I became beautiful by eating melons

—Inner Courtyard Building—

Ye Rou frowned: "I seemed to hear the children crying."

Fearing accidents, Ye Rou hurriedly took people to the garden.

When I got closer, I saw four children crying with their heads tilted back at the same time.

Wang Guoping was so busy that he couldn't appease any of them.

"Don't cry, Grandpa didn't mean to scare you, don't cry."

The more he coaxed them, the more sadly the children cried.

Wang Guoping was so anxious that he felt like he had seen a savior when he saw Ye Rou.

"Xiao Rou, tell them to stop crying. I didn't mean to scare them."

Ye Rou took a glance at the messy greenhouse and immediately knew what was going on.

She stood in front of the four children and clapped her hands: "Okay, stop crying."

The four children liked Ye Rou and listened to her, and their crying subsided.

Ye Rou squatted down to look at them at eye level and said softly, "Who can tell me what's going on?"

Hanhan raised his hand obediently and said in a crying voice: "Little Huihui wanted to enter the greenhouse, but we didn't expect that he wanted to eat the chickens."

Nan Nan asked guiltily, "Xiao Huihui ran away with the chick in its mouth. Sister Ye, will the chick die?"

Ye Rou wiped away Nan Nan's tears and asked, "The greenhouse was locked, how did Aotian get in?"

Now the four children were silent and all fell silent.

They have a sense of loyalty and will not betray their friends.

Xiaojiu was so scared that he was shaking all over.

It was a young man from the orphanage who taught her how to pick locks.

The little brother was adopted and they were all happy for him, but after just two days, the little brother was thrown back by his adoptive parents.

They said he could pick locks and would definitely be a thief when he grew up, and they cursed the teachers at the welfare home for letting them raise such a child.

The little brother was beaten all over by them. Dean Yu felt distressed but kept apologizing to the couple.

The little brother died in the hospital the next day due to a high fever.

This incident left a deep shadow on Xiaojiu.

She didn't dare let Sister Coco know that she could pick locks, for fear that Sister Coco would also call her a thief.

But she couldn't let her friends take the blame for her, so she raised her hand and said, "I opened the lock."

She didn't dare to look at Sister Coco, and lowered her head, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Chi Keke was so distressed that she quickly stepped forward and hugged the child: "Don't cry, Xiaojiu, let's apologize to grandpa, okay?"

Xiaojiu was crying so hard that she couldn't speak, and her face turned red with anxiety.

As soon as she started crying, the other three children started crying too.

Ye Rou hurriedly said, "Okay, stop crying. Sister knows you didn't do it on purpose. You don't know that Aotian wanted to steal the chicken, right?"

The four children nodded at the same time, their eyes redder than each other.

"Just correct your mistakes. Let's apologize to Grandpa Wang and help him pick up the bean sprouts, okay?" Ye Rou's gentle tone greatly soothed the four children's anxiety.

They timidly walked up to Wang Guoping and said, "I'm sorry, Grandpa."

Wang Guoping rubbed the heads of the children one by one and said, "It's okay. Can you help grandpa pick out the bad bean sprouts?"

"Okay!" the four children responded in unison.

Sun Baiqing was shocked. He came close to Ye Rou and praised her: "You are amazing. You can even fool a child."

"...What do you mean by bluffing?" Ye Rou said speechlessly: "I'll just take it as a compliment from you."

She was going to catch the culprit.

Ye Rou picked up Fugui who was squatting beside her and licking his paws, and pulled the kitten's ears: "Take me to find Aotian."

Fugui meowed, which was considered as his agreement, then jumped down and led Ye Rou away.

Chi Keke noticed that Xiaojiu was in a bad mood, so she pulled her aside and wanted to talk to her.

Sun Baiqing rolled his eyes and followed.

Chi Keke took Xiaojiu's hand and walked to a secluded place.

She stopped and was about to speak.

Xiaojiu cried and said first: "Sister, I'm sorry, but I'm not a thief. I really haven't stolen anything."

The child was shaking with fear, his little hands tightly grasping the corner of Chi Keke's clothes, as if he was afraid that she would dislike him.

Chi Keke squatted down and said softly: "Don't cry, Xiaojiu. Sister knows that Xiaojiu is a good child."

She gently stroked Xiaojiu's back until the child stopped crying, then said, "Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't necessarily mean you can steal things. Picking a lock can also help others. If my sister forgets to bring her keys one day, Xiaojiu can help her, right?"

Xiaojiu had never thought about this, and said actively: "Xiaojiu can help sister."

Seeing that the child was in a good mood, Chi Keke felt relieved.

She thought the matter was over and took the child back.

But Xiaojiu behind me suddenly said, "Xiaojiu can help me. Xiaojiu is not a burden to me."

Chi Keke paused.

Children actually know everything.

She squatted down and held the child tightly in her arms, tears rolling down from the corners of her tightly closed eyes.

"Xiaojiu is not a burden to my sister."

Sun Baiqing couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he stood up and said, "That's enough. It's not like you won't come back if you go abroad. You're crying like someone has died."

Chi Keke subconsciously covered the child's ears: "Watch your words, don't teach the child bad things."

Sun Baiqing rolled his eyes: "She is young but not stupid, she knows everything."

She suddenly looked serious and said, "Chi Keke, I am serious about that proposal."

Chi Keke subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when she thought of Xiaojiu, she paused.

She had never considered Xiaojiu's feelings before, and thought that staying was for her own good...

Chi Keke squatted down and asked Xiaojiu seriously: "Xiaojiu, my sister will be away from home for three years. Can you bear to leave her?"

Xiaojiu whispered, "Sister, do you want to go?"

Facing the child's clear eyes, Chi Keke told the truth: "Sister wants to go."

Xiaojiu said obediently: "Sister, you go, I can take care of myself."

Chi Keke hugged the child, her heart softened.

She met Sun Baiqing's gaze and finally nodded.