Chapter 3 - Chao Zhuting

"According to what you said earlier... all of our family... Are we back to the past?" Yan Wenjing asked with some disbelief. If those who had been killed went back in time… did that mean she was killed too? Was the accident during the operation… intentional?

"Most likely yes. But, even if not, wouldn't it be better if we got together again?" Qoun is not really a warm person, but he always takes the initiative for his family.

"You're right." Yan Wenjing smiled, whatever it was, she still had a lot of time, she could investigate it slowly. "You guys rest in the next room, tomorrow we will see your little brother." Luckily tomorrow was the weekend so she didn't have to go to school.

Qoun and Jiao Niu smiled and went to their respective rooms that had been prepared.

The next morning, Yan Wenjing had a serious talk with Papa Yan in the study of the house after breakfast. Yan Wenjing only persuaded lightly and immediately got approval. Indeed, her parents are very gentle, especially when it comes to children.

After that, Yan Wenjing packed up all the jewelry she had and went to the gold shop to sell them.

"I want to sell them all." Yan Wenjing said while putting away several fairly large backpacks.

"There is a lot that Miss wants to sell, we need to check everything so it will take a little time. Please follow me, I will take Miss to the waiting room."

Yan Wenjing nodded and followed. After arriving at the room, an old man dressed in a neat suit came up to her, "I will help you with the calculations, Miss."

"Yes, thank you. Please bring a detector, I'm afraid some of them are fake."

Sure enough, after checking everything one by one, the manager found that many of the jewelry were imitations. The problem is that not only is half of it, but almost half of it is fake! Some are even very expensive jewellery.

On the other hand, Yan Wenjing calmly took out her account number, "Calculate all the originals and pay into this account."

"Yes Miss. I will calculate it as quickly as possible."

A few moments later, Yan Wenjing came out of the gold shop with an increasingly heavy account. Yan Wenjing gave some of the money to her Papa and took the rest, she already had a plan. Sorry, Yan Hien, your sister doesn't keep her word.

The car then headed towards the outskirts of town. With Qoun and Jiao Niu's direction they finally arrived at a small village. Yan Wenjing entered the village with the children. The family driver initially resisted, he really shouldn't leave Yan Wenjing in a dangerous place, after all, his boss’s daughter shouldn't want to enter this place either, but Yan Wenjing insisted and even used threats, ultimately making the driver wait anxiously in the car. Yan Wenjing forbade him from entering the village.

The three people walked slowly while looking around. The village people looked at the three foreigners with curiosity and a little wariness. Hating strangers is actually a normal thing.

"Sister is so beautiful!"

"Yes, very beautiful! Like a fairy!"

"No. Like a Goddess!"

A group of small children followed them with loud voices.

"Thank you! You guys are really cute too." Yan Wenjing smiled and took candy and snacks for the children. The children looked very happy when they received them, but then some villagers took those things and returned them to Yan Wenjing.

"No-no. We don't need this."

"Take your things back, Miss. We are not beggars."

"We don't deserve these things."

Now looking again, it seems like the residents of this village have quite a problem with foreigners. Yan Wenjing could only take things back and look at the crying children.

"How about a candy bar for each child?" Jiao Niu spoke, the children cried very hard.

"No. No need. Finish your business immediately and don’t come back."

Trust problems like this can only be eliminated with hard work and a long time.

The three of them looked at the group of children for a while and continued their journey, heading towards a small house on the outskirts.

"Excuse me. Is anyone home?" Yan Wenjing shouted.

"Yes!"

A sweet little voice from inside excited the three people. The door of the house opened and a little boy came out. He is smaller than Qoun but better maintained.

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"Sister!" The little boy exclaimed happily.

At this moment Qoun knew his guess was correct.

"Xiao Ting!"

"Little bun!"

Seeing the three children hugging each other, Yan Wenjing couldn't help but want to join in too.

Feeling this warm hug made the three little children's emotions come out, they cried.

"I don't...want...to cry!"

They deny it. They were adults, but perhaps a child's body meant they couldn't fully control their emotions. After all, they haven't even reached ten years.

Chao Jingmi, who had just returned from picking fruit, was shocked to see her only child crying with a stranger in front of their house. Chao Jingmi immediately approached her child and protected the child behind her, asking vigilantly, "Who are you?"

"Mother, they are good people."

"You little thing, shut up!"

"Aunt Chao Jingmi, good afternoon, I'm Yan Wenjing, this is Qoun, and this is Jiao Niu. We have something to say to Auntie and Litt- Xiao Ting."

"Mother, listen to them."

"Wait a moment." Chao Jingmi carried her child into the house. "Didn't mom tell you, you can't open the door to strangers? You might be lucky this time, but if next time it's a bad person, you won't be able to see mom again."

“Mother, they-” Chao Zhuting thought that his mother would definitely not believe him no matter how much he said, “mother, I won't do this again, but let's listen to them, okay?”

Chao Jingmi actually didn't want to, she had bad experiences with people like this, not even just her, but the entire population in this village, but she listened to her son, her son was always obedient and never asked her for anything. Now she has a request like this.

"Please come in. Don't expect anything more from my little house."

"Thank you Aunt Chao."

"Thank you Auntie."

Chao Jingmi serves a cup of water and grains for serving. "Tell me what's wrong?"

"Then I will go straight to what I came for. My name is Yan Wenjing. I want to raise Chao Zhuting, I will educate him well and support his dreams."

"What are you saying? How could you, a rich person know Chao Zhuting? Not just know him, but you even know his dream? What nonsense." Chao Jingmi said warily.

"Actually, this is more a matter of needing each other. I need Chao Zhuting, and so do Chao Zhuting and Auntie, right?"

Chao Zhuting nodded, "Sister Wen, please heal mother!"

"This kid!" Chao Jingmi raised her voice, "what do you need Chao Zhuting for? As a servant? Or a slave?"

"Auntie! I'm only one year older than Xiao Ting, I just ran away from my father who always beat me, Sister Wen who took me in. From Auntie's view now, how does Sister Wen treat me? Is it like a servant? No. She treated me like her son."

"Aunt Chao. Please look at me too, I'm a homeless person who can only live in broken buildings that don't even know when they will collapse. There's no need to talk about food, in fact, I often have to fight with animals. But, yesterday I met with Big Sister Wen, she gave me a new place to live, clothes, food, and a family. It doesn't matter if Auntie doesn't trust Big Sister Wen, but please trust Qoun and me. I can guarantee Xiao Ting's well-being with both of our lives. Even if we don't eat , we will make sure Xiao Ting eats properly!"

"And, I don't want to bring Xiao Ting alone. We will also bring Aunt. If Aunt still doesn't agree with the way I treat the children, Aunt can leave my place at any time. I am not someone who will insist on forcing others who want to go to stay, please think first. We'll be back in a few days. Oh, this is for Xiao Ting." Yan Wenjing handed the bag directly to Chao Zhuting.

Chao Zhuting accepted it without hesitation, “thank you Sister Wen!”

"This kid! You can't just accept anything!"

"Please consider it carefully, Aunt Chao. I just want them to grow well and have a bright future." Yan Wenjing then stroked to Chao Zhuting, "share the food with the other children too. Then excuse us."

The driver's heart only calmed down when he saw his master's appearance, "First lady! Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, let's go shopping!" Yan Wenjing was pretty sure the Chao family would follow them. After all, Chao Zhuting's persuasion was what he was best at.

Yan Wenjing's account has a lot of money now, she must raise the children's living standards first!

"Let's have lunch first, then go to the clothing section, then we also have to buy smartphones for you, do you also want toys?" Yan Wenjing laughed.

"I thought Sister Wen wanted to buy toys."

"Brother Niu is right, Sister Wen must have bought that toy."

"Haha, sorry to disappoint you guys, but I've played with all those toys. They're worthless."

They ate quickly and immediately went to the children's clothing section.

"Choose what is plentiful and comfortable. Oh, do you want to go back to school or just homeschool?"

"I will homeschool, but Qoun and Xiao Ting should go to school."

"I also think Xiao Ting should go to school, but I don't want to."

They argue about education while continuing to put clothes into their shopping baskets.

After feeling quite satisfied, they went to the shoe department. It was unexpected that Yan Wenjing would meet someone she knew.

"Xiao Jing!" Wan Durui walked over to Yan Wenjing, leaving Ming Lian behind him. "Xiao Jing, since you are here, why did you refuse? Who are they?"

"Refuse what?" Yan Wenjing asked in confusion.

"Wenjing! You're here! I thought you were going with your family! If you want to go here, you shouldn't have to refuse!" Ming Lian came to Wan Durui's side, pressing her arm deliberately as she spoke. "Huh? Who are these kids?"

"My family." Yan Wenjing replied calmly, but of course she would not miss the opportunity to open Ming Lian's skin. "Refuse what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"I texted you, you said you couldn't go today. Wait. Take a look at this." Wan Durui showed her phone. There is a conversation history where Yan Wenjing rejected Wan Durui's invitation today.

"Huh? What is that? I don't use that Wecha account. I still use the old one."