I Want to Marry You II

"Yan Yan, could you please take Xiaotu up to your room to play. Her mother and I have some important things to discuss," Auntie Zhou said pleasantly, as she beamed at her son and reached out her hand to pat him on the head.

Cheng Zhiyan hesitated for a short moment, and then he looked toward Bai Xiaotu.

This little girl had fair, delicate skin and a pair of huge round eyes that were full of curiosity and liveliness. Beneath her perky, little nose was a pair of lips as red as cherries. Her soft, raven-black hair hung down her back smoothly, and she wore a simple white dress. All in all, she seemed like a living version of a children's doll.

"Xiaotu?? White and fluffy, she indeed did resemble a little white rabbit, just as her name suggested."

"Come on, I'll take you to see my mother's artwork." Cheng Zhiyan flashed her another smile, as he extended his hand toward Xiaotu.

"..." Xiaotu hesitated for two seconds as she stared at the hand that had been extended toward her. His palm was facing up, his fingers were slightly curled, and he made an inviting gesture.

She squeezed her small, soft hand into Cheng Zhiyan's hand. His palm was a little cold, not as warm as her mother's, yet in the scorching summer heat, the coolness of his hand made the agitation she felt inside suddenly calm down.

"Let's go." Cheng Zhiyan bowed his head slightly, and his gaze fell on the small hand tightly clasped in his own hand. He tightened his grasp and turned around to lead her up the stairs.

...

When it was time to return home, Xiaotu's mother watched helplessly as her daughter, refusing to leave, clung to Cheng Zhiyan's arm for dear life. She said, with an amused expression, "Xiaotu, we have to go home."

"No, I don't want to go home!" Xiaotu held onto Cheng Zhiyan's arm, and she puckered her plump red lips into a pout as she pleaded with her mother, "I want to stay at Brother Orange Juice's home, and play with Brother Orange Juice."

"Brother Orange Juice?" Xiaotu's mother was bewildered for a moment, but then she understood what Xiaotu meant by that, and she said with a smile, "Your brother's surname is Cheng, not Chengzhi."

"I don't care, he's Brother Orange Juice to me." Xiaotu turned around and hid behind Cheng Zhiyan. She stared at her mother with tears in her large eyes as she said, "I still want to play with Brother Orange Juice!"

"Behave yourself, Xiaotu. We live right next door to your big brother's home, and it is already getting late. Why don't we go home so you can eat dinner and take a bath, and then another day you can come back to play with Brother Cheng at some other time. How does that sound?" Xiaotu's mother was stooped down in front of her as she gently tried to coax her into returning home.

"No, no!" Bai Xiaotu appeared as if she wished she could wrap her entire body around Cheng Zhiyan. She pressed her face against Cheng Zhiyan's back as she whispered in a low voice, "I want to eat and bathe together with Brother Orange Juice."

"..."

"..."

The living room was silent for a little while, until there was the sound of a stifled laugh. PU PU.

Cheng Zhiyan's mother couldn't help but chuckle.

Although he had previously maintained a poker face as Bai Xiaotu threw her tantrum, at that moment Cheng Zhiyan's cheeks blushed a bright pink color.

Xiaotu walked out from behind Cheng Zhiyan. She first looked at her own mother, then at Cheng Zhiyan's mother, and asked them in bewilderment, "What are you all laughing at?"

AHEM! AHEM! "Um, Baitu…" Zhou Ling coughed as she tried to suppress her laughter.