My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Little Crybaby!-Chapter 22 Can’t Afford It!
"I’m not a monster, I’m just sick. Mom said talking can be contagious, and you all just talked to me, you’ll become like me too!" Little Baby seriously scared everyone.
"Wow—"
Right after she finished speaking, there was immediately a burst of crying all around.
The kids all turned pale with fear, scared they might really become like her, crying as they went to find their parents.
The area quickly emptied out.
The little girl watched the crowd run away, a sly sparkle flashed through her beautiful big eyes, but it seemed like she thought of something unhappy, and her little head quickly drooped again.
Xu Jiayan silently withdrew his gaze, planning to leave.
Nearby, the little girl seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up towards Xu Jiayan’s direction. Seeing Xu Jiayan not far away all of a sudden, she couldn’t help but brighten up, and hurried towards him with her little short legs.
"Brother!"
The little girl’s face couldn’t hide the surprise, her bright sparkling eyes as if they could speak.
"Let’s go," Xu Jiayan waited until she came closer, then started walking again.
After taking a few steps, he realized that the little girl did not follow.
Xu Jiayan turned around and saw the little girl standing still with her little head hung low, looking upset.
Although he didn’t know exactly what happened, he could guess something from Little Baozi’s reaction just now.
Xu Jiayan was brewing how to kick-start the conversation, not being good at comforting people.
Just then, the little girl looked up, her eyes red like a rabbit’s, her voice soft and filled with grievance: "Brother, they called me an ugly monster and said no one will like me when I grow up. Is that true?"
Xu Jiayan’s gaze fell on the little girl in front of him, so tiny, not even as tall as his waist, her little expression looking quite pitiful, completely lacking the threatening presence she had before.
"No," he murmured after a moment.
The little girl’s long eyelashes fluttered, her voice filled with hope: "Then, does brother like Yuanyuan? When Yuanyuan grows up, can I marry brother?"
Xu Jiayan: "...No good!"
The little girl looked like a wilting cabbage in the ground, her mood visibly sinking, "Even brother doesn’t like Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan must really be ugly now."
Xu Jiayan felt it was better not to comfort her, his own reassurance might cost him.
Can’t afford that!
The little girl hung her head, waiting and waiting, but seeing no comfort coming, she couldn’t help but sneak a peek at him, seeing no hint of him starting to speak, her puffed cheeks slowly deflated, like a deflating balloon.
"Brother, brother, you’re done with school! Come play with me." On the other side, Young Master Xu also spotted Xu Jiayan, running towards him frantically.
Xu Jiayan: "No time!"
"Oh!" Young Master Xu was not upset by the rejection, he had been used to it for years, then turned to Little Jiang Yuan: "Yuan Gun Gun, I’ve already chased those people away, let’s go play?" intending to take Little Jiang Yuan’s hand.
But the little girl refused.
She looked up towards Xu Jiayan’s direction: "I want to go home with brother."
And indeed, it was she herself who had scared those people away.
Young Master Xu couldn’t help but scratch his head, showing a conflicted expression, reluctantly glancing back at the play equipment.
But he had not even started playing yet, he didn’t want to go home.
What to do?
