Shen Xingyan didn't speak; at her age, she couldn't yet understand the weight of those words.
I just felt a tightness in my chest when I listened.
But the woman didn't seem to have any worries. She quickly smiled at herself, her smile still so gentle.
"Tell your mom and dad their phone numbers, and I'll help you persuade them not to get a divorce, okay?"
Shen Xingyan recalled for a moment, then slowly said, "132..."
Liang Zhirou blinked blankly.
Kids these days seem so smart.
She remembers where her home is, and she even remembers her parents' phone numbers; she knows the way better than she does.
For a moment, she didn't know what the traffickers wanted with the little girl.
It seems like she's the one who's more easily abducted. After all, she was already kidnapped by Chen Lu a long time ago.
Fortunately, the phone number was easy to remember. Liang Zhirou kept reciting it to herself as she ran into the hot pot restaurant across the street, borrowed a phone from a staff member, and made a call.
When she was coming back from the other side of the road, a car didn't slow down and splashed her with water.
Liang Zhirou sat back down at the bus stop, looked down at her skirt which was now covered in mud, and tears of grievance welled up in her eyes.
She suddenly remembered something, quickly reached into her bag, and took out a piece of paper.
These were the words she was going to say when she proposed... Now, they're completely soaked, and the words are barely legible.
Fortunately, she carried almost all of them...
Liang Zhirou's lips suddenly curved downwards.
When I get nervous, I almost forget everything.
Just as she was about to wipe away her tears, the little girl suddenly placed her hand on her knee.
"Don't be afraid, sister, the bad guys are gone."
"I...I'm not afraid."
Liang Zhirou pouted and forced back her tears.
Why is it so hard to propose?
Nearly an hour later.
The little girl's parents finally arrived.
Both of them looked disheveled.
His hair and clothes were completely soaked, clearly indicating that he had been searching for a very long time despite the heavy rain.
The young mother burst into tears the moment she saw the girl and cried out to her:
"You've even learned to run away from home!"
The woman cried as she spoke, and after she finished shouting, she half-squatted down and hugged the little girl tightly in her arms.
"Mom was wrong, I'm sorry."
The young man stood silently to the side, staring intently at the little girl's wet hair and muddy clothes.
After a while, he silently crumpled the divorce agreement into a ball and threw it into the trash can next to him.
Neither side made any mistakes, so what problem can't be addressed through communication?
He glanced at Liang Zhirou and solemnly thanked her.
Then he took a check out of his wallet.
As an accounting major, Liang Zhirou knew quite a bit about this stuff. She was drooling over it, but still waved her hand and refused.
Then the man, as if exhausted, squatted down and gently stroked the little girl's head.
"Dad swears he will never argue with Mom again."
"You two make a pinky promise," Shen Xingyan said, her voice trembling with tears.
"Okay, let's pinky swear."
Looking at the scene before her, Liang Zhirou unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth.
She hadn't experienced being hugged by both parents like this in a long time.
Actually, that's not quite right, because she doesn't remember anything like that happening, so she doesn't know if she's ever been hugged like that.
That's great.
Liang Zhirou sighed inwardly.
The next moment she suddenly remembered something, turned around quickly, lifted her skirt and ran, splashing water everywhere on the roadside.
"elder sister!"
The little girl behind me suddenly shouted.
Where are you going?
"Sister, sister's going to propose!!"
Liang Zhirou called out somewhat clumsily as she ran.
She has mixed feelings right now.
She desperately wanted Chen Lu to go home quickly and avoid getting wet in the rain, yet she also hoped that Chen Lu would be waiting for her there.
Watching Liang Zhirou run further and further away, Shen Xingyan blinked blankly, looking completely bewildered.
"What is a marriage proposal?" She looked up at her mother, her childish eyes filled with confusion.
"It means asking other boys to marry her, and then they will form a new family like mom and dad, and have a baby as cute as you."
Shen Xingyan's attention returned to Liang Zhirou's skirt, which was covered in mud.
"But...but, my sister's dress is dirty, will it still work?"
Yes, you can.
The woman said with great certainty:
"This older sister is the gentlest and purest girl my mother has ever met. She must like a gentle person too."
"That brother will definitely agree to her request."
The mud on such a person's skirt is merely a decorative touch, like patterns.
The woman watched Liang Zhirou's slender and alluring back as she thought to herself:
That guy is so lucky to be proposed to by such a treasure of a girl.
......
"I saw you here an hour or two ago. I'm about to close up shop now, what are you still doing here?"
A woman selling oden (Japanese hot pot) was packing up her cart when she called out to Chen Lu.
Young people these days are really something... They don't even know to go home when it's raining so hard.
Upon hearing this, Chen Lu looked up and saw the woman standing in front of him, holding an umbrella in her hand.
"If you're taking this umbrella because you don't have one, hurry home."
"No need, Auntie, I'm waiting for someone."
"If you can't wait, then don't! With this heavy rain, everyone's probably already home. Even I, who's trying to make money off you, have gone home. Who else are you going to wait for?"
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