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"Such a lack of ambition," Lian Manman deliberately widened her eyes and lifted her hand to pinch Xiao Qi's chubby cheeks. They were plump and soft, which put her in a good mood. She remembered that when she first arrived, Xiao Qi's face had not been this fleshy.

"This is what I plan to do..." Lian Manman then shared the thoughts she had been harboring in her heart. In fact, she had long been pondering over the idea of having Wu Lang and Xiao Qi learn to read, and she herself wanted to study and learn to write, and of course, Lian Zhizhi as well. But with the lesson learned from Lian Shouren's experience, in such impoverished home conditions, she could only bury this thought deep in her heart.