Chapter 260 – Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf

Cheng Li picked around, picking up and putting down common gifts such as octave boxes, notebooks, money jars and muppets, shaking his head, none of them quite satisfied.

“What’s the matter? There aren’t any of your favorite sharks here are there?”

“No, I’m picking out Sister Xu Juan’s birthday present.”

Hate it or hate it, but birthday presents were still required, and didn’t it seem alien that she was the only one who didn’t get a present.

It was the sour taste of making a good relationship and gaining his trust before betraying her with her brother that showed her what desperation meant.

“You actually still have this heart, let me pay for the gift.” Cheng Ming said with relief.

“Brother what do you take me for, I still have this amount of money. But I feel like some of the flashy stuff here is pretty, but not much use.”

“Xu Juan doesn’t have any special favorites, huh? Just reading novels at the moment, I guess.”

“Yes, that’s it, isn’t Sister Xu Juan’s academic performance not going up? Let’s send her reference books so she can study hard.”

“That’s quite a special gift ……”

Killing pig hearts all over, but Xu Juan really might like it.

“Let’s go to the bookstore then.”

“Wait, let’s get some ribbons and gift paper first, a birthday present should look like a birthday present.”

After spending so much time in this store and leaving empty-handed, the owner’s wife’s eyes were shark people.

Nanming City has two Xinhua bookstores, a larger one, over in the city center, adjacent to the municipal offices, and a smaller one, not far away in the neighborhood.

In addition to books, we also sell video products and tapes and CDs.

In addition to CD-ROMs for movies and TV shows, there are also ones for computer software and games, with games such as Immortal Sword, Regulus and Monopoly and a batch of adaptations of martial arts novels.

“How about this book, brother?”

Cheng Li stood on tiptoe to take down a cartoon-style book from the shelf.

“This is a sign language book?”

“Doesn’t Xu Juan not like to talk? Then it’s good to communicate in sign language.”

“She just doesn’t like to talk, she’s afraid of saying the wrong thing, she’s home from school, she doesn’t talk to other people. That’s why she talks less, it’s not that she can’t speak, change the book to a more normal one.”

The cashier at the counter picked up the stamp and put it on the back cover of the book before handing it to Cheng Li.

“I really want to give it to Sister Xu Juan right away so that she can learn it to death. What kind of birthday gift is brother going to give Xu Juan?”

“Secret.”

“What’s the mystery, you’re not going to send her pretty clothes to wear to show you a good time, are you?”

“Ahaha, how can that be, am I that boring?” Cheng Ming said with a dry smile, I should say it’s really me.

“What about my birthday present?”

“Also secret.”

“I don’t want a gift from my brother, I want to pick it out myself.”

“You’re greedy, so what do you want?”

Cheng Li pointed at Cheng Ming’s face and said, “Brother, I want brother.”

“Clam? Me?”

“Right.”

“I’m not a gift.”

“Cheapskate.”

“This has nothing to do with being petty or not, right?” Cheng Ming said with a bitter smile.

On the way back, I made a special detour to Zhongshan Park, where a few neighborhood kids were jumping up and down on the slide.

“Ah, my slide is being hogged by them, brother you go and drive them away.” Cheng Li waved his little fist and said.

“This is a public facility, it belongs to everyone, you can play with them too, be a big sister and child king.”

“Eh, don’t want to play with a bunch of dirty brats.” Cheng Li said with a look of disgust.

“Say it like you’re not a brat yourself.”

“Brother, I’ve come up with a brilliant idea.”

Cheng Li pushed Cheng Ming to the front and said, “Kids, this big brother wants to play on the slide, can you let him?”

What a bad idea this is.

“No way, why should I give it to him!” The young boy who was the leader of the small group voiced out.

“That’s right, still playing with slides when you’re this old, shame on you.” Another boy chimed in, also turning his body, his buttocks towards Cheng Ming, slapping his buttocks in provocative mockery.

“I’ll trade you guys snacks for oh, these snacks are yours if you let him have the slide.”

Cheng Li took out the lollipops and cat ears and other snacks that he hadn’t finished eating and showed them off under the slide.

“Really, you’re not lying to us, are you?” The lead boy was a little perturbed.

“Mommy can’t eat anything from strangers, you’ll be abducted, there are a lot of bad uncles out there.”

A little girl with a pretty strong will.

“Do I look like a bad uncle? These snacks are really delicious Oh, you do not eat I ate, now come down to get, one person can pick a small snack Oh.”

Cheng Ming cooperated with his sister’s acting, holding a variety of snacks in the palm of his hand.

Faced with the temptation of snacks, the lead boy finally couldn’t resist sliding down the slide and snatching a pack of snacks from Cheng Ming’s hand, watching his reaction warily.

Instead of being angry, Cheng Ming revealed a warm and gentle smile and said, “Let the others take away a small snack as well, I really, really want to play on the slide.”

The other boy, who was more daring, also took a packet.

The remaining two girls took two lollipops each and politely said thank you.

Started enjoying the snacks on the spot.

Cheng Li drilled into Process Ming’s arms, pulling his arms around himself and shouting, “This big brother is actually the Big Bad Wolf, I’m Little Red Riding Hood who was tricked by him with snacks, run, don’t let him catch you, you’ll be eaten soon, run quickly!”

Cheng Li this outburst made the little children startled, Cheng Ming also do not know what kind of drugs his sister gourd is selling, so he had to continue to cooperate, roaring with his teeth and claws and grimace, “I want to eat all the girls.”

“Run run run.”

The lead boy gave the order and led the way, and the others scattered with a “wow”.

The little girl at the end panicked, her left foot mixed with her right foot, and fell flat on the ground, raising dust, and the lollipop in her hand flew out, all stained with dust.

The little girl “wow wow wow” cried out, her little friends ran back at the sound, saw Cheng Ming and did not dare to lean forward.

Cheng Ming’s heart ached, was he that scary?

Cheng Ming picked up the little girl and patted the dust on her body, the end of autumn wear thicker, but did not break the skin of the knee.

It was an unfortunate blessing to turn over the palm of his hand and see that it was red and covered in fine gravel, and that there were no wounds.

Cheng Ming slapped down all the small stones and dust, blew his palms with a “huff”, took another heel of lollipop from his pocket and stuffed it into her hand, said with a smile, “Run slowly, don’t be in a hurry, it will take the Big Bad Wolf ages to eat one Little Red Riding Hood.”

Cheng Ming pushed her back to her little friend, only to find his sister looking at him with contempt and disdain.

“What’s wrong?”

“It always feels like my brother is hopeless, as long as it’s a little girl?”

“Huh? You’re the one who suddenly started some Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood scare, and I’m the one who’s helping you with the aftermath.”

“Obviously my brother is making too scary of a ghost face.”

“Meaning it’s all my fault? Didn’t they give up the slide? Why did you have to chase them away?”

“Because we want this place all to ourselves!”

Cheng Li ran up the slide and twisted the hem of her skirt with both hands, lifting it slightly to reveal white knee-high stockings with pink butterflies embroidered on them.

“Brother, it’s white.”

“What are you doing! This is a public place.” Cheng Ming rushed up the slide in a panic and held down his sister’s hands.

Cheng Ming looked left and right sheepishly, but there was no one in his field of vision, so he breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.

“Want some, brother? White silk.” Cheng Li asked as he kicked his little feet.

“Is this human food? Feel free to play with it for a while and we’ll almost be home for lunch.”

“You’ll get your skirt dirty if you slide straight, and brother doesn’t want to get yelled at by mommy, does he?”

“I know.”

Willingly Cheng Ming sat down and barely tucked his legs into the slide.

“It’s so crowded.”

“It’s you who’s too fat, brother.”

“It wasn’t meant to be played for people my age.”

“Always have a child’s heart.” Cheng Li sat on Cheng Ming’s lap, raised his hand and shouted, “Let’s go.”

Cheng Ming grabbed the edge of the slide with both hands and sailed downward, instantly reaching the bottom.

“One more time, one more time.” Cheng Li couldn’t get enough of it.

After playing back and forth three or four times, Cheng Ming asked, “Satisfied?”

“Not fulfilled, but if I don’t go home there will be no food.”

“Just so you know, let’s go back.”

Walking home, stopping along the way, stepping on dead branches and yellow leaves to play, Cheng Li and chased the wild cat into the trail, the two arrived home more than thirty minutes later than expected.

The table was put away, even the dishes were washed.

“I thought you weren’t coming home for dinner, so heat up your own food, and if you don’t think there’s enough food, fry yourselves two eggs.”

Lai Ying was sitting on the sofa too lazy to get up and Xu Juan was rubbing her shoulders.

“Brother, are we really biological?” Cheng Li asked skeptically.

“It’s true that it’s pro-life right, and the rice is a bit cold, at least keep it warm for us, let’s eat bubbly topped with rice, and would you like an omelette or a poached egg.”

“I want it all.”

Lai Ying held a yellow soft ruler and said, “Xu Juan, come to my room for a moment, I’ll help you measure your shoulder width, arm width and circumference.”

“Mom is helping Sister Xu Juan measure her circumference I think she’s planning to buy her clothes, right? Brother, aren’t you going to peek?”

Cheng Li’s elbow’s knocked Cheng Ming’s arm and asked, “Not interested.”

Cheng Ming said expressionlessly.

Are you kidding me? How dare you fuck seven or eight in front of your mom? You’ll really be kicked out of the house.

Besides, it wasn’t like Xu Juan was completely unaware of her circumference, having measured her bust with her hands for the time being.

It’s similar to Chen Ziyi’s and bigger than Xiao Li’s and Xiao Ren’s.

“I’ll go and see, brother, no peeking oh 1.”

“No way.”

“Mom, let me give you a hand.”

“Then you hold this end for me.”

“Humbug ……”

Cheng Li, who had come out of the bedroom, let out a pleased snort and circled around Cheng Ming, asking, “Brother, want to know what Sister Xu Juan’s circumference is? Want to know? Want to know?”

“Don’t want to know, hurry up and eat.”

Cheng Ming thought to himself that if he went to ask Xu Juan, she would also tell him, right?

But it’s a rare opportunity, and wouldn’t it be a shame not to measure it yourself.