Savi, whose foot had been stepped on, now wore a dark expression and stayed silent.
A few seconds later.
Under the expectant gaze of the children, Uncle finally spoke—
“The gift I have for you is to personally train you. Do you want to easily run over a thousand meters? Do you want to catch the trickiest little prey? Do you want to have the healthiest physique?”
As he spoke, Uncle added, “Especially Ningning, do you want to turn your soft, squishy flesh into muscle?”
The little child: “...”
The little child muttered, “I don’t want to.”
Uncle: “?”
Uncle’s eyelid twitched.
The little child was completely dumbfounded. He never imagined that the gift from his uncle wasn’t a treasure trove, but additional training!
School hadn’t even started yet, and the little child, who didn’t want to attend gym class early, refused three times in a row: “Ningning doesn’t want to train, doesn’t want to run, and definitely doesn’t want muscles!”
He just wanted to stay soft and squishy—Dad and Brother loved to pinch his chubby little cheeks.
Uncle listened to the little child’s refusal and calmly said, “Rejection denied. You have half a day to warm up. I’ll have someone send you a few sets of clothes. Once you’re dressed, I’ll take you to start training.”
This Ningning was chubby, overweight, and needed more exercise.
This Lele was a bit thin, physically weak, and also needed more exercise.
As for Wagner, there was nothing wrong with him at the moment, but since the other two children needed extra training, he might as well join in.
After finishing, Uncle walked away, completely ignoring the children’ devastated expressions.
Savi looked at the equally stunned Lele and couldn’t hold back. He ran a few steps forward and stopped his uncle: “Uncle, the ritual festival is about to start. Training them now, what if they accidentally—”
“Don’t worry, with me watching over them, nothing will happen.”
Uncle had already given the children a day to relax, which was the limit of his patience. From the moment he laid eyes on that chubby little child, he had wanted to make the child run for two hours.
He couldn’t tolerate this chubby little child staying here without exercising for even a day.
Even if he couldn’t slim down, this chubby little child must at least be the healthiest and most agile chubby child.
Not even Savi invoking the ritual festival could stop Uncle.
The ritual festival was a triennial event. After the New Year, they would go to the Forbidden Mountain, led by their elders, to perform sacrifices.
Just like how ancient Earth people would visit the graves of their ancestors, their ritual festival carried a similar meaning.
However, the place they performed sacrifices was where their tribe’s benefactor rested. No one knew the benefactor’s origins or if he was of their kind, but he had been sleeping in the Forbidden Mountain for a very, very long time.
It was said that this benefactor had a bad temper. During the past century, he woke up once, and someone unknown provoked him. The benefactor became angry, and his violent spiritual energy almost wiped out their entire tribe.
When Savi first heard the elders talking about this, he was skeptical—
Could this benefactor, who nearly exterminated them in a fit of rage, really be their benefactor and not their enemy?
In short, to ensure that this ill-tempered “benefactor” was not disturbed, the elders specifically designated the mountain he resided on as a forbidden mountain.
During the sacrificial festivals held on the forbidden mountain, they avoided setting off firecrackers and making loud noises. Although the rituals were performed in silence, they were still grand.
They would also offer many delicacies and fine foods to the “benefactor.”
In the main hall.
The footsteps of the Uncle had already faded away, leaving behind a few children whose nerves were about to break: “I don’t want to go to gym class.”
“Neither do I.”
After being forced to attend a few days of language classes on the Sixth Planet, the children already felt quite aggrieved. Now, after finishing their language class, they were expected to attend gym class as well—this was practically bullying!
Savi looked at the group of children, scowling, and said, “My uncle is very strict. If he says there will be training, then there will be training. None of us can escape.”
Savi wasn’t afraid of the training, but he knew that the dummy Lele would definitely end up crying during the session.
He figured he’d probably have to carry Lele through the training, which would only make it harder.
One of the children, unwilling to accept defeat, said, “Let’s hide! If Uncle can’t find us, he can’t make us train.”
“Okay!”
The children didn’t dare to run too far, so they decided to hide inside the house.
While hiding, one of the children noticed a small turtle. The turtle was lying in a corner, lifting its eyelids to glance at him.
“Hello, little turtle.”
The little child crawled under the bed, lying flat on the floor, and greeted the turtle: “I’m hiding here. Why are you here too?”
The little turtle: “...”
The turtle didn’t respond, just quietly watched him.
The little child sniffled and whispered to the turtle, “Uncle wants to catch us for training, but we don’t want to train.”
“I’m hiding here. Wagner is hiding in the tank, and Lele is in the cabinet. We’re all hiding, so Uncle won’t be able to find us.”
The little child lay under the bed by himself, feeling a bit lonely. He pricked up his ears, listening for any sounds outside. Hearing no footsteps, he felt relieved and began chatting with the turtle.
The little turtle quietly listened as he rambled on.
After a while, the little turtle slowly began to crawl out.
The little child, watching the turtle about to leave, felt a bit reluctant. “You’re leaving already? Aren’t you going to stay and chat a bit more?”
The little turtle paused in its movement, but in the next second, it continued to crawl forward.
Not long after the turtle had crawled away, the sound of footsteps suddenly echoed.
The little child, who had just fallen asleep under the bed, didn’t hear the footsteps at all.
Before long, the bed was lifted, and the little child, who was sleeping under the bed, was picked up.
The little child opened his eyes in confusion and kicked his legs.
With a cold and stern expression, the First Uncle lifted up the chubby little child and then went to grab another child from the tank. As for the last child, who was locked in the cabinet, seeing that both of the uncle’s hands were occupied, he crawled out of the wardrobe by himself.
“Lele can walk on his own.”
Once all three children were captured, Savi, who hadn’t hidden at all, had already changed into his training clothes.
He had long predicted the fate of the three children. Trying to hide here? Don’t even think about it.
“I’ll give you 10 minutes to change clothes.”
Under the pressure of the First Uncle, the captured children reluctantly changed into their clothes.
The temperature here wasn’t too cold, but the clothes they had changed into seemed a bit thin.
The little child looked at his exposed arm and tugged on the First Uncle’s hand. “Ningning’s chubby arms are showing.”
The First Uncle pinched his soft flesh, which was even softer than cotton. The child’s arms, white and chubby like lotus roots, were exposed, and before long, they started to feel cold.
“It’s okay, you won’t feel cold soon.”
As the First Uncle spoke, he led them outside. “Now, start with a light jog as a warm-up. Come on, line up—Lele first, Ningning second, Wagner third, and Savi at the end.”
After arranging the line, the First Uncle started leading them in a slow run.
“Adjust your breathing, do as I say...”
