Chapter 40 Lin Wuyang bit me, waaaaaah...

"I hope Aunt Lou will come to pick me up early today," Wen Xingmou whispered in Shen Xinan's ear.

This is a regular activity at Beilei Kindergarten before dismissal: the teacher gives the children a loving hug, and the children tell the teacher a secret from today.

Shen Xinan smiled and said, "Then your wish has come true. Aunt Lou is already waiting for you outside."

"Really?" Wen Xingmou's voice changed with joy, and she couldn't help but share another secret with her teacher, "Teacher, I have a little brother. My little brother is coming home today, so I'm the big sister now."

Shen Xinan guessed that the orphanage had probably received another new orphan, which was not actually a good thing, but he still pretended to be surprised and delighted: "Really? Then congratulations! Go get your schoolbag and water bottle and line up to go home to see your little brother."

"Okay!" Wen Xingmou ran like a happy little bird to the cabinet where her schoolbag and water bottle were kept.

Lin Wuyang followed behind Wen Xingmou and stopped silently in front of Shen Xinan.

Shen Xinan was surprised that Lin Wuyang would actually take the initiative to hug his teacher, opening a big embrace and waiting for him to throw himself into her arms. Then he watched helplessly as Lin Wuyang turned around and followed Wen Xingmou away.

Shen Xinan: "..."

As soon as Lin Wuyang got his schoolbag, he pulled out the little rabbit that had been inside all day.

"Wow, you brought this little bunny again today," Wen Xingmou said.

Lin Wuyang offered the little rabbit to Wen Xingmou, but Wen Xingmou was in a hurry to line up to go home and pick up her younger brother, so she didn't pay any attention to Lin Wuyang's little rabbit.

After waiting for a while, Wen Xingmou still hadn't taken his little rabbit away, so Lin Wuyang silently took the rabbit back.

All the children lined up and were led by the teacher to the open space outside the classroom to sing the farewell song. Then they waited to be taken to their parents one by one by the teacher.

Wen Xingmou's backpack zipper wasn't fully closed, and a faint milky scent wafted out from inside.

"Your backpack smells nice," said the little girl behind Wen Xingmou.

"Yes! I have cookies!" Wen Xingmou suddenly realized, quickly took off her schoolbag, and reached her right hand through the zipper to pull out a small cookie. "These are cookies made by my family. I can eat them after school."

The children at the welfare home are now very interested in cooking. For example, this morning, when An Fusheng was making scallion soda crackers, Wen Xingmou and An Shisi strongly requested to participate and help. An Fusheng gave each of them a mineral water bottle cap and let them use the caps as molds to make the crackers. So today's crackers are all round and about the size of a mineral water bottle cap.

"Wow, that's amazing!" The little girl looked at Wen Xingmou with admiration when she heard that she made the cookies herself. "Wen Xingmou, can I have one?"

“Okay.” Wen Xingmou stuffed the biscuit in her hand into her mouth, then reached into her bag and took out another one, saying generously, “Here you go.”

The little girl happily thanked her, saying, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Lin Wuyang wanted some too. He tried opening his mouth several times, but no sound came out. Wen Xingmou shared the cookies with the other children, but didn't ask him to exchange them for the little rabbit. Lin Wuyang got anxious.

Just as Wen Xingmou was about to put another round cookie in her mouth, Lin Wuyang once again offered his little rabbit. However, Wen Xingmou's path for putting the cookie on didn't change because of this. Lin Wuyang was holding a water cup in his other hand, and he didn't have a free hand to stop her. In his haste, he directly bit into the cookie.

That one bite completely stunned Wen Xingmou.

Wen Xingmou froze for a moment, feeling her finger being bitten. She tried to pull away, but Lin Wuyang held on tightly, biting harder and harder, just like the big crab that Wen's mother had bought last time. Wen Xingmou burst into tears.

Her crying immediately attracted everyone's attention; the surrounding children, parents, and teachers all looked over.

Shen Xinan was carrying the child to the main gate when he heard crying coming from his class's line. He immediately turned back with the child and asked, "What happened?"

Seeing that Lin Wuyang was still biting Wen Xingmou's finger, Shen Xinan quickly went over and pulled Wen Xingmou's finger out. "Quickly let the teacher take a look."

Lou Lan heard Wen Xingmou crying outside and rushed in, "What's wrong? What happened to Xingmou?"

Wen Xingmou cried and accused, "Lin Wuyang bit me, waaaaah..."

Shen Xinan carefully examined Wen Xingmou's fingers and found only a slight redness. Fortunately, she hadn't bitten too hard. He said repeatedly, "It's alright, it's alright."

Lou Lan took Wen Xingmou's hand and examined it closely. If Wen Xingmou's two fingers hadn't been wet, it would have been difficult to tell where she had been bitten. "It's nothing, it's nothing. Lou Lan will blow on it and it will be fine."

Lin Wuyang's grandmother also rushed in, concerned about whether Wen Xingmou was alright.

The surrounding children all criticized Lin Wuyang, saying, "Biting people is wrong."

Some parents shouted loudly through the gate, "Why is this child biting people?"

Lin Wuyang stared blankly at everyone, her long black eyelashes slowly drooping, the biscuit in her mouth gradually becoming soggy from being soaked in saliva.

Grandma Lin and the kindergarten teacher apologized to Lou Lan and Wen Xingmou again and again. Since Wen Xingmou was not injured, Lou Lan didn't want to make a fuss, so she just said it was okay and coaxed Wen Xingmou to go home to pick up her younger brother.

"I need to go home to pick up my younger brother." Wen Xingmou sobbed.

After closing the doors and windows and turning off the lights, An Shisi, burdened with a heavy responsibility, arrived late. Seeing Wen Xingmou's teary eyes, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Lin Wuyang bit me..." Wen Xingmou looked like she was about to cry again.

Lou Lan quickly reassured her, "It's alright, it's alright now."

The grievance that had just welled up in Wen Xing's eyes was abruptly stopped.

The group went to the elementary school across the street to pick up Wen Xinglin.

Seeing Wen Xingmou's face streaked with tears, looking like a little kitten, Wen Xinglin asked curiously, "What happened, little sister?"

"Lin Wuyang bit me, waaaaah..."

"Don't ask!" Lou Lan nudged Wen Xinglin, then hurriedly tried to comfort Wen Xingmou, "It's alright, you're completely healed."

Wen Xinglin and An Shisi were inexplicably deprived of their right to speak on their way home today.

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Along the way, Lou Lan used Wen Xingmou's most anticipated younger brother to attract her attention, and finally returned to the orphanage safely.

An Fusheng was playing on the slide with Wen Xingrui and Wen Xinghe. One of the children was blind and the other couldn't walk, so An Fusheng had to carry them down the slide together. The three of them had a great time.

Hearing Lou Lan and the others return, An Fusheng, carrying the two children, got up from the ground and went to greet them, "You're back!"

Lou Lan was holding Wen Xingmou when An Fusheng's eyes met Wen Xingmou's red, rabbit-like eyes. Before Lou Lan could stop him, An Fusheng blurted out, "What's wrong with Xingmou?"

Having almost forgotten about being bitten, Wen Xingmou's eyes welled up with tears at An Fusheng's question, like a trigger had been set off. Then, a torrent of tears burst forth: "Waaah... Big brother, Lin Wuyang bit my nest, waaaah..."

An Fusheng, unaware of the situation, saw Wen Xingrui crying so hard and assumed it was serious. He quickly put down the two children he was holding and asked with concern, "Where did you bite? Is it serious?"

Lou Lan was exhausted from coaxing her, so she simply shoved Wen Xingmou into An Fusheng's arms, saying, "Let my older brother take a look."

Wen Xingmou tremblingly extended two fingers that had long since lost all traces.

An Fusheng looked for a long time, "It wasn't bitten, was it?"

Wen Xingmou pulled her fingers back and cried even louder.

An Fusheng: "..."

What's going on?

An Fusheng had never encountered a girl crying in his two lives, and the worst part was that he didn't know why, so he had no idea how to comfort her. He scratched his head, at a loss for what to do, and turned to Lou's mother, An Shisi, and Wen Xinglin, who might know the situation, for help, but they coldly offered no assistance...

"Oh dear, don't cry. Just tell your big brother what you need, and he'll definitely give it to you." An Fusheng racked his brains and could only come up with this one sentence, repeating it over and over again.

Having vented all her emotions, Wen Xingmou finally stopped crying and asked in a pitiful voice, "Big brother, what are we having for dinner tonight?"

An Fusheng grasped at a straw: "Sweetie, don't cry. How about I make you your favorite salted egg yolk baked chicken leg?"

Hiccuping, Wen Xingmou held up two fingers that she had bitten: "I want two!"

Who could refuse that!

An Fusheng: "No problem!"

What's wrong with Xingmou?

A simple greeting startled An Fusheng, who was wiping Wen Xingrui's tears, causing his hand to tremble.

"Are Aunt Wen and my younger brother back?"

Lou's mother's words drew everyone's attention to the doorway.

Wen Min carried a little boy as he stepped through the gate.

"It's my little brother!" Wen Xingmou called out and ran over.

Thankfully, I didn't cry anymore.

An Fusheng's heart, which had been lifted, fell heavily back to the ground.

"Yes, little brother's back." Wen Min put the little boy down. "Say hello to your older brothers and sisters."

Suddenly surrounded by a group of people, the little boy was a little scared and kept hiding in Wen Min's arms.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they are all your older brothers and sisters," Wen Min coaxed gently.

An Fusheng also wanted to watch, but Lou's mother called him to go outside and get the luggage.

Outside the gate, a taxi driver is unloading luggage from his trunk.

"Thank you, you've had a long journey." Lou Lan asked the driver, "How much fare do I need to pay you?"

The taxi driver, knowing he was taking people from the welfare home, didn't intend to charge him fare. Although he lacked the ability to do good deeds, he admired those who did, especially seeing that Wen Min was a young girl, which made him feel even more inferior.

After the driver unloaded the luggage, he waved to Lou Lan and said, "No need to pay the fare."

“That won’t do,” Lou Lan insisted.

She had taken the bus from the welfare home to the hospital before and roughly knew the price, but the driver wouldn't let her scan the QR code. She didn't have any cash on her, so she had to call out to An Fusheng: "Fuzi, quickly give the driver fifty dollars for the fare."

An Fusheng pulled out fifty yuan from his pocket. "Here you go."

"Hey, I already said no, you're doing a good deed, I'm happy to give you a free ride!" The driver slapped An Fusheng's outstretched hand back and resolutely refused to accept it.

“This is our job, we get paid by the government, you deserve it, everyone has their own difficulties.” Lou Lan snatched the money from An Fusheng’s hand and threw it into the passenger seat.

The taxi driver got into the car, started the engine, threw the money out, and then drove off quickly.

Lou Lan watched helplessly as the money flew out of the car and landed on the ground. She picked it up and thought, "That person, really."

An Fusheng felt that this scene was very similar to the scene of visiting relatives and asking for red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

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Author's Note: My darlings, there will be no updates from the 6th to the 8th. I'm worried I might have missed some details or foreshadowing while writing, so I need to go back and check, and also correct any typos (I won't change the plot). Updates will resume on the 9th (Thursday). Love you all~~