Attic

Chapter 886: Attic

Ding Yuqing held her breath too. Instinctively, she looked at her sister. Seeing Ding Xueyang grow somewhat dazed, she immediately pushed through the crowd and went to take her sister's hand.

The air froze for a moment. Xu Ruyi was considering how to smooth things over when Miaomiao stood up clutching her toy truck. "What? You don't like it!? You're saying you don't like it?"

Miaomiao's voice was clearly tinged with anger. Ding Xueyang came back to herself somewhat and hurriedly pressed a hand to her daughter's shoulder. "...Watch how you speak."

The pressure suddenly shifted to Jingjing. Frowning, she looked at her mother again. "But that's something boys play with..."

"Look at me when you say that!" Miaomiao shouted. "Have you even played with it? How can you say you don't like it?"

Xu Ruyi bent down and wrapped her arms around Miaomiao too, in case she suddenly charged out. "Hey, if someone doesn't like the gift, then forget it. How can you force someone to like it—"

"She hasn't played with it!" Miaomiao looked up. "It's super fun!"

The other child had already nervously left the table and run to hide behind her mother, peeking at Miaomiao's reaction only through the gap beneath the adults' arms.

"I'm sorry," Xu Ruyi said with a smile. "Miaomiao can be... a little too bossy sometimes."

"It's fine." The woman smiled as she gathered her daughter back into her arms and kissed her again. "Our Jingjing has been such a good girl since she was little—"

"Why not try it?" Ding Xueyang suddenly said.

"What?"

"Try this truck." Ding Xueyang picked up the truck's box. "Miaomiao spent a long time picking out this model too, so maybe..."

"No need." The woman smiled. "Jingjing doesn't like this sort of thing.