After plating the food from the takeout boxes, Ming Li went to Shen Xiu'er's room, "Come out and eat."
In the room, hearing Ming Li's words, Shen Xiu'er put down the book in her hand, happily went downstairs, and sat at the dining table.
When Shen Xiu'er's gaze fell on the dining table, her eyes brightened, "Sister, did you make all this?"
Ming Li paused, her voice faint, "I put it into the plates."
"Sister's cooking is really good, delicious."
Ming Li: "...... I'm glad you like it."
After dinner, it was getting late. Shen Xiu'er had nothing to do, so she went back to her room to read.
Time flew by, and it was Sunday afternoon. After Shen Xiu'er finished her meal at home, she grabbed her schoolbag and headed for school.
"Wait."
Suddenly, Ming Li's clear voice sounded from behind Shen Xiu'er. She turned around, looked at Ming Li leaning against the doorframe, and asked doubtfully, "Sister, what's up?"
"How do you plan to go to school?"
Shen Xiu'er nodded blankly, saying nothing.
Ming Li sighed, took out a few banknotes and handed them to Shen Xiu'er, "Take this. If you encounter trouble at school, remember to find me."
Shen Xiu'er's eyes instantly misted over. She took the money, sniffled, and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you, sister. I will study hard, and I will earn a lot of money in the future to let sister live in a big house!"
Ming Li's mouth twitched, "What good habit do children learn? They learn to make empty promises."
Shen Xiu'er: "......" The感动 she felt in her heart instantly vanished without a trace......
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"Hahaha~ Alright, I was just teasing you. Go to school."
Shen Xiu'er suddenly became a little angry. As if making a promise, she said to Ming Li, "I will definitely do what I say!"
Ming Li curved her lips, "Okay, go."
Shen Xiu'er nodded and went to school with the money.
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"Ring ring ring——"
The class bell rang. Shen Xiu'er glanced around the classroom. Not seeing a familiar figure, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the form teacher walked into the classroom with her signature thermos cup.
"Alright everyone, let's start evening self-study."
At this moment, the class monitor Jiang Jin Shen stood up, glanced at a certain empty seat, and said to the form teacher, "Teacher, Li Lin is not here."
"Li...... Classmate Li Lin is on leave." As she spoke, the form teacher frowned, subconsciously looked in Shen Xiu'er's direction, her eyes full of complexity.
Shen Xiu'er, who was doing practice questions, noticed the gaze from the podium, raised an eyebrow, and continued to work without looking up.
And so, Shen Xiu'er spent the entire class doing practice questions.
As the class was about to end, the form teacher walked past Shen Xiu'er as if by chance and said in a voice only they could hear, "Shen Xiu'er, come to my office after class."
"???" Hearing the form teacher's words, Shen Xiu'er finally looked up, but the form teacher was no longer in front of her.
Seeing this, she took the opportunity to take out the talisman Ming Li had given her from her schoolbag and said to her classmates, "This is a peace talisman I prayed for at a very efficacious temple on Saturday. The young monk saw how sincere I was and gave me a few extra. I don't need them, so I'll give them to everyone."
As she spoke, she handed one to each person, and afterwards, she did not forget to say, "It's really efficacious, everyone must wear it for half a month."
Classmates: "...... Uh, this..."
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