Huai Jin was taken aback and muttered, "Why did they bring thugs over?"
Ye Jiu interrupted him, "I can hear you!"
"I don't need you, my dad has already avenged me." Huai Jin pouted. Everyone who had bullied him since he was a child would go bankrupt within a few days.
"Oh, I see." It seems the only hardship the young master has endured since childhood is mental confusion.
However, if his leg injury was caused by mental confusion, then her superpower should be able to cure him.
But how do you use it?
Just as Ye Jiu was thinking this, many transparent thin lines appeared before her eyes, and these lines were on... Huai Jin's body.
There were many threads, very dense, but they were a mess, knotted everywhere. Besides the knotted clumps, there were also many small loops made of a single thread on each thread, making it look very difficult to untangle.
Huaijin felt uncomfortable being stared at and couldn't help but lower her head to avoid her gaze. "Why are you staring at me... Is there something dirty on my face?"
Ye Jiu snapped back to reality in the blink of an eye. All the threads had disappeared. How was she supposed to start combing them now?
After not receiving a reply for a long time, Huaijin couldn't help but urge her, "Hey, why aren't you replying to me?"
"Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something. I was just looking at you because you're pretty."
The 12-year-old's face flushed red instantly, and he couldn't help but push his wheelchair backward, saying, "Even if you say I'm pretty, I won't let my mom keep you."
His stomach rumbled, and Ye Jiu's gaze shifted from his face to his stomach. "Are you hungry? Your father said you've only had one vial of nutrient solution in three days."
Huaijin's face turned even redder. "What's it to you?"
Ye Jiu took out the candy from her pocket again, unwrapped it, stood up and held it to his lips, "You can have this first, I'll have them prepare your meal."
Huaijin couldn't resist the temptation and bit into the lollipop. It was strawberry flavored and sickeningly sweet.
He looked up and met Ye Jiu's gaze. "May I ask why my mother asked you to come?"
Ye Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Because she's worried about you, and thinks that since we're the same age, we might have things in common."
Huaijin continued, "Then why you, and not someone else?"
He was eager to know why it was her, and if not her, who would replace her? Although he didn't dislike her at the moment, he still wanted to know who her next target would be. He knew his parents wouldn't give up until they got what they wanted; they believed that peers could help him improve, so they would keep trying, and he would eventually have to accept someone.
Ye Jiu stood up and stretched, saying without any hesitation, "Because my mother is also disabled, I took care of her for a long time. Also, because I am a student sponsored by your family, without your parents, I might not be in school now."
The word "disability" pierced his heart, but he couldn't refute it. Not only were his legs paralyzed, but he also had a hearing impairment...
He raised his hand and took off his hearing aid. The world became quiet; the sounds of breathing and heartbeat disappeared.
Ye Jiu squatted down to look at his strange movements. "Why did you take it off?" Then, remembering that he couldn't hear, she raised her hand to gesture.
In order to get along well with Huai Jin, the original owner of this body specially learned some sign language, so Ye Jiu also knew how to "speak" to him.
Huaijin saw her open her mouth, but couldn't hear a sound. This discovery made him even more dejected. He really was terrible; he was a cripple...
Ye Jiu was afraid he wouldn't understand, so she used sign language very slowly. Huai Jin stared intently at her movements and understood the message.
He was pleased that she knew sign language; it was the first time he had ever spoken to someone using sign language.
He doesn't use sign language often because the whole family assumes he will wear a hearing aid, but wearing it all the time will hurt and tire his ears, and it seems like nobody cares.
So he replied to her in sign language, "My ear hurts."
He watched as Ye Jiu leaned closer to him, reaching out to knead his ears, one hand on each ear. The pressure wasn't too strong; it was a little itchy, and his ears felt warm, so the pain had indeed lessened.
After Ye Jiu withdrew her hand, he put his hearing aid back on and said, "Thank you."
"Hmm... You're welcome. If your hearing aids are uncomfortable, just take them off. Don't force yourself to wear them."
Huai Jin blinked slowly, but he dared not pick it casually. His parents might call him at any time, and he would be scolded if he did not respond.
Although he didn't quite understand, he knew that his parents' love for him was conditional.
Ye Jiu didn't get a reply from him, so she asked him again, "Then should I go out and have them prepare something for you to eat?"
Huaijin nodded, "It's probably still an unpalatable nutrient solution."
In this era, very few people eat traditional dishes anymore. Although they taste delicious, the preparation process is complicated and troublesome before and after meals, making them unsuitable for the fast-paced lifestyle. Over time, fewer and fewer people know how to cook.
When Ye Jiu mentioned that Huai Jin needed food, the robot housekeeper in the villa handed Ye Jiu a nutrient solution.
"Is there nothing else?"
"I'm sorry, this is all the food I can provide." The robot doesn't drink nutrient solution, but it has a storage space inside its body that can hold things. Most of the time, this space is filled with nutrient solution to meet the owner's needs at any time.
Ye Jiu glanced at the nutrient solution and shrugged. Do wealthy families like this even eat nutrient solutions? Impossible. They must have their own chefs. It seems I still have to ask Mr. Huai.
Ye Jiu came downstairs and found Huaiyou and Yue Wenxin still sitting on the sofa, seemingly waiting for her. When they saw her come downstairs, they asked anxiously, "How is it? How is it?"
"Hmm... so far he doesn't seem to dislike me, but I don't know what the young master really thinks."
"So, what are you going to do coming down?"
"The young master said he was hungry and wanted to eat something."
Huaiyou nodded, satisfied with the news Ye Jiu brought. "Go to the refrigerator and get him two vials of nutrient solution."
Ye Jiu: ...?
Rich people eat the same things as him?!
"...Is there no food?" Ye Jiu asked, puzzled.
Huaiyou chuckled, "The Huai family doesn't indulge in the extravagance of the rich. Hiring someone to cook is too wasteful; nutrient solution will suffice."
Huh?! Ye Jiu looked around at the decor, which exuded extravagance, and now he's telling her he doesn't play the rich man's game??
Before you say that, you should at least fix this decoration first. Speechless.
She couldn't understand it, she was utterly shocked. They bought such an expensive house, spent so much on renovations, and now they can't even afford to eat...
Isn't eating more important than having a place to live?!
Helpless, Ye Jiu went to the refrigerator to get two vials of nutrient solution and went upstairs.
Including the one the robot butler gave her, she had three bottles in her hand.
Ye Jiu looked at the nutrient solution with suspicion. Did rich people not find the nutrient solution unpleasant to drink?
She went back into the room and handed Huaijin two bottles, and Huaijin herself drank one out of curiosity.
Huaijin took the nutrient solution without touching it, watching as she opened a vial and poured it into her mouth.
A tube of nutrient solution is only 10ml. It's gone before you even have time to taste it, and then it makes you feel full.
Ye Jiu smacked her lips. It did taste a little better than the low-end nutritional drinks she remembered drinking, but! It couldn't compare to real food at all!
"Is it good?" Huaijin asked her.
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