Hearing Little Taotie shout out the words "Xiao Xian," Hua Jinyan lowered his eyes, and his gaze dimmed as he was reminded of the boy whose legs were injured.
"No, I have to ask him to give the money back!"
"How do you plan to ask?"
Hua Jinyan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did you add him on W信?"
Little Taotie nodded, searched for her phone, and lamented, "Now I remember, I left my phone at home, we’re not allowed to bring our phones to school."
Hua Jinyan pointed to his own phone and asked, "Do you remember your account and password?"
Little Taotie nodded.
"Then use my phone to log in."
"Alright," Little Taotie nodded in agreement.
While she was logging in, Hua Jinyan glanced over and asked, "Do you two contact each other often?"
"Little Puppet was left in his care, so he sends me short videos of Little Puppet," Little Taotie smiled, "It’s so cute, it’s fully recovered now, wearing anything I put on it, unlike Little Lion, hmph, not well-behaved at all, always biting and tearing off its lion costume!"
Hua Jinyan, eyes downcast, asked indifferently, "Does he send you videos of Little Puppet every day?"
"Yeah, he says since Little Puppet was saved by me, he has to make sure I see how well it’s doing every day."
"Oh, I see, he’s quite considerate then."
With a smile, Little Taotie said, "I can log in, I’m on now!"
Little Taotie tapped on Xiao Xian’s avatar, pressing the voice message button, "You rotten Xiao Xian, you big liar, you promised to pay me back for the taxi fare!"
"Ah? I forgot, how much was it?" The other party quickly sent a voice message, his voice full of sleepiness, as if he had just woken up.
"132 yuan!" Little Taotie huffed.
A red envelope was sent over.
Little Taotie eagerly opened it, only to find it was 1320!
Ten times the amount!
Little Taotie hesitated, "That’s too much, I’ll return it to you."
"It’s a compensation for my forgetfulness, I would feel uncomfortable if you don’t accept it."
In a babyish voice, Little Taotie asked, "Did Little Puppet get the pretty clothes I sent? Has it arrived?"
Next to her, Hua Jinyan pricked up his ears, his brow furrowing.
"You sent him things too? Do you know the address?"
"Yeah, he has also sent tasty cat snacks to Little Lion."
"Oh, I see," Hua Jinyan nodded, signaling that he understood.
Little Taotie looked at Hua Jinyan with confusion, feeling that something was odd about him, but couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was.
The other party’s voice message came through, and Little Taotie tapped to listen, "It’s already arrived, very pretty. Little Puppet likes it a lot. I dressed it up and made a short video to show you."
"Yes, yes, please!" Little Taotie’s voice was full of delight.
Soon after, a short video was sent over.
Little Taotie opened it to see Little Puppet in the video looking adorably cute, with its large, round, bright blue eyes and dainty pink nose, donning a pink little dress, tilting its head towards the camera.
"Wow! So cute, so pretty!"
"I’ll take some more to show you."
"No need, I’m about to start class; let’s video chat when I get home."
"Alright, won’t disturb your class."
Hua Jinyan’s frown deepened as he asked, "You guys also video chat?"
"To see Little Puppet, yeah! It even waves goodbye to me! So adorable!"
"Do you want to watch too? Let’s watch together tonight?"
"Good," Hua Jinyan smiled faintly: "I’m looking forward to it."
He handed her the tablet, "Look at this post."
Soon, Little Taotie had forgotten about Xiao Xian and Little Puppet, engrossed in the comments section.
All the comments were praising her, her eyes sparkled with excitement, her little face flushed with disbelief, "How is this possible? It seems like everyone likes me more now!"