Chapter 115

Jiang Yunu was very good at beating around the bush. Usually, when she called Qiao Daisi, it was either to inform her in advance that she could go back to Chat during the holiday, or because she really had something to do and couldn't leave during the week, so she sent a "begging call" to her aunt Daisi in advance, and by the way, expressed the little girl's sincerity to her aunt, and expressed her absolute love and longing for Qiao Daisi's craftsmanship.

Finally, she promised that as long as she could make time next week, she would drag Joyson home as soon as possible.

Qiao Daisi rarely accepted calls from Jiang Yunu, which were neither to announce good news nor to chat about family matters.

Coupled with what Jiang Yunu said as soon as he came up, Qiao Daisi felt as if a small stone had suddenly rolled through her heart, or as if she had accidentally stepped on a hollow slate brick on a dilapidated street.

Both of them made people feel a little "boom" in their hearts.

"...What's the matter?" Qiao Daisi's expression was still the same, only her sitting posture was slightly different from before.

She tried to maintain a normal attitude in response to any bad news that Jiang Yunu might give her.

"Let me guess first," Jodaisy said, "you and Joyson got into trouble together at school? I just came back to school on Sunday and found out that you two had gotten into a big trouble?"

Jiang Yunu could hear a kind of deliberately casual tone in Qiao Daisi's voice, which made her feel a little sad. She knew that Qiao Daisi was trying her best to tell her with her attitude that it was okay and no matter what happened, she didn't need to panic.

Aunt Daisy won't put any pressure on Jiang Yunu first.

"No, Auntie." Jiang Yunu suppressed the bitterness in her heart and tried to speak in a calm voice, "It has nothing to do with Joeysen. It's my problem alone."

"oh--"

Jodaisi let out a long "Oh", and one could clearly see expressions of thought and doubt alternating on her face.

But her tone remained unchanged, and she even teased the girl a bit: "Is this just your problem? Well, tell me, what kind of trouble did you get into that Joyce didn't follow you, leaving you behind as soon as you got back to school?"

The red-haired lady swore to heaven that she was only teasing, using her lighthearted tone to lighten the awkward atmosphere Jiang Yunu had unintentionally created. She mentioned Qiao Yisen twice because the two children were rarely apart at Enger School. Jiang Yunu's involvement with her was limited to inter-school competitions, but Qiao Yisen was always by her side in her daily life and studies.

To be honest, even if Jiang Yunu really got into a terrible disaster, Qiao Daisi might still be confused - why didn't Joyson make the mistake with him?

But Jiang Yunu's expression changed after she finished speaking.

Jiang Yunu seemed to be stung by Qiao Daisi's words for some reason. Her face showed a mixture of embarrassment, guilt, and a little sadness.

"Joeysen can't follow me anymore." Jiang Yunu said.

"Ah?" the red-haired lady blurted out, "This kid died on your way back to school?!"

“…………”

No!

Jiang Yunu suddenly realized that this conversation was taking a strange turn, and her previous words were particularly ambiguous. She said categorically, "No! This is absolutely not the case! He's definitely still alive and kicking in the boys' dormitory! Qiao Yisen is warm and alive and well!"

Qiao Daisi breathed a sigh of relief on the other end of the video window. "I was so scared. When you just said that, I thought something unexpected happened on your way back to school."

Jiang Yunu was originally in a state of mixed emotions, and when Qiao Daisi asked her why she had left Joyson behind, it hit her sore spot just right - after accepting the challenge of the skip-level exam, she really had to leave her junior high school friends behind and climb up alone.

As a result, this emotion of being "precisely hit" did not rise for too long, and Ms. Qiao Daisi's brilliant words "Joyson is finished" made Jiang Yunu's brewing emotions stop rising in one breath and become stuck.

Once emotions get stuck, it's easy to lose momentum.

"Your guess is too scary." Jiang Yunu said helplessly, "How can a mother come up and directly guess that her child is dead?"

"Only a mother would dare to make such a guess," said Ms. Jodais. "It would be inconvenient for an outsider to make such an outrageous guess."

Jiang Yunu: "..." You also know this is outrageous!

"Little crossbow." Aunt Daisy changed the subject, "So, what happened on your end?"

The atmosphere seemed to be really relaxed by the topic of "Joyson is out of favor". Aunt Daisy raised her chin towards the little girl on the screen through the video signal.

"You even used the honorific 'you'. Whatever it is, just say it directly."

If the two were using an especially old landline phone, then Qiao Daisi might be able to see Jiang Yunuo hesitantly wrapping the phone cord twice; if the two were using a relatively new handheld phone, then Qiao Daisi might be able to notice Jiang Yunuo's hand gently clasping the edge of the phone.

But today's communication equipment is a personal terminal, and Jiang Yunu had nowhere to put her hands. She couldn't touch the edge of her terminal wristband, so she could only let it hang down, placed a little stiffly at her side, and gently touched the side seam of her casual trousers with her fingers.

"Go ahead." Aunt Daisy's voice softened, and she used a gentle voice that Joyson had probably never heard many times in his life.

"It's okay," Jodaisi said. "Since it can make someone who doesn't like to beat around the bush keep talking for a long time without saying it, I guess it must be a big deal, and I'm ready for it."

The image of the little girl in white flickered in Joe Daisy's video window, and she seemed to be gently scratching the seam of her pants again.

"Aunt Daisy." Jiang Yunu finally moved her lips and said out loud the words that she had been rehearsing in her mind for a long time. It was not complicated to say, but it took her a long time to say it out loud.

"I've got the chance to take the exam for a higher grade." She stared into Jodaith's eyes in the video window, unwilling to look away. "Next semester, I'll be able to attend classes with the graduating class. Maybe I can graduate directly in six months and go to a senior school."

“…”

Qiao Daisi and Jiang Yunu are not biological mother and daughter. Jiang Yunu is a little girl she took in to take care of under her household registration. But strangely, she and Jiang Yunu can actually achieve "parent-child unity" - she is just like Jiang Yunu in the classroom office before, her expression suddenly blank, revealing a hint of doubt.

The two had the same reaction, and Qiao Daisi was also shocked by the news.

And after a while, Qiao Daisi seemed to have found her voice again, and she also whispered the first word: "Ah."

"I know this is very sudden." Jiang Yunu insisted on not moving his eyes away, so that he could clearly see every change in Aunt Daisy's expression.

Jodie said slowly and softly, "So you might be leaving home in six months, right?"

Jiang Yunu still didn't move her eyes away, but she closed her mouth and stopped talking.

Through the video window and the communication signal, Qiao Daisi suddenly saw the corner of Jiang Yunu's mouth turn down.

"Hey!" Aunt Daisy said reflexively, "Don't cry! I'm not blaming you. I'm just sighing. I don't mean to feel bad about this at all!"

Jiang Yunu's lips were still curled up, she didn't want to cry. She should be a woman of steel who found herself on a deserted island and had to survive alone, was almost burned into a charcoal man by a meteor storm, was almost drowned by the colorless and tasteless "sea water", and had no tears even when her pain perception was increased to 100% in the holographic game and she suffered penetrating wounds and burns.

She just felt a little sad in her heart, and couldn't laugh out loud like usual when encountering anything.

"I don't want to be so far away from home suddenly." Jiang Yunu said dejectedly, "Can I move our house as well? I can move the whole building to wherever I go to school."

"No way." Qiao Daisi was a very pragmatic woman, much like Jiang Yunu in this respect. She said, "Move out of this run-down street. Auntie can't afford the housing prices elsewhere."

"..." Jiang Yunu was visibly saddened. "Why are housing prices so expensive elsewhere? Can I skip a grade after entering a senior school and then start working and earning money the year after next?"

Qiao Daisi was originally filled with melancholy and reluctance. She had already accepted the fact that Jiang Yunu had gotten another great opportunity. At the same time, she also knew more clearly that a separation that would last longer than waiting for the children's "half-month vacation" every two weeks would soon happen in the near future.

But after hearing what Jiang Yunu said, Qiao Daisi felt melancholy, but at the same time she still felt that there was a little girl with a wild heart.

"You can finish elementary school in one year," Aunt Daisy said. "And you want to finish advanced school in one year too. Xiao Nu, are you planning to break all the records for advancement from the first district to the last district and become the first person in history to achieve such a high level of education?"

"Maybe." Jiang Yunu was melancholy but still dared to think about anything.

She said with a mixture of worry and longing, "If I really get such a title and achieve such a high level of achievement, I'll try to apply for housing allocation! In the future, whichever star region is the first to provide us with long-term housing and household registration for our entire family, I'll immediately sign a contract and go work there, becoming their golden signboard. That way, we can move our entire family there in one fell swoop, and transfer Auntie and Joyson's household registration there!"

Qiao Daisi couldn't help but think about Jiang Yunu's grand vision... and then found that Jiang Yunu's idea was really beautiful.

Beautiful! Not only is he an unprecedented genius, but he can also bring his family to settle down and achieve star zone jump with one click. It's so beautiful.

Ms. Jodais's age has made her rarely daydream. She is more concerned about whether her children have enough food and drink and whether their future life will be good.

"Have you made up your mind to seize the opportunity and come to inform your aunt?" Aunt Daisy brought the subject back to the point.

Her tone was calm, as if she had understood something.

"I..." Jiang Yunu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes."

She confessed to Aunt Daisy, "I'm reluctant to leave home so far away all of a sudden, but I also want to seize this opportunity."

Across the video window, the red-haired lady nodded.

"Okay." Jodie said softly and firmly, "Go ahead."