Chapter 8: The Playground

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xiao Yun’s heart ached when he saw how sensible Lin Xi was.

Lin Xi had always been like this when she was with him, in his previous life and in this one as well.

Xiao Yun said, “What do you think this is?”

After saying that, he mysteriously take out a bunch of things from his pocket. But all Lin Xi saw was Xiao Yun pulling out his fist from his pocket.

Lin Xi stared at him with wide eyes and asked with a face full of doubt, “What is it?”

“Guess.” Xiao Yun still didn’t tell her what was in his hand.

Lin Xi frowned and thought for a long time, but she still shook her head and said, “Xi Xi doesn’t know. Big Brother Xiao Yun, tell Xi Xi.”

As she said that, she shook Xiao Yun’s arm.

Xiao Yun didn’t intend to make things difficult for her. “Alright then, but you have to kiss me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xi planted a heavy kiss on Xiao Yun’s face without any hesitation.

Xiao Yun had gotten what he wanted, so he naturally opened his palm and revealed two pieces of candies.

When Lin Xi saw them, she was surprised. “Wow!”

But she didn’t take it. Instead, she asked, “Big Brother Xiao Yun where did you get them?”

Xiao Yun pulled Lin Xi’s hand towards him and placed the two pieces of candy in it. Then, he whispered, “That’s because Big Brother Xiao Yun is amazing.”

Lin Xi giggled.

“Two pieces of candy, one for Big Brother Xiao Yun and one for Xi Xi.” Lin Xi took out a piece of candy from her hand and handed it to Xiao Yun.

But Xiao Yun didn’t take it. “Xi Xi, you can have it, but don’t eat them all at once. Otherwise, you’ll get holes in your teeth.”

“Oh, Xi Xi knows.” Lin Xi carefully opened the wrapper and put a piece of candy in her mouth.

“Big Brother Xiao Yun, it’s so sweet,” said Lin Xi contentedly with squinted eyes.

Xiao Yun lovingly scratched her nose. “Then next time, Big Brother Xiao Yun will buy more for you.”

“Okay.” Lin Xi revealed her big smile.

Xiao Yun looked at Lin Xi’s smile and was lost in thought. In his previous life, he had done so many stupid things that he realized he hadn’t seen Lin Xi’s smile for a long time. This time, he could not let Lin Xi down no matter what. Moreover, he would ensure that she could always smile innocently.

“Big Brother Xiao Yun, what are you thinking about?” Lin Xi’s voice pulled Xiao Yun’s thoughts back.

“Nothing, what do you want to play first?” asked Xiao Yun.

Lin Xi looked around, pointed to the slide not far away, and said, “That slide, I want to play the slide.”

“Okay, then let’s play the slide.” Xiao Yun led Lin Xi over.

Lin Xi went up alone and played happily, while Xiao Yun watched quietly from below.

Not long after, Lin Xi came down and held Xiao Yun’s hand. “Big Brother Xiao Yun, I don’t want to play anymore.”

Xiao Yun doubtfully asked, “What’s wrong? Why do you suddenly not want to play anymore?”

“I don’t think it’s fun anymore. It’s not fun anymore,” saidLin Xi weakly.

Xiao Yun was a little surprised. He didn’t believe Lin Xi meant that. After all, children at this age should be very interested in things like slides. They wouldn’t even want to go home once they have started playing.

But Xiao Yun didn’t continue to ask. Since she didn’t want to play with slides, then she would play with something else. “Then besides slides, what else do you want to playwith? Big Brother Xiao Yun will accompany you to play.”

Lin Xi looked around and shook her head. “I don’t want to play anymore.”

Xiao Yun saw that Lin Xi really didn’t want to play anymore. He looked around and felt that it was almost time, so he said to her, “Then, do you want to go home first or do you want to follow Big Brother Xiao Yun to find some recyclables?”

When Lin Xi heard Xiao Yun say this, her interest was instantly piqued. “I don’t want to go home, I want to be with Big Brother Xiao Yun.”

Although Lin Xi didn’t know why Big Brother Xiao Yun was looking for recyclables, she was willing to be with Big Brother Xiao Yun.

When Xiao Yun heard her say this, he gave up the idea of sending her home in advance and led Lin Xi to a place with a lot of people and vendors.

Holding Lin Xi’s hand with one hand, Xiao Yun took out a plastic bag from his pocket with the other.

Whenever he saw recyclables like plastic bottles that could be sold for money, he would put them into the plastic bag.

At first, Lin Xi just quietly watched Xiao Yun search for them.

Later, she roughly understood what Xiao Yun wanted, so she began to look around.

Lin Xi’s eyes were quite sharp as she often found recyclables. As soon as she found recyclables, she would pull Xiao Yun’s finger, then point at the thing and say, “Big Brother Xiao Yun, look over there.”

With such a capable helper, Xiao Yun was able to pick up many recyclables.

After a while, there was nothing left and it was almost noon. The adults in the playground started leaving with their children to have lunch.

So Xiao Yun looked at the spoils of war in his hand and decided to go home first.

“Let’s go home first,” said Xiao Yun.

Lin Xi nodded and ran forward cheerfully. “Let’s go home.”

Seeing this, Xiao Yun hurried to catch up. He reached out to hold Lin Xi’s hand and said to her, “You can’t run around, okay?

“If you run around, Big Brother Xiao Yun will be angry,” said Xiao Yun with a sullen face.

It was then that Lin Xi realized that she had made a mistake. She shouldn’t have run around so she apologetically said, “I’m sorry, Big Brother Xiao Yun. Xi Xi is wrong andwon’t run around anymore.”

Xiao Yun couldn’t bear Lin Xi’s apology. Moreover, he wasn’t really angry. He just wanted Lin Xi to learn a lesson and not run around in the future.

But Xiao Yun decided to remain serious with Lin Xi. “When you go out, you have to hold Big Brother Xiao Yun’s hand. When you go out with Mom and Dad, you have to hold Mom and Dad’s hand, okay? Otherwise, Big Brother Xiao Yun won’t take you anywhere next time.”

Lin Xi nodded very seriously and took these words to heart. Because she liked Big Brother Xiao Yun, she wanted Big Brother Xiao Yun to continue to play with her.

Xiao Yun saw how obedient Lin Xi was and didn’t have the heart to scare her anymore, so he said, “Let’s go. It’s time to go home.”

Then, the two of them held hands and walked home.

However, the first thing Xiao Yun did when he went back was not to send Lin Xi home but to bring Lin Xi back to his and put the recyclables he picked up from the playground together with the others.

Xiao Yun looked at the recyclables in front of him with a sense of accomplishment. After all, this was his first bucket of gold since his rebirth. After making money, he would use them to buy lottery tickets to become rich.

“Let’s go. We’ll wash your hands first,” said Xiao Yun as he pulled Lin Xi to the sink beside him.

The two pairs of small hands folded together as Xiao Yun very seriously helped Lin Xi wash her hands. But eventually, they started to play with the foam produced.