CH 31.3

Ye Ya’s gaze moved up and saw a small dark cloud shrouded above his head.

——That was the saliva that Black Finch spit out yesterday.

Ye Ya’s eyes moved to his tired expression again. She slowly got up, squatted down, shook her arms, held her breath a little harder, and jumped out of the mud pit with a click.

The dirty Ye Ye dragged her mud-stained body over, “Bro…”

“Call me mister.” Ye Linchuan’s voice was numb.

Ye Ya paused, “Are you sick?”

“Mhm.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t stay at home.

Ye Ya stared at the dark clouds above his head thoughtfully. Her mother said that crows love to hold grudges. When they hate a person, they will hate them for a lifetime. If the crow curses the person he hates, then the curse will follow for a lifetime.

“Bro, do you want to touch my little head?” Ye Ya took the initiative to lean her face over.

Ye Linchuan raised his eyes.

The little girl’s face was full of gray mud, and she had a drop of clear snot under her nose. She opened her big bright eyes and flashed her eyelashes. He could still see the mud that had solidified above her eyelids. Ye Linchuan choked his breath, his eyes swayed.

The original color of her vest was no longer visible, and all her legs, upper body, and arms were all covered with mud. The whole person was just a mud monkey who had been splashing and rolling in the mud pit. He couldn’t bear to look at her with a straight face.

Ye Linchuan had brought up two sons, and no matter how naughty his two sons were, they had never been so dirty.

“Stay away from me.” Ye Linchuan put a finger on her shoulder and refused her approach.

“Then you touch my little head.” Ye Ya patted her head with a small mud hand; her hair was successfully ruined, “After touching, bro’s cold will run away.” She was a little four-leaf clover monster that could bring health and luck to people. As long as one touched the small leaves on the top of her head, the bad luck brought by the black finch would disappear altogether. If the dark clouds were to expand, he would become more and more unlucky.

Ye Linchuan took a deep breath and shouted toward the house, “Aunt Chen–!”

“Sir, you call me?” The nanny hurriedly came out of the house, and was shocked when she saw Ye Ya, “Oh, what happened to you?” When she saw the mud pit next to the garden, she exclaimed again, “Oh, my vegetable plot!” She just buried the seeds!

Aunt Chen’s heart ached.

Ye Linchuan’s head began to ache violently, “Aunt Chen, are you farming in my garden?”

The nanny secretly blamed herself for saying that, and hurriedly pulled Ye Ya over, “I, I will take Ye Ya to wash. See how dirty the child is!”

“But I still want to play in the mud.” Ye Ya raised her head and begged, “Can you let me play for a while?”

The nanny was ruthless, “No.”

“Ok.” Ye Ya quickly compromised, “Can I play tomorrow?”

The nanny was ruthless, “No.”

Fine.

Then she won’t play anymore.

Ye Ya was content with her mud-playing, so she went back to her room early at night and went to bed.

As Ye Ya slept, Ye Qinghe helped his younger sister organize her school bag like an old father. The book and pencil case are a must, as well as handkerchiefs and paper towels. Yaya’s hair is easy to mess up, so she should bring her small combs and mirrors, and the most important thing is the kettle; children should drink plenty of water.

He babbled while packing.

Suddenly, Ye Qinghe found a business card from the mezzanine of the small school bag. Ye Ya probably got it when she won the lottery today. He looked through it and put it back into the schoolbag.

Ye Ziyu on the bed yawned, “Brother, I’m sleepy.”

“Then you can go to sleep.” Ye Qinghe put two small rubber bands for braids into the school bag.

Ye Ziyu curled his lips and shrank to the bed.

He looked sideways at Ye Ya who was asleep, and loneliness suddenly gushed out of his heart.

“Tomorrow Yaya and Brother will go to school, Father will go to work, and I will be the only one at home…”

Ye Qinghe paused his movements and looked over.

He didn’t speak, but there was a strong loneliness in his eyes.

Ye Qinghe zippered the backpack, got up and sat down by the bed, “Ziyu.”

“Hmm?”

“Does Ziyu want to go to school too?”

His proposal instantly made Ye Ziyu’s eyes widened.

“If you are willing to go to school and play with the children, I believe Father will be very happy too.”

“But…” Ye Ziyu lowered his eyes, as if he was about to cry out sadly, “No one wants to like me.” Even Father didn’t like him very much.

Ye Qinghe touched his soft hair, “No, you see, Yaya likes you very much.”

“Yaya likes everyone.”

Ye Qinghe was silent.

This was also true.

His sister could marry a girl who she had just met for two days, and she could also mingle with introverted people sitting at the same table. It seemed that there was no one she hated, except Father.

“Then do you want to go to school?” Ye Qinghe asked again.

Ye Ziyu didn’t speak.

He naturally thought about it, but he was afraid of taking that step. He was afraid that others would hate him, reject him, and that no one would want to be friends with him.

But……

“I want to try.”

He was a strong boy, and he had to take that step.

“But… Can I try it?” Ye Ziyu’s tone was full of uncertainty about the future and distrust of himself.

Ye Qinghe gently tucked his younger brother and sister in, “You can think about it tonight. The psychiatrist will come for a routine examination tomorrow. If the doctor says you can go to school, then you can go.”

He slowly backed out of the room and said before turning off the lights, “Good night, Ziyu.”

“Good night, Brother.”

Ye Ziyu closed his eyes and fell asleep before long.

The night was over and the sky turned bright, and Monday arrived in a blink of an eye.

Today was Ye Ya’s first day of kindergarten.