But Sister Chen still went to her door with trepidation to explain the situation, and... Shen Jing's mental energy actually detected the overflowing shame she was feeling, ah...
"Sister Chen, those things are for you."
Sister Chen shook her head, "You can't just take things for granted and only know how to take!"
After shouting that, her eyes reddened, and she bent over, supporting her forehead with her palm.
Her voice was nasal as she continued, "Ah Jing, I don't want to become like them! To be honest, it's impossible not to be tempted when I see those supplies, it's like winning the lottery, you know! But I can't be so selfish. You were also queuing up to get supplies that day, right... otherwise you wouldn't have met me and saved me."
Shen Jing didn't say anything; she genuinely didn't lack supplies.
But that doesn't mean that others won't have any ulterior motives towards them.
"Does anyone else know?"
"No!" Sister Chen raised her head, her face still streaked with tears. "Don't laugh at me for being sentimental, I really think so."
Shen Jing smiled and said, "Pretentious."
Sister Chen chuckled, regaining her usual straightforwardness, "You really are... But before I came, I imagined you holding a cookie and breaking it into two pieces to eat!"
"Oh, thank you for thinking so highly of me, that I can still have cookies." Shen Jing didn't try to hide anything too much.
"You're just being sarcastic!" Sister Chen was amused by Shen Jing.
She took out a piece of paper that she had written earlier and handed it to Shen Jing, "I've written a proposal, what do you think of it?"
"...50/50 split?" Shen Jing picked it up and glanced at it.
"Well! I get to split the profits from the steamed buns I make." Sister Chen said apologetically, "I'm actually taking advantage of you. Do you want the steamed buns, or would you like to trade them for something else?"
After a moment's thought, Shen Jing had an idea.
"Okay, then I want jade."
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