"Brother, are you going home now?"
When he mentioned home, Qi Sen stopped and didn't move forward.
In order to keep Cancan's unconditional dependence on him, it was already despicable and selfish for him to keep her by his side and not take her to find her relatives. Now he has to bring her to such a family...
Qi Sen frowned, remembering Cancan's words "Mom and Dad are no longer in the world", and asked: "Do you have any other relatives?"
"That is, your parents' brothers and sisters, or your uncles and aunts who often visit you. Where are they?"
Cancan answered obediently: "They are all in heaven and underground."
Qi Sen was stunned.
Are they all dead?
How is this possible.
Qi Sen thought Cancan was lying on purpose to stay with him, so he said seriously, "Little boy, don't lie."
Cancan waved his hands hurriedly: "If you lie, you will be caught and sent to hell. Cancan is not lying."
Hell is terrible, she doesn't want to go there!
"Master Yan Wang is in hell, and Lord Yichen is in heaven."
"Hell? Heaven?" Qi Sen repeated in confusion.
Cancan remembered that his second brother was a mortal now and didn't understand the rules of the gods, so he explained carefully: "We gods can live in the mountains, the sea, the earth, and the sky. Except for the master who lives underground, all those who are familiar with Daddy and Mommy are in heaven."
Seeing Qi Sen motionless, thinking that he didn't know what the immortal meant, Cancan thought for a moment and said innocently, "Second brother, have you read Journey to the West?"
"The ones flying high and powerful in there are our gods."
There was a sense of pride in her expression, like Wang Po selling melons and boasting about her own products.
Qi Sen rubbed his brows helplessly. Everyone has seen "Journey to the West", but Cancan's sense of immersion is... a bit too strong.
He sorted out his words a little and said softly, "Cancan, there are no immortals in this world."
As soon as he finished speaking, several loud thunders resounded through the sky.
Cancan said in a baby voice: "Second brother, I told you not to talk nonsense. Look, you are going to be struck by lightning~"
Qi Sen: ...
Headache.
There have been many thunderstorms these days. Thunder is just a coincidence. How can it be related to being struck by lightning?
Qi Sen had no intention of reasoning with the little girl who looked only three years old, as she wouldn't understand even if he did.
The dark clouds overhead quickly covered most of the sky, and the thunder was so loud that it made people tremble with fear.
Passersby covered their ears and waited nervously for the next thunder to pass.
Qi Sen didn't bother to worry about where to send Cancan. The most important thing now was to take Cancan home to avoid the heavy rain.
There was a bus stop nearby, where many students from Shangshi Middle School were waiting for the bus. Hearing the thunder, a boy glanced at the sky, laughed, and jokingly said, "I wonder which Taoist friend is here to transcend the tribulation."
This is a very popular internet meme recently.
Every time there is a dull thunder in TV dramas or in real life, someone always says this to indicate that the thunder here is huge, just like the terrifying thunder in novels and fairy tales when the gods are undergoing tribulation.
The other students waiting for the bus heard this joke and smiled at each other.
Somehow, Cancan's eyes became visibly brighter by eight degrees.
Qi Sen thought of what Cancan had just said and thought to himself that this was not good.
As soon as his hand touched her sleeve, the little girl in front of him ran to the boy like a pony, looked up and said excitedly: "It's Cancan!!"
Boy:?
"The Dragon Clan is here to endure the tribulation. May I ask your name, fellow immortal?"
Everyone waiting for the bus turned around and looked at Cancan: Huh?
When they came to their senses, everyone burst into laughter.
ah? ?
How could any child take this seriously?
**
When Qi Sen was almost home, pulling Cancan's sleeve, he still felt embarrassed when he thought of what had just happened.
"Sorry, she's just playing house." I don't know how many times I said this before the laughter around me gradually stopped.
As we dragged Cancan, who was humming and begging for the title of "Xianyou", out of the bus stop, many classmates behind us were still whispering, "This kid is so cute."
The scope of the game of playing house has expanded from parents to immortals. How can Cancan not be adorable for creating this way of playing?
The little ball next to him was still angry, like a fierce Shiba Inu with a wrinkled face.
The expression is fierce but harmless, and instead looks cute and silly.
"Cancan didn't lie." After humming for a long time, Cancan uttered this sentence in anger and grievance.
Qi Sen rubbed her little head helplessly.
The children were deeply immersed in the playing-house plot brought about by "Journey to the West" and had no choice but to agree with Cancan.
"Yes, Cancan did not lie." Qi Sen said.
Hearing these words, Cancan became much happier. In a few seconds, he was like a completely different person, his mood changing instantly.
"I'll just say I didn't lie~"
The baby's voice was drawn out, and it made people smile.
When I got home, my good mood was gone.
In the small living room, adoptive mother Xu Zhen was lying on the sofa watching TV.
Qi Sen subconsciously protected Cancan behind him.
Beside me, there were two plates of leftovers on the dark red wooden table. The bones of the eaten pork ribs were piled there casually, greasy and making people feel nauseous.
Xu Zhen heard the movement at the door and said without turning around, "The meal is on the table."
Qi Sen glanced at the plate with only a few green vegetables and shredded potatoes left, his expression indifferent.
He turned around and gestured to keep quiet.
Before returning home, Qi Sen imagined all the possible scenarios that might happen if his adoptive parents saw Cancan. Although he had prepared for the worst, his adoptive mother was so engrossed in the TV that she didn't notice Cancan. It would be best to take her back to her room before her mother noticed.
Although Cancan was confused, she still nodded her head obediently.
Why doesn’t the second brother let her speak?
His little head was spinning rapidly, and as he was thinking seriously about the answer, he heard the woman's sharp voice again.
"After dinner, clean up the kitchen and living room, wash the clothes in the bathroom, and be gentle with my clothes."
Since junior high school, Qi Sen has been treated as a free babysitter by his adoptive parents, who order him around and leave all the housework, big and small, to him alone.
Whenever the school required payment of fees, she would curse at him and tell him to get lost, then she would grab her coat and wallet and happily go out to play mahjong.
I would rather lose money to others than give him a penny.
After staying in this environment for more than ten years, patience has been subtly engraved into my bones.
Qi Sen said "hmm" lightly, and took Cancan back to the room with a normal expression.
Outside, he could still fight back against the taunts and ridicule of the gang, but at home, he was constantly controlled by his abusive parents. Before the college entrance exams were over, he could only endure it for the sake of his small apartment and the stable environment of school.
Just endure until the college entrance examination is over and he enters university, then they will no longer be able to control him.
Cancan looked up and stared blankly at her second brother with an expressionless face. Then she turned her little head and stared blankly at the woman whose back she could only see.
His expression was serious, and he was obviously thinking about something important.
Walking to Qi Sen's room, Cancan, who hadn't figured out the answer for a long time, couldn't resist the guidance of curiosity. She threw Qi Sen's instructions behind her and asked in a baby voice: "Ji Ji's affairs should be handled by Ji Ji. Auntie is so old, how come she still doesn't know?"
Xu Zhen was stunned for two seconds and stood up, wondering which blind kid was talking here.
What caught her eye was the scene of Qi Sen raising his hand to protect the child behind him. She only vaguely saw a little bit of the light blue gauze skirt.
"Who's behind you?" Xu Zhen asked coldly.
Cancan seemed to be completely unaware of the danger. She tilted her head and half of her body popped out from behind Qi Sen: "It's me."
The cheerful tone seemed to be playing hide-and-seek, and did not take Xu Zhen's cold words seriously at all.
Xu Zhen was so angry that she pointed at her several times and said, "Where did you come from, wild child? Get out of here right now."
Cancan frowned: "Auntie, why are you so fierce?"
Xu Zhen took two steps forward. Qi Sen guessed what would happen by looking at her expression, and hurriedly covered Cancan's ears with his hands to prevent her from hearing the dirty words that followed.
"Before, you would just pick up animals and raise them, but now that you've made it, you're bringing your children home too?"
"I take care of the older one every day, and now you want me to take care of the younger one? I raised you up, and you just keep causing me trouble. Take this money-losing thing out of here right now."
Qi Sen showed no expression when he heard those unreasonable words.
When he said the last few words, his face suddenly became gloomy, his dark eyes seemed to hide ice, and he looked at Xu Zhen without saying a word.
Xu Zhen took a few steps back uncomfortably.
"Apologize to her." Qi Sen said in a deep voice.
"I'm your mother. Who the hell is she to ask me to apologize?"
Xu Zhen, emboldened by her mother's identity, pulled out a stainless steel clothespin from the wall, pointed the sharp end at Qi Sen and said coldly, "Try looking at me like that again?"
Cancan's reaction was even greater than Qi Sen's.
She struggled to escape from Qi Sen's hands, her brows furrowed.
Bold!
This person actually wanted to beat my second brother with a stick!
Cancan has been spoiled by his family and is fearless. His only worry is that his father, mother and brother are not around. Now that he has found his second brother, Cancan is even more fearless.
As for bad guys, this old ancestor of hers is not afraid of them.
Article 98 of "Cancan's Growth Guide" states: When you encounter a bad person, you must be more aggressive than the bad person! This way you won't be bullied.
Cancan found a long broom at the door, raised the long stick high and said "Hey Ha", while cheering himself up, he clumsily pointed the stick at Xu Zhen, raised his head, and arrogantly imitated Xu Zhen's words just now: "Try to hit my brother with the stick."
I learned the expression and imitated the sentences about 80% of the time, but the tone was completely different.
Xu Zhen's rhetorical questions sounded aggressive, while Cancan's babyish statements sounded as if he was expecting someone to hit him with a stick.
Although he was just a young kid who couldn't even speak clearly, he stood in front of him resolutely.
Qi Sen was speechless for a moment. Cancan knew how to resist, but he had endured it all these years.
Even if you can survive the college entrance examination, what happens after that?
If you can't get rid of them, there will be endless suffering in this life.
The doorbell rang twice. In a rage, Xu Zhen pointed a clothes rod in Cancan's direction viciously and said, "I'll deal with you later."
After saying that, he put down the clothes rail and walked towards the door, cursing as he walked, "Who is it?"
The moment the door opened, Xu Zhen's face changed and she smiled like a sunflower.
"Manager Liu, why are you here? Come in and have a cup of tea."
The white-haired man at the door waved his hand, "Forget about having tea. I heard a quarrel in your house while passing by. What happened?"
Xu Zhen and Qi Hai both work in a textile factory. Xu Zhen is an accountant and Xu Hai is in charge of warehousing.
Manager Liu was the head of accounting, so Xu Zhen naturally had to curry favor with him. Furthermore, since he was about to retire, the factory was currently selecting a replacement for Manager Liu. Xu Zhen was known for her smooth and knowledgeable approach to external affairs, and was quite popular within the factory.
Xu Zhen smiled and said, "Nothing could possibly happen. It's just a relative's child staying here for a few days, and now she's playing with me."
Manager Liu looked Cancan up and down and before he could utter the words, "You two should play with her," the little girl ran up with a broom in her hand and said crisply, "No, she's lying!"
Xu Zhen's expression changed slightly, "Don't talk nonsense, kid."
Cancan turned her head and snorted, ignoring her. She grabbed Manager Liu's clothes and complained, "She wanted to beat her brother with that long stick! That's why she didn't play with Cancan."
Putting down the broom and carefully picking up the clothes-drying fork, Cancan pointed with her little hand and said seriously, "Look, this is it."
Manager Liu subconsciously agreed: "She wants to use this to hit someone?"
Cancan nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice, "Yes, yes, look, there are some pointy things on it."
After saying this, he timidly hugged himself, hunched his shoulders in fear, and said pitifully: "This is like a sword. It will bleed if you poke it. It's very scary! You must not touch it."
He looked so terrified, as if he had really been beaten just a second ago.
Xu Zhen rolled her eyes repeatedly.
This kid is a bit of an actor, right? Is he trying to scam people here?
Where did she hit anyone?
Cancan didn’t have so many little thoughts. She simply remembered what her father said: swords are scary and will cause bleeding if touched.
Children are born actors.
She screams when she's happy and cries when she's sad, and she has no idea what "restraint" means.
Cancan is no exception.
Manager Liu's face turned serious: "Xu Zhen, come to my office tomorrow."
It is difficult for a judge to judge family affairs, and Manager Liu can only help to this extent. After that, he comforted Cancan for a while and walked away slowly.
**
After this incident, Xu Zhen didn't dare to do anything else.
But I still feel angry deep down.
After Qi Sen and Cancan entered the room, he vented his emotions in a sarcastic tone while cleaning up the living room.
Either they say that there is no money or rice at home, or that their life is really hard, the elders are difficult to take care of, and now there is a little ancestor.
Cancan sat on the stool in Qi Sen's room with a frown on her face.
It turns out that my second brother’s tribulation was so difficult.
There is no food to eat, and mother is still a bad person.
Huh.
This doesn’t seem to be my second brother’s mother in the human world.
During the long time she waited for her brother to come home, Cancan vaguely heard Yuan Lingmingjun say that her eldest brother was a top star in the entertainment industry, her second brother was a child from a wealthy family, and her third brother was a genius academic master.
Dingniu and Xueba Cancan didn't understand what it meant, but the word "rich" was deeply engraved in the money-loving Cancan's little head.
She remembered her second brother's fate most clearly.
Cancan slid down from the stool, rushed to Qi Sen who was in a daze and said happily: "Second brother, let's run away from home!"
Qi Sen didn't react.
"Let's go find our father and mother, the gold, silver, and jewelry!"
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