Hua Jinyan tapped Little Taotie’s forehead gently with an empty Coke bottle, pulling the youngster out of self-disgust.
Little Taotie covered her forehead, looked up at him with a pitiful expression, and complained, "You hit me!"
Hua Jinyan placed the Coke bottle in her hand and leaned his forehead toward her, eyes closed, "Hit me back."
Little Taotie, in a whiny voice, "I’ll return it tenfold!"
"Okay, a hundredfold is fine too, as long as you’re happy." He opened his eyes, and those deep eyes looked at her, smiling gently, "As long as Little Taotie is happy, it doesn’t matter how many times you hit me."
Little Taotie saw the roses blooming profusely above his head, her heart warmed, and her little face became flushed with warmth, placing the Coke bottle on the table and whispering softly, "I wouldn’t hit people."
Her eyes fixed on the bottle.
——The more genuine you are, the more people will like you, be yourself!
She stretched out her chubby fingers, touching the words with her fingertips, her milky voice soft as butter, "Be myself?"
"If you want to cry, cry. If you want to make a fuss, do so. Be yourself and don’t pretend to be well-behaved just because you want others to like you. When you don’t feel like smiling, don’t force a smile to entertain everyone."
"I... just want everyone to like me."
"Be yourself, more real, and everyone will like you just the same, even more people will."
Little Taotie hung her head low, murmuring, "Everyone likes obedient and well-behaved kids who look good when they laugh, not naughty troublemakers who cry and whine."
"After watching the short video, no one will like me anymore..."
"Who says they don’t like you?" Hua Jinyan pointed to her desk drawer, "People are still sending you snacks and writing you little cards."
Little Taotie choked up, and before she could wallow in her sadness, Hua Jinyan pulled a Lollipop from her desk drawer, unwrapped it, and popped it in her mouth, asking, "Is it good?"
Little Taotie nodded, her words muffled by the candy, "Strawberry flavored~"
"Most of them here are strawberry flavored. After watching the video, people didn’t stop liking you, on the contrary, they liked you even more, knowing that you enjoy strawberries, they specially prepared strawberry-flavored Candy for you."
"My classmates... are really nice to me." Little Taotie looked around and saw a sea of Little Flowers blooming over the heads of her classmates, in a variety of colors, showing that they still liked her.
"Are you worried that fans online won’t like you?"
Little Taotie mumbled, "They surely won’t anymore."
Hua Jinyan pulled out a tablet computer.
Little Taotie’s eyes widened, "You actually brought a tablet computer to school, the teacher will confiscate it!"
Hua Jinyan, exasperated, "Is that the point?"
Little Taotie looked left and right to make sure no one noticed, muttering, "Be careful, or the teacher might confiscate it."
"It’s fine." Hua Jinyan opened his backpack, "Look."
Little Taotie peered inside, her eyes widening.
Notebook, tablet computer, several mobile phones...
"If a teacher confiscates one, I still have so many, don’t worry."
Little Taotie looked at Hua Jinyan with admiring eyes.
Hua Jinyan clicked on a post that shared Little Taotie’s crying emoji packs.
"Look at the comments below."
On hearing this, Little Taotie leaned in to read.
[Zaizai is just too cute, isn’t he?]
[Tears smeared all over his face, so funny!]
[Teary-eyed, his eyes look even prettier!]
[Upstairs, do you have no heart? Zaizai is clearly so upset!]
[Zaizai’s pained crying face is so amusing!]
[Originally, I had no idea who Little Cub was, but while chatting with a friend, they sent me this crying face emoji pack and instantly charmed me. I searched for this Little Cub and completely fell for him!]
[I’m also a new fan who got hooked because of the emoji pack, please be kind to me,