"Fine then," Liu Wentian didn't lie and responded without thinking much to the two adorable little girls.
"That's great!!" The little girl who had asked the question shouted excitedly upon hearing Liu Wentian's response. She ran over, grabbed his hand, her face full of hope, and said, "Big brother, could you teach Keko martial arts?"
The other, seemingly shy girl, also approached Liu Wentian, but she was too embarrassed to grab his hand, timidly saying, "Mengmeng also wants to learn."
Liu Wentian smiled slightly; he guessed that these two kids thought practicing martial arts looked fun and thus got the idea to learn. However, their thoughts were just childish whims, not to be taken seriously.
Liu Wentian chuckled and asked, "Why do Keko and Mengmeng want to learn martial arts?"
The little girl Keko, clenching her tiny fist seriously, said, "Keko wants to protect mom and sister from being bullied, so she needs to learn martial arts. Keko also wants to become a heroine, just like the ones on TV who defeat all the bad guys!"
"Oh? Has someone been bullying your mom and sister?" Liu Wentian asked, surprised.
Keko nodded vigorously, somewhat angrily, "Some bad guys keep bothering mom, and I want to drive them all away!"
Despite finding the little girl's words a bit odd, Liu Wentian still shook his head, "Keko, big brother can't teach you martial arts. You need to find someone else."
Teaching martial arts is a long and energy-draining task, and Liu Wentian wasn't planning on doing that.
Keko, looking disappointed, still stubbornly shook Liu Wentian's hand, pleading, "Big brother, please teach Keko martial arts; there really are bad guys bullying mom and sister."
The timid little girl called Mengmeng, also with a hopeful face, looked at Liu Wentian. Seeing that he was unmoved, she pulled out a box of Wangzai milk from her clothes, handing it to Liu Wentian shyly, "Big brother, will you teach us, please? Mengmeng also wants to protect her sister and mom. Mengmeng is giving you her favorite Wangzai milk."
This gesture left Liu Wentian somewhat amused yet bewildered. Facing fearsome enemies, he knew no fear, but now, facing two pleading little girls, he was somewhat unsure how to respond.
Just then, a woman in professional attire approached, looking somewhat angry, "Keko, why are you dragging your sister around again? Don't be a hassle to others, come here, or I'll really get angry."
Seeing this woman, Liu Wentian was dazzled.
Her skin was fair, and although her delicate features weren't immediately stunning, they were increasingly appealing the more one looked, drawing one's gaze irretrievably to her face.
She carried herself with a dignified and elegant grace, her entire being like a ripened peach, every movement infused with allure.
The two little girls seemed delighted to see this woman.
The lively Keko excitedly said, "Mom, this big brother knows martial arts. If Keko learns martial arts from him, she can protect mom and sister."
Hearing this, the woman furrowed her beautiful brows and looked at Liu Wentian with suspicion, as one might look at a shady character who lies to and abducts little girls.
The man before her appeared utterly unremarkable, the kind you could lose in a crowd, hardly someone who could be expected to know martial arts, which she thought of as nothing more than child's play from television.
Thinking this, the woman eyed Liu Wentian with precaution, convinced he was up to no good.
Liu Wentian felt somewhat awkward under that scornful gaze, but he didn't bother arguing, seeing no need for it.
He just hoped the young woman would quickly take the two little girls away as they were giving him quite a headache.
The young woman, frowning, said, "Alright, you two little girls, come with me."
After saying this, she even gave Liu Wentian a special look and said, "How many times have I told you not to get too close to strangers? There are so many bad people in this world, what if someone tries to kidnap you?"
Seeing that the two little girls seemed reluctant to leave, she went over and took their hands, "If you continue disobeying, mom will spank you when we get home."
The two little girls, pulled by the young woman, still kept turning their heads to look back at Liu Wentian.
Liu Wentian offered an apologetic smile; he really had no plans to take on apprentices to teach martial arts.
As the three disappeared from his view, Liu Wentian also planned to leave. Walking on the path outside, however, he saw a scene that made him frown.
In front of him were the mother and her two daughters, and a group of young motorcyclists, all aged between sixteen to twenty, the same group he had encountered that morning.
The two little girls were wearing purple princess dresses full of stains, near a small puddle. There were tire tracks by the puddle, clearly, the motorcyclists had driven by and splashed the two girls with dirty water.
Not only that, but one of the little girls was sitting on the ground crying, her small, tender palms scraped and bleeding. The other was comforting her.
The young woman was arguing with a young man with purple hair. This was the same guy who had whistled and provoked Liu Wentian in the morning.
Furious, the young woman said, "How can you drive like this? Are you blind? Who allowed you to race in this area? Look what you've done—you've splashed the kids with dirty water, and they got so frightened they fell, do you have no sense of decency?"
The purple-haired man, clearly impatient, said loudly, "I already said I was sorry, what more do you want? Annoying!!"
The rest of the motorcyclists showed disrespected expressions, some of the men gazing at the young woman with gleams in their eyes.
"This woman really has flavor, you know, fierce and curvy, I like it!! Hehe!!"
"Big sis, why don't you breathe a bit harder, your chest looks so impressive when you do."
"Xu Yi, can you handle it or not? If not, let the old guy go and have a deeper 'chat' with big sis."
...
The young woman, hearing the group's obscene remarks, was infuriated and embarrassed, and she said, "Have you no shame? What do you mean what more do I want? Your apology has no sincerity, it's clearly your fault!"
"Enough already. Will money make it better for you?" The purple-haired man called Xu Yi sneered, pulled out two thousand yuan from his wallet, and held it out to the young woman, "Is this enough?"
"You...bastard!! How dare you insult people like this, who wants your stinking money!!" The young woman trembled with anger.
"Are you sick? I'm offering you a face-saving way out and you reject it..." Xu Yi appeared even more impatient, but as he was speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shin, "Damn, little brat, you dare to kick me!!"
It turned out the little girl who hadn't hurt her hands had kicked him in the shin.
"Don't bully my mom!!" the little girl glared at him, furious, and said, "You made Mengmeng cry, you are not a good person!!"
Seeing Xu Yi taken down a peg, the people nearby started to laugh.
Xu Yi, feeling his face burning with humiliation from being schooled by a little girl, lost his temper and kicked out at her.
"You little brat, I'll show you for kicking me."
"No!!" The young mother screamed in fear at the scene.