Chapter 35: She Can't Afford to Play
"Xiaoguai, do you know what seven wolves in one night mean?"
Su Yan: "...I've only heard of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf."
He Ji pinched her face, gritted his teeth, and wished he could eat her in one bite.
"Little boy, you really know how to ruin the atmosphere. The ambiguous atmosphere was destroyed with just one sentence."
Su Yan: ...
If she hadn't said that, she might not be able to walk out of the room by herself today.
If he couldn't eat the person, kissing her would only be torturing himself. He Ji took two deep breaths and carried the person onto the bed.
"Just take a rest and you'll be able to eat later."
His room had obviously been cleaned, it was spotless and there was not a speck of dust.
In such a dusty construction site, the room is so clean. I wonder how many times it has to be cleaned a day.
Su Yan was not sleepy. She leaned against the head of the bed and picked up a book to read.
But before she could open the book, He Ji snatched it away and found another one and handed it to her.
"This isn't a magazine for a kid like you. Look at this one, from last year. It has storytelling sessions in it."
Su Yan looked at the book he was holding tightly in his hand. The cover had a modern girl on it, and it looked similar to the one in her hand.
She was a little curious about what was written inside that made him so nervous that he didn't even let her take a look.
He Ji knew she was curious, but he didn't hand the book back.
This was the book that Lin Er used to read every night. Although the cover was the same, there was a lot more to it than that. You can’t find such a book now.
He treasures this book very much and is afraid that it will be damaged by others, so he always puts it in this room when he is not reading it.
I asked him to clean up properly yesterday, but he didn't take the book away. I must teach him a lesson next time.
Su Yan said "oh" and stopped paying attention to the book, but she was still curious.
It's almost the end of the month again. He Ji has to calculate all the salaries and also collect two accounts. He really doesn't have time to spare.
He had to make up for the time he spent with her driving the excavator by sleeping.
Su Yan read for a while, and her attention was drawn to He Ji. She put the book down and walked on tiptoe behind He Ji.
Looking at the complicated design on his desk, she was curious, "What's your education level?"
"A little better than you, Doctor of Architecture."
Su Yan opened her mouth slightly and let out a cry, "Then why are you working at the construction site?"
"Because I'm good at bragging and arguing, this is something that would allow me to really use my expertise, so I packed my bags and rushed over overnight."
"So you're teasing me again—"
Su Yan paused for two seconds before she understood what he meant. She said "oh" and sat beside him with her lips pursed.
He Ji glanced at her and laughed softly, "I won't tease you anymore. I didn't go to school for many years. I didn't even graduate from junior high school, and I came out here with a bag to beg for food."
Su Yan hadn't even graduated from junior high school and was only in her teens, so her curiosity was piqued.
She moved her chair over, put her arms on the table, and pressed her face against it. "You came out at such a young age. Did you suffer a lot?"
He Ji held his forehead with a pen, not knowing whether he should tell her the truth.
When he started out, he was already a strong man of nearly 1.8 meters tall. When he went looking for a job, no one asked him to show his ID card.
A formal construction site would not accept anyone if they were under 18 years old. He was just glanced at from the head and the person in charge pulled him in to work.
Seeing her eyes wide open waiting for his answer, He Ji gave a vague answer.
"It's okay, it's all over."
Su Yan twisted her fingers and nodded, then suddenly remembered that he seemed to have never told her about his family situation.
"You've been working since you were a teenager. Is your family's situation not good?"
He Ji shook his head. "It's not that great, but it's much better than the average family."
"Now is not the right time. I'll talk to you in a few days when I'm free."
Su Yan nodded, and seeing him busy with his accounts again, she turned her gaze to a pile of books beside her.
The book he had just taken away was pressed at the bottom. Su Yan pursed her lips, quietly observing his situation, and at the same time quietly stretched out her hand.
He Ji did not fail to notice her little action, but he did not try to stop her.
He had said that this was not a good book. Since she was so curious, she could just read it.
Seeing that he didn't notice her, Su Yan became bolder. After pulling out the book, she turned her back to He Ji and opened it carefully.
She glanced at it and thought it was a romantic read, but the more she read, the more she felt something was wrong. It was not until a disgusting sentence caught her eye that she slammed the book shut.
She bit her lip, her face flushed. She really didn't expect that there would be such a book in his office.
She put the book back and turned around to see He Tingting holding up his face, tilting his head, with a teasing look on his face, "Why don't you read it?"
"Children are quite curious about this kind of thing."
"It's a pity that I have the will but not the courage. I've only seen so much and I don't dare to look anymore."
Su Yan's blood rushed to her face, which was red and hot. She couldn't speak. Annoyed by his stare, she turned her back and pretended to look at the people outside.
"hehe"
A low and joyful voice came from behind. Su Yan covered her ears, turned her head, and glared at him with a pair of watery eyes in shame and anger.
Afraid that if he continued laughing, the child would refuse to stay there, He Ji stopped laughing and handed his cell phone to her.
"I won't make fun of you anymore. I downloaded a few small games. Please play for a while."
"What game?"
"Connect the dots."
Su Yan: "...Oh."
Su Yan took the phone, sat on the bed and opened it. After playing with it for a few minutes, she couldn't help but answer again.
“Actually, I’m not the only one who can play this kind of game.”
When she was in junior high school, she also downloaded some shooting games. She didn't remember what they were called, she only knew that they were about fighting zombies.
She played through three levels, but was bitten to death four times at the fourth level. She was so scared of being bitten that she couldn't afford to play anymore and deleted the game.
He Ji looked back at her well-behaved appearance, curled his lips, and said that if she played other games, she would definitely not be able to pass a few levels.
Su Yan saw the contempt in his eyes. She curled her lips, snorted slightly, lowered her head and continued playing.
After a while, He Ji was called away. Su Yan turned off the game, stood up and walked to the table, and found that he had already settled half of the bill.
She didn't move, just took a few glances and walked to the door to look outside.
People passed by the door from time to time. When they saw her, they all grinned. Some of them were so familiar with her that they called her sister-in-law at the top of their lungs.
Even though Su Yan had prepared herself mentally, she still felt embarrassed to be called sister-in-law by a man who was a few years older than her or even a dozen years older than her.
"Sister-in-law, Brother He is repairing the machine in the back and won't be back for half an hour. He wanted me to tell you."
Just as she was about to close the door, a young man ran over. His face was dark, which made his teeth look particularly white.
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