Chapter 617 What am I supposed to do with you?
The moonlight is exceptionally bright tonight, and the stars twinkle softly.

Jiang Yuan stood by the window, scrutinizing the peregrine falcon, and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Hey, what brings you here again? Here to report another crime?"

"Chirp?" The peregrine falcon tilted its head and said matter-of-factly, "Can't I come if I haven't solved the case? The falcon is here to eat meat."

Jiang Yuan: "Where did this meat come from?"

Peregrine Falcon: "There's meat in the kitchen, go cut it."

Jiang Yuan: "..."

This guy has a really thick skin.

Considering that the Peregrine Falcon had helped in reporting the case, Jiang Yuan chuckled and said, "Come with me."

She took the peregrine falcon downstairs.

When they arrived in the living room, they saw Fu Xiaoxiao and her brother sitting on the sofa, looking dejected.

"What's wrong with you two?" Jiang Yuan asked, amused.

Fu Xiaoxiao looked up and sighed, "Yuanyuan, Xiaohangsheng and I are just not cut out for cooking."

Jiang Yuan agreed with this.

After all, they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, so learning to cook is no easy task.

"Is Xiao Zeng doing it now?" she asked.

"Yes." Fu Xiaohang's tone was tinged with shame. "Aunt Rui was also helping out."

"Where's my dad?"

Fu Xiaoxiao: "Uncle went upstairs to take a shower."

Blueberry chimed in at the opportune moment, "Meow~ Daddy's starving, he's sneaking snacks in his room~"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Fu Xiaoxiao blinked. "Yuanyuan, what are you laughing at?"

"It's alright, I'll go to the kitchen and get some meat for the peregrine falcon." Jiang Yuan glanced to the side and saw that the peregrine falcon had flown off to argue with the Brazilian tortoise again.

She shook her head helplessly and walked towards the kitchen.

**
In the dilapidated old house, even the lights were pitifully dim.

Xiaocao sat cross-legged on the floor covered with plastic flower petals, with a stool in front of her and a crumpled notebook on it.

Her calloused little hands held a ballpoint pen, carefully reciting ancient poems stroke by stroke, her expression exceptionally focused and earnest.

Xiaoguang was hungry and sat to the side, munching on a tasteless white steamed bun. His young face showed grievance. "Why is there no meat to eat today?"

Xiaocao paused for a moment, then remained silent and continued writing.

Seeing this, Xiaoguang asked with a puzzled look, "Sister, Dad doesn't let us study anymore, why do you still need to write?"

Actually, he was happy not to have to go to school.

Because he doesn't like going to school at all, doesn't want to go to school, and doesn't want to do homework.

Upon hearing this, Xiaocao turned to look at her younger brother, her thin face showing determination: "Mom said that knowledge can change a person's destiny."

"Why?" Xiaoguang asked.

Xiaocao pursed her lips, unsure how to explain.

To be precise, she didn't know why knowledge could change a person's destiny.

But since Mom said so, she must have her reasons.

Because she knew her mother wouldn't lie to her.

Thinking of this, Xiaocao said softly, "You'll find out later."

Xiaoguang pouted and continued to gnaw on her steamed bun.

After a while, footsteps could be heard in the corridor outside.

Xiaocao immediately hid the notebook in front of her and started doing crafts.

After a while, the door remained closed, and Xiaocao's tense nerves relaxed, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiaoguang grinned: "Not Dad."

"Hmm," Xiaocao responded, but stopped writing and instead started stringing plastic flowers with her head down.

Yuan Jinyong did not return until bedtime.

Xiaocao lay down on the bed with her younger brother, but couldn't help thinking of her mother, and tears soaked her pillow.

Mom has been gone for 19 days. Mom, I miss you so much...

The next day, as soon as the sky began to lighten, Xiaocao got up.

She yawned as she rinsed the rice.

Little Mo Yan was also awakened by her commotion. She stood on the windowsill and looked on, her small eyes filled with great confusion.

Shouldn't this kind of thing be left to adults?

Children need to sleep more to grow taller.

Xiaocao also noticed the little bird outside the window and muttered, "You seem to come to our house quite often these past few days."

Xiao Moyan was startled when she heard her words.

Could this human child, like Yuan Yuan, also understand animal speech?
Little Black Swallow chirped, "Hello, this is Little Black Swallow, nice to meet you."

After hearing its cry, Xiaocao calmly lowered her head and continued doing her work.

Xiao Moyan: I didn't understand it after all.

Xiaocao pressed the porridge button on the rice cooker and went back to the living room to start doing crafts.

After a while, a noise came from another room.

Xiaoyuan's normally relaxed back involuntarily tensed up.

About a minute later, the door opened from the inside, and Yuan Jinyong came out wearing a pair of boxer shorts.

Xiaocao looked up briefly, then quickly looked down again, and said obediently, "Good morning, Uncle."

Yuan Jinyong scratched his head and went into the toilet.

A moment later, a furious curse came from the toilet: "Fuck it, it's clogged again!"

Xiaocao trembled with fear.

Yuan Jinyong walked over to her with a dark face and said, "The toilet is clogged. Go and unclog it."

Upon hearing this, Xiaocao said in a trembling voice, "Uncle, my mother didn't teach me how to unclog a toilet..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yuan Jinyong kicked him, angrily saying, "You fucking can't do anything, what am I raising you for? If you don't know how to do it, just use your hands!"

Xiaocao was kicked to the ground, her palms were scraped and bleeding from the rough ground, but she stood up without uttering a sound.

She tried to suppress her sobs: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I'll do it right now."

After saying that, she lowered her head and ran into the bathroom.

Seeing this, the little black swallow was so angry that it wanted to peck at people.

This male is awful; how could he bully a child?

Seeing Yuan Jinyong about to leave, Xiao Moyan resolved to avenge poor Xiaocao and quickly called to her companions.

In less than a minute, more than a dozen birds appeared around it.

Xiao Moyan told her companions about her plan.

As soon as Yuan Jinyong went downstairs and stepped into the open air, the flock of birds launched an attack.

Birds pooped on his head, and birds pecked at his neck with their sharp beaks.

Yuan Jinyong was furious. He waved his arms to scare away the birds and kept spewing out filthy and vulgar words.

Xiaocao filled a lot of water to flush the toilet, but it wouldn't flush.

She was exhausted and covered in sweat. Looking at the sewage overflowing from the squat toilet, her face was full of despair and despair.

"What should we do?"

Why can't I unclog a toilet?

"Mom, I miss you so much..."

This scene almost broke Xiao Moyan's heart.

It instructed its companions to watch over the siblings before spreading its wings and flying off in another direction.

**
Jiang Yuan got up early again today and drove Zeng Guilin to the agricultural wholesale market.

She arrived at the place where Xiaocao and her brother had set up their stall that day, but she didn't find the two thin, frail figures.

Didn't you come today?
Jiang Yuan waited for a while, then walked to the fruit stall next door, bought some fruit, and asked the stall owner, "Auntie, what time do the brother and sister who sell fruit usually come to set up their stall?"

"Wow, it's almost eight o'clock." The stall owner glanced at his watch, his tone clearly surprised. "I usually arrive much earlier than this. It's like the sun rose in the west today!"


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