Chapter 58: Nian Nian escapes from the barrel
The one who was dozing off was startled by him and startled all over. His fur stood up and he jumped out of the round-mouthed plastic basin. After freeing his body, he meowed in confusion at Nian Nian who was crying.
Xi Zimu watched him weep miserably, his face tense. His two-year-old brain had no memory of solving such a difficult problem. He stood there, feeling helpless, unable to help no matter how anxious he was, his heart pounding with anxiety.
"Niannian, don't be afraid. I'll go find your mom and dad."
"Wuwuwu...Mumu...Nian Nian, I want papa...wuwuwu."
Xi Zimu was like a soldier who was given a mission in a critical moment on the battlefield. He nodded firmly, said "I'll go find it", and hurriedly ran towards the bathroom where Shi Guilin went.
Nian Nian's loud crying was like a moving train, spreading through the air to the bathroom at the other end of the corridor.
The muffled cries of a child echoed through the crack of the loose door. Guilin's ears twitched as he held his eyelids open in front of the mirror, observing the red bloodshot on the whites of his eyes. He paused, lowered his hand from his eye socket, and took two seconds to process the information. Then, reacting immediately, he flung open the door and returned the way he had come.
Before they were halfway through the corridor, Xi Zimu, who was in a hurry to look for his parents, and Shi Guilin, who was running back in a hurry, bumped into each other head-on.
"Uncle! Think of him..." Xi Zimu was so tired after running all the way that he was out of breath. He swallowed half of his words and could hardly finish his words.
Xi Zimu was here, so the one crying was Nian Nian. The tall figure paused, then walked even faster, almost running.
Xi Zimu, whose principle of being a friend is never to abandon or give up, was still trying to convey the message about the crying Nian Nian to Shi Guilin. Shi Guilin listened to the crying sound getting closer and clearer, and he became anxious. He didn't have time to listen to Xi Zimu's slow words, so he simply picked up the person and kept walking back.
During the brief journey of tens of seconds, Shi Guilin imagined countless horrible possibilities and reasons why Nian Nian might have cried. Had she fallen, scraped her arms and legs? Had she seen blood? Or worse, a broken bone? The more he thought about it, the more serious it seemed. New dad Shi Guilin was terrified.
People are always most talented when they scare themselves.
The imagination was so thrilling that when he saw Nian Nian crying in the bucket and meowing beside her, he was completely unable to recover. Only his respiratory system was working autonomously to adjust his breathing, and his chest rose and fell with panting.
"Wow, wow..." With tearful eyes, Nian Nian vaguely saw the figure of Shi Guilin, who always made her feel at ease and tall. She immediately raised her little arms towards her father, and her short white fingers grasped at her, desperately needing a hug from Shi Guilin. "Help, wow... Papa, save me, save Nian Nian, wow, wow..."
Shi Guilin put Xi Zimu back on the ground, squatted down, held Nian Nian's little hand, and quickly scanned the little guy's whole body.
call--
He breathed a sigh of relief, glad he wasn't hurt.
"Baby, don't cry." Shi Guilin leaned over and looked around at Nian Nian's strange appearance. "Tell Daddy what's wrong. Daddy will help Nian Nian."
"Wow, wow, wow... Nian Nian, wow, wow, wow..." Nian Nian was crying so hard that her mouth couldn't close, and she was babbleing a lot.
A question mark slowly appeared above Shi Guilin’s head.
"Uncle." Two-year-old Xi Zimu was surprisingly the most reliable at the crucial moment. Ever since he met Shi Guilin, he hadn't panicked at all. In his mind, there was nothing in the world that adults couldn't solve. To put it another way, if a problem couldn't be solved, it was simply because there weren't enough adults.
He spoke clearly, "Nian Nian tried to imitate me and stuffed himself into the bucket, but after he sat in, his butt got stuck and he couldn't get out."
Shi Guilin, knowing the truth, said, "..." Honestly, this kind of thing was a rare occurrence, but it made perfect sense to him when it happened to Nian Nian. He'd only been gone for less than two minutes, and Nian Nian had gotten him into such a mess. Just like last time in the greenhouse, she could get herself covered in mud right under her nose.
Shi Guilin took a breath and touched Nian Nian's waist and abdomen: "It's okay, ah, Daddy will get the bucket down for you."
He wiped the little girl's tears, placed Nian Nian's legs that were exposed outside the bucket on his thighs, put his left arm around Nian Nian's back, supported the back of her head with his palm, supported her back with his forearm, and grabbed the edge of the bucket with his right hand, pulling in the opposite direction.
"Tsk." Shi Guilin frowned and let go of the edge of the bucket.
It's a bit tight.
Nian Nian's butt fit the bucket too well, and some of the air inside was squeezed out, causing the bucket to be sucked in very firmly. Shi Guilin didn't dare to pull it hard, for fear that Nian Nian would be injured.
"Papa," Nian Nian saw Shi Guilin's troubled expression and thought the bucket couldn't be pulled out. She said in a trembling voice, "Bucket, are you going to put it on Nian Nian's butt?"
The little guy is already planning how he will live with the bucket on his butt for the rest of his life.
Xi Zimu was also terrified. He almost got sucked into the bucket like Nian Nian! As a good friend, he naturally didn't want his good friend to have to live with a bucket on his butt. Xi Zimu looked at Shi Guilin worriedly and said, "Uncle, you have to think of a way quickly. If you can't get it off, Nian Nian will be like a turtle, crawling on the ground with the green bucket on her back, unable to even walk."
Like a turtle? What kind of turtle is a turtle? There was no time for the "short-sighted" Nian Nian to ponder new species. He was worried that the one-year-old cub had only enjoyed the right to walk for nearly two months, and now it was about to be deprived of this right by the bucket on its butt, and it would never have the chance to walk again.
Nian Nian was about to cry again: "Papa, Nian Nian, if you like, just walk. Don't push."
Forced to listen to the two children peddling their wild and unrealistic anxieties, Shi Guilin chuckled unhappily, "What are you two little brats worrying about?"
Shi Guilin stretched out a finger and groped his way between Nian Nian's buttocks and the edge of the bucket. With a little skill and dexterity, his finger slipped smoothly into the bucket, and the air rushed back into the bucket.
The air pressure inside and outside the bucket reached balance again. Shi Guilin fiddled with it slightly, and the green bucket slipped off Nian Nian's buttocks smoothly, falling to the floor with a crisp sound.
Nian Nian's butt was redeemed.
Xi Zimu touched his butt lovingly and said happily, "Niannian, your butt is out!"
Nian Nian also covered her tortured buttocks with lingering fear: "Nian Nian, I hate Tong Tong."
Shi Guilin looked at them like that, half laughing, and finally patted their heads gently: "Next time, you can't just play with things you haven't played before. You are not allowed to innovate the gameplay without permission. Remember?"
"Yeah, Nian Nian will remember." The fragile Nian Nian will agree to anything now.
Xi Zimu said, "Uncle, Nian Nian saw me sleeping in the basin, and he wanted to try it too, so he sat in the bucket."
Shi Guilin pinched Nian Nian's chubby little face with his palms, shaking it jokingly. "Here is a kitten. It's different from you. Don't imitate it next time. Hmm? Can you? Can Nian Nian do it?"
The soft flesh on Nian Nian's face trembled like pudding. Shi Guilin's hand was still fiddling with his chin. The little guy tried his best to answer obediently: "Nian Nian, it's okay!"
Shi Guilin hummed vaguely and let go of Nian Nian's soft little face.
It was almost noon when the aunt prepared lunch and set it on the table. Xi Zhu and Shi Nanqi happened to come down the stairs. The three of them and their two cubs moved to the dining room to eat. The poor kitten, left behind by the children, finally had some free time. It nimbly found a corner of the sofa and nestled comfortably, closing its eyes for a truly undisturbed nap.
The meal and conversation took no more than half an hour. The main purpose of becoming a disciple had been achieved, and Shi Guilin and his companions no longer had any reason to stay as guests. They rested and prepared to return home.
"Hey, I've already added Nanqi's WeChat. Guilin, you can add mine later too. It will be more convenient for me to contact you two when Nian Nian comes to my place for classes." Xi Zhu said.
Shi Guilin nodded: "Okay, thank you Sister Xi."
"You're welcome." After saying this, Xi Zhu turned to Shi Nanqi and said, "At the earliest, we have to wait until Nian Nian's piano is customized before we can try to play the piano, so there may not be any demand for lessons recently. For some basic music theory knowledge, such as the seven scales, Nanqi can teach Nian Nian interactively at home. I won't go into details, you can figure it out at home."
Shi Nanqi smiled and said, "Well, I can handle it well."
"Okay, that's all." Xi Zhu touched Nian Nian's face, "Bye, Nian Nian."
After saying that, Xi Zimu stood in front of Xi Zhu anxiously, his eyes filled with reluctance: "Niannian, bye, next time you come to my house, come and play with me."
"Yes, Nian Nian will." This kind of request was nothing to the playful Nian Nian, who always readily agreed. "Teacher Xiangxiang, Mumu, bye."
The two little guys waved goodbye, ending their first meeting. He came over and stood on top of the tea cabinet, his dark eyes watching Nian Nian's back as she turned and left the Xi family, until their figures got into the black car and disappeared.
"Meow--"
The man with fluffy hair came over, retracted his gaze, turned his head away, lay down on all fours, and rested on the top of the cabinet. He closed his eyes lazily to block out the light.
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