Chapter 302 - Free-Loading for a Meal is Forbidden (2/2)

Shen Ying’s eyes narrowed, as she replied, “Yeah!” And then, as if she had not seen his longing look, she continued to consume the dishes, making much louder noises than before.

There wasn’t much food on the table to begin with, and it was disappearing at an extremely fast speed right now, and only half a plate of sliced meat was left. Anxiety shone in Jing Qi’s eyes, but he was too shy to ask for it. He gave it a thought, turned to the child at the side and said with a smile, “Wild kid, who is this pretty big sister? Your lost family?”

The child looked up at Shen Ying, and then at the person speaking, before realizing that he had never asked who she was, and for a moment he did not know how to answer.

Yet Jing Qi thought the silence was an agreement and smiled even wider. “I’m happy for you for finding family. But aren’t you a bit lacking in generosity? I didn’t know that you are eating so well, and have come to send you sweet potato, worrying that you’d starve!” He laughed and patted his shoulder. “We are brothers, and I will not be excessively courteous with you.”

After that, without waiting for a response, he took a pair of chopsticks and went for the plate of sliced meat, as if he was finally unable to bear the hunger.

“Wait,” the child grew anxious and looked at Shen Ying instinctively.

Shen Ying didn’t move at first, yet as the chopsticks almost reached the dish, she suddenly moved to draw the bowl towards her. And then, she sucked all the food into her mouth right in front of him, not even leaving the gravy.

Only then did she put down the bowl, stroke her stomach and say, “I’m full!”

The child was speechless.

And so was Jing Qi.

In fact, his body was completely stiff, like he did not expect at all that she would be so shameless as to fight for food with a child. And she didn’t even leave the gravy. His face turned white, disbelief written all over it.

But the child at the side actually remembered something. He ran back to the kitchen, took something and handed it over to him. “Dog, you can take this.”

Unsurprisingly, those were the two salted fish. Jing Qi was stunned for a moment. An unprecedented sense of shame rose from the bottom of his heart, and with a rush of anger he slapped his hand away. “What do you mean by this? Are you treating me like a beggar?” Perhaps out of anger, his whole face was red, and his whole body trembled. “Wild kid, I did not think that you are just as selfish as those in the village. Did you think I care about your dishes?”

The child touched his own hand, which was growing red. He was not angry at first, yet he frowned now, and said in a serious manner, “All these belong to the big sister, and I can’t give them to you on her behalf. But the salted fish belongs to me.” After that, he gave over the fish once more.

“You…” The other child grew even angrier, as he looked at Shen Ying, as if he wanted to get angry at her but was somewhat fearful. He could only turn back again to stare at the child beside him, “So much for me thinking that you are different from others and wanting to help you! I did not expect that… Hmph, you will pay for your stupidity!” He seemed to have remembered something, blurted, turned around and went right out. Looking at him, you may have thought that he indeed had some great kindness going unappreciated.

And the child’s face was full of confusion, as if he did not know what just happened at all: he wasn’t wrong, the dishes were brought by the big sister and he only did the cooking. If Dog wanted to eat, of course he would have to ask the big sister for permission.

Just as he was thinking, a big hand fell on top of his head. The big sister who could magically produce a lot of ingredients suddenly reached out and smothered his hair, and her eyes looked straight into the depth of his eyes. He felt a warmth in the bottom of his heart, and a joy rose within him. Was the big sister comforting him? He subconsciously moved closer, hoping for the warmth to last longer.

Yet the big sister suddenly bowed down, smiled at him extremely beautifully, and the sweet voice sounded in his ears in the next instant. “Time to do the dishes!”

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