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Being thin and weak after all, it was only a short moment of stalemate before Sumo was seized by the children and fell heavily from the wall to the ground with a dull thud, dripping blood all over.

“Little brat!” Ning Liang pinned him to the ground, furious, “Are you trying to run? Where do you think you’re going?”

“Don’t hit him!” Yan Shi rushed over and yanked down on his companion’s fist.

Sumo ignored them, wiped the blood from his face and refrained from crying from the pain, just struggled himself up from the ground and looked at what was cupped in his hand – the bird had been squashed flat and remained motionless, reverting to a lifeless paper crane.

Had she folded this? He could clearly hear his sister’s voice only a moment ago!

Sumo watched in amazement as the blood from the wound on his hand dripped down, staining the paper crane with crimson – this paper crane, how far away did it travel from? It had travelled thousands of miles and was exhausted by the time it reached here, yet it still brought her voice with it.

Yes, she was calling for him from far away and was summoning him back!

Surely, she had not abandoned him… she had been looking for him!

” Get off me!” As if he suddenly went insane, the skinny child jumped up defiantly, pushed past his peers who were blocking his way and rushed towards the gate, “Let me out! Let me out now! I want to go home!”

“What’s going on?” The commotion in the courtyard startled those in the back, and Ruyi hurried forward to the front door, horrified at the sight, “Oh dear heavens, Sumo, why are you all covered in blood? What happened to your hand?”

Ruyi grabbed the child’s arm and tried to check on Sumo’s injuries.

“Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!” As she tried to pull the boy up, Sumo violently pushed her away, with anger in his eyes and his tiny fists clenched tightly as he almost roared, “You bastards, let me out of here now! My sister… sister is looking for me!”

“Sister?” Ruyi saw the paper crane in his hand and for a moment her face turned slightly pale as she lowered her voice, “This paper crane, is it from the princess Zhu Yan?”

Sumo nodded a little and shouted, “Let me go!”

“Sister?” Before Ruyi could think of a reply, Ning Liang on one side couldn’t help but sneer and shouted to his companions, “Look, this guy actually is calling the Kongsang person his sister! Acknowledging a criminal as his parent while devouring those who are on his side!… A domestic slave who has been captured, caged and domesticated by the Kongsang people!”

“Shut up!” Sumo shouted furiously, and with a single punch, he smacked his face.

“Stop it!” Ruyi clasped the child’s wrist and ruthlessly separated Sumo from the other child. She glared at Ning Liang, dragging the injured Sumo to his feet with one hand, pushing him into a seat and beginning to clean the wounds to stop the bleeding – those wires had not penetrated deep into the flesh, yet because of being pulled down from the wall by force, the wounds were so long that they were extending across almost the entire arm and made them appear shocking.

“Bring some gauze and ointment!” Without waiting for Ruyi’s command, Yan Shi addressed to Ning Liang. Grunting, but obviously listening to Yan Shi, Ning Liang immediately rushed out reluctantly and quickly returned with the medicine, without looking at Sumo, and tossed them aside with a smack.

“Ning Liang!” Ruyi scolded lowly, “No temper tantrums!”

“It was my fault… I failed to control everyone, and that’s why all these things happened.” Yan Shi lowered his head and spoke to Ruyi, “Sister, you shouldn’t blame Ning Liang.”

“I don’t blame any of you,” Ruyi brought the wound medicine over, glanced at Sumo who was still struggling in his seat, and sighed, “I know this little guy has a stubborn and strange temper and is hard to get along with, which is also make it really hard for you all as well… Now, everyone should go back to practicing, no more delays.”

The children all retreated and soon there were just the two left in the room.

“Let go of me!” Sumo struggled once more, trying to pull his arm back from her grasp, yet Ruyi simply sealed the child’s acupuncture points, making it impossible for him to exert any force.

“Don’t move.” She frowned, applying medicine to his injuries carefully and quickly.

After struggling for some moments and realizing that he could not escape, Sumo’s eyes darkened and a hint of viciousness faintly appeared as he gritted his teeth and suddenly said, “Even if you use an iron cage, you will not be able to hold me! –If you don’t let me go, sooner or later I’ll kill everyone here before I break free!”

There was a real killing intent in his voice that made Ruyi’s hand pause for a moment.

“What did you say?” She lifted her head and scrutinized the eight years old child, with a shocked and sad look in her eyes, and murmured, “What are you talking about, Sumo? Are you saying you’re going to kill your own people? Killing children who are just like you?”

“I have no kin!” The child shouted angrily, “I’m just a single person!”

“Nonsense! How can you not have kinsmen? Do you think you are so miserable to be special?” Ruyi couldn’t hold back any longer and grasped him, pointing to those children outside and sternly shouting, “Look at them! They were born slaves, just like you; they were raised in cages, just like you; their parents died, just like yours, and they have no one to turn to in this world – all those children out there are just like you! They have been separated from their families and bullied!”

It was rare to hear such an angry tone coming from the gentle and beautiful Auntie Ru, and Sumo shook for a moment, with his small face devoid of emotion, yet with a subtle change in his eyes.

“Listen, you are not the only one in this world who has suffered. Don’t think that you are the only one who has endured such misfortunes.” Ruyi lowered her head and stared into the child’s eyes, “For thousands of years, under the rule of the Kongsang, our entire shark clan has suffered! Every single one of us!”

Sumo was listening to her in silence, and his eyes shifted slightly, yet when he lowered his head and caught sight of the bloodstained paper crane in his hand, he jolted, tilted his head back and shouted, “Even if… even if they have all suffered, even if every shark is suffering, what does that have to do with me? Why am I forced to stay? Why do I have to be like them?”

“What?” Ruyi shuddered, as if she didn’t believe her ears, “Even if everyone is suffering, that is none of your business?”

“Yes!” Sumo grimaced, glancing coldly at Ning Liang outside, “I hate them.”

“Hate?” Ruyi looked at the child’s sneering little face, and a bitter smile surfaced at the corners of her mouth as she murmured, “Yes, you never seemed to like anyone since you were a child, not a single playmate, no wonder you don’t like them… but why do you like that Kongsang person so much? Did she cast some kind of spell on you?”

The child’s face flushed for a moment, pursed his lips and turned his head away.

“It’s none of your business.” After a long time, he only uttered a short sentence, “You are forbidden to say anything bad about my sister!”

“Okay, then I won’t say anything,” Ruyi, knowing his temper, immediately avoided the sensitive topic of controversy and sighed helplessly, “Sumo, if you would just get along with them nicely, you would find that they are all good children and more worthy of being your companions than that Kongsang person.”

Sumo grunted coldly and didn’t reply.

“Let me introduce you,” Ruyi sighed and gestured to his peers outside, “Yan Shi is the leader of the children, he has a great personality, he can unite all these different young kids and has a big picture view, he will be a leader in the future.” Ruyi pointed again to the child he was fighting against, “Ning Liang was sent here with him, he is gifted in martial arts but has a fiery temper and often clashes with people, the children are afraid of him – but I quite like him.”

“The one standing tall and strong is called Guang Han, it is relatively rare for a shark kid to have such a strong figure, he is the only one of the children who can use heavy weapons; the one who is shy and does not speak is called Xiao, he and his younger sister, Ting, were sent to us together. I think these two siblings will do great things in the future – and the thin, wispy child is called Bea, and is very good at levitation, except that she is a little weak and often gets sick.”

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