DAVM Chapter 58.4

“Then, can we have instant noodles tomorrow morning?” Ji Zhile looked at her expectantly.

Si Tian said very coldly: “No, what kind of family can eat instant noodles every day?”

Hearing Si Tian’s words, Pei Jing who was eating also raised his head, looked at them, and tightened his hands holding the chopsticks.

Ji Zhile asked ignorantly, “Is it because instant noodles are expensive?”

Si Tian neither confirmed nor denied, only asked: “What do you think?”

Ji Zhile has never bought instant noodles, so he is not sure about the price, but his mother said that it must be very expensive. He regretted it and said, “Okay, let’s have dumplings and seafood porridge tomorrow morning.”

Si Tian said yes.

Pei Jing opened his mouth, wanting to say that instant noodles were not expensive at all, but he said nothing, silently lowered his head, and continued eating.

After the meal, the three children played in the children’s room and built blocks together.

Ji Zhile was next to Pei Jing, and while he was chatting, he whispered: “Brother Pei Jing, I ate your expensive instant noodles. I can’t afford to pay for two meals. It will definitely cost twenty meals.”

Pei Jing still could not bear to deceive the child and said softly, “It’s not expensive.”

But, Ji Zhile firmly believed in his opinion: “Brother Pei Jing must come to our house and finish twenty meals.”

Pei Jing hesitated.

Ji Zhile rubbed her eyes, looked at Pei Jing pitifully, and asked with red eyes, “Brother Pei Jing is not willing?”

“I’m so sad, I’m going to cry.”

Pei Jing was really panicked: “Don’t cry, I am willing, but…”

“If you are willing, you agree. If you agree, you can’t go back on it.” Ji Zhile said quickly. He even smiled proudly at Pei Jing, “This way I won’t cry.”

Pei Jing: “…Okay.”

Ji Zhile was in a good mood, humming a song often sung by kindergarten children. He experimented again and found out that crying was so useful for them.

Ji Zhile began to think divergently again. It would definitely be useful if he cried to his mother next time when he did not want to eat carrots and cried to his mother when he did not want to do handicrafts. Why didn’t he think of such a good idea?

While playing, Ji Zhile thought of something and turned his head to whisper to Pei Jing: “Brother Pei Jing, are you sick?”

Pei Jing was a little confused. He often could not keep up with Ji Zhile’s thinking because he was too jumpy. One moment he was talking about one thing, and the next moment he was talking about the next thing. But, Pei Jing still shook his head: “No.”

Ji Zhile nodded solemnly and continued to ask: “Brother Pei Jing won’t disappear, right?”

Pei Jing said, “No.”

Pei Jing was a little confused and heard Ji Zhile’s answer, “My brother asked me if I wanted Brother Pei Jing to disappear. But, I don’t want to. If you disappear, you will die like on TV. Brother Pei Jing should not disappear.”

Pei Jing keenly heard something unusual in Ji Zhile’s words, but he did not ask any more questions and just said, “Thank you, Zhile.”

Ji Zhile chuckled: “Brother Pei Jing, I like you very much. Don’t be sad.”

Pei Jing let out a ‘hmm’.

“Brother Pei Jing, look at the single-plank bridge I built!” Ji Zhile put the last building block on, and a simple and crumbling single-plank bridge appeared in front of several people.

Ji Ningyi and Pei Jing were silent for a moment when they saw it. It really deserves to be called a single-plank bridge. If there is a little more weight on it, the bridge is probably about to collapse, but Ji Zhile is still complacent: “Is it mighty?”

Ji Ningyi praised without conscience: “Mighty.”

Pei Jing opened his eyes and said nonsense: “It looks good.”

Ji Zhile was grinning and putting his hands on his waist to admire: “Yes!”

He turned to look at Ji Ningyi and Pei Jing: “Let me see what you guys have built.”

The two refused, but Ji Zhile insisted on seeing it. In his eyes, it would not look good if they did not show it. He had no intention of saving face for the two elder brothers.

Facing the stubborn Ji Zhile, Ji Ningyi and Pei Jing had no choice but to step aside.

So Ji Zhile saw the castle built by Ji Ningyi and the watchtower built by Pei Jing. Suddenly, his eyes could not move.

Although Ji Zhile has blind self-confidence in himself, that is without a comparison object. With a comparison, even a three-year-old child could tell the difference between good-looking and bad-looking.

Ji Zhile looked at his single-plank bridge again, blushed, and moved his body to block it: “Don’t look at mine anymore…”

“Let’s stop playing, let’s go to sleep.” Ji Zhile suggested.

Pei Jing said, “I want to go home and sleep.”

Ji Ningyi asked: “Pei Jing, aren’t you going to sleep with us?”

 

 

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