“He doesn’t know, but I know.” Yang Jiayi reached out to block their exit as he answered Xiaotu gleefully.
“From now on, if there’s anything you don’t understand, you can come and ask me.”
“…?” Xiaotu gazed at him quizzically.
“That’s enough, Yang Jiayi. You should get lost as well. You’re usually butting heads with Cheng Zhiyan, so why are you suddenly acting so kind by offering to help his girlfriend with anything she doesn’t understand?” Xia Feng said with a disdainful expression on his face.
“Hee, hee, hee.” Yang Jiayi chuckled, patted the red hat he was holding in his hand, and said slowly, “Cheng Zhiyan is always taking first place away from me, and now he even has a girlfriend, so naturally I can’t fall behind. Since I can’t find a girlfriend at the moment, I might as well steal his girlfriend away.”
“Brother Orange Juice, you took his things?” Xiaotu looked up with a confused expression on her face as she questioned Cheng Zhiyan.
“She remembered how Mommy had told her that it was wrong to take other children’s things.”
“…” Cheng Zhiyan was speechless as he glanced at Yang Jiayi. Since he wasn’t in the mood for meaningless talk, he held tighter to Xiaotu’s hand and continued walking out.
“Xiaotu, did you know that no matter what sort of test or quiz we have in class, Cheng Zhiyan always gets first place. Although Yang Jiayi occasionally gets first place along with him, most of the time he’s stuck in second place.” Xia Feng explained to Xiaotu as he followed along behind them, leaving too.
“Um…I don’t understand.” In Xiaotu’s preschool, they hadn’t had any tests yet.
“It basically means that Brother Orange Juice is the best student. And Yang Jiayi is a little bit below Brother Orange Juice’s level.” Xia Feng laughed and made a rude gesture at Yang Jiayi.
“Are you looking for a fight, Xia Feng?” Upon hearing what Xia Feng had said, Yang Jiayi felt very gloomy inside.
“I don’t fight with girls.” Xia Feng made a clown face at Yang Jiayi, and then ran away quickly.
“Xia Feng!” Yang Jiayi roared, and immediately chased after Xia Feng.
“Um…” Xiaotu stared at these two figures running away and became instantly speechless.
Cheng Zhiyan stood silently watching these two disappearing figures. Then, after remaining silent for a while, he suddenly called out, “Xiaotu.”
“Huh?” Xiaotu lifted her head to look at Cheng Zhiyan.
“In the future, you must be very careful when you go out. Girls can’t simply let any random stranger kiss them, do you understand?” Cheng Zhiyan had hesitated, but nonetheless decided he had to say it to Xiaotu.
“I can’t let other older brothers kiss me?”
“Nope.”
“How about older sisters?”
“They can’t either.”
“How about uncles and aunties?”
“Nope, none of them can either.”
“But what if they insist on kissing me no matter what?”
“Slap them.” Cheng Zhiyan nonchalantly spit out these two words.
“Oh, okay.” Xiaotu nodded vigorously as she gazed at him with an expression of understanding.
“Let’s go now.” Cheng Zhiyan held Xiaotu’s hand as he led her through the long corridor, then down the stairway.
“All right, I understand.” Xiaotu followed Cheng Zhiyan as she said in a clear voice, “So Xiaotu can only let Daddy, Mommy, Auntie Zhou, and Brother Orange Juice kiss me, right?”
“…”
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhiyan fell silent for a moment. Then he gave an imperceptible nod.
“Then does that mean that Brother Orange Juice can only be kissed by his mommy, daddy, and Xiaotu as well?” Xiaotu batted her huge eyes at him as she asked this question with a curious expression on her face.
“You ask too many questions.”
“Huh? No, really. Brother Orange Juice, you still haven’t answered my question yet…”
“…”