Chapter 8

Chapter 8: TV Station Interview

The fervor of the World Cup gradually waned with the rising cicada chirps, and in the scorching summer days, the streets of Bai Mei County were filled with the sound of songs from clothing stores. One of the popular tunes played was “Easy Love,” a hit song created by Allen last year.

[“I want to hold your hand forever.”

“Can love always be pure without sorrow?”

“I want to take you on a bicycle ride.”

“I want to watch baseball with you.”

“Let’s walk and sing without any worries.”]

Just like “The Lone Swimmer” was popular in Mei Fang’s era, “Easy Love” had become a song that even kindergarten children in Bai Mei County could hum along to.

At this moment, a boy next to Mei Fang was singing loudly in front of a girl, showing off his “prince of ballads” charm, while the girl, supporting her chin and gazing out the window, seemed absent-minded.

“How do you like my singing? I bet it sounds good, right?”

The little boy beside him immediately retorted, “Deng Zhuoni, you’re really shameless for singing love songs to girls.”

“Hmph… You brat, do you even know what a love song is?”

“Calling me a brat, you fatty!”

“Do you dare call me fatty? Liang Chao, I’ll make you regret it!”

“Ahh, ah, don’t! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I won’t do it again, please spare me, big brother, please spare me!”

Children often spoke with a tone quite different from normal people, picking up these phrases from cartoons and TV shows.

This kind of clumsy imitation was often the first step for these children toward growing up.

Growing up… becoming elementary school students.

Mei Fang had been in this place full of generational gaps for nearly a month, trying to avoid conflicts with the kids every day. After the bedwetting incident, Mei Fang had become almost invisible in the class.

Xia Yuan, who was friendly and well-behaved, rarely had conflicts with students and was always seen as a good student and a model child by teachers. Therefore, she always had many friends around her.

Whenever Xia Yuan was surrounded by a crowd, Lin You Xi would play alone instead of joining them.

But this situation changed after Mei Fang took Lin You Xi home.

Because she began to get closer to Mei Fang more often.

From being silent to willing to talk to Mei Fang, albeit in whispers, she would whisper in Mei Fang’s ear.

This was actually a very intimate gesture, but the children seemed not to notice or care about it.

As a result, Mei Fang gradually became the one who helped Lin You Xi wipe her nose instead of Xia Yuan.

“Come here and let me wipe it… Don’t worry about it being dirty, okay? You’re a girl.”

“Mm-hm.”

Lin You Xi nodded her head, looking somewhat confused, then waited for Mei Fang to help her wipe her nose.

“Don’t sniffle, it’s so dirty!”

“You two seem to be getting along so well now…”

Xia Yuan’s voice came from behind Mei Fang. Mei Fang had just finished helping Lin You Xi.

Xia Yuan didn’t seem jealous; she was happy to see Mei Fang and Lin You Xi becoming friends.

“You go play with Lin You Xi, I need to rest.”

Mei Fang spent his time at kindergarten sleeping.

“Why do you sleep so much, Mei Fang? No sleeping, lazybones.”

Xia Yuan pulled Mei Fang’s arm, “We haven’t played house together yet today.”

“Why do you always find me to play? You have so many friends…”

“Of course, because only you are willing to play with Lin You Xi!”

“…”

Is it appropriate to say such things directly?

Looking at Lin You Xi, who was standing there with a blank expression, Mei Fang sighed silently.

“Then let’s play, after all, graduation is just a few days away.”

Xia Yuan was addicted to playing as a mother in the house game. No matter how Mei Fang and Lin You Xi switched roles, she insisted on being the mother. They usually didn’t argue about it, with Mei Fang playing the father and Lin You Xi the daughter.

“Dad, Dad, why aren’t you going to work yet? The sun is already high up.”

“Youxi, it’s time to get up. Mom made breakfast for you. There are fried eggs, milk, bacon, bread with jam, and sausages… balanced nutrition.”

“Will eating so much in the morning not make me explode?”

“Father, why haven’t you gone to work yet? As the head of the household, you should take more responsibility!”

Three of them held dolls each and played. Mei Fang just needed to say a few lines to cooperate. Since “Dad” went to work every day, Mei Fang could just stand by and wait unless he was idle for too long, which would cause Xia Yuan to complain about him coming home late.

“Hahaha, Hahaha, they’re still playing house even though they’re so old, how childish.”

A group of boys carrying Transformers and Iron Train Heroes walked past, led by Du Zihan, who had exaggerated cavities and was infamous in class as a troublemaker. He swaggered over to mock Xia Yuan and the others.

“Mei Fang, why do you like playing with girls so much recently? You’re so girly, no wonder you always wet the bed, Hahaha, Hahaha!”

“…”

“Du Zihan, you can’t do that!” Xia Yuan looked angry, “Children should get along well, you shouldn’t say bad things about others.”

Mei Fang shrugged casually to reassure Xia Yuan, “Let them laugh if they want, they’ll cry when they grow up.”

“Damn, why am I so upset.”

Du Zihan waved his toy back and forth, “It’s time for this bed-wetting boy to feel my power. I’m the Star Captain of the Divine Beast Transformer, with super transformation abilities. Take this, Divine Beast Kick! Biiiu—shuu—pa!”

Du Zihan’s Transformer was about to collide with the doll in Mei Fang’s hand. At this moment, Mei Fang intervened and snatched the Transformer away. Du Zihan cried and tried to snatch the toy back, but Mei Fang, using his height advantage, held the toy high above his head.

“What’s 9 plus 3? Since you’re the captain, this shouldn’t be difficult for you. If you answer correctly, I’ll give it back.”

“9 plus 3? Damn… why did you ask a double-digit addition problem…”

“Give up, Captain! Mei Fang is a math genius, you can’t beat him!”

“No, I must figure it out… 1, 2, 3… 4…”

“Captain! Don’t make things harder for yourself!”

“Shut up! You’re confusing me! Be quiet!”

While Du Zihan was struggling to solve the math problem, Teacher Li hurried in, followed by a group of young men and women holding cameras and microphones.

“Children, please calm down and put away your toys. Sit in your seats. The Bai Mei County TV station heard that you’re about to graduate, so they’ve come to interview you and ask some questions. It will be on TV, so pay attention…”

At this moment, Du Zihan was still struggling with the math problem, while Xia Yuan kept pulling Mei Fang’s clothes to sit down.

“Du Zihan, Mei Fang, why haven’t you two taken your seats?”

“Teacher, Mei Fang bullied me!”

Du Zihan complained to the teacher, looking pitiful.

“Mei Fang, how did you bully him?”

One of Du Zihan’s minions said, “Mei Fang is too bad, he made Du Zihan do double-digit addition!”

“Yes, yes! Too bad!”

“These children seem very interesting…”

The pretty girl holding the microphone gestured for the cameraman to follow her, “Hello everyone, we are reporters from Bai Mei TV. We would like to interview you. I will ask some questions, and I hope interested children will speak up. We will broadcast it on TV!”

Today’s illustration theme is 008·Loli Cuddle~

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