When Liu Yue saw a strange little girl in her house, she was slightly taken aback at first. After the girl stood up and greeted her, she smiled and responded in kind.

"Hello, Auntie, I've come to visit."

"Hello, hello, welcome to my home."

After replying, Liu Yue realized something was wrong. Aunt? Shouldn't it be Auntie?

The more Liu Yue looked at the little girl's face, the more familiar it seemed, and a little face she had rarely seen before gradually overlapped with her own in her mind.

"It's Xiaoxiao! You've grown into a beautiful young lady in just a few years! Your aunt almost didn't recognize you!" Liu Yue put down what she was holding, walked over, and hugged Liu Xiaoxiao tightly.

"How's your grandma doing lately? Why did she suddenly decide to come visit your aunt? Remember to come often in the future!"

It's clear that Liu Yue really loves children. This can be seen from the joy in her eyes when she recognized Liu Xiaoxiao.

Faced with Liu Yue's series of questions, Liu Xiaoxiao didn't know which one to answer, so she could only nod "uh-huh" without saying anything else.

Seeing this, in order to prevent Liu Yue from further touching Liu Xiaoxiao's sore spot in the following conversation, Chen Bing had no choice but to quickly step forward and pull Liu Yue's arm, and then wink at her.

"Mom, my room is a bit dirty, could you come in and clean it for me?"

Liu Yue and Chen Bing have been mother and son for so many years. Although they can't be said to be in perfect sync, they are at least not on the same wavelength.

After hearing her son's words, Liu Yue immediately ignored his suggestive gaze and gave him a reproachful look. The look seemed to say, "Aren't you ashamed? Asking your mother to clean your room in front of a little girl?"

Oh no, is that what I meant? Didn't you see my suggestive look? Come with me for a second, I need to tell you something!

Helpless, given Chen Bing's insistence and shamelessness, Liu Yue could only give Liu Xiaoxiao an apologetic look before pouting and walking towards the bedroom with her good-for-nothing son.

After the two left, Chen Shichao and Liu Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance and then smiled awkwardly.

"Would you like some strawberries?"

...

In the room separated by a wall, after Chen Bing had painstakingly recounted everything she knew to Liu Yue, the kind-hearted mother revealed a look of heartache in her eyes.

Liu Yue had experienced something similar to Liu Xiaoxiao when she was a child, so she immediately empathized with her after hearing her story.

She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, then patted Chen Bing's head before putting on a sunny expression and leaving the room.

Seeing this, Chen Bing felt a little relieved. As long as Liu Yue got involved, everything would be alright.

Chen Bing, who wanted to go out of the bedroom to check on the living room, was blocked by Chen Shichao who was about to come in before she could even leave the room.

"Tell me what happened?"

Chen Bing repeated what she had just said to Liu Yue to Chen Shichao. After listening, he did not show the same expression as his wife, but he sighed slightly, shook his head, and left the room.

After hesitating for a while while sitting on the bed, Chen Bing also left the room.

When he arrived in the living room, he saw Liu Yue holding a new dress she had bought outside and letting Liu Xiaoxiao try it on. Based on past experience, it wasn't hard to guess that Liu Yue had originally bought this dress for Shang Yunmiao, but now that she had suddenly met Liu Xiaoxiao, she changed her mind and gave it to her instead.

To be honest, it doesn't matter whether a person's clothes look good or not. As long as a person is good-looking, even if they don't wear anything... not wearing anything is not acceptable. What I mean is, if a good-looking person wears a burlap sack, people will still praise them for their good taste.

However, the beautiful Liu Xiaoxiao didn't seem to think that way. She tugged at her dress, her face full of awkwardness.

"What's wrong? Do the clothes not fit?"

Liu Xiaoxiao shook her head, then explained, "It feels a bit chilly down there, and my clothes just feel weird."

Hearing her say that, Liu Yue smiled slightly.

"All skirts are like this, but they look really pretty when you wear them, right?"

Liu Xiaoxiao didn't seem to think so. She pinched her skirt and said to Liu Yue, "I don't like wearing skirts."

"You don't like it?" Liu Yue thought it was quite nice, but since Liu Xiaoxiao didn't like it, there was nothing she could do. After thinking for a moment, she suddenly remembered that she had also bought a beige women's overalls and some other clothes. So she took Liu Xiaoxiao to the place where the clothes were kept, pointed to the clothes bag on the sofa and said, "How about you pick out whatever clothes you like? Auntie will give you anything you like."

Having recovered from her heartbreak and regained her true nature, Liu Xiaoxiao was clearly not going to refuse. After listening to Liu Yue's words, she nodded and then looked at the pile of new clothes on the sofa.

One of the items caught her attention: a dark-colored top.

"I like this one."

Following the direction Liu Xiaoxiao pointed, Liu Yue picked up the garment, unfolded it, and examined it.

"Oh? This? This is a boy's outfit. Your aunt bought it for your brother Chen Bing."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bing also looked over and carefully examined the clothes in Liu Yue's hands.

Overall, the garment is predominantly black and red, and its style is a loose-fitting, retro Tang suit. On the shoulders, thin dark red stripes outline a simple image of a Chinese dragon. Other details, such as the cuffs and ribbons, are also in this dark red.

Wow, it looks incredibly high-end, stylish, and trendy! However, it requires a certain level of attractiveness and a good figure to pull off. It definitely won't look good on someone who's slightly overweight or stocky; only tall, slim people can truly pull it off.

Liu Xiaoxiao's words... um... seem quite suitable?

Not only does it look good, but the other person also seems to like the clothes quite a bit, saying that they really like them.

After thinking about it for a moment, Liu Yue felt that there was nothing wrong with girls wearing boys' clothes, so she took Liu Xiaoxiao to the room to try them on.

A moment later, Liu Xiaoxiao, dressed in her new clothes, came out of the room. Her cool, aloof face paired with her neutral attire actually looked quite fitting at first glance.

Not only Chen Bing felt this way, but Liu Yue was also very satisfied with this new playmate... clothing partner. So she picked out a few more of Chen Bing's clothes and took this little girl, whose temperament was completely different from Shang Yunmiao's, to play a dress-up game.

Halfway through the game, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to tell Liu Xiaoxiao's parents. After all, they had run away halfway through the funeral, and they would be worried if she didn't tell them. Thinking of this, Liu Yue left Liu Xiaoxiao with Chen Bing to watch TV, and then went to her room alone to make a phone call.

A moment later, Liu Yue came out of the room with a pout, then hugged Liu Xiaoxiao, who was watching TV on the sofa, and kissed her.

Judging from Liu Yue's motherly and loving expression, it's easy to see that her communication with the other party's family was definitely not pleasant.