Chapter 76 Don't Play with Bad Kids
Zhang Jingshu lingered at the door.
She was dressed as usual today: a women's suit, trousers, and boots, looking sharp and capable. However, her steps were hesitant; she took several steps forward and then withdrew, appearing indecisive.
Zhang Jingshu came to apologize to Mao Mao and express her gratitude.
Not long ago, she took Mao Mao out to play, but accidentally let Mao Mao get kidnapped. Fortunately, nothing serious happened in the end. Even after so many days, Zhang Jingshu was still too ashamed to lift her head and didn't know how to face Mao Mao.
She was the older sister, so many years older than Mao Mao, yet she couldn't protect her little sister. How terrified Mao Mao must have been when she watched helplessly as Mao Mao was kidnapped and couldn't catch up no matter how hard she tried?
Mao Mao must hate her to death.
But not only did she fail to protect Mao Mao, Mao Mao also saved her younger brother!
That day, Zhang Jingshu failed to catch the kidnappers and immediately went to the police station to report the crime. Before she could even catch her breath, she learned that her younger brother had also been kidnapped. These two pieces of bad news almost made her faint.
Didn't she have the driver take Sen Sen home? And why was she keeping an eye on Sen Sen and preventing her from leaving the house? How could she have been kidnapped at home?!
At the time, she didn't have time to blame her half-brother for taking Sen Sen out. After receiving the ransom note from the kidnappers, she immediately went to raise the money. As a result, not long after she withdrew the money from the bank, her brother was sent home by Lou Shaoshuai's men that very night.
It turns out that the people who kidnapped Mao Mao and Sen Sen were the same group of people.
Still shaken, Zhang Jingshu learned the details of the kidnapping from her younger brother. What else didn't she understand?
It turned out that her unintentional actions led to Mao Mao being kidnapped!
Zhang Jingshu was utterly ashamed and didn't know how she could face Mao Mao. An apology was a must, so she arrived, but dared not enter.
The thought of disgust showing on the little girl's soft, cute face, or the psychological trauma of being kidnapped, was something Zhang Jingshu didn't want to see.
Zhang Jingshu took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and just as she lifted her foot, a short little girl came running out of the Western-style building.
"elder sister!"
Mao Mao ran out happily, her tutu swaying joyfully in the air.
"Sister, you've come to play with me!"
"Mao Mao?" Zhang Jingshu was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked over to her.
Unexpectedly, before she even went inside, Mao Mao came looking for her.
As soon as the two met, Zhang Jingshu immediately apologized: "Mao Mao, I'm sorry."
"Huh?" Mao Mao asked, puzzled. "Sister, why are you apologizing to me?"
"It's all my fault that you were kidnapped." Zhang Jingshu squatted down apologetically, looking at her at eye level. Looking at her reflection in her innocent and clear eyes, she was overwhelmed by immense guilt. "It's all my fault for not protecting you, which is why you have to suffer all this. Mao Mao, blame me, hit me, scold me, it's all fine, as long as you're happy. It doesn't matter if you don't forgive me."
"hold head high?"
Mao Mao tilted her head in confusion: "But I'm not unhappy."
"Maomao..."
Suddenly, Mao Mao sniffed the air like a puppy. Soon, she spotted the paper bag Zhang Jingshu was carrying, and a sweet scent wafted out of it.
Mao Mao swallowed hard: "Sister, is this for me?"
Zhang Jingshu quickly held up the paper bag in her hand: "Yes, these are roasted chestnuts. I saw them on the way and guessed you might like them."
"Mao Mao likes it!"
"I'll peel it for you."
Mao Mao touched her round little belly.
Hmm... Even though I just ate half an ice cream and drank a big bowl of soup, I can still fit a few chestnuts in my bowl.
She happily took Zhang Jingshu's hand and sat down under the parasol in the garden to enjoy the sweet and soft chestnuts.
While peeling chestnuts for her, Zhang Jingshu continued, "Mao Mao, I also want to thank you."
Mao Mao's cheeks were puffed out from eating: "Thank you, okay?"
"You also saved Sen Sen."
If it weren't for Young Master Lou personally going to find his sister, Zhang Jingsen wouldn't have been rescued so quickly after being kidnapped. Later, when the escaped kidnappers were caught, she went to the police station to inquire about the reason.
It turns out that it was all a conspiracy by her half-brother!
Because they were unhappy that she had taken over the family business, and dared not harm her, they had her younger brother kidnapped, intending to use him to threaten her into handing the business back.
Sen Sen was extremely important to her. If anything happened to Sen Sen, she would agree to any request to save her younger brother, and perhaps she would even grant her older brother's wish. What's worse, according to the kidnappers' confession, the older brother had no intention of letting Sen Sen return alive.
The kidnappers said they would kill the hostage as soon as they got the money!
No matter how many millions of dollars she offered, she couldn't save her brother's life.
But all of this was stopped by Mao Mao.
Zhang Jingshu choked up, "Mao Mao, thank you, thank you so much. Sen Sen is my only younger brother. After our mother passed away, he was all I had. If anything happened to him, I, I..."
A small hand, smelling of chestnuts, touched her face: "Sister, sister, don't cry."
“Sister didn’t cry.” Zhang Jingshu quickly wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand and continued peeling chestnuts for her.
But the chestnut was handed back the next moment.
A chubby little hand held a round chestnut to her lips. Zhang Jingshu looked up and met the little girl's dark, round eyes: "Sister, eat."
Zhang Jingshu was deeply moved: "Thank you, Mao Mao."
She lowered her head slightly and put the chestnut in her mouth, the soft and sweet taste spreading from the tip of her tongue to her heart.
It made her heart feel as if it were wrapped in a sweet cotton candy, so sweet that she was almost in a daze.
Before coming, she had prepared herself mentally and anticipated all possibilities, but she never expected that Mao Mao would not mind at all and would even comfort her instead.
"Mao Mao, aren't you angry with me?" Zhang Jingshu looked at her anxiously. "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been kidnapped."
Mao Mao blinked: "But, sister, you didn't catch me."
"but……"
"It's okay." Mao Mao shook her head, a sweet smile on her round little face: "Sister, you treated me to chestnuts, so I forgive you~"
Zhang Jingshu was almost in tears.
"Mao Mao, how can you be so kind!" she said, moved. "Oh my god, how can there be such a kind and lovely baby like you? You're simply a little angel!"
"Sister, you're so kind! Sister, give me some chestnuts!"
Zhang Jingshu quickly continued peeling chestnuts for her.
Such a cute little sister, she would gladly peel chestnuts for her for the rest of her life.
If Mao Mao were her own sister... then no.
Zhang Jingshu felt a bitter taste in her mouth: if Mao Mao were her younger sister, she would face many dangers like Sen Sen. She was a useless older sister, unable to protect her beloved younger brother and sister at all.
Mao Mao, munching on a chestnut, asked, "Sister, how's brother?"
"dense?"
"Uh-huh."
Mao Mao put down the chestnuts, looked at the blue sky in the distance, and suddenly sighed.
“My brother cried a lot,” she said.
This was the first time Mao Mao had ever seen her brother cry so much.
Zhang Jingshu: "Sen Sen is sick."
Are you sick?
The kidnapping had terrified Zhang Jingsen. After being rescued, he developed a high fever, had nightmares for days, and woke up crying and calling for help every day. In just a few days, his chubby face became noticeably thinner.
To take care of her younger brother, Zhang Jingshu also became haggard, and her once jet-black, glossy curly hair lost its luster.
Of course, besides taking care of her younger brother, she was also busy arguing with her father.
Zhang Jingshu cannot tolerate the fact that her brother has been kidnapped by a group of kidnappers who intend to kill him. Although nothing has happened yet, she cannot tolerate it.
She wanted to send her older brother to the police station.
Such a ruthless executioner doesn't deserve to live and should be punished by law.
But her father disagreed.
The Zhang family has many children, none of whom were born to the same mother. They secretly dislike each other, but their father hopes that his children will live in harmony and be friendly and respectful to each other.
Zhang Jingshu looked down at the fair-skinned, soft-spoken girl beside her, whose face was full of innocence and simplicity, untroubled by anything.
Even though she had just experienced a terrifying kidnapping, it left no trace on her mind.
Just eating a chestnut is enough to make her happy all day.
She couldn't help but say, "Mao Mao, I wish I were as happy as you."
"Sister, are you unhappy?"
"There are some people who make my sister unhappy."
“Then I won’t play with them.” Mao Mao grabbed a chestnut and gnawed on it. “Mom said that if bad kids bully Mao Mao, Mao Mao won’t play with bad kids.”
Zhang Jingshu asked in surprise, "Mao Mao, is someone bullying you?"
"Um!"
Mao Mao pointed her chubby chin forcefully and said a little angrily, "They... stole my candy!"
That happened before Mao Mao and her mother entered the Marshal's Mansion.
They lived in a small house surrounded by many neighbors and several children about the same age as Mao Mao.
Back then, Mao Mao didn't have as many snacks as she does now.
Her mother would buy her candy, but she couldn't bear to eat it. She would put it in her pocket and take it out to lick every now and then, making one piece last her the whole day. Once, she was sitting on the doorstep eating candy when a boy said he wanted to lick it, and then he wouldn't give it back to her.
"And then?" Zhang Jingshu's expression turned serious. "Did you manage to get it back?"
Mao Mao shook her head: "No."
My bad older brother is so fierce, Mao Mao doesn't dare to fight with him, and even her mother can't win an argument with him.
"If you give in, he'll come back and try to take your things again."
Mao Mao proudly raised her little tuft of hair and said, "I'm not playing with him anymore!"
Every time she saw him, she would quickly cover her pockets and shuffle home with her short legs.
If you can't beat them, run away.
and……
Mao Mao happily munched on a chestnut, her little legs dangling in the air, swinging back and forth: Now, that older brother can't take her candy away anymore!
She still has so many snacks she can't finish, and she even has many kinds of candy.
Hehe~
Zhang Jingshu: "..."
Zhang Jingshu couldn't resist gently pinching the soft flesh on her cheek.
Soft, cute, and easy to pinch.
He has no guile whatsoever.
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