Chapter 146: If you want to know what happens next, listen to me tomorrow

After getting on the ox cart, not much time passed.

Shi Yun started crying again.

Qiao Sheng was truly seeing such a cry‑loving little boy for the first time, and she said, "Shi Yun, you can't keep doing this. If you just cry, who will know why you're crying, and crying doesn't solve anything. Others will only think you're like a little girl…"

I don't know if the three characters "little girl" provoked him.

Shi Yun instantly stopped crying, curled his lip and said, "I miss my grandma."

He was raised single‑handedly by his grandma.

How could he not think of her?

Qiao Sheng patted his head and said, "If your grandma knew, she'd be especially happy. But she did this for your own good. When you can control your emotions and stop crying so much, you should be able to see your grandma again."

"Really?"

Shi Yun, eyes watery, asked Qiao Sheng.

"Yes!"

Qiao Sheng nodded.

Shi Yun finally settled down, but not long after entering the shop he started crying again.

A diner, finding him cute, teased him a bit.

He began to cry.

The diner felt embarrassed.

The diner pulled out about ten coins from his pouch and shoved them into Shi Yun's hand: "Don't cry, don't cry. I won't tease you any more. Take this money and buy some candy."

"I don't want…"

Shi Yun cried even louder.

Qiao Sheng came over and said, "Sir, you don't need to worry about him; this is just his temperament. Sit down and have your meal; I'll handle him."

The man sat back down.

Qiao Sheng lifted Shi Yun and walked out.

"Did you see? There isn't anyone on the street like you. Look at that little girl—she's only a bit older, she doesn't cry and even helps her parents wash dishes."

Shi Yun said nothing.

But his mood gradually calmed, and he no longer cried as before.

A few days passed.

Regular diners at Qiao Sheng's shop all knew that their family had a cry‑loving child; you can't tease him, or he'll cry even more.

That day.

Shi Lin came looking for Qiao Sheng, but discovered that the house they previously lived in had new occupants. He asked Feng Qingyang and the others for information, and learned that they had moved.

He inquired about the exact address.

Shi Lin found it.

It had only just gotten dark, and Xiao Shitou and the others were still awake. They all gathered around Qiao Sheng, listening to her recount Journey to the West.

"Alright, that's all for today. If you want to know what happens next, listen to me tomorrow."

Qiao Sheng's words just finished.

Shi Jin tugged her sleeve and shook it, "Aunt Qiao, say a little more, say a little more."

His acting cute didn't work on Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng wasn't having it.

"You still have school tomorrow, so today we stop here. This story is a bit long; I can't finish it in a few sentences. If you still want to hear more after listening, wouldn't I have to keep talking forever?"

"Shi Yun, cry."

Shi Jin patted Shi Yun's back and said,

Shi Yun opened his mouth, about to cry.

It wasn't that he was getting along great with Shi Jin now; it was that he wanted to hear more.

Qiao Sheng stopped him in time: "If you cry, I won't tell you the story tomorrow. Besides Journey to the West, I also plan to tell you Little Red Riding Hood."

"Mom, what's Little Red Riding Hood?"

Xiao Shitou was extremely curious.

Qiao Sheng teased, keeping it a secret.

"If you want to know, then be good and go to sleep. Tomorrow night, after you've washed up, I'll tell you. I'll start counting; if I get to three and any of you are still here not sleeping, you won't get a story tomorrow."

"One…"

Qiao Sheng had just said "one," and Xiao Shitou and the others slipped on their shoes and ran off.

(End of Chapter)