"What is there to play? Let's go home!" The aunt grabbed the little boy and was about to leave.
However, in her haste, the aunt, holding the child in her arms, stumbled and fell onto the ball pit.
Fortunately, amidst the sea of balls, neither of them was hurt. Only the little boy continued to cry, gasping for breath.
"How are you? Tongtong, where does it hurt?"
The aunt, unsure if her nephew was crying from pain or to get attention, was worried he might have fallen somewhere.
Yet, the child just cried and refused to speak, which greatly troubled the aunt.
It wasn't until a bright yellow ball suddenly appeared in front of the little boy, bobbing gently, that Yun Shu Nian's soft voice rang out, "Tongtong, don't cry. Shall I and big brother play with you?"
Upon hearing Yun Shu Nian's gentle voice, Tongtong immediately stopped crying. He nodded, wiping his tears with his hands, his small shoulders heaving with sobs.
"You child." The aunt beside him sighed, then looked apologetically at Yun Shu Nian.
"I'm so sorry, dear. We've caused you trouble."
Yun Shu Nian smiled and waved her hand, indicating it was fine.
The aunt was about to apologize to Mu Qi, who was not far away, but upon seeing that Mu Qi's eyes were only on Yun Shu Nian, she quietly closed her mouth.
Seeing that the little boy had stopped crying, Yun Shu Nian immediately turned back and linked arms with Mu Qi. She tilted her head up to look at him, and only when she saw that Mu Qi's expression was normal did she slowly relax.
Just now, seeing the child crying and fussing, she had tried asking Mu Qi if she could play with him for a while.
She had only intended to try; if Mu Qi refused, she would have had no choice but to stand by.
However, she hadn't expected Mu Qi to actually agree, which gave her the courage to go and comfort the child.
"Mu Qi, we'll go home in a bit," Yun Shu Nian said, scratching Mu Qi's palm.
Then, seeing that the aunt was still watching her grandson and not them, Yun Shu Nian quickly and surreptitiously lifted Mu Qi's hand and kissed the back of it.
Mu Qi felt Yun Shu Nian's comforting gesture, and a myriad of emotions flashed in his phoenix eyes.
Just as Yun Shu Nian was closely monitoring Mu Qi's emotions, a ball suddenly hit her thigh.
Yun Shu Nian instinctively looked towards Mu Qi and saw the ball falling from his lower leg.
"Big brother, big sister. Close your eyes, Tongtong is going to hide," the little boy said with a smile to Yun Shu Nian.
"Okay, Tongtong, go and hide. We promise not to peek until big brother and I count to ten."
Yun Shu Nian said this, covering her eyes with both hands. Then she turned to look at Mu Qi and saw that he was indeed turning his head to look at her.
Yun Shu Nian helplessly walked in front of Mu Qi, lifted his hands, and covered his eyes.
"Mu Qi, you're not allowed to open your eyes until we count to ten." Perhaps it was because she had just been coaxing the child, she unconsciously used a coaxing tone when speaking to Mu Qi.
However, as soon as Yun Shu Nian's hands moved away from Mu Qi's eyes, his hands also moved away from his own.
"Hold me tight, then you won't be able to see me." He couldn't bear to feel Yun Shu Nian's absence in such an environment.
It was as if if Mu Qi didn't watch Yun Shu Nian for even a day, she might disappear and leave him at any moment.
Mu Qi pulled Yun Shu Nian into his embrace, placing one hand on her waist and covering his own eyes with the other.
Yun Shu Nian, forced to hug Mu Qi's waist: "..."
She felt that Mu Qi was quite... quite clingy.
Ten seconds later, Yun Shu Nian opened her eyes and looked up at Mu Qi. As expected, he had already opened his eyes. Su Dan Novel Network
"Mu Qi, shall we go find Tongtong?" Yun Shu Nian placed her hands on Mu Qi's shoulders and stretched.
"Mm." Mu Qi lowered his gaze to Yun Shu Nian's eyes. He loved the feeling of being relied upon by Yun Shu Nian. Even such a small gesture would be remembered by Mu Qi until the day he died.
It was just that in his past life, Mu Qi hadn't had many happy memories before his death.
Yun Shu Nian naturally took Mu Qi's hand and then looked around, disoriented by the multitude of colorful balls.
How were they supposed to find him?
"Mu Qi, do we have to search inch by inch? It's so big!" Yun Shu Nian hugged Mu Qi's arm, looking at him pitifully.
Perhaps Yun Shu Nian didn't realize it herself, but she was also relying on Mu Qi.
Mu Qi scanned their surroundings and quickly spotted a corner of clothing.
"He's over there." Mu Qi suddenly scooped Yun Shu Nian up with one arm, allowing her to look in the direction he was pointing.
Yun Shu Nian, however, instinctively checked the height from the ground first.
Should she remind Mu Qi that such intimacy in public wasn't appropriate?
But thinking of Mu Qi's agitated emotions earlier, Yun Shu Nian immediately abandoned the thought.
Yun Shu Nian looked in the direction Mu Qi was pointing, but after a long time, she saw nothing.
"I'll take you there." Mu Qi placed his other hand on Yun Shu Nian's shoulder and walked directly in one direction, carrying her.
"Grandma, look at that big sister. She's so old but still being carried by big brother." A little boy, who was trying to build a castle out of balls not far away, pointed at Yun Shu Nian and Mu Qi and said to the elderly woman beside him.
"Grandma, I want to be carried too." The little boy threw himself onto the elderly woman's lap.
Yun Shu Nian was speechless.
She felt that she and Mu Qi needed to move to another planet.
"Mu Qi, please put me down." Yun Shu Nian shrunk into Mu Qi's embrace, embarrassed.
As soon as Yun Shu Nian spoke, Mu Qi instantly became agitated.
Because he cared too much, Mu Qi was extremely sensitive to Yun Shu Nian's rejection, even though he knew it was wrong.
Mu Qi stopped but did not put Yun Shu Nian down. He was struggling to control his emotions.
"Mu Qi, so many children are watching us, it's so embarrassing!" Yun Shu Nian tiptoed, her face turning red, and burrowed deeper into Mu Qi's arms.
Feeling Yun Shu Nian's movement, Mu Qi lowered his gaze, and his irritable emotions slowly disappeared.
"Please put me down, Mu Qi." Yun Shu Nian looked up at Mu Qi pitifully.