Lan Xing walked forward, thoughtfully looking at the kangaroo's eyes, which were unnaturally lively.
“Xiao Yi, this kangaroo…”
Li Yi nodded slightly, then shook his head, “It’s not a big problem, just a little bit of increased intelligence. It’s nowhere near developing sentience.”
Seeing the ice cream shop owner finally running over, he returned the bucket of ice cream to him.
He glanced at the animal transport truck ahead, then casually lifted the kangaroo up.
He was afraid that if he let it roam free again, it would try to please him by smashing and looting the jewelry store next door.
He wasn't sure if animal robbery was illegal.
But instigating animal robbery…well, that might be a little troublesome.
So…
The panicked passersby were dumbfounded to see:
A boy, not particularly strong, single-handedly lifted the kangaroo by the scruff of its neck and walked a few steps to the transport truck, raising his hand to toss it inside.
The kangaroo rolled around inside the truck, then stood up and chirped at Li Yi several times, protesting that it wanted to get out.
Li Yi glared, “Get in!”
The kangaroo, which had been arrogant and formidable a moment ago, punching passersby and kicking street signs, more terrifying than a terrorist, lowered its proud head under Li Yi’s gaze.
With its head hung low, it obediently walked into the transport truck.
Finding a spot in the truck, it chirped at Li Yi again.
The general meaning was: You can’t just lock me up, I have a bunch of buddies out there.
Li Yi gave it a reassuring look, then turned to a large kangaroo hiding behind a tree, observing secretly.
“Where are your other accomplices?”
“Chirp~”
The large kangaroo hopped over to Li Yi in a few bounds, squatted down and exposed its back to him.
‘Get on, I’ll take you to find them, I promise you won’t miss a single one.’
Li Yi looked at the nearly two-meter-tall behemoth, taller than himself.
He shook his head, politely declining its offer.
“You lead the way, I can keep up.”
The large kangaroo hesitated, then nodded.
“Chirp~” Okay then, you have to keep up!
Soon, Li Yi, with the large kangaroo in tow, appeared in the distance.
Behind them followed a string of kangaroos.
The group of bullies, not one dared to fall behind.
Even if they saw stunned passersby, they wanted to charge at them and give them two good punches. If they saw a lone child, they wanted to give them two slaps.
But under Li Yi’s intimidating presence, they all held back.
One man and a group of kangaroos walked along, and passersby couldn’t help but stop and watch.
A child pointed at Li Yi walking ahead of the kangaroos, ‘Wow’ he exclaimed, “Mommy, is that big brother the Kangaroo Prince?”
The kangaroos all turned their heads, giving him a ‘You can talk, so talk more’ look.
The child’s mother quickly covered his mouth, “Quiet down, the kangaroos will beat you up.”
The group of kangaroos followed behind Li Yi, swaggering back to the transport truck.
Without Li Yi needing to say anything, under his expressionless gaze, they one by one, like obedient little babies, turned their butts towards the truck and climbed in.
The last one to get in even closed the door, then stuck its hand out through the gap and locked the door itself.
The passersby who had just been beaten up: ?
Wait, are kangaroos this smart these days?
So, they were just picking on easy targets because they thought they were easy to bully?
Now they’ve met a tough guy, so they’ve become obedient, well-behaved little babies?
By this time, the staff had also rushed over, thanking Li Yi profusely.
Hearing about the cause and effect of the incident, they even kindly compensated for his financial loss.
They were responsible for transporting this batch of kangaroos to the zoo.
The zoo wasn’t even there yet, and somehow, the kangaroos escaped from the locked truck.
If they couldn’t find them, or if something unexpected happened during the search, resulting in a major disaster, they would be held jointly responsible.
He received a twenty-five yuan compensation, which would allow his wife to buy him a three-flavor ice cream.
In a good mood, Li Yi became more amiable.
“These kangaroos are quite smart, several of them can open locks by themselves.
“One of the kangaroos opened the lock from the inside, which is how they managed to escape.
“You’d better keep an eye on them on the road.”
The staff felt that kangaroos opening locks was a bit far-fetched.
But Li Yi had helped them so much, they couldn’t directly question him.
They only asked politely, “How did you know?”
“There!”
Li Yi pointed his chin at the transport truck.
The staff subconsciously turned their heads to look, and saw a kangaroo sticking out its hands from the gap, expertly opening the lock on the door.
‘Clang’ the door opened from the inside.
One kangaroo hopped out, pushing something into Li Yi’s face.
Li Yi looked closely, it was actually a bunch of vibrant red roses.
The number was so large that the kangaroo’s two paws couldn’t hold it all.
Li Yi blinked, “For me?”
Kangaroo: “Chirp!” Yes! For you!
Li Yi: “Where did you get them?”
Kangaroo: “Chirp~” Of course I picked them on the way!
There was a piece of land on the road with a lot of roses planted, and they each plucked a big bunch, not spending a penny.
It collected everyone’s roses in the truck, one bunch per person, making up this big bouquet.
The kangaroo emphasized ‘not spending a penny’ to Li Yi.
So he could accept it without any worries.
Li Yi felt even more uneasy hearing ‘no cost’.
He just didn’t know which unlucky soul had planted these roses, only to have them ravaged by this bunch of bullies.
Speaking of which…it’s kind of lucky that these bullies are still alive.
But, most people can’t seem to beat them.
Especially since they’re in a pack.
Seeing the kangaroo pushing a whole bunch of roses in front of him, holding them up.
Seeing the kangaroos in the truck, one by one, looking at him eagerly, with eyes filled with the intention of letting him take them.
Li Yi hesitated, reaching out to take the bouquet.
Then, unexpectedly, he was hugged by the kangaroo.
Just as the staff and passersby felt a knot in their stomachs, thinking that these kangaroos had also learned the Thirty-Six Stratagems, and were going to give Li Yi a ‘courtesy before violence’ tactic.
They saw the kangaroo only hug Li Yi, rubbing its head against him.
Then it let go, hopped back into the truck, and closed the door behind it.
The next moment, there was a sound like a group fight from inside the truck, ‘Bang bang, pa pa, pa’.
Li Yi: “…”
Everyone: “…”
So, this is a case of being willing to be beaten, but still wanting to take advantage before leaving?
What a character!
The transport truck soon left with the kangaroos.
But the passersby didn’t disperse, instead they surrounded Li Yi, watching the fun.
Some people even took out their phones and started taking pictures of him.
Li Yi took the roses the kangaroo gave him and gave them to Lan Xing, “For you.”
Lan Xing didn’t mind if they were ‘second-hand roses’ and took the big bunch of vibrant red flowers.
The next moment, Li Yi took Lan Xing’s hand.
In a way that was extremely unreasonable, yet somehow made everyone feel reasonable, they vanished from sight in a few steps.