“You can stay here for now. Don’t be afraid.” Wang Ling’er said softly, trying to appear harmless.
After all, she didn’t want to scare them away again.
Wen Shuying and Wang Bu were both shrewd; they had already figured out the nature of this family.
Wang Bu spoke up, “I saw your first-floor rental ad at the entrance. Can we rent it?”
The moment he spoke, the three members of the Wang family were stunned.
“It’s possible, but…”
Uncle Wang didn’t know how much to charge. They didn’t seem to have any money, which was why he hadn’t been able to bear seeing them sleeping on the streets in the snow and had brought them back.
He was afraid of hurting their pride by talking to them about money now.
At this moment, Shutong opened her mouth, her voice exceptionally innocent, “My brothers are making money by carrying bricks.”
The three of them are all children, and it’s practically impossible for them to rent a house outside. But if the Wang family is willing, then they will have a place to stay in the future.
Aunt Wang and Wang Ling’er both gave Uncle Wang a meaningful look.
Uncle Wang nodded in agreement, saying, “Then we’ll talk again tomorrow. You should get some rest tonight.”
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the two boys and the little baby seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Uncle Wang found it amusing and a little touching. He had been worried that the children he brought back might not be good people, but now it seemed his judgment was correct.
Let’s just consider it an act of kindness.
The three members of the Wang family were all kind-hearted people. That night, they arranged for Shutong and the others to rest in the guest rooms.
Since the beginning of winter, Wen Shuying and Wang Bu had occasionally gone winter swimming, while Shutong, being frail, sometimes only boiled water to wipe herself down, so she had long felt incredibly dirty.
The Wang family had hot water, so Wen Shuying and Wang Bu took turns washing up. After they came out, Wang Ling’er carried Shutong inside and scrubbed her clean from head to toe.
Shutong felt refreshed after the bath and even changed into new clothes.
It wouldn’t be accurate to say it was new clothes; she was wearing the clothes the heroine wore when she was little, which Aunt Wang had kept in the closet and had found tonight.
Shutong, wearing a set of red, fluffy pajamas, went to the guest room.
Wen Shuying hugged her and patted her head, thinking how cute his little sister was.
Shutong quickly pushed him away, stood at the doorway, raised her chin, and said, “Brother, Brother Wang Bu, I want to sleep with Sister.”
After saying that, she slowly turned and slipped away.
Wang Bu and Wen Shuying exchanged a glance.
Wang Bu: “She’s looking down on us.”
Wen Shuying: “Mm.”
“…”
Wen Shuying looked down at his clothes and even smelled them.
Hmm, the clothes he washed the day before yesterday weren’t completely dry because of the rain and snow, so they had a slightly strange smell.
The little girl took a nice bath and started to complain about her brother.
Wen Shuying lay down on the bed, resting his head on his arm, looking up at the ceiling. Although he was sighing, the corners of his mouth were turned up.
Wang Bu tossed something over, adding, “Keep it on the tab, I’ll pay you back.”
Wen Shuying clutched a wad of loose change and simply hummed in agreement.
When Shutong returned to Wang Ling’er’s room, she was picked up and placed on the bed.
“Didn’t your brother notice how swollen your feet are?”
Wang Ling’er hurriedly took off Shutong’s shoes and squeezed out some frostbite cream to apply to her red and swollen feet.
Shutong’s cotton shoes were hand-picked and didn’t fit properly, and her socks weren’t warm enough either, so her feet had developed chilblains.
“My brother has some too.” Shutong muttered softly, as if she was already used to getting chilblains.
Wang Ling’er felt a pang of sympathy. She silently applied the medicine and then took the cream to the guest room.
Shutong saw many newspapers on Wang Ling’er’s desk, some of which had been cut out and pasted into a booklet.
She suddenly remembered that Wang Ling’er was still in high school and would be taking the college entrance examination next year. She had excellent grades and was also very talented in writing, having submitted articles to newspapers since her first year of high school.
Out of curiosity, Shutong went over and flipped through it. She glanced at Wang Ling’er’s pen name and found her article in the supplement, right next to the poem she had previously submitted.
Shutong had just finished reading the article when Wang Ling’er walked in, her eyes shining brightly.
She hadn’t expected Wang Ling’er and her brother to have such a misunderstanding, ending up at the police station, and then meeting again and again afterward—wasn’t this fate?!
Her older brother is fifteen, and Wang Ling’er is eighteen—marrying a woman three years older than you is a golden brick!
Ahhh, Sister-in-law!
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