Chapter 31.3
Si Tian took a look and decided to tell Ji Zhile this story tonight.
When Si Tian went to Ji Zhile’s room at night, Ji Zhile had already taken a shower and was lying on the bed waiting for her. He blinked and patted the bed beside him: “Mom, come quickly.”
Si Tian held the tablet and said, “We’re reading a new story tonight.”
Ji Zhile’s eyes sparkled, looking forward to it.
“Don’t Be Afraid, Be Laughed at” tells the story of a little hedgehog who went to kindergarten and was laughed at by little monkeys and other small animals for being ugly. The little hedgehog wanted to pull out the thorns sadly and went to the barbershop to get the curls, but it did not work. Finally, he uses his thorns to help the little white rabbit, stabs the poisonous snake to death, and accepts his own body from then on.
Si Tian was reading to Ji Zhile while sliding the tablet. The story was a bit long and it took longer than before just to finish reading it.
Si Tian asked: “After reading this story, what did you understand?”
Ji Zhile blinked, looking longingly: “It turns out that the spines of a hedgehog can stab a poisonous snake to death, so powerful.”
Si Tian: Hmm…although it seems something is wrong.
“If you were a little hedgehog, what would you do in the face of the monkey’s ridicule?”
Ji Zhile said, “Can I prick it with a thorn? He laughed at me and I want revenge.” (T/N: Good boy… Hahaha)
Si Tian: …
“Wouldn’t it be better to explain the truth to the little monkey first?”
Ji Zhile opened a pair of pure eyes: “Then can I reason first before piercing it? It’s so cool to have thorns.”
Si Tian: …
Well, she gave up and told Ji Zhile the answer directly: “This story tells us not to be afraid of others’ ridicule and not to change ourselves because of others’ ridicule.”
Ji Zhile said, “Mom, can I raise a hedgehog?”
Si Tian:?
“Can’t.”
“Why not? If someone bullies me, I’ll stab it back with a hedgehog.”
Si Tian: …
“If someone bullies you, you should tell your parents first and tell the teacher first at school. If you stab someone and hurt them, you will be arrested by the police uncle.”
Ji Zhile blinked: “Then can I pierce lightly?”
Si Tian: “No!”
“Ji Zhile, don’t always think about stabbing people, we are civilized people. Can we be more civilized?”
Ji Zhile pouted: “Okay.”
“Mom, can I raise a hedgehog?”
Si Tian:?
Why come back to this matter again? Si Tian decided to explain the truth to Ji Zhile and let him give up the idea of raising hedgehogs.
She glanced at the time. Usually, at this time she should go to tell a story to Ji Ningyi, but today is obviously not enough.
Si Tian sent a message to Ji Jiangzhou: [Darling, go tell Ningyi a bedtime story tonight, I’m still here at Zhile]
Sent and added another sentence: [Please reply if you receive it]
Ji Jiangzhou: [Received.]
Well, it’s very rigorous, even full stops.
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It was almost ten o’clock in the evening when Si Tian came out of Ji Zhile’s room. Ji Zhile was still in good spirits at the end. He said, “Then I won’t raise it now. I will raise it when I grow up.”
“Good night, Mom.”
Si Tian went downstairs to get a glass of water to drink. While drinking it, she still felt that something was wrong. Obviously, she was there to tell stories to Ji Zhile, but why did she extend it to keeping pets in the end? Ji Zhile’s brain circuit was really very strange.
She yawned and went upstairs to sleep. But when she walked to the door of her room, she heard a soft “creak”, like a door closing.
She turned her head and found that every room was well closed.
Si Tian hesitated for a moment, then turned around again, walked to the door of Ji Ningyi’s room, and gently turned the doorknob. The light behind her poured in. She saw Ji Ningyi sleeping obediently on the bed, then closed the door, and went back to her room. She then sent a message to Ji Jiangzhou: [What story did you tell Ningyi tonight?]
Ji Jiangzhou replied quickly: [He said he wanted to listen to “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”]
Si Tian asked again: [How is he doing tonight? 】
Ji Jiangzhou: [Go to sleep very early]
Si Tian: [Okay, you go to bed early too, good night]
Then she clicked on an emoticon package and went to wash up.
When Si Tian came back and got her phone again, she realized that the emoji she had just sent to Ji Jiangzhou was actually an anime girl wearing a short skirt with crossed legs [waiting for you at night].
Si Tian is silent…
Then, five minutes later, Ji Jiangzhou replied: [Rest early.]