The doorbell rang for a while, but Annie took her time coming to answer it, so Zhang Yuanqing left the bedroom and opened the security door himself.
A boy of seven or eight stood outside. He had big eyes and delicate features, a rather adorable-looking child.
He was the landlord's son.
He carried a food container in his right hand and hugged an aluminum tin in his left. The words "Iron Goddess" were written on the tin.
"Hello, Uncle!" the little boy called politely.
"It's Brother, not Uncle. Say it again," Zhang Yuanqing corrected him.
"Hello, Brother!" The boy's tactfulness pleased Zhang Yuanqing. He nodded in satisfaction and asked, "What is it?"
The boy looked down at the food container and said in a crisp voice, "Afternoon tea. Mom asked me to bring it over, along with the tea leaves."
Zhang Yuanqing stepped aside. "Come in."
He led the boy inside, took the food container, and set it on the coffee table. Opening the lid, he found a double-layered container holding a plate of pastries and a plate of reddish-brown glutinous rice balls.
"Tangyuan?"
"No, they're Sugar Won't Let Go."
What was Sugar Won't Let Go? As Zhang Yuanqing took out the pastries and rice balls, he asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Cao Chao. My English name is Robin," the boy said.
Zhang Yuanqing froze for a moment. After a long pause, he managed, "Good name. Well, I mean your Chinese name. Who gave it to you?"
"My dad."
"Does your dad like Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
"How did you know?" Cao Chao's little face filled with surprise.
I also know your dad must really like Cao Cao. I hope it was Cao Cao's ambition and strategic brilliance that he admired, not his XP. Zhang Yuanqing picked