My Princess Holds Superpowers

Chapter 77: Some people have plenty to eat but still don’t stop talking.

Ye Jiu’s heart softened for a moment, and he asked sweetly, “Qingzhi hasn’t gone to bed yet?”

“Got up to go to the privy,” Ye Qingzhi responded dully, and then licked her lips, adding, “It smells good.”

Ye Jiu smiled, reached into the basin and took a piece of fried meat dregs and stuffed it directly into Ye Qingzhi’s mouth, “Does it smell even better now?”

“Mmm…” Ye Qingzhi nodded as she chewed on the meat dregs, her eyes glimmering.

Zhao’s family favored boys over girls, so Ye Qingzhi was thoroughly neglected in the second house. A child of only six, she was occasionally subjected to a barrage of scolding, a truly pitiable little girl.

Ye Jiu thought to himself and took out three bowls, then filled each bowl with half a bowl of meat dregs. He brought a bowl to Ye Qingzhi and said, “Qingzhi, take this back to your mother and your little brother to eat, then come back here. Your auntie will leave some for you in the kitchen, so you can sit there and eat.”

Ye Qingzhi nodded busily and carefully carried the bowl outside.

Ye Jiu handed another bowl to Mrs. Zhang, “Thank you for your trouble earlier, big sister-in-law. You take this back for Qinghua and Wenhao to eat.”

“This… What about mother…” Mrs. Zhang hesitated to accept.

“Don’t worry, big sister-in-law. I’ll speak to mother; nothing will happen,” Ye Jiu said as he placed the bowl directly into Mrs. Zhang’s hands.

Then, Ye Jiu carried the other half bowl of meat dregs and went outside. Near the doorway, he heard Mrs. Zhang say, “Little sister, you should rest soon, too. I can clean up the kitchen later.”

“No need, big sister-in-law. I’ll need the kitchen later, so don’t bother with it now,” Ye Jiu said, pausing his departure.

“What else do you have to do, little sister? Just tell me, and I’ll do it,” Mrs. Zhang said.

“It’s just a small thing, no need for big sister-in-law. You’d better go back now,” Ye Jiu replied.

What he planned to do later might seem excessive to others. If Mrs. Zhang stayed, even if Ye Jiu could explain, Mrs. Zhang would certainly not accept his wasteful experiments; that’s why Ye Jiu couldn’t let her stay.

Old Man Ye and his wife went to bed early and were already deep in their dreams by this time.

Ye Jiu brought the meat dregs to Ye Gaosheng, handing them to him and to Ye Wenqing and Ye Wenyu, who lived with him, “These are the meat dregs big sister-in-law helped to fry just now. Eat them quickly.”

“Thank you, Auntie,” Ye Wenqing and Ye Wenyu said in unison.

Ye Gaosheng had just pinched a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing with enjoyment, when he heard Ye Jiu say, “Fourth brother, can you come out for a moment? I need your help with something.”

“Wait a bit, let me eat a few bites first,” Ye Gaosheng replied reluctantly.

Ye Jiu pulled him along, “There’s more in the kitchen, so don’t fight over it with them.”

Ye Gaosheng then followed Ye Jiu out.

Inside, Ye Wenyu ate while wondering, “What’s going on in the middle of the night? Auntie just had Big Aunt help fry meat dregs, and now she’s pulling Uncle out again. What is she doing?”

Ye Wenqing’s eyes flickered for a moment, “Even with something to eat, you can’t keep your mouth shut. Auntie is more capable than us; she must have her own reasons.”

Although the incident with selling medicine had been explained by Ye Jiu, Ye Wenqing still felt something was amiss but couldn’t articulate what was wrong.

But he had an intuition that his little aunt was not an average, simple little girl. Though only ten years old, in speech and action, she was more mature than him, even though he was thirteen.

Perhaps heaven is fair after all. Having been foolish for so many years, heaven must have wanted to compensate her, making her extraordinary.