Chapter 251: The Little Thief

There were many girls in the family, and it wasn’t Cheng Ming’s turn to show off his skills in the kitchen, and Jing Jing still held a grudge against Cheng Ming for having a good hand at cooking.

Cheng Ming hugged his sister and watched TV waiting for dinner to start is.

“Rhi, do you have strange dreams?”

Cheng Ming began to eliminate suspicions one by one, and the younger sister was the one Cheng Ming first suspected, but couldn’t pinpoint.

Everyday contrasts are not enough for a solid hammer.

After all, Cheng Ming changed too many things, the family did not change dramatically, the economic conditions are even more carefree up.

It makes sense that my sister still maintains her innocent, romantic, emboldened, mischievous nature.

But was it really a coincidence that her sister found the gold bar?

But had there been fewer coincidences since Cheng Ming was reborn?

“What a weird dream, but I had the beautiful dream of marrying my brother, ehehehehe ……”

Cheng Li flashed his standard goofy smile.

“It’s the dream that mom and dad got divorced and we lived apart.”

Cheng Ming was a bit more specific.

“Is this kind of dream necessary? Isn’t it just real life?”

“It’s that we live apart every day, unlike now, when you live over here when you go to school and sleep on mom’s side on Sundays, but instead, dad and I live in the old mansion in the village of Mingxi, and the two of you and mom live in the home over there, and we don’t see each other more than a few times a year.”

“Eh, I’ll only dream of being with my brother every day and then giving him little babies, I’ll die if I don’t see him for a day.”

Lin Jingyi, who was wearing an apron, didn’t even put down her spatula and knocked Cheng Li’s little head and said, “Siblings can’t get married, much less have children! Let’s eat, stop chatting.”

“Stupid, it’s because it doesn’t work in reality that I realize it in my dreams ah, don’t even understand that.” Cheng Li made faces and spat out her little pink tongue at Lin Jingyi.

As a result, I still haven’t asked a single question.

If my sister had memories of her past life, then she would be thinking about doing things with herself every day that she hadn’t done yet, right?

Cheng Ming was scared when he thought about it, now his sister only knew how much safer it was to kiss.

The task of washing the dishes after the meal naturally fell to the two siblings.

“I’ll go and look after Sister Shen Xiao, Xiao Ming you just play well with Xiao Li, definitely don’t let Xiao Li into the room, small children’s immunity is relatively poor, they can easily get infected, besides, Xiao Li’s body and bones are already weak.”

“I’m not a child! I’ve just gone to see Sister Shen Xiao, there’s no way it could have infected me.” Cheng Li said disdainfully.

Cheng Ming looked at Lin Jingyi carrying her cloth bag and knew what she was trying to do, which was nothing more than trying to avoid Xiao Li knitting a scarf.

“Hello, Sister Shen Shin.”

Lin Jingyi sat on the chair next to the bed and nodded slightly in greeting.

“Well, hello ……”

“Was the noon meal to your liking?”

“It was delicious, I ate a big bowl of rice even when I was sick and didn’t have much of an appetite.”

“That’s fine.”

The two fell into silence for a while, the interactions were rare, they had seen each other a few times in the store, and went to the provincial city to play together. But they did not know each other very well, after all, Chen Ziyi, the person who was good at finding topics and making things happen, was not there, and Cheng Ming, the intermediary, was not there either.

Shen Xiao was apprehensive because she had a guilty conscience towards Lin Jingyi because of what happened yesterday.

Lin Jingyi, on the contrary, had more in common with Shen Xi, one had just started college and the other had just started high school, so there was a greater sense of distance with Shen Xiao.

Lin Jingyi hadn’t been able to figure out what exactly was the relationship between Xiao Ming and Sister Shen Xiaoxiao until now, saying that they were tutors, but she had never seen them studying together.

Uncle Chen and Auntie Lai don’t look like people who would spend money on a tutor either, suspicious!

Forget it. Instead of having an awkward conversation, let’s keep it quiet and let the patient rest.

Lin Jingyi took out her knitting stick and was energized.

Shen Shin said emotionally, “Knitting scarves, so nostalgic.”

“Does Sister Shen Xiao also know how to knit scarves?” Lin Jingyi asked in surprise.

“I can do a little bit, I didn’t have much to play with when I was a kid, so I knitted scarves and sweaters and stuff for fun, and when I did it saved money on clothes.”

“What an advanced form of entertainment.”

“Ah, knitting wrong again.”

Lin Jingyi just finished removing a row of yarn and ended up knitting it wrong again.

“It’s like that when you first start knitting.”

Lin Jingyi counted the rows and picked up the blue and white ball of wool, then observed the little shark ragdoll.

Stuck in deep thought, with no way to move the needle, his brain turns into a pile of mush.

“What’s the difficulty? Tell me about it.” Shen Shin, who couldn’t look on, asked out loud.

“I want to knit two symmetrical shark patterns and I don’t know how to do it. Do I have to use other stitches to sew them on after the whole scarf is knitted, it feels a bit mismatched.” Lin Jingyi furrowed her brows and said bitterly.

“A novice dares to challenge something so challenging? And without even a single drawing to weave an original pattern?”

“Well, I know I’m a bit out of my depth, but there’s no more time for me to dilly-dally and work on my craft.”

“Cheng Ming’s birthday is still early, right, I remember it was on the tenth or so of the first month of the lunar calendar ……”

Shen Xiao tried to play dumb and couldn’t act too close to Cheng Ming.

The bank card number was Cheng Ming’s birthday, and even though it was on the new calendar, printed on the provincial certificate, Shen Xiao still went to check the lunar calendar.

“Seventeenth of the first month, I’m on the eighteenth of the first month, we’re just one day apart, and I’m preparing it for Ri, whose birthday is next month.”

“I see, if it’s a silk scarf you can indeed embroider it, it works pretty well. But it’s a bit of a mismatch if it’s wool, it’s better to design the drawing first, figure out the position of the needle holes, and which position should be filled with what color, so that you won’t knit it incorrectly, give me the pencil, paper, and straightedge for a moment.”

“Good.”

Lin Jingyi ran to Cheng Ming’s room and brought over the props.

Shen Shin drew rows and rows of small grids on the paper, looking up and down at the small sharks, and then blacked out some of the grids to look like small sharks.

“You can’t strive for complete consistency, godlike is good, this one grid is like a reduced pixel point, there may be some deviation, you remember to adjust in time.”

Lin Jingyi received the drawings as if they were a treasure, her eyes gleaming as she said, “Sister Shen Xiao is also too powerful.”

Shen Xiao instructed Lin Jingyi with a sentence every now and then.

Though not much was said, the distance was drawn quite close.

Lin Jingyi glanced at her watch and said, “It’s already half past three, I still have to study late in the evening, it’s time to go home, it’s a good thing that I have Sister Shen Xiao to help me out today, or else I’d definitely knit a four-legged one out of it.”

“You’re welcome, it’s good to have helped.”

Lin Jingyi closed the door and left, speaking to Cheng Ming before she left.

“Ming, I’m going home.”

“I’ll give you a ride.”

“No, just do your homework, you must not have moved a word anyway.”

“How rude, I did at least write my class and name so it wouldn’t get stolen.”

“Who wants to steal your blank papers.” Lin Jingyi sighed as she held her forehead, “Really, I knew that not supervising your homework just wouldn’t work. No wonder you’re dreaming that you’re studying in the third grade and still in the mood to play with the computer, now immediately start writing for me right away.”

“It’s not too late to write at night.” Cheng Ming said with a thumbs up.

“You want to borrow Xu Juan’s homework again don’t you, being in the same class is just that bad, I’ll go and tell Xu Juan so she won’t lend you any copies.”

Hmph, it’s not certain who Xu Juan listens to.

As a result, Cheng Ming still sent Jing home.

“Ming, if Ri realizes her little shark is missing, remember to help me muddle through, I took the smallest muppet for reference and will return it when I’m done with it.”

“She’s got so many sharks she can’t even hug them, she’ll never find out, don’t worry about it.”

During the time Cheng Ming went out, Shen Xiao lifted the covers and muttered, “It’s almost time for me to go home.”

When Cheng Ming returned home, Cheng Li called out, “Brother, Sister Shen Xiao asked me to tell you that she went back first for fear of her family worrying.”

“Went back? You didn’t stop her?”

“I stopped ah, she said she was fine, lying down for several days, want to walk to take a break, the clothes will wait for her to get well and then return to you, I also want to send her home, but she said who sends who home do not know it.”

Saying the same thing.

“Then I’ll go see how she’s doing.”

“Wait for me! I want to come along too.” Cheng Li stomped his little foot and said.

Cheng Ming didn’t wait for his sister, ran straight downstairs and rode his bike towards Shen Xiao’s house.

In the hutong of the old street, which was also the place where Cheng Ming and Shen Shine first met, Shen Shine, who was wearing a tracksuit, walked slowly forward with the medicine in one hand and the other hand holding the wall.

Hearing the sound of a car, Shen Shin immediately stopped his feet and pressed against the wall.

Cheng Ming stopped the car and leaned over the front of the car and asked, “Sister Shen Xiao, is this what you call a body that’s fine?”

“I’m just a little tired, so I’m just walking slowly.” Shen Shin said with a stiff upper lip.

Cheng Ming pulled up the car keys, parked the car, grabbed Sister Shen Xiaoxiao’s around her shoulders and said, “There aren’t many steps left, let me help you home.”

“Why don’t you stay with your little girlfriend?”

“Got her home safely, so I just came to see if Shen Shinjia got home safely.”

“I’m not a kindergartener, I don’t need you to worry about me.”

“But you’re a patient and I’m the one who took you out, so surely I have to get you home safely, or how am I going to explain this to your parents?”

Standing in front of Sister Shen Shin’s door and looking at the old-fashioned lock, Cheng Ming reached out and said, “Sister Shen Shin, give me the key?”

Shen Shin touched her empty pockets and said, “I seem to have forgotten to take my keys out yesterday.”

“Eh? So you’re still going home alone, planning to sit in front of the door and wait for mom and dad to come home?”

“Couldn’t you?”

After all that yesterday, where’s the key to remember, especially after being watched change clothes.

“Speaking of which, we left the house unlocked yesterday, so nothing could be missing from the house?”

“It’s not like I have anything valuable in my house, even the TV is sold, thieves don’t want to patronize it, right?”

“That’s good.”

“Sister Shen Xiao, the floor is dirty and icy, why don’t you sit on my thigh.” Cheng Ming said as he sat on the floor on the steps in front of the door and patted his thigh.

“No, it’s humiliating, what if someone walks by?”

“Just pass by, what are you afraid of, I didn’t do anything unseemly. Besides, what Shen Shiao is wearing is my favorite sportswear, I’ll be heartbroken if it gets dirty, sit down, sit down.”

Walking all the way home, already sick and tired and unable to make any effort, Shen Xiao’s legs and feet did feel a little sore and wanted to sit down.

Alas, it’s out of the question.

Shen Xiao sat on Cheng Ming’s lap.

“How dare you! Do you do that kind of unseemly thing every day at home?”

“Uh, Sister Shen Shin heard it? Through that thick wall? Not every day, just once in a while on weekends.”

“Or else what! You are only a few years old ah, do …… do that kind of thing, your parents know? You’re still students, what if you get pregnant? Do you use birth control? You’re going to college, right?”

Shen Xiao threw out a series of questioning questions, and even her ears turned red.

Looks like the soundproofing could use some work, Dad. How did you design it.

“Don’t worry, Sister Shen Xiao, I have my measure, we just dabbled, we didn’t go in.”

“It’s good that it is, I’m worried about Jingyi, it doesn’t matter to me what you look like, huh?”

“Sister Shen Shin’s body still smells so good.” Cheng Ming wrapped his arms around Shen Shiao’s waist, buried his head in her back, and took a deep breath and said.

“You ah …… do this to stand up to Jing Yi? Although I’m not qualified to say this, you must treat her well and not fail her, got it?”

“I’m sorry for sure, but I won’t fail her either.” Cheng Ming said firmly.

“I don’t know what to say about you, you slept with me all last night, aren’t you afraid of catching my cold?”

“I can call in sick home to play when I’ve caught a cold and be happy about it.”

“I’m your nominal tutor, and if your grades drop, there’s no way I’ll be able to explain it to Mom and Dad, okay? If I can’t, I can tutor you in your studies, but you shouldn’t need me to do that either.”

Cheng Ming shook his eyebrows and said, “Especially the knowledge of how to contracept.”

“Where do you still need me to teach you?” Shen Xiao muttered in a small voice, “I’m afraid I don’t even know as much as you do.”

“Jing Jing and I are both students, underage, we can’t go get free contraceptive props, and it’s not good to buy them either, so if Sister Shen Xiao can definitely buy them, right?”

“If I wasn’t still sick, I’d like to kick your ass.”

“Sister Shen Shin must beat me up hard when she gets better, let me know how powerful you are, Sister Shen Shin’s shoulders are sore, right, let me pinch them for you, big boobs are that bad, so is Jing Jing.”

Although this road is a dead end at the end of the road, and there are fewer people, but there are people passing by after all!

Shen Shin covered her mouth and did her best not to make a comfortable sound, fearing that someone would walk around the corner.

Cheng Ming glanced at his watch and stopped rubbing his hands on his shoulders.

Shen Shin asked speculatively, “Isn’t it time for you to go home?”

“Uh-huh.”

He didn’t have to study late, but he had to take his sister and Rei to school.

“Go back, don’t mind me, my dad will be back soon.”

“You can’t just leave the sick Shen Shin-san alone like that.”

“Told you I’m not a schoolboy and I’m much better.”

“Sister Shen Shin, the door to your inner room seems to be unlocked.”

Cheng Ming looked through the crack in the wooden door.

Shen Xiao turned her head and peered against Cheng Ming’s cheek, saying joyfully, “Really, it’s great.”

The courtyard wall of Shen Shin’s house wasn’t too high, and there were no obstacles like glass and spikes added to prevent thieves.

For Cheng Ming, he could jump and pounce to grab the wall and climb it again.

But it’s a little harder for Sister Shen Shin, who is still sick.

Cheng Ming squatted down and said, “Sister Shen Xiao, sit on my shoulder, I’ll send you up.”

“No no no, how can a girl sit on a man’s head!” Shen Xiao waved her hand in extreme resistance.

“Nothing, I’ve often been ridden on the head by girls, I already have experience, don’t worry, it’s very stable, it won’t make you fall, and Sister Shen Shiao isn’t wearing a skirt, so what are you afraid of.”

“I’m not afraid you’ll drop me.” Shen Shin cried and laughed, “Wouldn’t it be better for you to find the key and throw it out after you climb in and let me open the door?”

“What if I don’t find the key? I’ll have to climb out later to fetch you in, and what if I spend a lot of time looking for the key? I don’t feel comfortable leaving Sister Shen Xiao waiting outside alone.”

“What if I threw my keys in the yard across the street? Wouldn’t I have to climb into the yard of someone else’s house to find the key, and I’d be taken for a thief. So it’s still most convenient for me to send you straight into the house.” Cheng Ming babbled in a serious manner.

“I’m going to be tough if Sister Shen Xiao doesn’t agree.”

Cheng Ming lowered his head and burrowed between her legs like a bull.

Shen Xiao held down Cheng Ming’s head, but had absolutely no strength to push him away, Cheng Ming’s head had already drilled through.

Shen Xiao was afraid that this scene would be seen by acquaintances, passersby, and family members, and compromised, “I know, can’t I just ride you? It’s the first time I’ve seen someone like you.”

Cheng Ming’s head burrowed out from between Shen Xiao’s legs and squatted down under the courtyard wall.

Shen Xiao rode on Cheng Ming’s shoulders and hugged his head, Cheng Ming held Shen Xiao’s legs tightly and slowly stood up.

There was some warmth on the back of her neck and a faint scent on the end of her nose.

“Cheng Ming, am I heavy?” Shen Xiao asked.

“Isn’t it true that all girls like to ask about this topic? To be honest, it’s a bit heavy, after all, Sister Shen Xiao is big here and round there.”

It was much heavier than Chen Ziyi, but Cheng Ming had to carry Chen Ziyi to draw the board, and lifting Shen Xiaoyi would be fine for just this moment.

Well, at least he had worked out for a month for the Games, and Cheng Ming’s physical fitness had strengthened quite a bit.

Shen Xiao sat on the wall, Cheng Ming jumped and grabbed the wall, stomping his hands on the wall and leaving shoe prints.

Cheng Ming made his hands hard and stretched his body up.

Shen Xiao extended her hand towards Cheng Ming, which was directly ignored by Cheng Ming, who was afraid of pulling Shen Xiao down.

Cheng Ming went over the courtyard wall first and jumped down, letting Shen Xiao ride down on his shoulders.

Perhaps because the position of spreading her legs apart was a bit shameful, Shen Xiao sat on Cheng Ming’s right shoulder with her legs together before sliding down Cheng Ming’s arms.

Cheng Ming once again felt the softness of her body.

“Safe landing.”

“Entering my own home is like being a thief.” Shen Shin said as she patted her chest in fear.

The courtyard wall was so dirty that Cheng Ming’s hands and pants were covered in dust, and so was Sister Shen Shiao.

Shen Xiao patted the dust on her hips and said, “I’ll return this outfit to you after I wash it, and I’ll get my clothes in a few days.”

“You don’t have to wash it and just give it back to me can, I don’t mind.”

“Oily mouth, no decent behavior, and don’t you dare touch my clothes.”

“Don’t worry, clothes only look good on people. Otherwise they’re just dead things, and I’m not so crazy as to get horny over a pile of clothes.”

Cheng Ming first washed his hands, then used a towel dipped in hot water to wipe Sister Shen Shiao’s hands clean, and told her to lie down on the bed and cover the quilt.

The apple he bought yesterday was still on the bedside, Cheng Ming peeled the apple again in passing and asked, “Sister Shen Xiao, is there anything else you need from me?”

“No more, hurry up and go.” Shen Shin said as she waved her hand in disgust.

“Dislike me so much? I’m a bit sad ah, then I’m leaving, really leaving ah ……”

Cheng Ming took three steps and walked halfway to the door of the room.

“Wait, come here and let me hug you.” Shen Shin said in a thin, mosquito voice.

“What what, I didn’t hear you, speak up, say it again.”

Cheng Ming walked back and put his hands next to his ears in the shape of a trumpet.

“Let me give you a hug! Listen carefully.”

Shen Shin roared loudly, opening his arms wide and turning his head sideways in embarrassment.

Cheng Ming leaned down, hugged Shen Xiao, patted her back and said, “Cheer up and get well, although a sickly Shen Xiao is not bad, but I want to see a healthy Shen Xiao more.”

Shen Xiao stroked Cheng Ming’s back from top to bottom, first wrapping her arms around him as tightly as she could, then gradually loosening her grip.

“Well, there you go, I’m satisfied.”

She is a mature woman who is self-aware and knows her place.

“Sister Shen Shin, I’m really leaving this time.”

“Get outta here!”

Shen Xiao grabbed the pillow behind her and tried to throw it at Cheng Ming, who fled with his head in his hands.

The house became instantly quiet.

As soon as there was a breeze, Shen Xiao looked in the direction of the room door, expecting Cheng Ming to quaintly drill out.

Unfortunately not.

Shen Xiao unzipped the zipper of her sweatshirt, and the two big white rabbits jumped out, taking out the photo that was sandwiched in her snow-white gully.

The photo was hot and fragrant.

There was a feeling of disappointment between his chest when what he had been stuffing for most of the day suddenly left.

Shen Shin rubbed the photo and said, “Little thief, all you know how to do all day long is to climb over the wall and steal things.”

“Sister Shen Xiao, I opened the gate for you and locked it from the inside, remember to open the door for your parents when they come back ……”

Cheng Ming returned to the house with the key spinning in his fingers.

“What are you still coming back for, aren’t you leaving? Hurry up and go, obviously I’m ready to send you off with a good laugh.”

Between great joy and great sorrow, Shen Xiao’s emotions finally broke down and threw up a pillow and threw it at Cheng Ming, unable to stop her tears from falling.

Cheng Ming steadily received the pillow, quickly stepped towards Shen Xiao, hugged her tightly, and apologized in a low voice: “I just wanted to give you a surprise, I’m sorry, I’m sorry …… “

Ah, played off?

Knock, knock–

There was a knock on the door from outside.

“Shen Shin, Shen Shin, is that you back? Open the door.”

“It’s my dad’s voice.” Shen Xiao suddenly pushed Cheng Ming away and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said.

“I’ll open the door for him.”

Cheng Ming ran out in a hurry.

As soon as Shen Shan saw Cheng Ming’s face, he asked, “How is my daughter’s illness? Is it serious.”

“It’s just a common cold, she’s pretty much over it, I just sent her back, just take her meds on time for the rest of the day.”

“It’s good that it’s okay, it’s good that it’s okay, none of these two kids in my family are a relief.”

Shen Shan entered the room and saw that Shen Xiao was sitting on the bed, holding a book in her hand, and the big stone in her heart finally fell.

“Get some rest if you’re sick, don’t read.”

“I know, Dad.”

Shen Xiao put away her books and obediently lay down.

Cheng Ming winked at Shen Xiao and said, “It’s getting late, I have to go home for dinner, so I’ll leave first.”

“Won’t you stay for dinner before you leave?” Shen Shan retained.

Cheng Ming waved goodbye, “No, no, next time there will be time for sure.”

It is so timely to come back, it is saved, otherwise Cheng Ming really does not know how to end.

Cheng Ming was finally able to walk out of the front door in a dignified manner without having to crawl around on the wall like a monkey and be taken for a thief.