Chapter 127 The Demon Child's Taunting
"I was waiting for you downstairs, and while I was waiting, this kid threw himself onto my lap. When I asked him where his parents were, he refused to tell me. I don't know if he's mute."
Xu Sirui made no secret of his dislike for the child. He swung his legs while explaining and wanted to reach out and grab the boy's collar, but as if he disliked the boy's dirtiness, he retracted his hand halfway.
Zhou Tianqing nodded thoughtfully: "Maybe he got lost? It can't be some new scam, right?"
"Who of you will help me pull him out?"
"You think he's a carrot." She smiled bitterly.
Among the people present, only Zhu Yingning had rich experience in taking care of children - she had taken care of many snotty, naked little kids in the village. Upon hearing this, she stepped forward and easily pulled him up from Xu Sirui's legs.
"Let's take him to see the staff. His parents must be very worried now," she said.
As soon as she finished speaking, the child in her arms started wailing and thrashing, as if she were a human trafficker, about to sell him off to the mountains. With his struggle, Zhu Yingning lost her grip, and the little boy stubbornly clung back to Xu Sirui's lap.
Xu Sirui: “…”
"I think he likes you very much." Zhou Tianqing was enjoying the fun. "In that case, you take care of him. Yingning and I will go find some staff nearby."
"Fuck...! Wait, I'll go with you." He didn't want to face this little brat alone at all, so he could only pull him off his legs and follow him by holding his clothes.
Fortunately, there was a staff member nearby, and Zhou Tianqing approached him to explain the situation. There were no missing person announcements inside the Hong Kong Disneyland. The staff member said he would take the child around to see if he could find the parents. If not, he would be taken to the Lost and Found Center, where a Cast Member would care for the child until the parents came to inquire.
The staff made careful arrangements, but when he was about to take the little boy, the boy burst into tears again without any warning, and while crying he hugged Xu Sirui's legs tightly, and his tears and snot rubbed onto his pants.
Xu Sirui: “…”
The staff member hesitated and asked, "Do you... know each other?"
"I don't know him." Seeing that Xu Sirui was on the verge of losing his temper, Zhu Yingning stepped forward to explain, "I don't know why, but he particularly likes my friend."
The staff member nodded knowingly. "Maybe it's because your friend is handsome. Everyone loves beauty." Then, he made a face and tried to coax the child. "Little boy, can I take you to find your parents? Do you like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and other Disney characters? I'll take you to a place where they are, okay?"
The little boy didn't appreciate it at all. Not only did he not respond, he cried even louder.
After a lot of trouble, the staff was sweating profusely, but they still couldn't coax the little boy to their side. Soft tactics didn't work, and hard tactics didn't quite conform to Disney's philosophy. He raised his head and glanced awkwardly at Zhu Yingning and his group: "How about... you guys come along too?"
Xu Sirui wanted to refuse a thousand times, but unfortunately Zhu Yingning had already shown an expression that said "Okay, I want to do good things", so he could only swallow his anger and follow.
After searching around, they still didn't see anyone who looked like the boy's parents. The staff could only take him to the identification center and wait for the boy's parents to realize he was lost and come there to claim him.
Even when he arrived at the lost children's claim center and was amused by the staff with various toys, the little boy stayed close to Xu Sirui.
If it was simply a matter of staying close to the child, it would be fine. I could just sit there and endure it until his parents arrived. But the terrible thing was that a few minutes later, the child's first words were not to tell everyone his parents' contact information or introduce himself, but to say, "I want to play Dumbo."
Xu Sirui: “?”
He was shocked at first that the child was not mute, and then he said viciously: "Fuck."
As a result, the child was like a tape recorder, repeating the words "I want to play Dumbo" incessantly for the next five minutes, his voice getting louder and louder, as if there was a broken gong hidden in his throat, and at the end he began to shout and cry at a high decibel.
The claiming area wasn't very large to begin with, and soon it was filled with his howling. While other children's cries lingered in the air, this one was a demonic sound that pierced the ears. Even more terrifying was the presence of many other children. Children are magical creatures who are easily assimilated by the cries of others. His cries quickly spread like a virus, one after another, one after another.
Xu Sirui had a splitting headache and yelled at the crying little boy: "Do you believe I will beat you if you cry again?!" But it had the opposite effect, making the boy cry even harder.
Zhou Tianqing blocked his ears and said, "Why don't you two take him to play Dumbo? I'll wait here for his parents to come."
Zhu Yingning also covered her ears and replied with difficulty amidst her shrill sobs: "But then you won't be able to play. I'd better stay here."
"I've been to Disneyland many times, so it's okay if I don't go there once. But you, on the other hand, it's a rare opportunity for you to come here, so you should go there more often."
Zhou Tianqing pushed Xu Sirui and Zhu Yingning out without saying a word.
The little boy who had been clinging to Xu Sirui and making a lot of noise was also going out with them. When he heard they could go out and play, his tears and howling stopped, and he completely changed his expression and smiled at the two of them.
Xu Sirui felt a surge of anger, and pinched his brows, trying to comfort himself that if he could endure for a while, things would be calm, and if he took a step back, the sky would be clear.
Next, he and Zhu Yingning tragically transformed themselves into the little boy's nanny and bodyguard. At his strong request, they took him to line up and play many children's favorite games, such as Dumbo, Little Bear's Adventures, and It's a Small World.
In addition to satisfying his need for play, they also have to deal with the little brat who suddenly opens his mouth and listens to him asking questions that are impossible to answer, such as why the bear's bottom is yellow instead of blue, and why Mickey's girlfriend is called Minnie, so why is Donald Duck's girlfriend called Daisy instead of Donald Duck?
If you say "I don't know" directly, you will be ridiculed by him: "Aren't you grown-up kids? How come you don't even know this?"
In the end, both of them were exhausted by his hundred thousand whys, and when their eyes met, they could read in each other's eyes the deep sense of despair.
The only thing that made Xu Sirui feel fortunate was that after playing a few games, the little boy probably felt that Zhu Yingning was more approachable than him. He finally stopped clinging to his legs and was able to walk properly with them holding his hand.
Perhaps because they had become closer, although he was still very cautious and refused to tell them his real name, he revealed that his nickname was Yangyang.
Xu Sirui had hoped to just shout "Is XX's parent here? Your child is missing" on the street, hoping for a lucky break. Unfortunately, the nickname Yangyang was too common, like Zhang Wei for boys and Jiayi for girls. He was afraid that if he shouted, all the parents of little boys in the amusement park would turn their heads and look at him.
After playing until around one in the afternoon, Yangyang started asking for an ice cream boat again. Xu Sirui paid for one and bought one for him, and also bought one for Zhu Yingning.
The ice cream boat was brought to her. Her face, which had been sallow from taking care of the children, finally brightened up a bit. She took the ice cream miserably and praised from the bottom of her heart, "Xu Sirui, you are such a kind person."
He scooped a spoonful of ice cream and was about to put it in his mouth when he remembered that he hadn't eaten it yet, so he stood up and planned to ask the staff for another spoon.
"No need." Xu Sirui stopped her and said, "I'm tired of eating this kind of thing. Just eat it yourself."
After eating a belly full of cold ice cream boat, Yangyang clamored for a hamburger like a bottomless pit.
They walked around the restaurant area and chose the Rocket Restaurant, where they ordered the Transformer beef burger set meal that Yangyang had been longing for.
The burger's crust was shaped like Iron Man. Zhu Yingning gasped in surprise and stared at it for a long time. Seeing her interest, Xu Sirui simply switched his original fried chicken order for the Transformer burger. She happily took out her phone and snapped several photos from different angles. Afterward, she felt a little embarrassed, having caught his stubborn streak. She tried to make amends by saying, "I wanted to take these for Sister Weiwei. She's never been to Disneyland."
Then, trying to cover up his mistake, he said, "I'm not usually this childish."
Xu Sirui was sitting opposite her, wiping Yangyang's clothes after he had eaten a lot of hamburgers. He chuckled when he heard her and glanced at her: "Then you can be so childish today."
She helped Yangyang rewrap the burger to make it easier for him to take. She looked calm on the surface, but her heart beat faster because of his words.
Fortunately, in the scorching heat of August, the chirping of cicadas drowned out the noise in my heart.
**
They met Yangyang's mother at the Magic Book House. The overly energetic child, having finished a late lunch, immediately demanded to see a show at the Magic Book House. At this point, Zhu Yingning finally sensed something was amiss and asked, "Yangyang, have you ever been to Disneyland before?"
"No." Yangyang answered confidently.
"Then why do you know there are these fun places in Disneyland?"
His eyes moved as she asked, as if he was evaluating whether answering her questions would endanger his own safety. Zhu Yingning waited patiently for his assessment. Fortunately, he was finally succumbed to her clear eyes and answered truthfully, "Because my mother planned the itinerary, and this is what she told me."
"You have a good memory, you can actually remember all the places Mom mentioned."
Yangyang chuckled proudly a few times, pretending to be humble: "Not really, I can remember all this, not only because of my strong memory, but also thanks to the note my mother wrote to me."
"The note? You have it with you, right? Can I have a look at it?"
This time, Yangyang generously took out the note from his pocket.
Zhu Yingning unfolded the note that was crumpled and suspected to be covered with his saliva, and saw that the tour route was indeed written on it, and each attraction was marked with pinyin, perhaps to make it easier for Yangyang to read.
While she was reading the note, Xu Sirui also came over and stood behind her, his eyes looking over her shoulder at the note, so they saw the line of small words at the bottom of the note almost at the same time.
To be precise, it is a row of numbers.
A line of mobile phone numbers.
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