So the scene was sothing like this: Dark night, an old majestic-looking tree with ribbons tied to its branches fluttering in the slow breeze, not a single person in sight, only the sound of insects could be heard from the forest. But all of a sudden, you hear a peal of laughter that sounded like a sound from hell!
Hyson was ntally calling for his mother already at this scene.
Damn! He was scared of ghosts the most! Who didn't know that already?
Okay, if he was being honest, that laughter sounded pleasant. But in this kind of situation, he didn't have the heart to appreciate or tell the difference because all his nerves were taut and so was his body.
Taking a step back, he looked around nervously and stuttered, "W-Who is it?"
The laughter stopped and he got the response, "Tree spirit. Weren't you just looking for , child?" The voice sounded old and wise. Even Hyson almost believed it for a mont until he recalled that ghosts could imitate any voice to lure their prey.
Oh, shit!
He was the prey now!
Mum!
Yanyan!
Ellie!
Help!
He was supposed to run for his life but Hyson really couldn't move. He was brave when it ca to other things but not this. This was his biggest weakness.
He slowly took another step back and tried to speak normally, "Mr. Tree Spirit, sorry! Really sorry for disturbing you! Please, don't eat . I'm still a little baby. I have so much food left to taste and so many places to go. Also, I have only matchmaker one couple. My business is yet to boom. Please, let go!"
"Pfft!"
Hyson shuddered when he heard that laughter. He felt like the voice was echoing around him or maybe he was only scaring himself at this point but who cared? He was really scared now!
"Thump!"
Hyson was startled when he saw a shadow jump down from the tall tree and walked towards him. The silhouette was tall and lean. It was only after seeing those green eyes glinting in the darkness did Hyson figured out who was in front of him.
Hyson suddenly lost the strength in his legs and sat down. Now that he knew it was a person, he finally could catch his breath. But this scary experience certainly did so damage to his nerves.
He glared at the person before him, "Who does that? I was almost scared to death!"
Young Master Ru really didn't expect this result. Who knew this guy would be so gullible? No, Ru had already seen that he wasn't gullible. He had a sharpness in his eyes that he always covered with innocence. He wasn't gullible at all. It must be that only because of his fear of ghosts, he beca so simple-minded and easily deceived.
Young Master Ru crouched down to look at his face. From the lantern, the light slowly fell on the side of his face making it seem gentle but Hyson wasn't a fool to really think that the person before him was actually gentle. If he was a fool, he wouldn't have paid attention to Young Master Ru just because of those eyes.
Hyson found it actually strange how the first ti he t Raelle, what pulled him to her was her eyes and the sa happened with this person before him. The reason he rembered this person was also those eyes.
"This Young Master didn't even do anything to scare you yet," he heard that pleasant sounded voice. "It's appropriate to say that you, scared yourself. You have quite an imaginative mind. It's a good thing and a bad thing at the sa ti. Your mind would be cooking up stories to keep you entertained but the sa imagination would keep finding reasons to hurt you as well."
Hyson pouted in response, "It's clearly you who scared . What were you even doing up there?"
Young Master Ru lifted his left and showed it him what he held in his hand.
"My drone got stuck on the tree," replied Ru. "I was just taking it off."
Hyson pressed his lips together before asking softly, "Isn't climbing the tree disrespectful to Mr. Tree Spirit?"
Ru almost could hold back the laughter when he heard that question from Hyson. Oh, so he didn't just look innocent, he actually was a little pure child. How adorable!
"I definitely asked for permission," replied Ru in a very serious manner that almost fooled Hyson. Yes, almost!
"Do you think I'm a fool?"
Ru shook his head and his voice suddenly beca that old and wise one Hyson heard before, "I assure you, child, that the permission was granted."
Hyson gaped at him in disbelief and felt a burst of anger, "You!"
Ru tilted his head slightly as he took in Hyson's expression and suddenly tapped his nose saying, "You're very amusing."
Hyson was taken aback by that tap on his nose. Huh! Was he just taken advantage of? Or was he thinking too much? He scrunched up his nose adorably making anyone feel like lting.
"You're making feel like I'm bullying a child now," comnted Ru. "Stand up already."
"Oh," Hyson rubbed his nose and pushed himself up. Thinking of sothing, he said, "By the way, you're clearly bullying . It's not nice to use soone's weakness against them."
"If the world was so fair, wouldn't we have already ascended to heaven?" derision was dripping from those words as Ru continued, "This is how the world works. We are all trying to take advantage of others' weaknesses."
Hyson wished he could argue with that but he couldn't. He was sensible enough to know that everything Ru said was true. No one played fair in this world.
"Also, this young master wasn't trying to take advantage of your weakness. It's as I said. You scared yourself. I just gave you a little push."
Looking at the way Ru smiled at him with that warm halo of the lantern on the side of his face, Hyson didn't know what to say.
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