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Chapter 66 My Sister's Thoughts

Jiang Yu rode his electric bike out of his workplace and headed straight for No. 11 Middle School.

On the way, he kept thinking about what Wang Li had said that day.

There was also the "parenting tips" that the other party shared with me.

When he arrived at the school gate…

Just then, students poured out in droves.

Jiang Ning walked out of the school gate with her schoolbag on her back.

The time is just right.

The little guy was fiddling with his phone as he walked, as if he had found a toy he had lost.

"Whose kid is playing on their phone? Come on, confiscate it!"

Jiang Ning was so startled that she instinctively pulled her hand back.

Looking up, she saw her brother and, in a moment of vulnerability, lightly punched Jiang Yu's arm with her little fist.

"Brother, you're so annoying!"

"Come on, your annoying brother will take you to KFC." Jiang Yu waved her hand.

Jiang Ning was delighted to hear this, but a conflicted expression appeared on her face.

"Brother... I don't want to eat KFC anymore."

Jiang Yu's expression changed.

broken!

For her to say "I don't want to eat KFC," there's a big problem!

"Don't scare me, are you feeling unwell?"

He reached out to touch Jiang Ning's forehead, then touched his own; her temperature was normal.

"I don't feel unwell..."

Jiang Ning shook her head: "It's just... I don't really want to eat it. I'm tired of eating it all the time..."

Jiang Yu stared at her for two seconds.

Tired of the same thing?

You said just a couple of days ago that you'd never get tired of eating this.

This changed way too fast!

"So what do you want to eat? Barbecue?"

"I don't want to eat either."

"What would you like to eat?"

Jiang Ning paused for a moment.

Then she raised her head, her big eyes filled with a seriousness beyond her years.

"Brother, let's go home to eat. There are still noodles in the fridge; I'll cook them for you!"

"..."

Jiang Yu frowned.

She's changed so much these past two days...

They used to say they loved fried chicken, cola, and skewers, but suddenly they gave it up?

Will you lose your appetite like me?

Jiang Yu even had a strange thought: the formaldehyde in the second-hand furniture at home was too high, causing him and Jiang Ning to get poisoned, which is why their appetites were getting worse?

Or…

Has this child been neglected by me lately, causing them to have too many emotional fluctuations?

"Let's go, get in the car." Jiang Yu's tone left no room for negotiation.

"But brother..."

"I'm not taking you to KFC, I just want to take you out for a walk."

"Okay, sure."

Jiang Ning jumped onto the back seat, wiggled her little bottom a couple of times, and sat firmly.

The electric vehicles slowly drove out of the throngs of people and merged into the evening rush hour traffic.

Jiang Yu took Jiang Ning to the RT-Mart near their home.

The electric scooter shed in front of the supermarket is empty.

He found a corner to squeeze the car in, scanned the code to charge it, and then pulled Jiang Ning into the supermarket.

"Brother, why are we at the supermarket?" Jiang Ning asked, looking bewildered.

"Buy something."

"What should I buy?"

"That depends on what the supermarket has."

Jiang Ning was pulled forward by him, her little face full of question marks.

The supermarket was crowded...

Everywhere you look, there are elderly people pushing shopping carts and young couples with children.

Occasionally, young couples can be seen flirting and teasing each other.

The radio was playing promotional messages about discounted goods on a loop.

Promotions like "Fresh shrimp for a limited time at 19.9 yuan per pound", "Buy one get one free on laundry detergent", and "Double points for members this weekend"...

The noise was so loud and chaotic it gave me a headache.

Jiang Yu pulled Jiang Ning to the stationery section.

"Brother, do you want to buy a pen?" Jiang Ning asked, puzzled.

"Not many pens..."

Jiang Yu reached out and patted her backpack.

"I'll get you a new backpack."

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment.

She turned her head and glanced at the black backpack behind her.

The corners of the backpack were worn white, and half of the plastic on the zipper pull was broken, revealing the rusty metal inside.

"Brother, my backpack is still usable, I really don't need to get a new one, I really don't need to..." Her voice was very soft.

But it's obvious that he's saying things against his conscience.

It's easy to understand a child's coy tone.

At that moment, Jiang Yu suddenly felt a little guilty.

In fact, he had already seen the reminder in the memo—"Get Xiao Ning a new schoolbag."

But he never paid any attention to it when he found it.

He thought it was just a schoolbag, why bother changing it?

When I was in school, many boys in my class didn't carry their schoolbags home.

I borrowed the pen and paper from my female classmate.

But now he stands in the supermarket, looking at the little girls around him carrying brightly colored backpacks…

Then think about that tattered bag Jiang Ning carries every day...

He suddenly realized that he had been too careless.

Jiang Ning is a little girl.

What would her classmates think of her if she carried a tattered, dark backpack all day?

"Come on, pick one, choose a new backpack you like."

Jiang Yu pulled Jiang Ning to the backpack shelf.

The shelves were filled with backpacks of various colors and patterns.

Each one is a hundred times better looking than the tattered backpack she's carrying.

Jiang Ning stood in front of the shelf, her eyes brightening for a moment, but then quickly dimming again.

"Brother, you really don't need to change it, my current backpack is still usable..."

"What can be used? The zipper is broken."

"It'll be fine once we get back and fix it..."

"What... what do you mean by 'fix'?"

Jiang Yu casually picked up a pink backpack.

"How about this one?"

Jiang Ning looked at the backpack, her eyes clearly shining.

But she said, "Pink is too delicate, but I'm 12 years old..."

"Oh dear, this is perfect for a little girl carrying a pink bag."

Jiang Yu shoved the backpack into Jiang Ning's arms: "Try it."

Jiang Ning hugged the pink backpack, her little face full of struggle.

She stood there motionless, like a stray cat unsure whether to eat food from a stranger.

"This is it."

Jiang Yu took the backpack from Jiang Ning's arms and put it into the shopping cart.

Jiang Ning opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

She lowered her head, her small hands clutching the hem of her clothes.

"Brother, that backpack is expensive. You need to work to support the family now, I can't keep spending money so recklessly..."

After hearing this, Jiang Yu finally understood why Jiang Ning was so unhappy.

"So that's why you're unhappy?"

"Um…"

Jiang Yu was both amused and exasperated.

But I also felt a pang of sympathy for Jiang Ning because of her overly sensible and cautious manner.

No wonder this little guy won't eat KFC or barbecue anymore, and insists on going home to cook noodles.

So you were trying to save yourself money?

He knelt down in front of Jiang Ning and gently brushed a stray hair from her ear.

"Our family isn't that strapped for cash yet, so you can eat and drink whatever you want without worry."

"Although your brother is currently an intern, his salary will be very high after he gets promoted."

"Let me put it this way, after I'm officially promoted and assigned to the Special Operations Department, do you know how much my monthly salary will be?"

He held up three fingers.

"Come on, let me test you. What's the price of a 3 followed by four zeros?"

Jiang Ning cooperated by putting on a little expression that said, "This question is too difficult."

Then, as if racking his brains, he counted on his fingers.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands... 3?!"

"right."

"Wow! You earn more than Chen Zihan's mom! Her mom earns over 8000 a month." Jiang Ning was like she had been rebooted and fully recharged.

"Right? So you don't need to be so frugal. You're at the age where you're growing, don't try to save money for your brother! Spend freely and have fun!"

"Charge!" Jiang Ning waved her little fist.

"Let's go get some more snacks to show off while watching our shows tonight," Jiang Yu said, pushing the shopping cart with a wave of his hand.

"good!!!"

The brother and sister rushed into the snack section and wreaked havoc.

Potato chips, spicy strips, jelly, Want Want Bull Candy, beef jerky, Mimi Shrimp Chips, Spicy Beans, Bear Cookies, Oreos, and Lots of Fish...

The shopping cart gradually filled with colorful snacks.

Jiang Yu still felt a little pained.

But seeing the genuine joy on Jiang Ning's face...

And then there was the way she arrogantly showed off her car full of snacks in front of others…

Jiang Yu felt the money was well spent.

The value of emotional value.

and…

He also felt that his condition was improving.

The first time I met Jiang Ning, we went to KFC and ordered a family bucket, which made him feel the pinch for a long time.

It's like a complete stranger getting a free meal from him.

But now he doesn't feel that way at all.

He felt that he might remember his "sister" soon.

……

After returning home, Jiang Yu began to categorize the food.

Snacks are placed on the coffee table, drinks are put in the refrigerator, and strawberries and blueberries are washed and put in a fruit bowl.

Jiang Ning carefully cut off the tag from her new schoolbag.

Then gently place it on the bed, as if it were a precious work of art.

She rummaged through her old schoolbag…

Take out the textbooks, notebooks, and pencil case one by one and arrange them neatly in the new schoolbag.

The movements were slow, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.

Jiang Yu prepared snacks for watching the show and leaned against the door frame, quietly watching her tidy up.

He noticed that Jiang Ning folded the old schoolbag neatly and put it in the closet.

"Brother, I've put away the old schoolbag. I can still use it if the new schoolbag breaks in the future." Jiang Ning turned around and grinned at him.

"Alright, whatever makes you happy." Jiang Yu didn't interfere with her decision.

Jiang Ning put the old schoolbag into the cabinet, then skipped and hopped into the living room.

She plopped down on the sofa, staring at the pile of colorful snack wrappers on the coffee table, her big eyes sparkling.

My mouth is already watering.

"Brother, what show are we going to watch tonight... I mean, what show are we going to watch?"

"What do you want to see?"

"Um... I'm fine with anything."

Jiang Yu thought for a moment and then opened the resource site where he usually watched serious movies.

He originally wanted to continue showing Jiang Ning those action-packed anime...

But then he remembered that Jiang Ning wasn't interested in those things.

In addition, Wang Li taught him communication skills—"Chat casually while watching TV, don't deliberately put on an air of 'I need to talk to you'."

So he gave up on the ones he usually liked to watch and started searching.

"Brother, let's look at this!"

Jiang Ning pointed to a poster on the screen.

It was a poster for an old Hong Kong movie, featuring Uncle Ying dressed as a Taoist priest.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment.

"You want to see this? Aren't you scared?"

"Don't be afraid, with you here, I'm not afraid of anything."

Jiang Yu glanced at Jiang Ning.

After confirming that she wasn't just putting on a brave face, I clicked on this old Hong Kong movie.