1123 I Want to Make You Stay 1 (1/2)
He did not say anything else and instead began eating the vegetarian buns.
An Xiaoning smiled, and the two of them had an enjoyable breakfast.
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Mei Yangyang found something amiss with Long Xiaoxi after breakfast. To be exact, she seemed to be limping when she walked, as if there was an aching spot in her leg.
”Xiaoxi, what's wrong with your leg?”
Long Xiaoxi chuckled and walked toward her. She said softly, ”Mommy, didn't you discover that something of yours is missing?”
”What's missing? Did you take money from my wallet?” Mei Yangyang asked in puzzlement.
Long Xiaoxi immediately retorted, ”Mommy, what are you saying? I'm not a dishonest child.”
”Which thing of mine has gone missing, then?”
”Hehehe…” She covered her mouth and continued chuckling, further confusing Mei Yangyang.
”Tell me, just what's missing?” Mei Yangyang probed.
”Go to your bedroom and take a look for yourself.”
Mei Yangyang immediately headed upstairs and scanned her surroundings in the bedroom, only to discover that everything was intact and that nothing was missing.
Mei Yangyang's curiosity was piqued, and she headed downstairs again. ”Come here,” she said to Long Xiaoxi.
Noticing that her mother did not find anything unusual, she smiled gleefully and mocked, ”Mommy, you're so stupid.”
”Yes, yes, yes. I'm very stupid. Hurry and tell me, what thing of mine is missing?”
”Mommy, I've used almost all of your sanitary pads. Hahahaha.”
Mei Yangyang was dumbfounded. ”You've used them all… on what?”
After asking her question, she shifted her gaze onto Long Xiaoxi's body. Staring at her unsteady gait, Mei Yangyang thought to herself, Could it be…
”Ah! Mommy, please have mercy on me!”
Mei Yangyang picked Long Xiaoxi up and carried her upstairs. She then headed to the master bedroom and discovered that half of her sanitary pads were gone. She then went inside Long Xiaoxi's bedroom to see that the dustbin was full of opened sanitary pads.
When Mei Yangyang retrieved some sanitary pads from Long Xiaoxi's pants, she questioned, ”Xiaoxi, tell me, why are you using these?”
Shaking her head, Long Xiaoxi said, ”Because you're using it. I wanted to see if there would be blood on mine too…”
Mei Yangyang threw the sanitary pad into the dustbin and placed Long Xiaoxi on her lap. She explained, ”Baby, you'll have to wait until you're a teenager before you can use these. You don't need them now.”
”Why not?”
”You'll be a big girl when you become a teenager. By then, your body will expel a small amount of blood each month. That's when you'll have to use these pads, so as to prevent your clothes from being stained by the blood.”
”Oh, Mommy, I understand,” said Long Xiaoxi.
”I'll have to send you back to school this afternoon. Aren't you going to treasure the time left and go play with your Brother Minhe?”
”Yes, yes, I'm going to go now.” She hopped off Mei Yangyang's lap and skipped out of the room merrily.
When she reached the doorstep of Zhong Minhe's house, she heard the sounds of an infant crying. Greatly taken aback, she tiptoed toward the house and craned her neck inside to take a peek.
She was greeted with the sight of Zhong Minhe's mother carrying an infant in her arms.
”Auntie, is Brother Minhe at home?”
”He's doing his homework inside.”
”Is Xiaoxi here?” Zhong Minhe asked.
”Yes, it's me,” said Long Xiaoxi, who began walking toward him.
”Good timing, I've just finished doing my homework,” said Zhong Minhe, who placed his workbook into his school bag using his foot.
”Brother Minhe, who's that infant your Mommy is carrying?”
”She's my sister. Daddy and Mommy adopted her from a village. She's a year old now. Mommy named her 'Zhong Tianai.'”
”I saw her. She's really adorable.”