"Yummy."
The little girl added.
Before long, the little girl stopped crying.
Old Madam Xiao noticed and smiled faintly.
Kids, as expected.
She shook her head with a smile.
One moment, they cried as if the world were ending; the next, they were calm as could be, as if nothing had happened.
"If it's so yummy, have a few more pieces."
"Good girl."
The pause in the output only made everyone's head buzz even more.
Big Boy instinctively shook his head.
"Don't cry yet."
Grandfather Jia was very serious.
"You can't buy goldfish."
Grandfather Jia didn't understand.
He looked pitiful.
Big Boy was so agitated he was about to jump up.
"Then don't even think about getting goldfish."
The little girl blinked.
Grandfather Jia: ...
Yet those words conveyed the child's hurt and stubbornness even more than the earlier shouting had.
Tears still streaked her face.
"What's gotten into you today?"
"...Really?"
Or was she doing it on purpose?
"I want goldfish."
The same request.
Still the same words.
"Once Grandpa finishes this game of chess, he'll take Nannan to buy goldfish."
"You'll get kicked out of the teahouse."
"Why are you asking again?"
"Grandpa never said he wouldn't buy you goldfish."
"Do you want to be unable to come here anymore?"
"Mm!"
Grandfather Jia slowed his speech, enunciating each word. "Grandpa just told you..."
The picture book was still open to the page with the goldfish.
The picture book in her hand unconsciously hit Grandfather Jia.
The little girl's eyes lit up.
The onlookers and the other customers frowned.
"When you shouted like that just now, you disturbed the other customers..."
"But you can't do that in the teahouse."
She wasn't on the verge of tears anymore.
The little girl widened her eyes.
It wasn't