“The boy next to Beidou, very shy, looked at Beidou for a moment, then nodded, ‘Thank you…’
“Pah, you’re insulting me. There’s nothing to thank for. We’re brothers, good brothers, loyal to each other, hahaha!”
Beidou burst into laughter.
“Beidou, where’s your dad?”
The shy boy remained silent for a long time before suddenly asking.
As the words fell, a dirty-looking Beidou fell into silence.
After a while, Beidou finally spoke, “My mom said my dad went very far away, and it’ll be a long time before he comes back.”
“Then… roughly when?” the shy boy asked.
“Probably in winter,” Beidou replied with a smile.
Shy boy: “…”
“Haha, you’re naive. Those are all tricks. Either my dad ran away with someone else, or he’s dead. My mom must have said that to avoid making me sad,” Beidou’s voice carried a hint of loneliness.
“Don’t give me that look. You have it worse than me. At least I still have a mom. Your parents are both dead, sigh,” Beidou stared at the shy boy.
“Yeah…” the shy boy muttered softly.
“Enough of these boring topics. Let me see how much money that silly woman has!”
Beidou’s face lit up, as he reached into his dirty hand to take out a wallet.
“Wow!”
Both of them stared at the wallet full of bills, their eyes shining.
“Here you go!”
Beidou took out more than half and handed it to the shy boy.
“I can’t… this is yours, I can’t take it,” the shy boy shook his head.
“Why are you acting like a girl? Just take it. I need to buy some medicine for my mom. She’s been coughing a lot lately, and all the cold medicine I’ve bought hasn’t helped,” Beidou said.
“Better use it to help your aunt get better,” the shy boy suggested.
“It’s fine, I’ll just go steal some more. I have that skill. You don’t, so take a bit more,” Beidou grinned.
After hesitating for a while, the shy boy finally thanked Beidou and took a few bills, but he refused to take any more.
“Thanks…” the shy boy stared at Beidou.
“What’s the thanks for? When you’re rich in the future, if I’m broke, you better lend me some money, though I can’t promise I’ll pay you back,” Beidou thought for a moment and said.
“Beidou, what’s your dad’s last name…” Suddenly, the shy boy asked.
Upon hearing this, Beidou was slightly stunned, “My last name is Bei, is my dad’s last name Dong? Obviously, my dad’s last name is also Bei!”
“As you say… I think your dad probably didn’t run away with someone else. Otherwise, you would have your mom’s last name,” the shy boy analyzed.
“Yeah, that makes sense!” Beidou nodded repeatedly, “Then my dad…”
“He’s probably dead,” the shy boy said with an almost certain tone.
At this moment, Beidou looked at the shy boy with a bewildered expression, “I think you should probably give the money back to me.”
“Once something is given away, why would you want it back?”
Before the shy boy could speak, a pleasant voice sounded from behind the two of them.
Almost instinctively, both Beidou and the shy boy turned around.
A graceful and indifferent girl had appeared behind them at some point.
“Ah, the foolish girl!”
Seeing the girl, Beidou was startled and immediately stepped back.”