Chapter 0 [Modern Extra]
In the quiet and dim room, Chi Li was lying on the bed. His usual charming and seductive aura was now much less, and his peaceful sleeping face made him look even more gentle.
Looking down, I saw that his shirt had been mostly unbuttoned, revealing his fair and firm abdominal muscles, with the rest of his shirt covered by the quilt.
The sunlight shone into the room through the curtains and hit his face. Chi Li turned over lazily with no intention of opening his eyes.
He stretched out his hand to take the little thing sleeping beside him into his arms, but he got nothing.
Chi Li frowned slightly, opened his eyes and looked down, only to find that there was a small bulge in the quilt, and Jiang Jiu, who had been sleeping next to him, was gone.
"mischief?"
He knew that there was no danger in this world, so the current situation could only be explained as a prank.
It must be that Jiang Jiu asked him to stop last night, but he didn't listen, so today he stuffed some funny props into the quilt to get revenge on him.
Chi Li raised his eyebrows slightly, ready to see how angry Jiang Jiu would be, and then decide how to better coax her.
Unexpectedly, the little bulge in the quilt actually moved at this moment, and was about to crawl out of the quilt, which surprised Chi Li a little.
Could it be that Jiang Jiu wants to raise a small animal?
Having this fox is not enough for him, he also wants to raise other creatures.
Chi Li thought carelessly, his eyes fixed on the small bulge, wanting to take a good look at what could be more attractive than him.
The next second, a little girl with a rosy face, an extremely cute and adorable appearance, and a body size of about five or six years old came out.
“!”
Chi Li was about to reach out to grab it when he paused, and even his expression froze.
How could such a small child appear in their family? !
“…”
The little girl looked into Chi Li's eyes. Perhaps because Chi Li's expression was a little scary, she pouted and cried out "wow".
"Mom, I want to find mom!"
The little girl's voice was extremely childish, but Chi Li accurately captured the familiarity in it. The tone of her voice was almost the same as Jiang Jiu's, except that she sounded more like a child than a girl.
When Chi Li thought that this girl might be related to ginger wine, his expression softened. He reached out and touched the little girl's head, and his tone became much softer.
"Where's your mother?"
He asked softly.
"I...I...my mother..."
The little girl looked at Chi Li while sobbing, and couldn't explain it for a long time. Chi Li could only ask a different question.
"May I have your name?"
He thought that this should be able to determine whose child this was.
"...My name is...my name is Jiang Jiu."
The little girl blinked her eyes. Perhaps because of Chi Li's gentle tone, she finally stopped crying and answered Chi Li's questions obediently.
Her face, which had turned slightly red from holding her breath for too long under the quilt, returned to normal, and her eyes looked at Chi Li with sparkling eyes.
"?"
This time it was Chi Li's turn, but he had always been a very cautious person. After carefully observing the little girl's facial features, he came to a surprising conclusion.
This little girl who looks like Ginger Wine doesn't seem to be lying. When she grows up, she will really be exactly like the little thing.
So at some point last night, Jiang Jiu turned back into a child?
Otherwise, there is no way to explain it. When I opened my eyes this morning, the little thing was gone and there was a child.
"Big brother? Why aren't you talking? Don't you like my name?"
Xiao Jiangjiu bit his lips, looking conflicted, with chubby baby fat still on his face.
"No, I love it."
Chi Li curled the corners of his mouth, and after confirming his guess, his smile became even wider.
He didn't know why Jiang Jiu became what he is now, but being able to see Jiang Jiu's childhood was also a surprise.
"Oh... then big brother, can you take me to find my mother?"
Xiao Jiangjiu's eyes were filled with anticipation.
"Yes, can you tell me where your home is?"
Chi Li sat up from the bed and patiently coaxed little Jiang Jiu.
".....have no idea..."
Xiao Jiangjiu's eyes dimmed, and his aggrieved look was heartbreaking.
"My mom scolded me yesterday, so I ran away in anger. I was so tired that I rested for a while on a park bench, but when I woke up, I was at my big brother's place."
Her voice was childish and confused, just like that of a homeless child.
"Since you don't want to see mom, you can have a good rest here with big brother. You can go back when you want."
Chi Li could vaguely guess that Jiang Jiu's memory was probably still stuck at the time when he was five or six years old, just after having a quarrel with his mother.
But he couldn't take Jiang Jiu to find her mother now...
Little Thing once said that her mother died before she went to college.
Now I can only coax her and find ways to help her recover her adult body.
"But Mom will worry."
Xiao Jiangjiu felt increasingly lost.
"Can you tell Big Brother why you quarreled with Mom?"
Chi Li wanted to know more about Jiang Jiu's childhood. She never mentioned the past, and now that he had the opportunity, he wanted to take it to know more.
"...because I had a fight with a kid from kindergarten, but...I wasn't the one in the wrong."
Xiao Jiangjiu seemed to be thinking about what happened yesterday. His expression became more and more sad, his eyes were red, and it seemed like he was going to shed tears in the next second.
"I know Mom is tired too. I shouldn't have fought back."
Her little face was wrinkled, she was unhappy but also concerned about her mother's mood.
"But...why doesn't mom want to listen to my explanation?"
Xiao Jiangjiu's tears fell like pearls from a broken string, and Chi Li suddenly regretted it.
"It's okay, your mother is a bad guy, big brother will take care of it for you."
Chi Li pieced together what had happened from Xiao Jiangjiu's words. She was bullied by other children and she couldn't help but hit them. As a result, her mother scolded Xiao Jiangjiu without any reason, which made her run away from home in anger.
"No, Mom is already very tired. It's Jiang Jiu's fault for causing trouble for Mom."
Little Jiangjiu shook his head like a rattle and looked at Chi Li with a serious expression for speaking ill of his mother.
Chi Li laughed helplessly. Even after being scolded, he still defended his mother. Jiang Jiu was so cute when he was a child.
"Okay, then I'm the bad guy."
Chi Li followed Jiang Jiu's words and tapped his head gently to cheer up little Jiang Jiu.
"...No, Big Brother is also a good person!"
Xiao Jiangjiu quickly reached out to stop him and refuted Chi Li in a serious tone.
"Big brother is willing to listen to what I say quietly. He is a patient and gentle person, not a bad person."
She thought so and said so.
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