"Don’t get mad, is your hand okay?"

Little Taotie waved her small hand: "It’s fine!"

Chen Zi looked at the table, then looked at Bai Bai’s unharmed little hand, and wiped off a cold sweat.

"And then? Did this matter just end like it never happened?" Little Taotie asked angrily.

Chen Zi nodded with a bitter smile: "She wouldn’t let it go. Even after her phone was snatched, she still wanted to go out and report it to the police. Later, her dad locked the door, and her mom begged her to let it go. Seeing her mom cry, she couldn’t bear it, and finally agreed. But she demanded the stolen money be returned by her parents, otherwise she wouldn’t let it rest. Her dad, afraid she’d make a fuss, eventually agreed, saying they’d sell the family’s gold and silver jewelry to gather money for her. He said her brother had already taken all the family’s money to study abroad, and they didn’t even have a single large bill left at home."

"Lying!" snorted Little Taotie.

Chen Zi shook his head: "This time her parents weren’t lying. She didn’t believe it at the time either, just like you. She ransacked the house, but only found a 20 yuan note. There were only a few cents left in her parents’ bank accounts."

"What about her brother? Wasn’t he there?"

"When she was about to call the police, her brother ran off."

"The money must be on him!"

"That we don’t know. She’s a kind person. Seeing her parents with only 20 yuan, she didn’t ask for more. Instead, she left half of the only 500 yuan she had on her. As the new school term was approaching, she didn’t plan to stay at home any longer. So she promised her parents she wouldn’t air family grievances and wouldn’t report it to the police. Only then did her parents allow her to leave. She went back to school and told her teacher about it. Fortunately, her teacher was a good person and lent her money to pay the tuition."

"Luckily, she met a good teacher; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to continue her studies."

"Later, her teacher introduced her to several novel translation jobs, and then she had the idea of writing novels herself. In her third year of college, she published her first novel and earned quite a bit in manuscript fees."

"She’s amazing!" Little Taotie loved these big sisters who could bloom the most beautiful flowers in adversity. Although her original family was not good, she herself was very outstanding and never gave up.

If it were someone else, they might have given up on studying after the money was stolen, but this big sister never gave up on her education.

"What happened next?" Little Taotie pressed eagerly.

"Later, she became famous, and the news reached her hometown. Her parents came to find her, not to visit their daughter, but to ask for money. They said her brother was struggling abroad and couldn’t even afford to eat, resorting to scavenge food from trash bins. They even released a video of her brother scavenging through trash."

"She... won’t give them money, right?"

Chen Zi smiled bitterly: "I already said she’s very kind. Although her brother wronged her, they were still siblings who grew up together. She couldn’t stand it and ended up giving them money. Her parents transferred the money over that very night."

Little Taotie clenched her small fist: "So bad! So biased!"

Chen Zi patted her on the head: "Don’t get angry."

"How can I not be angry? I’m so mad I could explode!" She reached out to hit the table but was stopped by Chen Zi: "Don’t hit it anymore, it’ll break!"

"Lying!" snorted Little Taotie.

Chen Zi shook his head: "This time her parents weren’t lying. She didn’t believe it at the time either, just like you. She ransacked the house, but only found a 20 yuan note. There were only a few cents left in her parents’ bank accounts."

"What about her brother? Wasn’t he there?"