The sun outside the window was shining brightly. The sunshine penetrated through the gaps of the window curtains into the room inside, transforming into rays of light. Dust floated visibly within this light.
Qin JiaShu opened his eyes. He raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows before getting up with an unusual weariness on his handsome face. Picking up the cellphone at the head of the bed, he looked at the time. It was 8am.
Wearing loose loungewear, Qin JiaShu headed downstairs, his robust and muscular figure faintly visible under the simple yet comfortable material.
Seeing Qin JiaShu come downstairs, the servant hastily stepped forth to ask: “Young master, do you need breakfast?”
Qin JiaShu acknowledged him faintly. It wasn’t until he sat down that he discovered the mansion was exceptionally quiet.
“Where are they?”
The servant froze briefly before saying hastily: “Sir and Madam accompanied the little young master to his kindergarten to participate in a sports activity.”
Holding the spoon, Qin JiaShu paused for a moment and looked down at the fish congee, silent.
Inside this city’s international kindergarten, Qin JiaHe was currently around a group of little kids, noisily discussing the big heroes of their hearts.
“Of course Doraemon is the most powerful. It can transform into everything!”
“No, Ultraman is the most powerful!”
“That’s not right! It’s Sailor Moon!”
Qin JiaHe squatted there with a dazed little face, listening briefly to this one, then listening briefly to that one. Then he asked sincerely: “So who is the most powerful?”
A little girl next to him said with certainty: “Of course Sailor Moon is the most powerful!”
As she said this, she extended her little arm to show Qin JiaHe the picture of Sailor Moon inside her kid’s watch.
Qin JiaHe scrunched up his little face: “Oh a girl.”
“What’s wrong with a girl? Sailor Moon saved the world before, just like Ultraman!”
Qin JiaHe’s big eyes lit up: “Which of them is more powerful then?”
“Of course, Sailor Moon! Ultraman is not cool at all!”
After experiencing Ultraman’s failure in protecting his big brother yesterday, the little dumpling expressed: as long as you dislike Ultraman, we’re good friends.
Qin JiaHe straightened his chubby little body: “Sailor Moon is the most powerful!”
Around noontime, the parent-child sports activity ended. The little guy sat in his child seat and turned his head to look pitifully at Papa Qin.
Noticing his son’s gaze, Papa Qin raised his hand to squeeze the little dumpling’s face: “XiaoHe, what’s the matter?”
“Papa.”
“Ai.”
“Papa, let’s go to the mall.”
Papa Qin said: “Go to the mall for what? If you want something, Papa will tell people to deliver it to you directly.”
Unexpectedly, the little guy shook his head and insisted on going to the mall.
Papa Qin and Mama Qin had no choice but to bring their youngest son over there. As soon as the little guy entered the mall, he went charging into the kid’s section and then stood in front of the store that sold umbrellas.
Mama Qin asked in confusion: “XiaoHe wants to buy an umbrella?”
The little guy nodded and then looked around swiftly. Big eyes lighting up, he raised a chubby finger and pointed: “I want that one.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Qlat jc lcrajca pbia ab tlr ilaaif ybvs, Hlc AljLf ibbxfv ja Zjwj Hlc klat j qjlg bo teuf qlaloei fsfr.
“Zjwj ybeuta sbe jc ewygfiij atja sbe ilxfv yfobgf, yea sbe vlvc’a mtfglrt la, rb atlr alwf P’w cba yeslcu la obg sbe.”
This morning before leaving the house, Qin JiaHe carried the Ultraman umbrella that his big brother had used and insisted on throwing it away. No sort of persuasion could convince him otherwise. In the end, they weren’t able to win and the little guy threw the umbrella away.
Qin JiaHe tugged on the hem of her shirt and pouted: “Mama.”
Mama Qin refused firmly: “That’s not going to work.”
Although an umbrella was not even worth mentioning, they couldn’t indulge in the kid’s bad habits.
Unexpectedly, the little guy said: “In this world, mommy is the best. Kids with mommies are like treasures~”
“……”
It seems to me like you’re quite the dumpling.
For a second, Mama Qin stood in the same spot, not moving. It’s not because she was touched by her son’s singing, but rather the little guy’s singing was so bad, it practically competed with his older brother’s pitch when he was younger.
After enduring her youngest son’s singing, Mama Qin said staunchly: “No!”
Seeing that it was no-go with his mom, the little guy shifted the battlefield directly towards Papa Qin: “Good papa, good papa. I have a good papa~”
“……”
They didn’t participate in Qin JiaShu’s childhood. With regards to Qin JiaHe, this could be considered their first time being parents. They really couldn’t withstand the child’s cute tantrum.
Seeing his youngest son like this, Papa Qin really couldn’t bear it. He was just about to open his mouth and say he’ll buy it when he received a warning glance from Mama Qin.
Papa Qin: ……
Seeing no one willing to buy it for him, Qin JiaHe’s little face fell and he pretended to cry. However, that little Chinese limerick library of a mouth still didn’t forget to continue: “No one dotes on me. No one loves me. I’m a little cabbage in the mud~”
Mama Qin: ……
If she knew this was to happen, she wouldn’t have let him listen to these messed up songs.
Seeing Qin JiaHe drop golden beans, Papa Qin and Mama Qin hastily picked up their youngest son: “Okay okay. Whatever XiaoHe likes, we’ll buy them all home.”
Papa Qin took the umbrella from the attendant’s hands. Qin JiaHe held it within his arms and giggled with snot dripping from his nose: “Heh……”
No longer crying, he continued to babble into his dad’s ear: “Good papa…papa, I have a good papa~”
Papa Qin: ……
However, looking at this cute, pink umbrella, the husband and wife couple fell into contemplation. On the way home, the little guy hugged the umbrella without letting go. As soon as they arrived home, he kicked off his little shoes and ran inside immediately.
As he ran, he yelled at the same time: “Gege! Gege, XiaoHe is back!”
However, the little guy ran around all over but did not find his big brother.
Holding the umbrella, Qin JiaHe looked at the servant: “Where’s gege?”
“After eating breakfast this morning, young master left the house.”
Papa Qin frowned: “Doesn’t even know to rest at home on the weekends. Just knows to run around randomly.”
Mama Qin was disgruntled: “What are you saying?”
“Did I speak wrongly?” Papa Qin looked at his youngest son’s disappointed expression and said: “He only knows to play around outside with his ruffian friends instead of staying at home to play a while with XiaoHe.”
“Why do your words here sound so unpleasant? What ruffian? That kid from the Ji family is at most a little dumb.”
“……”
As Wen ZhiChu munched on the carrot, he took out his cellphone and published a post on the school forum.
[Subject: Will write self-reflections, love letters, and correct answers to test questions. Anyone interested, please add my contact information.]
He didn’t know if he could make some quick cash here, but putting this post up still counted as a type of business.
Skycat Genie took a glance at it and raised a question.
[System: How much money does it cost for you to write one?]
Wen ZhiChu stuffed his cheeks with carrot: “Depends on the word count. However, at most, it won’t exceed 800 yuan.”
[System: What if someone commissioned you to write 50,000 words, it still won’t be over 800 yuan?]
Wen ZhiChu nodded.
[System: Why?]
Wen ZhiChu puffed up his chest extremely righteously: “Manuscript fees are 800 yuan per tax bracket. Although I’m self-employed, I cannot engage in tax evasion.”
The party and the people were both watching.
[System: ……]
For a second, Skycat Genie was speechless. Its ears were filled with the ‘kacha’ sound of Wen ZhiChu chewing on the carrot.
10 minutes after Wen ZhiChu sent the post, and seeing no response, he started browsing on his phone in boredom.
[System: Do you just plan to eat these today?]
Wen ZhiChu shook his head: “I’m going out to buy food in a bit.”
Saying this, he even took a glance at the money he had in WeChat. A total of 300 yuan. His meal card was about to run out as well. He planned to put most of the money after groceries into the meal card. After all, his only relatively large consumption was eating at school.
After Wen ZhiChu finished calculating the distribution of his money, he thought of something and then asked nervously: “Are there still missions today?”
[System: No. On weekends, we Systems are on-call.]
Wen ZhiChu was instantly overjoyed: “Really?”
[System: If you want, I can still issue them for you.]
Wen ZhiChu shook his head like a rattle drum and smiled brightly: “No need. I love the feeling of being unable to obtain something.”
After he finished chewing on the carrot, Wen ZhiChu got dressed properly and decided to head out the door. As he left, he also grabbed a tote bag to carry things.
Wen ZhiChu boarded the public bus and arrived at the mall. After buying vegetables and fruits, he went to the home improvement section.
Then he tilted his head upwards and looked at the item on the shelf, contemplating for quite a while before finally grabbing the cheapest insect repellant.
Skycat Genie was curious.
[System: What is this?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Croak medicine for little animals.”
[System: !!! Why are you buying this?]
With an innocent and well-behaved face, Wen ZhiChu: “To make the little animals croak.”
The meaning was very literal.
[System: How could you be so cruel!]
Saying this, the System flipped open its human observation diary and added a heavy stroke behind Wen ZhiChu’s attributes: cruel.
[System: Such cute little animals. What did they do wrong for you to treat them like this?!]
Wen ZhiChu spoke honestly: “They eat my food.”
Remembering the mosquitos, he continued to say: “And they eat me.”
Wen ZhiChu has been pretty concerned with the fact that there were cockroaches at home. However, he couldn’t find the nest. Taking advantage of this outing, he bought some bug repellant, which can also drive away mosquitos and such.
After Wen ZhiChu purchased everything, he left the mall carrying the tote bag. There were many vehicles driving around the flourishing city center area. Sometimes if an incident occurred, the traffic jam would be so terrible that nothing could get through. The public bus stop was a distance away from here. After walking out of the mall, Wen ZhiChu heard the mechanical voice in his head speak up unexpectedly.
[System: Why are there so many people over there?]
Hearing this, Wen ZhiChu looked over with the tote bag in hand, and then halted.
“It’s really not easy to invite you out here.” Ji FengChang sat next to Qin JiaShu: “What do you think? Are we going to the clubhouse or boxing today?”
Qin JiaShu: “Boxing.”
Ji FengChang’s eyelids twitched: “Why don’t we go to the clubhouse instead. Boxing is only thrilling for a short while. There are a lot of different games in the clubhouse and I’ve already ordered the liquor.”
Unexpectedly, Qin JiaShu wasn’t interested at all: “Boxing first.”
“Alright, boxing, boxing.” Ji FengChang bumped Qin JiaShu on the shoulder: “Let’s make a deal right now. First boxing and then clubhouse.”
Afterwards, he didn’t forget to add: “I’m not going to practice with you this time. You can find a boxing partner yourself this time.”
Recalling how the other had sent him to the ground with a punch last time, Ji FengChang still felt aches to his body from the memory.
This terrifying muscle memory.
In front of them was the traffic light intersection. The cars slowly came to a stop.
Ji FengChang carelessly glanced around and instantly, his eyes were filled with surprise: “Oh fuck, isn’t that the annoying pest?”
The other was wearing a simple white shirt. His skin was flushed slightly under the intense noontime sunlight. Occasionally, he stretched his head forward and looked around.
Qin JiaShu turned his head and looked over. With pretty much a single glance, he found Wen ZhiChu within the crowd instantly.
It’s not that he was easy to recognize, but rather, he stood out exceptionally from this crowd of people.
The youth was seen standing in a group of old men and women. Every few minutes, he followed the group and took a step forward.
Meanwhile, at the end of the line was a huge red banner that was imprinted with these large golden words.
“Scan the QR code to get eggs.”
I- I’m a bit speechless, scan QR code to get eggs?? I thought it was car accident or something 😅😂😂
I thought the same😂
Goooo, get (hopefuly free) eggs bubu! Wow, great thing to relax after first part of chapter… Which was realy sad :/
Thank You for the new chapter (｢`･ω･)｢❤️
Someone’s got family issues… And I’m not surprised.
My opinion of Qin JiaShu’s parents keeps getting worse each time they appear. I hope they get a satisfying face-slapping.
Aye! They neglected their eldest son and expect him to be filial and obeying. Lol! Imagine a 17 year old, self dependent and self-motivated child chummying up to you… As if!
You know… With his luck I’m quite sure the eggs will run out before Wen ZhiChu reached them.
Thanks for the chapter!
Get the eggs ZhiChu I believe in you~!!!
Thank you for the chapter!!
For the eggies!
Thank you for the chapter 💕
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
The parents are completely neglecting him emotionally. They forgot him at school, dont tell them when they go on a family out/visit the youngest’s school, and then expect him to stay at home and babysit his younger brother
this is just way too good, i binged all 13 chapters and can’t wait for more!! Very good translation, keep up the good work!
I hate parents like this but the drama always makes me want to read more
Scanning a qr code for eggs is so real for the prices we have now. If there is a promotion near me like this i’d go
I wanna see a dog blood face slapping of Qin Jiashu’s parents 😇
Eggs are good. Eggs are round… the little bro makes me want to sing about the eggs… Hope he gets some eggs! Hahahaha! Ty for the chapter 🤣🥚👀❤️
Ahhh…I hope WZC gets his eggs!
Zhi Chu, I will buy you a hen to eat the roaches and give you eggs. 😭
that parents are kk
thanks for the chapter!