Chapter One Little Girl

  Xiao Tian Tian saw the beautiful big sister cry, lowered her head, bit a bamboo stick in her mouth and chewed it, looked around, then tilted her head and stared blankly at An Zhi Shui.

  Seeing the bamboo skewer, An Zhiyu cried even more sorrowfully, her hands weakly placed on Li Ruyi's shoulders, her whole body leaning against his chest, that heartbreaking appearance was as if she had just received devastating news.

  Li Ruyu had never experienced anything like this before. When his little sister was bullied as a child, she would cry in his arms, but that was his sister and they were just kids back then. Now, the beautiful and moving An Zhi Shui was nestled warmly in Li Ruyu's embrace, her shoulders shaking as she sobbed softly. Her delicate waist fit perfectly in the palm of his hand, and it felt like it might melt into his skin.

  Li Luoyu didn't know what kind of strange feeling it was, he just felt that being able to hold her was really great.

  It wasn't love at first sight, nor was it a sudden explosion of emotions, but rather a big boy felt the girl's irresistible temptation towards him.

  "Don't cry, you'll mess it up. I'll make one for you." Li Rouyu still wasn't used to it and pushed An Zhi Shui's shoulder away from her.

  Angrily she said "I don't care", tears streaming down her face like beans, "No, I want this one!"

  Li Rouyou could only pat her shoulder and said helplessly: "Alright, alright, let's just get this one."

  The middle-aged woman finally ran over to hold the dog, put on a dog chain, and seeing An Zhishui crying like this, hurriedly apologized: "Sorry, really sorry...... This dog is usually used to being mad...... I'll compensate you."

  "You... how are you going to compensate me? Can you change it back for me?" An Zhi Shui finally felt that crying in Li Luoyu's arms didn't look good, and this was still her own home, where many people knew her. She let go of Li Luoyu and looked at the middle-aged noblewoman.

  "It's getting a bit difficult... I saw it earlier, it's quite an exquisite little thing, I wouldn't even know how to make it, let alone change it." The middle-aged noblewoman stared at An Zhiyuan with wide eyes, her eyes welling up with tears, feeling immense pressure, as if she had done something terribly wrong.

  "What...what can be done..." An Zhi Shui cried again in sorrow and was about to throw herself into Li Luoyu's arms.

  "It's nothing... it's nothing... I'll make another one for her later." Since this middle-aged noblewoman had apologized and had a pretty good attitude, Li Rouyou wouldn't nitpick about such things with his personality of not eating soft food but eating hard food.

  "I'm really sorry." The middle-aged noblewoman kept slapping the giant VIP's ears, who tilted his head to dodge while biting a bamboo skewer, looking determined to provoke An Zhishui to the end.

  "Today is also useless... what's the use... I want it now..." An Zhi Shui really liked her gifts, which were often brand-name bags, luxury brand necklaces, and occasionally some crafts that weren't made by the person giving them. She had always been envious of the small gifts exchanged between friends since she was a child. In kindergarten, during handicraft class, hers were always the worst, and no one wanted to trade with her. When she got to elementary school, everyone was making their own wallets, so An Zhi Shui took apart the Louis Vuitton wallet her dad had brought back from Bali, sewed it up, and showed it off in class, but ended up getting criticized by the teacher for being wasteful. By middle school, no one was into handmade crafts anymore, thinking they were too tacky, but An Zhi Shui didn't think so - she just never received any small gifts made by others, which is what she had always wanted.

  These were the handmade gifts she had been looking forward to since elementary school, and finally someone gave them to her. An Zhishui was so happy in her heart that she wanted to sing a song, but now they have all become a pile of bamboo skewers under the dog's teeth. How could she not be sad?

  Kids are like that, if they want something, they want it right away. If they can't get it now, any promise or expectation is terrible and useless to them. That's how An Zi is now.

  It's really no wonder that Li Luyou is the class monitor, she's truly helpless. An Zhi's usual behavior in school can't even be considered mature, and Li Luyou hadn't expected that privately, she would be even worse.

  Li Luyu thinks that An Zhi Shui's most suitable profession in the future is a kindergarten teacher or elementary school teacher, now she can't even handle junior high school students.

  The middle-aged rich woman saw An Zhi Shui still crying, and she was also embarrassed. She didn't want to leave abruptly, so she took a look at An Zhi Shui and suddenly said: "I think you look familiar. Are you from No. 18? Your family has a big St. Bernard dog, right?"

  "It's called a kitten." An Zhi Shui wiped away her tears and nodded reluctantly.

  "Your little cat often plays with our little sweetheart, the cat is so well-behaved. I saw your nanny holding it and before running over to play with Sweetie, it would always look back for permission. Unlike Sweetie who runs wild everywhere when she gets excited, I'm driven crazy." The middle-aged noblewoman started chatting intimately with An Zhi Shui.

  Li Luyu smiled and it seemed that there was no problem anymore. An Zhi Shui would definitely fall for this, but how could a dog be named Little Cat?

  An Zhishui felt a bit embarrassed to continue crying and making a fuss, so she started sniffling while wiping away her tears, and forced a smile. She chatted with the middle-aged noblewoman about dogs, and after a while, they agreed on a time to take their dogs together to some gathering. An Zhishui naturally didn't bring up the bird's nest again, and waved goodbye to the woman.

  "You're really good at talking." Li Luyu had seen many people who were unreasonable and liked to pick on others, grabbing onto a small detail and making a big deal out of it. In fact, the middle-aged noblewoman was not bad either. These days, people with a bit of money and power all acted arrogant, not to mention that even if their dog had bitten someone to death, they would still be too lazy to apologize.

  However, Li Luyu also understood that perhaps there was a reason why An Zhi Shui lived here, and the middle-aged noblewoman couldn't be sure if she could definitely suppress others. Many times, many people would say and do things according to who they saw.

  "Sorry." An Zhi Shui's emotions were still running high, and her face was a bit red. She had just thrown herself into Li Luoyu's arms and cried in front of him.

  "What's the point of apologizing to me, you didn't do it on purpose. Besides, you saw that I didn't put in much effort." Li Rouyu was nonchalant, but normally if someone saw a gift they made being ruined right after giving it away, they would definitely feel uncomfortable.

  "Then wait a moment... I'll be right out." An Zhi Shui said, then ran inside.

  Li Luyu waited, standing beside the security booth watching the news on the electronic screen.

  "Girlfriend?" The security guard said to Li Luyu.

  "Classmate." Li Luyu said with a smile.

  "That's all we can do, just keep trying." The security guard also smiled.

  Li Luyu didn't say anything, just smiled.

  "Don't look at the people living in this villa, they are all respectable, but in front of this girl's family, nothing is anything." The security guard saw Li Luyu not responding, still talking to himself, and patted Li Luyu's shoulder with envy: "If you catch up, it won't be a matter of struggling for ten or twenty years less, it's something that can't be caught up in a hundred years!"

  "Just an ordinary friend, you're overthinking." Li Luoyu wanted to explain that he wasn't some kind of social climber. Even though his experiences seemed more extensive than those of his peers, and he had seen the coldness and warmth of human relationships, as well as the world's many flaws, he still had a young person's sense of self-respect, independence, and self-reliance. He didn't want others to think that he was only getting close to An Zhi because of her family's wealth.

  The security guard didn't say anything, shook his head and walked away. Although he wasn't a rich person himself, it felt good to show off the things he knew about rich people. Unfortunately, this young man seemed completely uninterested in these things.

  Before long, An Zhi Shui ran out with her large St. Bernard dog, and the massive body and momentum of the running dog startled Li Luoyu, but fortunately, the temperament of this St. Bernard was very gentle, just like a small cat, it ran to Li Luoyu's side and lay down quietly, motionless.

  "It's called a kitten." An Zhi Shui introduced Li Luoyu, her cheeks slightly flushed, "My dad and Tang Ayi have finished eating and are back. I told them to bring the kitten to pee and we need to hurry back."

  "Kitty, I think it's more like a little tiger, its head is really big." The Saint Bernard is really ugly, but maybe girls all like this kind of powerful dog, which can bring people a sense of security, especially for Anzhi who often lives alone. Li Ruyi estimated that this dog weighs over 100 pounds, much heavier than Anzhi.

  "Don't say that, she's a girl, she'll be shy." An Zhi Shui said softly, then took something out of his pocket, "Here, I'll give it to you."

  It was a watch, Li Lu jumped in fright, Lang, although there was no luxurious and delicate box packaging, but An Zhishui would not deliberately run back to fetch a fake watch to give him.

  "This is too expensive." Can Li Luoye afford this? Such a watch costs tens of thousands for maintenance, and it needs to be sent back to its place of origin for disassembly, cleaning, and repair. It's not suitable for ordinary people to wear.

  "You're always late for class, with this watch, it can remind you not to be late for class, I only gave you the watch for this reason." An Zhishui felt that this reason was sufficient.

  "I have a mobile phone." Li Luyu didn't have the habit of wearing a watch, he was a student and often ran around outside, wearing such a watch would be absolutely inappropriate, if he encountered someone who was ruthless or recognized the value, his hand might get chopped off and the watch stolen.

  "Why does nobody want the gifts I give?" An Zhi Shui saw Li Lu You's resolute attitude, and her voice was trembling with tears, "Is it because you saw me crying earlier, saw that I'm useless, so you look down on me and don't want to be friends with me anymore?"

  "There's no need, a girl crying doesn't mean she's useless, let alone someone as excellent as you..." Excluding some factors, An Zhi Shui was indeed very excellent, with good grades, looking pretty, a decent family background, and good upbringing and education. Of course, she was excellent. Li Luoyu hurriedly coaxed her, knowing that the elementary school class president had revealed a sufficiently childish side in front of him today, and he was feeling conflicted and depressed inside. "I do want to be friends with you, but being friends doesn't have to mean giving such expensive gifts."

  "You're the first friend I've made up my mind to get along with, so of course I want to commemorate it with a precious gift." An Zhi Shui's face turned slightly red. In the past, others didn't really think about being friends with him, and he wasn't sure if Li Luoyu would either. An Zhi Shui was uncertain in his heart, feeling like he had mustered up a lot of courage to try to befriend Li Luoyu. If he were to get rejected, he would definitely be devastated and wouldn't want to see him again.

  "Fool." Looking at her still having the same naive and innocent look as when she was a little girl, Li Luoyu couldn't help but think of his younger sister when she was young. A warm feeling rose up in his heart, he grasped her hand and returned the watch to her. "You see that bird's nest I gave you earlier? It's just a simple bamboo stick, yet you liked it so much. Why did you have to give me such an expensive gift?"

  "I won't be able to do anything... I can only buy gifts with money, I don't even know how to make a purse or do any handicrafts, I'm completely useless." An Zhishui started sniffling again, "What if the thing I give you is too bad and you don't like it? What if we're not friends anymore?"

  "Alright, I'll ask you, do you think we've started being friends? You have to give me a gift that you think is very valuable." Li Rouyou pulled her hand and sat down at the corridor pavilion next to the residential area. The cat followed and jumped up as well, its massive body crouching beside Li Rouyou, who surprisingly seemed quite close to it. Li Rouyou even petted it casually, which was a bit frightening, considering that such a giant dog's attacking power far exceeded that of a human of the same weight - absolutely ferocious.

  An Zhishui nodded, that's what she thought. Before, she had been hesitant about whether to be friends with Li Luyou or to confirm her relationship with Li Luyou was better than ordinary classmates. Today, the gift from Li Luyou made An Zhishui make up her mind completely.

  "So have you ever held hands or hugged a boy before?" Li Luyou asked with a smile.

  An Zhishui didn't know what Li Luyu was going to say, but her face had already turned bright red. Of course, she didn't have any, An Zhishui never played with boys because when she was young, she was especially pretty and lovely, the boys in kindergarten all liked her and wanted to play with her, so the other girls didn't like her. In order to get along with the girls, An Zhishui wouldn't play with the boys.

  She immediately shook her head.

  "So holding hands with a boy and hugging, should be a very precious gift, right? You've already given it to me just now. A girl's first hug and hand-holding with a boy, you've given them all to me, isn't that valuable enough?" Li Luoye patted the watch in her hand, "This watch is nothing special, compared to the class president's hug, it's worthless."

  An's face turned red, her heart felt soft and gentle. She raised an eyebrow and glanced at Li Ruyou, seeing his exaggerated expression, a sweet smile appeared on her face. Is this what it feels like to have friends? It's really great.

  Anshi water is very satisfying.

  The second update is also 4,000 words. There's still one more update left. Originally, adding another 1,000 words would have been enough for a normal 9,000-word three-chapter update, which could have been released before 12 pm. However, today's task will clearly be over-fulfilled, so the third update won't be able to come out before 12 pm. Xia Hua will take a half-hour break first, then think for another half hour to clear her mind and start writing again. Everyone can check back tomorrow morning instead, after all, 8,000 words have already been released today.