Seeing her sweet smile, as her dimples deepened and her eyes curved upwards adorably and dopey, Hua Jinyan sighed in relief—she had managed to distract her from her worries once again.
But of course... there are some who just can’t see!
Little Fatty asked eagerly, "Tastes good, right?"
Little Taotie nodded repeatedly, "Tasty! I like it!"
Driven by curiosity, Little Fatty continued, "And what about coffee, is it really that bad? It even made you cry from its taste! I’ve never had it before, I want to try it, but my dad won’t let me! I really want to try..."
The smile on Little Taotie’s face gradually stiffened and then disappeared.
Little Taotie’s cheeks slowly turned red. She reached up with her little hand to cover her burning face, muttering, "It’s all over, I can’t show my face, the whole world knows now..."
Hua Jinyan pushed Little Fatty away, saying coldly, "There are thousands of ways to have a drink. If your dad won’t let you drink it, you can always buy it from a coffee shop. Remember to buy black coffee, it’s the best."
"Really?" Little Fatty brightened up, "How come I didn’t think of that, I can just buy it myself!"
After sending him away, Hua Jinyan opened another can of cola.
The sound of the cola can opening was really cool—’fizzed’ crisply.
Little Taotie covered her face with both hands, but parted her fingers slightly, peeking through the gap.
Hua Jinyan said, "The louder the opening sound, the more bubbles it has."
Little Taotie swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Seeing this, Hua Jinyan looked over, and Little Taotie quickly closed her fingers, leaving no gaps.
Hua Jinyan chuckled, pulling out a marker from his pencil case.
He wrote something on the cola can with the black marker.
Little Taotie parted her fingers slightly again, peeking through the gap, and seeing him writing, she asked with curiosity filled with childlike tones, "What are you writing?"
Though the cola bottle was transparent, the liquid inside was a deep coffee color, almost black.
The black marker wrote letters on the clear bottle body, but because of the full cola liquid, it was impossible to see exactly what was written.
Little Taotie strained her eyes to see, but couldn’t make out anything.
Hua Jinyan asked with a smile, "Really want to know?"
Little Taotie nodded her little head.
"Drink it up, and you’ll find out," Hua Jinyan said as he opened the cap and handed it to her.
Little Taotie hesitated, feeling she was in a bad mood and probably couldn’t eat or drink, but... she was so tempted!
No, I’m not greedy, I’m just curious about what he wrote. I drank it to see the writing!
Little Cub self-hypnotized for a moment and took the cola bottle.
After finishing, Little Taotie felt the bubbles fighting like war in her stomach, what a thrill!
Little Taotie’s eyes widened, her eyes filled with stars, extremely excited, as she looked at the bottle body.
At that moment, as the liquid was drunk up, the body of the cola bottle was transparent, and the black letters written on it became clearly visible.
On the bottle—The truer version of you is what will make more people like you. Be yourself!
Little Taotie stared blankly at the line of text, her eyes downturned.
Hua Jinyan moved closer to her and suddenly snatched the bottle from her hand.
Little Taotie scrambled to grab it back, "Give it back to me!"
Hua Jinyan hid the bottle behind him, then leaned close to her ear and whispered gently, "Are you afraid that people might not like you after seeing you being naughty and crying, is that why you’re upset?"
Little Taotie’s lips puckered up, on the verge of tears, the corners of her eyes reddening.
"Did I hit the mark?"
Little Taotie hung her head low, her voice muffled, "In the live stream, the fans all say they like my dimples, like when I smile."
"In the village, adults don’t like children who cry all the time."
"I... ate the strawberries, and I lied..."
"Everyone will think I am a liar and a crybaby, and they won’t... like me the way they did before."