Mistaken for a girl yet again, Xiao Ji wore an icy expression. He was considering whether to climb out of bed and teach someone a lesson when he saw Shen Xiaoyu come skipping back.
Putting away his icy gaze, Xiao Ji tried to burrow deeper under the covers, his face filling with fear and hurt.
"Yao Maolin, you're not allowed to bully Cencen!"
Looking at the pitiful Xiao Ji, then at his childhood friend "fiercely" interrogating him with his hands on his hips, Shen Xiaoyu puffed out his cheeks, overflowing with a sense of responsibility, and demanded in his babyish voice.
"Did you go eat watermelon or go mining?"
He had been gone so long that if a fight really had broken out earlier, it would have been far too late by the time Yao Maolin got back.
"Auntie told me to wait for her. She said the watermelon was in the storeroom." Knowing he had dawdled too long, Yao Xiaolin guiltily avoided his childhood friend's eyes, but still couldn't suppress his curiosity.
"Little Fish, you still haven't told me who she is."
Catching Ji Xiaocen's chilly glance out of the corner of his eye, Yao Xiaolin hurriedly looked away, feeling deeply that girls were not to be trifled with.
"Cencen's a boy." Shen Xiaoyu scrunched up his face, looked at Xiao Ji's delicate, adorable face, and gave it a couple of worried rubs.
"I don't believe it!" Yao Xiaolin's eyes went round. He circled Xiao Ji in disbelief and was eagerly about to reach out when a slap caught the back of his hand without warning.
"Don't bully Cencen." Seeing Xiao Ji tremble slightly, his eyes full of confusion, Shen Xiaoyu pouted. "Or I'll beat you up."
"Little Fish, you've changed! Am I not your favorite kid anymore?"
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