novelraw Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Xu Feifei was speechless, stammering: "So... so what if you got several?"
She forcibly salvaged her dignity: "Even if you got several, you didn't get all of them. Tell me, didn't you fail to get first place in the rubber-band-jumping contest? Wasn't it me, Xu Feifei, who got first place? You didn't even make the top five!"
Liu Wenjie gave a soft grunt and looked at Xu Feifei, hands on hips, as if she were a fool. "That's true, after all boys can't enter the rubber-band-jumping contest."
Of course Xu Feifei knew boys couldn't enter; otherwise how could she have a chance to one-up Liu Wenjie? Feeling guilty, sweat on her brow, she said, "Never mind whether they're allowed—just say whether I won and you didn't!"
"So?" He stared at this little brat whose meaning was unclear.
"Sour?" Xu Feifei didn't understand. "What's gone sour?" She wrinkled her nose, smelled nothing, then bent over and sniffed near Liu Wenjie. Unexpectedly she caught a faint, unfamiliar scent on him.
She froze.
Liu Wenjie pushed her away with one hand. "Can you not get so close to me? I mean, so what? You came all this way just to show off that you're the rubber-band champion?"
Xu Feifei straightened, rubbed her nose, then suddenly crossed her arms and gave a soft snort. "Hmph! Am I, Xu Feifei, the sort of person who loves to brag? I'm not some girl who gets cocky the moment she has a little skill!"
Liu Wenjie curled his lip. Who would believe that? Was there any girl more smug than she?
Xu Feifei looked at him again and pointed. "I only want to tell you that I definitely qualify to be your good friend! Not at all! I, Xu Feifei, am not so petty. Last time you wouldn't agree to be my good friend because you hadn't seen my strength—I forgive you—but today you've seen it! I'm also number one."
She stared at Liu Wenjie, recalling how he had excelled in everything just now. Girls naturally liked to play with boys who were both capable and good-looking; Xu Feifei was no exception, though her personality kept her from being too direct.
"S-so... so I can give you one more chance." She lowered her hands; in her large, watery eyes a certain someone's reflection appeared. "Liu Wenjie, do you want to be my, Xu Feifei's, best friend? Think carefully! This is your last chance."
Liu Wenjie stared at Xu Feifei; Xu Feifei stared at him.
That faint scent inexplicably wafted back to Xu Feifei's nose, making her unexpectedly nervous. She turned her head away. "Why are you looking at me like that?!"
She felt that this time would definitely be different—he would one-hundred-percent agree—so she said smugly, "Tell me the result quickly!"
[Kindergarten Boss Xu Feifei wants to be your best friend again. Your answer?]
[Option 1: Xu Feifei's cute, justice by cuteness. Reply: Yes, yes! Reward: Appearance +1]
[Option 2: Xu Feifei's fun, cute is justice. Reply: Say "Prince, please say yes" and I'll agree. Reward: Emperor's Ten-Thousand-Yuan Bill]
[Option 3: Reject a girl to earn a reward—rejection is justice. Reject again for another reward. Reply: No, you still don't qualify. Reward: Art +1]
Sure enough, the system popped up again.
Option one actually gave Appearance +1? A rare usable reward. Speaking of which, did the panel even have an Appearance stat?
Wasn't there only Charm? What would happen if he chose a reward for a stat he didn't have?
Recalling that the system had detailed stat descriptions, he opened it to check. It said that if he chose a reward for a stat he didn't have, it would count as if he hadn't chosen at all.
Liu Wenjie: "....."
Trying to trick me, launching a sneak attack! These options even disguise themselves, huh? If I weren't a minor I'd really curse at you!
Pass.
The second reward—ha—was no different from the first; it was just to coax kids.
Choose three.
Liu Wenjie looked at Xu Feifei. "No, you still don't qualify."
[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Art +1]
Hearing his answer, Xu Feifei happily began, "I knew—huh?" Mid-sentence she reacted, puffed her cheeks, and clenched her little fists. "Liu Wenjie!"
Someone beside them said, "Feifei, Liu Wenjie's already gone. After school we should go eat too."
Xu Feifei looked at Liu Wenjie, who had already left the crowd, turned around, and shouted after him, "Liu Wenjie, you're going to regret this! You're one-hundred-percent going to regret it! When the time comes, even if you beg me I won't agree! Have you thought it through?!"
In the distance Liu Wenjie waved casually. "No, no. Even after thinking it through—no. I'm going to eat!"
"Liu Wenjie, I hate you to death! I hate you!"
"Thanks for hating me."
Xu Feifei was so angry she could grind her teeth to dust—good thing baby teeth could be replaced.
She watched Liu Wenjie walk farther and farther away, gave a loud humph, then went to line up for lunch with her little sisters, ignoring him.
Yet in the crowd, little Xia Ying in her white dress watched Xu Feifei and Liu Wenjie seemingly part ways.
For some reason, she suddenly felt a little strange inside.
Clearly both had been rejected by him, clearly Liu Wenjie didn't want to be friends with either, yet Xia Ying didn't feel this way about the other girls.
Only Xu Feifei—she had a sense of déjà vu that Xu Feifei would come looking for Liu Wenjie again.
If she came a third, fourth, fifth time to ask Older Brother Wenjie to be her friend, would he still refuse?
About a month passed. Although Xu Feifei didn't take the initiative to find Liu Wenjie again, whenever their classes were combined she would still compete with him in secret.
And every time she lost, she'd clench her tiny fists in frustration.
Utter disgrace!
Moreover, one had to admit that Xu Feifei's influence in the kindergarten had its reasons—something Liu Wenjie discovered by chance.
He noticed that one day after kindergarten ended, Xu Feifei was handing out gifts to her good friends, saying:
"Even though I didn't beat Liu Wenjie this time, I know you all did your best. These gifts are for you."
The little girls received the gifts and thanked her one after another: "Thank you, Feifei! We'll be best friends forever!"
Xu Feifei proudly planted her hands on her waist, chin lifted. "Of course! I, Xu Feifei, have always treated my friends the best. Only that big dummy from Class One thinks I'd ever harm him!"
Liu Wenjie was speechless.
One afternoon a month later, the kindergarten teacher assigned the children a craft project: that night they were to fold paper with their moms and dads into nice toys and bring them to school the next morning.
That evening Lin Xiaoli, Liu Yingjun, and Liu Wenjie folded a huge pieced-together paper airplane.
Actually Liu Wenjie already had the origami skill, and with Art boosting this kind of entertainment, he could have managed alone.
But seeing how happily Dad and Mom were folding, he simply sat to one side and let them play.
"Dear, you're amazing, haha!"
"Honey, you're the amazing one—so pretty, haha. Let's try something else!"
Liu Wenjie sat at the table and sighed inwardly. These parents are hard to manage. What am I going to do when I grow up?