Shi Yanping then instructed, "Qinqin, look how greasy the kitchen and living room floors are. Mop them after you finish washing the dishes."
While clearing away the dishes, He Qinqin replied, "Ah, okay."
Shi Yao took a mop from the bathroom and started mopping the floor: "Qinqin, let me mop the floor for you."
He Qinqin quickly said, "Shi Yao, this was given to me by my aunt—"
"Shh—" Shi Yao stuck out his index finger and covered He Qinqin's lips: "Auntie went into the room, and I don't know who dragged her away."
He Qinqin was deeply moved by Shi Yao's words, and Shi Yao's gesture of covering his lips with his finger was also very sweet.
"Thank you, Shi Yao, for letting me share these burdens."
Shi Xin washed an apple in the kitchen and ate it. When she heard He Qinqin's tearful words of gratitude, she almost burst out laughing.
Previously, mopping the floor was a task she took turns doing with Shi Yao and Shi Hang. Now, it's Shi Yao's duty to mop his own house, and He Qinqin even has to say thank you. It's truly surreal.
If He Qinqin's card hadn't been deactivated shortly after she visited their home, she would have suspected that this person was sent by the organization to provide targeted poverty alleviation assistance.
*
After washing the dishes, He Qinqin's chilblains from the morning started to itch again, and she scratched her hands.
She has been afraid of the cold since she was a child, and she had chilblains when she was in the orphanage, but after being taken in by the Si family, she was well cared for and never had them again.
This year, her condition relapsed for the first time in 18 years, and the feeling of ants biting her hands made her anxious and uncomfortable.
As soon as her emotions became unstable, He Qinqin's lingering cough and sore throat flared up again: "Cough cough cough cough—"
He Qinqin curled up on the sofa, feeling unwell. Shi Yao had already gone out to work the night shift, and she tried her best to suppress her cough.
He Qinqin stared blankly at the ceiling, with only one thought in her mind.
She is determined to reconcile with the Si family.
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