Chapter 470 The Problematic Baby VS The Arrogant Guy Who Loves to Ask Questions 22
"If it's you, I'm happy to give it to you. Of course, if you want to buy more for your driver and nanny, the price is negotiable, I can give you a discount..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Jingxun immediately interrupted her, "No need."
He sat there with his long legs crossed, exuding an imposing aura and radiating an innate noble presence.
"I'm a stingy person. I treat the servants at home very badly. It's already a favor if I don't delay their wages. They can't possibly eat the food I buy. My money doesn't grow on trees, and I won't be easily swindled away by others."
Jiang Zhiyi: "..."
She strongly suspected that the "others" in that last sentence referred to her.
He spoke so exaggeratedly that anyone who didn't know better would think he was an unscrupulous employer. But she wasn't stupid; he was clearly saying it on purpose to shut her up.
Hmph, fine, I won't buy it then.
Her watermelons are so good, it's not like they can't sell them; there are plenty of people who want them if they're taken to the street.
Jiang Zhiyi's eyes held a hint of resentment.
Lu Jingxun pretended not to see anything, leisurely taking a sip of tea. "What's wrong? Sit down and have some tea with me?"
He asked the question he already knew the answer to.
“…I’m not drinking anymore, I need to go back and feed the dog.” Jiang Zhiyi stared at his face, her tone completely different from her previous enthusiasm, and her voice was softer. “My dog is obedient and sensible, much better than some people, so I can’t let it go hungry. I need to go back as soon as possible.”
Lu Jingxun paused, his hand holding the teacup still.
Was she insulting him?
He didn't want to take it personally, but her words were clearly malicious.
“…Okay, then you can go.” Lu Jingxun nodded slightly, showing no intention of keeping her any longer.
Jiang Zhiyi didn't expect him to be so stubborn, ignoring both sweet talk and scolding. He was completely impervious to reason.
She didn't say anything, muttered a few words to herself, and left immediately.
I should have known better than to give him the watermelon; it was a wasted trip.
snort.
Not long after she left, the nanny brought out a plate of cut fruit and placed it in front of Lu Jingxun.
"Young Master."
The nanny wasn't sure if he would eat it.
We have plenty of fruit at home, our cold storage is full, and fresh fruit is delivered every day.
She remembered that Lu Jingxun didn't really like eating watermelon, let alone watermelon given by an outsider, and the quality looked rather ordinary.
However, since Jiang Zhiyi was there just now, she took it to the kitchen, cut a plate of it, and came over to see what Lu Jingxun thought.
If he doesn't eat it, then the rest can be disposed of by themselves.
"Hmm." Lu Jingxun had no intention of eating. He stood up and prepared to go upstairs to take a shower.
My face felt a little itchy, and I gently rubbed a red mark with my fingertip. I applied medicine last night, and it's almost healed today, but the mark hasn't completely disappeared yet.
She's just like a mosquito; she looks weak, but she can be quite a nuisance when she gets going.
Seeing that Lu Jingxun wasn't eating, the nanny thought she would just take the food away later.
But soon, she saw him stop in his tracks, his gaze falling on the bright red melon flesh in the plate.
Not long after, he still took a bite.
"Put it here."
"Okay." The nanny nodded slightly, knowing that he meant he wanted to continue eating later.
Lu Jingxun strode upstairs, but some reservations began to form in his mind.
Little liar.
Didn't you say you'd saved the best, sweetest watermelon for him? Why doesn't it taste as good as last night's?
It seems I really was lying to him.
...
"Sister!" Upon seeing Jiang Zhiyi return, Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin immediately went to greet her, each grabbing one of her hands and acting coquettishly.
"My sister is mine!"
"be mine!"
The two children started arguing again.
"Yesterday's was yours, today it's mine!" Jiang Qiuyin said angrily.
Last night, Jiang Qiujin slept next to Jiang Zhiyi, sleeping on the innermost side. If it's a rotation, today it's her turn to sleep next to Jiang Zhiyi, and of course, she'll also get to sleep next to Jiang Zhiyi during the day.
"Only at night, not during the day!" Jiang Qiujin wasn't going to give in. "Little sister, you're being completely unreasonable."
Even though she's still young, she's already starting to speak like an adult.
"Brother, you're the worst! I'm going to throw away your shoes!" Jiang Qiuyin let go of Jiang Zhiyi's hand and bent down to pull at Jiang Qiujin's shoes.
The two people who were just holding hands when they came here are now wrestling and fighting.
Jiang Zhiyi was completely overwhelmed.
She wasn't afraid they would hurt each other. Although they fought every day, they never used their strength and it was all just for fun.
Since they are twins, she didn't plan to separate them and put them in different classes. But with their domineering personalities, they might gang up on other children when they go to kindergarten...
This is a problem that needs careful consideration. Before they start school, they must be taught not to bully other children in kindergarten.
"Alright, no more arguing!" Jiang Zhiyi snapped, her expression very serious.
"You're so disobedient! If you keep this up, I won't buy you new schoolbags!" She deliberately threatened them. "Only disobedient children like to fight. Now, all of you go stand in the corner as punishment for half an hour!"
Jiang Zhiyi glanced at the time. It was still early, and the weather wasn't too hot, so she decided to teach them a lesson.
"Waaah..." Jiang Qiuyin let out a pitiful cry.
"Whoever cries has to stand for an extra twenty minutes." Jiang Zhiyi showed no mercy.
The two children, like quails soaked by the rain, obediently went to stand in the corner, their faces showing disappointment.
Jiang Zhiyi ignored them for the time being and went inside to busy herself.
"It's all your fault! Humph!"
"It's your fault!"
The two children were blaming each other in the corner, neither willing to back down, but they both kept their voices down, afraid that Jiang Zhiyi would hear them.
"Woof woof woof!" The big yellow dog wagged its tail and ran to its two young owners, sticking out its tongue to please them, looking completely silly.
"Big Yellow, are you going to stand as punishment too?" Jiang Qiuyin asked.
“Dahuang is disobedient, let’s all stand in the corner as punishment!” Jiang Qiujin naturally assumed that Dahuang had also angered Jiang Zhiyi.
"Dahuang, you can't lie on the ground, you have to stand up..."
"Little sister, let's count off... one!"
"two!"
"Woof—woof woof!"
Big Yellow is very clever and seems to understand human speech.
The two children were quick-witted and soon started playing with the big yellow dog, completely forgetting that they were still being punished by standing in the corner.
Tender green grass sprouted in the cracks along the wall, the damp soil providing it with a constant supply of moisture. A long line of ants crawled along the wall, seemingly having come from the brown trunk of a large tree that clung tightly to the courtyard wall.
Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin became curious, so they followed the ants along the edge of the wall, walking on the ground in a half-squatting position, trying to find the ants' home.
Soon, they arrived at the courtyard wall near the Lu family's house.
"Woof woof woof—" Big Yellow twitched its nose, as if it had smelled some fragrance, and barked a few times in the direction of upstairs.
Lu Jingxun was enjoying the breeze on the upstairs terrace, holding a book in his hand, with many snacks and fruits laid out beside him.
He came here to recuperate. He occasionally gets busy with important matters each day, but otherwise he's very bored and has to find things to do himself.
The incessant barking of the dog interrupted his thoughts, and he subconsciously frowned.
Where did this annoying stray dog come from?
I stood up and looked around. Oh, it wasn't a stray dog; it was a big yellow dog that the neighbor kept.
Next to the big yellow dog stood two children, who were covered in dirt, as if they had just rolled on the ground and gotten up.
The child's eyes, like her sister's, were round and large, with thick, curled eyelashes that sparkled when she looked at people.
No, they weren't staring at him, they were staring at the snacks on the table next to him.
Two greedy children.
Lu Jingxun immediately had the idea of playing a trick on them.
He casually picked up a bag of snacks and shook it, and Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin's eyes immediately followed the bag.
The thing this person is holding looks delicious, even better than the snacks on TV. They've never seen anything like it before.
There were also many fruits nearby, similar to the ones my sister brought back last time that were tied with ribbons.
Unfortunately, they only ate it once. They wanted to eat it again later, but the older sister said that those fruits were no longer available.
Why was this person able to buy it?
They wanted to buy some too, but they didn't have any money... They had saved up a lot of coins, which were meant for their parents and sister to buy gifts, not for buying fruit.
Both of them unconsciously swallowed.
They only ate a little bit at breakfast today, and secretly gave the rest to Da Huang because there were some dishes they didn't like, and they were already very hungry.
Jiang Qiuyin patted her belly, "Brother, I'm hungry..."
Jiang Qiujin blinked, "I'm hungry too..."
The two looked at each other, their longing for food evident in their eyes.
"Woof woof woof—" the big yellow dog barked a few more times, seemingly echoing their words.
Lu Jingxun observed their reactions.
Could it be that you can't even get enough to eat at home?
Seeing how pitiful they were, he decided to throw a few bags of snacks down to them.
Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin stared wide-eyed at the bags of food.
But then Lu Jingxun thought again that these two children probably had the same temperament as Jiang Zhiyi. If he gave them to them so easily, they would think he was easy to talk to, and they would probably squat down there every day asking him for things...
So, seeing their longing gazes, he reached his hand back.
The two similar little faces immediately drooped.
The wind was strong in the morning, making the surrounding trees creak and occasionally whipping up small swirls of mud and leaves on the dirt road.
The empty snack bags that weren't weighed down were blown away by the wind.
Jiang Qiujin was quick; seeing something fall, she immediately went to pick it up.
But when I got it, I found it was empty; there was nothing inside.
He thought the older brother was a kind person who was willing to give them snacks, but he didn't expect him to be a bad person who littered.
They've known for a long time that they shouldn't litter, but I didn't expect him to still not have learned it at his age.
"Little sister, let's go!"
They don't want to associate with people like that.
Jiang Qiujin immediately took Jiang Qiuyin's hand and pulled her away, while her other hand tightly gripped the snack bag.
Lu Jingxun tried to call them back, but they ran very fast and disappeared in an instant.
Two children were examining a bag of snacks by the door.
Jiang Qiujin smelled the delicious aroma and, being so greedy, couldn't resist taking a lick.
"Brother, I want to eat too..."
Jiang Qiuyin watched longingly, also wanting to lick it.
Just then, Jiang Zhiyi came out of the door and saw them squatting there together. She asked, "What are you doing sneakily?"
Jiang Qiujin hurriedly hid the snack bag behind her back, and Jiang Qiuyin was quick to move as well, blocking it from being seen.
If Jiang Zhiyi finds out, she'll definitely scold them, and they'll find out that they didn't eat properly this morning.
"No!"
"We are the most obedient!"
The two of them sang in harmony, looking very well-behaved.
Jiang Zhiyi could tell they were deliberately hiding something; those two clever little devils. But she wasn't going to ask any further questions for the time being.
Kids are mischievous and playful, it's normal for them to have some little secrets. It's not a big deal, as long as they don't hurt themselves.
She said sternly, "I told you to stand in the corner as punishment, but you wouldn't listen. All you do is secretly do bad things. I'll let it go this time. You can't fight anymore. You and Da Huang stay here and watch the house. I'll take some sweet soup to Mom and Dad and be right back. There's some left on the table for you too. Go and eat."
Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin nodded obediently, escorted Jiang Zhiyi to the door, and then slowly returned to the house.
Pushing open the door, two bowls of sweet soup were placed on the low table in the house, covered with mosquito nets.
Jiang Qiujin went to fetch their special little stools, while Jiang Qiuyin went to get two small spoons. The two of them obediently sat there drinking sweet soup, which also contained soft glutinous rice balls.
Jiang Qiuyin took two sips. Although the sweet soup was delicious, she was still thinking about the bag of snacks she had just eaten.
She still wanted to lick it and taste what it was like, since she had never seen it before, so she said, "Brother, I want to eat that one."
Jiang Qiujin pulled the snack bag out of her pocket and handed it to her, saying, "I think it tastes like little fish...like little fish from the sea!"
He didn't actually know what the taste was; he was just making things up to show off his knowledge to his sister.
Jiang Qiuyin licked the fish a few times and nodded: "Then I like the little fish in the sea!"
"I'll buy it for you later!" Jiang Qiujin licked her spoon. "With the money left over after buying the gift, we can buy some small fish to eat."
Not long after, after they finished eating the sweet soup, the two of them cleaned up the table together, put the bowls and spoons in the kitchen sink, and put away the small stools they had sat on in the corner.
"Brother, ants!" Jiang Qiuyin suddenly remembered that they hadn't found the ants' home yet.
The two hurriedly ran outside, but the long line of ants that had been on the wall had disappeared.
"That's all." Jiang Qiuyin said, somewhat disappointed.
Jiang Qiujin: "Let's wait a while, they will definitely come out again... They will also come out on rainy days."
The two squatted there in a daze, poking at the soft soil for a while, and pulling out a few newly sprouted grasses, while Big Yellow followed behind them wagging its tail.
Suddenly, several sounds came from behind, as if something had fallen.
Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin turned around and saw several bags of snacks scattered on the ground.
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