Li Shimin rubbed little Si Zi's fluffy head and laughed. "Haha, you swallowed it too fast. You didn't even get to taste it."
Little Si Zi looked utterly bewildered. Had she really swallowed it too fast?
Carrying little Si Zi, Li Shimin walked over to Li Lizhi and held out a hand. "Lizhi, here. Father has a candy for you, too."
Li Lizhi held out her hand to take it, only to find a grain of sand so tiny it was almost invisible in her palm. She stared at Li Shimin in confusion. "This is candy?"
She wondered if her father had lost his mind.
Seeing the look in Li Lizhi's eyes, Li Shimin said solemnly, "Swallow it. It'll do you good."
Li Lizhi obediently tossed the grain into her mouth. It was only a grain of sand, after all; it wouldn't hurt to swallow it.
But after she swallowed it, the faint weakness left over from her recent illness vanished at once. She felt better than she ever had before.
She looked up at Li Shimin in astonishment. "Father..."
"Come on. Let's go see your mother." Li Shimin cut her off.
Li Lizhi nodded and followed him.
Little Si Zi lay across Li Shimin's shoulder and asked Li Lizhi, "Elder Sister, was the candy Father gave you sweet?"
Looking at the eager curiosity in little Si Zi's eyes, Li Lizhi couldn't help smiling. "It was very sweet."
Little Si Zi: "..."
She looked confused again. Was it really that sweet? But why didn't she remember eating any? She hadn't swallowed anything just now!
Li Shimin suddenly asked, "Little Si Zi, who's this young gentleman you mentioned? Has Father met him?"
"Young gen—" Little Si Zi began to answer instinctively, but then remembered her promise to the young gentleman not