A very bad thing?
Yu Yao sighed. What bad thing could a well-behaved girl like Zhao Chuji possibly do?
Her so-called bad thing was very likely that during her previous time wandering the streets, she could not bear the hunger and had stolen someone else’s food or money…
But that past experience was a painful, embarrassing memory for Zhao Chuji, and Yu Yao did not intend to bring it up.
She only looked at Zhao Chuji and promised seriously, “No matter what bad thing you have done, I will never abandon you.”
Zhao Chuji stared at her for two seconds, her thoughts unknown. Only after a long while did she lower her head. “I believe you.”
Yet, having received Yu Yao’s promise, Zhao Chuji was not as happy as she had imagined she would be. She discovered that her possessiveness was far more intense than she had anticipated.
Yu Yao had only promised that she would not abandon her, but her status in Yu Yao’s heart was not the highest one.
But it did not matter. As long as she had the opportunity to continue staying, there would still be room to execute everything…
With her head lowered, she followed behind Yu Yao and returned to Yu Yao’s home. Seeing the ingredients that had been organized and prepared in Yu Yao’s kitchen, her eyes suddenly brightened…
Yu Yao was actually truly preparing the ingredients!
The corners of her lips curved upward, and endless joy instantly welled up in her heart, yet on the surface, she only looked at Yu Yao obediently. “Sister Yu Yao, these dishes are so difficult to process; you should have waited for me to return so we could process them together.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Yu Yao reached out her hand, intending to pat Zhao Chuji’s head as a matter of habit, only to realize a moment too late that Zhao Chuji was already a bit taller than she was.
Patting her head seemed to no longer be appropriate…
Yu Yao had no choice but to alter her trajectory mid-way, patting Zhao Chuji’s shoulder instead…
“You are the cute little sister I found myself. It is rare for you to actively mention something you want to eat to me even once, so of course I have to satisfy you.”
“If you are hungry, eat some snacks to pad your stomach first,” Yu Yao walked into the kitchen. “I will call you when the food is ready to eat…”
Zhao Chuji nodded in agreement and sat down compliantly next to the desk that Yu Yao had specially bought for her, taking out her homework notebook to begin writing her homework.
She wrote very professionally, and an open exercise booklet was even spread out beside her. However, once one drew close, they would discover that the things she was writing were incomparably terrifying and shocking…
Control a few stray dogs on the street to track Yu Yao’s movements.
Install a listening device inside a stuffed toy to understand Yu Yao’s dynamics.
Further understand Yu Yao’s preferences to increase Yu Yao’s affection value.
Zhao Chuji’s brow furrowed slightly, and from time to time, she bit the end of her pen.
From Yu Yao’s angle, she only thought that Zhao Chuji was solving a difficult problem that could not be worked out, completely unaware that she had already formulated a plan from now on, all of Yu Yao’s dynamics would be within her line of sight!
When Yu Yao finished cooking the first dish and carried it out, Zhao Chuji was holding a correction tape, covering every single line of all the plans she had written down.
“Did you run into a difficult problem?”
Yu Yao comforted her, “Think about it slowly, do not be anxious. If you really cannot figure it out, write it after we finish eating.”
“I already have a train of thought.”
Zhao Chuji looked at Yu Yao and smiled radiantly, the dark light and shadows flickering deep within her eyes. “I have the confidence to solve it.”
“As expected of you!”
Yu Yao praised with a smile. When she came out again, the places covered by the correction tape had already been neatly and properly filled with a mathematical calculation problem.
Yu Yao quickly brought out all the dishes.
The two of them sat down by the table. While Yu Yao ate, she tentatively brought it up…
“Chuji, do you want to know what I have been doing recently?”
She had also thought about it for a very long time just now.
In the past, she felt that Zhao Chuji’s age was still small and her primary task was to study well, so she did not intend to let Zhao Chuji come into contact with everything she was preparing for the time being.
But now, Zhao Chuji remained brooding and obsessed over her past experiences, always lacking a sense of security.
A sickness of the heart required medicine for the heart.
If Zhao Chuji also participated in an organization that helped women with public welfare, saw the wider world, and understood more of the hardships of human life… perhaps she could slowly untie the knot of anxiety in her heart.
Furthermore, the Space-Time Management Bureau seemed to have had precedents: when the protagonist of a world did enough good deeds, they would receive more favor from the world’s consciousness, and their luck would also become better and better.
Zhao Chuji was still studying, and Yu Yao did not want her to become too deeply involved either; she only intended to let her gradually participate in some simple projects.
Zhao Chuji indeed became interested, and her eyes immediately looked at her, sparkling. “Of course I want to!”
Although Yu Yao claimed to be unemployed, during this period of time, Zhao Chuji often saw Yu Yao holding her computer to search for information, and had also seen her go out to meet guests several times…
She was interested in all matters that could narrow the distance between herself and Yu Yao.
“That’s good. Once you finish writing your homework, we will chat about it together.”
Zhao Chuji was not surprised that Yu Yao suddenly brought this matter up.
She knew Yu Yao’s perception of her: Yu Yao always believed that she was an obedient, cute, kind, and gentle good girl.
Having detected her display of weakness, Yu Yao would definitely take measures.
But she had never expected that Yu Yao was conceiving and calculating such a matter!
When she first heard Yu Yao’s blueprint, she only felt in the depths of her heart that it was an utter fantasy, and it was with great difficulty that she controlled the expression on her face: How could it possibly succeed?
There were so many oppressed women under this sky; this path of Yu Yao’s would bound to face the obstruction of countless vested interest-holders…
Auntie Wang in her village had given birth to several successive litters of daughters. Clearly, giving birth to a son or a daughter was not the fault of the female party, yet she still bore the poisonous beatings of her husband from time to time;
Inside Old Man Li’s house, a “crazy” woman was locked in the woodshed, rumored to have been bought from the outside.
There had also been a similar organization that came to the school to donate sanitary pads to the girls, but the sanitary pads meant for the girls were taken by the elders of the family to line the insoles of their younger brothers’ shoes.
……
But looking at Yu Yao’s bright eyes as she stated her blueprint step by step, Zhao Chuji’s heart and mind trembled violently, and a powerful impulse suddenly burst forth within her heart—
Such a Yu Yao was truly so beautiful! That kind of radiance emitting from the depths of her soul made one unable to stop their heart from trembling!
She would definitely attract many people who liked her…
She so badly wanted to hide Yu Yao away, so that she would be the only person who could see her!
But if Yu Yao were hidden away, her body would no longer possess such dazzling brilliance…
A fierce struggle waged within her heart, but she had always been skilled at controlling her expressions, and Yu Yao did not know what she was thinking.
However, Yu Yao possessed self-awareness, and after she finished speaking, she looked at Zhao Chuji and let out a sigh.
“I also know that wanting to achieve my wish is very difficult. There are so many people in this world, and there will always be corners where the light cannot shine. It is also impossible for my ability to cover everyone…”
“But let’s help one if we can help one! What if someone just happens to lack a helping hand to pull them up?”
“Recently, I have already found a few targets who need help. They are all pitiful children. If you have time, you can also follow me to visit them…”
Zhao Chuji secretly clenched her fists.
In her life, she originally only wanted to manage herself well, and had never thought that she would have a day where she would help others.
She knew that in order to please Yu Yao, she ought to smile and praise Yu Yao’s courage at this moment, and promise Yu Yao.
But that required too much money and love.
Yu Yao had not witnessed the viciousness and craftiness of the bottom rungs of society; she feared that after Yu Yao threw herself in without looking back, she would become completely disappointed in the world in the future and would utterly lose the light within her eyes.
But…
Zhao Chuji suddenly recalled the day the two of them met…
In that dim stairwell, if Yu Yao had not appeared, she estimated that she would have already completely walked down a path of no return: utilizing her own abilities to become an executioner, strangling all the people who had harmed her…
Yu Yao was like a beam of light that suddenly flooded in.
She should not obstruct the emission of brightness just because she feared that the darkness would cover the light.
At worst, she would expend more mental effort to guard it in the future, guarding this beam of light so that it remained bright and never extinguished…
“Okay!”
She smiled, and using all of her sincerity, she gripped Yu Yao’s hand, declaring her determination as if reciting an oath…
“I will accompany Sister Yu Yao to help all the people who are worth helping…”