Chapter 47 Nian Nian was contacted
"Nian Nian?"
The little guy's pure black eyes sparkled. He was thrilled. Because in his world, cell phones, calls, connections... these were all adult things, social tools for adults, not something a little guy like him could easily reach by just standing on tiptoe.
But at this moment, Jiang Duan called him. Nian Nian's face was filled with anticipation and joy. She raised her arms high, holding Shi Jianfeng's black phone in both hands, and imitated the adults, pressing the phone to her ear.
"Hello? Short brother? It's Nian Nian!"
The sound was mixed with the unconcealable joy of birds jumping.
"...Niannian, are you busy today?" Jiang Duan seemed to pause, and his voice transmitted through the loudspeaker, losing some of its childishness.
Nian Nian was completely unaware and answered obediently, "I'm not busy. I play every day."
The little guy hangs out with Yuanyuan in every corner of the villa every day, having a lot of fun. After living in harmony for a long time, he can even have a quarrel with Yuanyuan and break up with her, using the bitterness of the breakup to spice up his overly happy daily life.
Very lively.
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be waiting for this sentence, and immediately said: "I'm not busy today, can I come to your house as a guest?"
"Play with Nian Nian? Great!" Nian Nian, who had just broken up with Yuan Yuan and was crying for Jiang Duan to play with her, readily agreed. Jiang Duan's initiative to play with him hit him hard, like a pillow thrown to him when he was sleepy.
The person on the other end seemed caught off guard by how smoothly the situation unfolded. Their mind went blank for a moment, but they managed to continue the conversation. "Okay, wait for me at home. I'll be right there."
"Yeah. Nian Nian, wait." The little guy nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, holding the phone, his eyes curved into two crescents, chattering with Jiang Du Anton for a while, and finally hung up the phone reluctantly, and the phone returned to Shi Jianfeng's hands again.
Shi Guilin suspected that Nian Nian might prefer chatting with Jiang Duan over the phone rather than having him come to her house to play face-to-face. After all, Nian Nian seemed very happy and excited to be contacted by someone her own age for the first time.
There were piles of documents on the desk in the study. Shi Jianfeng reminded Shi Guilin and Shi Linzhuo to look after the two children for a while, and then hurried back to the study.
Nian Nian, who was about to welcome his little friend, became very active and could not calm down at all. He did not care about Yuan Yuan, with whom he had had a quarrel. In order to entertain the guests well, he hurriedly mobilized everyone in front of him, and wanted to present his best and favorite things to share with Jiang Duan, who was visiting.
In the eyes of one-year-old Nian Nian, the best things only fall into two categories: food and toys.
The little guy's favorite food lately is grapes, but his favorite toys, which have always been the same, are his dumplings and sandbags. Shi Guilin, having nothing better to do, casually taught him how to greet guests.
Therefore, when Cheng Huili brought Jiang Duan to the house, as soon as they stepped into the villa, Nian Nian began to speak a welcoming speech in a fluent manner.
"Auntie, brother, welcome Nian Nian! Look so happy!" The little guy rolled over like a ball, scrambling to get in front of Cheng Huili and Jiang Duan. He hugged Cheng Huili's legs as a warm greeting, then hugged Jiang Duan, who was as quiet as ever.
Cheng Huili and Shi Guilin nodded to each other. The Jiang and Shi families were old friends, with many connections, so it wasn't like they had never met before and knew each other somewhat.
Nian Nian's voice was sweet: "Brother, Nian Nian misses you." Although she only thought about you for a moment after breaking up with Yuan Yuan.
Shi Linzhuo whispered in Nian Nian's ear: "It's Brother Duan."
"Well," Nian Nian reassuredly said, "Short brother."
Shi Linzhuo: “…” ok, fine.
The overwhelming enthusiasm still made Jiang Duan feel a little overwhelmed. He turned his head slightly to avoid it, but after a few seconds, he turned back. He tore off the sticky rice dumpling stuck to his body and said in a calm voice, but with a hint of confusion:
"Who is Short Brother?"
"You! Brother Duan." Nian Nian enunciated the words slowly, then sped up, "Brother Duan."
Oh, it really is him. Jiang Duan realized for the first time that his name could be like this. It wasn't bad, just a little strange.
"Short brother? Short brother!" Nian Nian became addicted to calling him, and two dimples appeared on the corners of her mouth.
Nian Nian seemed to like calling him that. Jiang Duan's eyes flickered slightly, and he stared at Nian Nian's smiling face silently for a while, thinking that the somewhat dramatic name of "Short Brother" was quite good.
It’s actually not that strange.
"Yeah." Jiang Duan agreed, implicitly agreeing to this name.
"Oh, Nian Nian forgot." The little guy cried out stupidly and put his hands into his pockets to dig.
Jiang Duan and Cheng Huili watched his movements approvingly. Shi Guilin and Shi Linzhuo exchanged glances, then looked away with complicated expressions.
"This." Nian Nian grabbed two round green grapes and put them into Jiang Duan's palm. "They're delicious."
Two grapes were the maximum size for Nian Nian's hand, not Nian Nian's. Shi Guilin couldn't help himself and explained to Cheng Huili, "I told him not to put it in his pocket, but he insisted. I guess he wanted Du An to feel his little gift as soon as he walked in, hahahaha."
"Is that so?" Cheng Huili accepted this explanation well. This kind of sincere yet adorably silly thing was indeed something Nian Nian could do. She raised the corners of her mouth, and cast a doting look at Nian Nian, her tone full of envy and love: "How wonderful, how adorable. It's almost impossible for Du An to do something like that."
Shi Guilin's face darkened, and he felt somewhat sullen. He didn't know what words of comfort he could say, so he could only sigh dryly, "Every child has his or her own lovable qualities, haha."
The adults' conversation didn't reach the children. Nian Nian was still digging.
He took out the sandbags and small dumplings from his other trouser pocket and forcefully stuffed them into Jiang Duan's pockets: "Bags and dumplings."
Jiang Duan suddenly realized that these were the "bao bao" and "dumplings" that Nian Nian had mentioned last time. At that time, he had thought they were food.
Facing Nian Nian's expectant gaze, Jiang Duan lowered his head to look at the two grapes in his left hand, then glanced at the sandbag and the small dumplings with his right hand, and muttered, "...Thank you."
Nian Nian scratched her cheek and asked, "Brother, do you like it?"
Shi Linzhuo reminded again: "It's Brother Duan."
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