Chapter 129: It Only Ends When I Say So

The moment Little Black heard this, it immediately raised its head, its tiger eyes sweeping back and forth over the people from Lower Xin Village. It wanted to see who would dare touch its master’s belongings.

These two watermelons are mine to protect.

Little Black had turned its head toward Little Shunzi and the others when it said this. They could not understand animal speech, of course, but they knew that Little Black was on their side, and their confidence grew even stronger.

The blazing sun made both sides increasingly hot-tempered. If Bai Xi had not brought Little Black with her, the two groups would have already come to blows.

The boundary between two villages was always a place where trouble could easily arise. In the past, while Bai Xi’s father had still been around, people from the neighboring villages would show some restraint. But now that he was gone, they naturally wanted to reclaim the ground they had previously been forced to yield.

Whether or not the watermelons had truly been discovered by the people of Lower Xin Village, since several village boys claimed they had found them, then they had. Even if they had not, they would insist that they had.

If they did not fight, the people of Ox Luo Village might think the people of Lower Xin Village were afraid of them.

Bai Xi was irritated by the heat as well, and the endless bickering beside her had thoroughly exhausted her patience.

At this rate, when would it ever end?

“Enough!” Bai Xi shouted. “What is there to argue about? Little Six, hurry up and pick the watermelons. We’re going home.”

At that moment, one of the boys from Lower Xin Village, standing as close to the watermelons as Little Six, immediately shoved Little Six aside without a second thought and shouted, “The watermelons are mine! Anyone who touches them is asking for a beating!”

Little Six was angry at first, but then he cleverly put on a wounded expression and cried out to Bai Xi, “Granny!”

That instantly enraged the people of Ox Luo Village. Raising hoes, shoulder poles, and axes, they charged toward the people of Lower Xin Village.

They had gone too far!

A brawl was on the verge of erupting.

“That’s enough!”

Bai Xi used her divine might in that shout.

The sound struck everyone indiscriminately. Not only were the people present left dizzy and dazed—even Little Black’s head spun from the force of it. After all, it was standing closest to Bai Xi. Naturally, the people of Ox Luo Village behind her suffered somewhat less.

Her gaze slowly swept across the people of Lower Xin Village. Though Bai Xi’s voice still carried a childish softness, the words she spoke were filled with menace.

“You want to fight, is that it? Fine. Fight it. If you win, both watermelons are yours, and I’ll even pay your medical expenses.”

As she spoke, Bai Xi lightly patted Little Black’s head.

The people of Lower Xin Village rubbed their temples and shook their heads, finally recovering from their dizziness. When they heard Bai Xi’s words, they exchanged nervous glances, then looked at Bai Xi and at Little Black, who was already eager for action. Their faces turned ashen, and not one of them dared to say a word.

Zhou Dahu swallowed hard. This little baby really was extraordinary. No wonder the people of Ox Luo Village respected her so deeply. That shout just now—good heavens, it had nearly shaken him unconscious.

Seeing that none of the people from Lower Xin Village dared to speak, Bai Xi continued to snort disdainfully. “If you lose—or if Little Black kills or cripples you while you’re fighting—then you can only blame your own bad luck. Don’t blame anyone else.”

As soon as Bai Xi finished speaking, Little Black excitedly threw back its head and let out a mighty roar. This time, however, it had learned its lesson. Before opening its mouth, it paused to give Bai Xi time to prepare, and it restrained its volume so that she would not feel uncomfortable.

Fight a tiger?

What a joke. Who could possibly defeat a tiger that enormous?

This was clearly just an excuse to let the tiger bite them!

Zhou Dahu stammered, “You—you can’t do this! You can’t go too far. I’m telling you, this is against the law!”

Bai Xi smiled. Her face wore an innocent, adorable expression, but what she said nearly made the people of Lower Xin Village spit blood and curse.

“Fight, of course. Didn’t you just shout that you wanted to beat up the people of Ox Luo Village? Then go ahead. Don’t be afraid. There are so many of you. No matter how formidable Little Black is, it’s still only one tiger. You have the numbers, so there’s no need to worry. At most, only a few of you will end up dead or crippled.”

Little Black stood to the side in silence.

Although it knew its master was speaking sarcastically, something about that statement sounded strange. It seemed to be underestimating it.

Only a few dead or crippled? There ought to be at least a dozen or twenty!

“This is against the law!” Zhou Dahu shouted again, and the people of Lower Xin Village began to gather their courage and echo him.

“Oh.” Bai Xi answered indifferently. She spread her hands, looking as though the matter had nothing to do with her, and said something even more infuriating. “No one from Ox Luo Village laid a hand on you. Even if someone comes to investigate, it will simply be a case of you having bad luck and running into a wild beast.”

“There are plenty of wild beasts in the mountains. If you were unlucky enough to encounter one and ended up in a tiger’s belly, that would be perfectly normal, wouldn’t it?”

Her words frightened Zhou Dahu and the others. They instinctively took several steps backward. Some were so terrified that their legs went weak and began trembling uncontrollably.

“You—you—you dare!”

“Ha-ha-ha! You tell me—do I dare?” Bai Xi’s laughter was bright and clear, but to the people of Lower Xin Village, her words sounded positively demonic. “Why don’t you try and find out?”

The faces of the people from Lower Xin Village turned deathly pale. Some of them immediately spun around and fled. As they ran, they shouted in terror, “The tiger is eating people! The tiger is eating people!”

When Zhou Dahu saw this, he hurriedly cried out in panic, “Don’t! Forget it, forget it! We—we have nothing to fight about. It’s only two watermelons. We don’t want them anymore. Take them!”

With that, Zhou Dahu also tried to lead the remaining people away.

“Stop!” Bai Xi shouted at once.

The ones who had already run some distance did not heed her and instead ran even faster.

As if they would stay and wait for the tiger to eat them!

“Anyone else who runs, I’ll let the tiger loose!”

Little Black was just about to cooperate with a roar when it suddenly felt that something was odd. Yet it could not quite put its claw on what the problem was.

Why did she say she would let the tiger loose?

If Chen Rui had been there and known what was troubling Little Black, she would certainly have kindly explained that people usually said they were letting the dog loose, not the tiger.

Bai Xi’s shout brought the others who had been preparing to flee to an abrupt halt.

“Did I say you could leave? Do you think your two legs can outrun four?”

The people who had already run off froze in place. After stopping, they turned around and looked back. They remained rooted to the spot, unwilling to return, but under the displeased gazes of Bai Xi and Little Black, they had no choice but to slowly walk back.

Bai Xi gave an unhappy snort. “Forget it? You say it’s over, and that makes it over?”

If Bai Xi had not been so fair-skinned and adorable, those words would have sounded truly imposing. Even so, no one there dared underestimate her.

Only a child could act so fearlessly and without restraint. Zhou Dahu glanced at Little Black, then turned toward Bai Xi and swallowed hard before forcing out the words, “What—what do you want?”

No wonder the people of Ox Luo Village had fallen silent the moment she arrived. Such a tiny little baby was actually this fierce.

“What do I want? You’re asking me what I want?” Bai Xi’s small face was filled with anger. “You hit someone from my Ox Luo Village, and you think you can simply let it go?”

(My darlings, what have you been doing at home during your holiday? Are you going out to pay New Year visits tomorrow?)