CH 15.2

Chen Ying stretches out his hand, “Where’s the money?”

Mi Xi blinks again, “This belongs to grandmother.”

Chen Ying retorts, “Will I be greedy for her money?”

Mi Xi only says, “I have to return it to grandmother.”

“I have already paid her back.” Chen Ying is annoyed again. “No, I’ve already made an advance payment. So now the money in your hands is mine.”

Mi Xi frowns and feels lost in the conversation again. What advances? Why is the money now his?

Chen Ying really has no temper to deal with this; he spreads out boneless on the sofa. “I really want to talk to you about all of this, but I’m tired and impatient. I’ll wait for your Uncle Cheng and Aunt Su to come.” 

“Good,” Mi Xi nods.

Good? Chen Ying pinched his brows, is she really not discussing with him?

After waiting for more than 20 minutes, the security intercom in the house rings. It’s the security guard at the gate of the community, saying that Chen Ying has a visitor, and his surname is Cheng. Chen Ying acknowledges and lets him in, feeling in his heart as if a savior has arrived. 

A few minutes later, Cheng Jiangyi and Su Xiaopei arrives with some takeaway meal boxes. After entering the door, Mi Xi politely salutes the two and calls out ‘Uncle’ and ‘Auntie.

Cheng Jiangyi responds with a smile, and raises his eyebrows at Chen Ying. Chen Ying waves his hands with a helpless expression on his face. “I taught her not to do this.” 

“It takes time,” Su Xiaopei comforts.

Mi Xi understands what they are saying and argues, “But if you don’t salute, you won’t know where to put your hands.” 

“Yes,” Su Xiaopei nods, “I know what you mean.” Contrary to her original statement, she can completely understand.

While Su Xiaopei chats with Mi Xi, Chen Ying pulls Cheng Jiangyi aside. They talk about the situation, and then he says, “You guys are here, so you should explain things to her. I’m tapped out and I can’t do it.” 

“Second Young Master, you are really promising.” 

“Thank you for the compliment.”

Chen Ying is starving to death, too lazy to talk to Cheng Jiangyi, so he runs to the dining table and unpacks a lunch box to eat. 

Cheng Jiangyi goes through the matter in his head. It is not difficult to tell Mi Xi not to fight casually here, but how to explain why such a simple thing as her bravery will cause serious consequences? What to say about the Internet, privacy, and all the things modern people take for granted. Cheng Jiangyi thinks about it until his head is big.

Su Xiaopei also asks Mi Xi to eat, and with her eyes, she scolds Chen Ying who didn’t ask Mi Xi to sit on the table but instead ate first without her. Young miss Mi Xi is very sensitive. If Chen Ying is inconsiderate like this, Mi Xi will feel it. If she feels that she is not welcome, she will definitely be very sad. Su Xiaopei looks over at the two of them— Mi Xi is sitting at the dining table, eating silently; she is indeed quite reserved as she feared.

Su Xiaopei feels distressed—penniless, without relatives and friends, she knows exactly what it feels like to be alone in a strange world. But when she experienced this kind of thing, she was ten years older than Mi Xi, and she had been in the workplace for many years already, and she also had a little understanding of ancient times. Mi Xi is just a young miss. She was a young sheltered lady where she came from; she has never suffered. She was held in the palm of one’s hand and had many people taking care of her. Now the family is broken, and she came to this world that she knows nothing of.

Su Xiaopei glances at Cheng Jiangyi. 

In fact, when Yuelao 2238 appeared and told her and Cheng Jiangyi that such a little girl was coming, she felt that the little girl should be taken care of by her. But No. 2238 said that she was not within the scope of the red thread. He also wanted to help the little girl get used to this place as soon as possible and tie the red line as soon as possible, so he had to follow the instructions of the Red Thread System and couldn’t hand her over to her.

Cheng Jiangyi waves to Su Xiaopei and calls her aside—the two of them whisper for a while. They discuss how to carry out this crash course on modern times. Although they can’t be her guardian, fortunately, this unfortunate guardian is one of their own, so it’s convenient for them to help.

While the guardian and ward are eating, and the husband and wife are preparing lessons, the doorbell rings. Chen Ying knows it’s Wu Hao. Only the residents of the community or the acquaintances of the residents who come and go frequently will be allowed in, since the security guard at the gate recognizes their faces.

When he opens the door, it’s indeed Wu Hao. He sees Mi Xi and his eyes light up: Hey, she really is a little beauty.

Chen Ying introduces him to everyone. Mi Xi wipes her mouth when she sees an outsider, stands up, and greets politely, “I have seen Uncle.” 

“Hey.”

Chen Ying, Cheng Jiangyi, and Su Xiaopei all nod in satisfaction. Yes, Mi Xi has made progress! This time she didn’t bend down to salute—although her arms are placed a little stiff on either side of her body, but it is still progress and worthy of praise. Mi Xi looks at everyone and feels a little happy. It’s funny how this small affirmation can make her so happy.

Wu Hao, for his part, leans and whispers into Chen Ying’s ear, “Girls from the mountains are really polite.” But still, something seemed off.

“Yeah,” Chen Ying nods.

“Wait.” Wu Hao turns his head to Mi Xi. He remembered now what was wrong. “I’m ‘older brother’!” Why is he being called ‘uncle’? Is he very old? He is not old!

“Shut up.” Chen Ying glares at him and takes Wu Hao aside.

Cheng Jiangyi also takes this time to educate Mi Xi. “Don’t pay attention to him, he is an ‘uncle’.” Why should Wu Hao be younger than his generation? He isn’t happy to be old, too.

“Wow, you can’t do this.” Wu Hao now understands what’s going on, but they can’t just decide to bring him along with them! No one pays him any attention to him.

Chen Ying takes him to the balcony to smoke together, leaving the room for Cheng Jiangyi and Su Xiaopei to teach Mi Xi her lessons.

Wu Hao takes a few puffs of smoke, looks at Mi Xi who is listening seriously to ‘Uncle’ and ‘Aunt’ through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and asks, “Where did she come from?” 

“In the mountains.” 

“Which mountain?” 

“…. Deep mountain.”

“F*ck.” Wu Hao looks at Chen Ying in disbelief.

“Actually, she fell from the sky.”

“Get outta here.”

“Really.” Chen Ying suddenly realizes that he’s an idiot—someone fell from the sky right in front of him but he didn’t ask why. Then what, didn’t she die over there? Even if there is a soul in this world, what is going on with her current body? It won’t really be the same as the Terminator, will it? When it’s actually a metal mechanical structure inside, right? No, she still sleeps and eats, so she shouldn’t be a robot.

Chen Ying puts out the cigarette, thinking that he should also take a literacy class.

While Chen Ying was reflecting on his past stupidity, Wu Hao is talking on the phone and hangs up after saying a few words more. 

He then turns back to Chen Ying, “The matter is not over yet, you should be more cautious and don’t let her go out for the time being. I wanted Xiaowen to come here and meet Mi Xi face to face so it will be easier for Mi Xi to recognize Xiaowen if something happens again. But Xiaowen just now called and said that there is a reporter lurking nearby. When she was walking around looking for Mi Xi, she was seen by that person. The reporter recognized her and asked her if she had any new information and what she was doing. She prevaricated at the time. But just now, when she drove here, and when she was almost at the gate of your community, she saw that the same reporter was following her, and she didn’t dare to come in. She was smart and just drove past the gate.”

Chen Ying turns his head to look downstairs—he couldn’t see the community gates from his perspective. He knows what Wu Hao means. He sincerely hopes there will be no more trouble. Being an uncle is exhausting.