Zhou Yuanyuan had a bitter face. She had read a lot of stories about murder and robbery. Well, those weren't stories, but real events that had happened in Xiaoyu's world. However, for Zhou Yuanyuan, she could only treat those real events as "stories."
No matter how many "stories" she read, Zhou Yuanyuan felt that she still could not change her outlook on life.
Those who offend me will be killed! Those who get in my way will be killed! These two sentences were also automatically translated by Zhou Yuanyuan into: Those who offend me will be taught a lesson! Those who don’t offend me will be ignored!
Time slipped away quickly while Zhou Yuanyuan was frowning. In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Zhou Jiasheng and Wen Ziqing to go to school.
Early in the morning, Wen Ziqing asked Zhou Yuanyuan for the Nth time: "Xiaojiu, are you going to take your brother to school today?"
Zhou Yuanyuan secretly rolled her eyes, not wanting to answer Wen Ziqing's childish question. Ever since last night, she'd been saying, "Is it okay to go to Grandpa's this morning?" To avoid her mother, Zhao Yunxiang, who was trying to force her into a military kindergarten, Zhou Yuanyuan had even given up on the bus, which she disliked.
A few days ago, Zhou Yuanyuan went to the guard room and called Zhao Qingshan, saying that she missed him and wanted to stay with Zhao Qingshan for a few days.
Zhao Qingshan, overwhelmed by Zhou Yuanyuan's sweet talk, burst into laughter. Then he heard Zhou Yuanyuan say she didn't want to go to the military kindergarten because she wanted to be with her grandfather. Zhao Qingshan, feeling it was rare for Zhou Yuanyuan to need him, waved his hand and said he'd take care of the kindergarten.
Just yesterday, Zhao Qingshan called Zhao Yunxiang specifically and said that he missed his children. Anyway, Zhou Jiasheng was going to elementary school and would be staying at his place this week, so he might as well bring Zhou Yuanyuan along so that the grandfather and grandson could spend some time together.
Zhao Yunxiang wouldn't object to any of Zhao Qingshan's decisions. Zhao Qingshan was so busy at Renhe Hospital that he only had four days off a month. On those days, patients' families would sometimes visit Zhao Qingshan in the dormitory, just to get him to come back to the inpatient department for a closer look. In all, Zhao Qingshan hadn't seen Zhou Yuanyuan or Zhou Jiasheng in the month or so since leaving Zhao Yunxiang's home.
With Zhao Qingshan's intervention, Zhou Yuanyuan was able to avoid going to kindergarten today.
"Xiaojiu, take me to school. I'll buy you some big bubble gum when I get home from school," Wen Ziqing insisted. Ever since he knew Zhou Yuanyuan was going into town with them today, Wen Ziqing had been thinking about this idea. A little girl taking him to school? Just thinking about that scene made Wen Ziqing feel warm.
Wen Ziqing's school is connected to Zhou Jiasheng's school, and is called Chaoyang Middle School. Wen Ziqing is in the eighth grade this year.
Zhou Jiasheng attended Chaoyang Primary School. After considering it for over ten days, he decided to start from first grade. After all, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. He was only eight years old, and it was a bit surprising that he was in the fourth grade. His family was poor, so it was not yet time for him to stand out.
In this era, Big Bubble Gum is even more popular than Zhou Yuanyuan’s X-Arrow chewing gum in her previous life. At five cents a piece, it is definitely the aristocrat among candies and a great prop for little kids to show off.
In her previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan had never tasted Big Bubble Gum. Back then, Zhou Zhixin was dead, Zhao Yunxiang had gone insane, and Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng had to rely on the Zhou family for their livelihood. Zhou Chunping's family wasn't exactly kind, and Zhou Yuanyuan and her family couldn't even get enough to eat, so how could they possibly afford a luxury snack like Big Bubble Gum?
But Zhou Yuanyuan had seen other children chewing bubble gum before. For example, Zhou Miaomiao, from the Zhou family, would chew bubble gum and deliberately run up to her to blow a big bubble to entice her. At the time, Zhou Yuanyuan was little, and the sweet smell of bubble gum and the sound of Zhou Miaomiao popping bubbles would involuntarily make her spit more and more.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan's greedy look, Zhou Miaomiao would pull Zhou Meimei to laugh at her. Even though Zhou Yuanyuan had experienced two lifetimes, those scenes were deeply engraved in her mind.
After her rebirth, Zhou Yuanyuan, though still a woman in her forties, remained captivated by Dada Bubble Gum. Perhaps it was because she had finally tasted what she'd always dreamed of, or perhaps it was the deep sense of satisfaction she felt, but these days, whenever she had a free moment, Zhou Yuanyuan would drag Zhou Jiasheng out to buy some bubble gum. Every time she felt the sweet flavor of the gum spread across her tongue, she felt a wave of comfort.
Zhou Yuanyuan didn't know if she was being too childish, but Wen Ziqing said that everyone has their own favorite things, and even for adults, it is not shameful to like eating bubble gum.
Hearing Wen Ziqing tempt her with her favorite bubble gum, Zhou Yuanyuan's appetite was piqued. Unaware that her disguise had been dropped in front of Wen Ziqing, Zhou Yuanyuan decided to pretend to be a real little girl when it came to eating bubble gum, and she refused to explain herself.
Although Zhao Yunxiang does not restrict the children from using the change in the drawer to buy snacks, she still feels heartbroken every time she sees such expensive bubble gum.
Just a few days ago, Zhao Yunxiang used the excuse that her children couldn't eat too much sugar to control how often Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng bought bubble gum. To avoid being chased and spanked by Zhao Yunxiang's broom, Zhou Yuanyuan reluctantly gave up this hobby.
Wen Ziqing saw all of this. He would occasionally pull out a few pieces of bubble gum from his pocket and give them to Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng. Wen Ziqing felt that since he was the girl he loved, he should pamper her. As for Zhou Jiasheng, he was definitely benefiting from Zhou Yuanyuan's influence.
"How about it? Buy a bag." Wen Ziqing increased the stakes of temptation.
Zhou Yuanyuan swallowed unconsciously when she heard Wen Ziqing tempting her with bubble gum. Under Zhao Yunxiang's strict watchful eye, Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't tasted bubble gum in three days.
There were twenty pieces of bubble gum in a bag, which she had secretly hidden at her grandfather's house. She figured her mother wouldn't know about it. Ziqing's school was right next to her brother's, so she could drop him off after she dropped him off. It wouldn't be a big deal. Zhou Yuanyuan made up her mind and nodded. Deal!
Wen Ziqing didn't know that he had become the one Zhou Yuanyuan loved by chance, and the smile was almost overflowing from his eyes. God knows, from the last life to this life, Wen Ziqing was extremely lacking in family affection, and also longed for it.
Before meeting Zhao Yunxiang and her family, Wen Ziqing always felt lonely and desolate when most of his classmates were seen off by their families. Knowing his situation well, Wen Ziqing never asked for anything from his grandparents.
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