CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: BROUGHT ALONG

Rong Qingqing dashed to the living room as if she were flying, hoping that Shen Jue hadn’t returned to his room after dinner.

Unless she had Popeye’s strength to lift him and his wheelchair together, she could forget about getting this task reward.

"Auntie, where’s Shen Jue?"

Seeing only Guo Lan and Shen Qiao in the living room, Rong Qingqing hurriedly asked.

"Why are you looking for my brother?" Shen Qiao immediately became alert.

Guo Lan also looked over at Rong Qingqing.

"It’s something," Rong Qingqing said, touching the tip of her nose.

At this moment, the door of the first-floor bathroom clicked open, and Shen Jue came out expressionless.

Rong Qingqing couldn’t hide her smile anymore, and she rushed straight towards him, "Shen Jue, let’s go to the park for a walk to digest!"

Without waiting for Shen Jue’s response, she pushed his wheelchair and dashed towards the door.

Afraid that Shen Jue would come to his senses and ask to brake, Rong Qingqing sped along with the wind, leaving Shen Qiao panting as he quickly reacted and chased after them.

"Rong Qingqing! Rong Qingqing! Wait for me!"

After running out of the house, Shen Qiao chased them for ten more meters before he finally saw Rong Qingqing stop, having pushed Shen Jue to a stop.

"Rong Qingqing, my brother doesn’t want to take a walk with you!"

Shen Qiao glared at Rong Qingqing angrily, "You keep doing this, dragging him out without considering his wishes."

"Staying at home all day isn’t good for his health; going out for a walk isn’t harmful." Rong Qingqing grinned,

"You still have homework to do, go busy yourself. I’ll take your brother for a walk and be back in at most half an hour."

"Then I’m not in a rush to do homework in this half an hour!" Shen Qiao stomped his foot. "I’ll go with you!"

Rong Qingqing shrugged indifferently and continued to push the calm Shen Jue onwards.

After walking a few steps, something suddenly occurred to her and she stopped abruptly, tentatively asking Shen Jue, "Did you bring any money with you?"

Shen Jue’s lips twitched, and he replied in a light tone, "Yes, I did."

Not surprising at all.

"What are you up to now?" Shen Qiao looked at Rong Qingqing with suspicion, "Don’t try to mess with my brother again!"

Without answering Shen Qiao, Rong Qingqing led the two of them back to Lake Heart Park where they had been the previous day.

As soon as they entered, they saw from a distance that the beggar with the tens-of-thousands-worth watch was still lying there in the same position, holding a book.

It’s just that today, the book wasn’t the same "Street Vendor Economics" as yesterday, but a...

Um, "An Actor Prepares."

???

Rong Qingqing thought she was seeing things, a beggar reading both Street Vendor Economics and An Actor Prepares?

The beggar, hearing the noise, looked up toward the newcomers and, seeing that it was Rong Qingqing and company, promptly overturned his empty bowl onto the ground and turned his back to them.

"Whoa! This beggar’s got quite the temper," Rong Qingqing grinned, pushing Shen Jue toward him.

She bent down and directly turned the overturned bowl right side up, enthusiastically calling out to Shen Jue, "Shen Jue, give him two yuan!"

Just as Rong Qingqing went to grab the beggar’s bowl, Shen Jue’s hand was already reaching for his pocket.

But when he heard Rong Qingqing suggesting giving the beggar two yuan...

The tip of Shen Jue’s fingers, which were clutching a one-yuan coin in his pocket, paused noticeably.

"Rong Qingqing!" Shen Jue almost gritted out her name, "Yesterday, you only planned to give one yuan!"

He had been on guard against Rong Qingqing using the excuse of a walk to trouble him again, so when he came down for dinner, he had specifically taken a one-yuan coin from his childhood piggy bank and put it in his pocket.