Chapter 112
Qiao Daisi subtly felt that Jiang Yunu's attitude was a little strange. The little girl agreed readily, but there seemed to be something unusual about her.
But no matter what, it’s a good thing that Jiang Yunu is willing to stay overnight at their house!
This was the first time that the three of them had lived together for a night like a real family since the Qiao mother and son had entered into a legally binding foster care relationship with Jiang Yunu.
Knowing that Jiang Yunu was staying overnight, Joyson was particularly excited. As soon as he finished his meal, he washed the pots and dishes at almost twice his usual speed, then shouted to Qiao Daisi, who was still cleaning up, "I'm going upstairs now!"
After shouting, without waiting for anyone to respond, the red-haired boy ran upstairs, making the old wooden steps creak. When he reached the second floor, Jiang Yunu and Aunt Dai Si, who were still on the first floor, heard the second floor floor shaking slightly.
Apparently one of the guys didn't slow down even after reaching the second floor.
Jodaith smiled, pleased with Joyson's approach, but she still shouted towards the floor, "Be gentle! Don't let the room get cleaned up before your sister's sleeping place collapses!"
Jiang Yunu shook the water off her hands that had just been washed with the tablecloth and said, "Why don't I go up and take a look and supervise him."
Read to supervise, write to work together.
Qiao Daisi really treated Jiang Yunu as a family member. It was normal for her to ask children to help each other with cleaning. She didn't think that "Jiang Yunu must not help because he is a guest".
"You go ahead," said Aunt Daisy. "I'll put this away and come up."
Jiang Yunu went up to the second floor of the Qiao family's building.
She had been to the first floor of Building 78 many times, having eaten many meals there since she came into contact with human society. She was so familiar with the Qiao family's first-floor dining room, living room, kitchen, and small corner bathroom that she had opened their doors many times. But as she climbed the stairs, she found a sense of novelty in this house she thought she knew so well.
Jiang Yunu had never been to the second floor before.
The second floor is the respective rooms of Qiao's mother and son. Compared with the first floor, it is a more private space.
Going up to the second floor, it is as if the privacy boundary between "family" and "outsiders" has been completely broken.
Jiang Yunu had just reached the middle of the stairs when he heard "boom boom boom" and "dong dong dong" sounds from above. It was so lively. When he stood on the staircase platform on the second floor, the noise became louder and he could see that it came from a small room at the end of the narrow corridor on the second floor.
The door of the small room was wide open, the light was on, and some things were piled up at the door.
"Brother," Jiang Yunu said, "are you demolishing the house?"
"Nonsense." Joyson's voice floated out from the room, along with an unidentified object. "I'm making room for you to sleep."
The unidentified object looked quite large, but it seemed light when thrown through the air, and made a soft and small sound when it landed - it was probably a large ball of textile.
Jiang Yunu walked closer and saw clearly that it was a rolled-up cloth-like object.
"It's a dust cover." Qiao Yisen seemed to know what Jiang Yunu was thinking, and continued to explain while busying himself in the room, "This room is rarely used, and we're afraid that dust will damage things, so we cover everything with dust covers."
Compared with boys of the same age, Joyson is already very considerate and thoughtful. He will take the initiative to help and is good at doing many housework.
But he is still a little boy after all. Once a little boy gets excited, his meticulousness and thoughtfulness will be reduced, and he will occasionally fail in things he is good at.
Jiang Yunu was walking around the clutter and into the room when Qiao Yisen pulled up another dust cover and displayed it on the spot: "Look, this is the cover!"
As he spoke, Joyson shook the dust cover on his hand, ready to show Jiang Yunu a closer look. However, Jiang Yunu's face suddenly changed, and he took a big step back: "Don't—"
Don't shake! Ashes are flying towards her!
Joyson suddenly realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't take back the dust he had shaken out: "Right, right, right... cough cough cough!"
“Cough cough cough!”
The tiny dust particles in the room scattered like flowers, and the two people coughed together.
After coughing, Jiang Yunu raised her hand and pulled a handful of her white hair - a ball of small fluff-like dust was pulled off from her hair.
"Thank you." Jiang Yunu pinched the dust helplessly, "This decoration is really unique."
Qiao Yisen's face was as red as his hair. He trotted over to Jiang Yunu and brushed off the dust for her: "Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to show you the bra. I didn't mean it!"
Finally, Jodie finished her work downstairs and had time to go upstairs. When she walked to the door and looked out, she saw two children, each with gray hair, cleaning the room.
Aunt Daisy looked at it for a moment, her tone revealing a hint of surprise: "Why don't I remember hiring two little mice as part-time workers?"
Joyson suddenly heard his mother say "little mouse hourly worker". He was a little slow to react and was two beats late, thinking about what his mother was saying.
Jiang Yunu immediately realized that it was the dust on her and Qiao Yisen!
"...You didn't clean it up for me just now?" Jiang Yunu looked at the red-haired boy suspiciously.
Joyson said, “I did.”
Qiao Daisi, who was at the door, had almost figured out what was going on. She casually commented, "He patted you evenly."
Jiang Yunu's white hair looked like "white and gray", with a very trendy highlighted effect.
Of course Joyson didn't give in either.
Jiang Yunu looked at Qiao Yisen, and Qiao Yisen looked at her. Both of them were very confused by each other's current appearance.
Soon, I don’t know who burst out laughing first.
"The little mouse hourly worker is happy to work." Aunt Daisy commented sharply.
The two "little mice" went to the mirror on the first floor sink to deal with their hair, and were given a disposable sanitary head cover by Qiao Daisi. Then they returned upstairs and continued to clean up the room.
With the addition of an adult, Qiao Daisi, the work was done quickly. Less than an hour and a half after dinner, Jiang Yunu had a simple and comfortable small room to stay overnight.
"The window in the room should be opened like this. First, pull the window handle inwards, then twist the handle. This way, it won't get stuck." Qiao Yisen taught Jiang Yunu a trick for opening the window. "If you twist the handle directly, the bearing inside will be a little loose, and the hole position will be misaligned, which can easily cause the shaft to get stuck."
Jiang Yunu tried to open the window and saw her own "little garbage house" across the narrow street.
"Do you need your aunt to help you clean up your house?" Jodie asked casually. "There's still time tomorrow."
Jiang Yunu immediately closed the window again and politely declined, "Don't bother. Let's talk about it when I come back during the next holiday. Otherwise, I'll have to go back to school to live right after I finish cleaning up, and the cleaned room will be wasted."
These were actually all excuses she made up urgently. Jiang Yunu didn't dare let Aunt Daisy step into her small territory at will - she was afraid that the environment would shock Qiao Daisy so much that she would lose her voice.
Once again, Jodaisy felt that the white-haired girl's attitude was a little strange, as if she was not very happy for her and Joyson to go over there. However, she did not say much, fearing that the little beast was not used to leading others into its territory, so she changed the subject considerately for the child.
Jiang Yunu had a good sleep in the school dormitory yesterday, and took another sleep on the second floor of Qiao's house today. Both sleeps were equally sweet.
She seems to be born without being accustomed to her bed. She has a great ability to adapt to the environment and can quickly integrate into any place as if she were back home.
——Of course, the Qiao family building could also be considered her home.
It feels so good to be home!
Jiang Yunu felt refreshed the next morning and even ran downstairs to make breakfast for Qiao Daisi.
As for Joyson? The little boy who didn't sleep in yesterday was just fine staying in bed today.
He slept until Aunt Daisy came upstairs and beat him through the quilt with a traditional rolling pin.
Jiang Yunu sat in the dining room on the first floor and listened to the noise upstairs. She took a sip of the honey tea that Qiao Daisi poured for her and watched the morning sun in Chat City favor the depths of the dilapidated street, casting sunlight along the narrow path between the short houses onto the windows with slightly peeling paint, and shining into the old floor in the room that was well maintained by Qiao Daisi.
The sweet and fragrant taste of honey tea spread across her lips and teeth, and Jiang Yunu suddenly felt that she could live such an orderly life for a very long time, long enough for her and Joyson to finish the elementary supernatural school step by step, and then go on to further studies, and then consider leaving this small warm nest and flying to a wider star region.
but--
"You're here."
Sunday afternoon evening, after returning to school.
As agreed on Friday, Jiang Yunu went directly to the office building upon returning to school. She went to Reis Daniel's office, but when she walked in, she found that Lu Xixi was also there, as well as a senior teacher named Eng, whom she was not very familiar with.
Lucy looked serious, Reiss Daniel looked friendly, and the remaining teacher, who was not very familiar with him, was very enthusiastic.
Jiang Yunu could also tell at a glance that the underlying tone of their seemingly different expressions was an indescribable restlessness.
"Is this the hero who won our Enge school team the championship in this inter-school competition?"
As soon as Reis Daniel greeted Jiang Yunu, the teacher who was not very familiar with her immediately walked quickly towards Jiang Yunu, and held her hand eagerly. Then he looked left and right at her face, and smiled so much that the corners of his mouth stretched to the back of his ears.
Jiang Yunu was caught off guard when someone grabbed her hand, like a radish sprout with its leaves pinched. She was full of doubts. But seeing that neither Reiss Daniel nor Lucy stopped her immediately, she did not struggle.
She politely said to the strange teacher, "Hello? May I ask who...?"
"We haven't met much, but I know you very well," the strange teacher said enthusiastically. "I'm the head of the Student Affairs Office. I review all the new students' admissions information and am also responsible for preparing everyone's further studies materials!"
——It turns out that this is one of the people responsible for recruiting him into Engel.
After understanding the other party's basic duties, Jiang Yunu's attitude immediately became more enthusiastic.
She said sweetly, "So you are a teacher in the Student Affairs Office. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to study in Enge."
The head of the Student Affairs Office immediately brightened up: "Hey, hey, good boy! But that's not the way to say it. We also have to thank you for choosing Engel and achieving a win-win situation with us!"
Lucy: “…”
Reiss Daniel: "..."
The teachers had the illusion that they seemed to have walked out of the conference room, but in fact they were entering a new conference room.
Fortunately, the polite conversation didn't last too long. Under Jiang Yunu's direct gaze, the head of the Student Affairs Office quickly got straight to the point.
"Student Jiang Yunu." The other party suddenly called Jiang Yunu by his full name in a very formal manner and said warmly, "Do you want to have a chance to soar to the sky?"
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