Chapter 236: Little Chubby

Si Rong watched that green jeep get further and further away, and she could not help but let her tears fall.

It seemed that as she grew older, she became increasingly afraid of parting.

While reunion after a long separation is certainly joyful, it felt as if half of her heart had been taken away by Jiang Cheng.

Over these years, she had walked through all her joys, sorrows, and delights hand-in-hand with Jiang Cheng; to her, Jiang Cheng had already become an indispensable part of her life.

With the F Virus being so formidable now, she was truly deeply worried.

Si Rong set up an offering to the Bodhisattva in their home.

It was something Mother Si had sought out from a very miraculous temple previously.

Following the way her mother used to pray for the safety of the whole family, she lit incense, then performed three kneelings and nine kowtows, hoping the Bodhisattva could protect her husband so he would leave safely and return safely.

Seeing her mother's kneeling figure, Jiang Siyu rubbed her own reddened eyes; she missed her father too.

But she was of no use and could not help with anything.

The only thing she could do was the same as her mother: pray to the Bodhisattva to protect her father.

After classes were suspended, the three of them, Jiang Sinian and the others, often read and studied together.

Of course, reading and studying was just the facade that Si Rong and Fang Ting saw.

In reality.

Once Fang Ting went off to talk with Si Rong, Jiang Sinian's desire to go out and play began to stir.

"Hey! I have a great idea, do you want to hear it?"

Jiang Siyu rolled her eyes at him, then made a show of using her two index fingers to plug her ears.

Not listening, not listening, the turtle is chanting scriptures.

"What idea?" Jiang Yue asked.

Jiang Sinian raised an eyebrow, the smile at the corner of his mouth always giving people a mischievous feeling.

"I heard that there are people in white coats disinfecting the streets now; the virus must have been wiped out long ago. Shall we sneak out to the woods and roast sweet potatoes?"

"Roast sweet potatoes?"

Jiang Siyu glared at him, "Are you sick in the head? Running to the woods to roast sweet potatoes—if Mom finds out, you'll get a beating again."

She would go and tell on him in a moment; besides, she didn't even like eating roasted sweet potatoes.

"If you want to go, go yourself! Yueyue, we aren't going, right?"

Jiang Siyu pulled Jiang Yue along; they girls were on the same side.

"Actually, there's no one in the woods; it might be nice to go there and clear our heads."

Jiang Yue saw Jiang Sinian's expression brighten instantly.

"Good! Then you come with me! Let this brat stay home and do her homework by herself!"

Jiang Siyu:...

She glared at Jiang Yue, "You good..."

Before the words "forgetting your friends for a boy" could leave her mouth, she saw Jiang Yue make a mouth shape: Lu Fei.

Jiang Siyu decisively shut her mouth.

In the end, she could only act as a little tail following behind the two of them, occasionally seeing Jiang Yue showing concern for her heartless brother.

Heh~ this nauseating love!

There was indeed no one in the woods. Jiang Sinian dug out the small shovel Wu Ma used for gardening from the house, and after entering the small woods, he began to dig at a sweet potato patch.

"You're stealing sweet potatoes!" Jiang Siyu's mouth hung wide open.

Jiang Yue manually closed her mouth for her.

"How can you call it stealing when it comes to scholars? It's just checking to see if they're ripe."

Jiang Sinian looked at Jiang Yue with appreciation, "I'll give you the first one when they're roasted."

Jiang Siyu:...

What checking? Was her perfectly fine Sister Yue now under some kind of spell?

What happened to basic moral judgment?

"I'm not eating."

The three of them found a low-lying area in the woods, then began to dig a dirt stove, preparing to roast sweet potatoes.

This process was actually quite fun, and Jiang Siyu was enjoying herself immensely.

"What are you giggling at? Go pick up some firewood!" Jiang Sinian ordered his little sister.

"Who do you think you are? Why should I listen to you? Hmph!"

She wasn't eating, so she wasn't doing any work.

"Lu Fei?" Jiang Yue suddenly spoke up.

Jiang Siyu thought Jiang Yue was teasing her and immediately glared at her, "Sister-in-law?"

Jiang Yue's face turned red instantly.

She pointed behind Jiang Siyu, "Lu Fei is here."

Jiang Siyu turned her head and sure enough, saw Lu Fei standing not far behind her with a young girl.

She recognized that girl; she was in the same class as Lu Fei, very pretty, and most importantly, very thin.

Jiang Siyu looked down at herself, and for some reason, she suddenly hated the fat on her body.

"Little Chubby! It's you!"

Lu Fei smiled when he saw Jiang Siyu; his smile was as bright as sunshine.

"What a coincidence." Jiang Siyu responded reluctantly.

She hated the nickname "Little Chubby."

"You're the chubby girl!" Jiang Sinian retorted to Lu Fei with a very nasty attitude, "My sister isn't fat at all!"

She was clearly very cute!

"I'm sorry, my mistake. What is your name?" Lu Fei's attitude was very friendly, "Your brother is named Jiang Sinian. I guess the first two characters of your names are the same, so what is the last character?"

"Yu, my name is Jiang Siyu," Jiang Siyu said earnestly.

"That sounds so nice!" said the girl behind Lu Fei; she wore her hair down, and she looked very pretty.

"This is Yao Xiaotang," Lu Fei introduced them, then his nose twitched, "Are you roasting sweet potatoes? Do you have any more? We want to roast some together too."

Everyone had been about to go stir-crazy from not being allowed to go out these past few days.

"We do!"

Jiang Siyu agreed immediately, almost without thinking.

Then she kicked her brother's toe, "Brother, go get some more sweet potatoes!"

Sister Jiang Yue was right; it was perfectly normal for a scholar to occasionally check the land and pick up a couple of sweet potatoes while they were at it.

It had nothing to do with those matters of great principle.

Jiang Sinian:...

That pretty boy's face was truly fair!

"Go get them yourself!" He wasn't going to go steal sweet potatoes again.

Jiang Siyu turned around and glared fiercely at her brother, then said to Lu Fei and Yao Xiaotang, "I'll take you there!"

She even brought along a small shovel.

When they reached the edge of the field, Jiang Siyu glanced at the white short-sleeved shirt Lu Fei was wearing, then immediately rolled up her own sleeves and began digging for sweet potatoes herself.

"Sister Siyu, you have so much strength!" Yao Xiaotang leaned in beside her, looking somewhat annoyed, "Unlike me, I can't dig up a sweet potato field at all."

Jiang Siyu felt a bit awkward.

In truth, she was not the type to suffer in silence, but because Lu Fei was here, she deliberately reined in her sharp edges, not wanting to pay any mind to Yao Xiaotang's tea-flavored remarks.

But Yao Xiaotang continued, "Lu Fei, did you see that? Not all of us girls are as frail and weak as I am; Sister Siyu is really impressive!"

"Wow! So impressive! Sister Siyu, you really dug the sweet potato out!"

Jiang Siyu:...

Just as she was feeling very awkward, the voice of Sister Jiang Yue came from behind her, "Yao Xiaotang, I remember your hometown is in the countryside, isn't it? What's this? You're making such a big fuss that I almost thought you were some delicate young lady seeing a sweet potato for the first time!"

Yao Xiaotang had not expected a little girl who spoke so sharply to suddenly pop out.

But she wasn't afraid; she simply lowered her head and spoke in a dainty, delicate voice, "Yes, my family is from the countryside, I can't compare to you all who are children from military families."

"However, even though I grew up in the countryside, my family never could bear to let me do such rough work."

"You don't need to act so aggrieved; no one here is bullying you," Jiang Yue said rationally and calmly, "Although our Siyu is a child from a military family, she has never been so delicate."

Yao Xiaotang:...

What was that supposed to mean?

Was she mocking her for being delicate?