976 Perplexed and Smitten 36 (2/2)
He asked, ”Why?”
”Squat down,” she repeated.
Ji Gui did as he was told.
Long Xiaoxi climbed onto Ji Gui's back and put her arms around his neck while the rest of the children were not paying attention, completely catching him off guard and throwing him off balance.
”Xiaoxi, what are you doing?” asked Ji Gui, who almost fell forward.
”Carry me there.”
”You have legs that are working fine. Why do I have to carry you?”
Long Xiaoxi said nonchalantly, ”At this moment… my legs have already lost their mobility. Dummy, hurry and carry me there!”
Ji Gui had no choice but to do so.
”Why are you moving like a snail? Hurry up.”
Clenching his jaw while struggling to carry her, Ji Gui said, ”Xiaoxi, it's really time you lose weight.”
Long Xiaoxi kept her eyes fixed on Wen Yuechan, who was smiling at Jin Yiheng. She subconsciously grabbed Ji Gui's hair and retorted angrily, ”I'm not going to marry you when I'm older anyway. Who are you to despise me? Say another word and I'll rip your hair off.”
Knowing that he could not afford to incur her wrath, Ji Gui did not say another word and continued to carry her across the field.
Wen Yuechan was the first to spot them. ”Ah, did Xiaoxi injure her leg? Why did she make Ji Gui carry her?”
Long Wenlun scurried over toward her and asked, ”Xiaoxi, what happened to your leg?”
”Brother, I don't know what happened just now but I couldn't move my legs at all so I got Dummy to carry me instead.”
”I'll ask Coach to call Daddy and Mommy and tell them to take you to the hospital.”
”Don't.” Long Xiaoxi tugged at her brother's sleeve and whispered something into his ear. Long Wenlun was dumbfounded. However, being the intelligent person he was, he immediately understood what was happening.
At this moment, the other children approached.
”Yiheng, Xiaoxi's leg hurts. Carry her back to the dormitory.”
Before Jin Yiheng could even speak, Wen Yuechan butted in, ”You're her brother, why can't you carry her yourself? Don't tell me you can't carry her at all?”
She was indirectly mocking Long Xiaoxi for being chubby.
Long Xiaoxi could obviously tell what she meant. She smacked Ji Gui's head and said, ”Put me down.”
Ji Gui put her down slowly. As soon as she stepped foot onto the ground, Jin Yiheng squatted down in front of Long Xiaoxi. Beaming with joy, she climbed onto his back and shot a glance at Wen Yuechan smugly.
The smile on Wen Yuechan's face vanished. Her relationship with Jin Yiheng was just improving recently. Mommy told me that children are often forgetful and rarely take things to heart, yet this Long Xiaoxi has been holding a grudge against me for so long. No matter how hard she tried to make things more amicable between her and Long Xiaoxi, the latter just seemed to refuse to bury the hatchet.
She could tell that nothing worked on Long Xiaoxi, who would become the main hindrance in her getting closer to Jin Yiheng.
Noticing that they had all left except Ji Gui, Wen Yuechan said to him, ”I saw everything that happened when you guys arrived. She did that on purpose, didn't she?”
Ji Gui denied, ”How could Xiaoxi do it on purpose? Her leg really began to hurt the moment she walked there.”
He then scurried toward the rest of the bunch.
Long Xiaoxi was over the moon on the way back to the dormitory. Her chubby face became even rounder when she was smiling gleefully.
Upon returning to the dormitory, Jin Yiheng lowered her onto the bed and shifted his gaze onto her unfinished slice of cake. ”Refrain from eating so much dessert. Too much sugar can cause your teeth to decay, and it's bad for your health too.”
”Yes! You're right, Yiheng. I must reduce my dessert intake from now on,” Long Xiaoxi said earnestly.