Chu Jin recognize Song Qiaoxi, although he didn’t play much with the children in the compound, he was good at observing, and know a lot of things.

This little girl, who lives in the same compound as him, has nice big eyes, white and tender skin, sweet and soft milky voice, looking like cute glutinous dumpling.

But he knows very well that underneath the deceptive appearance of this glutinous dumpling was a bear child¹. [¹naughty child]

Many children in the compound were teased and cried because of Song Qiaoxi, not only does she like to play pranks and bully others, but she also has a special ability to turn wrong into right, and even if adults found out, she would find someone to take the blame.

So, what the hell was she trying to do with her actions just now?

Chu Jin pursed his lips as he nervously grabbed the backpack strap with both hands and took two steps back.

He vigilantly watched the glutinous dumpling’s every move as if trying to catch clues of her schemes from her pink face.

However, he found nothing.

She didn’t bawl, but her almond eyes were wet and she just looked at him with a guilty eyes.

Song Qiaoxi said in a milky voice, “Sorry, brother Chu Jin, did I touch your face just now?”

Carefully stretching her fleshly little hand, she tried to comfort Chu Jin but saw him dodge like a hedgehog, and could only inwardly sigh.

He must have suffered a lot to be this sensitive like a small animal, no one will turn bad for no reason. Also, Chu Jin called the police to save her, so he was not a bad boy.

Squatting down, she clumsily picked up the ham sausage that had fallen on the ground and ran towards her parents with her short legs, who were next to a panda trash can.

“Mom, I’m sorry, I accidentally dropped my ham on the ground, punish me.”

She held up the sausage ham and lowered her head as she voluntarily admits her mistake.

Years of life experience living in a welfare home taught her the truth, “to be lenient when confessing, and to be strict when resisting.”

It was better to admit voluntarily than to be caught, so the punishment will be lighter.

But, why hasn’t there been any movement even after a long time?

She raised her head and saw her mother and father frozen in place with surprise looked on their faces as if their jaws were about to hit the ground.

“It is because you ran into a human trafficker and got scared out of your mind, right? Otherwise, when did Xixi ever voluntarily admit her mistake?” Father Song muttered in a low voice, desperately giving Mother Song a meaningful look as if he couldn’t believe his ears.

“Xixi, do you feel sick?” Mother Song squatted down and touched her forehead with a worried look, “No fever, I’m not talking nonsense.”

Mother Song’s eyes lit up and casually threw the sausage ham that was already covered with dirt into the panda’s fat belly, picked the meaty glutinous dumpling up with difficulty, and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. “Our Xixi is sensible, and has now grown up, for the first time, she now knows to take the initiative to admit her mistakes.”

Looking at her parents’ faces full of relief, Song Qiaoxi felt that her brain capacity was not enough.

No, why was it, not quite the same as what she imagined?

Her dad and mom’s requirements for their, er, how should she put this.

It seems a bit low…

“Xixi, mommy, and daddy want to discuss something with you,” Daddy lowered his head and held her hand, “Chu Jin’s mommy and daddy are gone, and he has nowhere to go for the time being, so mommy and daddy have discussed to take him home together today, then we will try to help him contact his relatives. “

“Little brother saved you, so you should be nice to Chu Jin when we get home today, okay?” As if not at ease, her dad added another sentence.

Song Qiaoxi nodded, finally knowing that she could do something for Chu Jin.

At the same time, her heart was filled with gratitude that her mom and dad were so nice, kind, and gentle.

Good people like mom and dad must be rewarded, so she must work hard to protect the good life of her family and never let them end like in the book.

“En, I’ll be good to him.”

There was firmness in her milky and soft voice, and clenches her little fist to show that she will definitely do it.

Moreover, although she called him Brother Chu Jin, in her previous memory, she was a ten-year sister, who should take care of him.

Immediately, her parents showed another expression of seeing a little devil doing good deeds and stared at her hesitantly for a few seconds before happily smiling at each other.

Dad went to talk with Chu Jin, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying at a distance.

Song Qiaoxi lies in her mother’s arms like a koala, with her hand around her neck, a position in which she could clearly smell the pleasant scent of her mother.

She couldn’t say whether it was the floral scent or something else, but smelling it make her feel particularly safe and secure.

The reassuring scent gave her a lot of encouragement, so after practicing several times in her mind, she finally mustered the courage to hesitantly called out “Mom”.

Her voice was very small and breathy like a small fledgling calling weakly.

“Um, what’s wrong, Xixi?”

Mother Song freed up a hand and twirled a strand of loose stray hair around her temple and tuck it behind her ear.

Meanwhile, after finally calling out her mom, she felt her face flushed.

Ever since she met her parents, Song Qiaoxi has been afraid to call them.

She doesn’t know why but for some reason, she became timid as soon as the words came to her lips, perhaps because she has never called the words, “dad” and “mom” in a fair manner in her entire life which cause her to struggle for long.

“Mom.” She called once more, slightly louder than before.

“Ai, mom’s here, what’s wrong?” Mom’s eyes lingered on Dad and Chu Jin, probably thinking she was pouting and acting like a baby, so she strokes her back soothingly.

Although she was shy to the extreme, Song Qiaoxi still hesitantly said the first request in her life. “Mom, can… you buy another sausage ham? I won’t eat it. I’ll give it to Brother Chu Jin.”

As if hearing something funny, her mother tapped her forehead. “Tsk, silly daughter, when did you become so shy, it’s not like you? Let’s go, let’s buy two, one for you and one for little brother Chu Jin.”

After saying that, she carried her back to the fried skewer stall and bought two fried sausage ham again.

When the skewers were almost ready, Dad also took Chu Jin’s hand and walked to the front of the stall.

Song Qiaoxi saw the corners of Chu Jin’s eyes flush with red which he quickly wiped with his slender fingers, and his pale face finally had some blood.

The sunset looked overturned by the alchemy furnace with large golden elixirs transformed into golden rays of light scattered from the ninth heaven to the world, making Song Xiaoxi feel that everyone around her was glowing.

Cicada screeched loudly like the oil pot that was frying the skewer, emitting a tempting aroma. At this time, the bright red “skewers” on the nearby barbecue stall lit up. Taking deep breath, she thought was this the taste of Qizhou summer?

Once the sausage ham was fried, Song Qiaoxi with a bamboo skewer in her hand nibbled at the hard-earned sausage ham, filling her mouth with oil, and lick her lips with satisfaction.

Halfway through eating, she tilted her head and gave a sweet smile to Chu Jin, who was eating quietly without making a sound.

Chu Jin’s gaze fell on Song Qiaoxi.

She smiled with her almond eyes curved like two crescent moons, and her eyes seemed to have a river of stars, shining brightly.

The two flower buds on the little girl’s head were a little loose, and the curly loose hair looked like a young lion’s mane, looking like a fluffy sunset.

Her cheeks bulged, with sesame seed smeared around her mouth, revealing a dumb expression as if to say, no kidding, the sausage ham is really delicious.

No matter how he looks at it, Song Qiaoxi doesn’t look like she was a scheming girl.

He knows that eyes cannot deceive people.

So, he couldn’t help but wonder, where was the girl a year or so ago when her eyes were full of arrogance and dominance?

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On the way home, Father Song drove while Mother Song sat in the passenger seat with Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin in the back seat.

This was not the Song family’s car; she remembers that her father just bought a red motorcycle with a shape that looks like a big sword beetle. The uncles in the compound praised it saying it was a Mustang brand produced by Qingqi Motorcycle Factory.

In her impression, her mother always rode the red motorcycle so her father installed a small bamboo chair with a backrest behind it, and during winter, he would tie cotton cushions to prevent her butt from freezing.

She knows this white car, this belongs to their neighbor, Uncle Wang. It seems to be called Jetta?

Uncle Wang, like Dad, works for the newspaper company and is also an associate editor.

But Uncle Wang’s partner was someone with profitable background, a young lady from Shanghai married to someone from Qizhou.

Sometimes a few uncles drink and chat at home, and mentioned that the Wang family’s daughter-in-law was particularly good at making money. She went overseas early to open the largest beauty salon in Qizhou and was the first family in the compound to buy a car.

“Your Uncle Wang is a loyal friend; he just gives me the car key so that I can pick you up in a car. Is the car more comfortable, or Dad’s motorcycle?”

Father Song interrupted Song Qiaoxi’s recollection, only to see him strapping on his seatbelt, holding the steering wheel with one hand while reversing the car, looking arrogant.

He looked handsome, only for a few seconds before her mother poured cold water on him, she said. “Slow down on the road, Xixi gets carsick.”

“Okay, okay.”

Although Father Song agreed, when they arrived Song Qiaoxi was still like a beaten eggplant, with her head pressed against the car door she collapsed in the back covered in cold sweat.

And because she just ate greasy fried food, her stomach overturned like a river, making her feel very uncomfortable.

Carried off by her mother, she stood in front of the unfamiliar yet familiar family building of the compound as she took a few dizzying steps.

Several big pagoda and mahogany trees were planted in front of the family building, the summer evening wind blows the strong fragrance of the pagoda tree mix with the unique fragrant from the mahogany tree, breathing its smell made her stomach more uncomfortable.

She also finds herself surrounded with several people, adults and children alike, all whom were new in her memory, and there was no way for her to call them out with their names.

And right now, it was too uncomfortable for her to bear it any longer.

Regardless of embarrassment, she squatted down on the ground and “wala” she vomited.

“OMG! Song ah, Xixi just vomited!”

“Teacher Qiao, come quickly, your daughter threw up, and her little face look pale.”

Listening to the chaotic shouting in her ears, she looked up with tears in her eyes and saw her mother grabbing a bottle of water and running over, not forgetting to direct her father to get toilet paper from home.

Song Qiaoxi was very thin-skinned, this was because of her teacher in the welfare, thus, at the very young age her self-esteem was particularly high.

So, after vomiting like this, she was wondering if the crowd had dispersed since she didn’t want anyone to see her embarrassing look, she must be so ugly now.

But the ringing on her ears was so severe that she could barely hear any sound, and she was still dizzy.

Fortunately, when she vomited the uncomfortable feeling finally eased a bit.

A cool hand, gently patted her back, and the rhythm of this large hand patting her back was different, this hand patted more slowly and gently, as if soothing a little cat.

After rinsing her mouth with the mineral water handed by her mother, she raised her head which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and looked the pair of peach blossom eyes that was half covered with a long hair.

It was Chu Jin, he pulled back his thin arm expressionlessly, avoiding her gaze and looking away. His thin lips moved and said something.

Was he…feel disgusted with her?

End of chapter~