"I just remembered an urgent matter I need to attend to. I'll take my leave!"
With that, Jiao Hongmiao hurried away, leaving Chu Jiaxu watching his retreating figure disappear into the crowd, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Are you on your own too, Uncle Chu?"
The sweet, babyish voice came from behind him. Chu Jiaxu heaved a long sigh inwardly, but by the time he turned around, a kindly smile was already on his face.
"Yes," Chu Jiaxu told the little girl. "May I explore the Lantern Festival with you, Chengcheng?"
Jiang Yingcheng nodded obligingly. "Of course~"
After digging up Uncle Jiao's juicy secret, she instinctively felt that any uncle who came out to wander the Lantern Festival alone on a day like this must be rather pitiful.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Yingcheng stepped forward, reached out her little hand, and took hold of one of Chu Jiaxu's fingers. "Uncle Chu, how about Chengcheng buys you some little treats?"
Chu Jiaxu froze for a moment. "What?"
Jiang Yingcheng said brightly, "Chengcheng will buy Uncle Chu some little treats, so Uncle Chu won't be sad anymore!"
Chu Jiaxu chuckled. "I'm not sad."
He was nothing like that unlucky Jiao Hongmiao.
His wife was as wise as she was lovely, considerate and understanding. She never disagreed with him, and their relationship had always been harmonious throughout the years.
Unlike Jiao Hongmiao, he wasn't about to have some juicy secret unearthed so easily.
With a complete plan tucked away like finished bamboo in his heart, Chu Jiaxu thought this with an inscrutable expression.
But in the very next instant-
The little girl looked over with a disapproving expression that said, "You don't have to pretend to be strong!" Her inner voice wasn't idle, either.
*[System Bro, System Bro, come out and