Just when Yan Jin and Yu Shu thought they had coaxed the person well and could breathe a sigh of relief, the little girl started wailing and crying. “I don’t want to see the doctor, I don’t want to drink medicine!”

Yan Jin: “…Then don’t cry.”

Little girl: “I won’t drink medicine!”

Yu Shu wanted to lure the little girl. “If you don’t cry, big brother will buy you candy to eat.”

The little girl continued crying loudly.

[Even through the screen, I feel the terror of being controlled by a child’s crying before.] [Hahaha, two big kids coaxing a little kid, and both failed to coax.]

Suddenly, a male voice came from far away. “Guoguo, have you finished reciting your book?”

The total word count of this book is: 1,155,280

The crying of the little girl in Yu Shu’s arms immediately stopped, but her eyebrows were twisted like two caterpillars.

Yan Jin glanced at the little girl without any expression and perked up her ears to listen to the movement outside the door.

The footsteps outside the door got closer and closer, and that male voice also got nearer and nearer. “Huh? How come the door is open?”

The two stiffened, knowing that the neighbor had returned.

Although there was a reason, it was ultimately inexcusable to trespass on private property.

Yan Jin stepped forward to block Yu Shu’s face and sincerely bowed to the man in green robes carrying a basket. “Sorry, we siblings are new tenants who just moved to Anping Lane. We just brought some small gifts to visit, but who knew we happened to hear a child crying. Afraid that something happened to the child, we took the liberty of climbing over the wall to come in.”

After hearing the reason, the man in green robes stepped aside to avoid Yan Jin’s bow. “Miss is too polite. You siblings were also worried about the child’s safety and had no choice but to climb the wall.”

After saying that, the man in green robes glanced at Yu Shu. “Eh? Isn’t this Ah Yu from the family next door to Ah De?”

“That’s me!” Yu Shu poked his head out from behind Yan Jin, raising a big smile. “I originally wanted to come to your house to have tea, but when I walked to the door, I heard a child crying from your house. I couldn’t set my mind at ease, so I came in to take a look.”

Yan Jin was already in awe of Yu Shu’s social ability, so she wasn’t surprised that he knew the male owner. She silently stepped aside to reveal Yu Shu behind her.

This was Yu Shu’s main stage now. Letting him take over, Yan Jin happened to be spared the polite greetings.

Before Yan Jin could relax, the female owner of the household also returned.

“Why is everyone standing at the door one after another? Come in and sit.” The round-faced young woman in reddish-brown clothes said in a straightforward manner, “Aren’t you afraid that later when it’s midday, the sun will melt you?”

[This woman’s speaking style, I always feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before.] [She and Yan Jin’s speaking styles are still different. Yan Jin is a bit gentler.] [You’re all concerned about whether their speaking is similar or not. Am I the only one concerned that Yan Jin has to grit her teeth and “pretend” not to have social anxiety again?]

Seeing that it was the female owner who came, Yan Jin’s heart sank. She subconsciously wanted to have Yu Shu handle the socializing.

But Yan Jin’s eyes turned and she glanced at Yu Shu who was chatting happily with the male owner. She sighed inwardly.

Considering Anguo’s social background, Yan Jin felt that having Yu Shu, an unmarried man, socialize with a married woman would be detrimental to Yu Shu’s reputation, so she pinched her nose and spoke to Li Min.

Although the fingertips hidden by the sleeves had poked the thorns of the cactus countless times, Yan Jin still showed no trace of abnormality on the surface, talking and laughing with the female owner Li Min without changing color.

But Yan Jin wouldn’t “sacrifice” for nothing. She was going to tell Yu Shu everything in detail later.

After exchanging names, Li Min learned that the two of them climbed over the wall after hearing the commotion. She couldn’t help laughing out loud. “I deliberately put her in the basket.”

Li Min’s husband was a bit embarrassed. “Our Guoguo doesn’t read seriously and can’t sit still to read. So we put her in a basket and hang it on a tree branch to make her settle down and read.”

[I’m grateful that when my parents saw me not reading, they only hit me with a rattan stick and didn’t hang me in a tree.] [The hearts of these parents are so bold. Aren’t they afraid of scaring the child into something bad?]

“Ah Jin, you’re outsiders and don’t understand the customs of Yongning County.” Li Min also explained, “When young children in Yongning County first start learning and are unwilling to read, the parents will put them in a basket and place it in a tree. Over time, the children will automatically and consciously go recite books without the parents’ persuasion.”

Yan Jin: “Aren’t you afraid of scaring the child?”

“It’s fine!” Li Min laughed loudly. “Girls are very sturdy, they won’t be scared.”