"Xiaxia, are you alright?"
Song Xia's mind was still filled with the fantastical scenery of traversing the wormhole and the amusing stories of the little ones' lives from infancy to adulthood. Originally, she only planned to protect the little ones so they could live peacefully in that apocalyptic world, but she never expected them to grow up to be so outstanding.
It's less about her protecting them and more about them caring for each other. If it weren't for the little ones, she might never have come to her senses and would have become a zombie who only knows killing and bloodshed.
"Xiaxia, do you want to rest for a bit before entering the next world?"
Looking at the cubs suffering various torments in the bubble space, Song Xia shook her head: "No need, help me erase this memory!"
The system assistant felt a little reluctant, but had no choice but to abide by the rules.
When the rules were first established, it was feared that the bound person might be reluctant to part with the cubs they had previously raised and might neglect the new cubs. Therefore, the memories of the previous cubs would be forcibly erased so that the bound person could better raise the next cub.
Having gone through these worlds, Xiao Ling has realized that this is extremely cruel to Xia Xia, but he is powerless to do anything about it.
“It’s okay, Xiaoling. I believe that this matter will be changed one day. If I meet the children again in the future, I am confident that I will remember everything.”
"Xiaxia, thank you for your hard work."
“It wasn’t hard work.” Song Xia smiled gently, her eyes sparkling. “Every experience is special, every world is wonderful, and the children are all adorable. I actually feel fortunate to have been chosen. After all, who else can live as long as me and travel to so many different worlds?”
"Xiaxia, then you can make a choice."
A bubble floated in front of Song Xia. She looked at the timid little girl inside the bubble and gently touched it.
"I'm out of money, give me living expenses." As soon as Song Xia opened her eyes, she heard a stiff and self-righteous voice, which made her frown.
Seeing that she didn't respond, the voice said again, "Did you hear that? I said I have no money. Give me five hundred. No, the school needs to pay for materials. Give me a thousand."
"A thousand?" Song Xia slowly sorted through her memories, looking at the boy in front of her with a fleshy face but obviously still very young, and scoffed, "A junior high school student, a thousand for a week's living expenses? I remember that the holiday starts this Thursday afternoon, so you'll only be at school for three and a half days. Does the school serve dragon meat that's so expensive?"
The boy was clearly not expected that Song Xia would not only refuse to give him the money, but also say such a big thing. He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, and then shouted, "Didn't I already say that I need to pay for the materials? Are you going to give it to me or not? If you don't give it to me, I'll go tell Grandpa and Grandma."
"Then go ahead." Song Xia sneered at him, then lowered her voice and said, "Qin Jiawei, who do you think you are? You dare to order me around?"
"How dare you talk to me like that? You just wait!"
"Fine, I'll wait. Qin Jiawei, your father's gone, why should I still indulge you?"
“You…” Qin Jiawei pointed at Song Xia, his chest heaving, his fleshy face squeezing his small eyes, making him look even uglier.
Song Xia felt extremely displeased with his appearance. The "herself" of the past had been brainwashed and selflessly supported Qin Jiawei through various forms of manipulation, but she would never do that again.
Not all children in this world know how to be grateful, at least Qin Jiawei doesn't. She's not his biological mother, and his biological father, Qin Zhenwu, is dead. She's just a stepmother, why should she put up with his mistreatment? Why should she selflessly support him with her meager salary? His biological mother didn't die with him, so why should she be the only one to support him?
Thinking about it, the most foolish person in the world is probably her. She didn't care about her own daughter, but after her second husband passed away, she raised her stepson with great care and hard work. Unfortunately, this stepson was very disobedient, and her second husband's family always found fault with her, always saying that she was a bad stepmother and forcing her to give the best to Qin Jiawei.
Ha, she took all of Qin Zhenwu's compensation and then told him not to wrong Qin Jiawei. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Since they always say that she, as a stepmother, is mean-spirited, that she is bad in this way and that way, and that she has wronged the precious grandson of the Qin family, then she will really do all kinds of mean things to show them in this lifetime!
Qin Jiawei wants living expenses? Sorry, not a single penny. A junior high school student needs three and a half days' worth of living expenses, a thousand yuan? I'm afraid he's dreaming. He has money; wouldn't it be better to keep it for himself? Why give it to a heartless ingrate who doesn't even know how to call his mother?
At this moment, Song Xia's thoughts turned to another child, and her heart ached. That child was clearly her own daughter, yet she dared not make any demands on her.
She was too foolish, because she spent all her money on Qin Jiawei and had no money for her biological daughter, causing that child to miss too many opportunities.
In this life, all she wants is to raise her biological daughter well and help her daughter fulfill the dreams she couldn't achieve in her previous life. As for Qin Jiawei, who cares if he dies?
Before leaving, Qin Jiawei was still shouting, spitting viciously, "Song Xia, I will definitely tell Grandpa and Grandma, I will make them teach you a lesson!"
He slammed the door shut, the noise attracting whispers from the neighbors. Song Xia took the opportunity to go out with red eyes, and coincidentally, she ran into Aunt Zhou, the upstairs neighbor who was taking her granddaughter to school.
I originally wanted to take this opportunity to discuss Qin Jiawei's education with the neighbors who were chatting downstairs. Now that Aunt Zhou is here, it's a good time to tell them about Qin Jiawei's story.
Song Xia wiped her eyes as if she didn't care and tried to cover up her voice, but her red and swollen eyes, messy hair, and haggard look became more and more obvious the more she tried to hide them.
"Aunt Zhou, are you taking Weiwei to school?"
"Hmm." Zhou Fengmei glanced awkwardly at Song Xia, but when her granddaughter tugged at her, she withdrew her expression, which had been about to say something.
But how could Song Xia let this opportunity slip by? She simply asked Aunt Zhou's granddaughter, Ruan Wei, who was Qin Jiawei's classmate, "Weiwei, Auntie wants to ask you something. Is the school going to collect any material fees this week? Jiawei asked for a thousand yuan right off the bat. Auntie wants to ask, isn't it said that after the reduction of academic burden, it's not allowed to collect money from students and parents under such pretexts? Why is it so much?"
“Materials fee? I’ve never heard of that!” Ruan Wei was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head firmly. “Auntie, I’ve never been charged any materials fee.”
Aunt Zhou also confirmed her granddaughter's words: "Weiwei has never asked us for this money."
Song Xia's expression clearly froze for a moment: "Is that so? Weiwei, you're not in the same class, are all classes different? This is the third time Jiawei has asked me for material fees this semester. I've given them to him before, but this time he asked for too much, a whole thousand yuan, so I'm just asking."
Ruan Wei looked at her strangely: "Auntie, I have a good friend in Qin Jiawei's class, and I have never heard her mention anything about material fees. The principal said at a school meeting that teachers are not allowed to collect this kind of money."
"Is that so?" Song Xia murmured, "But Jiawei has no reason to lie to me, does he?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou looked at her with pity several times.
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