Li Xiang listened to Zhang Ling's question with a wry smile but did not answer.
At this time, Xiaodouzi grabbed Zhang Ling's hand and shouted excitedly: "Mom, should we follow the route we discussed in the car and visit Disneyland?"
This can be regarded as indirectly helping Li Xiangzai to save himself.
For the first time, he felt friendly towards this little girl. With a smile, he squatted down and lifted Xiaodouzi up high, then picked him up and said, "Yes, let's go queue up now."
Zhang Ling looked at Li Xiang's back and smiled slightly. Even though he didn't say anything, she understood what the answer was.
The three of them swiped their ID cards to receive physical tickets and entered the park smoothly.
Zhang Ling saw that Li Xiang was struggling to operate the official APP while holding Xiaodouzi, so she took the initiative to say that she wanted to hold the child for a while.
Xiaodouzi, a smart guy who simply didn't want to tire Zhang Ling, took the initiative to hold Li Xiang's mobile phone with both hands, and listened to Li Xiang's instructions and operated the official APP to bind tickets.
After some operations, the little girl happily showed off to Zhang Ling and said: "Mom, Mom, look, it was Xiaodouzi who bound our tickets."
Children's minds are simple, so they want to hear affirmation and praise from adults.
Zhang Ling didn't say anything, she just smiled and came over and touched Xiaodouzi's little head with her hand.
Li Xiang felt very depressed when he saw that Xiaodouzi did not hear the words of praise. He even agreed to get the reservation waiting list for Leiming Mountain Rafting from 12:15 to 13:15 as quickly as possible.
forgotten.
He looked a little anxious, so he could only reluctantly assume the responsibility of his father and said, "Well, that's good! Xiaodouzi is the smartest little girl I have ever seen."
When Xiaodouzi heard Li Xiang's praise, an excited smile flashed across his face, and then he pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "Who wants to listen to the praise of a bad uncle like you? I'm already very smart."
"What did you say? Uncle didn't hear clearly." Li Xiang said deliberately.
People are weird sometimes. When someone speaks ill of themselves, they can really hear it no matter how quiet the voice is.
It seems that the children living in the orphanage all have excellent acting talents.
Xiaodouzi quickly put on a bright smile and said: "Xiaodouzi is saying thank you for the compliment, uncle! And... where is the reward?"
Li Xiang was a little surprised. This child actually reached out for a reward?
He felt that this kind of problem in children must not be encouraged.
Now I understand a little bit why Zhang Ling just smiled and touched her head without saying anything.
Li Xiang looked at the child seriously and said, "Xiaodouzi, don't you think you just did what you should do? It's already been very hard for me to carry you around. Are you embarrassed to ask me for a reward again?"
"Stingy!" Xiaodouzi said casually with an unhappy look on his face.
A group of people were walking along the road soaring over the horizon, but Li Xiang suddenly stopped and put the child on the ground. He took the mobile phone from the child's hand with a serious face and said:
"Then I'll show you how stingy you are now, and you can walk on your own the way to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Cart."
"Just leave!" Xiaodouzi walked in front stubbornly.
Li Xiang and Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi's back and smiled at each other.
Zhang Ling feels more and more that Li Xiang is too much like a child today. He has been arguing with Xiaodouzi about little things.
However, she, who has always liked silence, did not feel upset when faced with the quarrel between Li Xiang and Xiaodouzi. Instead, she felt happy listening to such quarrels.
Within five minutes, Xiaodouzi finally realized that he couldn't keep up with his physical strength after a serious illness.
She started to sweat even after taking two steps under the scorching sun, and her feet were now too heavy to lift. Looking at the road with no end in sight, she regretted it.
The two followed, but when they saw Xiaodouzi suddenly turned around and stopped.
I saw the little girl rushing towards Zhang Ling and begging for help: "Mom, mom, I can't walk."
She slowly squatted in front of the child, held the child's little hand, and said with a sense of helplessness:
"Oh, you've made uncle unhappy. He doesn't want to hug you anymore. There's nothing we can do. Okay, little Douzi, get on mommy's back and I'll carry you."
Xiaodouzi looked at Zhang Ling's haggard face, turned around and glanced at the road with no end in sight, and then looked at Li Xiang who had stepped aside to play with his mobile phone. Finally, he felt sorry for Zhang Ling who hesitated and did not go there.
Zhang Ling urged: "Xiaodouzi, come up quickly. Don't you want to play with the mine cart as soon as possible?"
"Don't let mom carry it." Xiaodouzi clenched his little fists with both hands and said as if to encourage himself.
Zhang Ling asked doubtfully: "So you want to go on your own?"
Xiaodouzi said nothing, took away his little hand, and walked straight towards Li Xiang.
Li Xiang's hand was pulled. He lowered his head and looked at the little girl indifferently and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Uncle, please don't worry about Xiaodouzi. Can you hug Xiaodouzi and go to the seven dwarfs again?" The little girl's watery eyes were about to shed tears as she spoke.
If ordinary people see this look, they will definitely be moved by Xiaodouzi's words.
If Zhang Ling had not received Li Xiang's hint in advance, she would definitely have taken the initiative to hug Xiaodouzi into her arms and comfort her.
Li Xiang shook his head like a child and said, "No, don't you have legs? You can walk by yourself."
"Xiaodouzi can't walk anymore! Uncle, how about you hold Xiaodouzi as you are a kind-hearted person and continue walking?"
"No. I am what someone calls a stingy person. Even if people are kind-hearted, they can't help being stingy."
After he finished speaking, he cursed, "Can the word "beautiful people and kind hearts" be used here?
"No, uncle is not stingy." The little girl said firmly, and then begged, "It's Xiaodouzi who is still stingy at a young age. It makes uncle unhappy again. Let's do this, Xiaodouzi will sing you a song to make uncle happy.
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Li Xiang was looking forward to what song the little girl would sing with some interest. Zhang Ling was also watching with a smile.
"...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I salute you. Please don't be so angry with me. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I salute you back. I will smile at you." Children's Song "Splashing Water Song"
Xiaodouzi sang the song in his mouth, and from time to time he would dance according to the lyrics, or do splashing water, or bow and salute, etc., making this children's song lively and lively.
For this reason, many passers-by stopped to admire and applauded.
Xiaodouzi politely expressed his gratitude to the pedestrians who applauded him like a child star.
I accidentally saw Li Xiang with a gloomy face. The smug smile on her face disappeared. She stood in front of Li Xiang again and asked: "Uncle, isn't Xiaodouzi good at singing?"
"Very good!" Li Xiang said sincerely.
Xiaodouzi thought he had succeeded, so he rushed to Li Xiang's side, opened his arms, and said with an uncontrollable smile: "Uncle, give me a hug!"
Li Xiang shook his head mercilessly at Xiaodouzi and said, "No!"
Xiaodouzi said a little frustrated: "Is it possible that uncle feels that the performance performed by Xiaodouzi is not enough? Then Xiaodouzi can perform another one for uncle."
"No need." Li Xiang waved his hand to stop Xiaodouzi, and happily prepared to sing the second song, and then ruthlessly told the little girl the bad news, "Xiaodouzi, I just saw that you have missed the first time I wanted to play today.
Thunder Mountain Rafting.”
Experience says that there is absolutely no need to participate in a queue event that lasts for more than 30 minutes.
Because the FP card for this project has been cancelled, reservation waiting cards cannot be obtained when the park opens. The waiting time after this project will be more than 75 minutes.
"Missed it?" Xiaodouzi felt bad for a moment.
Only then did I realize that because of my greed, I had forgotten to grab the Leiming Mountain rafting reservation waiting card when the park opened.
"That's right, so if you have the energy, you'd better save it and go on your way. Don't miss the Seven Dwarfs Mine Car that you want to play the fourth time." Li Xiang persuaded.
Xiaodouzi froze on the spot for a moment.
They had planned five projects in advance, but now they only have Peter Pan's Adventures in the Sky, Seven Dwarfs Mine Cart, Mickey Mouse Adventures, and Castle Fireworks Show.
No, listening to what the bad uncle said, it’s obvious that the Seven Dwarfs Mine Cart will also be ruined.
Because she can't walk now no matter what.
She looked at Li Xiang with eyes full of sadness. If she couldn't get this bad uncle to agree to carry her on his back, I'm afraid today's trip to Disneyland would end early.
Zhang Ling’s mother is usually very busy, and she can count on one hand every month she visits.
A rare opportunity for her mother to play with her for a day was gone.
Xiaodouzi can never accept this fact.
So it was time for her to take the plunge.
Zhang Ling and Li Xiang clearly saw that Xiaodouzi was different at this time.
"Xiaodouzi, what are you doing? Don't do anything stupid!" Zhang Ling reminded worriedly.
Because she saw Xiaodouzi clenching his fists with both hands and staring at Li Xiang with gritted teeth.
Li Xiang was really worried that the little girl moved her mouth and took a bite.
"It's okay!" Li Xiang signaled to Zhang Ling that it was okay, and then looked at the little girl, "Xiaodouzi, are you going to duel with me like a boy? Interesting!"
Xiaodouzi didn't respond to anyone for the time being. He suddenly stepped forward and hugged Li Xiang's thigh tightly, crying in front of the passers-by: "Dad, Xiaodouzi really can't walk anymore. I want to hug..."
Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi in surprise.
This child seems to subconsciously remember that he was abandoned by his father.
Therefore, Xiaodouzi is very repulsive to all words related to "father".
Even when I was in school, I deliberately didn’t remember how to pronounce, write and use the words related to “father”?
Xiaodouzi, who has always gotten perfect scores in Chinese, as long as there is a question that asks her to write words related to "father", there is no doubt that her Chinese scores will not be perfect.
For this reason, many classmates at the school would jokingly say that they could predict whether Xiaodouzi would get a perfect score in Chinese this time.
Now Zhang Ling can actually hear Xiaodouzi calling "Dad" to Li Xiang.
The level of shock was no less than her own early promotion to vice president of the group.
"Xiaodouzi, what did you just call him?" Zhang Ling walked over excitedly and put her hand on Xiaodouzi's shoulder.
Li Xiang was even more surprised!
To be honest, he is not ready to be a father to such a big child.
It was the first time I heard a child call him that. It felt so strange!
Suddenly, with a little excitement, it seemed that I wanted to take on the responsibility of being a father.
Li Xiang wanted to hear the feeling of being called "Dad" again.
"Xiaodouzi, what did you just call me?" Li Xiang also put his hand on Xiaodouzi's other shoulder and asked.
Xiaodouzi listened to similar questions asked by Zhang Ling and Li Xiang almost at the same time. She touched her earlobe and pursed her lips and replied: "Dad!"
Xiaodouzi didn't understand their reactions.
I secretly guessed that maybe I called him "Dad" wrong?
He looked at Li Xiang again with a puzzled look on his face.
Trying to confirm again whether Li Xiang fits the title of "Dad".
Apart from her mother's bumpy figure, her face as white as snow, paired with her super short hair, she does look a bit like a tomboy.
Xiaodouzi immediately grabbed Zhang Ling's hand and subconsciously hid behind her as if encountering a fierce beast. He looked at Li secretly and wanted to say: "Mom, shouldn't Xiaodouzi call him daddy?"
Li Xiang looked at Xiaodouzi's reaction and felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He didn't know why the little girl did such a thing.
I thought there was something strange behind me, so I looked back and found that everything was normal.
He was curious about this question and answered with a smile before Zhang Ling: "Yes, yes! But why are you hiding behind your mother, Xiaodouzi?"
After saying that, Li Xiangcai suddenly realized how he recognized this daughter?
And he felt that after recognizing Xiaodouzi as his daughter, he found that the relationship between himself and Zhang Ling had unintentionally become closer.
Xiaodouzi didn't seem to believe Li Xiang's answer, nor did he answer Li Xiang's question first. Instead, he grabbed Zhang Ling's lapel and raised his head and asked, "Mom, is it true?"
After listening to Xiaodouzi's questions, Li Xiang fell in love with this daughter he picked up for free even more. He was also looking forward to Zhang Ling's affirmative answer.
Zhang Ling was unwilling to admit Li Xiang's identity verbally. She was mainly worried that verbal acknowledgment would affect her feeling of treating him as her first love.
Nearly ten seconds.
Li Xiang did not wait for Zhang Ling's clear answer. Instead, he first heard Xiao Douzi's accusation hiding behind Zhang Ling: "Mom, uncle is a bad person. He wanted to trick Xiao Douzi into calling him daddy."
Good guy.
He, an unmarried adult man, suddenly asked his daughter to call her daddy for no apparent reason.
He was not unwilling to complain, but he didn't expect that this little kid would take advantage of him. Instead, he would be slandered as a bad guy who tricked kids into calling him daddy.
Li Xiang really didn't know where to go to comment for a while.
Li Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaodouzi, please understand. It was you who took the initiative to call me dad just now. How can you think that I lied to you?"
"But...but why didn't mom say anything?" Xiaodouzi looked at Li Xiang and asked.
Why should you ask him this? He also wanted to know the answer.
Li Xiang did not answer Xiaodouzi and looked at Zhang Ling again.
Xiaodouzi obviously understood Li Xiang's intention. He tugged on Zhang Ling's skirt and said anxiously: "Mom, mom, please speak quickly!"
The conflicted Zhang Ling looked at Xiaodouzi again and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
The little girl just felt that Zhang Ling was so flustered that she didn't hear the question clearly, so she asked again: "Is it true that Xiaodouzi called his uncle daddy?"
Li Xiang suddenly had a strong intuition telling him that Zhang Ling would definitely answer Xiaodouzi's question this time.
Zhang Ling looked up at the expectant Li Xiang and smiled sweetly at him, as if this was her answer to him in advance.
He watched her grab Xiaodouzi's hand, slowly squat down and look at the child, then put on a kind smile, her lips trembling slightly.
To Li Xiang, this was like a lottery jackpot about to be revealed.