C33 (1/2)

You Meng looked at me and asked: ”Then why do you look so ugly?”

I caressed my face with my palm and pretended to be calm. ”Isn't this supposed to be easy going?”

He came to the door to take a breath of fresh air, but was caught red-handed by her daughter, Jiaojiao. Jiaojiao was playing badminton with Secretary Zhang, and when she saw me appear, she suddenly lowered her badminton racquet, and begged, ”Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, come and play badminton with me, quickly!”

Secretary Zhang was startled for a moment, then laughed: ”Change your image, don't worry, I will only wear it during normal times, I never wear it during work.”

Secretary Zhang's tone was very gentle. I can guess that the reason he was so calm, was probably to cover for the 'bad things' he had done!

On the other hand, Jiaojiao was especially happy when she played badminton with me. I was born with little interest in badminton, so I always ended up with a failure, while Jiaojiao put on a victorious look. Every time I failed to catch the ball, she would giggle happily. In her words, she was the one who had the special sense of accomplishment when playing badminton with me. In other aspects, no matter if it's in terms of literature or martial arts, Jiaojiao admires me the most. Only in terms of playing badminton, Jiaojiao calls me with the greatest flaw.

Jiaojiao swung her badminton racket skillfully, bounding and jumping as her energy shot out in all directions. I try to catch the ball, but it's always. She couldn't catch it.

When I was tired from resting, Jiaojiao came over and grabbed my shoulders: ”Uncle Zhao, why haven't you improved at all?” He sucked a lollipop into his mouth and blinked at me.

I smiled. ”If I've improved, how can I display how powerful you are?”

Jiaojiao sucked on her lollipop and tilted her head: ”That's true. Playing badminton with you is the happiest, hehe. Even Uncle Zhang, By Auntie and Uncle Huang couldn't beat them, and they didn't even let me go. I wasn't willing to fight them, so there was no sense of accomplishment! ”

I nodded, not wanting her to use her strengths to ridicule my weaknesses. ”Jiaojiao, when did you start to like eating lollipops?

Jiaojiao laughed: ”Uncle Zhao, you don't understand this, right? I learned this from By Auntie, didn't you see how By Auntie likes to chew bubble gum? I'm just learning from her. She eats bubble gum, so I eat lollipops. When I grow up, I'll be as beautiful as her! ”

I laughed to myself, wondering what kind of logic it was.

A little girl in her teens was already so superstitious?

I played a few more rounds with Jiaojiao, and Jiaojiao was exceptionally happy because of her consecutive victories. After playing badminton, Jiaojiao insisted on driving me out to buy things for her. She also said that she would like to buy me a drink from a little foreigner or a nutritious express. I said, ”The Sectary office has everything, why must we go out and buy?” The Jiaojiao laughed and said, ”It's just that there's no such thing as a 'little foreigner' or 'nutritious' line. I like to drink it the most!” I smiled and said, ”Alright, I'll inform Little Zhang and ask him to apply for the Board's service.”

Jiaojiao stuck out her tongue and agreed helplessly.

In my heart, I thought to myself, how are you treating me to a drink? Furthermore, I can't see through the little scheme that the Jiaojiao had. He just wanted to take the opportunity to sneak out for a walk.

A little girl, after all, a little girl!

When the civil servant Xiao Zhang saw that I had finished playing badminton with Jiaojiao, he immediately rushed over to receive my racquet and badminton. Jiaojiao held my hand and was about to go back inside when she suddenly heard the sound of a car behind me.

I looked at the number of the car, it's actually from Chief Qi!