Chapter 91. Little Miss Zhang
Arc 4 : Realistc World Movie Nightmare.
T/N:- I’m taking the liberty to give tiltles to chapters from this chapter onwards. I will use Grandpa and Yeye, Grandma, and Nainai interchangeably.
The weather in May is just right, sunny, clear, and clean, and it feels warm when it shines on the body. At this time, Zhang Jing’s favorite thing to do was to stay in the yard and read picture books.
Zhang Jing would be in a particularly good mood at this time. Even though he was only five years old, he enjoyed the feeling of having the whole yard to himself.
However, Zhang Jing was not in a good mood today. Recently, his little head was filled with depression.
The cause of the incident was that some time ago, his grandma said that she wanted to rent out the western wing in the yard, and he was a little unhappy.
Because Zhang Jing is a very organized person, he doesn’t like sudden events or people to disrupt his peaceful life.
But he was a somewhat precocious child, after all. He knew that his grandma wanted to rent out the house for his own good. In order not to hurt the old lady’s feelings, Zhang Jing did not protest against his grandma’s proposal but agreed obediently.
At the time, he thought that at worst, he could just ignore the kid who moved in. He only needed to play with the kid on the surface, and once he left the house, his grandma wouldn’t know what he was like outside anyway.
However, more than a month had passed, and perhaps grandma had not found a suitable tenant yet, so the western wing in the yard had remained empty.
Just when Zhang Jing felt somewhat relieved, an uninvited guest came to the courtyard next door and broke his peace.
Grandpa Du and Grandma Zhou from next door both teach art at the university. Zhang Jing likes them very much and often visits them next door.
Grandpa Du has many interesting gadgets at home. He said they were prepared for his grandson, but his grandson’s family lives abroad, and he rarely comes back, so it would be a pity to leave them there. So he often invites Zhang Jing to come over to play.
Grandpa Du and Grandma Zhou both had good tempers and spoke unhurriedly. They also had a lot of picture books at home. Zhang Jing would visit them whenever he had time, under their kind invitation.
But ever since Grandpa Du’s grandson came back from abroad and was said to be staying here for a long time, Zhang Jing tried to reduce his visits. But not because Zhang Jing was petty and thought that the other party would snatch the right to use those picture books and toys after returning.
Zhang Jing sighed, thinking to himself, that brat is really too noisy.
As he was thinking this, he suddenly felt something hit his head lightly. Zhang Jing looked down and saw a peanut shell falling to the ground.
Zhang Jing really didn’t want to look up, but he knew that if he didn’t look up, the peanut shells wouldn’t stop. He had no choice but to tighten his face to show that he was very unhappy.
After getting ready, Zhang Jing looked up and saw the kid next door named Du Yan leaning on the wall and looking at him.
Du Yan had a mischievous smile on his face and said: “Hey, little old man, what are you doing?”
Zhang Jing did not respond. He lowered his head and turned a page in the picture book in his hand, pretending that he heard nothing.
Du Yan was still persistent and continued to hit Zhang Jing with peanut shells: “Ai, little old man, the big locust tree at the entrance of the alley is blooming. How about we go pick some locust flowers and steam them? I heard from my Nainai that steamed locust flowers are delicious.”
Zhang Jing still ignored him, but he despised him in his heart. He had never even eaten steamed locust flowers. What an ignorant kid.
“Boring. Holding this crappy book all day long. What’s so interesting about it?”
Perhaps Zhang Jing’s indifference finally made the other party give up. After a few minutes, Zhang Jing didn’t hear any sound. He carefully moved his eyes away from the book and secretly glanced at the wall.
Sure enough, the wall was empty, and Du Yan, who was clinging on it, was gone.
Gave up so quickly this time? Zhang Jing felt relieved, thinking that Du Yan must have gone to pick the locust flowers by himself.
He was about to continue reading the picture book when he remembered the tall locust tree at the entrance of the alley. Some time ago, Lin Hu, who lived at the entrance of the alley, fell down while picking locust flowers and almost broke his leg.
Zhang Jing thought about it and still felt uneasy. Du Yan had only moved in a few days ago. Although he didn’t like the noisy kid, Grandpa Du and Grandma Zhou next door had always taken good care of him…
Thinking of this, Zhang Jing closed the book and decided to go out to take a look. However, as soon as he stood up, he heard a deafening noise coming from next door. If someone didn’t know, they would think someone was demolishing the house.
Zhang Jing finally couldn’t stand it anymore, he ran to the side and dragged out the ladder used for the grape trellis and put it on the wall.
This was Zhang Jing’s first time climbing a wall, and also his first time looking over the wall at the yard next door. He looked down and saw Du Yan playing the drums in the yard.
Zhang Jing took out the peanut shell that Du Yan had used to hit him from his pocket and threw it back at Du Yan’s head without hesitation.
Du Yan was playing the drums happily when suddenly a lot of things fell on his head. He looked up and saw Zhang Jing clinging to the wall.
He was not angry but smiled mischievously: “I didn’t expect that a little old man like you could climb walls. Grandma Li said that her grandson was good in every way, but too quiet, like a little girl.”
Du Yan grinned at Zhang Jing and said: “We should really let Grandma Li see that her family’s Little Miss can also climb walls.”
It was the first time that Zhang Jing met such a noisy and rude kid. He simply ignored Du Yan’s words and said: “Can you be quiet for a while? You are so noisy. Do you have any sense of public morality?”
Du Yan looked at Zhang Jing and said: “It’s broad daylight now, not at night, it’s not like I’m disturbing your sleep. How could I lack public morality? Besides, I call it art, what do you know?”
The two of them argued back and forth for a while, and in the end, Zhang Jing went back to his house angrily.
Seeing this, Du Yan secretly climbed up the wall to look into the next yard and found that Zhang Jing was no longer in the yard. He probably went back to the house because he was angry with him.
“This kid has a bad temper.” Du Yan shook his head.
Xiao Ba couldn’t help asking him: “Shi An will come to Pingcheng in a year, why did you show up so early just to go against Zhang Jing?”
Du Yan replied as a matter of course: “Of course, it is to confirm my status as the little bully of the alley. After all, it takes some time to conquer the world.”
“……”
Seeing that Xiao Ba didn’t reply, Du Yan shouted: “Hey, are you really not going to pick the locust flowers? If not, I will go by myself!”
As soon as Du Yan finished speaking, the door suddenly opened.
Zhang Jing rushed out angrily, his face tense: “You, you are not allowed to go!”
Du Yan made a face at him: “Little Miss Zhang, you don’t dare to climb the tree, but I’m not afraid, nenenene.”
Xiao Ba finally couldn’t stand Du Yan in this state and complained: “Du Yan, you are like a naughty kid now, do you know that?”
While Du Yan was provoking Zhang Jing, he was responding to Xiao Ba in his mind: “I know, isn’t this my character setting?”
“……”
“Only a shameless kid like this can shamelessly intrude into Zhang Jing and Shi An’s world of two, and still not be liked by Shi An.” Du Yan said.
Xiao Ba still didn’t understand and asked: “Why?”
“Shi An is a very insecure person, and because of having a single parent, he was often bullied in his hometown, so he will never fall in love with a naughty kid like me.”
“Then aren’t you in Zhang Jing’s rival team?”
Du Yan said: “My goal is to prevent Shi An from being bullied by other kids in the alley, so as to take away Zhang Jing’s role as a hero who saves the beauty and provides protection. This way, Shi An can grow up peacefully. Even if the target of his affection in his teenage years is Zhang Jing, he will not be so devoted to him. He will probably give up after being rejected once or twice.”
Du Yan was talking to Xiao Ba in his mind, while Zhang Jing was trying to organize his words to convince Du Yan.
“Some time ago, Lin Hu from the house at the end of the alley went to pick locust flowers and nearly broke his leg. Grandpa Du, they are usually busy with their work, can’t you just be more content…”
As Zhang Jing was talking, he saw the kid clinging to the wall suddenly quiet down and didn’t say anything for a long time.
Perhaps he was convinced by my reasoning, Zhang Jing couldn’t help but feel a little proud. I am indeed very good, and could handle such a difficult kid.
Just when Zhang Jing felt relieved and thought that he could finally finish reading the picture book, he heard Du Yan speak.
“But I still want to eat steamed Locust flowers. The reason for falling is that the child is too weak.”
Zhang Jing was so angry that he couldn’t say anything for a long time. Du Yan ignored him and wanted to climb off the wall.
Zhang Jing finally managed to utter: “You wait, I’ll go with you.”
Du Yan looked at Zhang Jing with some surprise. He insisted on picking locust flowers purely to establish his image as the little bully of the alley. He never thought that Zhang Jing would agree to the invitation and go with him.
Because climbing trees was not really in line with Zhang Jing’s personality.
Although Zhang Jing is only five years old, he is a little too precocious.
When Du Yan moved in, the two families had dinner together, and the elders of both families expressed great envy for each other’s grandson.
Du Yan’s grandparents looked at the quiet Zhang Jing and their mischievous grandson and felt extremely envious. They thought that if their grandson was as obedient as Zhang Jing, they wouldn’t have to worry about whether Du Yan would make trouble when they went out.
Zhang Jing’s grandma felt that Du Yan was the kind of kid his age should be. Although her grandson was well-behaved and obedient, he was a little lonely and didn’t like playing with other kids.
Children of this age who don’t have a familiar friend always make adults worried. Now that the two children have personalities that complement each other, the elders of the two families hope that they can become good friends.
Anyway, Grandma Li would remind Zhang Jing from time to time: “Xiao Yan from next door has just returned from abroad, please take good care of him.”
Zhang Jing didn’t want to bother with Du Yan, but due to his personality, he couldn’t turn a blind eye when Du Yan did something dangerous out of a sense of responsibility.
That’s why he agreed to go pick locust flowers with Du Yan after his persuasion failed.
As soon as Zhang Jing walked out of the door, he saw Du Yan standing at the door with a cloth bag in his hand. He waved at him with a smile and said: “Little old man, to be honest, you also want to eat steamed Locust flowers, right?”
Zhang Jing glared at him and said: “If I wasn’t afraid that you would fall from the tree and make Grandpa Du and Grandma Zhou worried, I wouldn’t bother to care about you.”
Du Yan smiled and was not angry. He turned around and ran towards the entrance of the alley.
“Wait for me.” Zhang Jing shouted and chased after him.
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