Chapter 14
The moment Wei Chengli demolished the “stage” she had painstakingly set up, Wei Maomao was dumbfounded with frustration.
Ahhh… what kind of grudge did she have to be father and daughter with this unreliable man in every lifetime!
As for what Wei Chengli said about fragrance and butterflies, Wei Maomao wasn’t listening at all. All her attention was on her back, where she had bumped into Cheng Tingyan.
The instant she regained her senses, Wei Maomao immediately struggled, straightening her short legs and twisting her chubby waist, performing a “fat rabbit roll” to bounce out of Cheng Tingyan’s arms and stand firmly on her own.
She turned around and glanced at Cheng Tingyan, who had no expression on her face, feeling relieved that she had moved quickly enough. Fortunately, Cheng Tingyan hadn’t had time to push her away. Otherwise, if Cheng Tingyan was caught on camera pushing a child on the first day, it would be troublesome…
It was all that man’s fault for suddenly pushing her!
Wei Maomao was angry but didn’t have time to argue with Wei Chengli. She had to seize the opportunity while Cheng Tingyan hadn’t reacted yet and quickly make a good impression. Otherwise, even if they didn’t catch her being pushed, being caught being cold and aloof wasn’t her intention either!
“Yan Yan…” Wei Maomao straightened her hair, smoothed her dress, tried to compose herself, and uttered two words before getting stuck.
Crap, facing the adorable six-year-old Cheng Tingyan, she couldn’t bring herself to say “older sister.” The lines she had prepared were cut short.
No! This won’t do!
Seeing Cheng Tingyan purse her lips as if about to speak, Wei Maomao didn’t have time to adjust the way she addressed her. She could only brace herself and continue, “My name is Wei Maomao, Maomao means bunny… Look, bunny hair clip, dandelion flowers, I… jasmine fragrance…”
The plan to slowly approach, which she had carefully crafted, was shattered by Wei Chengli’s push. Wei Maomao could only race against time to win Cheng Tingyan’s favor with words.
But once she started speaking, looking into Cheng Tingyan’s familiar eyes, Wei Maomao felt her blood rush to her head, her mind buzzing as if it was about to disappear. The latter part of her speech was just her instinct piling on all the elements that Cheng Tingyan might like.
So Wei Chengli stood to the side, watching his little dumpling jump from a relatively normal self-introduction to showing off her hair clip, tugging at her skirt, and offering her chubby hand… He felt something was off. Although he couldn’t figure out what exactly was wrong, the strong feeling of his precious treasure being sold at a discount made him instinctively stop her. “Maomao…”
Of course, no one paid attention to him.
However, Wei Chengli’s voice did interrupt Wei Maomao’s nervous and chaotic thoughts, making her swallow back the “Do you like bunnies?” that was about to slip out.
No, she couldn’t ask leading questions.
Cheng Tingyan was still on guard, and if she was denied, it would be troublesome.
She seemed too enthusiastic, if Cheng Tingyan showed indifference, wouldn’t it look bad when it was broadcasted…
Wei Maomao calmed down a little, but some of her enthusiasm had already been spoken, and it was too late to take it back.
“I watched the first season, I know you.” Wei Maomao politely and reluctantly took two steps back, increasing the distance between them, which was originally only a fist’s width. She said softly, “You don’t know me yet… Let me introduce myself again, my name is Wei Maomao. I like bunnies, dandelions, jasmine, teddy bears, green, the smell of grass, beautiful waterfalls, the stars in the sky…”
Wei Maomao counted on her fingers, rattling off a string of things that Cheng Tingyan might currently like or might like in the future. Then she angrily pointed at Wei Chengli next to her, ending with, “It wasn’t me who wanted to bump into you, it was all my dad’s fault, I’ll go back and beat him up.”
Shifting the blame and changing the subject, two birds with one stone, perfect.
Although the plan to slowly reveal herself and subtly win over Cheng Tingyan was shattered, she had at least forcefully instilled a bunch of information… Wei Maomao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was to pretend to be shy, grab Wei Chengli, and run away before Cheng Tingyan could react.
Wei Maomao was really afraid that because of her and Wei Chengli’s recklessness, Cheng Tingyan would show her prickly side to the audience. After she finished speaking, she quickly grabbed Wei Chengli’s sleeve and was about to run away.
And then… she wanted to run, but she couldn’t.
The tugging sensation from her waist made Wei Maomao stiffly turn her head.
“Here… it’s dirty…” Cheng Tingyan said indifferently, taking out a dark green handkerchief and wiping away the potato chip crumbs that had somehow gotten on Wei Maomao’s skirt, then let go of the hand that was holding onto her skirt.
Huh?
Wei Maomao looked at Cheng Tingyan, her mouth slightly open, her mind blank.
Cheng Tingyan, what kind of person was Cheng Tingyan… She had a bit of a germaphobe, she didn’t even want to touch things that people she disliked had touched. In her previous life, because of this, she had given many people the cold shoulder in the third season of “Where’s Baby Going,” and was often criticized for it.
But now she had taken the initiative to touch her, and even wiped away the dirt for her, using her handkerchief!
Didn’t that mean that she didn’t dislike her at this first meeting? Didn’t that mean that she thought she was okay!
Ah, her head was itchy, was it because her brain was growing?
So… no matter what lifetime, they were destined to be friends, right…
Wei Maomao was moved to tears by her own brainstorming session, then suddenly remembered the gift she had brought and turned to run away.
But she turned too quickly and ran too fast, she didn’t see Cheng Tingyan’s hand suddenly clenching the handkerchief and her slightly furrowed brow.
So… Wei Maomao was the same as Cheng Rongrong.
When Cheng Tingyan saw the tears in Wei Maomao’s eyes, she lowered her eyes in disappointment.
She thought they were different.
Cheng Tingyan recalled that when she had hugged Wei Maomao, she had felt soft, warm, and fleshy in her arms, really like a chubby bunny, very comfortable to hold.
But the chubby bunny still cried.
Just like when Cheng Rongrong was very young, she didn’t know when it started, maybe when she couldn’t even walk yet, but whenever she held Cheng Rongrong, she would cry loudly. Later, whenever she got close to her, she would cry.
Every time, every time, Dad and that woman would immediately appear to take Cheng Rongrong away and yell at her, telling her not to bully her younger sister.
She clearly hadn’t done anything, hadn’t hugged her, hadn’t gotten close to her, had even gone out of her way to avoid her.
But as long as they accidentally met, Cheng Rongrong would cry loudly, and then the yelling would begin.
Although Cheng Rongrong could talk later and didn’t cry anymore, it seemed that after she could talk, she was still being yelled at.
Cheng Tingyan now felt that she was no longer afraid of being scolded, but when the little chubby bunny named Wei Maomao fell into her arms just now, she still subconsciously looked at her father.
But this time, Wei Maomao was scared to tears by Cheng Rongrong, but she didn’t cry when she held her. Her father had clearly seen what happened here, but he didn’t come over and scold her.
Cheng Tingyan thought it was different.
This Wei Maomao who didn’t cry when she held her, she had also said so many things she liked, so many things that sounded interesting, she and Cheng Rongrong should be different…
So Cheng Tingyan reached out and wiped away the potato chip crumbs that had been bothering her for a long time.
But…
The little chubby bunny still cried and ran away.
As expected, all children were scary.
Cheng Tingyan clenched the handkerchief in her hand, warily glanced at Cheng Feiying in the distance, and slowly moved away from the little chubby bunny’s father. She decided to forget the comfortable feeling of holding her just now, to forget the nice fragrance, the green dress, the pretty dandelions, the cute bunny hair clip… She decided to forget it all!
Poor Wei Maomao, who was pulling on the staff member’s hand in the distance to get her bunny backpack, was completely unaware that her “good friend” had already entered the stage of shutting down her heart and locking away her love.
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