Chapter 9 Good Opportunity

After eating and drinking his fill, Ren Fenghe consciously wanted to take the dishes back to the kitchen.

"Children are helping by sitting on the sofa." Ms. Miao did not allow others to enter her kitchen casually and waved her hand to drive her to the sofa.

Bored Ren Fenghe had been sitting on the sofa all day, desperate to find something to do. She looked around and caught sight of the remote control.

She picked up the remote control and switched channels one by one, trying to find a program that interested her.

She flipped through the channels and found that every one of them was an advertisement. She felt depressed and wanted to sigh to the sky, but her attention was drawn to the area around the dining table. She looked in the direction of the dining table.

Ms. Miao, who was just asking Jiang Shen about the content of her work, began to clean up the table and went to the kitchen with the bowls and plates. Jiang Shen followed behind her.

Ms. Miao, who had just not allowed her to enter the kitchen, now allowed Jiang Shen to follow in. After Jiang Shen went in, she raised her hand to close the kitchen door. Before the kitchen door was completely closed, Ms. Miao opened and closed her mouth and said something to Jiang Shen.

The sound of the TV was closer to her, and she couldn't hear the conversation between Ms. Miao and Jiang Shen.

Ren Fenghe became suspicious and perked up instantly.

Ms. Miao's action of closing the door while talking was very suspicious, and it was obvious that she didn't want her to know the content of the conversation.

Then, the topic they talked about was most likely related to her.

Ren Fenghe quickly turned off the TV. The sound of the TV stopped abruptly and the surroundings returned to silence. She ran out of the kitchen and put her ear to the door.

Ren Fenghe secretly despised himself for acting like a thief every day.

Ren Fenghe was concentrating, frowning, closing his eyes, and even pursing his lips in order to hear the conversation clearly.

She tried very hard to hear the conversation.

Unfortunately, there was no sound at all.

Ren Fenghe took two steps back sullenly.

The sound insulation in this community is a mess. This morning she was woken up by Jiang Shen's voice in her room, so how come the sound insulation in the kitchen is so good?

Yes, just now when the kitchen door was closed, the sound of the range hood could not be heard at all.

Ren Fenghe stared at the kitchen door fiercely and really wanted to take it down.

Suddenly, Ren Fenghe had an idea and came up with a good idea.

She didn't go back to the sofa, but stood there.

After finishing their business, Jiang Shen and Ms. Miao opened the door and saw Ren Fenghe standing outside the kitchen, looking up at them.

"I heard you guys talking."

That’s right, Ren Fenghe heard nothing. Her good idea was to bluff them to see if she could find out what they were discussing.

Ms. Miao and Jiang Shen looked at each other.

Jiang Shen said, "We are talking about which clothes we should get for you later."

Ren Fenghe is not a real child and cannot be fooled so easily.

"Really? I thought you were talking in private without me."

Jiang Shen was amused by these childish words. The corners of his mouth curled up and he said with a smile: "We also talked about whether Aunt Miao needs to stay and sleep with you tonight."

Ren Fenghe didn't even think about it and said immediately: "No, I can sleep by myself."

She didn't want to be on guard when she went to bed, fearing that she would expose herself by talking in her sleep.

Jiang Shen nodded in agreement: "I also think you can sleep by yourself."

Ms. Miao was very savvy. She grasped the script and acted out the scene just from Jiang Shen's two short sentences.

Ms. Miao put her hands on her waist, glared, and said in a loud voice: "You are so young, it is not safe to sleep alone!"

This scene looks a little familiar, like going back to the time before taking a shower.

Ren Fenghe looked at Jiang Shen and then at Ms. Miao, deep in thought.

Ren Fenghe, who prided himself on being an expert at making subtle expressions, couldn't see any clues at this moment.

So just now Ms. Miao had an in-depth conversation with Jiang Shen about bath time and bedtime, discussing how to educate the children in an attempt to reach a consensus?

It seems reasonable to avoid discussing methods of educating children with them.

Ren Fenghe was really fooled by the two people who joined forces. Not only was she fooled, she was actually afraid that Ms. Miao would sleep with her. She grabbed Ms. Miao's fingers with one hand, patted her chest with the other hand and said, "I can sleep by myself!"

She thought about how she was alone in the room when she came through, and added "I can always sleep alone" to make it more convincing.

After she finished speaking, she always felt that the looks of Ms. Miao and Jiang Shen became strange.

If I judge this look carefully, I always feel that there is a bit of... sympathy in it? Pitiful? Feeling distressed?

She had seen this kind of look too many times, but she didn't understand why it appeared in the eyes of these two people.

Soon, they sorted out their leaked emotions.

Ms. Miao's part was not over yet. She acted reluctantly and said with a frown: "Okay, I agree that you can go to bed by yourself. I will go home after Xiao Shen brings your things."

The eavesdropping incident came to a temporary end. After Jiang Shen left, only Ms. Miao and Ren Fenghe were left at home.

Ms. Miao turned on the TV to the program she wanted to watch, and Ren Fenghe came over to Ms. Miao and watched it with her.

Judging from the picture quality, it was a TV series from a long time ago, and she didn’t recognize any of the actors in it.

After watching about two episodes, Ren Fenghe, who was sleepy and bored, yawned and leaned to one side on the sofa.

A lot happened today, and emotions have been up and down, so the child's body is already tired.

Ms. Miao felt a weight drop on her body. She turned around and saw Ren Fenghe sleeping sweetly on her.

She smiled silently, carried Ren Fenghe back to the room, and tucked her in.

After doing all this, she looked around, found a night light and turned it on.

The warm yellow night light drives away the terrible darkness and fills the empty room.

The child who was so noisy in the afternoon now sleeps like an angel.

Ms. Miao pushed aside the hair that was covering Ren Fenghe's face, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at Ren Fenghe with her face in her hands, as if she had returned to decades ago when her children were still young.

Ms. Miao, who was walking out of the room quietly, happened to run into Jiang Shen who was returning.

Ms. Miao whispered, "She's asleep. I'll go back first."

Jiang Shen nodded and said, "Thank you, thank you for your hard work."

Ms. Miao waved her hand. "It's not hard. I'll come again tomorrow. When will you get up?"

Jiang Shen does not have a fixed time to get up. In the past, his resting time and getting up time followed his schedule, and his daily routine was very chaotic.

He recalled the time when Ren Fenghe got up and reported it half an hour earlier.

"Okay, I'll make breakfast for you at that time."

"It's okay, no need. Auntie, you can come in the afternoon. I can take care of brunch. You can come and accompany Yuanyuan in the afternoon and give her a bath."

Ms. Miao felt a little awkward when she heard this. "You make me feel embarrassed to accept the money."

Jiang Shen's words directly saved her the morning's work.

Jiang Shen smiled and said, "Don't be embarrassed, there will be other troubles for you."

Ms. Miao asked, “What’s the matter?”

Jiang Shen said: "It is not convenient for me to go to public places, but Yuanyuan cannot stay at home all the time. Children need to do more outdoor activities."

Ms. Miao said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's easy!"

The next day.

Ren Fenghe was a little dazed when she woke up from a good sleep and didn't realize where she was. She rubbed her eyes, stretched hard, listened to the creaking sound of her stiff bones after a night's sleep, and after relaxing in bed for a while, she finally woke up completely.

She fell asleep on the sofa yesterday. Ren Fenghe thought about what happened yesterday and stared at the ceiling, looking left and right along with her twisting head.

Soft pillows, comfortable quilt, she returned to bed.

Ren Fenghe jumped up and was about to land, but he saw a pair of squirrel cotton slippers on the ground.

The brown-gray cotton slippers are not easy to get dirty, and the little squirrel on them is particularly cute.

She got up barefoot yesterday, then put on socks. Today she got up wearing a pair of cotton slippers.

The heating is on at home, so it's not cold, but the heater can't warm the tile floor. It's still a bit cold when I walk on the floor barefoot. It's better with socks, but the coolness of the tiles will still penetrate through the socks to the soles of my feet from time to time.

Ren Fenghe put on her cotton slippers. The squirrel on the slippers was smiling at her. She became excited and walked around a few times to try on the new shoes.

Was it prepared for her by Grandma Miao? Ren Fenghe thought.

Then, after the squirrel cotton slippers, she saw the night light turned on.

Ren Fenghe turned off the night light that had been on all night and whispered, "Really? I told you I can sleep alone, so how could I be afraid of the dark?"

But the faint joy is like sweet water mixed with honey, flowing in my heart.

She couldn't help but hum a song as she walked towards the living room. After humming a few lines, she found that it was the tune of "with me" and quickly covered her mouth.

The living room looked very different that night while she was asleep.

The empty living room was given a children's bookshelf and a toy box, and a few cartoon pillows on the sofa.

Ren Fenghe looked at them one by one. The children's bookshelf seemed to have signs of use. The picture books on the shelf were not new. The toy box that also had a slight smell was probably newly bought.

She opened the lid of the toy box and looked inside. It was full of brand new toys that had not been unpacked. There are a wide variety of toy types, including Barbie Princess, Ultraman, makeup toys, children's toy wooden warehouses, even Lego, and many scattered educational toys such as jigsaw puzzles.

Is this bought for her?

Ren Fenghe glanced around, walked to the sofa, and stared at the newly bought cartoon pillow.

Chick pillow, pig pillow, red flower pillow, and sun pillow.

The brightly colored cartoon pillows are particularly childish and are out of place in the minimalist style of the living room. The carefully designed living room suddenly becomes simple.

Ren Fenghe looked down at the squirrel cotton slippers on his feet again and realized that they were bought by Jiang Shen.

She glanced at the childish pillow again and walked towards the bathroom in an unbelievable manner.

Has Jiang Shen’s taste become so bad?

Ren Fenghe stepped on the stepping stool and started to wash. She looked at the little girl in the mirror and thought: Well, Jiang Shen’s taste hasn’t deteriorated. He carefully selected those pillows from the perspective of the children.

Children like brightly colored things.

After washing up, Ren Fenghe wandered around the empty and quiet living room, picked up a picture book, flipped through it casually, and then put it back.

The ticking clock reminded people of the passage of time. Ren Fenghe looked at the clock. It was half past eight.

Jiang Shen was a very irresponsible father. She didn't even wake up when the child woke up. Ren Fenghe once again strongly condemned Jiang Shen in her heart.

She walked to Jiang Shen's room, and the door of Jiang Shen's room was open.

Ren Fenghe poked her head in and saw Jiang Shen sleeping very soundly, with no sign of waking up, almost snoring. The noise of her getting up and washing up did not wake him up.

Ren Fenghe left the door, realizing that this would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.