu Bei's comical appearance, Su Yuehe couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Stop playing around. We're still missing one pink lotus! Hurry up and pick it! Niannian's probably already impatiently waiting at home. She's making a fuss!"

"Okay. Got it!" After responding, Liu Bei used a twig to probe the bottom of the pond as he approached the nearest pink lotus flower.

Soon, he successfully arrived in front of a pink lotus flower.

"See? I told you everything was alright, right?"

Liu Bei turned around and smiled at Su Yuehe.

"Okay, I got it. You're the one!" Su Yuehe gave a thumbs-up, and Liu Bei happily reached out towards the pink lotus.

"Squeak~"

He picked the pink lotus flower without any trouble.

She then removed the white lotus flower from her mouth, held both flowers in her hand, and waved them at Su Yuehe.

"All picked. You can go home now!"

"Come on up! Soaking for too long is bad for your skin!" Su Yuehe urged hurriedly.

"Um!"

Liu Bei threw away the branch and happily hurried towards the shore.

As Liu Bei approached,

Su Yuehe's tense heart finally relaxed completely.

Thankfully, I didn't step on any sharp stones.

If a large gash is cut, it will be troublesome.

While thinking,

Liu Bei was less than half a meter away from her.

I was just two steps away from getting ashore.

Suddenly, Liu Bei's face twitched.

His whole face was contorted.

"Ouch~"

He then let out a bloodcurdling scream and bent over backwards.

The empty hand reached into the black water.

"Liu Bei, what's wrong?"

"Did you cut your foot on a sharp rock?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuehe was greatly shocked.

"It seems... it's because I stepped on it!" Liu Bei looked up and nodded slightly to Su Yuehe.

"I told you to be careful, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened!"

Su Yuehe panicked and immediately took off her shoes to go into the water.

"Don't get down!"

Liu Bei immediately stopped Su Yuehe, saying, "I'm already scratched. If you scratch me again, how are we going to get back?"

"This..." Su Yuehe had just bent down when she heard this, and immediately stopped.

"Then...what do we do? You're all cut and bruised, how are you going to get up here?"

"Just bear with it, it'll pass!" Liu Bei gritted his teeth and approached the shore step by step.

Su Yuehe reached out her hand to Liu Bei.

Soon, the two caught each other.

"Hold on tight. I'll pull you up!"

"Mmm! Let's poop!"

"One, two, three. Come up!"

"Thump~"

As soon as they got ashore, Liu Bei collapsed and tackled Su Yuehe to the ground.

For a moment, Liu Bei was above, and Su Yuehe was below.

The two of them clung tightly together.

Especially the lips, which were almost stuck together.

Feeling the softness emanating from Su Yuehe's body,

Liu Bei gradually became engrossed.

"You...you get up quickly. I'll take you to see a doctor! It'll be terrible if it gets infected!"

Su Yuehe was worried about Liu Bei's injuries and urged him on immediately.

"Haha~"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Liu Bei burst into laughter.

Su Yuehe looked puzzled. "What time is it? How can you still be laughing?"

"Haha~" Upon hearing this, Liu Bei laughed even louder.

Su Yuehe: "..."

"You're still laughing?" Su Yuehe frowned.

"Just kidding. You actually took it seriously? How cute!"

"..."

Upon realizing she had been tricked, Su Yuehe frowned and pinched Liu Bei's thigh hard with one hand.

"Serves you right for playing tricks on me!!! Humph!"

"Ah... murdering her husband..."