Only Children Make Choices; Adults Want Them All!

Just as Mo Yi was about to leave and continue buying his happy water, the twin-tailed girl suddenly grabbed him with one hand.

"Is there something else, little girl?"

Why did he once again feel an inexplicable sense of guilt—no, pleasure—when he used that form of address?

Mo Yi looked at her curiously. Had she suddenly changed her mind and decided to pick a fight with him?

Had she forgotten the way home, or lost her wallet and needed his help?

The twin-tailed girl raised her hand and held out the four packs of chocolate bars before Mo Yi. "If it were you, what flavor would you want to become?"

Mo Yi: "..."

Girl, did you misspeak? Shouldn't it have been, "If it were you, which flavor would you prefer?"

Otherwise, it just sounded weird. No, more than weird—it was terrifying!

I don't want to become any flavor!

Chapter 8: Only Children Make Choices; Adults Want Them All!

Sorry, I didn't want to become any flavor!

Ahem. This was not the time to think about such nonsense. She was only a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl, after all. Overthinking would hurt his brain.

Mo Yi looked at the chocolate bars in the twin-tailed girl's hands. The brand was called "Red Bull," which felt oddly out of place.

There were four flavors of chocolate in her hands—original, strawberry, honeydew melon, and cucumber.

Mo Yi: "..."

So chocolate came in so many flavors. He had really learned something new.

Mo Yi did not particularly like snacks like chocolate. Especially since it was not customary in China to give chocolate to the opposite sex on Valentine's Day, he had even fewer chances to encounter it. He only got to eat one or two pieces during Spring Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival.

Only now did he learn that chocolate came in so many flavors. Strawberry and honeydew melon were understandable, but could cucumber-flavored chocolate really be eaten?

Seeing Mo Yi lost in thought, the twin-tailed girl asked again,

"Which one do you think I should choose?"

Looking at her conflicted, earnest little face, Mo Yi finally understood why she had been blocking the corner earlier and gotten knocked over by him.

She was cute, but that had nothing to do with Mo Yi. That idiot Kiana was still waiting for him.

Mo Yi thought for a moment, then suggested,

"I think original is pretty good. It's a classic flavor, so it definitely can't be bad."

The twin-tailed girl picked up the original-flavored chocolate, hesitated for two seconds, and said, "But I've been eating the original flavor for years. I want to try something else."

"Uh..."

Fine, apparently she was a loli with aspirations. Mo Yi changed tack. "Then pick strawberry. Sweet and tart—it should suit a girl's tastes."

After hearing that, the twin-tailed girl shook her head and muttered,

"But I've been eating strawberry flavor for the past two days. I want to try a new flavor."

Mo Yi: "..."

Since you had so many ideas already, why were you still agonizing over it?

"Then honeydew melon flavor. Honeydew melon is this big brother's favorite fruit!"

Not counting his mental age, Mo Yi was only seventeen today. Calling himself a big brother was not a problem at all. And he was fairly good-looking, the sort whose appearance would not drag down the average score at future blind dates, so naturally children would not call him uncle or anything like that.

"But, but—"

The twin-tailed girl was tempted by that too, nodding and shaking her head repeatedly. In the end, she looked at Mo Yi with hesitant eyes and said somewhat pitifully, "Cucumber flavor is the newest release. I've never tried it before, and I really want to taste it."

At this point, Mo Yi truly did not know how to mock her. This twin-tailed girl looked like a little angel, but no matter how he looked at her now, she was a little angel whose job was to cause trouble for others.

Since you had already made up your mind, what were you hesitating for?

Could it be that the skill of comparing products before buying was not merely a special talent of adult women, but a universal trait possessed by all human females, whether they were children, adolescents, or adults?

Naturally, Mo Yi did not voice the complaints in his heart. Maintaining a kind smile, he said, "Cucumber is pretty good too. Girls all like it. I think there's no problem picking that one."

Looking at the cucumber-flavored chocolate bar, the twin-tailed girl said with great hesitation, "But cucumber flavor feels so strange. This is my chocolate allowance for the whole day. What if it tastes awful?"

Mo Yi: "..."

The truth was finally revealed. It turned out this was all because of money—or rather, allowance.

Still, it was understandable. A loli like her was still supported by her parents. Whether for health reasons or financial reasons, her parents probably would not allow a child to eat that many snacks in one day. Especially chocolate, a high-sugar snack that was practically perfect material for evolving into a chubby little girl.

In the end, it was simply the trouble of being poor.

If you had money, why would you need to choose?

I want them all!

Having been thoroughly shown up by the twin-tailed girl, Mo Yi took out his wallet, pulled out a bill enough for her to buy every flavor, and stuffed it into her hand. With the profound tone of someone who had been there before, he said, "This big brother has encountered this situation before too. I was troubled by all sorts of choices, and then I realized something—only children make choices. Adults, of course, want them all!"

"Take this money. It should be enough to buy the flavors you want. Once you've tried them, you'll know which flavor suits you best."

Kiana might already be getting impatient. He would treat this hundred yuan as compensation for knocking her over earlier.

Besides, telling a child about his hard-earned insight gave him a sense of accomplishment as a mentor that one hundred yuan could never bring him.

What could one hundred yuan do in today's society?

It could not buy a house, a car, or health, but right now, it had bought happiness. Truly worth it.

Maybe this loli would remember his lesson because of this, and perhaps one day there would be one less innocent girl deceived by some scumbag.

"That's that—"

Mo Yi looked at the somewhat stunned troublesome loli and continued before she could speak. "This big brother still has things to do, so I'll be going now!"

With that, he slipped away before she could react, going to get his happy water before hurrying back to Kiana.

"Huh? Where did that kind big brother go?"