novelraw Chapter 1192: Mom Believes You’ll Like Her Too
Chapter 1192: Mom Believes You’ll Like Her Too
Perhaps the drug hadn’t fully worn off, and Tang Li slept for quite a while.
Song Jingtian woke up and didn’t call Tang Li. He quietly got out of bed, put on his jacket and undershirt, tiptoed into the bathroom, washed up, took the large enamel cup from the table, and headed out.
They were living in a small building right behind the Alliance Camp.
Song Jingtian headed to the cafeteria.
At this hour, there were still soldiers like him holding enamel cups, lined up to get breakfast.
The cafeteria’s breakfast was plentiful, with porridge, eggs, steamed buns, flower rolls...
Song Jingtian followed the back of the line, tiptoeing to see all the breakfast offerings. Having been here for two days, he had already noticed that most of these soldiers spoke Mandarin, so when it was his turn, before the cook could ask, he already chose the types of breakfast: "This, this, and this."
The cook holding the big ladle didn’t move.
The little guy looked up and was asked: "Where’s your meal ticket?"
"..."
Coming to freeload, he didn’t have a meal ticket.
Song Jingtian held the enamel cup almost as big as his head, ready to eat without a ticket: "I don’t have a meal ticket."
His words were followed by being kicked out of the cafeteria.
In the camp, meal tickets were allocated by person and amount.
He wandered around the perimeter of the cafeteria, originally not intending to eat handouts, but thinking he still needed to take care of Tang Li, he had to go find the older sister who had him call her grandma.
By this time, Jin Lihua was already up.
She didn’t expect the little guy would come looking for her on his own.
Without bothering with breakfast, she had a servant bring the child inside.
As soon as Song Jingtian came in, he greeted Jin Lihua. She looked at the child’s fair and pleasing face and noticed the cup in his hand, sensing his need: "Hungry?"
"Hunger is secondary," the sweet little guy said, placing the bouquet he had behind him next to Jin Lihua’s porridge bowl, "Mostly because I saw these flowers blooming well this morning and thought of picking some for you."
Jin Lihua saw the wilting dragon boat flowers, a few had bald patches from plucking, but she didn’t expose him: "Why didn’t that Miss Tang come with you?"
Song Jingtian replied, "She wanted to, but I didn’t let her."
"Oh?" Jin Lihua raised an eyebrow.
The little guy placed the empty enamel cup under her nose and then spoke: "Tang Li is good at everything except talking. I scolded her when she returned yesterday. If it weren’t for you, grandma, I’d be caught by those toilet-blowing traffickers. It was grandma’s people who saved me and warmly welcomed me home. There’s no one better than grandma."
Jin Lihua set down her chopsticks and revisited the old topic: "Since you think grandma is good, then if grandma wants you to stay here with her in the future, would you agree?"
Song Jingtian’s body unconsciously leaned towards the door.
However, he said otherwise: "If it were just me, staying with grandma wouldn’t be a problem. But right now, there’s Tang Li. She’s either complaining about the mosquitoes here being big or saying she wants to ride in a Cadillac. Even if I wanted to stay, I have to send Tang Li back first."
"How about this," Song Jingtian seized the opportunity to propose his suggestion: "Grandma, can you arrange a car for me to take Tang Li home, and then I’ll come back to accompany you."
Knowing the little guy was lying to her, Jin Lihua wasn’t angry. She simply asked him: "Do you really like Tang Li?"
Before Song Jingtian could reply, Jin Lihua promised: "As long as you agree to stay, I’ll have Tang Li remain with you in Bangkang forever."
"Tang Li wouldn’t agree," Song Jingtian placed an egg in the enamel cup.
He recognized his limitations.
Tang Li nagged all night about the Cadillac just because it’s his big brother.
Tang Li was committed, how could she end up gardening with him?
Jin Lihua had a slight smile on her face, but her tone was calm: "Whether she agrees or not is unimportant, as long as you consent."
Nonetheless, Song Jingtian didn’t give Jin Lihua an answer, even as he left with his cup full of breakfast. Only the roadside dragon boat flower bouquet remained on the dining table with her.
The child doesn’t like Bangkang.
Or rather, he doesn’t like being with her.
But it’s undeniable that he’s a very smart kid.
Knowing that his current situation isn’t favorable, he chose to flatter her.
Such flattery still seemed natural.
Jin Lihua picked up the flowers, went to a shrine, opened the bottom drawer, and took out a photo, which was of the prematurely deceased Song Jinyang.
"These are flowers picked by the child," Jin Lihua placed the frame next to a small Buddha statue and also offered the bouquet: "I think you’d like them."
"That child really likes the girl named Tang Li."
Jin Lihua’s slender white fingers brushed over the photo near her son’s mouth: "Mom’s also observed her. Truly a smart girl, her gaze is straightforward without hidden agendas, unlike that Kang Yunxi you chose; most importantly, she’s someone your big brother favors."
She showed a longing expression as she spoke: "Back then, your big brother took the person you liked, causing you to leave me early. Now, I finally have the child back with me and know he needs a mother’s presence, so..."
"Mom believes you’d like her too."
Song Jingtian returned to the small building just as Tang Li was about to head out.
After waking and not finding the little guy, she quickly freshened up and wanted to search for him.
Opening the door, Tang Li faced the flower roll fixed at the enamel cup’s rim, temporarily unable to adjust her emotions. On the contrary, the little guy deftly closed the door with a backward kick and smoothly arranged the breakfast on the table.
Before Tang Li could inquire about his whereabouts, Song Jingtian urged: "Hurry and eat. Once done, we must think of a plan."
"What plan?" Tang Li didn’t understand.
"What else could it be!"
The little guy glared at her: "A plan to escape, of course."
Today he finally confirmed, the older woman named Grandma Qin was indeed the buyer!
Going around in circles, he ultimately fell into the trap of being sold.
For the first time, he recognized clearly that his excellence had brought him a catastrophic disaster.
To get him to obediently stay, they even went to the trouble of capturing Tang Li, thinking that would compel him.
Tang Li wanted to flee but lacked the strength to do so.
This camp has at least thousands of troops.
Moreover, she’s got a tagalong.
Isa took her to Nanwa; Tang Li considered several possibilities, perhaps to trade her for Kun, or maybe Isa genuinely believed Kun’s lies, thinking she was a refining expert.
Tang Li shifted her gaze back to Song Jingtian.
The little guy was uncomfortable under her scrutiny: "Why?"
"To leave here safely, we might need your cooperation."
"What?" The little guy perked up.
Tang Li revealed the plan: "In the coming days, make sure to visit Grandma Qin frequently; she clearly likes you. Now, you just need to make sure she protects us."
Song Jingtian understood: "So what about you? What will you do?"
"Me?" Tang Li thought for a few seconds: "I’ll stay here, bide my time, and wait for you to return."
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Good night