Chapter 384 [Extra: Zen Creek] (2) Childhood Bonds

More than a month has passed since his wife Yan Ruqing passed away.

In order to prevent his daughter Ying Chanxi from feeling too uncomfortable, Ying Zhicheng first took a sick leave, and then asked his teacher for a long vacation. For more than a month, he spent most of his time with Ying Chanxi.

However, when Ying Zhicheng discovered that Ying Chanxi seemed to prefer running next door and seemed quite happy when accompanied by Li Guohong's family, he gradually felt relieved.

In addition, the company has a lot of work to do. Since Yuan Wanqing retired from the entertainment industry and went abroad for medical treatment a few years ago, its performance has been poor. It is seeking breakthroughs and transformation during this painful period, so it still needs him to return.

So Ying Zhicheng privately asked Li Guohong to take care of his daughter more on a daily basis.

Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong naturally agreed immediately and told him to go to work in the city without worrying.

In fact, he really didn't have to worry about anything.

Children have very short memories, and with the care of Li Luo's family, Ying Chanxi quickly came out of that dark period.

However, the one who forgets more is Li Luo.

It was an ordinary afternoon on a certain day in the second grade.

Li Guohong rushed over from the breakfast shop and picked up his child at the gate of Experimental Primary School.

It's time to go home from school. Classes in the school line up neatly and walk out of the teaching building.

When it was Class 201's turn, Li Guohong saw Li Luo, who had successfully run for the position of sports commissioner this year, leading the team out of the teaching building holding the class sign.

Li Guohong and his wife didn’t know how Li Luo became the sports committee member, but the students in Class 201 knew it very well.

The main reason was that he was scared by Li Luo.

Last year, because of Ying Chanxi's incident, Li Luo even dared to hit girls. This year, when he ran for the position of sports committee member, no one dared to compete with him.

At this time, Li Luo walked to the school gate holding the class sign and handed it to the teacher next to him. Then he carried his schoolbag and waved to Ying Chanxi in the team. The two of them walked in front of Li Guohong and he held one hand each.

"Where should we go after coming out of the school gate?" Li Guohong did not rush to leave, but asked the two children instead.

"This way." Ying Chanxi pointed to the right side of the school gate and turned right in front.

"Yeah, that's right." Li Guohong nodded and said with a smile, "Xixi is really smart. Li Luo, did you remember it?"

"Remember it, it's not like I don't know it."

"Let's go then."

Experimental Primary School is just opposite the People's Square and is also close to Jincheng Community.

Walk to the intersection, turn right and go downhill, pass a very small tunnel, and above it are the old green train tracks.

After passing through the tunnel, Li Guohong asked again how to get there, and Ying Chanxi answered immediately.

Turning right again, they arrived at the door of the breakfast shop. Li Guohong shouted inside, and Lin Xiuhong took off her apron and walked out. After tidying up, she closed the shop door, and the family went home.

"How is it? You should have remembered everything, right?" Li Guohong asked at the dinner table, "Starting tomorrow, you two will try to go to and from school by yourselves, okay?"

"No problem." Ying Chanxi nodded seriously, "Uncle Li, don't worry, I won't let Li Luo run around."

"Okay." Li Guohong smiled, "I feel relieved with Xixi's words."

"Dad! What do you mean?" Li Luo said dissatisfiedly, "I also remember the route, okay? I can walk by myself without Xixi."

"What's the matter? Do you still want to abandon Xixi and run away alone?" Lin Xiuhong tapped his head, "Follow Xixi to and from school and don't run around, understand?"

"I'm not running around." Li Luo patted his chest and said, "It was me who took good care of Ying Chanxi and sent her home safely. Boys should protect girls."

"I don't need your protection." Ying Chanxi muttered softly, but he was quite happy in his heart.

Wait until the next day.

Early in the morning, Li Luo and Ying Chanxi got up obediently and prepared to go to school.

Normally at this time, Lin Xiuhong, who was busy at the breakfast shop, would rush over and take the two children to school.

But Li Guohong was the only one running around in the store, especially at six or seven o'clock, when there were the most people in the breakfast shop, which often made him overwhelmed.

But today is the first time for the two children to go to school alone.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi, carrying their small schoolbags, came to the breakfast shop and greeted Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong. After having breakfast in the shop, Lin Xiuhong watched the two children leave.

Then she said a few words to Li Guohong, immediately took off her apron, and quietly followed the two children.

Although they were told to let them go to school alone, Lin Xiuhong was still a little worried.

This is the first time, so we have to follow and see what happens. If there are no problems throughout the process, the couple will feel relieved.

Fortunately, their house is only a few minutes away from the Experimental Primary School. It is not complicated to get there by turning two corners.

Lin Xiuhong followed quietly behind and watched the two children walk forward.

It was the first time that Li Luo went to school without his parents. He just let himself go and ran back and forth on the sidewalk from time to time, which made Lin Xiuhong frown.

Fortunately, the boy had some sense and only ran on the sidewalk instead of the bike lane, otherwise Lin Xiuhong would have really not been able to resist and would have stepped forward to spank him.

But just when Lin Xiuhong frowned, Ying Chanxi couldn't bear it anymore, so he quickly grabbed Li Luo, then held his hand and told him not to run around.

Li Luo was a little impatient and didn't want to leave so quietly, but after Ying Chanxi whispered something, Li Luo immediately behaved himself.

Looking at the two children in front of her walking towards the school hand in hand, Lin Xiuhong immediately showed a relieved smile on her face.

After escorting them all the way to school and walking into the school gate smoothly, Lin Xiuhong immediately turned around and rushed back to the breakfast shop.

Fortunately, it only took about ten minutes, so Li Guohong didn't have to be busy for too long. The couple immediately got back to their busy morning work.

But when she had some free time at around ten o'clock, Lin Xiuhong couldn't help but sigh when she recalled what she had seen in the morning.

"What's wrong?" Li Guohong asked, "Are there any problems with the two children?"

"It's pretty good. Xixi is quite obedient. She held Li Luo and didn't let him run around. We probably won't have to send her to school anymore." Lin Xiuhong sighed, "It's just a pity to see Xixi being so well behaved. It would be great if Ruqing could see it too."

"It's all in the past." Li Guohong patted his wife's shoulder and sighed, "I'm glad Xixi is okay. After all, we watched her grow up."

"I raised her as my own daughter." Lin Xiuhong whispered, "She is much more obedient than your son."

Li Guohong: “…”

……

In the evening, Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong resisted the urge to go to the Experimental Primary School to pick up their children.

After school was over, about ten minutes later, Lin Xiuhong finally saw the two children from afar at the store door. She breathed a sigh of relief and her heart was completely at ease.

When Ying Chanxi and Li Luo came to the door of the breakfast shop, Lin Xiuhong immediately squatted down, hugged the two children tightly in her arms, and kissed each of them: "You are so good, you are all great."

After returning home with the two children, Lin Xiuhong specially prepared an extra-sumptuous dinner to celebrate their first successful commuting to and from school alone.

At the dinner table, after praising the children for a while, Li Guohong and his wife started chatting among themselves.

Ying Chanxi and Li Luo were eating obediently on the side.

"This weekend, my second uncle Guomao's son is getting married, and we have to attend the wedding." Li Guohong said.

"Oh, I see." Lin Xiuhong nodded, took out a tissue and wiped Li Luo's greasy mouth.

When Li Luo heard this, he immediately said, "I want to get married too!"

"Why are you getting married?" Lin Xiuhong rolled her eyes at him and laughed, "You're still young, who can you find to marry?"

"Xixi." Li Luo said as if it was a matter of course. He then grabbed Ying Chanxi's arm, lifted it up and said, "We have already agreed on this."

"Haha~" Lin Xiuhong couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, let's eat. We can talk about marriage later. You are still young and don't understand it now."

Li Luo didn't care about this and continued to eat.

Lin Xiuhong also continued to discuss with Li Guohong the issue of how much money to give as a wedding gift.

As they were chatting, Li Guohong suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head to look at Ying Chanxi, only to find that the girl was silently crying while eating her meal. The tears fell into the bowl and were all eaten by her.

"Xixi, what's wrong with you?" Li Guohong was startled and quickly came to Ying Chanxi's side, "Why are you still crying?"

Lin Xiuhong, who was standing by, only noticed it at this moment and quickly turned around, hugged Ying Chanxi's small body and wiped her tears distressedly: "Hey, hey, what happened? Did Li Luo secretly bully you? Can I beat him up? Xixi, don't cry, don't cry."

Li Luo: “……?”

Li Luo was eating and he never expected that a black pot would fall on his head.

But seeing Ying Chanxi crying like this, Li Luo was a little confused: "I didn't bully her, I was just eating!"

"No, it's not Li Luo..." After Ying Chanxi was found crying, she finally couldn't help sobbing. She pursed her lips and looked at Lin Xiuhong aggrievedly, and whispered, "Aunt Lin...Aunt Lin...Do you hate me?"

"How could that be?!" Lin Xiuhong's eyes widened in disbelief. She quickly hugged Ying Chanxi tightly, rubbing her little face, and said aggrievedly, "Auntie Lin likes you very much. Xixi is so cute and obedient, much better than Li Luo. I like you so much, how could I hate you?"

"But...but..." Ying Chanxi wiped her tears but still couldn't stop crying. Tears fell like pearls. "Aunt Lin doesn't let Li Luo marry me. Doesn't that mean she hates me?"

Lin Xiuhong: “……?”

Li Guohong: “……?”

"Oh, it's okay." Upon hearing this, Li Luo immediately patted Ying Chanxi's shoulder and comforted him, "If they don't agree, we can elope and don't need them anymore."

"You kid..." Li Guohong patted the guy's head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "You said that in front of your parents, right?"

"Wuuuwaaaaa!" Ying Chanxi cried even louder when he heard them say that.

"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry." Lin Xiuhong hugged him tighter, looking flustered, and quickly changed her words, "I didn't mean to stop you from doing that."

"Xixi is so well-behaved. Auntie likes her so much."

"If you two grow up and Xixi really wants to marry Li Luo, then Auntie will be so happy."

"Why do we have to wait until later?" Ying Chanxi raised her head aggrievedly, and looked at Lin Xiuhong with red eyes from crying, "Can't I marry Li Luo now? Can I marry her now?"

"Okay, okay, no problem." Seeing her crying like this, Lin Xiuhong only thought about how to comfort her and quickly agreed, "Then Xixi will be our daughter-in-law from now on, okay? Don't cry."

"Really?"

"real!"

Upon hearing this answer, Ying Chanxi burst into laughter, but her face was still red, and she looked extremely cute.

Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong looked at each other, feeling a little amused and helpless.

Ying Zhicheng is not at home, so it seems like their daughter was abducted by their family?

I don’t know what’s wrong with this kid Li Luo, Xixi actually likes him so much.

Li Guohong was a little confused, he just thought it was because the two children stayed together all day and played house too much.

After all, they are still children, and any talk of getting married can only be regarded as a joke. Li Guohong and his wife don't care much about it. They just think that Ying Chanxi, besides being obedient and well-behaved, actually has a very spoiled and cute side.

After dinner, the two children did their homework for a while and then prepared to go to bed.

As a result, Ying Chanxi wanted to stay in Li Luo's room again.

"Don't Aunt Lin and Uncle Li also sleep together?" Ying Chanxi said.

"Then we must sleep together. Xixi, your room is next door, so you have to go back to sleep at night."

"But I'm already Li Luo's wife." Ying Chanxi crawled into Li Luo's bed and refused to come out, protesting in a low voice, "Aunt Lin, you can't break us up."

Lin Xiuhong: "...Okay, okay, you guys go to bed early."

Fearing that Ying Chanxi would cry again, Lin Xiuhong had no choice but to agree. She turned off the lights in their room, left, and told them to go to bed well.

As a result, early the next morning.

Because it was the weekend, Ying Zhicheng finally came back. After returning home, he couldn't wait to go to his daughter's bedroom and give her a big hug.

But after opening the door and seeing the empty bed of his daughter, Ying Zhicheng fell into deep thought.

Then he called Li Guohong, got the answer, took out the key from under the potted plant opposite, opened the door of 401, and then opened Li Luo's door. When he saw his daughter curled up in the quilt very peacefully, sleeping on the same bed with Li Luo, he pinched his nose with a headache.

……

"Xixi must sleep there?"

"Yeah, there's nothing we can do."

"What should we do? It's okay now, the children are still young, but when they grow up, if they develop a habit, it will be bad..."

"Well... don't worry, the child is still young, so he will clamor to sleep together. He will definitely not be like this when he grows up."

"Then it can't just be like this..."

"Forget it, forget it. I'll talk to Li Luo in private. Xixi listens to Li Luo now, so I'll let him do it."

"Well... don't tell Xixi that it was me who said that."

"Don't worry, that won't happen."

……

After the parents of both sides communicated privately, Lin Xiuhong quietly pulled Li Luo aside to talk to him.

Li Luo originally firmly disagreed, but when he saw that Lin Xiuhong said she would give him more pocket money, he finally wavered in his iron will.

So that night, Li Luo watched Ying Chanxi walk into his bedroom again, and then he took her little hand and walked towards the opposite door.

Ying Chanxi followed with a puzzled look on his face. When he returned to his bedroom opposite, he asked curiously, "Why did you bring me back?"

"You should sleep here from now on." Li Luo shook his head with regret and said, "We can't sleep together anymore."

"Why, why?" Ying Chanxi got anxious when he heard this and grabbed Li Luo's hand to stop him from leaving. "You don't want me anymore?"

"Ahem..." Li Luo's eyes looked guilty, but he still said, "Although we are married, we don't have a marriage certificate yet. We can only get this after we become adults."

"Do you know?"

"We can't sleep together without a marriage certificate. If others find out, the police will arrest me and put me in jail."

"So let's wait until we grow up before sleeping together."

When Ying Chanxi heard that Li Luo would be arrested by the police, he was shocked and did not mention sleeping together again.

Seeing that she had no objection, Li Luo took her hand and asked her to lie down on the bed. Then he looked around and his eyes fell on a small blanket.

"I think I gave this to you?"

"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded, "You sent me there when I was in kindergarten."

"Then take this." Li Luo took the small blanket and placed it next to Ying Chanxi's head. "Just think of it as me, sleeping with you, so you won't be scared at night."

"Um……"

"I'll stay with you for a while." Li Luo squatted on the bed, holding Ying Chanxi's little hand and covering her with a blanket. "I'll leave after you fall asleep."

"……it is good."

……

In the blink of an eye, it was time to graduate from the sixth grade.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi grew a lot taller in an instant.

The girl grew up quickly and soon reached 1.5 meters tall, which was actually a little taller than Li Luo, which made Li Luo feel a little uncomfortable.

In addition, as we get older, there are differences between men and women, and we don’t like to be together all day long like we did in previous years.

"Ying Chanxi! He's gone. He's already graduated. What are you still filming for?"

"Stand still, I'll take two pictures of you too."

"What's so interesting about taking photos? It's so boring. I still want to play basketball with Zhao Rongjun."

"We have to go home to eat first anyway." Ying Chanxi pointed the camera lens at Li Luo and said, "Strike a pose."

"hehe."

"It's so ugly!"

"What's ugly about me? I'm so handsome."

"What a cool ass."

"I don't know who it is. He used to say he wanted to marry me, but now he's talking to me like this, right?"

"Go to hell! Don't say that!" Ying Chanxi blushed and chased Li Luo around the school.

After finally taking pictures of all the places they wanted to take pictures of, Ying Chanxi put away his camera, put on his school bag, and walked out of the school gate with Li Luo.

Standing at the school gate and looking back, Ying Chanxi still felt a little sad.

Li Luo can't wait to welcome the first summer vacation without homework.

"Woohoo~ I'm finally graduated~"

"Are you happy about graduation?" Ying Chanxi glanced at Li Luo while carrying his schoolbag.

"Of course I can graduate every day."

"You want summer vacation every day, right?"

"hey-hey."

After the two returned home, Ying Chanxi went to the kitchen to help Lin Xiuhong cook.

Li Luo was mischievously eating something nearby, and then Lin Xiuhong pushed him to the trash can to peel garlic.

……

The next day summer vacation officially began.

Li Luo was dragged by Lin Xiuhong to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities. He was bored and picked and chose on the shelves. From time to time, he stuffed a bag of snacks under the cart and pretended that he knew nothing.

When it was time to pay the bill, Lin Xiuhong discovered that there were so many snacks in the cart. She immediately glared at Li Luo in annoyance.

Li Luo chuckled and whispered, "I bought this for Xixi, she loves it."

"Do you need to tell me whether Xixi likes it or not?" Lin Xiuhong sneered, "For the sake of graduation, this is the only time. Remember to share some with Xixi when you go back."

"That's for sure!" Li Luo patted his chest and assured.

"Hello." After scanning the barcodes of all the products, the cashier said to Lin Xiuhong, "The total is 201.60 yuan. If you spend exactly 200 yuan, you can participate in our supermarket's 100-yuan lucky draw event. You can draw twice for every 200 yuan you spend."

"Look!" Li Luo said proudly upon hearing this, "If it weren't for my snacks, we would have one less chance to draw a prize!"

"Go away, what good things can there be in the lottery?" Lin Xiuhong waved her hands repeatedly, watched the cashier bring the lottery box, and then took a lottery ticket casually.

"The consolation prize is a pack of tissues. Please keep it." The cashier took a look at the prize that Lin Xiuhong won, smiled and stuffed the pack of tissues into the bag, "There's one more time."

"Mom, why are you so quick? Let me do it!" Li Luo rushed over to stop Lin Xiuhong from pulling, "You are unlucky, watch me!"

"At least I won a pack of tissues, you better not win anything."

"Just wait and see, I'm sure I'll win the grand prize." Li Luo said this, and then curiously asked the cashier, "Do you have any grand prizes here?"

"The first prize is a panda doll, the second prize is a Transformers action figure, and the third prize is ..."

"Okay!" Before the cashier finished speaking, Li Luo's eyes lit up, and he put his right hand directly into the lottery box and shouted, "It's you! Transformers!"

"It's not like you can win the lottery just because you speak loudly." Lin Xiuhong felt that it was embarrassing for him to speak so loudly, so she quickly said, "Keep your voice down."

"It seems like I won the prize..." The cashier looked at the golden slip in Li Luo's hand and was stunned for a moment.

Because most raffle slips are white, only special prizes are gold.

This kid really won the lottery?
The cashier was a little surprised, and quickly reached out to take the note from Li Luo's hand and took a look: "It's still the first prize!"

"Eh?" Li Luo was stunned and then wailed, "Why is it the first prize? Can it be changed to the second prize?"

"What do you want to exchange for?" Lin Xiuhong slapped Li Luo on the back of his head. "The first prize is definitely more valuable than the second prize. This is it."

"Ahem... please wait a moment, the prizes need to be delivered to you by the staff."

……

Holding a huge panda doll, Li Luo followed Lin Xiuhong back home.

To be honest, although he wanted the Transformers action figure more, he was still very happy to have won the first prize.

Li Luo carried a panda doll that was almost as big as him into his room, threw it on the bed, and after removing the packaging bag, he took a long breath and then fell on the bed.

But because he had just returned home, the air conditioner was not turned on yet. In such a hot summer day, Li Luo felt extremely hot when he was squeezed by the panda doll.

"Oh my god! How am I going to sleep at night? It's too hot..."

Li Luo muttered to himself, not wanting this thing anymore.

So he rolled his eyes, hugged the panda doll, ran out, came to the door opposite, knocked hard and shouted: "Ying Chanxi! Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

"I'm coming!"

Ying Chanxi responded to Li Luo, quickly ran to the door, and opened it with a puzzled look on his face.

As a result, the next second, Ying Chanxi was stunned.

Looking at the huge panda doll in Li Luo's arms, Ying Chanxi was stunned, and then couldn't help asking: "Where did you get this?"

"I bought it especially for you." Li Luo said with a cheeky grin, "Girls all like this kind of stuff, do you want it? If not, I'll throw it away."

"Who said no!" Ying Chanxi quickly grabbed Li Luo, then opened the door of his bedroom and said, "Put it on my bed."

"okay!"

"How did you think of buying this for me?" Ying Chanxi sat down on the bed, holding the furry arm of the panda doll, and asked curiously, "And where did you get the money?"

"My mom and I bought this together." Li Luo said as a matter of course, "There are a lot of snacks too. I'll get them for you."

Seeing Li Luo bring another bunch of snacks, Ying Chanxi was a little touched. Then he couldn't wait to run to the study and spread a stack of photos on the bed: "Look, these are the photos I took yesterday, just developed."

"These are yours."

"Also, I printed two copies of the group photo. Keep them for yourself as well."

The two people exchanged gifts with each other on the bed and had a very happy chat.

……

after a few days.

Li Luo sneaked to Ying Chanxi's door late at night and quietly called Ying Chanxi to open the door for him.

Ying Chanxi opened the door a crack for him to come in, then whispered, "Want to play computer again?"

"What else can I play?" Li Luo said, and slipped into Ying Chanxi's study, turning on the computer impatiently.

"Then don't play too late." Ying Chanxi followed in and whispered.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in the early morning." Li Luo said this, his eyes fell on Ying Chanxi, and then he said, "Why did you change into pajamas?"

"Why, why should I care?" Ying Chanxi blushed and hurriedly left the study. "You can have fun. I'm going to sleep. You can leave by yourself when the time comes."

After saying that, Ying Chanxi slipped back to her bedroom, put on her cute panda pajamas, and hugged the giant panda on the bed.

(End of this chapter)