Liu Xiazhi stood on the blue-yellow walking machine, which was designed for the elderly to exercise and strengthen their bones. She pulled the blue pole in front of it and alternated her left and right legs rhythmically.
Those eyes looked deeply forward.
On the side of her walking machine, stood a man holding a lollipop. His face was red due to the cold weather, and he had to suck the snot from his nose that was about to flow out from time to time.
He is a cute boy who is slightly younger than Liu Xiazhi.
Looking at Liu Xiazhi, who had been playing on the walking machine for more than 20 minutes, the cute little boy tilted his head and pulled the lollipop out of his mouth.
After hesitating for a moment, he chose to ask.
"Can it be my turn to play?"
"No!"
Hearing the little boy's voice, Liu Xiazhi rejected him directly without any hesitation. While speaking, his legs were still moving back and forth regularly on the walking machine.
Perhaps because the scarf was wrapped around her mouth, Liu Xiazhi's voice was not clear. After she realized this, she directly removed the scarf covering her mouth.
Facing the little boy, he repeated it again.
"no!"
"But you just said it clearly, you can play alone for ten minutes... I've already eaten three candies, and if you still don't come down, you don't mean what you said."
Hearing the little boy's rebuttal, Liu Xiazhi thought for a while, eyes intentionally or unintentionally turning to the boy's half-bitten lollipop.
He raised his little head and looked away.
There was some guilt in his tone.
"I...I don't remember saying that."
After hearing Liu Xiazhi's reply, the little boy was stunned, staring at Liu Xiazhi's face for about ten seconds before sighing helplessly.
A cloud of white mist came from the mouth.
"Then you can play with yourself, I won't play with this anymore."
After saying that, the boy turned around and left.
After Liu Xiazhi heard what the other party said, she was obviously stunned. After reacting, she quickly got off the stroller and trotted to catch up with the little boy who turned around and left.
He reached out and grabbed the hat on the back of the opponent's down jacket.
The little boy was pulled to a stop.
"You...how can you stop playing? Don't you really want to play this?"
The little boy, who was unable to leave because he was being dragged by Liu Xiazhi, slowly turned around and looked behind him after hearing her words.
"You can get bored even if you watch other people play with fun things..."
"I can play with you, but you have to agree to one condition!"
Liu Xiazhi quickly interrupted the little boy's words. Not only was Liu Xiazhi's little face starting to turn red for some reason, it was actually starting to turn red at this moment.
He looked away, looked at the ground beside him, opened his mouth, and spoke intermittently.
"Just...as long as you give me a...candy, I...I will give it to you to play with..."
The voice was very low, but the boy heard it clearly.
He glanced at the lollipop in his hand and then glanced at the tightly wrapped Liu Xiazhi. He seemed to understand something at this moment.
Thinking of this, he reached out and took out a lollipop from the big pocket in his pocket, and handed it to Liu Xiazhi in front of him.
"Is it because you want to eat sweets that you played alone for so long?"
"certainly not!"
After retorting to the other party, Liu Xiazhi reached out and took the lollipop handed over by the boy, and with a little effort, she tore off the wrapping paper.
Then he stuffed the candy into his mouth with a smile on his face.
After the goal was achieved, Liu Xiazhi said very generously.
"Okay, now you can go and play, I won't compete with you!"
"..."
After listening to Liu Xiazhi's words, the boy did not respond. He just silently returned the same way, came to the walking machine, and stepped on it.
Alternate legs.
With a lollipop in his mouth, the boy looked at Liu Xiazhi standing aside.
"Did you move here recently? Why haven't I seen you before?"
“It’s been many days since we moved here!”
"Yeah……"
After a low response, the boy continued.
"What school do you go to."
"Ask me?"
Liu Xiazhi was stunned for a moment, then recalled the name of his school.
"Xinxin Elementary School!"
"I've never heard of it. It doesn't look like it's a very famous school."
“Very famous!”
Liu Xiazhi retorted.
Then he raised his hand, patted his chest, and said with some pride in his tone.
"In our final exam, many students got perfect scores in math!"
"Are you also perfect?"
"Just... just a little bit close!"
"Then you shouldn't be very good at studying."
"Nonsense, you're not very good at studying!"
"But I got full marks in the exam this time."
"..."
Looking at the boy who was playing with the walking machine in front of him, Liu Xiazhi froze after listening to what he said, and his expression began to gradually change after he realized what he was saying.
The candy is crunchy in your mouth.
"you!"
As soon as he uttered a word, there were rapid footsteps behind him. Before he finished speaking, Liu Xiazhi suddenly felt that he was being picked up in the air, followed by the sound of gasping in his ears.
Hot breath hit her face.
Looking at her brother who picked her up, Liu Xiazhi felt a little dazed for a moment.
"elder brother!"
"There's no time to explain, leave this place with me!"
Liu Zhiyue said this, turned around and glanced behind him, and found that the other party was not following him. He turned around, picked up Liu Xiazhi, and started running again.
The little boy was left alone to look at the brother and sister silently, ran out, turned a corner, and then disappeared from his sight.
It always feels a little strange.
The boy thought so.
There seems to be strange people living in the community.
But being young, he didn't think much about it. He just continued to replace his legs and happily played with the slimmest and most popular fitness equipment for the elderly.
Walking machine.
After a while, Zhang Yunjing also arrived, panting.
She supported her legs with both hands, bent over and panted heavily. Her actions were seen by the boy on the stroller.
The direct gaze was noticed by Zhang Yunjing who was panting.
He turned around and looked at the boy.
"You...did you see a boy running past just now!"
"..."
There was no reply, and the boy continued to play with the walking machine.
Because she has a younger brother at home, Zhang Yunjing knows how to get such a child to talk.
After calming down for a while, Zhang Yunjing stood up straight, put on a face that she thought was gentle, approached the boy, and asked in a soft tone.
"Excuse me, little brother, did you see a boy running over just now?"
"..."
Looking at Zhang Yunjing who spoke in such an artificial tone, the boy was silent for a few seconds, then sighed helplessly and pointed in the direction where Liu Zhiyue's brother and sister were running away.
Noticing the boy's behavior, Zhang Yunjing immediately gritted her teeth and whispered to herself.
"Let's see how long you can run!"
After saying that, he continued to chase in the direction provided by the boy.
Watching Zhang Yunjing's figure disappear from his sight, the little boy was holding a lollipop alone on the walking machine...