At that moment, a thought unlike any she had ever had suddenly surfaced in little Liu Woxing's mind.
If I run toward that night sky, will I become a free star too?
She cautiously looked at the two people in the back seat through the rearview mirror.
Neither of them noticed her.
Even after she pushed open the door and stepped halfway out, they still did not react.
Little Liu Woxing nervously watched for any movement in the back seat as she quietly eased the door shut, then edged away, avoiding the driver who was fixing the car.
Once she had put some distance between them, she broke into an excited run.
I escaped! So this is free-
"Ah!"
Halfway through her gleeful dash, little Liu Woxing was suddenly scooped up around the waist. An excited voice rang out above her head.
"Got her, got her! Let's go!"
Another young voice spoke up beside her.
"Sister Liu, are you stealing a kid?"
"What do you mean, stealing a kid? I'm rescuing her! I was just about to take her back."
Take me back?
Little Liu Woxing froze, only then realizing that the weirdo carrying her was running straight toward the place she had just fled.
"No! I'm not going back!"
The child tucked under her arm suddenly began to struggle, wriggling wildly and flailing her limbs like fan blades.
Xie Mi had just opened her mouth to reason with her when she was caught off guard by two hard slaps.
Little Shen Yeqing stepped forward to help and received two hard slaps himself.
"I'm not going back! I'm not going back! I'm not going back!"
"All right, all right, I get it! You're not going back! Just stop slapping me-ow!"
Left with no other choice, Xie Mi began to tickle