DAVM Chapter 58.3

Pei Jing said, “No need.”

Ji Zhile looked at him sadly: “Then, Brother Pei Jing is not willing to change with me? But, I have already finished eating.”

After saying that, he burped.

Pei Jing shook his head: “No.”

Ji Zhile was so sad that even his hair hung down a little. He said, “But the snacks I hid have been eaten today, and there is nothing else to replace them with. What should I do?”

Ji Zhile’s appearance was really pity-inducing. His eyelashes drooped, his round eyes were watery, and his voice became low. Pei Jing quickly said, “I am willing, Zhile, don’t cry.”

Ji Zhile blinked: “Really?”

“Real.”

The corners of Ji Zhile’s lips curved, revealing a smile: “Okay.”

He felt a little strange because he did not want to cry just now.

Suddenly a thought popped into Ji Zhile’s mind, could his crying be so effective? Ji Zhile vaguely remembered that he could make Brother Pei Jing change his attitude.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, the final result was good.

The three children walked into the brightly lit house hand in hand. There was sumptuous food on the dining table. Si Tian was waiting for them. She did not ask anything and said as usual: “Is it okay to sit in the same position?”

Pei Jing let out a ‘hmm’.

At this moment, Ji Zhile felt a little guilty. He hesitated for a while holding the chopsticks, and said, “Mom, I don’t want to eat.”

Si Tian glanced over: “Didn’t you say you were hungry just now?”

Before Ji Ningyi came back, Ji Zhile kept mumbling while looking at the food on the table, ‘I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m going to ask my brother to come back for dinner’. In the end, he did not want to wait at home anymore, so he stood at the door, looked around, and finally saw Ji Ningyi.

Just now he wanted to eat so much, but now he doesn’t want to eat, there is definitely something wrong.

Sure enough, Ji Zhile was embarrassed and said in a low voice, “I’ve already eaten instant noodles at Brother Pei Jing’s house.”

Si Tian’s eyes widened: “Eating instant noodles?”

Ji Zhile nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: “Brother and I went to Brother Pei Jing’s house and happened to see Brother Pei Jing eating instant noodles. It was Brother Pei Jing who took the initiative to give it to me.”

He very cleverly omitted how he was salivating over the bowl of delicious instant noodles and perfectly avoided all possible factors that might lead to being said.

Pei Jing had rarely come into contact with children like Ji Zhile in his life. Sometimes he looked silly, sometimes he was naughty, and he loved to act coquettishly toward him. He could not help but want to protect Ji Zhile, so he followed his words: “Auntie, like this…it’s my fault.”

Ji Zhile did not want others to be scolded on his behalf, so he immediately said, “Mom, I exchanged dinner with Brother Pei Jing so that Brother Pei Jing could help me eat. Brother Pei Jing is not bad.”

Si Tian did not know whether to laugh or cry. The two children’s words each made her seem like a bad person, but she was really not.

“I understand. You two are good boys. Let’s eat quickly.”

The three of them were eating, and Ji Zhile was sitting next to her, swinging his legs and watching them eat, and deliberately asked: “Mom, is it delicious?”

Si Tian deliberately teased him: “It’s very delicious. The green vegetables are oily, crispy, and fragrant. The pork ribs are so tender. The meat melts with just a sip. It’s so delicious. It’s even better than the previous ribs. Zhile, it’s a loss if you don’t eat today.”

Unexpectedly, Ji Zhile, who was usually easy to deceive, was not fooled at all today. He snorted softly: “I don’t want it. Instant noodles are the best.”

“It’s fun to pick it up with chopsticks and flick it back and forth. The soup is very delicious.” Ji Zhile thought about it for a moment, swallowed, and then asked Si Tian, “Mom, have you ever eaten it?”

He raised his chin with a haughty look as if no one had ever eaten instant noodles except him, and those who did not know thought it was some delicacy.

Si Tian said: “I have eaten it.”

Ji Zhile said: “Then you must have never eaten such delicious instant noodles as I ate tonight.”

He was really confident, but Si Tian said: “Maybe, but I have eaten braised beef noodles, stewed beef noodles, pickled pepper beef noodles, spicy bamboo shoot beef noodles…”

Si Tian mentioned many flavors of instant noodles in one breath, which successfully stunned Ji Zhile, a little frog who had never seen the world. His eyes widened: “Are there so many kinds of instant noodles?”

Si Tian nodded: “There are still many things you haven’t eaten.”

 

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Translator’s Comment:

-Little Drama-

On a sunny day, in Ningyi’s house–

Three children were sitting on the sofa. Ji Ningyi was in the middle, with in his left was Ji Zhile, and in his right was Pei Jing.

Ji Zhile, grabbing Ningyi’s arm: “Brother, you will choose me, right? I am your biological brother.”

Pei Jing, a little depressed on his face: “Ningyi, I am your best friend, right? We are also on the same table, so you will choose me, right?”

Ningyi thought in his heart: Why are these more difficult than math problems in school? What should I do? I don’t want to disappoint anyone… 

Ningyi looked around and saw…

Ningyi: “Mom… I chose Mom!” What a relief!

Si Tian: “Of course!” *proudsmile* Such a little brat dared to kidnap my angel! Even if you cultivate for one thousand years, all of you will not defeat me! Haha…

Xiao Ai, who listened to Si Tian’s thoughts: [My host is so mighty!]

Ji Jingzhou, who saw this drama: Why do I suddenly have 4 children?

 

 

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