CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 380: NOT AS CUTE AS YOU

Jin Chunchao thought that when his sister mentioned ’adorable’, she meant the sweet little bears on the bedding set, and he wondered, since she thought the bedding set was cute, would she obediently stay in this room tonight?

It wasn’t until they went to the market and Tuanzi, feeling peckish, bought three servings of cold noodles from a street vendor. She handed one to him with a grin, saying, "For my adorable cousin, don’t be shy, you’re too cute."

Jin Chunchao thought he was hearing things, but he heard laughter in his ear. Turning his head, he saw his mom giggling while picking up some cold noodles, occasionally glancing at him.

Great, he wasn’t hearing things.

His sister wanted that photo because she thought he was adorable.

Where on earth was he adorable?

"I don’t want it."

Jin Chunchao’s tone was a bit stiff: "I’m not cute either, not as cute as you are."

Cousins like his soft and cuddly Tuanzi deserved to be called cute.

Upon hearing this, Tuanzi widened her eyes and then twisted her body a bit shyly, "Actually, Miaomiao thinks Miaomiao is pretty cute too."

She glanced at Jin Chunchao, "Chunchao, don’t be upset, even if you’re not as cute as Miaomiao, you’re still way cuter than the average person."

Jin Chunchao: "..."

Because her cousin didn’t eat, Tuanzi finished two servings of cold noodles herself.

After a while, she saw a stand selling corn pancakes and sausages and bought one of each.

She didn’t buy more because her aunt and cousin were both full and didn’t want to eat.

As Jin Chunchao picked out vegetables, he kept an eye on Tuanzi’s movements. Seeing her little eyes darting around, her gaze fixed on the breakfasts, he felt a bit helpless.

"Didn’t she eat enough at home?"

But his cousin clearly ate a lot in the morning.

"Oh well, just about 70% full."

Tuanzi said confidently, "Miaomiao has a big appetite, after all, there’s so much homework every day!"

She had only eaten about 70% full after practice.

"Now that we’re out, after walking so far, I’m hungry again."

Tuanzi turned to comfort Jin Chunchao, "Don’t worry, Miaomiao will have a little something now, and after walking back, it’ll be quickly digested. I can eat again at noon."

Jin Chunchao: "..."

He took a good look at Tuanzi’s physique, a little chubby but not fat. Throughout her body, only the little belly was kind of round. But generally, kids’ tummies are pretty round due to organ development.

Right now, he found it hard to judge whether this round little belly was related to her being full.

Maybe he stared for too long, as the owner of the round little belly slowly turned around, leaving him with only a slightly rounded little back view.

Touched his nose, Jin Chunchao softly said, "I’ll cook for lunch."

Tuanzi immediately turned back, beaming with joy, "What will you cook? Braised pork with preserved vegetables or chicken stewed with mushrooms?"

"Both."

Tuanzi was even happier, snuggling up to him, wanting to help him carry the vegetable bag.

"No need, I’ll carry it myself."

Jin Chunchao glanced over the vegetables, offhandedly said, "If you carry it, the bag will drag on the ground."

His cousin was quite strong, but with her height, if she carried it, it wouldn’t be carrying; it would be dragging.

Tuanzi: "..."

She looked down at her little short legs, then looked at Jin Chunchao’s long legs, furiously thinking, tonight she’ll dream that their legs have switched. She’ll be a Little Heroine with long legs, and her cousin will be a dentist with short legs!

With her little arms crossed, Tuanzi trotted along behind her aunt and cousin, pouting.

Passing a butcher shop, Jin Chunchao noticed the pork bones were quite good today and asked, "Braised pork bones, want some?"

No response.

On closer inspection, his cousin’s face was full of "I’m unhappy, coax me quick."

Jin Chunchao carefully recalled the previous conversation, still not finding any words that might have upset his sister.

With a glance at Su Ming chatting with someone, seeing no one could help him, he bought braised pork bones first, then went to the stall next door and bought some fried cakes.

The fragrance wafted into her nose, and Tuanzi wiggled her little nose, looking over to find the cakes slowly descending, placed right in front of her, held by a particularly handsome hand.

Following that hand, she saw the expressionless Jin Chunchao.

"I’m sorry," the dentist said sincerely, even though he still couldn’t figure out what he had done wrong.

She glanced at the cakes, then at her cousin’s handsome face, and Tuanzi pretended to be generous, "Alright then, Miaomiao forgives you."

She kept a straight little face, looking very cool, but her movements were quick in grabbing the fried cake. After spearing a piece into her mouth and chewing a bit, she was so happy her eyes curved into crescents, little flowers starting to bloom all over her body.

This was too easy to appease.

Jin Chunchao sighed silently and continued shopping for vegetables.

By the time he had almost finished shopping, Tuanzi had long finished eating, and with her little arms crossed, she looked around, sometimes going to tease a baby carried on someone’s back or a big dog held by someone.

The Alaska was really tall and overly lively, so Jin Chunchao worried Tuanzi might be scared or hit, but she went over and hugged the Alaska’s neck, looking like "we’re great friends."

Perhaps the dog owner rarely saw kids unafraid of his dog, so he specially bought a bag of malt candies for her.

A huge surprise descended from the sky. Holding the malt candies, Tuanzi was stunned.

"Re-really for me?"

The dog owner smiled, "Really for you. By the way, you look familiar. Are you that amazing martial arts Little Heroine?"

Tuanzi coyly coughed a few times.

The dog owner requested a photo, but not with him and Tuanzi, he wanted a photo of his Alaska with Tuanzi.

"No problem!"

With this small request, considering the malt candies and the "amazing martial arts" compliment, she agreed cheerfully.

Jin Chunchao watched the whole process, saw his cousin transform from a happy little Tuanzi to an even happier little Tuanzi, bounding back with malt candies, opened the bag, handed him one piece, and only then opened another for herself.

Once Tuanzi put the malt candy in her mouth and pushed it to one side of her mouth, making her cheek bulge, he suddenly said, "Didn’t you sign a contract with your big brother?"

Tuanzi: !!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ

The sweetness in her mouth was fading.

"Chunchao, best brother in the whole wide world, please, don’t tell big brother!"

Tuanzi put her hands together, pleading, looking like a little puppy who had done something wrong, pitifully gazing at him.

This was appealing to his emotions.

"Miaomiao signed a contract with big brother, but not with that uncle. Big brother and other signatories can’t give Miaomiao more than seven candies a week, but unsignatured people can give as much as they want."

This was explaining the reasoning.

At first, Tuanzi felt guilty but grew more and more justified as she spoke, not only convincing Jin Chunchao but also herself.

"Miaomiao has adhered to the agreement with big brother, so it’s not a breach of contract."

Jin Chunchao was speechless, she had found a loophole cleverly. Gu Cheng had brought so many people to sign a contract back then probably to prevent this situation. Nevertheless, her cousin probably hadn’t anticipated his sister getting candy from fans along the way, right?

"Chunchao," Tuanzi leaned in close, sweetly asking, "Will you tell big brother?"

"Didn’t you say it wasn’t a breach?"

Tuanzi coughed a few times guiltily.

After a pause, Tuanzi once again tilted her little head up, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

"Chunchao," this time calling even more sweetly, sweeter than the sweet bears on the bedding set, "can you also give Miaomiao some candies?"