Chapter 105

“How can he prove it? He doesn’t have his gun with him now…” Xia Qingning immediately came to Lu Jingzhe’s rescue, then she said confidently, “Anyway, I’ve seen him shoot before.”

Without seeing it with their own eyes, the children naturally wouldn’t believe it, they looked at Xia Qingning with doubt.

Xia Qingning was racking her brains, thinking about how to convince these little devils, when she suddenly heard Lu Jingzhe beside her looking at the children and asking lightly, “Do you want to eat?”

Everyone looked at Lu Jingzhe in confusion, their eyes slowly followed his gaze upwards, and they saw a very tall and large apricot tree in the distance. At this time of year, the apricots had almost all been picked, only the highest part of the crown had ten or so large, yellow ones left. Because no one could reach them, they were still hanging there.

In the children’s puzzled gaze, Lu Jingzhe parked his bike, pointed at a child’s slingshot that was sticking out of his pocket and said, “Let me use it.”

The little boy hesitated for a moment, then took out the slingshot and handed it over.

Lu Jingzhe took the slingshot, bent down and picked up a few pebbles from the ground, raised his arm, tightened it, aimed, pulled, and released… the movements were fast and smooth, without any hesitation.

Only two “whoosh” sounds were heard, as the pebbles shot out, two bright yellow apricots were hit and fell from the tree.

He looked focused and calm, he continued to aim, pull, and release.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…” Several sounds in succession, and the apricots fell one after another, it was almost impossible to miss.

“Wow!”

“Wow!!”

“Wow!!!”

As the apricots continued to fall, exclamations of surprise followed, each one louder and more excited than the last.

Not only the children, but even Xia Qingning beside him was stunned.

From such a long distance, she couldn’t even tell which were leaves and which were apricots, yet he easily shot them all down.

For a moment, she actually felt that saying he could shoot ten thousand meters didn’t seem so exaggerated anymore.

She saw the man in front of her, wearing a neat military uniform, tall and slender, he tilted his head slightly, even pulling a slingshot was so charming, she didn’t dare to imagine what he would look like on the shooting range, shooting with a real gun, he would be so full of energy and spirit.

Until the last apricot fell, the children’s exclamations stopped, they all rushed over and picked up the scattered apricots.

After the children all left, Xia Qingning couldn’t help but walk over to Lu Jingzhe, gave him a thumbs-up, and praised him with admiration, “As expected of Captain Lu, you’re amazing!”

Lu Jingzhe, who was being praised, slightly raised the corner of his mouth, but quickly returned to his usual calmness, then he looked at her and said in a deep voice, “No matter how good you are, you can’t hit a target ten thousand meters away, don’t mislead the children.”

His tone was not accusatory, but rather like he was educating a big friend who was bragging.

The smile on Xia Qingning’s face froze for a moment, she sheepishly lowered her hand that was giving a thumbs-up.

At this time, the children had already picked up all the apricots, and soon they ran over. Some of the children started eating them directly, Guangguang also picked up two and held them in his hand.

Xia Qingning noticed carefully that the apricots were all intact, she couldn’t help but admire the man in front of her again, his “marksmanship” was simply incredible.

The children walked up to the two of them, now their eyes no longer had any doubt about Lu Jingzhe, only admiration and respect.

“Uncle, you’re so amazing.” The children looked at Lu Jingzhe and said, then they looked at Xia Qingning, “Sister, you weren’t lying.”

Lu Jingzhe didn’t have much emotion when he heard the previous sentence of admiration and praise, but after hearing the next sentence, his brows suddenly furrowed.

Why was she his sister and he was his uncle??

“Zhang Xiaoming, do you believe it now? Zeng Guang’s stepdad is much better than your dad, your dad tried to climb the tree to pick them last time, and he almost fell down, haha…” The children laughed at the boy with the pot-lid haircut.

The boy with the pot-lid haircut obviously no longer questioned the big guy’s skills, but when he heard others laughing at his dad, he was still very unconvinced, he muttered softly, “So what if he’s better, he’s not his real dad anyway.”

Guangguang would argue back about other things, but when it came to his dad, he became dejected and self-conscious. Just as he lowered his head silently, a large, strong hand suddenly reached out, scooped him up, and then placed him on the crossbar of the bicycle.

He was so small, he was completely nestled in the strong arms, a low, powerful voice sounded above his head, “Hold on.”

Guangguang had never ridden a bicycle before, he was a little scared, but he didn’t say he wanted to get off. For some reason, he just trusted this big guy, he obediently grabbed the handlebars.

The children around him had never ridden a bicycle either, seeing Guangguang being placed on the bike, their eyes immediately lit up with envy, especially the boy with the pot-lid haircut, his eyes widened, his dad didn’t have such a cool bike.

In everyone’s envious gaze, Lu Jingzhe pushed Guangguang forward. Guangguang felt the favoritism from his “dad” for the first time, he felt very proud, his little heart was full of satisfaction and emotion.

Xia Qingning looked at the children who were standing there, staring enviously at the bicycle, she opened her mouth to say something, but ultimately changed her mind, she lifted her feet and followed.

Lu Jingzhe didn’t ride the bike away directly, but pushed it forward all the way, he did this naturally to take care of Xia Qingning who was following behind.

Looking at the loving “father and son” in front of her, Xia Qingning’s lips unconsciously curled up. Lu Jingzhe was a person who looked very cold on the surface, but every time he did something, it was so heartwarming and reassuring.

Lu Jingzhe pushed the child ahead, Xia Qingning followed behind, and soon they reached the blue tile house. Just then, a large yellow dog suddenly darted out from behind, it barked wildly at the three of them.

Woof, woof, woof…

It bared its teeth, roared, and looked incredibly fierce.

The incident happened so suddenly, Xia Qingning saw such a fierce dog, her face immediately changed. She was walking at the back, the dog was closest to her. She couldn’t help but let out a scream, “Ah.”

The overwhelming fear made her brain completely unable to think, she instinctively took off running towards Lu Jingzhe. When she reached him, she immediately hid behind him, grabbed him and said hurriedly, “Dog, dog…”

Lu Jingzhe wasn’t scared of the dog, but he was a little flustered by Xia Qingning.

She was pressed against him, her arms tightly around his waist, for a moment he couldn’t even move.

He turned his head to tell her to let go, but he saw her panicked expression, he didn’t say anything else, but just said two words in a deep voice, “Don’t be afraid.”

Xia Qingning grabbed Lu Jingzhe tightly, her eyes fixed on the dog, afraid that it would suddenly charge at them. She wasn’t being fussy, she was genuinely afraid, these Chinese garden dogs are the most troublesome, some of them even sneak attack.

When she was a child, she went to the village to sketch with her classmates who studied art, and she encountered this once. The dog didn’t bark at the people, but it directly bit the female classmate who was walking at the back on the leg.

It was summer, the girls were all wearing skirts, the blood stained the whole leg red, it was shocking. She still has nightmares about that scene.

“Let’s go quickly.” Xia Qingning trembled and whispered, she didn’t realize that she was clinging to Lu Jingzhe, she just thought that the dog was barking so fiercely, maybe it would pounce on them soon, why was he just standing there and not leaving?

Lu Jingzhe was very helpless, he had to push the bike, he was carrying rice and flour on it, and there was a child sitting on it, and she was clinging to him tightly, she wanted to hang on him, now he couldn’t take a step, and she was asking him why he wasn’t leaving.

“Let go first.” Lu Jingzhe didn’t get angry, his voice was low, as if he was coaxing a child, “Come to my side.”

Xia Qingning’s attention was all on the big dog, after hearing Lu Jingzhe’s reminder, she finally realized that she was hugging Lu Jingzhe, she smiled awkwardly, then slowly let go of him and prepared to walk to his side.

The dog was still barking non-stop, but it was just barking, it didn’t pounce. At this time, Guangguang, who was sitting on the crossbar, suddenly climbed down from the bike, he was not afraid at all, he shouted at the dog, “Don’t bark, go away.”

After shouting, he bent down, the dog saw him bend down, thinking that he was going to pick up stones to hit it, it immediately tucked its tail and ran forward, barking as it ran, but it didn’t charge over again.

Guangguang’s series of actions stunned Xia Qingning, she couldn’t even keep up with a seven or eight year old child. Just as she was feeling ashamed, Guangguang walked to her side and said seriously, “Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you, it won’t bite you.”

Then he took Xia Qingning’s hand and walked forward.

Lu Jingzhe behind them saw the little boy leading his wife away, his brows suddenly furrowed.