I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 106 - 105: Receiving Xu Jingjing

Xu Xiuxiu had just hung up the phone and rushed frantically towards the train station. She spun around the entrance area, looking left and right, but couldn’t find anyone—that was urgently distressing! With no other choice, she had to start calling out Xu Jingjing’s name aloud.

"Third sis, I’m over here!" Xu Jingjing was sitting on a stone step closer to the inside. Hearing the call for her name from behind, and recognizing it was obviously her third sister, her heart leaped with joy, and with a sigh of relief, she got up with her luggage at her feet and hopped over to Xu Xiuxiu.

As Xu Xiuxiu watched Xu Jingjing running towards her, she noticed the little girl was full of energy, despite the weariness on her face from the train ride. But Xu Xiuxiu, who had been searching frantically, was already in a fit of panic. Seeing the young girl smiling foolishly at her, she scolded, "You little pest, learning to act first and report later, huh?" Xu Xiuxiu smacked Xu Jingjing on the arm, "Why don’t you just fly off to the heavens? Do you have any idea how worried I was when our mom called me today? I was nearly scared to death by your brazen adventures!" ƒгeewёbnovel.com

She was so young, yet dared to sneak off quietly and take a train directly to Z city!

Xu Jingjing saw Xu Xiuxiu’s worried face; although she got a hit, she realized she had been impulsive and quickly wiped the smile off her face, pleading with a guilty look, "Sis, my dear sister, don’t be angry, okay? Here I am, safe and sound, right? Sorry, I made you worry." To conclude, she grabbed onto Xu Xiuxiu’s arm and shook it, apologizing profusely.

Xu Jingjing’s cajoling left Xu Xiuxiu speechless. She took the luggage out of Xu Jingjing’s hand, "Let’s go. We’ll head home first, and I’ll settle the score with you there." Xu Xiuxiu glared fiercely at Xu Jingjing. Although she was still quite angry, she knew better than to make a scene at the train station, knowing well that Xu Jingjing was a girl who cared about her image. If Xu Xiuxiu embarrassed her here, it might provoke the girl into making an even bigger mess.

"Okay!" As soon as Xu Jingjing saw Xu Xiuxiu’s temper simmer down, she immediately clung to her, overly affectionate. She had instinctively placed her third sister in the realm of real kin when she decided to run away from home to seek refuge with Xu Xiuxiu; otherwise, she wouldn’t have traveled this long distance to find her. The young girl subconsciously felt Xu Xiuxiu was someone she could rely on, "Sis, it’s my first time riding a train! It was really bustling on board, though the food was a bit expensive." Having never been on a train before, she had no experience and didn’t know to bring some food to fend off hunger. After becoming hungry and seeing the boxed meals for sale, she found out they cost three yuan each. The young lady was too frugal to buy one, only to later discover the money she’d brought was lost. That left her regretting not indulging for a meal after enduring the hunger for so long!

"Sis, I haven’t eaten yet! Take me to eat something first, will you? Watching others eat delicious steamed buns with big chunks of meat on the train made my mouth water, but after getting off and checking my pockets, I realized the money I hid there was gone." Xu Jingjing began to lament her plight to Xu Xiuxiu.

"How did the money get lost? It wasn’t stolen by a pickpocket on the train, was it?" Those people often target easy prey, and anyone could tell this girl was new to train travel; her timid appearance might have attracted unwanted attention. Thankfully, it seemed they had only taken some money.

"I don’t know when it fell out. I got off the train and wanted to buy a big meat bun to satisfy my craving, but when I reached into my pocket, I realized the money was gone," Xu Jingjing said, looking downcast. She had been so cautious all the way, thinking she had protected her belongings well!

"You really don’t give people peace of mind," Xu Xiuxiu turned her head and shot Xu Jingjing a glance. "Hang in there! We’re not far from home now, I’ll take you back first; at home, we’ve got all kinds of food." Xu Xiuxiu reassured Xu Jingjing in a soothing manner.

Xu Jingjing behaved quite well at the time. Although she was starving because she had skipped lunch, she obediently nodded her head when Xu Xiuxiu said she would take her home first.

Nevertheless, Xu Xiuxiu couldn’t bear to really let Xu Jingjing go hungry, so she bought her a corn cob to gnaw on the way home. Once they arrived, Xu Xiuxiu tossed her into the living room and went straight to the kitchen to whip up something to eat. It wasn’t long before a bowl of fresh noodle soup was ready.

"Here, have something to fill your stomach first, we’ll be having dinner soon," Xu Xiuxiu said grumpily to Xu Jingjing.

Xu Jingjing was so hungry at that point that she wasn’t going to be picky and was overjoyed at the sight of food, "Thank you, sis!" Her eyes sparkled as she held the noodles and started slurping them down. She seemed to be genuinely famished, hurriedly stuffing the steaming noodles into her mouth.

Xu Xiuxiu sat by, looking composed, and didn’t speak while watching Xu Jingjing eat hastily. It was only after that girl had devoured a big bowl of noodle soup did she begin to settle scores after the fact.

"Spill it! Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict. Why did you run away from home? Didn’t I hear from mom that you bolted right during a matchmaking meetup? Do you have any idea how unsafe it is out there nowadays? On the train, all kinds of shady people... aren’t you afraid that some human trafficker might take a fancy to a girl like you and drug you halfway to sell you off to some old man in the deep mountains?" Xu Xiuxiu’s concern might have been real at first, but by the end, her intention was clearly to scare Xu Jingjing.

Wasn’t this girl far too bold? Xu Xiuxiu could tell from Mrs. Xu’s phone call that this girl must have sneaked out early in the morning while it was still dark. Considering that the people in the countryside get up before dawn to start their work, this girl must have managed to slip away from Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu without a soul noticing, who knows when she actually ran off! It’s quite scary out there in the countryside before daylight!

"Oldest sis, we are sisters of the same mother, and I was scared enough on my way here, so please don’t scare me anymore," Xu Jingjing said mournfully, clutching her soup bowl. "And besides, my running away from home is largely on you. How can you be so heartless?"

She was actually doing just fine preparing for the matchmaking at home, and Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu, who doted on their youngest daughter, definitely picked out someone decent for her! But unexpectedly, Xu Fangfang had returned home and with just a few words, she managed to ruin the prospective suitor the parents had arranged for Xu Jingjing. In the end, she even recommended someone to Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu, some distant cousin of Song Guomin, praised by Xu Fangfang to high heavens as if unmatched on earth or in the sky.