Chapter 237 Greedy Orphan Nanny VS Mentally Retarded Young Master 4

The next morning, as soon as Jiang Zhiyi got up, she saw that it was foggy outside, like a gray curtain covering the whole earth.

She took out her phone and checked the weather forecast for the day, which said it would drizzle in the morning.

Jiang Shen wanted to run out to play, but Jiang Zhiyi stopped him and locked him in the house.

Jiang Zhiyi comforted him, saying, "It's going to rain soon, so you can't go out, not even to play in the yard. You can stay upstairs and draw... You can watch TV if you want."

"Alright," Jiang Shen had no choice but to listen to her.

Jiang Zhiyi turned on the TV and casually put on an animal documentary for him.

Jiang Shen doesn't watch TV dramas much; he's more interested in science programs and nature documentaries.

Jiang Zhiyi sat next to him, playing on her phone.

Jiang Shen watched TV for a while, then turned to look at her. He wanted to go over and see what she was doing, but he didn't dare.

Jiang Zhiyi had previously reprimanded him, forbidding him from touching her things or looking at them indiscriminately.

Soon, the morning was over.

"I'm a little sleepy." Jiang Shen was drowsy.

"Then you should go to sleep." Jiang Zhiyi led him upstairs to bed and tucked him in.

While Jiang Shen was taking a nap, Jiang Zhiyi went out and went back to her own home.

It could barely be considered her own home. She used to live in this mud house, and most of the food and supplies were given to her by her neighbors.

Houses that are uninhabited lack human presence and easily become dilapidated.

Jiang Zhiyi thought that she would still have to come back here in the future, and this mud house should be well maintained so that she would have a place to live then.

So she would come over every few days to check on things and do some simple cleaning.

The mud house didn't contain much: a bed, a table, and a few other miscellaneous items. The lock on the front door was gone; it could only be barely fastened.

It doesn't matter too much. I'm not worried about anyone coming to steal things, as long as I keep out any animals.

Several times before, Jiang Shen had pestered her not to leave, so she had brought Jiang Shen here a few times as well.

At night, they lay together on the haystack by the door and looked at the stars.

The vast Milky Way, with its twinkling stars, is truly beautiful.

However, Jiang Shen's constitution makes him very attractive to mosquitoes. After staying for a while, he was covered in bites and started to complain about leaving.

She wouldn't do that; mosquitoes never bite her.

Then she told him that the two of them were having a competition, and whoever had more mosquito bites on their body would win and be more powerful.

Jiang Shenzhen is a fool, an incredibly foolish fool, who believed her and deliberately fed the mosquitoes to him.

Thinking about all this, Jiang Zhiyi couldn't help but laugh out loud. However, at the same time, she also felt a little flustered.

She did indeed often deliberately tease Jiang Shen. Once he's no longer stupid and remembers these things, he'll definitely take revenge, and then she'll be in big trouble.

After packing up, Jiang Zhiyi prepared to leave.

In the courtyard outside, someone called out to her.

"Chen Huaiyu? What are you doing here?" She didn't expect to see him here.

In truth, Chen Huaiyu was also a pitiful person.

When he was very young, his father died in an accident while working outside, and his mother abandoned him and ran away with someone else. He and his grandmother depended on each other for survival.

However, his grandmother's health has always been poor, so he was the sole breadwinner of the family.

His grandmother passed away two years ago.

The villagers pooled their money to help with his grandmother's funeral. Li Dongyan was generous and gave him a considerable sum.

She gave him a few hundred yuan back then, which was really pitiful. Besides, Chen Huaiyu had come here before to be Jiang Shen's playmate, so she and he were quite familiar with each other. It's just that Jiang Shen didn't like him, so he stopped coming.

Chen Huaiyu initially refused to accept her money, perhaps thinking she was also struggling financially, being an orphan and probably even worse off than him. However, she forced him to accept it anyway.

Later, Chen Huaiyu went door-to-door to kowtow to the villagers.

When Chen Huaiyu arrived, she was playing with Jiang Shen upstairs.

Jiang Shen asked her, "Why did he come to kowtow to Uncle Li?"

Jiang Zhiyi replied, "Because Uncle Li helped him and gave him some money."

"How much?" Jiang Shen asked again.

"A few thousand yuan," Jiang Zhiyi said.

The funeral was simple and probably cost around ten or twenty thousand yuan.

Jiang Shen had little concept of money, and he asked, "Is several thousand yuan a lot?"

Jiang Zhiyi didn't answer him anymore; he would keep asking questions later.

However, she couldn't help but think to herself that although it wasn't much for the Jiang family, it would be a great help for Chen Huaiyu.

...

Chen Huaiyu said, "I was just passing by when I saw the gate was open, so I came over to check, thinking that maybe some strangers or animals had broken in."

He knew this was the house she used to live in, but she no longer lived there.

Jiang Zhiyi: "I'll come and clean up."

Chen Huaiyu nodded, then hesitated for a moment, "I..."

"What's wrong? Just tell me what's wrong," she said.

Chen Huaiyu: "I'll be leaving here in a few days to go to school."

Jiang Zhiyi knew about this; it seemed he had been admitted to a very good university in City A.

Chen Huaiyu looked into her eyes, hesitated, and finally said, "This is for you."

He took out a jade pendant, which looked quite cute.

Jiang Zhiyi was a little confused and asked, "Why did you give me this?"

Chen Huaiyu scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, "Take it...this can bring good luck and wealth."

"Alright then, thank you." Jiang Zhiyi was convinced by his wish for good fortune. "I wish you a bright future and smooth sailing."

...

Jiang Zhiyi took the jade pendant home.

Jiang Shen was looking around at the gate of the courtyard. "Where did you go?"

He woke up and couldn't find her. He asked his aunt, but she didn't know where she had gone either.

"I have something to do outside." She didn't say more.

Jiang Shen looked at the jade pendant in her hand; he recognized it.

There used to be a nasty kid. She always hung out with him and never played with him, so eventually she chased him away.

Jiang Shen snatched the things from her hands and threw them on the ground, yelling, "Throw them away!"

"What are you doing?" Jiang Zhiyi was completely confused by him, thinking that he was throwing a tantrum again.

She picked up the things and said in a very unpleasant tone, "Jiang Shen, you are really too bad. How can there be such a bad person as you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shen was so angry that tears welled up in his eyes.

He said sullenly, "I hate you! Uncle Li said I'm leaving soon, I'm going to a really fun place. I'm not taking you with me, you can go play with that jerk!"