Mingli smiled shyly, his cheeks flushed, and he covered his face with his small hands. "I know."
"Oh?" Qiao Zhen asked with interest, then pressed on, "So what is true love?"
Mingli buried her head in Qiao Zhen's arms, "I don't like chubby girls, but I like you because you're chubby. I also don't like people pinching my cheeks, but I'm so happy when you pinch them."
Qiao Zhen was taken aback upon hearing this, but couldn't help but chuckle.
Mingyan walked up to Qiao Zhen with steady steps. "Miss Qiao, thank you for taking care of Mingli. I have work to do, so I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Qiao Zhen looked up at Ming Yan, her face illuminated by the sunlight, her features glowing slightly. "Mr. Ming, please go ahead and do what you need to do. I will take good care of him."
Mingyan was slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered. He nodded to Qiao Zhen and then turned to leave.
Mingli showed Qiao Zhen around the courtyard for half a day, and then excitedly suggested, "Let me take you to the study. I have lots of books in my study, I'm sure you'll like them!"
Qiao Zhen disagreed. What kind of books could a three- or four-year-old child have in their study?
"OK."
Mingli took Qiaozhen to his study, where Qiaozhen was somewhat astonished. There was an English version of "If I Had Three Days to See," as well as "Poetry" and "Ice Mirror," which Qiaozhen might not be able to understand.
"Can you understand it?" Qiao Zhen casually picked up a copy of "The Ice Mirror" and flipped through it casually.
Mingli nodded his little head. "I've read all of these." He tugged at Qiao Zhen's clothes and pulled her to the other side of the bookshelf. "Look, these are all novels I've read. If you like them, I can share them with you. There are even autographs from Yi Musang in them."
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