Look Just Like You!

"En... This doll is a bit gloomy..." Xiao Xi Xi admitted.

"So why don't you choose the cheerful one?" Lu Yi Feng asked curiously. "What Xing Yan hold is cute." Shouldn't a little girl prefer cuter thing? Why did Xiao Xi Xi choose such a weird doll?

"I only want this!" Xiao Xi Xi said stubbornly. Then Xiao Xi Xi asked, "Don't Uncle think this doll resemble someone?" Xiao Xi Xi was confused why the scary uncle didn't realize how looked like he was with this rabbit doll?

The oblivious Lu Yi Feng asked, "Huh? Someone? Who?"

Xiao Xi Xi and Xing Yan couldn't help but laugh. They really had no idea that Lu Yi Feng was this clueless. Xiao Xi Xi answered, "Looks like you ah~ Uncle! You always make this kind of expression!" Xiao Xi Xi comically copied his brooding and aloof expression, making Xing Yan laugh harder.

Lu Yi Feng furrowed his eyebrows. 'And... I just thought that this doll looks so ugly. Fortunately, he didn't say it out loud!' Lu Yi Feng thought to himself. It would embarrass him to death!

"Me?" He asked in disbelief.

Xiao Xi Xi nodded her head excitedly. "Yes! Uncle... see this frown and the three black lines between the eyebrows? Look into the mirror! You also have the same expression all the time!"

Lu Yi Feng, "..." He was speechless! Did he look that scary? Oh well... At least the little girl thought that he was lovable. That was the reason she chose that doll, right?

Lu Yi Feng asked curiously, "Why do you choose a doll that looks like me? Isn't girl suppose to like girlish thing?"

"I choose the one who makes me feel safe and comfortable the most!" Xiao Xi Xi admitted without a second thought.

"Why?" Lu Yi Feng wanted to know more about this little girl's thought. She seemed to have a mature mind despite her small age. He glanced at Xing Yan and with that scary look, Xing Yan knew that he wanted to talk to the little girl in private. Xing Yan sighed in disappointment. It seemed like she couldn't find out more about their relationship. She better went away now unless she wanted to be killed by his piercing eyes!

Xiao Xi Xi didn't realize Xing Yan's predicament. She looked at Lu Yi Feng cutely, "Because you make me feel safe, Uncle! Thank you for helping me just now!" Xiao Xi Xi felt grateful because Uncle Yi Feng was standing up for her. Then, she decided to explain more to Uncle Yi Feng, "Mommy is very busy, trying to provide me with the best. Sometimes... she has to work three jobs all at once and I'm mostly alone all the time with my nanny. After tucking me into bed, the nanny will leave all alone inside my big room. Sometimes I wake up before Mommy comes home, so my bunny is the only thing to comfort me!"

Lu Yi Feng felt pity toward the little girl. "Does your mommy leave you all alone all the time?"

"Hmmm... not alone... the nanny is still there, but she never stays inside my room. She usually watches TV until Mommy arrives home," Xiao Xi Xi explained. She didn't want him to think that Mommy wasn't a good mother. She is really a good mother. However, she knew their family's situation best! If Mommy didn't work, then Xiao Xi Xi couldn't imagine what would happen to their family!

Lu Yi Feng seemed to understand the way their life was struggling and he admired the way Feng Xiao Qing was so hardworking. He didn't say that making the little girl feel lonely was a good thing to do, but Feng Xiao Qing had a justified reason to do that. Besides, who was he to judge? He didn't even know their family's problem. Unlike his parents, they were loaded with money, but they never fulfilled their duties as parents. Not even once, they showed him love. He was even more lonely than Xiao Xi Xi. He pushed his bad memories away --- the colder he was to people, the better. No one would be able to hurt him.

He wanted to harden himself and keep his distance to the little girl, but looking at the girl's twinkling eyes, he wasn't able to shatter her happiness. Lu Yi Feng could only sigh bitterly.