Inside the tree house.
Hearing Lingling's baby voice, everyone was shocked and quickly shut their mouths, fearing that they would say something they shouldn't and be heard by Lingling, the worrying little girl.
Then she would open her big watery eyes and say: Lingling also wants to help!
When they thought of the pitiful look of the energetic little dumpling after being rejected, everyone shook their heads, trying to get rid of that image.
Everyone in the room looked at each other, and finally it was the Elf King Thor who stood up first to meet the little dumpling.
Let me test how much Lingling has heard!
“Squeak—”
Thor gently opened the wooden door, moved his gaze downwards, lowered his eyes slightly, and met the little dumpling's big, somewhat guilty eyes.
While waiting for someone to open the door, Lingling's big eyes like black grapes kept rolling around, and she was thinking frantically.
Oh my~ How is Lingling going to explain why she came back alone?
Hearing the sound of the wooden door opening, Lingling looked up suddenly and met Thor's smiling eyes.
The little dumpling immediately controlled his facial expression and smiled foolishly at Thor.
Thor couldn't help but chuckle, and simply squatted down, staring at Lingling's black pupils, and laughed in a long voice: "Lingling——"
"Yes, yes, it's Lingling~" Little Dumpling couldn't wait to respond, fearing that if he spoke slowly he would be discovered that he was eavesdropping.
Thor looked at the anxious look on the little girl's face and couldn't help but poke her chubby little face. He asked in pretended surprise:
"Lingling, why are you here? Didn't you go out to play with your brothers and Huhu? Why are you here? This is so weird!"
Lingling obediently tilted her little face up and let Thor poke it, trying to get away with it by being cute.
The little fellow stuttered back, "Yes, yes, why is Lingling here? Oh, Lingling remembered, because Lingling is hungry and wants to eat."
"Eat, eat!" The little guy repeated it again because he was worried that Thor wouldn't believe him.
Thor suppressed the upward curve of his lips and felt relieved: "Looking at the look of this little idiot, he probably didn't hear anything. After all, we had already finished discussing it by the time we heard the little guy's voice."
Thinking of this, he stopped teasing the little girl, cleared his throat, picked up Lingling, and called inside: "Everyone, Lingling said she's hungry, so let's stop chatting."
Hearing this, the people waiting inside came out one after another.
They came out and looked at the little ball whose body was still a little stiff in Thor's arms, all with smiles on their faces.
They all heard it inside, and little Dumpling Lingling was obviously feeling a little guilty.
But~ as a mature adult, they see through it but don't say anything, so just give some face to the little kid who thinks he can get away with it.
Irene followed Thor to the open space outside, looked at Lingling and asked with a smile, "Baby, it's okay to eat, but shouldn't you call the brothers back? If they can't find you later, they'll be worried."
Lingling: ! ! That’s right! Brothers!
"Oh my, Lingling forgot about her brothers, uncle..." The little dumpling blinked his big eyes and looked at Thor.
Thor understood immediately, but he didn't put Lingling down. He just held the little girl firmly and said, "It's okay. Uncle will help you find your brothers."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard the sound.
"younger sister!"
“Lingling!”
“Ouch~”
"Well, it seems there is no need to look for it." Thor said with a smile while looking forward.
On the road ahead, the figures of five little tree people gradually appeared, running in front of them, as if leading the way.
When they got to the adults, the five little tree men suddenly braked.
George was extremely anxious. Just as he was about to tell Aram and the others that his sister was missing, he saw a pink little ball in Thor's arms. Who else could it be but Lingling!
George's worried heart suddenly calmed down, and he was speechless for a long time. He raised the branch and pointed it at Lingling. The small branch trembled like Lingling's little heart.
Lingling immediately clasped her hands together, raised them in front of her, opened her eyes wide and admitted her mistake: "I'm sorry, Gege~ Lingling was wrong~"
George: ...
George was struck by his sister's pitiful appearance and swallowed back what he wanted to say.
Seeing his brother's restless expression, Alphonse couldn't help but speak up. "Sister, how could you hide over here? Didn't we say we were going to play over there? You scared us. We thought you were hiding in the tree again."
Lingling pointed at her brothers guiltily, not daring to look at them. She said weakly, "Lingling hungry bird~ I'm sorry, Gege."
In fact, Xiaotuanzi was not lying. She was indeed a little hungry, so she wanted to find the adults, and eavesdropping was just a coincidence.
Seeing Lingling's timid appearance, Thor felt a little distressed.
This is the bad thing about raising a daughter. It's hard to say harsh words to her.
He shook his head, tapped the tip of the little girl's nose, looked into her clear eyes, and said seriously: "Baby, you really should apologize to the brothers. Didn't you tell them last time? You can't run around without telling anyone. Don't do that next time."
Lingling immediately nodded obediently, her little head almost falling off.
In fact, she was just curious. She was curious why her grandparents and uncles would secretly close the door and talk together without Lingling and her brothers.
"Okay~ Lingling can't do it anymore, Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Brother, I'm sorry~"
Hearing the little dumpling's soft apology, the big and small ones surrendered instantly and lost their temper.
Never mind, children still need to be taught slowly, not to mention that he is a relatively obedient child.
The next second, Lingling continued hesitantly, "Lingling, don't eavesdrop on birds anymore. Hey, uncles and grandparents, can you please stop hiding things from me?"
In fact, the little girl didn't eavesdrop on purpose to be a bad kid. She had discovered before at the bottom of the sea that there were some things the uncles didn't want her to know, even her Uncle Bai was the same.
The result is that the more they hide it, the more the little guy wants to know.
Especially recently, Lingling's heart always reminds her from time to time that she seems to have forgotten something important.
There seemed to be some scary fragments in the little head, but the fragments were extremely vague and Lingling couldn't remember them no matter how hard she tried, which made the worrying little Tuanzi very worried.
Bai Jiu and everyone: ...
Bai Jiu was reflecting on whether it was a mistake to block Lingling's nightmare.
What if, he meant, if his uncles really had an accident like Lingling's nightmare, and they kept it a secret from Lingling, wouldn't that be even more cruel?
The adults were silent. They didn't want to hide the truth, but the consequence of not hiding it was that Lingling would definitely ask to fight with them.
This is obviously not what they want to see.
So, how do we strike a balance?
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