Chapter 05 Chapter 5
The threat just now was very effective. Little Le Jia still hadn't reacted yet. He was ashamed, angry and shocked.
Yue Qing pondered for a moment. Everything had its basis. She probably thought the child really wanted to go to the toilet. Fortunately, the toilet was right behind him. She stuffed the clean diaper in her hand into the little boy's hand, took out a tissue from her bag, and pointed him in the direction: "Go to the toilet."
After a pause, he leaned forward slightly and said, "If you soil your pants on purpose, I will still show it to the other kids."
Little Lejia was holding the tissue and diaper, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether it was a bigger problem to poop in public and be seen by his kindergarten classmates, or to listen to his bad aunt.
But he really couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Go ahead." Yue Qing straightened up, looked at the couple who were almost here, and said softly, "When you come out, I'll take you and your sister home."
Little Le Jia's eyes suddenly widened.
Xiao Le'an also looked into his aunt's eyes with surprise, and then heard the only words of disgust in these few days.
[If it gets smelly, it will waste a lot of time. How do you take a smelly child home? ]
Xiao Le'an immediately patted his brother's shoulder seriously and said, "Don't be afraid, brother. Auntie allows us to poop. You can't get smelly!"
Little Le Jia: “…”
He ran in with a stern face and red ears.
At this time, the buyer couple who had been chasing little Le Jia also ran over. Seeing this, they were so angry that they took the child back from the hospital. The child was extremely uncooperative during the entire test process.
Although no brain disease was found other than the child's developmental delay and frailty caused by long-term malnutrition, the doctor speculated that the child's abnormal behavior suggested that the child had been suffering from mental and physical torture for a long time, and was likely to have been affected, resulting in very serious psychological problems.
This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the couple. This kind of child was of no use to them, so they looked at Yue Qing as if she were an enemy: "What do you want to do?"
"Hello." Yue Qing nodded calmly. "I sent you a message not long ago. After the child finishes using the toilet, can we find a place to talk?"
I don't feel any guilt, after all, that was what the original owner did.
When the couple received the message, they had just come out of the hospital. They happened to see Xiao Lejia making trouble again, so they had no time to reply. Now they finally find time to settle the score.
The woman took out the hospital report and smashed it on Yue Qing's face: "Look carefully at how you deceived us!"
The commotion here attracted a lot of people's attention, especially since one of the protagonists looked too ostentatious, and many people secretly approached to take in the fun.
Yue Qing picked up the scattered documents slowly and carefully. She knew that the brain problem was a child's fake, but the other physical data on the medical examination report could also give her some general direction.
She thought inappropriately.
[Looks like I'll have to give these two kids more nourishment from now on, and I'll also have to buy some medicine to apply to their injuries.]
Seeing her in a daze, the couple became even more angry: "Leqing!"
"Sorry." Yue Qing came back to his senses and glanced at the people around him. "Are you sure you want to talk to me here?"
Her calm tone calmed the couple down a bit. Buying and selling children was illegal, so they calmed down with gloomy faces and stopped talking.
When little Le Jia finally came out of the bathroom, Yue Qing paid some attention to him and made sure that he hadn't intentionally stained his clothes and pants before saying, "Follow me."
In order to settle the bill, the couple also came to the coffee shop they had been to before, but this time they did not go to see the child they bought. Now they were extremely disappointed with the child.
They were aware that Yueqing had voluntarily returned the money, but they couldn't just suffer the loss in vain, they had to get something back.
Yue Qing did not let the two children sit with them, but arranged a small table for them across from her within her sight, and ordered cakes for them separately.
Smelling the sudden sweet smell, little Le Jia became very alert and stopped his sister who was about to move.
This made Yue Qing very satisfied. She finally saw a little bit of the cleverness of a "genius baby" in these two siblings.
"I promised Le'an," she said. "This is your portion. Eat it. I won't hit you or scold you, but don't run around. Wait here until I finish talking."
Little Le'an, who was already a grown-up, lay down beside his brother and swallowed his saliva: "Brother, auntie didn't lie to you."
Little Le Jia didn't believe his bad aunt, but he believed in his stupid sister's "special abilities", so he pinched his fingers and said nothing.
Just as Yue Qing was about to turn around, the hem of her clothes was grabbed by the little girl. She raised her voice slightly and said, "Hmm?"
"Aunt." Xiao Le'an had been secretly observing the bad guys who bought her brother, and she knew what they were thinking. She thought that since her aunt wanted to buy her brother back, she had to help her, so she whispered, "They don't like my brother, but they want to make trouble for me."
Upon hearing this, little Le Jia immediately stuffed a forkful of cake into his sister's mouth: "Children shouldn't talk about adult matters."
Yue Qing was a little surprised. She originally thought that her sister was a naive child who knew nothing about the world. However, whether it was towards Shu Qi or this couple, she seemed to be more sensitive than an ordinary child.
Maybe this is also a part of genius. She didn't think much about it, nodded and turned around.
After she left, Xiao Lejia frowned and looked at his sister: "You can't say such things."
"Why?"
"Don't you know?" Little Le Jia lowered his voice, "Adults have bigger heads and are smarter. They will think you're weird and bully you in the future."
"But my aunt is helping my brother." Xiao Le'an told his brother everything he saw in his aunt and the couple's hearts, "Brother, my aunt should be a good person now."
Little Le Jia was skeptical about this. He looked at the sweet cake in front of him and couldn't figure it out. He said, "Look here and see what they are talking about."
Although she couldn't hear, my sister could see my aunt's eyes from her perspective.
"Uh-huh!"
Yue Qing poured a glass of boiled water for each of the couple. Ordering cakes for the children was already an excess expense, so it was even more impossible to order coffee for others.
The couple opposite had obviously been suppressing their emotions for a long time and looked like they were about to start to show off. Yue Qing had long been accustomed to this kind of situation. They were the ones in the wrong, and if she let the other party take the initiative, she would really suffer a loss. This was why she refunded the money before the couple sent her a message.
So she spoke before the couple could, "Just like I said on the phone, I want the child back, and I'll return the money to you in full. As for the money for your physical examination at the hospital today and the money for taking care of him these days, I'll transfer it to you according to the list later. What do you think?"
"What do we think?" The woman was so angry that she almost slammed the table. "You gave us a child with a mental problem, and now you want to let it go? I tell you, it's impossible. You are breaching the contract."
Yue Qing looked at her quietly: "There's nothing wrong with his brain."
"The doctor's orders are all here!"
"He's faking it."
"He..." The woman was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "How could a child pretend to be so convincing!"
Yue Qing smiled and said, "This only proves that he is more perseverant and intelligent than the average child, doesn't it?"
He added, "You think he's hyperactive, irritable, and incapable of taking care of himself, but he did go to the bathroom on his own just now, and now he's quietly accompanying his sister, which speaks volumes."
Little Le Jia, who was sitting in the back, started shaking after hearing what his sister said.
The bad aunt knows everything and she doesn’t want to take him home at all!
He took his sister's hand and made up his mind: "We..."
Run.
If he doesn't stay with his bad aunt and those two bad guys, he will become brave and work hard to raise his sister!
But at this time, little Le'an had no energy to care about what her brother was thinking. She could not hear the conversation, so she could only carefully read her aunt's thoughts and then repeat them slowly and word by word.
"...Even if I want to take him home, I can't let others think he's a stupid kid."
Little Le Jia paused as he climbed down from the chair, then slowly turned his head to look at his sister: "What did you say?"
"Ah?" Xiao Le'an shook his head in confusion, "That's what my aunt said."
She repeated without looking away, "She said in her heart that the dispute was an adult matter and had nothing to do with the child. Even if it was a fake medical record, she couldn't let anyone misunderstand it."
It’s so long. How can an adult say so much at once? She is so tired.
Little Le Jia's head was frozen, staring blankly at the strange bad aunt not far away.
In fact, this was indeed what Yue Qing was thinking. Although directly admitting that little Le Jia had mental problems would indeed help her get the child back, even if it was only for a few days, even if he was only three years old, the little boy in the book was so smart, and the days when he pretended to be crazy and stupid were deeply engraved in his mind from beginning to end.
Perhaps some memories will fade away with time, but his strong desire to survive and the experience of being rejected and abandoned by everyone have always accompanied him throughout his life. During his youth, he was unable to communicate well with his peers at school.
This is the adults' fault and should not be borne by the children. Yue Qing understands this very well, which is why she does not let the two children participate in the conversation between adults.
Yue Qing's words also made the couple waver. Looking back, they found that the two children were indeed unusually well-behaved.
If this is the case, then they should reconsider whether to return the child. Who doesn't like a smart child?
The woman asked, "What do you mean by returning the money? If the child is fine, you are still in breach of contract."
Yue Qing smiled slowly. "In fact, I'm just the children's aunt. I have no right to decide whether they stay or go. Now I hear that they still have a father. You have a general understanding of my family situation, and I'm sure you also know that their father is not an ordinary person. So I don't want to get myself into any legal disputes in the future. I believe you two are also aware of the impact this contract will have on us in court."
"And you need a child who's obedient and willing to accept all your arrangements," she said. "My child is only three years old, but he's already so smart. He knows exactly what he wants and doesn't want, and he's so good at planning and arranging things, going to any lengths to achieve his goals. With this personality, are you sure he'll actually do what you want and follow the path you've arranged? If that happens, you'll face even greater losses."
Yue Qing took a sip of water and said, "Besides, you guys haven't been very kind to him. I don't feel comfortable leaving the child with you."
As he said this, he glanced suggestively at the little boy behind him.
They are all motivated by self-interest. Ever since they found out that the child they bought might be mentally retarded, the couple's attitude has taken a 180-degree turn. Not only have they lost their patience, they have even stopped caring about food, clothing, housing and transportation. Today, they didn't dress the child very warmly.
Neither the couple said anything.
Yue Qing smiled lightly: "So I'm just asking both of us to cut our losses immediately."
After all, raising a puppet and raising a tiger to cause trouble are two different things.
They are all legal experts who cannot be shown in public. Who dares to really bring out the contract to make a fuss? Otherwise, the original owner would not have been able to get half of the money back by just throwing a tantrum.
Now that she has laid out all the interests at stake, and has taken the initiative to refund the full amount to make up for the losses during this period, this has given both parties the most decent way out.
Both the husband and wife's families are well-off, and they know what they need. They are not foolish enough to be blind.
Moreover, Yue Qing today was different from the frivolous and greedy person he was the last time they met. His every move and gesture revealed a calmness that seemed to see through everything. This was what allowed the couple to calm down and think.
In fact, apart from these few days, they really didn't suffer any losses. If they really took the child back by force, regardless of whether he was smart or not, if he was smart, they would suffer. If he was smart, it would be a more terrifying thing because they would be completely fooled.
If he dares to poop in public, what else will he be afraid of in the future?
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Yue Qing already knew what was going on. He quickly transferred the remaining money back and stood up. "It's getting late. I'll take the children back first. The contract has been cancelled. I hope we won't have any more contact in the future. Goodbye."
She walked up to the two children with different expressions. The two children behind her didn't say anything and seemed to have accepted the result.
Yue Qing glanced at the cake on the table that had only been taken a bite: "Not eating it anymore?"
Little Le'an shook his head: "Brother doesn't want to eat."
Yueqing called the waiter: "Then pack it up and take it back."
Nothing can be wasted.
In fact, given her current financial situation, she could have simply not compensated the couple, or just returned half of the money.
Yue Qing's gaze shifted to the handsome yet stubborn little boy. She felt that he deserved more and didn't want this incident to become an obstacle for him in the future. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go. I promised you that I would take you home."
Little Lejia's lips were bitten until they bled. He stretched his neck stiffly, trying not to cry out.
Coming out of the coffee shop, Yue Qing felt very relaxed this time. After all, the brother and sister could hold hands by themselves, so she didn't have to do it herself.
Walking behind the two thin and small children, Yue Qing's smile faded a little when he thought of the medical record in his bag.
"Child," she called.
The two children looked back together.
Yue Qing looked at their hands holding each other and asked, "Are you cold?"
Little Le'an, now a little braver, began to learn to express her demands. She took her brother's hand and said, "Auntie, my hands are so cold."
Yue Qing hummed: "I'll take you home after you buy gloves."
Gloves!
Other children would wear furry gloves when they went out. Little Le'an used to envy them, but she and her brother didn't have any and they had no money to buy them!
The two children were a little reserved after arriving at the daily necessities store. Yue Qing found two pairs of gloves for them and asked, "Do you like these?"
Xiao Le'an just thought each one was very beautiful and nodded: "I like it!"
Little Le Jia didn't say anything.
Yue Qing raised her eyebrows silently. This smart kid was probably still wondering why she suddenly changed and brought him home. He couldn't figure it out for a while, so she bought two pairs of pink and blue shoes and went to check out.
As soon as they got out of the store, they handed each of them a pair of shoes and said, "Put them on yourselves."
Indeed, at this age, little Le Jia still couldn't figure out the reason, so when his sister happily lowered her head to fiddle with the pink bunny gloves, he just held the gloves without moving. Not understanding, he took the initiative to ask: "Why? Do you want to buy gloves? Don't you like us?"
Compared to the fierce and bad aunt in the past, the current aunt makes him more uneasy.
"Yeah." Yue Qing did not deny it.
After getting the answer, little Le Jia pursed his lips, but felt relieved in his heart. This was correct and consistent with his understanding.
But after hearing such words, he still felt uncomfortable despite his young age.
The next second, he heard the person in front of him say, "But I don't hate you either."
He became inexplicably nervous and stared at this strange aunt motionlessly.
Only little Le An, who was messing with his gloves, didn't understand. He looked up at his aunt on the left and his brother on the right: "Huh?"
Yue Qing didn't expect them to understand anything. She half-knelt down and pulled the gloves for the messy little Le An, allowing her to put them on smoothly. Then she turned to look at the other boy who looked like a little hedgehog and said, "But these are my own problems. They have nothing to do with you. You are all good children."
"It's my responsibility and obligation to take care of you, so you can ask me for anything, okay?"
Little Lejia didn’t know. He even wondered if he was sick like his sister. Otherwise, why would he feel that the aunt in front of him looked a little better?
Yue Qing quickly stood up straight: "Don't think about it, go home and eat."
Before that, she had to buy some food. Today she could ask her two children what they wanted to eat. There was still some money in her card.
After compensating those parts, half of the money from selling the bag is still left, but spending without earning is not a solution. The party is still a few days away, and my life after that is still uncertain.
Yue Qing sighed silently. She was still a long way from paying the child support. She looked at the little boy who was fiddling with his gloves with his head down, and suddenly remembered the few hundred dollars in their mobile phones.
The book talks about more than a few hundred dollars. They later supported themselves and lived a very good life.
What can a three-year-old do?
Could you give her some advice?
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