Under the scorching sun, a group of little radish heads chattered away under a big tree in the Military Family Courtyard, trying to convince one of the boys to hand over his beloved toy.
“Xiaojun, Anning has always wanted that Rainbow Slingshot your brother made for you. If you give her the slingshot, she’ll definitely make up with us and take us to play together.”
“Yeah, yeah, Big Brother Xiaojun, just give your slingshot to Big Sis Ningning and let her stop being mad.”
“Zhang Xiaojun, you’re not going to be that stingy, are you? You won’t even give up a slingshot. If it’s gone, you can just have your brother make you another one.”
“Exactly. Even if your brother won’t make you one, we can give you another one later. But if Anning doesn’t stop being mad, none of us can play with Anning’s little aunt.”
Originally surrounded by his little friends and forced to give his favorite toy to He Anning, Zhang Xiaojun refused.
But after hearing that giving his slingshot to He Anning would let him play with that fairy-like little aunt, he wavered with temptation.
“Really? If I give her my Rainbow Slingshot, will He Anning really let us play with her little aunt?”
“Of course! Ningning isn’t as stingy as you. Once we give her the Rainbow Slingshot, she’ll definitely make up with us. Once we’re good, we can visit Grandpa Feng’s house, and then we can see the Fairy Little Aunt~!”
Gao Yatong nodded emphatically, her eyes sparkling as she spoke.
“Hey! Zhang Xiaojun, can you stop being so stingy! If you keep hesitating, by the time Ningning gets home, we won’t have an excuse to visit Grandpa Feng’s house anymore!”
Seeing Zhang Xiaojun still dithering, reluctant to part with his slingshot, everyone grew anxious.
After all, they lived in the Military District Compound, but He Anning didn’t live with her grandparents; she lived in another Military Family Courtyard.
“Fine! I… I’ll give my Rainbow Slingshot to He Anning!”
In the end, Zhang Xiaojun squeezed his eyes shut and reluctantly handed over his beloved Rainbow Slingshot.
And so, the group of little ones happily carried the Rainbow Slingshot Zhang Xiaojun had contributed and strutted proudly toward the Feng Family Residence.
Soon, the Feng Family welcomed a big group of children.
When He Hong opened the door and saw the kids standing at her doorstep, she looked at the little radish heads in front of her with some confusion.
These little ones had just been beaten up by her granddaughter yesterday, and now they came over… were they here to cause trouble for her granddaughter?
But their expressions didn’t seem like it…
“Children, what’s up? Are you here for our Ningning???”
“Grandma Feng, we’re here to make up with Ningning, and we’ve brought her favorite Rainbow Slingshot as a gift~!”
Gao Yatong smiled sweetly and quickly had Zhang Xiaojun, who held the Rainbow Slingshot beside her, bring it out.
Seeing this, He Hong felt a bit puzzled and muttered to herself nonstop: Did her granddaughter really have such good popularity???
“Ah, I see. Come on in. Ningning is still taking a nap with her little aunt, but it’s about time for her to wake up. I’ll go call her. You wait downstairs.”
Although He Hong didn’t particularly like Zhang Xiaojun giving such a dangerous gift to her wild granddaughter, it was rare for someone to come play with her eldest granddaughter of her own accord.
So she smiled, went upstairs to call for the kids from the Military District Compound.
Meanwhile, Gao Yatong and the others, upon hearing that He Anning was sleeping with the Fairy Little Aunt, grew so envious and jealous they nearly turned green-eyed!
Each one envied He Anning to no end, wishing they were He Anning instead!
But no matter how jealous they were of He Anning, when they saw her come down sleepy-eyed, they all greeted her with smiling faces and fawned over her.
“Ningning, we’re here to apologize to you.”
“He Anning, don’t be mad anymore. I’m giving you my Rainbow Slingshot. Let’s make up.”
“Anning Sis, we were wrong yesterday. Don’t be mad at us. Forgive us, okay?”
…
He Anning, who had only taken a nap, felt like her little friends had all gone crazy. She had beaten them all up good yesterday, and not lightly either, yet now they came to apologize proactively???
And Zhang Xiaojun, who clashed with her the most, was giving her his most treasured Rainbow Slingshot???
Was she dreaming or something?!
But dream or not, free stuff was free stuff—why not take it~!
So the little bully He Anning grabbed the Rainbow Slingshot Zhang Xiaojun offered without a second thought.
Although Zhang Xiaojun was extremely reluctant to part with his beloved slingshot, thinking that He Anning had accepted his gift meant they were good now and he could play with the Fairy Little Aunt from then on made him happy anyway.
The other little radish heads were thrilled too. After sincerely admitting their wrongs and apologizing one after another, they all stared at He Anning with sparkling eyes.
He Anning, who always yielded to kindness but not force, was quite taken by her friends’ sincere apologies, so she generously forgave them and made up with them.
But… for some reason, she felt their gazes on her were a bit off.
“Why are you all staring at me like that?”
“Ningning, since we’ve made up, can we come play with you and your Fairy Little Aunt often from now on?”
The moment He Anning heard that, she immediately felt she’d been tricked!!!
“Sure! You apologized and gave me a gift to make up, but it was all for my little aunt! Hmph! No making up, no making up! Little Aunt is mine; you can’t steal her from me~!”
He Hong, who had been eavesdropping out of curiosity nearby, nearly burst out laughing when she saw that the kids from her Military District Compound were fawning over her granddaughter just to get to her own daughter-in-law.
To keep the little radish heads from fighting again and to ensure her little bully granddaughter would have friends in the future, He Hong went upstairs once more and called down Qiao Shu, who had already woken up.
Thus, when Qiao Shu came downstairs holding Jiang Lekang’s hand, the scene she saw was the little bully He Anning gearing up to throw punches again.
“Ningning, stop.”
Qiao Shu’s brows furrowed right away. She noticed that He Anning was obedient only in front of her but quite the naughty kid otherwise.
“Little Aunt!”
The moment He Anning saw her little aunt appear, she instantly switched from naughty bully kid to good girl mode.
The other little radish heads, upon seeing Qiao Shu, briefly lost themselves in her stunning beauty before chorusing toward her—
“Fairy Little Aunt!”
Faced with a bunch of unfamiliar little radish heads suddenly calling her little aunt in unison, Qiao Shu was filled with question marks.
“You…”
“Fairy Little Aunt, we’re Ningning’s good friends!”
…He Anning: Get lost!