CHAPTER 360: CHAPTER 360: MIAOMIAO: THIEF, HERE I COME

Tuanzi turned her innocence into appetite and buried her head in food.

When she finally looked up, she found that Si Huai was eating quite fast and a lot, which sparked her competitive spirit.

Having already lost to her cousin in other aspects, she couldn’t lose to him in eating too. Go, Gu Miaomiao!

Secretly cheering herself up, Tuanzi stood up, ready to get another bowl of rice.

However, upon standing up, she found she couldn’t reach the rice bowl at all.

Her height and the length of her arms made the scene look like: she was on this side of the table, while the rice bowl was over there.

Gu Cheng held back his laughter: "You can eat more vegetables."

Saying this, he added a big chopstick full of greens to her bowl.

Tuanzi: Definitely intentional, big brother!

She climbed onto her chair, poked at the greens with her chopsticks, grumbled without eating, and went to pick some corn and ribs instead.

[Miaomiao: I’d rather gnaw on ribs than eat greens!]

[Ancient Martial System: ...Did gnawing on ribs wrong you?]

Clearly, it’s because she didn’t like them. Even if she didn’t like them, she would still have to eat them under Gu Cheng’s silent gaze, so why bother?

Just as the system predicted, after angrily gnawing on three ribs, she still ended up stuffing the greens into her mouth under Gu Cheng’s silent stare.

She chewed with her eyes closed, as if that could make the greens taste like meat. With her eyes closed, she didn’t see Gu Cheng swiftly adding more greens to her bowl while she wasn’t looking.

Si Huai saw it, but didn’t say anything.

The system saw it, but didn’t say anything.

It was only when Tuanzi kept eating that she felt something was off.

"Why does it feel like the more I eat, the more there is?"

Had she become so averse to greens that she was hallucinating?

Despite her confusion, Tuanzi obediently finished the greens, proudly showing off to Si Huai, "Miaomiao also ate a lot of food today!"

In this aspect, she didn’t lose as much!

Si Huai had never seen such a lively and cheeky child.

Moreover, the joy with which his sister ate was contagious; he ended up eating more than usual himself.

"Mm, eat more, grow faster, grow taller."

Tuanzi only caught the word ’taller’, and she triumphantly announced, "Miaomiao will have long legs in the future, hahaha!"

She couldn’t help but stand with hands on her hips and laugh.

Gu Cheng helplessly rubbed her little head.

The sky was already dark, so after eating, everyone decided to take a walk down the commercial street to help digest the meal.

Si Huai rarely had the chance to stroll leisurely and admire the roadside scenery, so he cherished the moment.

The country is peaceful and prosperous, all desires of the heart.

Of course, it was also his first time observing how siblings from another family interacted.

Like now, Tuanzi was wandering on the sidewalk, unconsciously drawn to the roadside snack shops.

This one sold grilled squid and sausages, that one sold pancakes, and over there was a place selling duck blood and vermicelli soup, with occasional milk tea shops in between, all bustling with business.

Tuanzi felt her recently filled stomach emptying again, and insisted on trying everything.

But as soon as she took a step, someone pulled her collar back.

Tuanzi turned around and pitifully said, "But I’m hungry."

Gu Cheng’s gaze shifted downward, Tuanzi also looked down, patted her bulging belly, and tried to suck it in, but quickly gave up.

"Then I’ll just look, won’t buy."

Gu Cheng released her, "Alright, but no matter how tempted you are, don’t eat anymore, or you’ll regret it later."

Tuanzi: "..."

After a few minutes, unable to walk due to temptation, Tuanzi lamented, "Wuuu, why can’t Miaomiao have two stomachs?"

Gu Cheng coolly replied, "You could pursue a career in medicine in the future, see if you can research two stomachs."

Tuanzi whimpered several times, "Miaomiao is so sad, and big brother is still mocking me."

Gu Cheng: "Dousing your craving with cold water, so you don’t end up snacking on digestive tablets late at night."

Tuanzi ’hmph-ed’ and turned her head away from him.

But it just so happened that Gu Cheng stood on the side closer to the snack shop, so when Tuanzi turned her head, she was facing the street.

Within a few seconds, she couldn’t help but turn back to sneak a peek at the snack shop.

Si Huai followed them leisurely, feeling like he was watching a TV drama.

The warm atmosphere didn’t last long before a voice came from not far ahead.

"Stop the thief! He stole my bag!"

Immediately, a motorcycle sped past on the bike lane next to them, driven by a man wearing a helmet.

Clearly prepared beforehand, he drove onto the bike lane, just as Tuanzi and the others were walking toward him.

The bike lane only had a few scattered cyclists, all heading in the opposite direction, hurriedly dodging and afraid to stop him.

Tantalized by food, Tuanzi’s eyes lit up.

"A thief?"

Without hesitation, she used her Qinggong to dart forward.

Si Huai also rushed past like an arrow, fearlessly toward the moving motorcycle.

The system was speechless, wondering what was wrong with this person, heading straight into the hands of its host, like a sheep walking into the tiger’s den.

Before Gu Cheng could react, he saw his sister in mid-air, kicking the thief off the motorcycle, while Si Huai adeptly took control of the bike flying through the air.

Onlookers felt like they were in a movie, with a thief on a motorcycle and two heroic figures appearing, one performing Qinggong and the other clearly a martial artist.

"Wait, isn’t that Miaomiao?"

Previously, Tuanzi blended in the crowd quietly, so no one really noticed her. After all, noticing Tuanzi required looking down.

But now, Tuanzi had shown her Qinggong.

Little girl, Qinggong, heroically standing up for justice—all labels fit; wasn’t this Gu Miaomiao?

As soon as Tuanzi landed, some people crowded in to take pictures with her.

"Oh, don’t snap photos of me!"

Tuanzi ’zoomed’ away, in the blink of an eye climbing into Gu Cheng’s arms, "Big brother, run, run, let’s run quickly!"

Si Huai had to manage the thief by himself and returned the stolen items to the victim.

Looking at the victim’s face, his pupils quivered, but quickly returned to normal, "Should we call the police? He might be a habitual offender."

The person who had her things stolen was a woman in her thirties. Upon hearing, she shook her head and was about to leave.

Si Huai thought for a moment and asked the bystanders to take the thief to the police station, then found Tuanzi and company, "I still have something to do, I’ll head off first."

With that, he hurried off, soon disappearing into the crowd.

But Tuanzi clearly saw that he was following that woman.

Seeing more people gathering around her, Tuanzi urged Gu Cheng once more, "After a hero does a good deed, there’s no need to leave their name. Let’s go quickly."

Gu Cheng took her through twists and turns, finally shaking off everyone.

At this point, Tuanzi finally had the leisure to gossip, "That auntie earlier, no wait, sister, does she have a connection with cousin?"

She pointed to her big eyes, "Miaomiao saw it very clearly."

Gu Cheng chuckled, "Didn’t you notice? His eyebrows first raised slightly, then the corners of his lips drooped, with a momentary sharpness in his gaze before he returned to normal?"

Tuanzi: (○o○)

"So, that woman is probably connected to a case and possibly in a negative role, catching cousin’s attention."

Tuanzi was completely off in her speculation.

Gu Cheng pinched her nose, "Good skills are not enough, you need to observe more."