Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 7 Let me help you

He stared blankly at Qin Zhao's waist.

Qin Zhao pursed his lips: "Who let you in?"

His tone betrayed his frustration and irritability.

Shen Yanci's eyelids twitched before he finally dared to look at her face, raising an eyebrow indifferently: "I've come to bring you warmth."

"..."

Qin Zhao then noticed that he was holding a bottle of iodine and cotton swabs.

She wanted to say she didn't need it, but there were very few people in this world who were kind to her.

So when faced with kindness from others, although she sometimes feels at a loss, she can't be completely inflexible.

She was puzzled, wondering whether Shen Yanci had actually seen it.

And it's just the waist.

His expression remained normal; he probably didn't see it.
Qin Zhao walked over and took it, saying, "Thank you."

The expression on her face when she looked up was like that of a harmless little animal.

“I’ll help you—” Shen Yanci paused for a moment, then said in an extremely natural tone, “I’ll help you.”

Qin Zhao was confused. After what happened today, she didn't think Shen Yanci was a good person.

Is this current show of goodwill just for the sake of watching the spectacle, or because you feel sorry for her?
"No need," Qin Zhao said calmly, and invited him out.

When Qin Zhao came downstairs, Qin Qiong was treating Lin Shi's wounds: "Why are you arguing with your father? He's already angry, aren't you just asking for a beating?"

"Huh, where's the iodine?" Qin Qiong rummaged through the medicine box. "I remember it being in this spot."

Qin Zhao went back to get the iodine solution and handed it to Qin Qiong: "Here it is."

Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment, then looked her up and down anxiously, pulling her hand: "Zhaozhao, you're injured! Where are you hurt?"

Lin Shi snorted and reminded her with dissatisfaction, "Mom, I'm the one who got beaten!"

"Alright, stop wailing. Your dad knows what's going on." Qin Qiong gestured for him to quiet down, then looked gently at Qin Zhao. "Were you bullied?"

His back was still burning with pain. Qin Zhao looked at Qin Qiong's concerned eyes and shook his head.

She didn't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and disputes because of herself.

"Is the wound on your lower back treated?"

A cool, clear voice sounded from behind, and Qin Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Why hasn't he left yet?
Could it be that he is also her brother?
But Qin Qiong only mentioned Lin Shi.

"Deep back?" Qin Qiong murmured, then realized, "What about the lower back?"

She said she was going to lift Qin Zhao's clothes.

Qin Zhao quickly grabbed her hand: "Mom!"

The air became very quiet for a moment, and Lin Zheng, who was going downstairs, stopped at the shout.

Qin Zhao didn't know why he had called out that name. His mouth moved, but he didn't know what to say.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Qin Qiong's eyes gleamed as he cautiously asked, "What did you call me?"

From the moment they met, she never called her "Mom." She knew the child had suffered a lot, and it was understandable that she was slow to warm up, guarded, and even resentful.

Therefore, although she was disappointed, she never pressured her.

How could she not be excited to hear the address she had been waiting for?

All eyes were on her. Qin Zhao felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, and Qin Qiong's bright eyes made her feel even more pressured. Finally, she said dryly, "I'm fine."

Qin Qiong was a little disappointed, but he still smiled and said, "It's good that you're alright."

"How did you injure your lower back?"

Lin Shi seemed to realize belatedly that he might have just pushed her.

Weakling, tattletale.

He cursed inwardly and gave Qin Zhao a warning look.

Still feeling uneasy, she interrupted the conversation: "Mom, when are we eating? I'm starving."

He had barely finished speaking when he felt Lin Zheng's intense gaze. He cleared his throat, pretending nothing was wrong, touched the back of his head, turned his head, looked around, and whispered, "It's okay, I can bear it."

Qin Zhao blinked slightly and smiled, "I just bumped into the table by accident and scraped my skin a little, but it's nothing." Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Qin Qiong had no choice but to let it go. She told her to be careful and to tell her if anything happened.

Dinner was still very plentiful, including nourishing milky white fish and hook fish stew, sweet and sour pork ribs, clear stewed crab meat lion's head meatballs, Longjing shrimp, roasted ribs, braised pork belly with fermented black beans, deep-fried pipa shrimp, cola chicken wings... eight meat dishes, eight vegetable dishes, and two soups.

Lin Zheng served Qin Qiong a bowl of fish soup, which Qin Qiong took with a smile and handed to Shen Yanci: "Yanci, thank you for helping Auntie take care of Zhaozhao."

Is Yan Ci his name?

The name is quite nice.

As Qin Zhao thought to himself, a bowl of fish soup appeared in front of him.

Lin Shi looked at the five people at the table, with only a bowl of vegetable soup in front of him, and said unhappily, "Mom, have you forgotten that you have your own son?"

"Don't you have hands?"

"Don't you dislike fish soup?"

Two voices rang out simultaneously. Lin Shi curled his lips and said smugly, "I like it now."

Lin Zheng: "Shall I serve it to you?"

His voice was authoritative without being angry, and Lin Shi dared not touch his brow: "Who says this vegetable soup is not delicious? This vegetable soup is fantastic."

I'm a bit of a coward.

Although they were arguing, there was no tense atmosphere at all; instead, it was rather warm.

Qin Zhao's lips curled up slightly.

Lin Shi noticed this subtle movement and felt that Qin Zhao was provoking him.

He mouthed a warning: "You just wait!"

The food in Qin Zhao's mouth didn't taste so good anymore.

But she still ate very quickly.

"He's been reincarnated from a starving ghost, looking like a beggar," Lin Shi remarked.

Qin Zhao slowed down his eating, his face getting a little hot.

It's funny to think about, but before she was 17, she often ate irregularly, sometimes going hungry and sometimes full. If she ate too slowly, Jiang Dahai would suddenly get angry and throw a drunken tantrum, overturning the table, and she wouldn't be able to eat anything.

Sometimes, to save on tuition fees, she would eat only one steamed bun for a day or even two days.

To avoid going hungry, she ate very quickly from a young age, because she believed that she could only survive if she ate.

When it comes to survival, self-respect is not that important.

Qin Zhao slowed down his eating, mechanically chewing the food in his mouth.

For the first time, she found the delicious food suddenly hard to swallow.

"Lin Shi!" Qin Qiong scolded.

She had seen Qin Zhao as Jiang Ye before, and only then did she understand and feel heartache.

Lin Shi wasn't just cursing Zhao Zhao; he was stabbing her in the heart.

Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng both had serious expressions. Although Lin Shi was suppressed by his innate bloodline, he felt completely bewildered.

He didn't say anything offensive.

"Go to the study after you've eaten, and stand against the wall for two hours." Lin Zheng put down his chopsticks, his eyes dark and brooding.

"Are you ever going to stop?!" Lin Shi felt very wronged. Ever since he came home, Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng hadn't given him a kind look.

"So you've got a new son and you're abandoning the old one? Has anyone shown me any concern?" Lin Shi said, feeling frustrated. "They treat everyone equally, so why haven't I seen her get beaten?"

"Is there any room left in her bowl? She's already eaten two bowls, and you keep piling food into her bowl? Are you feeding a pig?!"

"..."

Lin Shi: Feed me peanuts (speak up for me)
Mom and Dad, Shen Yanci: Want to eat a fist? Here you go...

Now, Shen Yanci: I'll help you.

Later, Shen Yanci said: "Baby, help me..."

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