Speaking of his daughter, Feng Dajun finally closed his eyes.
The daughter really can’t go back to her hometown, and his mom indeed favors boys over girls.
If he leaves only the daughter, he can’t take care of her alone.
"Remember what you said, if it happens again, you’ll go back to your hometown."
"I, I... I remember, I won’t dare again..."
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The ringing of the school bell echoed through the campus, and the children ran out of the classroom like little birds.
Ningning, with a backpack on, skipped out while thinking about whether to have dinner with Mommy and Daddy Jia tonight or go back to eat with Grandma.
This was the most troublesome thing for her recently.
Daddy Jia now works at a different store from Mommy, and he only gets to have dinner with her when he picks her up from school.
But if she eats with Mommy and Daddy Jia at the store, Grandma would be home alone.
Grandma would also feel lonely without company.
Although Grandma says it’s the same with Ningning sleeping with her, Ningning feels that Grandma looks so happy when she eats with her.
As she was thinking, Ningning saw a familiar figure sitting by the flower bed not far away, and hurriedly quickened her pace to run over.
"Feng Jingjing, why aren’t you in a hurry to go home? Waiting for your mom to pick you up?"
Feng Jingjing slowly turned her head, saw it was Qin Ningning, and turned her head away again, speaking faintly, "No."
Ningning sat down next to her with a thud to keep her company, "Are you going home by yourself then?"
Go home? Feng Jingjing was silent.
She didn’t want to go back to that home. Her mom’s been in a bad mood lately, getting angry at any little thing.
Every time she got home, as long as her mom saw her, she would either hit or scold her. Even being extra careful not to make mistakes, her mom would always find faults.
Only when Dad was home would Mom let her off.
But Dad has been busy recently too, always coming home late.
Ningning noticed her unhappiness and asked with concern, "What’s wrong? Didn’t do well on the exam?"
Feng Jingjing shook her head again.
Ningning thought for a moment, then took out two candies from her backpack and put them in Feng Jingjing’s hands, "These are for you."
Feng Jingjing held the candies and couldn’t help but ask, "Why are you so good to me?"
"Because we are friends," Ningning said matter-of-factly.
Though she hadn’t interacted much with Feng Jingjing, the first time she saw her, she felt like seeing herself.
It was hard to describe that feeling.
Although she doesn’t feel that way anymore, she still thinks Feng Jingjing seems pitiful.
But she wouldn’t share that feeling; her mom said no one likes being pitied by others.
Feng Jingjing turned to look at Ningning; she didn’t expect Ningning to see her as a friend.
At school, she had no friends.
Her mom said city people are very cunning, and they look down on people from the countryside. Even if she tries hard, those city kids won’t play with or befriend her.
Ningning had always been nice to her.
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