Chapter 123: Why Does He Reject These?

Thieves came to the house?

Qiao Sheng's brows furrowed; this thief's gall is too big, didn't you see their room lights are on?

She picked up the wooden stick placed in a corner at one side and moved toward the door.

Through the crack.

Qiao Sheng looked outside, gazing for a while but saw no one; she couldn't help thinking, could she have misheard earlier?

Just then.

A sound came from the neighboring window.

Qiao Sheng's expression changed, she hurried to the door, gently pulled it open, stepped toward the next room, caught a glimpse of a shadow moving inside, she pushed the door open and rushed in.

"You're so..."

"Keep it down!"

Shi Lin quickly covered Qiao Sheng's mouth.

Seeing it was Shi Lin, Qiao Sheng shoved him away, lowered her voice: "Don't you know scaring people can scare them to death? What are you doing here so late at night?"

"Let's talk outside."

Shi Lin walked out after saying that.

When Qiao Sheng came out, Shi Lin was already sitting on a stool under the eaves to one side.

She sat down near him without saying a word.

Shi Lin turned his gaze to Qiao Sheng and said: "Thank you, it looks like you've taken good care of my nephew; he's gotten a bit plumper compared to before."

Before Qiao Sheng could say anything.

Shi Lin raised his eyebrows and said: "I just got back not long ago, freshened up and came to yours. I didn't want to come so late either, didn't I miss you?"

"If you miss them, just miss them, don't talk nonsense."

Qiao Sheng glared at him.

It's been a few days since we last saw each other, she's still as fierce.

Shi Lin said with a serious face: "Qiao Sheng, I'm not talking nonsense, I really have been thinking of you. Speaking of which, you're actually not bad-looking, just a bit dark…"

"What's the point of saying these?"

"You've taken a liking to her?"

"The sun's basically rising from the west."

Qiao Sheng wasn't in the mood to listen to Shi Lin's rambling; just as she was about to go back to her room to sleep, she remembered something: "Shi Lin, I have a few questions I want to ask you."

"Speak!"

Shi Lin looked at Qiao Sheng and said.

Qiao Sheng asked.

"I want to ask if you know whether Shi Jin is afraid of the dark, why he's so afraid of the dark, and whether you know he sometimes shouts loudly at night."

Upon hearing that.

Shi Lin opened his mouth to speak.

"It's all my fault, I didn't make it clear. When Shi Jin was four, he went with us to the manor, ran off to play by himself, and accidentally fell into a cellar. That cellar was pitch black; we searched for him for days before finding him. Since then, he's been afraid of the dark."

"As for the shouting, I'm not sure; it's happened before, I asked him but he didn't say anything."

Upon learning that was the case.

Qiao Sheng asked again: "Does Shi Jin have any siblings?"

Shi Lin didn't know why Qiao Sheng was asking these, but he still chose to tell her: "Yes, he has an older brother half an hour older than him. By the way, he might have a younger brother or sister soon…"

"His mother is pregnant again?"

Qiao Sheng asked, somewhat surprised.

Shi Lin reached out again to cover Qiao Sheng's mouth.

"Keep it down, this kid Shi Jin really rejects these things."

That's precisely why.

His older brother and them haven't dared to have more children these years, fearing he'd become overly agitated and do something because of it.

Qiao Sheng asked Shi Lin: "You said Shi Jin rejects these; how did you find out, and do you know why he rejects them?"

"There must be a reason, right?"

Shi Lin pursed his lips and said: "Earlier, my older brother and them asked Shi Jin and his brother Shi Ren; he blurted out that he didn't want a younger brother or sister. As for why he rejects them, perhaps it's because my older brother and them constantly compare him to Shi Ren."

(End of chapter)