"Auntie, I think maybe he did the additional questions I assigned him last time, and he wanted to be the first to tell me."
"Isn't that right, Linlin?"
Xiao Xiao smiled slightly at the child.
The child was stunned for a moment, then nodded his head vigorously and said, "Yeah!"
"Linlin is so amazing."
Xiao Xiao boasted, "That question is very difficult."
"hey-hey."
The child smiled sheepishly.
The child's mother suddenly said, "That's right."
"This kid, what's wrong with telling us?"
"The child wants to be the first to tell the teacher."
The child's father interjected.
"Isn't that right, Linlin?"
The child's father reached out and pressed the child's head.
The child dodged slightly.
He didn't say anything, but the smile on his face seemed to the child's parents to be their acquiescence.
"This kid wants to show off to the teacher."
The child's mother smiled understandingly.
"mom!"
cried the child.
What is showing off but not showing off?
He didn't think so.
...
"Hey, are you still embarrassed?"
After teasing the child a few words, the child's parents went out to work.
After closing the door, Xiao Xiao turned around and frowned at the child, "Xiao Lan is back?"
"how do you know?!"
The child blurted out.
Face full of surprise.
"Guess."
He knew that this was the only thing that could make this child so happy.
"It seems I guessed it right."
A slight smile appeared in Xiao Xiao's eyes, "Are you relieved now?"
"Um!"
The child nodded vigorously.
There is a cheerful smile in the corners of the eyes and eyebrows.
This was the first time Xiao Xiao saw such a bright smile on this child's face.
He also knew that although the child tried hard not to show it during this period, he was actually always worried about whether Xiao Lan would come back.
After so many days, the child can finally feel at ease.
...
"Xiaolan came back last night..."
The child couldn't wait to share the details of Xiaolan's return with Xiao Xiao.
...
After so many days, Xiao Lan has not come back.
The child is naturally anxious.
But he told the teacher before that he believed in Xiao Lan.
Xiaolan will be back.
He obviously thinks so...
So how can you show your worries?
The child told himself over and over again like self-hypnosis: Xiaolan will come back.
Then last night...
In his sleep, he heard a noise.
The sleepiness made him ignore it.
It's just that the sound is endless.
He opened his eyes irritably.
The room was very dark.
The vision in front of me slowly became clear from blur.
The sounds in my ears became clearer.
Seems to be......
What's that slapping sound on the glass?
The child turned to look at the window.
There is nothing.
He narrowed his eyes in confusion.
The light is too dark.
He got up from the bed, walked to the desk, leaned forward, and got close to the window glass.
The next second, he opened his eyes wide.
"Little blue?!"
The child yelled.
The child reacted instantly and covered his mouth.
He subconsciously held his breath and listened to the movement outside the door.
After a few breaths, he let go of his hand and showed a relaxed look on his face.
He climbed onto the desk and opened the window.
A butterfly that seemed to be glowing in the night suddenly flew in front of him.
"Little blue!"
The child grinned and his eyebrows curved into a big crescent shape.
The whole body exudes an obvious aura of surprise.
"Xiaolan, Xiaolan..."
The children shouted repeatedly.
It seems that he wants to vent his overly excited emotions in this way.
"You're back!"
"very nice......"
I don't know why, but the child's nose feels a little sour.
There was a slight nasal sound in his voice.
"Linlin, are you crying?"
Xiaolan keenly heard the abnormality in the child's voice.
"Why?"
"Did the teacher bully you again?"
"no!"
Seeing Xiaolan looking like she was going to settle a score with the teacher, the child hurriedly shook his head in denial.
"Also, I didn't cry!"
"I was obviously crying."
Xiao Lan mercilessly exposed the child's lies.
The child opened his eyes wide and stubbornly denied, "No."
"I didn't cry."
"weirdo."
Xiaolan flapped her wings a few times, and a little bit of light disappeared into the air.
...
The child pursed his lips and changed the topic.
"Xiaolan, where have you been? You haven't come back for so long..."
Speaking of the latter part, the grievance that had just settled in the child's heart became a little more intense.
He has been waiting for Xiao Lan for a long time.
...
"where?"
Xiaolan spun around in the air a few times, "I don't know where it is either."
"I went to several places..."
Xiao Lan, as before, told the children about her outing experiences and what she saw and heard.
It's always a confusing description.
The child listened very carefully.
Unlike the first time, he would complain: Xiaolan, what are you talking about? I can’t even understand it.
...
Xiao Lan talked to the child most of the night.
The child sat on the bed, his eyes shining.
Even though the sky had some hazy light coming through, he didn't feel the slightest bit sleepy.
...
"I gotta go."
Xiaolan flew to the window.
The child was startled, "Are you leaving again?!"
"So fast?!"
Xiaolan tilted her head in confusion, "I want to go to the mountain to watch the sunrise."
"If you don't leave, it will be too late."
"But......"
The child climbed up on the desk, and Xiaolan was right in front of him.
Under the night, Xiaolan felt more and more illusory and unreal.
The child was a little dazed.
"Linlin?"
Xiaolan's call broke the child's trance, and his distracted eyes regained focus.
"......fine."
The child smiled.
"Xiaolan..."
"Um?"
Without waiting for the next chapter, Xiaolan made a strange sound.
"Xiaolan...Xiaolan..."
The child murmured Xiaolan's name.
Xiao Lan looked at the child in confusion and repeated what she said before, "Weird person."
"You really weren't bullied by the teacher?"
In Xiaolan's opinion, the only person who can make a child become so strange is a teacher.
"No."
The child couldn't help but smile, "Teacher Xiao is very good."
"oh oh."
Xiaolan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
It flew a little higher, "I'm leaving."
"......Um."
This time the child did not stop me.
He remembered what the teacher said.
Xiaolan admitted the name Xiaolan...
He just called Xiaolan many times, and Xiaolan responded.
The teacher is right.
Xiao Lan is really back.
The child's heart suddenly became less restless.
A smile appeared on his face.
He also wants to believe Xiaolan as the teacher said.
Xiao Lan has not forgotten him.
Xiao Lan will not forget him.
Because...Xiaolan is his Xiaolan.
Xiao Lan will always come back to see him.
It doesn't matter if they don't stay together all the time.
He just needs to be sure of this.
"Xiaolan..."
The child took a deep breath, grinned, and said with a big smile on his face, "Goodbye."