Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 157

“You bought so much?”

Ye Jiawen had arrived. Ye Zhiqiu and Ye Jiawen were both in the kitchen preparing to cook when they saw Shen Xiang carrying back two cases of soda, plus a whole woven basket full of snacks.

She was quite exasperated: “So much stuff, how long will it take to eat all this? I’m not here that often.”

“As for the ice cream, just eat as much as you can. There are so many of us; we’ll finish it in no time if everyone has two or three bars each. The rest can be stored.”

Lu Shuangshuang nudged the soda crate with her foot. “Especially this soda.”

“Well, let’s just eat and drink our fill today,” Ye Zhiqiu decided. “For anything leftover, Xiao Xiang and Xiao Wu, you two take it with you. The soda, you can drink when you come back on your next break.”

“This must have cost you a lot.” These things definitely cost more than five dollars.

“What are you talking about? Don’t be so standoffish with me.”

Lu Shuangshuang took a bunch of vegetables and started helping to trim them. “I’ll be coming over often from now on, and I’ll be eating this stuff too. It’s no trouble at all.”

“Bug.” He Bin suddenly spoke up.

“What bug? Xiao Xiang, don’t think you can scare me with that again, huh?” Lu Shuangshuang shook her head. “I’m not falling for it this time.”

“Not joking. Bug.” He Bin took a step forward and grabbed Lu Shuangshuang’s hand.

Lu Shuangshuang looked down and saw an especially fat, green caterpillar right next to her finger. If He Bin hadn’t grabbed her, she would have touched it.

“Ah—!”

Lu Shuangshuang shot up from the stool, jumped behind He Bin, and clutched his arm with both hands. “A bug, a bug! Xiao Xiang, get it away from me, quick!”

“Let go of me first.”

At that moment, He Bin’s entire attention was focused on the soft sensation on his arm. It felt like two feathers had landed there, making him itch, and this itchy feeling traveled all the way to his heart.

“I won’t let go.”

Not only did Lu Shuangshuang not let go, she practically glued her whole body to He Bin’s back.

He Bin grew increasingly uncomfortable. He was just about to reach out, grab the bug, and throw it away.

But a hand was faster than his. Ye Jiawen rolled the bug up in a leaf and deftly tossed it into the trash can.

Lu Shuangshuang’s eyes widened, looking at Ye Jiawen with admiration sparkling in her eyes. “Jiawen, you’re amazing! You’re not scared of that bug?”

Ye Jiawen washed her hands. “What’s to be scared of? We’ve seen all kinds of bugs when we worked in the fields before. Besides, that bug isn’t poisonous and doesn’t bite; it’s just unpleasant to look at.”

“I know that, but I’m still scared.” Lu Shuangshuang patted her chest. “My heart is about to jump out!”

“Scaredy-cat,” He Bin muttered under his breath.

Lu Shuangshuang put her hands on her hips and bounced in front of He Bin. “Xiao Xiang, you’re talking? What about you? You froze and didn’t move for the longest time, waiting for Jiawen to step in. Hmph!”

“I wasn’t scared.”

“Then what were you?”

“I… I…”

“You what? Can’t explain, can you? I think you were just scared!” Lu Shuangshuang made a face at He Bin. “Scaredy-cat! Nyeh nyeh nyeh!”

For some reason, He Bin felt particularly irritated and restless. He pushed Lu Shuangshuang aside and strode out of the kitchen.

“Zhiqiu, look at his attitude! You really should discipline him properly.”

Hearing Lu Shuangshuang’s words, He Bin’s steps faltered for a second. “So annoying!”

Back in his room, he drank several cups of cool boiled water in a row, but he still felt a nameless fire burning in his chest.

He took another cold shower, thoroughly washing away the soft sensation on his arm, and only then did he feel a little better.

“Ya Ya.”

After He Bin came out, he saw that Ya Ya was awake. He squatted down beside her stroller and very, very gently touched her little hand.

His hands had calluses, and Ya Ya’s skin was tender; he was afraid of hurting her.

From the moment Ya Ya was born, he had actually liked her a lot, but he hadn’t dared to show it openly back then.

Just like with his eldest sister, if he openly showed kindness to Ya Ya, Wang Fengqin would definitely have disliked Ya Ya even more.

Ya Ya grinned sweetly at He Bin, and he couldn’t help but smile back.

[So Uncle Xiao Xiang looks so handsome when he smiles! He should smile more often.]

[Oh no, what to do? Uncle Xiao Xiang is going to run into that misfortune soon.]

[His old troublemaking friends are insisting on dragging him into a fight. He went out of a sense of loyalty, but ended up not only getting one of his legs broken, but also getting arrested and sentenced to three years in prison.]

She remembered that these three years changed Shen Xiang tremendously. Who knows what he suffered inside, but after he got out, his whole personality became gloomy and irritable.

Wang Fengqin visited him constantly during that period, which is why, after his release, he became especially obedient to her.

He Bin was completely stunned. What was that voice he just heard in his head?

It seemed like it was Ya Ya speaking, but how could Ya Ya’s voice be in his head?

Could it be that he was possessed?!

Lu Shuangshuang, aside from trimming vegetables, couldn’t help much with anything else. Seeing that she was just getting in the way by staying, she decided to come check on Ya Ya.

From a distance, she saw He Bin squatting motionless for a long time, and now he was knocking on his own head. Lu Shuangshuang stepped forward and grabbed He Bin’s wrist. “What are you doing, you blockhead!”

He Bin was genuinely startled. He grabbed Lu Shuangshuang’s hand and made it slap his own face.

Lu Shuangshuang pulled her hand back forcefully and looked at He Bin as if he were an idiot. “Xiao Xiang, what’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing’s wrong, I just…”

“Just what?”

“Never mind.”

He Bin stood up, went back to his room, closed the door, leaned against it, and his emotions took a long time to calm down.

“Don’t be scared, Ya Ya. Someone’s acting crazy.” Lu Shuangshuang held Ya Ya’s little hand. “Ya Ya, Auntie Shuangshuang thanks you.”

“Oh, by the way, did your mom tell you? Auntie Shuangshuang got her position as solo dancer back.”

Lu Shuangshuang’s happiness was unmistakable, and it made Ya Ya very happy too.

Ya Ya waved her little fists energetically. Lu Shuangshuang leaned down and kissed Ya Ya’s little cheek. “When Auntie Shuangshuang gets her salary this month, I’ll buy you pretty clothes, okay?”

“Shuangshuang-jie, let me know when you go. I’d like to buy something for Ya Ya too.” Dong Xiaomei walked over and squatted down beside Lu Shuangshuang.

“Ya Ya has gotten even prettier.”

Dong Xiaomei straightened Ya Ya’s little clothes, which had gotten rumpled, and carefully checked her little arms and legs. “Good, no mosquito bites.”

“Xiaomei, do you have any more of those sachets Ya Ya uses? Can you give me one?”

Ye Jiawu came over and thrust his arm in front of Dong Xiaomei. “Look how badly I’ve been bitten.”

A single arm had seven or eight red welts on it. Ye Jiawu couldn’t help but scratch here and there.

“Didn’t you hang a mosquito net?”

“I did. It doesn’t work. I’m just naturally attractive to mosquitoes.”

To make matters worse, there was a large tree right outside their dormitory door. Even with mosquito coils burning at night, they could still hear buzzing in the middle of the night.

He slept like a log; even if he heard it, he didn’t want to get up to swat mosquitoes. By the next day, he’d be covered in bites.

“I’ll write down the formula for the sachet herbs, and you can go get them prepared at the pharmacy yourself.”

Dong Xiaomei took a small box of minty balm from her pocket. “This is my grandfather’s own recipe. Give it a try.”