Chapter 51 (1/2)

That night, after Cheng Zhiyan had changed his clothes, he followed his parents to Xiaotu’s home. Xiaotu’s mother, Zhou Ling, answered the door.

“Hello, where is Xiaotu?” Zhou Yue asked almost as soon as she’d come in the door. “Xiaotu hasn’t been over to see us for a few days now, and Yan Yan is starting to miss her.”

“Mom, what kind of nonsense are you talking about?!” Cheng Zhiyan started to blush immediately, as soon as he’d heard what his mother had said. Now he glanced at his mother with a look that he hoped would shut her up.

“Hee, hee, hee, he’s embarrassed to admit it, but, let me tell you, he says one thing and means another.” Zhou Yue wasn’t going to show her son any mercy at all.

Xiaotu’s mother beamed at them, then she ushered them inside. She turned to Cheng Zhiyan and said, “Xiaotu is upstairs playing with her father. I’ll go call them to come down. Would you like to to go with me, Yan Yan?”

“No need, thank you,” Cheng Zhiyan replied calmly.

“Uh…all right. Then you all stay in the living room for just a second, and I’ll go fetch them.” Xiaotu’s mother was a little caught off guard. After pouring some water for Cheng Zhiyan’s family, she promptly headed upstairs to call them.

Within a moment, heavy footsteps could be heard pounding upstairs.

Immediately after, a little round head poked out from the top of the stairs.

Xiaotu glanced downstairs, and then she quickly ran down the stairs and flung herself at Cheng Zhiyan.

“Brother Orange Juice! Brother Orange Juice!” She chirped merrily as she threw herself into Cheng Zhiyan’s arms.

Cheng Zhiyan reflexively embraced Xiaotu in a big hug.

Her body had a milk candy scent, and she was wearing a fluffy cotton jacket. What she resembled more than anything was an extremely oversized cone of cotton candy.

Xiaotu’s fluffy head vigorously rubbed against Cheng Zhiyan as she yelled, “Brother Orange Juice, I haven’t seen you for so many days! I’ve already started to miss you.”