Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 607 Dawn (13)

The residents of the building are all longtime neighbors who know each other well. Upon hearing the shout, several families opened their doors at the same time, with the Wang family next door being the fastest to do so.

Uncle Wang strode out and pulled Jing Chen to his side, protecting him: "What happened?"

Jing Chen held Yan Zhen in his arms and said with a look of fear, "They want to break into my house."

Neighbors from the same floor and several upstairs rushed over, some holding sticks, some holding rolling pins, and an elderly woman carrying a kitchen knife.

"Xiao Chen, who bullied you?"

Who are these two?

Uncle Jing and his wife were taken aback by their aggressive demeanor and instinctively took two steps back.

Aunt Jing quickly explained, "It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! We are this child's second uncle and aunt, we've been here before... Brother Wang, we've met before, haven't you forgotten?"

Uncle Wang looked them up and down a few times and remembered that the couple were indeed relatives of the Jing family.

But when Jingming and his wife first had their accident last year, the Jing family was in chaos. Jingchen had a high fever that wouldn't go down, and he was so sick that he couldn't even get out of bed. It was only thanks to the local police, the neighborhood committee, and the neighbors taking turns to help take care of him that he managed to get through that period.

Back then, Jing's relatives were nowhere to be found. Now, time has passed and they've come back to claim kinship, even forcing Jing Chen to shout "robbery." It's obvious what they're here for.

"I don't know you," Uncle Wang said sternly, pointing at Uncle Jing and his wife. "I bet you found out the Jing family only has two children and are maliciously pretending to be relatives to come here! You'd better leave now, or we'll call the police and you'll be in jail!"

The neighbors behind them chimed in, "Yes! Get out of here!"

"Are you leaving or not? If not, don't blame us for taking action!"

Uncle Jing and his wife exchanged a glance, and not daring to provoke them any further, they quickly turned around and slunk away.

Only after he was sure they had left did Uncle Wang turn to Jing Chen and ask gently, "Are you alright?"

Jing Chen shook his head, put Yan Zhen down from his arms, and showed a relieved expression: "Thanks to everyone, thank you!"

"We're all neighbors, don't be so formal."

"That's right. If they dare to come again, just call out. Your parents helped us a lot when they were alive, and now that you need help, we won't stand idly by."

"That's right, that's right. Don't be afraid. With us old neighbors here, we won't let those heartless people bully you and your sister."

Hearing everyone's heartwarming words of comfort, Jing Chen was deeply moved: "Thank you! Thank you!"

Uncle Wang waved his hand: "It's alright, everyone go back now."

The neighbors went home, and Uncle Wang escorted Jing Chen and Yan Zhen into the house. He checked the sturdiness of the doors and windows to make sure that no one with ill intentions could break in before leaving.

This little incident didn't affect Jing Chen's mood at all. As soon as Uncle Wang left, he immediately dropped his pitiful and innocent expression, closed the door, happily took out the strawberry cake, and ate it with Yan Zhen, taking turns spooning it out.

After finishing the cake, the two started counting the money.

"2093 yuan." Jing Chen finished counting the thick wad of loose change. "After deducting the cost of goods, we made a net profit of 1377 yuan from this stall!"

Yan Zhen's eyes lit up slightly upon hearing this.

Jingchen divided the money into several stacks: "These are for you to buy two new outfits for the New Year, these are for toys and snacks, these... these are for you as pocket money. You'll need to carry some money with you when you go to school next year."

Yan Zhen watched as he finished assigning tasks, but didn't mention himself at all, so she asked, "What about you?"

Jingchen patted his wallet: "Mine is here. Don't worry, your brother won't mistreat himself. After all, I also need to grow up healthy and safe so that I can raise you to be chubby and strong."

Yan Zhen: "..."

Does he have some obsession with being "fair-skinned and chubby" or "plump and strong"?

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In the following ten days or so, the two of them set up stalls twice more during the pre-New Year's activities.

Selling assorted candied hawthorn skewers made of various fruits, and children's balloons adorned with colorful lights, are both low-cost and easy-to-operate small businesses.

After several small business ventures, the two earned 3,500 yuan before the Lunar New Year.

On New Year's Eve, Jingchen prepared a delicious five-dish meal with soup, and the two of them enjoyed a reunion dinner while watching the lively Spring Festival Gala.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jingchen dressed Yanzhen in new clothes and shoes, tied her slightly longer hair into two small buns, and attached two festive red hair clips to the buns, making her look brand new from head to toe.

"Come on, repeat what your brother just taught you," Jing Chen said as he tied Yan Zhen's shoelaces.

Yan Zhen cleared his throat and said in a serious tone, "Happy New Year, Teacher Chen."

"Yes, anything else?"

Wishing you a Happy New Year and good health.

“That’s right, exactly.” Jing Chen finished tying his shoelaces and flicked Yan Zhen’s little tuft of hair. “Whether he can go to school next year depends on this… Let’s go!”

Before leaving, Jingchen put two bottles of wine, two packs of cigarettes, and a thick red envelope into his backpack.

Today we are going to visit Teacher Chen, who is the head of the primary school affiliated with Houde Middle School. Jing Chen met him a few months ago, also about Yan Zhen's schooling, but was rejected because Yan Zhen couldn't speak.

The visit to Teacher Chen went smoothly. Yan Zhen was able to speak, although he stuttered a bit, but he already met the requirements for primary school enrollment.

Teacher Chen relented and allowed Jingchen to take Yanzhen to register for the college entrance exam in the second half of the year.

Jing Chen was troubled upon hearing this: "Teacher Chen, could my younger sister enroll in first grade this spring? She is old enough."

"It's not enough to just be old enough; there are conditions for starting primary school. Has she attended kindergarten?"

Jing Chen shook his head.

"Send her to kindergarten for the first half of the year in the spring," Teacher Chen said. "It's good to lay a foundation so she won't fall behind when she goes to first grade."

Jing Chen: "..."

His eagerness to get Yan Zhen into first grade stemmed not only from his concern for her being alone at home, but also from a selfish motive.

Yan Zhen is five years younger than him. He is currently in the first year of junior high school, but Yan Zhen has not even finished the first grade. There is a gap of six grades between them.

He can continue his high school studies at Houde High School, but once he goes to university, he will have to leave Houde and won't be able to take care of Yan Zhen closely.

Therefore, he wanted Yan Zhen to start school as soon as possible so that he could help her catch up on her missed lessons.

Jing Chen was drafting his plan, trying to figure out how to persuade Teacher Chen to let Yan Zhen go straight to the first grade in the spring, when Yan Zhen spoke up: "Teacher Chen, I can."

Teacher Chen's gaze fell on her, and she asked with a smile, "What can you do?"

"I can do my homework," Yan Zhen said. "At home, my brother teaches me. I can do first grade."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Chen looked at Jing Chen and asked, "Do you usually teach her at home?"

Actually, no. Apart from casually teaching her a few math phrases while I was setting up my stall, I never taught her Chinese or the alphabet.

But Yan Zhen had already spoken, so Jing Chen could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes."