Chapter 86: Reborn in the Nineties: The Tyrant Flower Chapter Eighty-Six: Backstab

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

After Chai Youqing just entered the house from the neighbor's door, his whole person was like a deflated balloon; he went inside and slumped onto the stool where the washbasin was placed, not even minding the water stains left on the stool from washing his face.

Chai Youqing's whole person was now somewhat bewildered.

His emotions were complex.

He both felt that his mother Wang Huirong reporting him was absurd and ridiculous, and felt that after the baptism of these recent events, being stabbed in the back by his mother was also to be expected.

After a while, Chai Youqing went out and used a gourd ladle to scoop some water, drinking his fill with glugging sounds, and only then did his spirits improve somewhat.

Chai Youqing turned and came out, ignoring everything, and sat under the window sill, wearing that shirt washed to a faded white; after a while, he kicked off one shoe and sat on it, as if this way it wouldn't be too cold.

One bout of sighing after another.

It made Chai Xiu, hiding behind the door, not know whether she should go out and read Chai Mi's arranged certificate to her father.

"Hurry up and go, I still have to go out in a bit." Chai Mi didn't care about Chai Youqing's feelings at all, directly filtering out his sorrowful sighs.

After all, Chai Youqing's discomfort wasn't caused by her; if he wanted to sigh, he should go find Wang Huirong to sigh at — what's the point of sighing at home?!

Chai Xiu still didn't dare go, and the next second she was pushed out the door by Chai Mi.

Chai Youqing heard the movement, then looked over, and saw his own second daughter Chai Xiu twisting and turning with her head lowered, face red, holding a rolled-up thing like stiff paper in her hand.

Chai Xiu saw Chai Youqing look at her, and became even more nervous, somewhat at a loss, but ultimately still mustered the courage to say: "Dad, you sitting there — isn't it cold?"

"Not cold."

"Then... then you haven't eaten, aren't you hungry?"

"Not hungry."

"Oh." Chai Xiu couldn't find a next sentence to say, looked back toward the room; Chai Mi at the door frowned displeased, and Chai Xiu was frightened into hurriedly turning her head back, as if she had made up her mind, saying to Chai Youqing with a face of utter despair: "Dad, that... my sister said you've performed pretty well recently, and specially issued you a certificate."

"What certificate?" Chai Youqing asked in puzzlement.

Chai Xiu's childish voice began to tremble a little.

But in the end she still took out the certificate and began to read: "In view of Chai Mi's father, classmate Chai Youqing..."

Chai Xiu, like a primary school student, used that childish young voice to read aloud with feeling and expression the certificate Chai Mi wrote...

Chai Youqing listened with his face alternating between green and purple.

To speak of it is shameful...

Chai Youqing lowered his head, and didn't blame Chai Xiu, asking in a low voice: "Xiu'er, have you eaten breakfast?"

"No." Chai Xiu shook her head.

"Your voice is quite loud, I thought you'd eaten your fill..." Chai Youqing sighed, took the certificate from Chai Xiu's hand, looked at it again and again, and finally said: "Xiu'er, you really are smart; illiterate, and your sister taught you twice, and you memorized it, not a word wrong... you're a seedling for studying."

Chai Youqing wasn't avoiding the important issue; rather, the moment he heard Chai Xiu read it without a single mistake, he felt Chai Xiu was really amazing — after all, Chai Xiu hadn't started school yet, she certainly couldn't recognize all these characters; being able to read it through was entirely because she had memorized it.

Chai Xiu lowered her head, rubbing her clothes hem, face flushed red, looking as if she was very happy.

"Dad, are you okay?"

"Fine, fine." Chai Youqing stood up, put his shoes on too, touched Chai Xiu's ponytail, and gradually a smile appeared: "In a few days I'll send you to go study, like your sister, study and read characters; in the future don't learn from me. Sigh..."