The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s-Chapter 826: Visiting the Xiu Family (5)

He nodded, and Hu Yun let out a sigh of relief.

But seeing how readily Jiang Bin agreed, she kind of wanted to go back on her word, feeling that perhaps she had asked for too little. Yet, afraid of any complications, she could only suppress the regret bubbling inside her.

"Fine. When will you bring the ten thousand yuan, and when will you take the child?" Hu Yun’s tone suggested Xiu Xun was no different than an unfeeling beast that could easily be sold.

Jiang Bin’s face had already turned sour; the money was right inside his briefcase, along with all the necessary documents and agreement.

He took out the agreement he had prepared in advance and handed it to Hu Yun to sign.

Witnessed by Wu Guoqun and the village secretary, Hu Yun didn’t say another word and signed. She then grabbed the money Jiang Bin had placed on the table and dashed inside to hide it.

Meanwhile, Xiu Xun stood in the courtyard, just watching with indifferent eyes.

Jiang Bin felt a great pain in his heart, and his throat turned sour. He walked up to Xiu Xun, extended his hand, and said softly, "Take a look if there’s anything else you want to take with you. If so, go get it. Uncle... will take you home." Jiang Bin’s voice softened on the last two words.

Xiu Xun lowered his eyes and shook his head.

When Jiang Bin took Xiu Xun to leave, Hu Yun did not come out from the house at all. Only Xiu Wanli followed, running a few steps and calling out "little slave, little slave," before being scolded by Wu Guoqun, then ran back home, crying.

And Xiu Jianhong was still doing work outside, completely unaware of what had happened.

Even if he had known, he probably wouldn’t have cared.

Jiang Bin did not stay in Xiahe Village for too long. He was afraid that Xiu Xun would be heartbroken over this place, so after bidding farewell to the Ruanlin Family, he took Xiu Xun away.

Before they left, a member of the Ruanlin Family held onto Xiu Xun’s hand and said a few words of comfort.

Xiu Xun was very silent today and barely spoke a word to anyone, but when the Ruanlin Family member comforted him, his expression showed a faint fluctuation. Before getting into Jiang Bin’s car, he gave the Ruanlin family a deep bow, then followed Jiang Bin to leave.

Jiang Bin had a train ticket for the next morning to leave.

Before departing, Jiang Bin asked Xiu Xun if he had any regrets, or if there were people he wanted to see; he would take him to do so.

Xiu Xun was at first silent, then a few minutes later, he asked to visit his junior high school.

When they arrived at the junior high school, it was just in time for the morning exercises. Xiu Xun sat in the back seat of the small car, watching the students doing their exercise, and fixated on a particular point with his gaze. Jiang Bin tried to follow his line of sight to fathom something, but he didn’t succeed.

"Xiaoxun, do you want to go in and see someone? We still have time; you can go in and take a look."

Xiu Xun didn’t move. When leaving the Xiu Family, he hadn’t taken anything except for an old backpack. Jiang Bin had said that once they were in Beidu, he would be arranged to go to school, so there was no need to bring books, and Xiu Xun did not. He only took one thing with him.

That was the first gift he had ever received in his life.

Gazing through the iron gate at the blurred point within, his hand inside the backpack touched the pen, but in the end, he still shook his head.

Once upon a time, that person had been the sole bright spot in his bleak life, and seeing her doing well and happy made him feel that the world wasn’t all that bitter.

Once, the pen given by that person was his sole motivation to try hard. But later... reality told him that some things were just his wishful thinking; no matter how much he tried, he could never become another Xiu Xi.

And now...

Xiu Xun looked at Jiang Bin and shook his head, saying, "There’s no need."