Chapter 24 p2
Cheng Rongrong was so startled that she hiccuped. She looked up and saw the wide-open door, and standing at the door… Wei Maomao?
The previous loud “bangs” that had startled her were obviously the sound of Wei Maomao pushing the door open forcefully. Really… impolite.
But why was she here? Cheng Rongrong only wondered briefly, not thinking too much about it. Because looking at the seemingly surprised chubby face, she suddenly realized, this was a good opportunity to let Wei Maomao witness her pitifulness, to testify to Cheng Tingyan’s heartlessness in front of another child!
Cheng Rongrong quickly changed her mind and suppressed her hiccups with willpower. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the little fatty turn her back on her and rush out as if her butt was on fire.
“Wow, it really is Rongrong crying! Rongrong is so big and still crying so loudly! Shame on her!”
The surprised voice of Wei Maomao, as if she had discovered a new continent, made Cheng Rongrong so angry that she almost choked on another hiccup.
However, this wasn’t the end, it was just the beginning.
In less than a minute, Cheng Rongrong’s bedside was crowded with people.
“That scared me, I thought it was either a ghost or a bad guy!” Wen Dongyu said, patting his chest. “You’re so big, don’t cry so loudly, you’ll scare the little children.”
What nonsense? Cheng Rongrong almost lost her facade of fragility and helplessness.
“Sister…” Cheng Rongrong reached out to Cheng Tingyan, who was furthest from the bed, almost standing outside the door. Since she was here, don’t let her performance go to waste.
“Rongrong, you keep calling for your sister, do you need any help?” Wen Jiangyue glanced at Cheng Tingyan, who was standing still, and kindly stepped forward to hold Cheng Rongrong’s hand.
“…” Cheng Rongrong wiped her tears with her free hand and sobbed softly. “Sister is not here…”
What a suggestive silence.
“Rongrong…” Wei Maomao clenched her chubby fists, ready to step in.
But she didn’t expect that there was not only a Chubby Blocker, but also a Wang Blocker in this world.
“Sister, sister! You only know how to call for your sister! Don’t you have a dad? Don’t you have a mom?” Wang Zhizhi stood not too far from the bed, arms crossed, looking impatient. “Are you so great just because you’re the younger sister? Isn’t it enough that Mom and Dad take care of you? You have to have… your sister always take care of you too? You call for her, and she has to appear immediately? Is your sister a dog! She has to take care of everything for you, do you want her to chew your food and feed it to you! Go find the adults if you have any problems, find the adults, got it! We children can’t handle you!”
The room suddenly fell silent.
Until Cheng Rongrong couldn’t hold back and hiccuped.
Wei Maomao secretly glanced at Wang Zhizhi, she had almost forgotten… there was a professional younger-sibling-hater here. Her subtle approach was no match for his powerful attack.
Wang Zhizhi, sensing Wei Maomao’s gaze, blushed when their eyes met.
“You… you little girls are the… most troublesome!” The blushing little curly-haired boy turned and ran away, with an air of anger.
Wei Maomao, who was also glared at: “…”
Wait a minute, buddy… A younger sister is a younger sister, but I’m not a second child…
Cheng Rongrong was almost fuming with anger, her hand hidden under the blanket, clutching the bed sheet, was hurting.
“I’m not…” Cheng Rongrong mumbled, sobbing softly and aggrievedly. She couldn’t continue what Wang Zhizhi had said. Some things needed to be ambiguous to leave room for imagination. He had completely torn it apart, exposing the essence of the problem, anything she said now would be wrong.
This younger-sibling-hater! She had been careless… At this moment, Cheng Rongrong really hated the author of the original novel. Since you created such a character, why not write more about him! What was the use of just giving him a label and a not-so-good ending, she was the one who had to endure this younger-sibling-hating process!
Wang Zhizhi’s sudden outburst startled the other children and was also unexpected for the staff. And the outburst was so short, they didn’t even have time to stop him before it was over…
And it wasn’t just the people present who were surprised.
“Wang Zhizhi… didn’t his dad say he brought him on the show to learn how to be a good older brother?”
“Wow, it seems Wang Qingchuan is quite… presumptuous.”
“Wang Qingchuan’s second child is only a few months old, is Wang Zhizhi’s resentment already so strong?”
“Children these days are so selfish, it’s like having a younger sibling is like having an enemy. I actually thought Wang Zhizhi was a good brother.”
“? Honestly, we can’t have too many expectations for children who haven’t developed a mature worldview, can we? Wang Zhizhi is only four and a half years old…”
“The Wang family’s baby girl is only a few months old, she can’t even talk yet, his reaction just now… it feels like the adults at home are putting too much pressure on him.”
“Looking at it this way, Cheng Feiying, who didn’t ask Yan Yan to take care of Rongrong, is better than Wang Qingchuan.”
“Heh, he didn’t? If he didn’t, why is Rongrong crying and calling for her sister? When she’s scared, she doesn’t call for her dad or mom, just her sister?”
“I actually think Wang Zhizhi is right, you should go to the adults if you have any problems, why keep calling for your brother or sister? What can a four, five, or six-year-old brother or sister do? What obligation do they have to do anything for them at such a young age?”
“Sigh, Wang Zhizhi is too angry, Rongrong looks scared.”
“Good! Now Rongrong knows to go to her parents if she has any problems, what’s the point of looking for her sister? Yan Yan is only six, and they’re only half-siblings!”
“But honestly, I had forgotten about them being half-siblings… Yan Yan is only six, what obligation does she have… Those who said Yan Yan was too cold for leaving Rongrong alone with the staff, now that you’ve seen Wang Zhizhi, don’t you think Yan Yan’s temper is actually quite good?”
“Sigh, only those involved know the truth about family relationships. I think as long as they don’t deliberately hurt each other, let them be close if they want to be close, let them be distant if they want to be distant, children have it tough too.”
…
If someone couldn’t voice their own suffering, how could anyone understand their difficulties?
Similar problems were endured silently by Cheng Tingyan in her previous life. In this life, Wang Zhizhi, who came to the show unexpectedly, empathized with her and directly tore down Cheng Rongrong’s stage.
And in the live broadcast room, the comments that were unilaterally criticizing Cheng Tingyan, after being scattered by Wei Maomao’s random punches, now shifted towards a more rational and in-depth discussion due to Wang Zhizhi’s genuine outburst.
Cheng Rongrong didn’t know what was happening in the live broadcast room, but with Wang Zhizhi’s angry departure, she knew that the viewers wouldn’t simply be on her side anymore. And the expressions on Shen Zilin and Wen Dongyu’s faces didn’t show any sympathy for her or dislike for Cheng Tingyan, she knew… she had cried for nothing.
It was all because of!
Without Wang Zhizhi in the room, Cheng Rongrong could only direct her hatred towards Wei Maomao.
It was all because of her!
This morning, when she had used the excuse of forgetting the rule about not bringing snacks into the village to share the potato chips she had brought specifically to build relationships with the other children, this little one came over and cried, ruining the harmonious atmosphere of making friends! She didn’t even play along and even said she was dirty!
The same with the house, because of her interference, not only did they not swap houses, but she and her dad were made to look like a joke!
And just now! She didn’t even ask what was wrong when she saw her crying, she went out and called everyone in! It was her who brought in that annoying Wang Zhizhi!
It was all because of her!
Cheng Rongrong was furious, her toes under the blanket digging into the bed sheet, but on the surface, she still had to pretend to gradually stop crying under Wen Jiangyue’s comfort.
This wasn’t the way she had imagined things would go, but she was forced to take this step by that brat Wei Maomao.
Wei Maomao, of course, didn’t know that the three-year-old who, in her eyes, had been misled by the Cheng family, would have such rich experiences and thoughts. She was busy signaling Cheng Tingyan to get the gift. If she forgot about the gift because of Cheng Rongrong’s incident, and if the editing in the main episode wasn’t good, it would make Cheng Tingyan look inattentive towards the other children.
Cheng Tingyan no longer had the illusion from earlier, when she was walking with Maomao, that she could become close to the other children.
Yes, it was an illusion.
The six-year-old Cheng Tingyan was overly cautious in some aspects.
She had now concluded that it must have been the little chubby paw she was holding on the road, the warmth of that paw, that had given her the illusion of becoming close to the other children.
But she still had to give them the gifts, after all, she was holding the gifts the other children had given her.
The gifts Cheng Tingyan had prepared for everyone were bag charms. She quickly distributed them, one for each person, only Wang Zhizhi’s was temporarily kept in her shoulder bag, ready to be given to him when she saw him later.
Cheng Rongrong, who had stopped crying at some point, also brought out a bag of gifts to distribute.
“This gold tie clip, Dad and I thought it would be perfect for Zilin.”
“Dongyu, this Transformer can transform into sixty different shapes, let’s play together later.”
“My mom saw a picture of Wen Jiangyue wearing Hanfu and said this hairpin would look beautiful on you!”
Wei Maomao watched silently. When it came to giving gifts, Cheng Rongrong was much more eloquent than Cheng Tingyan, and the value of her gifts was also obvious at a glance. Looking at how the other three were cherishing their gifts, it seemed the Cheng family had put a lot of thought into it.
“Maomao…” Cheng Rongrong walked up to Wei Maomao with her bag of gifts.
“Rongrong, I need to pee.” Wei Maomao interrupted Cheng Rongrong, clutching her stomach and pulling Cheng Tingyan beside her. “I can’t do it by myself, Yan Yan, take me.”
“Boss, didn’t you say people who are really in trouble won’t ask little children for help?” Wen Dongyu, clutching his Transformer, squeezed in.
Wei Maomao: “…” Heh, with your level of observation, I doubt you’ll ever have a boss in your life!
Wen Dongyu, who was given a hmph by the little dumpling, was confused and could only watch as the two little girls walked out of the bedroom hand in hand.
That Wei Maomao, she actually used the excuse of needing to pee to avoid accepting her gift, making her lose face! Cheng Rongrong clenched the bunny plush in her hand.
But this time, Cheng Rongrong had really misunderstood Wei Maomao.
Wei Maomao did run away, but not to avoid accepting Cheng Rongrong’s gift.
As everyone knew, in a variety show filled with cameras, there was only one place without cameras, where you could take off your microphone and whisper.
Wei Maomao pulled Cheng Tingyan into the bathroom, locked the door, and gave herself a mental high-five for her quick thinking.
Then she turned around and saw Cheng Tingyan blushing, pulling out tissues from the box beside her while saying in a low voice, “Maomao, you can poop, I’ll help you wipe.”
Wei Maomao was startled, she took a step back, bumping into the door with a thud, almost turning into a bunny pancake.
“Yan Yan…” Wei Maomao glanced at the pile of tissues in Cheng Tingyan’s hand and said with difficulty, “I don’t need to… poop.”
“…” Cheng Tingyan looked confused. “But you could pee by yourself before.”
“Wait…” Wei Maomao understood and said helplessly, “I asked you to come, not for that. I wanted to talk to Yan Yan, things that I don’t want others to hear.”
For the last sentence, Wei Maomao lowered her voice to a whisper. Cheng Tingyan thought she was about to hear the little chubby bunny’s secret and became a little nervous.
Unexpectedly…
“No way…” Cheng Tingyan said after listening, incredulous.
“I saw it, the bunny in her hand is definitely for me! There are two other things in the bag!” Wei Maomao said with certainty.
Of course, she was certain. In her previous life, she had personally witnessed Cheng Rongrong taking out an extra gift for Cheng Tingyan, then looking longingly at the gifts Cheng Tingyan was giving to the other children, and finally looking somewhat disappointed but not saying anything. Of course, the keyboard warriors on the internet had said everything for her later.
But even in front of the six-year-old Cheng Tingyan, Wei Maomao couldn’t reveal her foreknowledge. She could only wait until Cheng Rongrong started distributing gifts, pretend she had seen it and guessed it, before taking the next step.
After all, a three-year-old could be a little clever and imaginative, but she couldn’t be a fortune teller.
“But, she and I aren’t…” Cheng Tingyan didn’t want to say that she and Cheng Rongrong were family, but the gifts… weren’t they supposed to be for the other children participating in the show?
“Did you prepare a gift for Rongrong?” Wei Maomao asked knowingly, leading her on.
Cheng Tingyan shook her head, looking a bit embarrassed. “I…”
Wei Maomao didn’t want to see Cheng Tingyan like this, it wasn’t her intention to make her embarrassed.
But she had to continue, so she interrupted Cheng Tingyan and sped up her prompting. “Rongrong gave you a gift, if you don’t give her one, will she cry again? She cries so loudly.”
Cheng Tingyan: “But I don’t have…”
“No… you do.” Wei Maomao took out a shiny hair clip from her bunny backpack. “I’ll lend it to you, it’s our secret.”
Cheng Tingyan: “No…”
“I really don’t want to hear Rongrong cry again, please, Yan Yan.” Wei Maomao leaned closer, putting her hands together in a pleading gesture.
Cheng Tingyan: “…”
The little chubby bunny was soft and cuddly, pouting aggrievedly, with her chubby paws clasped together, clearly helping someone, yet pleading in a childish voice…
She really wanted to… pinch…
Cheng Tingyan couldn’t resist this kind of cute chubby bunny attack, it was too unfair.
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