Chapter 138 Sweet Dreams

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　　Hearing the promise from Shen Ye and Aerith, little Marlene stopped pretending to be angry and laughed happily, then jumped back and forth between Shen Ye and Aerith.

　　While the three of them were playing and making noises, Elmyra had already prepared the food, but she did not disturb them. Instead, she folded her arms and stood aside, watching quietly.

　　It was Aerith who noticed her, and she quickly stuffed little Marlene into Shen Ye's arms, then tidied her hair, stood up and said, "Mom."

　　Seeing Aerith suddenly stand up and call for her mother, Shen Ye forced the still excited Marlene to stay down, but the little girl still mischievously stretched her neck and shouted to Elmyra over Shen Ye's shoulder: "Aunt Elmyra, is the delicious food ready?"

　　"Of course, we're just waiting for you to come and taste it." Elmyra said and winked at her.

　　Although Aerith's house is not big, it has everything it needs. Even though the dining table looks small, it can just seat four people.

　　When Shen Ye and Marlene sat down, Elmyra and Aerith brought the food to them.

　　The food was very rich. It was not just the hot soup, bread and fried eggs that Marlene had mentioned, but also salad, fried steak and of course sweet sauce for spreading on the bread.

　　Shen Ye knew that Aerith's family was not well off, otherwise she wouldn't have worked so hard to sell flowers, so Elmyra had done her best for this meal.

　　"Eat quickly." Seeing that Shen Ye hadn't started yet, Elmyra thought that Shen Ye was not used to the food and asked, "Are you not used to it?"

　　"No." Shen Ye shook his head, picked up a piece of bread and stuffed it into his mouth, then picked up the bowl and took a big sip of soup, and then he was amazed by the delicious taste of the soup.

　　After quickly finishing the bowl of soup, Shen Ye raised the bowl and shouted, "Can I have another bowl?"

　　"Of course." Elmyra nodded with a smile, took the bowl and handed it to Aerith.

　　"Go ahead, give him another bowl."

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　　After dinner, Shen Ye held Marlene, who was already drowsy from eating too much, and sat on the sofa, watching the program on the obviously old TV.

　　To be honest, the quality of life of civilians in Midgar is really poor, and the few TV programs that can be received in the slums seem unattractive.

　　Of course, it could also be because of this TV. After Shen Ye changed several channels, he could no longer find any new channels.

　　Shen Ye watched TV for a while out of boredom. Little Marlene in his arms had already fallen asleep. At this time, Elmyra came over, glanced at Marlene, and asked in a low voice: "Is she asleep?"

　　"Yeah, she slept very deeply this time." Shen Ye remembered that when he first met Marlene, she woke up when he moved a little.

　　Elmyra nodded and picked up little Marlene, "I'll take her to sleep in my room. When Aerith is done, she'll take you to bed."

　　"Thank you." Shen Ye nodded to Elmyra.

　　After sitting and watching TV for a while, Aerith finally came back after finishing her work.

　　"Did Mom take Marlene to bed?" She asked casually when she didn't see Marlene.

　　Shen Ye nodded and said, "She asked you to take me to where I sleep."

　　"Come with me, up there." Aerith pointed upwards.

　　After saying that, she took Shen Ye up the wooden stairs and came to the mezzanine above the house.

　　The space in the mezzanine is not as big as the space below and is also relatively low, but at least it allows Shen Ye to stand up straight, which is good news.

　　"Here, you can live in this room." Aerith opened a small room and said to Shen Ye.

　　Shen Ye went in and took a look. It was very simple, with basically no decoration, but it was very clean and must have been cleaned regularly.

　　"Not bad, I like smaller spaces and this place suits me very well." Shen Ye said.

　　"That's good. I knew you weren't a picky person." Aerith smiled, then took out a quilt from the largest of the few cabinets in the room and skillfully spread it on the wooden bed.

　　"Okay, done."

　　After making the bed, Aerith tried sitting on it to feel its comfort. Then she wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead and nodded with satisfaction.

　　"Thank you for your hard work, Aerith." Shen Ye did not hesitate to give his praise.

　　"You're welcome, Shen. After all, you brought my mother back. This is what I should do." Aerith supported herself on the bed with her hands, looked at Shen Ye, and said while shaking her legs.

　　Then she stood up and said to Shen Ye, "It's late. I'm leaving first. See you tomorrow."

　　"See you tomorrow." Shen Ye waved at her.

　　Aerith also waved and walked towards the door. Halfway through, she turned back and blinked at Shen Ye.

　　"Good night, Shen. Have a good dream."

　　"Good night, Aerith, and sweet dreams to you too."

　　Then Aerith closed the door.

　　"Why!"

　　Looking at the room where he was the only one left, Shen Ye sighed slightly, then laughed.

　　Although I've only been here for less than half a night, it feels pretty good. I've met Barret's daughter Marlene, as well as Elmyra and Aerith. This is a great start.

　　"Well, go to sleep. I hope tomorrow's story will be more exciting."

　　Shen Ye took off his coat, lay on the bed, and slowly closed his eyes.

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　　The night passed quickly.

　　The next morning, Shen Ye did not wake up naturally. Instead, Malin's knocking on the door made him grouchy for once.

　　"Uncle…"

　　After opening the door, Marlene called him in a long voice, then jumped onto his bed and jumped up and down on it.

　　"Marin, come down, let me lie down for a while." Shen Ye pinched his brows and said, sighing that the child was still in such good spirits.

　　"You can't sleep any longer. Sister Alice and Aunt Amina have already gotten up to prepare breakfast." Marlene stopped and looked at Shen Ye with her hands on her hips: "Besides, Sister Alice said that you will have to accompany her to take me back to the seventh block later!"

　　"Okay, okay, I won't sleep." Shen Ye scratched the back of his neck, started to put on his clothes, and then went downstairs with little Malin.

　　"Good morning, Shen."

　　As soon as Shen Ye went downstairs, he met Alice who was serving breakfast to the dining table. She immediately greeted him.

　　"Good morning, Alice." Shen Ye responded and then went to wash up.

　　Marlene had already told him that Amina had gone to buy toiletries for them early in the morning.

　　After he finished washing up, several people sat together to eat breakfast.

　　"Alice, Shen, you must get little Marlene home safely." Amina instructed the two at the dining table.

　　"Don't worry, Ms. Amina, nothing will go wrong with me here." Shen Ye took a sip of porridge and said seriously.

　　"That's good." Amina rubbed Marlene's head and nodded.

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