A faint crack appeared on that woman’s face. For a moment, she stared incredulously at Wen ZhiChu.
[System: Why is she looking at you like that?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Perhaps she never imagined I’d respect her.”
Skycat Genie felt enlightened.
[System: She’s feeling touched?]
Wen ZhiChu nodded.
That woman just received a full lecture from everyone inside the bus. When she fled in panic, Wen ZhiChu didn’t discriminate against her. Instead, he had respected her decision.
Why wouldn’t she be moved to tears!
[System: Young man, you’re very kind.]
Wen ZhiChu: “Just decent, just decent.”
Due to that public criticism just now, everyone on the bus was still looking in their direction. It wasn’t convenient for the woman to flip out at the moment, so she could only swallow her anger.
After reaching his stop, Wen ZhiChu returned home happily with the System’s blind compliment in mind.
The sound of a key being inserted into the lock is always very pleasant to hear. Wen ZhiChu opened the door with a smile. Raising his hand, he flipped the switch on the wall. Instantly the lights flicked on brightly. However, the youth’s smile also froze instantly on his face.
Tiny, grouped up little creatures were crawling around all over the floor.
[System: So many little animals.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
From the electronic door came the sound of a passcode being pressed. Mama Qin, who was originally building blocks with her youngest son, hastily picked him up from the ground upon hearing this: “Quick, your big brother is back.”
Hearing this, Qin JiaHe’s big round eyes lit up. He even stopped playing with the building blocks and stood up instead to hop and skip around on the rug with his little legs: “Gege! Gege!”
Saying this, he reached out both hands and ran into his mom’s arms. Mama Qin was so impatient she didn’t even put on her slippers. Carrying her youngest son, she hastily walked to the entrance hall.
The travel-worn young man returned with his bookbag casually hanging over one shoulder. At this time, he was currently bent down and switching shoes. His shoulders were very wide. This was already visible when he stood straight; now that his back was bent, it was even more obvious.
Qin JiaHe waited in his mom’s arms, looking eagerly at Qin JiaShu. His delighted voice also carried a hint of cautiousness: “Gege.”
Qin JiaShu looked up at the mother and son.
Mama Qin looked at her son with a smile: “JiaShu, you’re back. How was it today? Are you tired?”
“Not tired.” Then he asked: “How come you guys are not resting yet?”
YiZhong High School’s evening self-study ended at 9:30pm. Qin JiaShu returned home at 10pm. Normally at this time, this mother and son pair should be inside their rooms right now.
Hearing her oldest son’s inquiry, Mama Qin hastily walked forward two steps carrying her youngest and continued to say: “XiaoHe refused to sleep no matter what. He said he wants to wait until gege returns. Isn’t that right, XiaoHe?”
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The 4 year old little dumpling nodded, a smile blooming on his young and tender face: “Gege, gege. XiaoHe missed you.”
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Mama Qin moved to the side slightly to let her son come inside.
Qin JiaShu looked down: “How come you’re not wearing shoes?”
Mama Qin finally realized and hastily smiled, saying: “Forgot.”
Saying this, she bounced Qin JiaHe in her arms: “Since gege has returned, let gege carry XiaoHe back to bed, okay?”
“Okay.” With a happy ‘aowu’, the little guy reached his little hands towards Qin JiaShu.
With a composed expression, the young man took the little guy into his arms. Without saying anything else, he began to head upstairs.
Mama Qin stood in place, somewhat hesitant. In the end, she really couldn’t help but ask: “JiaShu, how was school today? Is there anything interesting you want to tell mama?”
The back view of the young man was big and tall. He turned his head to glance at her and then said with a smile: “No.”
Saying this, he turned and went upstairs.
For a moment, Mama Qin’s shoulders dropped somewhat dispiritedly. As a mother, how could she be unaware of the barrier in her son’s smile?
Papa Qin, who just returned from the company, saw her like this and stepped forth to embrace his wife’s shoulders: “Why so downcast? Did you go play poker today and lose?”
Mama Qin glanced at him in discontentment.
In his heart, Papa Qin guessed it pretty accurately: “JiaShu is back?”
Mama Qin nodded and said guiltily: “I keep feeling like JiaShi has distanced himself from us. If only we spent more time with him when he was younger.”
Papa Qin, however, wasn’t concerned: “What distance? Am I not his father, are you not his mother? Everyday we live under the same roof. It’ll be fine after a few years.”
“Didn’t you say the same before? That transcontinental project has already been completed for 5 years. In the last 5 years, we weren’t as busy as before. You and I are able to return home everyday, but JiaShu still isn’t that intimate with us.”
That year of Qin JiaShu’s birth, the company was in the midst of growth. Regardless of projects or trifles, there were plenty of things to deal with. The husband and wife couple also both placed their careers first and foremost. After Qin JiaShu was born, they both got busy with their respective jobs and threw the child at the nanny and private tutor. They only returned home a few times a year.
As the company developed more and more, they obtained both reputation and power. By the time they realized they could divert their attention to their child, Qin JiaShu had already grown up. This sense of guilt had occupied the couple’s heart this entire time. Therefore, after completing the huge project, they both changed their center of attention to family. Yet at this time, Qin JiaShu was already 13.
To their surprise, however, Qin JiaShu wasn’t as rebellious as they had imagined. It could even be said that he was very understanding.
Mama Qin once asked him, do you blame mommy and daddy for always being busy and never being with you?
At that time, the only 13 year old Qin JiaShu shook his head and said with a smile: “No.”
Although the child had said this verbally, the couple still didn’t feel very good inside and wanted to make it up elsewhere. However, they soon discovered that Qin JiaShu was able to manage everything himself and didn’t need their worries at all.
Mama Qin felt distressed: “JiaShu never talks to us about anything.”
“The child is all grown up, he has his own ideas and aspirations now. You don’t need to be so anxious.”
“But.”
Papa Qin patted his wife’s shoulder: “Enough, stop imagining things wildly. JiaShu has been a sensible child since young. He probably knows about our hardships.”
Mama Qin finally nodded, however, a gloomy air continued to be trapped inside her chest, unable to come up or go down.
Qin JiaShu carried Qin JiaHe to the kid’s room on the second floor. Then he put the little guy down without saying anything and got ready to leave.
Seeing this Qin JiaHe hastily ran over with his little short legs and reached out to grab his older brother’s sleeve: “Gege, before I sleep I always get to listen to a bedtime story. Mama and papa tell me one everyday. Can you tell me one today?”
The little guy’s big eyes were filled with anticipation. Immediately afterwards, he ran off to grab a story book to bring over. The smile on his young and tender little face was innocent and bright: “Gege, tell this one.”
Qin JiaShu, however, felt that it looked rather piercing and refused coldly: “No.”
Qin JiaHe was stunned: “Why, gege? Mama said that all kids listen to stories before sleeping. Please, gege, please. Tell me a story, gege.”
The little guy pulled out his killing blow. Normally if papa and mama refused him, he’d act cute and spoiled like this. It worked like a charm every time.
Unexpectedly, Qin JiaShu seemed as if he had received a special vaccine and was completely immune. With an expressionless face, he said: “I’m illiterate.”
Qin JiaHe: !
After saying this, Qin JiaShu walked out, returning to his own room on the 3rd floor.
Leaving the little baby Qin JiaHe to stand dumbfounded in the same spot.
For a moment, he couldn’t accept that his omnipotent big brother… was a huge illiterate.
After Wen ZhiChu chased away the cockroaches, he collapsed onto the sofa in exhaustion, as if his strength was completely sapped away.
[System: Young man, they come to you in flocks. Why are you chasing them away? Aren’t little animals a human’s friend?”
Wen ZhiChu said feebly without any energy: “I’m not suited to be friends with them.”
[System: Why?]
Wen ZhiChu with a numb expression: “I’m not social.”
That seemed to be the case.
[System: You’re pretty self-aware.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
After taking a bath and washing up, Wen ZhiChu sat on the bed and started to count his little private hoard.
Not too much, but not that bad. Exactly $250.
He stored away this $250 carefully, afraid to lose even one yuan. After all, this wasn’t money, it was his life.
[System: Just look at this cheapskate behavior of yours.]
But Wen ZhiChu had a profound expression on his face: “You don’t understand.”
The next day, Wen ZhiChu got up for school as usual. Opening the window curtain, he saw that it was a cloudy day with a light continuous drizzle, so he grabbed the umbrella before heading out the door.
The summer rain made the temperature turn much cooler. Wen ZhiChu boarded the bus and rushed to school as usual.
“It’s raining outside. Mom will ask the driver to bring you.”
Standing in front of the door, Mama Qin persuaded Qin JiaShu: “XiaoHe doesn’t have to reach his kindergarten until 8am. I can tell the driver to bring you to school first.”
Qin JiaShu looked at the weather outside and didn’t refuse.
Seeing this, Mama Qin hastily went to pack the schoolbag for her youngest son.
Qin JiaHe was still inside his room battling with his socks. Upon seeing his mother come in, his young and tender little face was filled with bewilderment: “Mama.”
Mama Qin said: “XiaoHe, how about going to school with gege today?”
Hearing this, Qin JiaHe immediately became energized: “Ok, I’ll go with gege.”
Kindergarten provided breakfast. The little guy didn’t need to eat at home. When he appeared in front of Qin JiaShu, he wore a backpack on his little back and held a small umbrella in his hand. He looked at Qin JiaShu with an excited face.
“Gege, let’s go.”
Qin JiaShu gave him a glance, didn’t say anything, and opened the door to walk out.
The two brothers sat inside the car. Qin JiaShu looked out the window. Like a little cuckoo bird, Qin JiaHe chirped unceasingly next to his ear, that little mouth never stopping throughout the trip.
The driver drove to YiZhong High School first. Qi JiaShu grabbed his bookbag securely and went to get out of the car. However, at this time, he felt a tug to his sleeve.
Turning his head, he looked into Qin JiaHe’s big eyes.
Qin JiaShu looked at him and said with a calm voice: “What’s the matter?”
Qin JiaHe: “Gege, remember to study well.”
The little guy has been thinking incessantly about how his big brother was illiterate for the entire night.
Qin JiaShu: ……
Outside, the rain had already stopped. However the skies were still dark and gloomy. Who knows if it will rain again today. Qin JiaShu acknowledged nonchalantly, grabbed an umbrella, and got out of the car.
Seeing his older brother leaving, the little guy clung onto the car window watching him.
Seeing this, the driver was in no hurry to drive away. The big young master has always been pretty polite and refined, but for some unknown reason, he has always treated this little brother a little too coldly.
However, the small young master still liked his older brother, surprisingly.
Seeing Qin JiaHe clinging to the car window and not budging for a long time, the driver said: “Is XiaoHe reluctant to see gege leave?”
Qin JiaHe blinked his big eyes: “Gege took my Ultraman umbrella.”
Is it just me or the chapter 9 appears before 1 but can’t be found in the chapter list?
Haha, that last line 🤣😂
That usually happens on the website when you click on the update too fast 😉
It happens to me for all novels, but that’s what you get for running to read new chapters at the speed of light
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I’m just checking my notification list when an alert came. I’m just too excited to read the uodate.☺️
Ahh when I first read it, I didn’t see anything wrong: but now I see all words of little didi are like thorns to Qin JiaShu’s heart!
What, all children need to have a bedtime story, he’s never had one :<
I hope Qin JiaShu will open up to his little brother eventually, even if he doesn’t make up with his parents
Little dumpling and grown up dumpling both deserve cuddles and bed-time stories 🥺😢
I don’t like Papa Qin. What do you mean “It’ll be fine in a few years”? Your son is nearly an adult! In a few years he’s going to have moved out! Trying to build a good, deep relationship with someone who’s not part of your daily life is actually really, really hard. It takes work. Work that you obviously won’t put in because if you were willing to put work into the relationship you would you’d be doing it right now. At least Mama Qin knows she needs to do something even if she can’t figure out what to actually do.
For me I didn’t think the mother doesn’t know what to do, just that her eldest son put on barrier and didn’t allow her to get close.
The father takes the easy route of just giving up since his son didn’t open up to him.
Thank You for the new chapter (〃ﾟ3ﾟ〃)
That last part made me laugh out loud!! 😂
Thank you for the chapter!!
Thanks for the chapter!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
If you are going to choose a career under any conditions, then Don’t give birth to a child. If you already have a child that you have not been able to raise and a relationship with which you cannot establish, then you don’t need to give birth to another child until the problems with the past are solved. Or at least don’t give birth while he lives in the same house with you! It is very hypocritical of his mother to give birth to a second child in order to experience “all the joys of motherhood” with a child who grew up without parents
Thank you for your translation 🖤
I might be biased about the brother cause I love my own siblings sm 🤣
Of course, you need to work to live, but usually when you’re just working, it’s not necessary to leave your child alone for a very long time. Even doctors who practically live in the hospital still return home, where they can spend time with their children
I understand that we don’t know anything about how things really were, but from what is said in the book, the parents themselves chose the courier (company development or research, I don’t remember what they do) instead of the child, so they reap the consequences of their choice
*his brother, sorry I made a mistake
Yeah that’s true too. Just because they were busy doesn’t justify neglecting him
Thank you for the chapter 💛
He’s so petty lmfao 😆
I dislike Qin Jiashu’s parents. The father even more so.
Thanks for the update ❤️
WZC is so brave for being able to sleep in a place where cockroaches lurk. Moving out is not an option but I would def spray enough insecticide to poison both them and myself in my panic 😭
The little bro is funny, but the parents? meh;-; I get that you’re busy but this doesn’t excuse the fact that you prioritized ur business over the child. There are so many ways to contact the child without physically being there. Don’t yall have phones?😐 It wasn’t yall that raised him, the employees did.
Anyway, this is just my opinion.
So petty omg XD
This book is gold…..
Driver: how sweet of our little young master to be reluctant like this.
Little young master: my ultraman flew flew flew away.
“does he know our difficulties?” wow, what a ridiculous father. Why does a child always have to understand their parents’ side and swallow their own complaints as if they were ungrateful or a sin?
I hope no one finds his coldness towards his brother unjustified, after all, looking at his brother is a reminder of everything he could have, but his parents chose not to give it to him, but they didn’t hesitate to give it to his younger brother.
thanks for the chapter!
Be as bitter as you deserve to be but that does not mean you should take it out on your cute little brother. I can understand though
Absolutely love it. Keep laughing intermittently . I love the mc
Thanks