Xiao Ke and the Little Squirrel

Xiao Ke and the Little Squirrel

"We're going to the concert tomorrow. Be ready then—I'll pick you up downstairs."

The concert venue was over twenty kilometers from the school, and even driving would take more than half an hour.

Fortunately, they both had diamond tickets, so they could skip the line and sit in the front rows.

"Mm."

Gu Lianyin nodded in agreement.

Since Lin Yuan possessed Photographic Memory, he did not need to pay close attention in class. To him, it was more of an ordeal.

Fortunately, he could tutor Gu Lianyin whenever he had nothing else to do, which was rather enjoyable.

After class, the two of them left the school together.

Lin Yuan had not been staying in the dorm these past few days. He had been taking taxis to stay at the villa, enjoying the lifestyle of the wealthy.

Although he was rich now, spending dozens of yuan on taxis to and from school each time still pained him.

After arriving at the villa and taking a quick shower, Lin Yuan was bored and decided to take a walk outside.

The scenery here was quite nice, with plenty of greenery planted around. There was also a large river nearby where people could fish along the bank.

Anyone who could live in a place like this was either wealthy or influential. Even the security guards had speculated whether someone like Lin Yuan might be the son of some executive.

As he walked, Lin Yuan stopped beneath a massive banyan tree that would require four or five people to wrap their arms around its trunk.

He saw a basketball-sized hollow in the trunk, and it seemed that someone had placed something inside.

Out of curiosity, Lin Yuan took it out.

There were several nuts, as well as walnuts and the like.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

An animal was calling from the banyan tree.

Lin Yuan looked up and discovered a plump little squirrel squeaking at him.

It seemed someone fed it regularly. Otherwise, wild squirrels were rarely this fat.

Lin Yuan was about to put the nuts back into the tree hollow when his shoulder suddenly sank. The fat squirrel had actually jumped onto his shoulder.

Then it crawled down his arm, grabbed a nut with its tiny paws, and began eating as if no one else existed.

Lin Yuan was surprised. This squirrel was not afraid of people at all.

He cautiously reached out with his other hand and began petting it.

Its sleek, glossy fur was actually quite nice to touch.

Lin Yuan simply sat cross-legged beneath the tree, took out his phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to Gu Lianyin.

Gu Lianyin replied very quickly.

"What a cute little squirrel! It actually lets you pet it!"

Lin Yuan sent her several more photos of the squirrel to satisfy her craving.

Just then, Lin Yuan suddenly heard footsteps nearby.

When he turned around, he saw a little girl in a white dress clutching a squirrel plushie and looking over eagerly.

"Do you raise this squirrel?"

Lin Yuan pointed at the fat squirrel crouching in his hand and eating a nut.

The little girl nodded. She wanted to come closer, but after taking just two steps forward, the fat squirrel raised its head, stopped eating, and stared at her warily.

The little girl silently pulled her foot back and looked over with eyes full of envy.

"Why can you pet it? I've raised it for so long, but it won't even let me get close, let alone touch it!"

The little girl spoke pitifully, utterly envious.

She had raised this squirrel for nearly a year, turning it from a skinny little squirrel into a fat one.

But from beginning to end, whenever she got close, the little squirrel would run away and refuse to let her approach.

But today, as usual, she had come to see the squirrel, only to find it lying in some big brother's hand, eating.

And it even let him pet it!

She found it completely baffling, and she was very jealous too.

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Lin Yuan froze.

So it was not that the squirrel was unafraid of people—it was simply unafraid of him.

He did not know the reason, but the little girl was adorable, and he wondered whose child she was.

After thinking it over, he gently stroked the little squirrel's head, then waved the little girl over.

The little girl hesitated for a few seconds before slowly walking closer.

Lin Yuan continued petting and soothing the little squirrel, hoping it would not run away.

It seemed to work. Even when the little girl approached, it did not flee.

The little girl carefully sat down beside Lin Yuan.

Then she stretched out her little hand, wanting to touch the squirrel.

The fat squirrel seemed terrified. It stopped eating entirely and scampered up Lin Yuan's arm to his shoulder, only poking its plump little head out from behind his back.

Xiao Ke puffed out her cheeks angrily.

I've raised you for so long, and you won't let me touch you, yet you let someone who has never even fed you pet you!

Unable to do anything about it, she could only watch eagerly as this big brother teased the squirrel, stroked its tail, and petted its head.

Through talking with the little girl, Lin Yuan learned that her name was Xiao Ke. She lived here and was already five years old.

"Big brother, can you let it let me pet it?"

Xiao Ke's big eyes fluttered as she looked at Lin Yuan, pure and innocent.

"I'll try."

Lin Yuan was not confident, but as he soothed the squirrel, he let Xiao Ke try touching it again.

(End of Chapter)