Chapter 386 - Fountain Park. (2/2)

”Mama, I think with this dress, my flowy hair looks better. I can just put a hair band on it and I will be all ready”, little Lifen said, while looking herself in the mirror.

”No, sweetheart. You look better with a braid. Come here and let Mama put your hair in a different style braid. You will definitely love it” the woman said as she took her graceful steps to her.

”Okay Mama, then make my braid similar to yours. Then we will look more alike to each other. I would look as beautiful and lovely as you”, she said and then happily sat on the dressing stool to let her mother braid her hair.

”Why you want to look like me? You look like your father. Isn't that great?” the woman said with a smile as she partitioned the strands of the hair to braid it.

”Yes, Mama. It's good that I look like dad. But it would be better to look like you. Most of the girls in my class look like their mothers. That way you would love me more” Little Lifen said looking at her more lovingly. Her mother was so beautiful. She would obviously love to look like her.

Hearing her words, the woman smiled and asked in a soft tone, ”Don't I love you enough now? Did you feel that I am not?”

Shaking her head, the little girl said, ”No, no, Mama. You love me a lot already. But my friends said that it will increase more if the children turned out to look like the mother”.

”It's nothing like that sweetheart! Even if you don't look like me, I will still love you more and more because you are my daughter whom I love the most. How can my love get changed just because of your facial features? Mothers are not like that. They will always love their children, no matter what. Same like I love you. Do you understand? And furthermore, looking like your father has its own benefit. Do you know what?” she asked as she tied her braid tail with a cute rubber band.

Little Lifen shook her head in denial. ”No, Mama … I don't know what's the benefit of looking like a father?”

”Of course looking like your father has its own advantages. First of all it brings good fate and future for the daughters and the second is that it will only increase my amount of love for you every day.”

”How so?”

”I love you and your father both right” she asked and looked at her. The little girl nodded.

”Then of course, you look like your father will bring bonus points to you. Do you get the logic now? Don't share it with anyone. This is a secret that should be kept hidden” saying that the woman zipped her lips with her fingers and Little Lifen too repeated her action.

”What's the secret you are hiding? Huh?” soon came a voice of the man as he entered the room with two small brocade boxes in his hands.

”We won't tell you Dad. It's my and mama's secret. We can't reveal it to you”, the little girl said as she hugged her mother's waist laughingly.

”Then who will take these paired gifts. I bought this for both mother and daughter but seems like no one wants it. My dear is kicking her own Dad out from the group, just to preserve a secret. What a pain!” Lifen' father said as he showed a deliberate pained expression on his face.

”Hehe Dad, don't be dramatic. I won't reveal the secret and about the gift that's for my birthday. So that's my right to get. Just give me”, she said, extending both of her hands out. But then suddenly, she pulled her hand back.

”What happened? Don't you want it now?” her father asked.

”No Dad, I want something else. After cutting the cake, let's go to the Fountain Park”, she said with a big smile on her face.