Raising You This Small Stuff

Chapter 76.1 Drunk Du Du~

Su Yi’s celebration dinner was held in a Michelin restaurant.

When Long Bow arrived at the restaurant, his jaw dropped to the table, “I went around three times outside but didn’t find a stall with the same name, so I came in here bravely. I didn’t expect that you who are so stingy would unexpectedly be so generous… ouch! Why are you hitting my head again!”

Su Yi gritted her teeth, “A dog’s head is resistant to beating!”

“It’s against the law to hit people! Hitting a dog is also against the law!”

“Heh heh…..”

Although Po Fei had already integrated into their small group, he was still a little uncomfortable so he just watched the drama without making a sound.

Yuan Suo, on the other hand, held his cell phone up with a serious face as he recorded the footage of Su Yi’s ‘violence’ and sent it to Mo Yi Cheng.

“Hey, little thing, what are you doing!” Although Yuan Suo was actually two years older than Long Bow, Long Bow was really comfortable with blurting this name out.

When Long Bow yelled at him, Yuan Suo’s neck shrank in, “Nothing, nothing, you guys should continue playing.”

As Po Fei looked up, his eyes inadvertently caught sight of the screen of Yuan Suo’s phone and he asked, “You sent it to Mo Yi Cheng?”

“Ah, yes,” Yuan Suo whispered, “Yi Cheng said he wanted to see how things are going.”

Po Fei understood, hence he didn’t say a word.

Soon after, Mo Yi Cheng replied to his message: Stay away from them, don’t get hurt.

Yuan Suo: En, en.

Mo Yi Cheng: Don’t drink too much.

Yuan Suo: En! [Obedient jpg].

Su Yi and Long Bow finally called a truce so the four of them ordered a meal, chatting while they waited.

It was only then Yuan Suo realised that director Li Xilan was Su Yi’s player.

Long Bow obviously knew about it as there wasn’t an expression of surprise on his face. Instead he was very interested in the movie, “I’ll definitely come and visit the set once they start filming the movie!”

“Alright, I’d probably be with Yi Cheng on the set, so I can join you then. Right, Su Yi you’ll also be on the set a lot, right?” After all, she was the original writer of the script and Li Xilan’s elf.

The smile on Su Yi’s face froze briefly, then she replied, “Actually, I gathered everyone here today because I have something else to say.”

Yuan Suo asked, “What is it?”

Long Bow seemed to already know the inside story as without looking at Su Yi, he picked the wine bottle up and filled the glasses in front of everyone.

Su Yi said, “I’m… already at level 99 and according to the normal progress, when the new semester starts and my outstanding student certificate is issued, I’ll become full level.” And it was just a week before the start of school.

She didn’t say the words that followed, but everyone knew that it was time for her to leave.

“Su Yi….” Yuan Suo was both shocked and dismayed.

Long Bow lifted his glass up, “Let’s all have a drink together first.”

They clinked their glasses together, but the expressions on their faces didn’t look too good.

Yuan Suo usually liked red wine, but this time it tasted so bitter.

When Su Yi saw how down everyone was, she said immediately, “You should all be happy for me, this is a good thing! I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. In my world, my parents are there, my friends, my classmates, everyone is waiting for me, I can’t…. stay here and make them sad.” Although she was smiling, her voice was already choked up, “I was only 18 and had just finished my college entrance exams. I used the pocket money I had saved to buy a bunch of novels and was about to nestle inside my house to read when — a huge earthquake happened without warning.”

“An earthquake?” Po Fei spoke up, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes, obviously afraid of the word for some reason.

Su Yi nodded, “Yes, an earthquake.”

“Then your family…” Po Fei stopped halfway through. This question was too cruel, moreover Su Yi probably couldn’t even give an answer.

Sure enough, Su Yi said, “I don’t really know what happened to my family. I was the only one at home when the earthquake happened, my parents were at work…”

To this day, she had been living in this world for almost 4 years, yet didn’t even know whether her parents were dead or alive in the other dimension.

When she first came here, the unanswered questions almost broke her, but in the end she found something she loved, and that was telling story after story to others with her not-so-sophisticated style of writing, the satisfaction and the sense of belonging accompanying her through the late nights of solitude.

Long Bow opened his mouth, “Su Yi, when you go back there, no matter what… has become of it and whether you… have lost anything, remember, we are there where you can’t see and will always love you and so will they…”

Su Yi smiled, nodding.

At that moment the waiter knocked on the door and brought the food in.

They all tried their best to avoid bringing the topic of Su Yi’s full level up again, changing the topic to the script and also the food.

At first Yuan Suo remembered Mo Yi Cheng’s instructions to not drink too much! And he kept in touch with Mo Yi Cheng almost every half hour, sending emojis and taking pictures, but the more they talked, the more drunk they became, and Long Bow dragged Yuan Suo into a game of thumb fighting1.

Chapter 76.2 Drunk Du Du~

Although Yuan Suo liked to drink, he had never learned to how to thumb fight, so he was new to the game. He had poor skills, but he was still unconvinced, so in less than half an hour he was dizzy.

When Su Yi saw that he had drank so much that he could hardly keep his eyes open, she warned Long Bow on the side, “Fu Changgong, you should know that it’s Du Du you’re drinking under the table, but it’s Mo Yi Cheng you’ll have to explain to.”

Long Bow: “…”

Yuan Suo’s mouth was sweet, his nose was hot and his head was dizzy, so he started gesticulating carelessly with his hands. Anyway it wasn’t a bad thing to drink because he lost.

“I lost oh!” He tried to pour himself a drink.

Long Bow stopped him hurriedly, “Forget it, forget it, you don’t have to drink this time.”
 
“No!” Yuan Suo liked to drink, but Mo Yi Cheng had always been very strict and except for the one time when he was slightly drunk, he had never been drunk again, but this time he was really drunk, as his drunkenness starting showing, “I… I lost, I have to drink! If you stop me, I’ll call… I’ll call Yi Cheng to settle accounts with you!”

Long Bow snorted, snatching the wine glass from him with lightning speed, “If you continue drinking, someone will really come to settle accounts with me!”

Yuan Suo, whose wine glass was snatched away became aggrieved: “Hu! Bully! I’m going to look for Yi Cheng, look for Yi Cheng…”

Long Bow nodded, coaxing him, “Hmm, okay, you go and tell,” when his eyes suddenly lit up and he whispered in Yuan Suo’s ear, “Hey, are you going to tell on me later?”

Yuan Suo saw two Long Bows and decided to answer twice, “En en! En en!”

Long Bow was in complete agreement. He even instructed him, “Make sure you say it clearly, I’m the one who stopped you from drinking!” 

“En! It’s you! You’re the one who won’t let me drink!”

Long Bow laughed, that’s it!

Mo Yi Cheng sent two WeChat messages in a row, but Yuan Suo didn’t respond and knowing that something was up, he asked the driver to drive him over to pick him up.

The car was halfway down the road when a call suddenly came in.

It was Yuan Suo’s number.

“Did you dial it or not? Are you lying to me!” Yuan Suo’s slurred voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

Then Long Bow’s voice sounded as well, “Little ancestor it has gone through, just speak into the receiver! Ai-ya, it’s this way.”

Mo Yi Cheng’s brows furrowed instantly.

Then the soft voice of the drunk Yuan Suo sounded again, “That…. Yi Cheng oh, Long Bow, Long Bow won’t give me a drink! Hurry up, hurry up and come and help me, he snatched my glass away.”

Long Bow gave a thumbs up off to the side. It only got a double blank stare from Su Yi and Po Fei.

“Fu Changgong?” Mo Yi Cheng suppressed the fire in his heart and only answered the words for the time being.

“Hmm, hmm, it’s him, he…. uh, in a while don’t punish too badly ha, he stole my drink, but….. but he taught me how to thumb, thumb fight….. we fought for a long time…”

Mo Yi Cheng’s voice was cold: “Oh? Fu Changgong?”

“Puff…” Su Yi patted Long Bow’s back in fake sympathy, “Fend for yourself.”

Long Bow gulped weakly, “Even….. even if he knows I’m not afraid, I’m not his elf, why should I be afraid?”

Yuan Suo still mumbling on the side, only it was all nonsense as he rambled incoherently, then finally spoke about what he wanted to eat tomorrow morning.

Mo Yi Cheng didn’t hung up until he entered the restaurant and found them.

As soon as he entered, his powerful aura created the illusion that there was a sudden drop in the temperature.

“Where is he?” Mo Yi Cheng only saw three people as soon as he entered the room, but there was no sign of Yuan Suo.

“Uhh……” The three of them looked at him with difficult expressions at the same time, then pointed under the table.

Mo Yi Cheng’s face was extremely unpleasant as he walked over, crouched down and lifted the table curtain and sure enough, he saw Yuan Suo sitting underneath. His fair cheeks were tinged with an attractive pink colour due to the alcohol, his hands were hugging his knees and his big eyes blinked continuously at Mo Yi Cheng. 

Mo Yi Cheng took a deep breath, “Come, come out.”

Yuan Suo shook his head, “I can’t come out. I’m a little mole, I can’t come out, I’ll get beaten up if I do!” 

Mo Yi Cheng: “….”

Yuan Suo reached out carefully and pointed at Long Bow, “He’s a bad guy who specializes in beating moles.” Actually, Yuan Suo said this because he remembered that Long Bow was a game expert, and ‘whac-a-mole’ was also a game, so naturally Long Bow ‘specialized’ in mole hunting!

However, not to mention Mo Yi Cheng, even Long Bow himself didn’t understand the inner workings of this game, so when Yuan Suo said this, it would naturally lead to a misunderstanding.

“Mo Ge, don’t get me wrong, I haven’t lifted a finger! If you don’t believe me, you can ask Su Yi and Po Fei.” Long Bow tried his very best to prove his innocence.

Mo Yi Cheng didn’t even bat an eyelid. He crouched down to peek under the table again, “Du Du, I’m Mo Yi Cheng, come out, let’s go home.”

“Mo Yi Cheng?”

“Hmm, Mo Yi Cheng.”

Yuan Suo’s brain and nerves, which were no longer functioning, switched back into gear, “I like Mo Yi Cheng the most.”

As soon as Yuan Suo said this, the anger in Mo Yi Cheng’s heart dispersed, and his tone softened, “Be good, come here, let’s go home.”

Yuan Suo didn’t move, he only repeated, “Du Du likes Mo Yi Cheng the most…. but Du Du is now a mole, and moles can’t come out, if they come out, they will be…. ah….” Along with a cry of unwillingness, Yuan Suo was pulled out by Mo Yi Cheng and just as his body turned limp and was about to fall to the ground, Mo Yi Cheng’s hands caught him quickly, holding him directly in his arms.

Yuan Suo struggled a little in Mo Yi Cheng’s arms, but once he sensed the familiar scent, he stopped moving.

He still remained obedient even after he was carried into the car, his eyes closed, with his long eyelashes laying down obediently.

Mo Yi Cheng told the driver to drive more steadily, then asked Yuan Suo to lean in his arms, feeling his forehead and asking every once in a while if he was uncomfortable.

“No….” Yuan Suo responded instinctively.

“Don’t ever drink so much again, okay?”

Yuan Suo tried to nod, but when he moved, he felt dizzy, his stomach churned a little, and he was so upset that he could hardly breathe…

“What’s wrong, are you feeling uncomfortable?” Mo Yi Cheng asked worriedly.

Yuan Suo didn’t move. It was after a long time before he suddenly said unconsciously: “I’m so scared… I don’t want to leave… I don’t want to leave Yi Cheng…”