Quick Transmigration: The Love Rescue Plan

Seeing the confusion in the little boy's eyes, Dong Feifei further explained, "Why do you say it's an action that's already been completed?"

“I have lived here for ten years now, so the future after now will not be ten years, but more than ten years.” Dong Feifei analyzed carefully: “So I have lived here for ten years. It is a present perfect tense. Past actions have affected the present, or have continued from the past to the present.”

Seeing the little dumpling nod, Dong Feifei continued, "So it's 'I have lived here for ten years,' using subject + have + past participle of the verb."

"Then why didn't my ten years of living in City A before moving here affect my current situation?" the little dumpling asked. "Moving here has affected my current situation. Moving is a completed action, so it does have an impact on where I live now!"

“Good! Being able to ask questions proves that you are thinking seriously. But…” Dong Feifei looked at the little dumpling seriously and said, “Little sister, I used these three sentences to help you understand the three perfect tenses so that it would be easier for you to remember them.”

"So that whenever you encounter problems involving perfect tenses in the future, you can immediately think of this example your sister gave and remember their fixed structure. This is a type of memory palace technique, which can help you remember it deeply. But!" Dong Feifei emphasized the "but."

Then Dong Feifei shook her head and said, "But you can't connect these three sentences completely."

“The three of them form a single sentence, and each sentence has its own structure.” Dong Feifei held up three fingers to indicate that they were three independent sentences.

Dong Feifei explained earnestly, “'I lived in City A for ten years before I moved here' is a complete sentence, and there are only two completely different actions in that sentence.”

“One is living, and the other is moving.” Dong Feifei used her right index and middle fingers to make a “two” shape, then opened her left hand and turned the “two” upside down into her palm, comparing this action to the action of “living.”

Then, the index and middle fingers of the right hand kept moving around, which can be likened to the action of "moving".

Seeing the little girl nod, Dong Feifei continued to explain, "Regardless of how this sentence affects my later statement 'I've lived here for ten years,' those are two separate things. Its impact on the actions in the following sentence doesn't change the tense of the sentence itself. Little sister, do you understand?"

The little dumpling lowered its head and thought for a long time before nodding.

Dong Feifei then continued, "When I moved to Beijing, I didn't know the owner of this place from the beginning. I only gradually got to know him a month later."

Dong Feifei emphasized a few points that you should pay attention to in this sentence.

"So, as of now, I've known the boss for less than ten years." Dong Feifei crossed her index fingers to make a "+" shape and continued.

"And the matter of 'I have known the boss for ten years' will only be completed a month from now." Dong Feifei emphasized the key point again: "So at this time, 'I will have known the boss here for ten years by next month' is 'I shall have known boss for 10 years next month,' using shall/will + have + past participle of the verb. Use shall for the first person and will for the second and third persons. Do you understand?"

Before the little dumpling could say anything, the sign on the table started beeping and vibrating.

Dong Feifei looked at the table and saw that the sign on the little girl's side had been ringing.

The thought of an elderly woman having to travel so far alone to get breakfast stirred up Dong Feifei's helpful heart.

Dong Feifei smiled and said to the little girl, "Little sister, I'm going to get breakfast for Grandma. You stay here and tidy up your books, okay?"

"I've already explained the method once, you can understand it slowly." Dong Feifei got up and patted the little dumpling's head, saying, "Memorize the fixed structures of the three tenses, and when you encounter them in the future, just think of the examples your sister gave."

The little girl took the schoolbag from her grandma and started tidying up the notebooks and supplies on the table.

"Grandma, let me get you some breakfast," Dong Feifei said, smiling at her grandmother.

Grandma smiled sheepishly and said, "Little girl, I can't accept this. You're helping my daughter with her homework and carrying things for this old woman. I'll do it myself."

“It’s alright, Grandma. Respecting the elderly and caring for the young is a Chinese tradition!” Dong Feifei said, and was about to take the sign from her grandmother’s side when suddenly there was a beeping sound and a whirring vibration.

Dong Feifei's brand also became well-known.

"Uh~" Dong Feifei smiled awkwardly at her grandmother.

"It's okay, Grandma will go get it with you."

Dong Feifei quickly waved her hand: "It's okay, Grandma, I'll go. I can just go get it in two trips."

"I can't accept this. Perhaps..."

"It's okay." Without waiting for her grandmother to refuse, Dong Feifei picked up the two signs on the table and quickly walked towards the food pick-up point.

Dong Feifei first glanced at the breakfast her grandmother and the others had ordered: a bowl of lean pork and tofu skin porridge, a basket of small soup dumplings, and a plate of golden and silver thread rolls. Then she looked at the size of the tray next to her and finally decided to take both.

Although Dong Feifei ordered a lot of things, the baskets of pastries could be stacked up and didn't take up much space. The tray only needed to hold a bowl of porridge, a bowl of noodles, and a steamer.

Moreover, apart from serving Grandma's porridge, which requires a bit of skill, the stacked small steamers and the dry noodles with soybean paste are easy to serve, and nothing goes wrong.

Dong Feifei returned to her seat, took out the items from the tray one by one, and sorted them.

"Sister, is all of this for you? You're amazing!" The little dumpling had never seen a woman eat so much before. She couldn't help but stare wide-eyed at the small steamers and the large bowl of noodles in front of Dong Feifei, asking in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Grandma immediately put on a stern face and scolded the little girl, "Nannan, you can't be rude."

"Grandma, it's alright, it's alright." Dong Feifei quickly comforted her, "Little sister, I'm just that good at eating! The reason I ordered so much food is because I can finish it all. If I couldn't finish it all, I wouldn't have ordered so much."

"Yes, sister, I know. Teacher said..." The little dumpling tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment, then pouted and said, "Uncle said he wanted to... wanted to..."

The little boy thought for a long time but still couldn't remember what his uncle had said. Adults' words are so hard to remember.

"It has to be eaten clean." The little dumpling finally stated its conclusion.

"Haha, that's right, you have to eat it all up." Dong Feifei smiled and patted the little girl's head.

"Sister, can we add each other on WeChat?"

Dong Feifei looked at the little girl in surprise: "Little sister, you have WeChat?"

The little dumpling nodded quickly, then shook its head.

"I don't have one, but Uncle does," the little dumpling pouted, a little dissatisfied. "But usually Uncle only lets me play on my phone between 5 and 6 pm on weekend afternoons. Now that it's summer vacation, I can only play during that time every day. Can I add you on WeChat this afternoon using Uncle's number?"