Chapter 433 Human Nature is Simple
Li Simin was taken aback, surprised that Shen Luojia would have such bright eyes.
Like when he was in the no-man's-land in the Northwest, every night after the end of an experiment, when he came out of the laboratory, he saw a sky full of stars, bright and spotless.
Then, in a gentler voice, she asked, "Can you understand it?"
Shen Luojia shook her head, sat up straight, and answered honestly, "I know numbers, but I don't know these words."
Li Simin was somewhat surprised: "Don't you know how to read? Have you ever been to school?"
Shen Luojia shook her head: "No, I only know a few characters."
Li Simin was surprised that Shen Luojia had never been to school: "How old are you? Do you want to go to school?"
Shen Luojia didn't feel embarrassed at all and answered frankly, "Twenty-five, I'm too old, the school won't accept me."
The few characters she knew were learned when her grandmother took her to a literacy class in the village.
Li Simin was a soft-hearted person with a gentle personality, and her tone softened even more when she spoke to Shen Luojia: "Do you want to learn? I can teach you?"
For some reason, it suddenly reminded him of the time when he taught Jiang Zhizhi when she was a child.
Shen Luojia hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "I can't learn it."
Li Simin remained patient: "How could that be? As long as you study diligently, you can learn it."
As he spoke, he opened the notebook to the first page, which contained some quotes. Pointing to the words, he asked, "Do you recognize them?"
Shen Luojia leaned closer for another look: "I know him."
Then he pointed to the words on the screen and read them one by one.
Her voice was clear and focused, revealing her seriousness.
Li Simin smiled slightly and corrected Shen Luojia's mispronunciations little by little.
"This is not the 'xiao' in 'school,' but the 'xiao' in 'correction,' and the pronunciation is slightly different."
"This is the retroflex ending, you don't need to pronounce the 'er' sound, take your time."
Shen Luojia became somewhat interested, and a smile appeared in her eyes. Unlike her previous casual and indifferent attitude, she listened to Li Simin's teaching very seriously.
When Shang Shiying returned from buying steamed buns, she ran into Zhou Xiye pushing a wheelchair, and the two went back to the ward together.
Seeing Li Simin and Shen Luojia getting along so well, Shang Shiying was a little surprised, but thinking about it, it was quite normal.
Li Simin had a good personality since childhood; he was kind and gentle, and all the children in the neighborhood liked him.
Smiling, she went over and called to Shen Luojia to eat steamed buns.
Li Simin closed her notebook and gently reminded her, "Go wash your hands first."
Shen Luojia obediently stood up and went to find a place to wash her hands.
Afraid that she would get lost, Shang Shiying took her to the washroom to wash her hands. While washing her hands, he asked Shen Luojia with a smile, "After we eat, I'll take you home?"
Shen Luojia shook her head: "I can go back by myself."
Shang Shiying, however, was afraid that Shen Qingping would make things difficult for her: "If you are bullied when you go back, you can come to me."
Shen Luojia didn't say anything, washed her hands, and followed Shang Shiying back.
She sat down, her hands still damp, and prepared to wipe them on her clothes, but Li Simin stopped her and handed her a handkerchief: "Use this to wipe your hands."
He had already noticed something was off about Shen Luojia, but perhaps it was this very abnormality that made her more innocent and simple-minded, like a child.
Shang Shiying glanced at it, said nothing, and handed Shen Luojia a steamed bun with a smile: "What do you like to eat? You can come to your auntie, and your auntie will make it for you."
Shen Luojia frowned and thought for a moment: "I want to find my grandmother."
Shang Shiying glanced at Li Simin, recalling that Liu Li had said at the family reunion banquet that Shen Luojia's grandmother had died.
Li Simin, unaware of this, gently comforted Shen Luojia, "We'll help you look for it, and we'll let you know when we find it."
Shen Luojia nodded in satisfaction and focused on eating her steamed bun.
After finishing their meal, before Shang Shiying could even speak, Shen Luojia suggested going home.
Shang Shiying first took Shen Luojia to the hospital gate to make sure she could go home alone before going back to pick up Li Simin from the hospital.
On the way home, Shang Shiying sighed, "This child had a fever when he was little, which damaged his brain, so he is a bit slow to react and looks silly."
Li Simin was surprised: "Aside from being slow to react, I think he's pretty good."
Shang Shiying nodded: "Yes, you can't tell from just a few words, but when something happens, I've found that this girl has her own set of survival rules. Like today, when Shen Yuzhi pinched her, she immediately retaliated and even knew to come to me to complain."
He then recounted the events of the day to Li Simin.
Li Simin suddenly recalled Shen Luojia's anger towards the robber that day, and that somewhat inaccurate expression of "womanly compassion."
This suggests that she has experienced too many unfair treatments throughout her life. She must have encountered many instances where she was bullied, let the bully go, only to be bullied in return.
That's why she acted ruthlessly and decisively.
Shang Shiying sighed, "What a poor child. This world is so unfair. It's so hard for me to have a daughter, while some people have daughters but don't know how to cherish them."
Zhou Xiye simply listened quietly from the side without offering any opinion.
However, when Jiang Zhizhi returned in the evening, Zhou Xiye told her everything to satisfy her gossipy nature.
Jiang Zhizhi was shocked. Without even changing her clothes, she sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "The Shen family is really going too far. How could they so blatantly bully a girl?"
"Is he or she their biological child?"
Zhou Xiye wasn't sure: "I think so."
Jiang Zhizhi sighed: "There's something else I haven't told you yet. I found the same pulse pattern on Shen Luojia as on my mother. If it's poisoning, then it means they've been poisoned by the same poison."
"This afternoon I was in the lab and went through all the herbal medicines my mother had taken. I found that it wasn't the herbs that were the problem; it was probably something else. I was going to go there, but it was too late."
"The main problem is that if the blood test doesn't detect it, I won't be able to convince anyone."
Zhou Xiye asked in surprise, "Does Shen Luojia also have the symptom of forgetfulness?"
Jiang Zhizhi shook her head: "Not yet. Her symptoms are milder than my mother's, probably because she's younger. It's just strange, why are they the same?"
After saying that, he couldn't help but mutter, "No, I'll go check the notes the teacher left behind and see if there's any written record of that."
After changing his clothes, just as he was about to look at his notes, Fang Hua came over and called out that someone was looking for him.
Xiao Zhouji and Shangshang also came in hand in hand, calling out "Dad" and "Mom" repeatedly.
Jiang Zhizhi smiled, picked up Xiao Zhouji, kissed him, and put him down. Then she picked up Shang Shang and walked outside, saying, "Okay, let's go out and see who's here."
When I took my two children out, I saw Su Liting and her son Jin Kang sitting in the living room.
Fang Hua, with his back to the two of them, winked helplessly at Jiang Zhizhi.
Jiang Zhizhi carried the child over, but before she could speak, Su Liting pushed Jin Kang, saying, "Kneel down to your senior sister."
Jin Kang obeyed, stood up, and knelt down in front of Jiang Zhizhi with a thud...
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