Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 917 - 913: Childlike Fun

The morning sunlight carried a crispness, streaming in through the window, creating a speckled play of light and shadow on the floor.

Traces of breakfast were still left on the dining table in the living room.

Half a plate of uneaten bean paste buns and several empty milk cups still warm.

"Stay at home and watch TV for a while, I’ll take Taotao to school first."

"Stay at home and watch TV for a while, I’ll take Taotao to school first."

After breakfast in the morning, Huang Jiayan instructed the three little ones.

"Mom, I don’t want to go to school! Auntie rarely visits Xiajing; I want to go out and play with her. Can you help me get a leave from the teacher just for one day? Just one day!"

As he spoke, he blinked his eyes, striking a pose he usually used when acting spoiled.

"No way."

Huang Jiayan refused immediately, reaching out to rub her son’s messy hair, her tone carrying a hint of serious firmness.

"You’ve taken several leaves this semester already; if you take another, you’ll completely fall behind in your studies."

Huang Jiayan directly led Lin Wentao out the door, even though Lin Wentao looked utterly unwilling.

Watching the two leave, Lin Libo retracted his gaze and sighed, "I’ll go to the company first, then I’ll come find you later."

These words were mainly directed towards Duoduo.

Upon hearing this, Duoduo glanced at him and said, "No need, I don’t like playing with you anyway."

Hearing this, Lin Libo deliberately showed an exaggerated look of sadness, clasping his chest and even coughing gently twice.

"Oh, my heart, pierced by your words. Didn’t we link pinkies? You said you were my best sister and liked playing with me the most. Did you forget?"

Imitating the tone he used to coax Duoduo when she was younger, he exaggerated his words, causing Dou Dou beside him to chuckle and giggle uncontrollably.

Duoduo heard this and looked disgusted.

"You’re a grown-up now; I don’t like playing with you anymore."

Lin Libo heard this, feeling a faint sense of loss, for what’s lost can never truly return.

He reached out to pat Duoduo’s little head, "But in my heart, you’re always the best sister, my favorite."

"Oh?" Duoduo looked up at him.

Her face showing a curious suspicion, "Are you trying to get me to buy you toys? I don’t have much money."

Lin Libo heard this and laughed heartily, remembering how he "tricked" pocket money out of Duoduo when she was younger.

After many times, the little one grew cautious, and he didn’t expect she could still recall it after all these years.

But these memories seemed to have dimmed in his mind long ago, yet as Duoduo spoke of them, they surfaced again from the depths of his memory.

Yet these memories, like old yellowing photos, are warm but tinged with a slight sense of loss, making him feel exceedingly nostalgic.

"You’ve said it yourself, brother is already an adult now; how could I need your money? Your brother is now a big boss with lots and lots of money. Whatever you want to buy, I’ll get it for you."

Da Xia people emphasize modesty, and wealthy people never boast about their riches; moreover, someone as reserved as Lin Libo tends to be very low-profile in public, even in front of his wife and kids.

Only in front of Duoduo, does he express his unspoken pride.

This was a little pride a brother feels in front of his sister.

Indeed, as soon as Lin Libo said these words, Duoduo looked at him with big bright eyes, her face full of the joy of surprise.

"Actually... I could be your best sister too; you could love me the most as well."

Lin Libo was stunned at first, then burst into laughter.

Speaking these words, who else could it be but Dou Dou.

Xiao Yue on the side felt embarrassed, wanting to turn around and leave immediately, pretending not to know them.

Unfortunately, the room was only this big; where could she go unless she rode on the Yin Wind and flew away?

Lin Libo reached out to pat Dou Dou’s little head, saying with a smile, "Alright, then you’re my best..."

Yet before Lin Libo finished speaking, Dou Dou was nudged aside by Duoduo.

Then she glared at Lin Libo, gave a light humph, and turned to leave.

Clearly, she was very dissatisfied with Lin Libo’s response.

"Uh..."

Lin Libo’s smile stiffened instantly, watching Duoduo’s sulking back helplessly with a sigh.

How could he not know, this was Duoduo feeling jealous.

He opened his mouth, wanting to step forward and coax her a bit, but wasn’t sure how to do it.

"Hmph, so petty." Seeing this, Dou Dou gave a light humph too and headed toward the room.

Lin Libo glanced at Xiao Yue beside him helplessly.

Xiao Yue merely responded with a polite smile, then turned and went inside.

Lin Libo: ...

Kids nowadays really are hard to appease.

Thinking it over, he didn’t go inside but turned and went downstairs.

Plan to deal with matters at the company first, then when shopping today, buy Duoduo more gifts—surely better than trying to coax her now.

Inside the room, the three little ones returned to the bedroom, momentarily without anything to do.

Lin Wentao’s toy box was full of guns, cars, Ultraman and Transformers, toys that boys liked; Dou Dou took a look, picked up a robot, fiddled with it twice, found it boring, and tossed it back.

Duoduo just took a glance before shifting her gaze—she played with dolls and hopscotch when she was young, never seen so many novel toys, yet also found no interest.

In the end, the three could only sit on the sofa and turn on the TV to watch cartoons.

The TV was showing "Peppa Pig," the colors vibrant, and the dubbing particularly cute.

Duoduo watched intensely—when she was little, there was only a black-and-white TV at home, just a few channels available, cartoons only shown briefly at seven in the evening; where were there so many entertaining things?

Those jumping images, cheerful music, made her reluctant to blink, occasionally shaking her little head along with Peppa’s moves.

Xiao Yue watched earnestly too, seldom seeing TV due to family reasons, hence having watched few cartoons.

Only Dou Dou felt bored—she had already seen this cartoon and watched it no less than five times. Despite her young age, she was a "film buff," from "PAW Patrol" to "Super Wings," and various Disney animated movies; there’s hardly anything she hasn’t seen.

She sat on the sofa like she had lice, twisting and turning, sometimes lying on the sofa armrest, other times curling in the sofa corner, finally unable to resist, turning the sofa into a trampoline, bouncing up and down, giggling, the sofa creaking under her jumps, even the cushions fell to the floor.

But her antics angered Duoduo and Xiao Yue, who glared at her.

"Um... um, I’m going to find Potato, not playing with you guys anymore." Dou Dou said a bit guiltily.

Then transformed into a gust of Yin Wind, flew out along the balcony window, disappearing in the morning light.

"Should we follow her?" Duoduo looked at Xiao Yue, asking worriedly.

"No need, she’ll find brother herself." Xiao Yue said confidently.

With Dou Dou’s abilities, nothing unexpected would happen, especially with brother around, no one could harm Dou Dou.