School Hunk or Childhood Sweetheart?

"One, two, three, four... huh, there's one missing... meow? Meow meow?" A soft, glutinous little voice rose near the edge of the bushes, as innocent as a newborn kitten's mew.

"Meow—"

Accompanied by rustling noises, a little head popped out from behind the flowerbed. No sooner had it peeked out than it was scooped up by a plump, tender little hand.

"Found you!"

The owner of the short little arms was a three- or four-year-old girl, cute as a button, with big eyes like juicy dark grapes soaked in water, and two loose tufts of hair on her head that looked as if they could come undone at any moment.

"Zhizhi says if you don't eat properly, your brain will have problems. You're so dumb; do you know you'll be bullied in the future?" The little girl lectured the kitten in her milky voice. Then, with little steps, she placed it where she fed them. With her little hands propping her chubby cheeks, she watched them eat until they were finished before standing up to go home, only to spot a small figure lying under a nearby tree.

"Huh?"

The little girl blinked her pretty eyes and curiously walked over to squat in front of the stranger.

It was a beautiful child, asleep under the tree. His long eyelashes half-covered his eyes, giving him a soft, well-behaved appearance. The little girl couldn't resist poking his little face.

Wow, it was as soft as a kitten's belly.

The next second, the little boy on the ground woke up from the poke, opening his sleepy eyes and staring blankly at the girl crouching in front of him.

The girl fluttered her big eyes, feeling slightly guilty, but quickly regained her composure. She retracted her plump, short hand, drew a lollipop from her pocket, and offered it to him: "Here, this is for you to eat."

The little boy glanced at the candy in her hand, swallowed, then, with a bit of struggle, looked away, lifted his chin, and said with a mix of pride and shyness, "Dad and mom said not to eat things from strangers. You must have thought I'm handsome and want to trick me. I don't want it." No sooner had he finished speaking when his stomach suddenly growled.

The little fellow's face turned beet red.

The girl blinked, staring at his stomach, "You're hungry!"

"I'm not!" The little boy's face reddened even more, angrily protesting loudly.

"Oh!" The girl, unsure if she believed him or not, pulled back her hand, unwrapped the candy wrapper, and stuffed the lollipop into her own mouth.

The little boy was stunned.

Wasn't she supposed to treat him?

"Why are you here all by yourself?" the girl asked softly while sucking on her candy.

The little boy huffed and puffed, a little displeased, but responded, "Dad and mom told me I was found in a trash can, so I'm waiting here for my birth parents."

The girl looked at the trash can beside him, then, full of sympathy, said, "You're really dumb. If you were thrown into a trash can, that means dad and mom don't want you."

The little fellow was dumbfounded, thinking that he had waited all day without his birth parents coming to take him home. His eyes quickly swelled with tears, and he burst into crying with a "waah."

"Uh..." the girl blinked her eyes.

Did she say something wrong?

Seeing him cry so pitifully, he must be sad about being unwanted.

Maybe she should take him home to raise?

Zhizhi said she wasn't allowed to keep cats, but didn't say she couldn't keep people.

If she took him home and he got used to her, he would be hers.

Shen Wei took another lollipop out of her pocket and offered it to him, "Your dad and mom must not want you anymore. Do you want to come home with me? We have a beautiful big house, and lots of delicious food. I can give you lollipops to eat every day."

The little fellow looked at the candy in her hand, swallowed, and finally couldn't resist nodding his head.

After all, he was unwanted by his parents.

The girl expertly unwrapped the candy and stuffed the lollipop into the little boy's mouth, "After eating my candy, you have to listen to me, okay?"

"Okay!"

"From now on, you'll call me 'sister!'"

"Sister!"

"..."

"Sister, I want more candy."

"Come on, sister will take you home to get some." The girl reached out her hand.

Suddenly, the scene in front of him began to distort, and the childish voice transformed into a young man's lazy and rascal tone: "I want the one in sister's mouth!"