Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The little boy took the little girlâs hand.
The little girl stopped in her tracks suddenly. She took out the lollipop and held it out to him. âHave some too.â
âI donât want any.â The little boy shook his head.
âYou want to! Just eat it!â The little girl pouted and pushed it towards his mouth.
The little boy had no choice and he licked it. âOkay, Iâm done. The rest is for you.â
âNo way, weâre going to share this,â the little girl said, smiling.
The little children shared the same lollipop as they walked away together.
Mu Xiaoxiao cupped her chin with her hand, smiling faintly as she looked at them walk away.
âWhat are you looking at?â Yin Shaojie returned, carrying something. Seeing how she was so focused on something else, he waved a hand in front of her eyes.
Mu Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and hit him suddenly.
Yin Shaojie was puzzled. âWhy did you hit me?â
Mu Xiaoxiao took her food and snickered. âI remembered now that you kept snatching my candy to eat when we were kids. Youâre despicable!â
Yin Shaojie didnât know whether to laugh or to cry. âWhy are you bringing up what happened when we were kids? Do you not remember how many candies I gave you in order to cajole you?â
âYou, cajoling me? Do you not remember who made me cry before coming to cajole me?â Mu Xiaoxiao glared at him.
Yin Shaojie raised his hands in surrender. âOkay. That was me. Iâm guilty as charged, okay? Hurry up and eat. We can discuss where to go in the meantime.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWhat do you mean âwhere to goâ?â Mu Xiaoxiao stole a piece of prawn from his bowl.
Yin Shaojie looked at her mysteriously. Placing his chopsticks down, he took out his phone and showed it to her. âI booked flights to many different places. Weâll go wherever you want to go.â
âArenât we returning to China?â Mu Xiaoxiao was puzzled.
âWho said that we had to? Itâs okay even if we donât do that. I was only lying to them. There are a lot of airlines operating tonight and you can choose from more than ten countries to go to.â Yin Shaojie explained his plans. âLetâs go to a random country for fun for two to three days before flying back to America. Your dad will be home after that and then we can celebrate your birthday!â
Mu Xiaoxiao was shocked. âCelebrate my birthday in America? But why?â
Yin Shaojie looked into her eyes and said gently, âI know youâd rather spend your birthday with your dad, right? Weâll celebrate it in America. When it comes, Iâll call my parents and Qiqing and the rest to come too. Itâll be the same. You have many friends here too and you can invite them all and weâll hold a big birthday party. What do you say?â
Her relatives in America might want to celebrate her birthday as well, and it would thus be more convenient to hold it in America.
Mu Xiaoxiao teared up at his words.
âYouâve arranged everything for me?â
She didnât expect him to be so considerate and thoughtful.
Indeed, she had really wanted to spend her birthday with her family.
Howeverâ¦
Mu Xiaoxiao smiled at him, her eyes sparkling. âI want to spend this yearâs birthday in China. So, letâs go back to China!â
âWhat about your dad?â Yin Shaojie asked.
âHim? He has to return to China of course! Papa has been saying that he wants to return to City A and take a look around, but he said that he was too busy with the company to leave the last time I asked him to return with me. Since we have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday this time, he will take some time off no matter how busy he is.â Mu Xiaoxiao smiled.