CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 274: COUSIN

Still not satisfied, Gu Yunmu looked down at the mischievous child, a hint of disdain flashed across his pretty and delicate face.

"Hey, why does your child look so silly? Who knows what he’ll be like when he grows up?"

Woman: "..."

She stared angrily, eyes wide open.

Gu Yunmu had a look of not wanting to look directly, "Don’t glare like that, you look like a goldfish. Goldfish are especially beautiful like that, but you, well, yuck."

The woman was so angry that her chest heaved violently.

She originally planned to leave, but now, she couldn’t swallow her anger.

"This is malicious harm, I’m going to call the police!"

Gu Yunmu looked utterly indifferent and seemingly inadvertently glanced at the parent of the rescued child.

The parent instinctively said, "Then I also want to call the police, your child maliciously hurt my child. Even if the child can’t be charged, you as the guardian must be responsible!"

Woman: "..."

If she couldn’t call the police, she could only make trouble.

She pinched her son, and the brat immediately started crying, drawing the attention of the crowd.

"Isn’t it just crying, who can’t?"

Gu Yunmu found himself unable to cry and looked at his sister.

Tuanzi tried hard to squeeze out tears but couldn’t, so she just wailed dryly.

"Waaa, you’re bullying me! Waaa!"

All thunder and no rain.

Instead, the rescued child belatedly started crying.

With the cries, even the supermarket staff came over, and some onlookers were planning to record videos.

Gu Yunmu remembered that Gu Wangchao was a singer, and his sister was going to appear on a show, so he lightly pushed them towards the inside, casually smiling, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.

Who is this handsome guy with godlike looks, is he a new star?

"No uploading to the internet," Gu Yunmu’s tone was a bit offhand, but his words carried a threat, "Uploading without my permission is an invasion of privacy, you know."

That parent sensibly narrated the course of events to the onlookers.

For a moment, everyone was indignant. These days, too many people are harassed by mischievous children while riding public transportation, shopping in malls, or even just walking on the street. And every misbehaving child has an irresponsible parent behind them.

"You can call the police to check the surveillance."

The parent stared coldly at the woman, "Do you dare?"

Under the denunciation of the people around, the woman left with her child in disgrace. No matter what, they were in the wrong in this matter.

The blue-haired man had obviously stopped, but her son hadn’t; the cart was pushed so quickly that it could have genuinely hurt another child.

As the troublesome duo left, Gu Yunmu quickly led his cousin and sister away from the crowd’s sight, without even buying anything, and led them out through a less crowded cashier space.

Tuanzi was still a bit confused, "Weren’t we going to buy milk?"

Gu Yunmu shrugged, "There’s no need to buy it in person; just order it and have it delivered to the door, it’s the same."

He swayed his body a bit, "I’m so hungry, let’s go up and eat."

As he spoke, he pushed the two of them forward.

Hearing that there would be food, Tuanzi didn’t care about shopping anymore, rubbing her hands together in excitement, "Great, great, I wonder what shops are upstairs. Suddenly, I want to eat barbecue, but hot pot sounds good too!"

Meanwhile, Gu Wangchao looked thoughtfully at Gu Yunmu.

He thought of the elder brother’s evaluation of Gu Yunmu, with a casual flair hiding an unnoticed delicacy.

Today, he did taste a bit of that finesse.

"Chao, what kind of look is that? It’s creepy."

Gu Wangchao snapped back to reality, seeing this blue-haired cousin rubbing his arm.

"Sticky gaze, yuck."

Gu Wangchao tugged at the corner of his lips, retracting his gaze, and took back his previous thoughts. No matter what, this cousin was still awfully annoying!

They chose a place where they could have both hot pot and barbecue.

Tuanzi cheered, "Brothers are the best!"

She nudged Gu Yunmu again, "Miaomiao wants the gift, you grill for me."

"Okay!"

Gu Yunmu was even happier than she was.

"I quite like grilling. Speaking of which, my brother used to refuse to eat when I grilled; does he not like barbecue?"

While waiting for the food, Gu Yunmu grudgingly complained to the two of them.

Gu Wangchao didn’t reply immediately; his instinct told him things weren’t that simple.

Until five minutes later, when he saw Gu Yunmu place a piece of charred barbecue into his sister’s bowl, he understood Gu Qize’s refusal.

Was it a dislike for barbecue? No, it was disdain for his brother’s grilling!

"Miaomiao, don’t eat."

Gu Wangchao hurriedly stopped her.

Tuanzi had already pushed the small bowl away with disgust, glanced again at Gu Yunmu, and then grabbed Gu Yunmu’s bowl.

"I’ll do it myself, then."

She sighed worriedly, "I’m afraid I won’t be able to go home after eating."

Gu Yunmu: "...Is it that bad? It’s just ugly."

Her chubby cheeks puffed up, "Then you eat a bite first."

Gu Yunmu boldly picked it up and took a bite.

A few seconds later.

Tuanzi poked him with her little paw, "Yun Mu brother? Blue hair? Bad brother?"

Gu Yunmu was already spitting his soul out.

Gu Wangchao hurriedly let him rinse his mouth, couldn’t help but complain, "You’ve never tried it before?"

A minute later, Gu Yunmu came back to life.

"Nope," he said seriously, "the one responsible for grilling doesn’t eat barbecue. Come to think of it, my brother used to eat, but then he stopped."

Gu Wangchao: "...Qize really had a hard time!"

Halfway through the meal, Tuanzi needed to go to the restroom.

Gu Wangchao stood up, "I’ll take you."

"No need, it’s just in the restaurant, there won’t be any danger."

Gu Wangchao didn’t think so; these days, there are kidnappings from homes, taking a child from a bustling hotpot restaurant is not surprising.

After coming out from the restroom, the two walked through the lobby.

Suddenly, Tuanzi’s attention was drawn to a dish on a nearby table.

"What is that greenish, semi-transparent food? It looks so pretty, could it taste really good?"

She subconsciously stepped towards it.

It was then that a diner suddenly erupted, turning to grab a young woman at the back table, pulling a knife from his pocket and holding it against her neck.

Guests at several nearby tables hastily fled.

Tuanzi was shocked, what was happening?

Her sharp ears caught the hushed conversation at a nearby table, "The target noticed something strange and has taken a hostage, requesting help..."

Another table of diners rushed over, both raising their guns.

Though she didn’t fully understand, it seemed this knife-wielder was the bad guy, and the others were there to catch him, right?

After sorting out the information, Tuanzi grabbed a handful of pebbles from her crossbody bag.

They were collected at the beach earlier, and her elder brother had helped grind them to the right size afterward.

In modern society with strict regulations, many preferred weapons can’t be carried around, and her brother worried she might get hurt in close combat. She was skilled in using projectiles, so they settled on pebbles as weapons, which could be carried and reused.

Due to the sudden change, Gu Wangchao was somewhat alarmed as well. He was about to pick up his sister to run when he saw her with a steely gaze, and with a flick of her fingers, many tiny objects flew out, too fast for him to see clearly.

"Ah!"

The perpetrator screamed in agony, dropping the knife in his hand.

The woman being held hostage was too weak-kneed to move, as an officer rushed in to escort her away, while several others quickly subdued the perpetrator.

Only then did they notice that the perpetrator’s knife-wielding hand had been broken, and his left knee was either shattered or fractured. There were also several other blunt impact sites on his body; he was convulsing on the ground.

"What is this?"

One officer looked down and found many pebbles on the floor.

Another keenly glanced in the direction of Tuanzi.

Tuanzi was casually withdrawing her hand, rubbed her eyes in surprise upon recognizing the officer.

"Qize brother?"