Chapter 81
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the shops on the streets will be closed in a few days. They have to take advantage of these few days to buy New Year's goods.
Teacher Tang Yang made a list for Xi Siling and asked him to take Pepe and 77 out for a trip.
Three young and strong guys are suitable for doing this.
When he returned to the room to get his bag, Liu Huaqi found that several children were hiding and watching him.
Of course, the children had no ill intentions, and Liuhuaqi could also see their hesitation.
Finally, a brave little girl came to him.
"Big brother, can you help us secretly bring something?"
Liuhuaqi was stunned for a moment. Why was it "quietly"?
The little girl thought Liuhuaqi's silence meant rejection, so she quickly put her hands together in front of her chest.
"Our rich big brother! Please -"
It's not about money. Liu Huaqi nodded seriously, "You don't have to pay me. What do you want?"
Several children jumped up with excitement, and then the little girl came to Liuhuaqi and waved.
The boy didn't understand at first, but he understood and squatted down after the little girl's signal.
The little girl began to discuss it with him in a 'sneaky' way.
"Brother Liuhua, do you know what strawberry daifuku is? It's not the strawberry-flavored glutinous rice cake you see in the supermarket, but the thin layer of cream with strawberries inside!"
Liuhuaqi doesn’t like desserts very much, but this thing can be easily found in the dessert shops on Shengjing Street.
So he nodded.
But what a strange name for Brother Liuhua...
"That's great! Then please ask Liuhua-niang to buy one box! Please ask the store clerk to package it nicely!"
"Packaging? Who are you sending it to?"
Liu Huaqi then realized that these children wanted food not for him.
The other little girl seemed to be stressed, "No, no! We bought it just for ourselves!"
Then she whispered to her friend beside her, "Stupid, Brother Liuhua and Brother Siling are good friends, you will be exposed if you say that!"
So it was...gifted to a senior in the department?
The senior in the department was not adopted, he grew up here, he is the 'real brother' of these children, it is rare that these children actually want to give the senior in the department a surprise.
Liuhuaqi smiled unconsciously.
"Okay, I'll buy it for you."
The children smiled and said thank you over and over again, then ran away happily.
After accepting the children's entrustment, Liuhuaqi took the things and returned to the door.
Xi Siling showed the list to Liu Huaqi, "Our mission this time is to bring back all the New Year's goods~"
"New Year's goods..." Liuhuaqi took the list and looked at the items on it, seeming to be lost in some memories.
Even if young children do not understand the profound meaning of the Spring Festival, they know that there will be holidays during the Spring Festival.
Not to mention new clothes, new toys, lucky money, etc., just tell me how happy I was.
The same was true for Liuhua Qi when he was a child. The Liuhua family was a large family, and the New Year period was especially lively. Moreover, the relatives were all very kind to him, and in the eyes of his parents, he was an extremely outstanding person.
Of course, this is all a joke now.
"Have you figured out what's going on? Is there something missing?" Xi Siling interrupted Liu Huaqi's thoughts. The pain of being betrayed by the person closest to you would not diminish even if one were torn between life and death.
If possible, Xi Siling still hopes that 77 can temporarily put the past aside and enjoy the beauty of the festival itself.
Liu Huaqi shook his head. "Teacher Tang should have prepared everything very thoroughly. I'm just taking a look."
After the young man handed the note over, Xi Siling handed it to Lin Zhipei.
"Would you like to see Pepe?"
When children are young, they are very lively and cheerful, and they are good at using their advantages to achieve some small goals.
For example, you can act coquettishly to Teacher Tang in the hope that he will buy some snacks you like.
"I want to see it. I want to see it."
The items on the list are not much different from what I remember, but the most interesting thing is the tips that Teacher Tang left at the end.
'Don't buy too many snacks for the kids.'
Lin Zhipei burst out laughing, "This is to protect me from my childhood."
One year when Lin Zhipei was a child, she ate too many snacks and suddenly started vomiting and having diarrhea. Zhong Huai and Tang Yang were so anxious that they took the child to the emergency room in the middle of the night. It was discovered that she had acute gastroenteritis.
So the orphanage has added a strange rule - snacks during the Spring Festival will be available in limited time and quantity.
"So don't buy too many snacks."
Xi Siling: Don’t think I don’t know that the children have come to you to act cute and ask for snacks.
Lin Zhipei stuck out her tongue and said, "I should have realized that those kids came to me because they tried to act cute with Brother Si Ling but failed!"
Then Xi Siling looked at Liuhuaqi again, "When Pepe was a child, he ate too much at the New Year's Eve dinner and continued to be greedy, so he ate too much snacks and was admitted to the hospital. Don't spoil them."
The boy thought of the children who asked him to buy strawberry daifuku.
"No."
Does this mean that she didn't act cute to him? Or does it mean that she didn't spoil them?
77 doesn't look "approachable" at all, but children are elves who will not be scared by appearances.
It only takes a short time to tell who is good and who is bad.
"Then let's go!"
——
It was just an ordinary stroll through a shopping mall and supermarket, but the reactions of Lin Zhipei and Liu Huaqi were very interesting.
One was running around excitedly and had to be held by Si Ling to keep from running away; the other was extremely cramped and was obviously not used to such a lively place.
But in fact, there is no difference. If you don't hold one, it will run away. If you don't hold the other, it will be left where it is.
Xi Siling suddenly felt that it was nice to go shopping alone.
"Oh damn, why am I already over twelve years old!"
Lin Zipei looked at the inflatable castle that the kids were playing in the mall with reluctance, and Xi Siling almost laughed out loud.
"It's okay. Tell the staff that you just turned twelve and see if you can get in."
The boy made a face and said, "It's good enough if you don't kick me out!"
It was difficult to drag the two people away from the crowded place and finally got to the supermarket.
There were quite a few people inside, but fortunately they were all moving around and not getting stuck.
"Spring Festival couplets, lanterns, a large carp, and..."
The three of them pushed two carts, which were almost full of things.
But you can just put some in your personal space when no one is paying attention so you don't have to worry about not being able to take it away.
Liuhuaqi really doesn't like places with too many people. It makes him feel insecure, but the area with fog is very noisy. Everyone speaks very loudly, otherwise he can't hear his companions talking.
If he hadn't been accompanied by his department senior, he would never have come to such a place alone.
"Aqi! Is there anything else you want?"
After checking the list, Lin Zhipei looked at Liu Huaqi. Her eyes were bright, exactly the same as in the boy's memory.
Liu Huaqi shook his head and said, "I'll just go to the dessert shop upstairs and buy something."
So the three of them lined up to pay.
"77 likes desserts?"
"......"
How should he answer this? Should he say that he likes to eat? He doesn't like sweet things, but if he says that he doesn't like to eat, wouldn't that expose those children...
Liu Huaqi blinked and saw the smile in the senior's eyes becoming more and more intense.
How could we possibly hide this from the smart and clever seniors in our department? I’m sorry, kids.
"It's okay, just buy less."
Xi Siling didn't know that the children were busy preparing gifts for him.
Speaking of this, Liu Huaqi realized that he had never asked his seniors in the department about their hobbies.
"Does the department senior like desserts?"
"Yes, sweet things help me think."
Xi Siling doesn't have any unpleasant tastes, but she particularly likes sweet foods.
"I know this very well! When brother Si Ling shared snacks with me when we were kids, the sweet ones went to him and the salty ones went to me!"
Lin Zhipei joined the conversation, he was always positive when talking about his childhood.
Liuhuaqi suddenly felt a little jealous, but this jealousy seemed too inexplicable.
The pink-haired boy seemed to be unaware of Liu Huaqi's thoughts and approached him naturally, "Where's Ah Qi? What flavor of snacks do you like? It's so hard to come to the supermarket!"
Liu Huaqi was silent. What kind of snacks did he like? He didn't eat them at all.
But...when they were still friends in the previous life, Lin Zhipei always shared with him, no matter whether he ate it or not, she would just give it to him first.
Thanks to Lin Zhipei, Liu Huaqi has tried many things that he might never have tried in his entire life.
"Ah Qi? Are you stunned?"
Lin Zhipei didn't feel embarrassed at all and waved her hand in front of the boy's eyes.
Liu Huaqi waved it away subconsciously, "I don't have anything I like to eat, don't mind me."
I don’t know what the boy was thinking, but some sympathy immediately appeared in his eyes.
"How can there be no food you like? You can always find something you like if you try more!"
If possible, Lin Zhipei could change the Liuhuaqi every day and give it a new one to try, but when he thought of his own situation, the boy felt lost again.
He simply doesn't have the time or ability.
Xi Siling couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if Hua Hegu and Lao Zei hadn't interfered, with Lin Zhipei's spirit of "perseverance", the two of them could have become important friends to each other.
But this friendship was mixed with too much conspiracy and evil desires, and both parties were helpless and ultimately ended up in tragedy.
"Indeed, it never hurts to try a little more."
Xi Siling added.
"Given Ah Qi's personality, when we go out to eat, he will probably eat whatever Brother Si Ling eats, right?"
Even though they had only known each other for less than two days, Lin Cipei could already guess Liu Huaqi's personality.
Although Xi Siling was not sure, the smile on her face was perfect proof of it.
Liuhuaqi was a little speechless. Is it so easy to guess?
"Okay, let's go back."
Finally, they paid the bill and went to the dessert shop. The three of them went back to the orphanage with a lot of things.
Liu Huaqi went to hand in the task "sneakily", and the little girl gave him a big hug.
"Thank you, Brother Liuhua!!!"
The boy's hands were so stiff that he didn't know where to put them.
But there is still a hint of stubbornness.
"Call me Brother Aqi."
The children were also very sensible, "Okay! Brother Aqi."
The children came up to Xi Siling and gave him the "exquisitely packaged" strawberry daifuku that Xi Siling had already seen.
The boy's eyes widened, he didn't expect that 77 was bought for these kids and ended up being a gift for him.
"Brother Si Ling! We like you!"
"We heard from Teacher Tang that you like strawberry daifuku!"
"Always be happy, Brother Siling!"
Xi Siling's eyes were filled with emotion. These children, like Pepe, were always thinking of him.
"Thank you—"
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