Chapter 38

This was an anti-theft badge.

It was as if no matter how unfair fate was,

She would never admit defeat.

This was quite similar to how she used to be.

Qin Jiao could feel that this wise old man seemed to know that she was "different".

When she first woke up,

The old man doted on her.

As they spent more time together,

She should have sensed that something was wrong, and she slowly began to distance herself from her.

But then,

The old man slowly got close to her. It was different from before. This time,

She was full of love and infinite tolerance.

She knew,

That it was for her,

Not "Qin Jiao".

In the thousand years of cultivation,

She was always alone.

She was born with a shallow relationship, and very few people could leave a mark in her life.

She had no parents, no elders, no relatives,

,

No friends.

For the first time, she knew that there would be someone who would fuss over a small mouthful of food,

There would also be someone who would carefully cut a small piece of clothing for her.

Even if she knew that she had stolen it,

It belonged to her now, didn't it?

Winner takes all,

Victory or defeat was up to fate.

She always thought clearly and thoroughly.

These were all small matters,

But they were even more profound.

Although she never regretted what she had done,

She began to slowly try to integrate into the Qin Family.

Qin Jiao, who had little feelings, naturally did not know that some habits, if one loved them, would become addictive.

"How is it? When do you plan to go home?" Old Lady Qin asked Qin Jiao as she knitted a sweater.

Qin Jiao swallowed the mango in his mouth and said slowly, "In a few days."

"There are still two mangoes in the cabinet. I'll put them away for you so that your brother won't squander them for you." As she spoke, she teased Qin Zhao with her eyes.

When Qin Zhao heard this, he touched his nose embarrassedly and winked at Qin Jiao ingratiatingly.

Speaking of mangoes, in the north, they were even more precious and rare than malt milk powder.

As long as one could get a ticket for malt milk powder, they could still buy it from the mall.

But this mango was not even available in the mall. It was a "special offering".

A lot of people didn't even know about it.

After a year, Old Master Qin could get a few mangoes.

However, there were no more than three or four at a time.

Ever since Qin Jiao tasted it once, she couldn't help but fall in love with this fruit that she had never seen before.

This made everyone in the Qin Clan happy and worried at the same time.

They were happy because their Jiaojiao finally found something she liked to eat. However, it wasn't easy for them to get mangoes. They didn't have to worry about Qin Weimin and Qin Zhao.

A few days ago, the military had sent four mangoes to Old Master Qin. Old Master Qin and Old Madam Qin were old and couldn't get used to the thin strips inside. They knew that their granddaughter especially liked mangoes, so they made the decision to give the four mangoes to Qin Jiao.

This was enough to shock the Qin Family.

Qin Jiao didn't like to eat mangoes before he fell.

This time, the kowtow really changed everything.

Ever since Qin Jiao decided to get along with the Qin Family sincerely, the relationship between Qin Jiao and Qin Zhao quickly warmed up.

Qin Zhao naturally saw these changes and was happy in his heart.

Qin Zhao knew how much his Jiaojiao treasured these four mangoes.

When the four mangoes were first delivered, they were very green and needed to be left for a few days to "ripen". Therefore, Qin Jiao put them in the cabinet and planned to eat them after they were ripe.

That day, in order to tease Qin Jiao, Qin Zhao purposely took a mango from the cupboard and brought it to school. He wanted to tease Qin Jiao so that she would coquettishly call him 'brother' a few times.

Only God knew that his Jiaojiao hadn't called him "Big Brother" for a long time. All day long, she would call him "Qin Zhao, Qin Zhao" non-stop. Qin Zhao wanted to knock her on the head.

But he didn't expect that Xu Peng hadn't eaten in the morning that day. He was hungry and rummaged through his satchel. This was a common occurrence in the past.

When Qin Zhao first started to grow up, he always complained to Song Yu 'e that he was hungry. Song Yu' e was afraid that he would starve, so she prepared food for him in his school bag every day.

At that time, Xu Peng's grandparents hadn't been brought to B City by Xu Peng's father. His mother was busy with work all day long and didn't have time to take care of him.

When she saw the food in Qin Zhao's school bag, she was envious and often rummaged through his backpack to look for food.

Over time, it became a habit.

It wasn't until his grandparents came that she slowly changed to occasionally rummaging through his backpack.

Qin Zhao rarely brought food when he was in his first year of high school. Firstly, he was rarely hungry. Secondly, his sister was busy all day, so his mother didn't have time to care about him.

Xu Peng didn't know about this. When he found the mangoes in Qin Zhao's school bag that day, he was very surprised. Then, he was very touched.

Xu Peng's mother was the chief editor of the national news department, and his father was the director of a state-owned shoe factory. Based on their positions, Xu Peng wouldn't have been able to eat mangoes.

But Xu Peng had eaten mangoes before!

Because he had a good brother, Qin Zhao, who was "awesome."

In the past, Qin Jiaojiao didn't like to eat mangoes. Every year, after Old Master Qin got his share, he would give half to his eldest son and half to his youngest son.

Song Yu 'e saw that his son only had two good brothers, so he was very generous. Every time, he would let his son bring a share to Xu Peng and Wei Dong.

The two families knew how precious mangoes were in the north, so they were very grateful. If they had any good things, they would send them to the two families.

After a long time, their relationship was actually not much different from that of brothers.

So when Xu Peng found the mangoes in Qin Zhao's backpack that day, other than being surprised that Qin Zhao actually brought such a precious thing to school, he was very touched that his good brother "couldn't wait to share it with him" (his own imagination).

Coincidentally, Qin Zhao was called to the office by his homeroom teacher that day.

Xu Peng waited in his seat for a long time. He couldn't wait any longer, so he took the mangoes to the cafeteria and borrowed a knife from the chef in the kitchen. After cutting the mangoes into three pieces, he took them back to the classroom.

By the time Qin Zhao came back from the office, Xu Peng had already secretly finished his share.

So when Qin Jiao later found out that one piece was missing, Qin Zhao could only say that he took it.

Because of this, his mother and grandmother nagged for a few days.

That was why Old Lady Qin teased him.

"Okay, hide it well. Don't let Qin Zhao lose it," Qin Jiao said Jiaojiao as he snuggled into Old Lady Qin's arms.

"Aiyo, little ancestor, you haven't called me big brother for half a year. Why don't you call me big brother again when you're in a good mood?" Qin Zhao teased Qin Jiao.

"I'll see if I'm in a good mood. Who knows when?" Qin Jiao teased Qin Zhao.

"Forget it, you two," Old Lady Qin interrupted.

Then, she hit Qin Zhao's back again. "What are you talking about?

What ancestor? Your sister is eating a mango. Why are you teasing her? Don't make her choke. "After saying that, she hit Qin Zhao's back again as if she was still angry.

"Hey, you're the ancestor. You're the ancestor.

You're so biased. "Qin Zhao teased Old Lady Qin.

"You're still being sarcastic?" Old Lady Qin hit his back again.

"Hahahaha ~" Qin Jiao laughed heartily.

"You're so heartless. I left the mango for you. It's fine if you don't call me brother, but you're still so happy when your grandmother is hitting me. You're so naughty."

Qin Zhao poked Qin Jiao's head hard.

"Didn't you just eat one the day before yesterday?" Qin Jiao retorted as he dodged Qin Zhao's hand.

…

Qin Zhao shut his mouth …

"Alright, when are you two going home?

I've been staring at you two all day. My eyes are hurting. "Old Lady Qin said hurriedly, but the smile on her face did not stop.

"No, no. It's so comfortable here. I don't want to go back." Qin Jiao snuggled into Old Lady Qin's arms.

"Hey, if you don't leave now, your parents will come here every day."

Old Lady Qin looked at them. Her youngest son and his wife really missed their children. The Provincial Party Committee's compound and the military compound were located in the north and south respectively.

Her youngest son and his wife had been coming here every other day for the past two days. Although Old Lady Qin was happy that her sons came often, she was worried that they would tire themselves out if they stayed here for a long time.

Qin Zhao thought about it. Now that the situation had stabilized, the rest could not be solved in a short time. Therefore, he said to Old Lady Qin, "Let's do it the day after tomorrow."

"Okay. I'll pack Jiaojiao's things later," Old Lady Qin replied.

Qin Jiao thought about it and finally nodded in agreement.

The Aunt Wang that Xu Peng mentioned was called Wang Chunhua. She was a distant relative of Qin Jiao's mother. Her husband was reported to have an affair with a widow in the village and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. She had many children at home, so she had no choice but to ask Song Yu 'e for help.

Originally, Song Yu 'e was afraid that it would be troublesome and did not want her to help. However, she was too pitiful. In the end, her sister-in-law came up with this name for her.

Usually, she would help cook and clean the house.

As for the braised pork knuckle that Xu Peng mentioned, it was Wang Chunhua's signature dish.

Xu Peng and Qin Zhao were close friends since they were young. They often freeloaded meals at the Qin Family's house. His favorite dish was Wang Chunhua's braised pork knuckle.

Looking at Xu Peng's greedy face, Qin Zhao wanted to slap him.

"Okay, you go back. I'll look for you tomorrow," Qin Zhao said to Wei Dong.

"Okay. I'm leaving." Wei Dong waved goodbye to the three of them.

"Let's go. Didn't you want to eat pork knuckle?" Qin Zhao glanced at Xu Peng.

"Hey, hurry up, hurry up. I'm hungry." Xu Peng urged impatiently.

"Pfft." Qin Jiao was amused.

This person was too interesting.

"Jiaojiao, you … you look so good when you smile," Xu Peng said blankly.

"Hahahaha …" It was too funny.

Qin Jiao was about to die of laughter.

Qin Zhao looked at Xu Peng with a black face. He did not understand what this idiot could make Jiaojiao look at him differently.

That's right!

Indeed, Jiaojiao looked at him differently.

Ever since Jiaojiao lost her memory, she was rarely so cheerful.

"You're so silly," Qin Zhao said leisurely.

He would not admit that he was jealous of this big idiot!

"He's just handsome …" Xu Peng murmured and blushed.

"Aunt Wang, I want to eat your braised pork knuckle. Aunt Wang, are you in?" Before entering the house, Xu Peng shouted at the opposite side.

"Hey, Peng Peng, you're here. Do you want to have dinner here? Okay, Aunt Wang will make braised pork knuckle for you." Wang Chunhua came out of the kitchen and said to Xu Peng with a smile.

"Yes, I'll eat here tonight. I haven't eaten your cooking for a long time. I'm so hungry that I've lost weight. Can you take a look and see if I've lost weight?" Xu Peng said as he turned around to show Wang Chunhua.

"It's good that you like it. I'll go buy some pork knuckle now."

Wang Chunhua nodded at Qin Zhao and asked Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, how are you today? Did you buy anything that you like?"

As she said this, Wang Chunhua thought of the tickets and money that Old Lady Qin gave to Qin Jiao. She saw that stack of tickets and money. It was at least 200 RMB!

Villagers in the countryside worked hard to earn one RMB a year. It was rare for an entire family to earn that much. However, Old Lady Qin gave it to a young girl. What a sin!

Actually, Wang Chunhua knew that Jiaojiao was different from them!

She also knew that a family like Jiaojiao did not care about such things. However, she just did not like Qin Jiao.

No, it should be that Qin Jiao did not like her!

She had been working here for five to six years. She had seen Qin Jiao grow from a ten-year-old girl to a fifteen-year-old child.

However, no matter how much she tried to please and take care of her, Jiaojiao refused to get close to her.

In the past, Jiaojiao had mocked her many times. Now that she had lost her memory, Jiaojiao did not say anything. However, Jiaojiao looked at her coldly as if she could see through her thoughts.

This made her panic.

Sure enough, Jiaojiao looked at her again and only replied, "Yes."

Wang Chunhua did not go to school. She did not know why she forgot everything after falling down.

She had only heard of people who fell down and became stupid. She had never heard of people who forgot everything and even changed their personality.

Sometimes, Wang Chunhua would think about it and secretly wonder if she was possessed by a ghost.

However, Wang Chunhua did not dare to say this to others. Now that there was a big commotion outside, she would be labeled as a "superstitious person" and a "socialist cancer". She would be "revolutionized."

It had to be said that Wang Chunhua was right.

"Qin Jiao" was a "ghost" from another world.

However, no matter what, Wang Chunhua was really afraid of Qin Jiao.

Just like now, Qin Jiao had just finished speaking.

Wang Chunhua immediately left.

"I'm going back to my room."

Qin Jiao did not care about what an outsider thought. On the contrary, Qin Jiao was quite satisfied that Wang Chunhua was afraid of her.

Seeing Qin Jiao enter the room, Xu Peng immediately sat down beside Qin Zhao and elbowed Qin Zhao twice.

"Why is your sister so different from before?"

"When I first heard from my mother, I thought that your sister was pretending."

"Now I believe that she is not pretending."

"This kowtow has improved his temperament."