âI used to say I wanted to make a lot of money, treating you to delicious and spicy food, shielding you from bullies. But I didnât make a lot of money, nor could I protect you. Every time you were bullied, I couldnât do anything!â
He knew the women in his family were often bullied by the Chi family members, from his nominal grandfather to the nominal aunt.
He had also seen those news on television, how people maligned his familyâs woman online. Every time he saw people talking nonsense online, turning black into white, cursing his familyâs woman without knowing anything, calling her a bad woman, it made him furiously angry.
But aside from hacking those peopleâs accounts, he couldnât stand up like The Neighbor Old Wang and forcefully protect his familyâs woman.
âAnd Nuonuo, I said I would protect her, but when she was sick, I was helpless. When she was stolen, I had no ability to find herâ¦â His voice grew lower and heavier, eventually thick with tears he tried to hold back, and he asked in a forced strong tone, âChi Enen, am I especially useless?â
Chi Enen had never seen him so downcast.
Even when he faced the first setback in his life from failing at stock speculation, he did not show such self-doubt.
Chi Enenâs gentle gaze fell on him, she suddenly held his shoulder, pulled his little face over, smiled, and with a bit of annoyance to break the heavy atmosphere, she said, âBaby Chi, how many times have I told you not to call me by my name directly?â
After saying that, she continued, âDidnât you think of placing a locator inside Nuonuoâs bell? And wasnât it you who found Nuonuoâs location? Without your help, we wouldnât have had any clue. If this is what you call useless, I think Iâm even more useless. I couldnât even find Nuonuoâs location by myself.â
She looked down into his eyes, coaxingly guiding, âBaby Chi, you are just over 6 years old, not even 7 yet. If you were any more capable, Iâd fear youâd be taken away for research.â
âYou can use computers, speculate in stocks, teach your younger sister painting, cook noodles for me; look at how much you can do. How many children over 6 can do all these things? Right?â
As if knowing where his concerns lay, Chi Enen continued, âAs for you saying you didnât protect Nuonuo well. I donât think you could have protected her.â
âFirst, Nuonuo was sick, nothing else. Everyone gets sick, and birth, aging, sickness, and death are decided by God, no powerful person can control that. Second, Nuonuo being stolen was unexpected by any of us. You being able to think of placing a locator in Nuonuoâs bell was already very impressive. That was protecting her.â
She finally smiled, winked and said, âYou talked about wanting to make a lot of money, treating me to delicious and spicy food and youâve achieved that, havenât you? Donât forget, you gave me a bank card worth 600,000 yuan.â
Her Baby Chi had given her his first bucket of gold earnings to spend freely and extravagantly!
What more could she want?
âOnly 600,000 yuanâ¦â Baby Chi mumbled with a deflated expression.
Chi Enen pinched his tender, soft cheeks and laughed, â600,000 yuan is a lot, okay? When I was raising you, I only earned a few thousand yuan a month. 600,000 yuan is enough for me to earn for 10 years!â