Chapter 54 (1/2)

In fact, the present wasn’t supposed to have been opened until the day of Xiaotu’s birthday. However, the little rascal simply didn’t have the patience to wait. The first thing she’d do as soon as she saw Cheng Zhiyan every day was nag at him to let her open her present.

Finally, Cheng Zhiyan had ended up getting so exasperated by her constant nagging that he’d had no choice but to give her the present before her actual birthday.

Xiaotu clumsily tried to unwrap the present. Yet, she didn’t quite have the skills necessary to unwrap presents, so, after struggling with the gift for a while, she’d only managed to tear away a small piece of the wrapping paper.

Cheng Zhiyan stood watching her for a few minutes. Then finally he’d taken the box from her hands, dexterously unwrapped the packaging, and taken out the present.

It was an adorable, fluffy white stuffed bunny with two long ears that stuck up, a pair of red eyes, and a pink ribbon tied around its neck.

Xiaotu joyfully hugged the stuffed bunny in her arms, then, without allowing him a chance to refuse, she’d planted a forceful kiss on Cheng Zhiyan’s cheek as she said, “Thank you, Brother Orange Juice.”

Cheng Zhiyan was a little bit dazed, and he couldn’t help but blush as he touched his cheek.

“From today onward, I will go to bed with Xiao Xiaotu in my arms!” Xiaotu was bursting with excitement as she embraced the stuffed bunny that Cheng Zhiyan had given her.

“Xiao Xiaotu??”

“That’s the name of this bunny.” Xiaotu excitedly fell down on to the bed with the bunny, and she proceeded to roll all around the bed.

Cheng Zhiyan stared at her with a helpless expression on his face.

When it was time to go to bed that night, Xiaotu indeed obediently lay down in bed beside Cheng Zhiyan with Xiao Xiaotu in her arms, and, within a moment, she was fast asleep.

Cheng Zhiyan finally breathed a deep sigh of relief. As long as this bunny was here, he no longer would have to endure the torture of Xiaotu touching his face all night, every night, as he was trying to sleep.

Once, a little while ago, after Xiaotu had fallen asleep, Cheng Zhiyan had seized the chance to place a stuffed bear in his place to give Xiaotu something to touch during the night.