Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

To be honest, Ji Yuan really felt that Ling Xiao's family situation was not as good as Li Jianjian's, and even worse than his own.

He would rather be an orphan than have a mother like that.

……

After lunch, He Mei took He Ziqiu and left.

When he left, He Ziqiu said goodbye to the others.

"Goodbye Uncle, goodbye Brother Ji Yuan, goodbye Sister Jianjian."

After He Ziqiu finished speaking, he left with He Mei.

Li Haichao had a big smile on his face.

But wait, the next second...

Wait a minute, Brother Ji Yuan?

Li Haichao looked at Ji Yuan.

"Why does Ziqiu call you brother?"

Li Haichao asked the question.

"Maybe he wants to have an older brother."

Ji Yuan explained.

"You told him to call it that, didn't you?"

Li Haichao smiled and asked.

"It's all the same, it's all the same."

"You clever little thing."

Li Haichao smiled and poked Ji Yuan's head.

I didn't pay much attention to this little thing; it was just that I had someone younger than me call me "brother" a few times.

"I'm leaving Jianjian in your care now, I'm going to the noodle shop."

Li Haichao spoke again.

"Ah."

Ji Yuan nodded.

Soon, Li Haichao also left home.

"Let's go paint."

Ji Yuan looked at Li Jianjian and said.

"Uh-huh."

Li Jianjian nodded in agreement.

The two arrived at room 201, Ji Yuan's room. Ji Yuan's room had a desk, which was more convenient for drawing.

The two began to draw.

Li Jianjian has been quite curious lately that Ji Yuan has become even more fond of drawing than she has been.

But it's fine, anyway, it's something she likes to do.

Through reading books and copying, Ji Yuan's painting skills have improved somewhat in a month.

However, the skill level on the attribute panel is still level one.

That's normal, after all, level two is already a level where you can make a living, and he's still quite far from that level.

……

Around 2 p.m., Grandma Qian and Grandma Fang arrived at 301.

The two men, with good intentions, wanted to talk to Chen Ting and ease the tension between her and Ling Heping.

As the conversation progressed, it backfired.

The conversation started by touching on Chen Ting's sore spot.

They told Chen Ting not to stay at home all the time, but to go out to Haichao Noodle Shop to meet up with the neighbors and play mahjong.

Upon hearing the word "mahjong," Chen Ting's expression changed slightly.

Then I heard that two aunties had met Ling Heping at the noodle shop yesterday, and the two aunties were saying good things about Ling Heping.

However, Chen Ting felt that the two aunts knew about their family's argument because Ling Heping had told them, and that the two aunts were hired by Ling Heping to deal with her.

She's overthinking it. It's been a month already, and they're arguing all the time, yelling and shouting, even flipping tables and smashing bowls.

They're all neighbors, upstairs and downstairs, how could anyone not hear that?

There's no need for Ling Heping to go out and talk about his family's affairs.

Anyway, Chen Ting's expression was getting worse and worse. After dealing with these two aunties, Chen Ting was on the verge of exploding.

If Ling Heping were to appear now, it would definitely explode at the slightest provocation.

……

night.

When Ling Heping returned home from get off work, he saw Chen Ting drinking alone.

Ling Heping was unaware that something was amiss.

Soon, Chen Ting was provoked, and the two started arguing again, flipping tables and smashing bowls.

Ling Xiao also ran out immediately.

Hearing the arguing upstairs, Li Haichao knew that Ling Xiao was probably sitting by the door again.

He knew that since they argued every day, Ling Xiao probably hadn't eaten again.

He thought about it and realized that perhaps it was that bottle of iodine at noon that made him decide to get involved in this trivial matter.

"You two, I have a task for you."

Li Haichao looked at the two of them and said.

"What mission?"

Li Jianjian asked curiously.

"Let's go outside and see if Ling Xiao is sitting on the stairs. If he is, I'll ask him if he's eaten. If he doesn't answer, you guys go up and pull him down."

Li Haichao looked at the two of them and said.

"Row!"

Li Jianjian had no objections and readily agreed.

Ji Yuan nodded as well.

"Walk."

Li Haichao got up, went to the door, and opened it.

The three of them looked up and saw that Ling Xiao was indeed sitting on the stairs.

"Ling Xiao, have you eaten?"

Li Haichao shouted.

Ling Xiao looked over but didn't speak.

Li Jianjian and Ji Yuan exchanged a glance.

Then the two of them went upstairs.

Ji Yuan approached Ling Xiao, with Li Jianjian behind him.

"Let's go eat at our house."

As Ji Yuan spoke, she pulled him up.

Li Jianjian chimed in from the side, "We had fried pork chops at home today. My dad's fried pork chops were absolutely delicious!"

Ling Xiao reluctantly followed the two downstairs.

Does he really not want to eat at his neighbor's house downstairs?

Of course!

After all, whenever Ling Heping and Chen Ting argue, he's unlikely to be able to eat properly.

Sometimes there's no food to eat, so we just have to eat instant noodles.

So every time he sits on the stairs and smells the aroma of food coming from downstairs, he swallows hard.

……

After being pulled over, Ling Xiao immediately sat down and started eating dinner.

Four people sat at four seats around a small square table, on which was a dish of one meat dish, two vegetable dishes, and a soup.

The Li family's meals have always been very good, and no matter what, Li Haichao would never let Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian's meals be bad.

Li Haichao watched the three children eating and smiled contentedly.

"Lingxiao, is the taste alright?"

Li Haichao asked the question.

"delicious."

Ling Xiao replied.

"Okay, eat more if it's delicious."

Li Haichao nodded with a smile.

After dinner, Li Jianjian whispered in Ji Yuan's ear, "Brother Ji Yuan, should we return the box to Brother Ling Xiao?"

"Row."

Ji Yuan nodded.

"Brother Lingxiao, come with us."

Li Jianjian immediately looked at Ling Xiao and said.

Soon, Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian brought Ling Xiao to Li Jianjian's room.

Li Jianjian took out the box that was hidden under the bed.

Ling Xiao was taken aback when he saw the box.

"Ling Xiao, is this yours?"

Ji Yuan looked at Ling Xiao and asked.

Ling Xiao nodded.

“That day, Jianjian and I saw your mother throw this box away, and we thought that maybe you would want it again, so we picked it up. Jianjian and I also glued the torn photos back together.”

As Ji Yuan spoke, she took the photos out of the box and handed them to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao stared at the photo, somewhat lost in thought.

"This box, and this photo, must be very important to you, right?"

Ji Yuan asked again.

Ling Xiao nodded: "This photo is the only family photo we have..."

"Then keep them well. We can't bring back the deceased, but we can remember them."

Don't leave any regrets. If your parents don't want to keep these things, then you should hide them.

Ji Yuan looked at Ling Xiao and said.

Ling Xiao nodded heavily after hearing Ji Yuan's words.

"You can hide the things at my house, that way your parents won't find them."

Ji Yuan suggested.

"thank you all."

Ling Xiao thanked him.

After Ling Xiao's sister died, Chen Ting threw away everything in the house that was related to Ling Xiao's sister.

Perhaps she was afraid, afraid of seeing Lingxiao's old things and thinking of Lingxiao.

Although he lost a lot of things, Ling Xiao secretly kept a few of his younger sister's old toys and a family photo.

This may be the only photo of his sister.

On the day of the move, when the boxes were being hidden, Chen Ting accidentally saw them. Then Chen Ting went berserk, tore up the photos, and threw them away along with the toys.