Fixed Quota
Chapter 537: Fixed Quota
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At that time, Lin Fengmian had been poisoned by gas and had been saved through Ning Li breaking the window.
After coming back from the hospital, Lin Fengmian had followed his mother to her house to thank her.
Her grandmother had asked her to play with the little boy for a while.
She did not say anything and went back to her room.
She had thought it was just a small matter. If it had been anyone else, she would have done the same.
At that time, she did not like to play with other children any longer.
Other than fighting, she spent most of her time reading in her room or at the bookstore.
This time was no exception. She did not say a word as she pulled out a stool and sat down, continuing to read her book.
Lin Fengmian timidly stood by the door. He felt her coldness and was somewhat at a loss.
There was not even a second chair in the room, so he just stood there.
He merely watched Ning Li as she read her book.
Outside the door, Lin Fengmian’s mother and Grandma Li’s voices could vaguely be heard, mixed with low sobs.
Ning Li focused intensely on the book and turned a page.
Lin Fengmian glanced at it and realized that he could not read the words in the book.
Students at Lincheng elementary school only started learning English in the third grade.
Lin Fengmian was only in the second grade.
He could not understand it, but he had seen a senior English teacher reading such a book, and it had not even been this thick.
He stood quietly, thinking that this big sister was really amazing.
It was not until Ning Li had finished flipping through the book and picked up the cup next to her to drink water that Lin Fengmian spoke in a low voice.
"Sister…"
Ning Li turned her head to look at him.
"My name is Ning Li."
She did not have an older brother or sister, nor did she have a younger brother or sister.
Of course, she would not accept Lin Fengmian calling her sister.
Actually, Lin Fengmian already knew her name.
After all, they lived in the same area, and there were always rumors among the children.
However, he did not know how to write her name.
"Which… How do you write it?"Lin Fengmian was nervous and awkward.
Ning Li took out a blank homework book, wrote her name on it, and handed it over.
–Ning Li.
"From now on, don’t call me sister," she said.
Lin Fengmian took small steps forward and wiped his hands on his body. Then, he carefully took the exercise book and nodded obediently.
"Okay, Sister."
Ning Li looked at him with a frown.
Lin Fengmian did not realize that he was staring at her name bewilderedly.
That word ‘Li’, he still did not know it.
Seeing that he was at a loss, Ning Li took the exercise book back.
She wrote down a line of words.
‘Most good things are not firm and colored clouds are easily dispersed, like fragile glass.’
"Once you learn this poem by heart, you’ll be able to write it."
Of course, Lin Fengmian had never learned this poem before. He looked at her with his eyes wide open, his expression blank and innocent.
After a moment of confrontation, Ning Li explained impatiently: "It means that most things in the world are not firm. The clouds will scatter, and the colored glass will shatter."