466 The Secret About the Past 84 (1/2)
”If it's nothing, why are you laughing?”
”Am I getting in your way by laughing?” Wen Yuechan then turned to look at Jin Yiheng before saying, ”Let's continue watching the cartoon. It's so funny.”
Long Xiaoxi turned around to run away at the sight of him lowering his head.
Realizing that Jin Yiheng didn't chase after her at all, she began tearing up while running back home.
Mei Yangyang came out of the kitchen only to see that her daughter had sped upstairs. ”Xiaoxi.”
Long Xiaoxi did not answer her mother and instead ran back inside her bedroom. She turned on the tap and began rinsing her face under the water continuously until her face was completely rid of any makeup.
She then sprawled across the bed and began bawling loudly.
Sensing that something was amiss, Mei Yangyang approached her and found that she was crying.
She quickly sat by her bed and asked, ”Xiaoxi, what's the matter? Tell Mommy, who made you upset?”
Long Xiaoxi sat up straight and answered, ”Mommy, Brother Yiheng's table partner said I'm as fat as Doraemon. I need to lose weight.”
”You're still so young, you don't need to lose weight. You're not fat at all, you only have some baby fats on you. You're not that chubby. You'll slim down when you're older,” said Mei Yangyang.
”Mother, I think Brother Yiheng won't marry me when we grow up,” Long Xiaoxi lamented, sounding devastated.
”You're all still children right now. Xiaoxi, when you get older, you'll realize that you're just making silly comments. But, why do you think so? I feel like your Brother Yiheng adores you.”
Long Xiaoxi burst into tears again and said, ”I don't want to see Brother Yiheng again anytime soon.”
”Alright, don't see him if you don't wish to then. Don't coop yourself up at home. Go out and play with the other children in our estate if you don't want to play with your Brother Yiheng.”
Long Xiaoxi got down from her bed slowly and gave a nod in agreement. ”Mommy, I'm going out now.”
”Alright.”
Long Xiaoxi did not go out and instead began walking towards the backyard of her house alone.
There was a floral bed ahead, comprising of all sorts of beautiful flowers.
She plucked a stalk of flower and sat by the floral bed. All of sudden, she heard sounds of crying.
Long Xiaoxi stood up and looked around. She caught sight of a group of children bullying another child.
Thus, she sped towards them and asked at the top of her voice, ”What are you guys doing!?!”
”Missy.” They were the children of the vegetable farmers working for An Xiaoning and Mei Yangyang on the large patch of land in their backyard, which was used for growing various types of vegetables and fruits. They decided to grow their own produce because it was environmental-friendly and void of pollution.
Long Xiaoxi stared at the boy on the ground whom she had never seen before. She took a closer look to realize that his arms were missing.
She immediately bent forward to help him up before berating the other children, ”You're not to bully him again!”
The bunch of children nodded and zoomed away quickly.
Long Xiaoxi was left alone with the boy who had missing arms.
”Why don't you have any arms?”
The boy looked frail and weak, though his overall appearance was neat and tidy. He was extremely thin and had rosy lips along with straight rows of pearly white teeth. ”I lost my arms in a car accident,” he answered in a feeble voice.
”How old are you?” Long Xiaoxi asked, staring at him with a look of pity in her eyes.
”I'm six years old.”