Unexpectedly, Xibao didn’t rush to the door. Instead, he turned towards Grandfather Lu and said, "Grandpa, cake!"
Grandfather Lu immediately got it, "You want to buy a cake ,right?"
"Hmm!" the voice from under the scarf answered were particularly loud and clear.
"Let’s go, Grandpa will buy you a cake!"
Grandfather Lu immediately took money and went out with them. Following Xibao’s directions, he bought a very expensive cream cake, packed it in a paper box, tied it firmly, and handed it to Zhonghua, "Zhonghua, your younger brother is small and doesn’t have the strength. You carry it for him. When you’ve finished playing, Grandma will open the box and share the cake."
"Thank you, Grandpa Lu!" Zhonghua answered politely.
Grandfather Lu patted his head, "Well then, go and play with your younger brother."
Guo Yan was utterly puzzled. Even after being sent to the gate by Grandfather Lu, she couldn’t figure out why Xibao insisted on buying a cream cake. Such a cake, she never dares to buy for her kids, fearing they would be accused of hedonism.
It was at the Lu’s place where Zhonghua had his first taste of cake, shared by Xibao, and he ate both white cake and cream cake.
Xibao held Zhonghua’s hands, turned left and right, his eyes were looking everywhere, the objective was quite clear,
Guo Yan wanted to see what kind of move Xibao was going to make, and as Xibao wanted, she took them to the place where the children of the courtyard usually played. Indeed, she saw Su Ping and Su An, as well as three five or six-year-old children, one is Lao Yi, grandson of Lao Lu, Wang Zilong, the grandson of General Wang, and Xiu Shengli, the grandson of General Xiu.
These five were having a great time, and an elder or guard of their family members was standing by.
Those who looked after Su Ping and Su An were still Su’s mother. Seeing Guo Yan bringing two little children over, one is Lu Xibao, who is well-known in the compound, and one is Wang Zhonghua, whose face was scratched by Su Ping, thinking of her grandson’s mighty look, Su’s mother was very proud and greeted warmly, "Hello, Xiaoguo! Bringing your grandsons to play? It’s funnier when the children play together!"
"Yes, indeed!" Guo Yan’s smile was quite fake. She was so angry that she felt like she was going to grind her teeth together.
If the reason Zhonghua got hit in the first place was because of himself and it was his responsibility, Guo Yan wouldn’t be this angry. But it was Su Ping who clearly started all the trouble. Zhonghua was simply playing with the mud by himself when Su Ping rushed over and scratched him.
Su’s mother apologized at the time, even punished Su Ping for a few times, but it was all a façade. There was no sincerity in her apology.
Xibao whispered in Zhonghua’s ear, "Huahua, bad guy!"
Zhonghua surprisingly understood what Xibao meant, took a closer look at Su Ping and Su An, pointed at one of them in secrecy, "It was him, the one with a small mole under his eye, absolutely naughty."
"Hmm!" Xibao indicated that he understood and glared at Su Ping.
Then, pointing to those children, he looked up at Guo Yan, "Grandma, so many people! I don’t know them!"
Guo Yan laughed, "Come, Grandma will introduce you. They are all your elder brothers. You should call them brother!"
When they came up to the children, Xibao sweetly called Lao Yi, Wang Zilong, and Xiu Shengli ’brother’. It was so intimate that he didn’t seem like he wanted Zhonghua to call him ’brother’. He either called Zhonghua ’Huahua’ or never called him brother.
Seeing that Xibao didn’t call her two grandsons ’brother’, Su’s mother immediately became unhappy, "Why does this kid only call them and not Su Ping or Su An? Did some adults teach him this?"