Chapter 24 Sisters
Facing the angry Penny, Jiang Li was not angry at all. He tilted his head, smiled at Lily and said, "See, I was right, Penny still likes you very much. As soon as she saw you being bullied, she came out to protect you."
Lily held Penny's hand, looked at her with emotion and said, "Penny, you really like me."
Penny froze instantly.
"Penny, I'm sorry. It was all my fault last time. I shouldn't have blown out your birthday candles. Please forgive me. I will never do this again." Lily said guiltily.
Penny didn't expect her to apologize. She felt like a wronged child who finally got the attention she wanted. She was at a loss and her nose was sore.
"I promise I won't take your friends away, nor will I steal your candy. From now on, we'll each have our share of the things in the house. Don't be mad at me. Let's be best sisters, okay?"
Lily held Penny's hand and looked at her sincerely.
She was a kind child and didn't realize these problems before, but now she understands that Penny suffered a lot of grievances at home.
Penny, who thought she didn't care, felt aggrieved when she heard this.
She hugged Lily and cried loudly, tears flowing down uncontrollably.
Lily hugged Petunia, feeling even more guilty.
Julia was confused when she saw the two of them crying.
Jiang Li looked at Julia with a smile and asked, "Who do you think is your best friend?"
Hearing this, Julia said without hesitation: "Of course my best friend is Penny."
"But just now Penny thought you liked Lily more, so you spoke for Lily instead of her, and she got jealous." Jiang Li said slowly.
"Ah?" Julia looked at Penny in surprise and said, "Penny, why do you think so? I treat Lily well because of you. You are my friend!"
Hearing this, Penny cried even harder.
Because of shame.
Jiang Li took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, then said with a smile: "It won't look good if you keep crying."
Penny sniffed, looked at Jiang Li with red eyes and said, "I'm sorry, you just spoke up for me, but I was so mean to you."
"I thought it was really cool how Penny defended her sister just now."
Jiang Li wiped away the tears from her eyes with his thumb and said, "I also want a sister who can protect me like Penny."
Hearing this, Lily said proudly: "Penny will protect me. She is the best sister."
Penny felt touched and guilty.
Lily liked her so much, but she actually hated Lily.
"Okay, girls, have you picked out the clothes you like? Let's go eat cake later."
Jiang Li embraced the three little girls with his arms, feeling very happy.
Yay, she has three sweet and soft girls now!
The three girls smiled at each other. There was no more grudge between them and their relationship became closer.
In order to make up for the regret on Penny's birthday, Julia and Lily also contributed money to buy Penny's cake dress, although the majority of the money was paid by Jiang Li.
Penny took the beautifully packaged gift box and was extremely excited.
Jiang Li took the three girls to the cake shop.
There happened to be a ready-made cream cake in the store, so she asked the baker to write Penny's name on it.
The four of them found a lawn, put the cake on the lawn, and sang a birthday song to Penny.
"Penny, you blow out the candles this time, and I promise I won't blow out your candles." Lily said to Penny.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Penny immediately put her hands together, made a wish seriously, then opened her eyes and blew out the candle.
"Penny, what wish did you make?" Lily asked curiously.
"I wish to become a pilot in the future." Penny said with longing.
Julia questioned, "But I've never heard of a female pilot. It seems like all the captains are men."
"Great, then Penny will be the first female pilot!" Lily said happily.
Penny also said with more confidence: "I will definitely become a pilot in the future! Absolutely!"
Is this what it feels like to be alive?
Looking at the three girls chattering about the future, their faces flushed with excitement, Jiang Li thought with envy.
Full of energy and vigor, this is what children should be like
After spending so much time with that fake kid Snape, Jiang Li thought all kids had such a sour face.
After playing with the three girls for a day, the sun was about to set, and Jiang Li sent them out one by one to prevent them from getting lost on the road.
When sending Penny and Lily back home, Lily ran into the house first, while Penny stood in front of Jiang Li and refused to leave.
"Aren't you going in?" Jiang Li asked doubtfully.
Penny hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to say, "Thank you for helping me say those words. Lily is not that bad. She is still very good and she loves me very much. You should not hate her."
"I don't hate her." Jiang Li squatted down to look at her at eye level and smiled, "I know you and Lily are both very good children. I like you both very much."
Hearing this, Penny felt a lump in her throat and hugged Jiang Li tightly.
"I like you too!"
After saying this, Penny shyly ran into the house.
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, then he smiled faintly, with a gentle light in his eyes.
She walked towards home in a happy mood, and when she was almost at the door, she finally remembered something.
Lily Evans, isn't that the person Snape is looking for?
Jiang Li walked into the house and saw Snape holding a Chinese herbal encyclopedia he had translated. He deliberately asked, "Snape, do you know who I met today?"
Snape said without any interest, "I don't know."
Jiang Li would ask him this question every time he came back from going out.
The last one I met was a kind of kneazle, and the one before that was a pervert running on the street without pants.
Jiang Li also hung that pervert on a human-shaped bronze statue in the square.
Snape had been fooled so many times that he had no interest in this kind of thing.
Tsk, boring.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Jiang Li picked up the apple on the table, tossed it up in his hand, and took the initiative to speak.
"I met three very interesting girls in the next town and celebrated my birthday with them. I plan to invite them to my house in a few days. I hope you can be polite to them.
If my guests are upset by your words, I will pull out all your herbs."
Because of Tobias, Snape's attitude towards Muggles is not very good, so Jiang Li gave Snape a warning in advance.
This warning is useful.
Snape immediately closed the book and said seriously: "Don't worry, I will be in the potion room making potions that day and will not come out all day."
Jiang Li raised his eyebrows slightly and hinted, "Aren't you going to play with people of your own age? They are the same age as you."
"No, I don't want to play with those stupid little trolls," Snape sneered.
Think about it, boys of this age are covered in mud and are stupid and funny. Girls are better, but their minds are full of clothes and toys, and they are not worth communicating with at all.
Seeing that Snape disagreed, Jiang Li didn't say anything more, but gave Snape a mysterious smile.
"You will regret this."
Snape sneered, "I will regret playing with those little monsters."
Tsk, he's really stubborn.
Jiang Li secretly complained in his heart.