“It’s done!” Chen Ying also breathed a sigh of relief—it was very tiring to monitor from the sidelines. 

Mi Xi smiled, and then repeated, “It’s done.” It means ‘completion’, she can understand this.

“There is one last step.” Chen Ying jumped up, took out his wallet, took out some banknotes, and put them on the coffee table. “When the delivery comes, you open the door and give the money to them.”

Mi Xi nodded. “Sister Feng taught me how to recognize banknotes today.”

“Hey, you learned a lot today.”

“Well, I asked Sister Feng how much things cost, and she taught me to recognize money. She said that uncle’s house is very valuable, and the money she earned from working for a year can’t buy half a toilet.”

“That’s the ‘bathroom’, thank you.” Using ‘toilet’ to describe a corner of his house, the price of the mansion immediately dropped.

“Well, I can’t buy half of the bathroom.” Mi Xi nodded, “She also said that my clothes, shoes, and mobile phones are not cheap.” She frowned as she spoke.

“No need to thank me.”

“I was thinking that with so much money you’ve spent on me, I’m afraid it would be quite difficult to pay you back in the future.” She was heavily in debt not long after she arrived, and the pressure was great.

“Mmm.” He also felt that it would be difficult for her to pay back.

Mi Xi nodded, stared at the banknotes on the table, and said nothing.

“Then what?”

Mi Xi raised her eyes.

“I can’t do anything about it right now, so naturally there’s nothing else to do.” Mi Xi continued to stare at the banknotes, and just when Chen Ying thought she had nothing to say, she suddenly continued, “When I was at home, I never had to worry about money. I have never worried about where I live, and I have never worried about food. Now I have to worry about it, but I can’t do anything about it.”

She turned to Chen Ying and asked, “Sister Feng has hurt her leg and can’t work now—uncle, don’t hire anyone else.” Mi Xi bit her lip, “It’s fine for me to stay here by myself. I can watch TV, meditate and exercise, and the day will pass quickly.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Chen Ying just couldn’t see her like this. “What else did Sister Feng teach you today?” He changed the subject.

Speaking of this, Mi Xi became a little happier, counting on her fingers she listed them all to him: what was the doorbell, what was the hair dryer, what was the microwave oven, and she could tell the time, and how to read the calendar. 

She spoke happily, and Chen Ying was quite satisfied in his heart. 

See, he can also have something to talk about with Mi Xi without mentioning ancient weaponry. Cheng Jiangyi was not as good as him, Chen Ying, and Mi Xi was definitely still closer to him. These two days being her uncle was not in vain.

Wait— why was he competing with Cheng Jiangyi for Mi Xi’s favor? Hmm, this was not called fighting for favor, this was called… 

Anyway, he will think of a more suitable word later.

… … 

Afterwards, Mi Xi successfully used the banknotes to get their dinner from the delivery man, and she was obviously excited with a big smile on her face.

Chen Ying wasn’t sure whether she was happy for being able to accomplish something, or because she could eat the soupy dumplings again. Seeing that she seemed to relax a lot, he had an idea and asked to have dinner in front of the French windows.

“Why?”

“Because you don’t have to be too correct all the time.” He said as he started to confiscate the dumplings. 

Mi Xi followed the abducted dumplings all the way to the floor-to-ceiling window. 

Chen Ying sat down on the floor casually, stretched out his chopsticks and stuffed a dumpling into his mouth. Mi Xi hesitated for a while, then casually sat down on the ground, also grabbing a dumpling to eat.

“Look, things really don’t have to be that rigid. Clothes don’t have to be wrapped tightly, everyone here is like this, you have to adapt.” Now Chen Ying started nagging, “By the way, we’d better check your script.”

“What?”

“About your origin. You will go out to meet people. When you meet people, they will chat with you, ask how old you are, where are you from, why do you speak so strangely, where do you study, where are your parents? How are you related to Chen Ying? How did you come here? Hmm, it’s okay if you don’t talk about it, but once you talk about it, there are really too many things that could trip you up.” 

If you are not ready to answer your blind date’s questions, how can you date ah.

Mi Xi was busy stuffing dumplings in her mouth and just listened.

“You just say, you’re my cousin, a distant relative from several family branches away. You used to live in the mountains and didn’t have much contact with the outside world. Don’t worry—I’ll look through the map and find a mountain that they can’t possibly find. 

“Anyway, because of the earthquake, all your relatives in the mountains are gone, and you came to me according to the last instructions of your family. You first walked down a long mountain road, then rode a little donkey, then took a villager’s tractor, then transferred to a car, and then transferred to a train.” Chen Ying began to talk nonsense, and Mi Xi’s expression told him he lost her a few sentences back. 

He sighed. “Well, in fact, it’s more believable if you just say that you arrived by rocket ship.” 

Mi Xi continued to be at a loss, and nodded cooperatively.

“Silly.” He couldn’t help it; he laughed at her expression.

Mi Xi frowned, how is she silly?

He laughed even more and reached out to touch her head, but she frowned and stared at his hand. 

Chen Ying was a little unconvinced this time. It was understandable she was vigilant the first two times it happened, but she was still like this the third time and the fourth time—how would she go out and have contact with people in the future? 

“Some reasonable physical contact is normal. Don’t hit people at every turn. It’s normal for elders to touch your head or maybe touch your arm to lead you somewhere. When you go out later and meet friends, you can’t just hit them when they touch you. Do you understand?” 

He showed her the majesty of being an uncle, teaching a junior a lesson. Otherwise, in the future, if she goes on a blind date, she will beat up the other person.

Mi Xi also heard from Su Xiaopei today that this place was different from her hometown, and the prohibition of contact between men and women was not so rigid. She stared at Chen Ying’s hand, still very vigilant. She was really not used to it, obviously they are a man and a woman.

Chen Ying didn’t lower his hand, Mi Xi stared at it, curled her lips, and finally let go. Chen Ying was really happy in his heart. With a serious face, he dropped his hand lightly, and touched her head. Mi Xi didn’t hit him, and her expression was very patient.

“Good, very good ah.” The big bad wolf’s tone must not have come from his mouth, but Chen Ying couldn’t control the corners of his mouth. He smiled. This young miss was so fun to tease.

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