After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 620: There was an unavoidable predicament.

Before getting off the bus, Xiaocao finally spoke up in a low voice: "Actually, we did go to school before, but because Mom wasn't home, no one went to the school to register us."

Jiang Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked softly, "Where did your mother go?"

Xiaocao opened her mouth, as if she had something to say, but then hesitated and remained silent.

Jiang Yuan didn't press further. Instead, she told the siblings to get out of the car, "Let's get out first, and then we can talk inside the shop."

After she finished speaking, she got out of the car first and opened the car door for them.

Upon entering the Western restaurant, the crystal tassel chandelier casts a warm yellow light, illuminating the exquisite tableware on the table.

Xiaocao subconsciously lowered her head, feeling out of place in this kind of place, and a wave of inferiority washed over her.

Xiaoguang looked around curiously.

Jiang Yuan chose a four-person booth. She sat next to Xiao Cao, while Si Heng sat next to Xiao Guang.

"Take a look and see what you'd like to eat." Jiang Yuan took out two menus and spread them out in front of the siblings. "Don't be shy, order whatever you like."

Xiaoguang looked at the pictures of the delicious food on the menu, his mouth watering. "I want to eat everything!"

Xiaocao scolded him with a hint of reproach, "Xiaoguang, you can't do that!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoguang shrank back and muttered softly, "I just couldn't help it for a moment..."

Xiaocao said sensibly, "Brother and sister, my brother and I are fine as long as we are full, we don't need to order too much."

“Let’s order.” Jiang Yuan raised her hand to call the waiter. “We’ll have a Wagyu beef fried rice, a seafood pasta stew, two beef burgers, a honey chicken wing and a garlic chicken wing, a potato wedge, and two Angus steaks…”

Xiaocao heard her recite so many dish names that she couldn't count them all on both hands, so she quickly stopped her, "That's enough, sister, there are too many."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said to the waiter, "Bring these first, and four more Cokes."

"Okay." The waiter checked the dishes again and then prepared to take the menu away.

Xiaoguang placed her small hand on the menu and asked softly, "Could you leave this one for me to look at?"

Seeing this, Xiaocao said irritably, "If only you were this enthusiastic about the textbook!"

Xiaoguang grinned: "This is better than the textbook!"

"Let's put the menu here for now," Jiang Yuan said to the waiter.

Xiaoguang flipped through the menu, looking at each dish with great care.

Jiang Yuan turned her head to look at Xiao Cao beside her and asked gently, "Xiao Cao, how old are you this year?"

Xiaocao replied, "I am 12 years old, and my brother is 7 years old."

Jiang Yuan: "What grade are you in?"

Xiaocao: "My younger brother is about to start first grade. I was supposed to be in sixth grade this year."

Why doesn't Dad go and register you?

"He felt that studying was useless and that it was better to make money as soon as possible."

Jiang Yuan frowned, her tone becoming more serious: "Our country implements nine years of compulsory education. Your father, as your guardian, is violating the Compulsory Education Law by preventing you from attending school."

Upon hearing this, Xiaocao's eyes widened in surprise. "Is it illegal for Uncle not to let us go to school?"

"Uncle?" Jiang Yuan looked confused. "Isn't the person who doesn't let you go to school your father?"

Xiaocao explained, "He's Xiaoguang's father, not my father, but my stepfather."

"I see." Jiang Yuan nodded, looking down at Xiao Moyan on her lap. There weren't many customers in the Western restaurant, and the waiter quickly brought over two servings of chicken wings.

Jiang Yuan handed the siblings forks, saying, "Try it and see if it's good."

Xiaocao was twelve years old and had a strong sense of self-esteem. Even though she had never eaten such delicious food before, she tried her best to remain calm and refused to show any longing or curiosity.

Xiaoguang, on the other hand, was devouring his food without any hesitation.

The waiter then served fried rice and pasta.

Jiang Yuan reminded them, "Could you please bring us four Cokes, please?"

The steak was served last, and Xiaoguang stared intently at the fragrant meat, his face beaming with excitement: "My classmate said the steak is delicious!"

Xiaocao had often heard her classmates talk about the delicious food they had eaten.

It sounds novel and delicious, but it's also very expensive; one meal can cost as much as a month's or even several months' worth of food for them.

Looking at the sizzling steak on the hot plate, Xiaocao asked in a low voice, "Sister, did this meal cost a lot of money?"

Jiang Yuan tilted her head to look at her, a smile playing on her lips: "It's alright, do you think it's delicious?"

"Delicious!" Xiaocao nodded vigorously. "So delicious!"

A smile appeared in Jiang Yuan's eyes: "As long as it tastes good."

After finishing the main meal, Jiang Yuan did not immediately suggest leaving, but instead ordered dessert for the siblings.

"Is it a small cake?" Xiaoguang asked, his eyes shining.

"Yes." Jiang Yuan nodded, but then added with some concern, "I wonder if we'll make you all stuffed."

"No, no, hiccup~" Xiaoguang hiccuped as soon as he finished speaking, but said firmly, "I can still eat and hiccup."

Jiang Yuan said helplessly, "I'll ask them to serve dessert later. Let's sit here and chat."

"Okay," Xiaoguang agreed, but only postponed, not canceled.

Jiang Yuan and Si Heng exchanged a glance and slowly asked, "You just said that Mom isn't home, so did she go to work somewhere else?"

After spending time together over the meal, Xiaocao and Xiaoguang could sense Jiang Yuan and Siheng's kindness and felt that they were good people, gradually letting down their guard and defenses.

Xiaocao shook her head, her fingers unconsciously clenching the hem of her clothes, her tone tinged with sadness, "My mother had her own unavoidable difficulties."

Xiaoguang innocently said, "My dad said my mom is going to be a mom to someone else's child."

Xiaocao's expression changed, and she glared angrily at her younger brother across from her. "Don't talk nonsense! Mom didn't want to be someone else's mother. It was Uncle who forced Mom..."

Jiang Yuan was waiting for her to continue, but the little girl stopped halfway through her sentence, her eyes reddening, and she pouted in grievance.

Si Heng narrowed his dark eyes slightly and asked in a gentle tone, "Did your uncle force your mother to become someone else's mother?"

Xiaocao lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly.

She sniffled, her voice low and trembling with tears, "My uncle likes to gamble. He took all the money my mother earned and gambled it away, leaving us only a very small amount for living expenses."

Jiang Yuan raised her hand and patted her back soothingly.

Xiaocao looked up at Jiang Yuan with tears in her eyes, and choked out, "Sister, do you know that my mother is beaten by Uncle every night? That day, I heard my mother crying and begging Uncle not to force her..."

"What is your uncle forcing her to do?" Si Heng asked.

Xiaocao pursed her lips and said very slowly, "Uncle lost money and couldn't pay it back. He was afraid that someone would chop off his hands and feet, so he made Mom sleep with someone else."