Jian Ai had the same expression as anyone else.
She ignored Wang Zichen and went into the room to find a seat. Yao Jiachi was the closest to her, so he sat beside Jian Ai.
Wang Zimeng was not like her brother. Although she did not appear too friendly, she still smiled at them as a form of greeting.
From time to time, the adults would talk and laugh in the living room. The five children in the room looked at each other in silence.
Jian Yu leaned against the bed and fell asleep soon after.
…
“Damn!”
Suddenly, in the quiet environment, Wang Zichen cursed softly. He pressed the game console in his hand twice and said angrily, “It’s out of battery!”
Wang Zimeng raised her eyes and looked at her brother. She sighed imperceptibly and reminded him, “Brother, don’t let Mom hear you say vulgarities.”
Wang Zichen snorted disdainfully and looked at Wang Zimeng. He warned, “Just shut your mouth!”
Wang Zimeng pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.
Jian Ai and Yao Jiachi ignored him.
Feeling everyone’s disregard, Wang Zichen glanced at them unhappily. Then, he looked at Yao Jiachi and said, “Yao Jiachi, are you going out to play on the first of May?”
The moment he opened his mouth, he called out Yao Jiachi’s full name. It was obvious how distant their relationship was.
Yao Jiachi didn’t expect Wang Zichen to suddenly talk to him. He was stunned for a moment before shaking his head with a wooden expression. “I’m not.”
“Heh…” Wang Zichen snorted and said teasingly, “Have you never left Baiyun City?”
Without waiting for Yao Jiachi to respond, Wang Zichen continued, “Last year, on the First of May, my father took me to the South. We climbed Azalea Mountain and looked at the Dali River. I went to the capital during National Day. Although it was the capital, it was similar to Baiyun City. It was just a little more prosperous and had a larger area. There was nothing much to play there.”
“They’re planning to take me shopping in Hong Kong this year. It’s not fun as well.”
“If Younger Uncle hadn’t gotten married today, we would have left today.”
As Wang Zichen spoke, he revealed a superior expression. His tone was filled with smugness and boastfulness. He didn’t forget to catch the envious look on Yao Jiachi’s face.
Yao Jiachi was indeed envious. He also wanted to go out and see the world, but his family didn’t have the conditions to let him go out to play during the holidays.
Covering the loneliness in his eyes, Yao Jiachi didn’t say anything.
As such, Wang Zichen’s vanity was satisfied, and he raised his eyebrows provocatively.
Wang Zimeng was also holding back her emotions.
Every year during the winter and summer holidays, her father would bring her brother out for a holiday but never her. In the beginning, she would cry and throw a tantrum, but to Wang Yunzhong, who favored men over women, his daughter’s tears were worthless and didn’t move him in the slightest. As time passed, she quietly got used to it.
However, getting used to it did not mean that she was resigned to it. She had always hoped that she could go out for a holiday one day.
Jian Ai sat at the side and took a look at Yao Jiachi. When she saw that he had lowered his head slightly and had no expression on his fair and tender face, her heart ached.
“Sister will take you out to play,” Jian Ai suddenly said.
Yao Jiachi froze and blinked at Jian Ai.
“Huh?” Jian Ai smiled and pinched his smooth face. “Are you going?”
“Where are we going?” Yao Jiachi smiled as well. As long as they could go out to play, they could go anywhere.
“Tsk…” Wang Zichen’s voice interrupted annoyingly. His tone was mocking. “Are you going to Yangkou Town?”
Yangkou Town was a tourist town around Baiyun City.