Hearing this news, the two little ones felt as though they had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
You had to be kidding!!
Buy what, exactly?
They were running away!!
If Bibi Dong came along with them now, how were they supposed to run away?
They couldn't possibly knock their own mother out with a club again, could they?
Hiss!
The first time could be excused as ignorance.
The second time, though, probably couldn't be settled with just a cane-and-pork stew.
More likely, they would get a mixed doubles beating, followed by being grounded. Boohoohoo.
Lin Ning immediately waved her hands and began acting cute toward Bibi Dong, shouting in her childish voice.
"Mother, Lin An and I want to shop by ourselves! None of you are allowed to look!!"
Hearing that, Lin An added a few words from the side in agreement.
"Exactly! I want to buy Mother a gift too! If Mother sees it, then it won't be a gift anymore!"
Hearing that the two little ones wanted to buy her a gift—and were even preparing a surprise without telling her—Bibi Dong, as their mother, felt genuinely delighted.
The next moment, Bibi Dong crouched down with a radiant smile. Looking at the two little ones, she gently hugged them and said softly.
"So you're buying Mother gifts after all!!"
"No need! Your arrival is already the greatest gift you could give Mother."
"Besides, you don't have any money on you. How about Mother comes along and pays for you?"
This was something mothers had in common.
Although Bibi Dong was looking forward to seeing what gifts the two little ones would give her, as their mother, she did not want them spending anything on her.
Especially after not seeing them for sixteen years, their arrival had