CHAPTER 566: CHAPTER 566: INNOCENT WORDS OF A CHILD

"Are we going to see Great Grandmother?"

"Yes."

"How is Great Grandmother? Is she eating well?"

"I suppose so."

"Has she grown taller? Gotten stronger?"

Taozi: ...

"You sure talk a lot."

"Are you annoyed with me? Do you not love me anymore?"

"I don’t love you." Taozi replied quite speechlessly.

"If you say that, I’ll be very sad, and when I’m sad, I’ll cry." Dou Dou said in a very sad tone.

"Then go ahead and cry."

Taozi answered Dou Dou while driving.

In the morning, after Shen Siyuan saw his parents off, he went with Taozi to her Grandma’s house.

At this moment, he was sitting in the front passenger seat, listening to the two bicker, without joining in.

"You are so mean, I’m going to tell Great Grandmother." Dou Dou huffed angrily.

"I’m not scared. Oh, Great Grandmother said that you haven’t visited her for so long, and once you meet, she’s going to spank your butt." Taozi glanced in the rear-view mirror, looking quite pleased with herself.

Well, that glance was wasted since the rear-view mirror couldn’t show Dou Dou at all.

"You’re lying, Great Grandmother would never spank me, Great Grandmother loves me the most, unlike you, you’re a meanie, bad Taozi." Dou Dou huffed angrily.

"Eh~, you’re also a bad kid."

"No, I’m not, I’m a good kid. Potato, am I right?"

Dou Dou was very sensitive about being called a bad kid and got anxious immediately upon hearing it.

"Yes, you are the most well-behaved. Alright, you two stop arguing." Shen Siyuan’s words ended their quarrel.

"Hmph~"

Dou Dou crossed his little arms over his chest, looking huffy.

Just then, the traffic light turned red, Taozi stopped the car, looked back, and couldn’t help but chuckle seeing her like that.

"Look at you, you’re almost like a little frog."

"I don’t want to talk to you."

"Oh, aren’t you talking to me right now?"

"That’s because... because..."

"See, you’re talking to me again."

"Ah ah ah... Auntie, you’re so bad, you’re a big bad Taozi."

With just a few words, Taozi made Dou Dou extremely irritated while she grinned mischievously.

"Alright, stop teasing her." Shen Siyuan laughed and stopped her mischievous behavior.

"She’s called Dou Dou, she should be teased, haha..." Taozi burst into laughter.

Maybe because Shen Siyuan was going with her to see Grandma, Taozi was particularly cheerful today and even more lively.

Angry to the point of almost exploding, Dou Dou suddenly said to Shen Siyuan, "Potato, can you stop liking Auntie? Stop the lovey-dovey with her, she’s... she’s too bad, a big meanie."

"Then who should I like?" Shen Siyuan asked offhandedly.

"You can like my mom, my mom is great." Dou Dou immediately said excitedly.

Shen Siyuan: ...

"Haha..." Taozi laughed crazily.

"Nonsense, your mom already has your dad liking her." Shen Siyuan said speechlessly.

Then, he said to Taozi: "Focus on driving, stop laughing."

"It’s okay, you both can like her together." Dou Dou immediately said.

Taozi, who had been trying to hold back her laughter, couldn’t help it anymore.

"What are you laughing at?" Dou Dou said somewhat annoyed.

"Your mom can only like one person, she can’t like that many people." Shen Siyuan explained.

"Why not? I like Potato, I like Duoduo, I like Great Grandmother, I like Sister Xiao Yue, I like Tang Tang, and I don’t like Auntie..., I like a lot, a lot."

Dou Dou said, gesturing with her small hands, trying to stretch her arms wide as if to show just how much she liked.

However, this little one held grudges; even when talking about who she liked, she had to add that she didn’t like Taozi.

"It’s different."

"How is it different?" Dou Dou was very puzzled.

"You’ll understand when you grow up." Taozi chimed in.

"But I’ll never grow up." Dou Dou said innocently.

Taozi, who had been laughing, stopped now, turning her head to look at Shen Siyuan beside her, with tears faintly appearing in her eyes.

"Don’t worry, everything will be okay." Shen Siyuan comforted her.

Then he turned to Dou Dou and said, "Who told you that you won’t grow up?"

"It was Sister Mei Qi who told me. I told her that I wanted to grow up to be a big sister, Sister Mei Qi laughed at me and said, ghosts don’t grow up, how you were before you died is how you will always be after death..."

"Sister Mei Qi didn’t lie to me, I haven’t grown taller at all."

Dou Dou propped her chin, looking utterly troubled.

Shen Siyuan was just thinking about how to comfort her when he heard Dou Dou continue, "Maybe Sister Mei Qi was wrong. It’s not that ghosts don’t grow tall, it’s because ghosts can’t eat, so they can’t grow tall."

"Mom and Dad always say, eat well to grow tall, now I can’t eat, so of course I can’t grow tall."

"You make so much sense." Shen Siyuan said with a smile.

"Right, right..."

Being affirmed by Shen Siyuan, Dou Dou seemed extremely excited.

Shen Siyi waved her hand, and the originally backseat-sitting Dou Dou appeared in Shen Siyuan’s arms.

Shen Siyuan placed her on his lap, patting her little head and said, "Don’t worry, I’ll find a way to make you able to eat."

"Then I can grow taller?" Dou Dou excitedly kicked her little feet.

"Yes."

"Then I can become a big sister." Dou Dou waggled her head, full of excitement.

"Of course."

"Hehe, then Duoduo will have to call me Sister Dou Dou in the future." Dou Dou covered her little cheeks, so excited she was about to fly.

"How is that possible, you grow up, Duoduo would also grow up."

Dou Dou widened her eyes in surprise at these words.

She thought for a moment, then said, "Potato, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Go ahead."

"Can you not figure out a way for Duoduo to eat, that way she won’t grow up and I can be the big sister."

Shen Siyuan: ...

Before he could speak, Dou Dou held her little face, showing a silly grin.

"Am I very naughty, I’m a naughty egg, I’m naughty Dou Dou, hehe..."

Shen Siyuan was speechless, what’s with the bragging here?

Taozi especially couldn’t help but laugh out loud again.

Dou Dou’s emotions were all stirred up, happy one moment, sad the next.

Upon hearing Taozi’s laughter, she immediately turned her head and looked at Taozi, "You meanie, don’t laugh."

"Why should I listen to you, I’ll laugh, I’ll laugh..." Taozi also displayed childishness, grinning widely.

"It’s because you’re laughing at me, I won’t let you laugh."

"You already called me a meanie, why would I listen to you, I’ll laugh."

"Then I’ll laugh at you too, hahaha..."

Watching the two laugh back and forth, Shen Siyuan felt a headache coming on.

One Dou Dou was annoying enough, how come Taozi was becoming like this too?