Chapter 20 Why are you like this, kid?
Two adults and one child; Xie Zhizhi ordered four dishes.
Three meat dishes and one vegetable dish.
Spicy chicken, braised pork belly, half a braised duck, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables.
As soon as the dishes were served, Xie Zhizhi put half a plate of green vegetables on Zhou Xie's plate, and then said with a pained expression, "This child is so unlucky, he is allergic to high-protein foods."
"Once, I ate a bite of an egg and almost choked to death."
"The doctor said I can only eat vegetarian food, like rice and wheat flour. It's really tough."
"I don't know how his mother gave birth to him, how she could have given him such a body."
Xie Zhizhi's outburst was meant for the people eating around her to hear.
Otherwise, if she and Wen Jinzhou ate meat while Zhou Xie only ate vegetables, there might be righteous people around who couldn't stand it.
So she spread rumors first.
Wen Jinzhou "..."
Although Xie Zhizhi had warned Wen Jinzhou beforehand that she was going to do some unscrupulous things, but...
Wen Jinzhou leaned his head towards Xie Zhizhi, "...Isn't this inappropriate?"
Xie Zhizhi also stuck her head out, "It's okay. I only eat two meals a day at home, and each meal is just noodles with no oil. I've been eating like that for two years, and I'm fine."
"We've saved that money, all those eggs we've collected, and all the old hens we've raised have been eaten by his family of three. It's no big deal if he misses a meal."
Upon hearing this, Wen Jinzhou realized that there was indeed nothing wrong with it.
"Kid, eat up!" He also put a piece of green vegetable on Zhou Xie's plate.
Zhou Xie stared at the bowl full of green vegetables, speechless.
"Aunt..."
He mustered his courage and shouted, but Xie Zhizhi immediately punished him with a look that even a child would be afraid of.
Zhou Xie then lowered his head and obediently ate his rice and vegetables.
He realized that his aunt had changed; she really would hit him now.
His parents and grandmother aren't around, so it's best for him to behave himself.
Although he really wanted the meat, he could tell from his aunt's incomprehensible words that she didn't want him to eat it.
Zhou Xie tried to sneakily pick up a piece of braised duck, but Xie Zhizhi knocked his chopsticks away with a "smack!" "Why are you like this, kid?"
"I've already told you you can't eat this, you can't eat this, what if you get sick from it?"
"Um?"
How am I supposed to explain this to your parents?
"You don't want me to live, do you?"
Xie Zhizhi shouted loudly, and everyone around them looked towards their table.
Some people say, "It's normal for kids to have a sweet tooth."
Some people say, "His gluttony must have come from his mother. It must have been because his mother had a gluttonous appetite when she was pregnant with him that the child was born with health problems. Otherwise, why wouldn't the child be able to eat any meat?"
Xie Zhizhi: It still comes down to the mouths of people from this generation!
It's always the mother's fault when it comes to her children! But Wei Guihua is worth it.
Seeing that not only he was being scolded for his stealing food, but even his mother would be criticized, Zhou Xie lowered his head and wished he could bury it in the bowl.
Xie Zhizhi was very satisfied with what she saw.
Unable to bear the torment of his conscience, Wen Jinzhou silently turned his head to the side, then turned to the side and frantically shoveled rice into his mouth.
Only Xie Zhizhi was stuffing meat into her mouth.
Eating meat every day is the life she should be living!
As for that simple, unrefined life, whoever loved it can forget about it; she certainly didn't.
After dinner, Wen Jinzhou drove Xie Zhizhi and Zhou Xie back to the military dormitory.
Xie Zhizhi led the person upstairs, but Zhou Xie hesitated at the door, not daring to go in. "Didn't you say my grandma died?"
"Yes, but it's too late. I can't go back for the funeral today. Let's do it tomorrow!" Xie Zhizhi said and went straight into the house.
Zhou Xie glanced at the light shining through the crack in the door, then at the pitch-black stairwell, and finally decided to push the door open and go inside.
Xie Zhizhi took her clothes to take a shower, and casually tossed a blanket onto the sofa, saying, "You'll sleep on this sofa tonight. Tidy up a bit."
Zhou Xie glanced at the sofa, then at the room behind her...
Xie Zhizhi caught his gaze, thought for a moment, then found a lock and locked the bedroom, warning Zhou Xie, "Don't think of any bad ideas, or I'll send you to the police station."
Zhou lowered his eyes, not daring to look up, but he was still unwilling to give up, "Is my grandma really dead?"
"Auntie, aren't you afraid of my grandma anymore?"
Although he didn't look up, Xie Zhizhi could still detect a hint of malice in his childish words. So Xie Zhizhi told him, "She's dead. In my eyes, she's already dead."
“I’m not afraid of her anymore, nor are I afraid of your parents, which is why I dared to kick your parents out.”
Xie Zhizhi walked closer to him and squatted down in front of him. "Your parents said that your household registration is with me, so you are not their son now, but my son."
"So you'd better behave, or I'll kick you out too," Xie Zhizhi said, giving him a malicious smile.
Zhou Xie lowered his head even further.
Xie Zhizhi believes that the male protagonist of this book is smarter than the average person.
Therefore, since he showed me malice, I have to retaliate, otherwise I would be looking down on him.
Whether Zhou Xie was afraid of being kicked out or had other thoughts, he didn't cause any more trouble after that. He spread the blanket on the sofa, covering half of it with the other half, and by the time Xie Zhizhi came out of the shower, he was already lying down to sleep.
He's only eight years old, lying in bed, a tiny little thing.
Xie Zhizhi leaned against the door frame and looked on, suddenly feeling that she had been too insidious, actually using adult methods to deal with an eight-year-old child.
But thinking back to the original book, Xie Zhizhi wholeheartedly supported him and his parents. After Zhou Lin died, when Xie Zhizhi went to find him, he tricked her into returning to the countryside. Then, he used Zhou Lin's pension to quickly buy a new house, moved his parents out of the compound, and rented out the house in the compound, causing the original owner to die on the road in despair while searching for them. Xie Zhizhi then felt that she wasn't insidious.
Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.
The same applies to an eight-year-old child.
Although Zhou Xie was still young, Xie Zhizhi could tell from their brief interactions that he was not honest.
He is not a product of his environment; he is a product of the Xie family's genetic inheritance.
The Xie family's genes are inherently vicious and selfish.
When Wen Jinzhou, an outsider, was present, Zhou Xie remained obedient and mostly silent in the face of the fierce Xie Zhizhi.
But as soon as he entered the house, he dared to provoke Xie Zhizhi in a malicious way, asking her if she was afraid of his grandmother.
Xie Zhizhi: I'm scared of your grandma's feet!
Xie Zhizhi dried her hair and went back to her bedroom.
As soon as the bedroom door closed, the small figure lying on the sofa stirred slightly.
He was originally facing the back of the sofa, but now he has turned around.
His gaze was fixed on Xie Zhizhi's door in the darkness.
After the light from the crack in the door disappeared, he got up from his nap on the sofa.
After he got up, he went straight to the toilet.
What are you looking for?
A sound suddenly came from the toilet door, and Zhou Xie, who was inside the toilet, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Snap!" Xie Zhizhi turned on the light and saw his pale face.
"What are you looking for?" Xie Zhizhi revealed a smile that was clearly malicious.
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