CHAPTER 806: CHAPTER 803: CONFLICT

"How many is this now?"

Huang Jiayan quietly asked Lin Libo.

"It’s the fifth one." Lin Libo’s voice carried a tone of disbelief.

He parked the car at the alley entrance, coming from his house, crossed a narrow lane into the alley, and then walked out of it. The distance is roughly a thousand meters, yet now they’ve walked less than eight hundred meters, and Little Douding has already picked up five red envelopes.

The first and second, they thought she was just lucky. But by the third and fourth, they realized something wasn’t quite right.

Of course, two of them were returned to their owners, because today is the second day of the New Year. Even though the shops on both sides of the alley weren’t open, there were still many pedestrians on the street, especially a lot of children.

But despite this, Tang Tang had already found three red envelopes on this journey, with an income of nearly four thousand yuan.

After all, this is Xiajing, and everyone has quite a good living condition. The red envelopes for children are definitely not small.

However, Tang Tang gave one to Duoduo and then another to Dou Dou, but what she gave wasn’t the money, but the red envelope itself, because the patterns on the envelopes were very pretty. So naturally, she wanted to share them, one for each person.

She didn’t understand, but Dou Dou and Duoduo knew that money was a good thing.

Especially Dou Dou, who quietly scooted next to Tang Tang, almost leaning against her: "Let’s pick two more, and after the New Year, we’ll go buy toys."

"Han~"

Tang Tang grinned foolishly at her, saliva dribbling down from the corner of her mouth, and then slurped it back in, feeling cold.

Just then, a boy abruptly threw a popper down by Tang Tang’s feet.

Tang Tang wasn’t frightened, but Dou Dou was startled. After all, Tang Tang couldn’t hear sounds, so she naturally wouldn’t be scared.

"You little brat!"

Dou Dou rushed over, ready to confront that taller boy.

"Hey, don’t fight!"

Lin Jianming failed to hold her back, getting a bit flustered, afraid Dou Dou might get hurt, then he wouldn’t know how to face Shen Siyuan.

Although the boy was a head taller than Dou Dou, Dou Dou suddenly lunged forward, causing the boy to lose balance and fall flat on his backside.

Dou Dou didn’t hit him but directly pinched his face.

"You brat! You scared me, almost to death!" Dou Dou glared at him angrily.

The boy wasn’t willing to back down, reaching out to push Dou Dou, who wasn’t careful and got pushed down by him.

"Ee-yah, ee-yah ee..."

Tang Tang somehow broke free from Song Qingwei’s grasp, excitedly rushed over with fists raised like Wang Ba, looking ready to fight.

By this time, Lin Jianming had already reacted, hurriedly lifting Dou Dou and then holding Tang Tang back.

Seeing the adults, the boy immediately got up and ran away without hesitation.

"Alright, alright..."

Song Qingwei hurriedly stepped forward, stopping Dou Dou and Tang Tang who were still wanting to give chase.

What a bunch of fiery personalities these two little ones have, especially Tang Tang who seemed more excited about fights instead of scared.

It’s still their Duoduo who’s more well-behaved, thought Lin Jianming and his wife.

Wait, where’s Duoduo?

"Duoduo?"

The couple hurriedly looked around and saw Lin Wentao excitedly pointing ahead.

"Auntie’s over there."

They saw Duoduo appear in front of the boy somehow, and as the boy ran past her, she quietly stretched out her little short leg.

"Thud."

The boy fell headlong onto the ground, unable to get up for a while.

And Duoduo stepped on his backside before calmly walking back.

Everyone: ...

"Sis, you’re so awesome, so incredible, love ya..."

Dou Dou excitedly called her sister willingly.

"Han~, awesome~"

Tang Tang grinned foolishly, wearing a puffy cotton coat that made her look like a little tumbler.

"Alright, alright, let’s go quickly, or there will definitely be a lot of people later." Lin Jianming said a bit helplessly and amusedly.

Just then, Tang Tang walked forward and, to everyone’s amazement, picked up a red envelope from the ground.

"Looks like it’s from that little brat." Dou Dou said.

Everyone: ...

"Is this normal?"

At the back of the group, Huang Jiayan spoke again upon witnessing this.

"How would I know? But the luck is definitely too good, could she be Sudhana Kumaara?" Lin Libo beside her puzzledly replied.

"If that’s the case, why worship the God of Wealth? Just worship her!" Huang Jiayan joked casually.

But Lin Libo took her seriously, frowned and thought a bit before saying, "Not entirely impossible."

"Uh..."

"Haha, I was just saying, let’s keep watching."

Until they got into the car, nothing else happened, and Tang Tang didn’t pick up any more red envelopes.

Dou Dou felt a bit disappointed, thinking they shouldn’t have taken the car, they should’ve walked, so Tang Tang could pick them up all along the way.

Song Qingwei was amused by her.

"Over twenty kilometers, nearly thirty kilometers; if you walk there, it’ll be dark before you arrive."

The lantern festival venue is in Garden Expo Park, and it takes at least forty minutes to drive there.

"I can fly," Dou Dou said proudly.

"But Tang Tang can’t fly, and even if she could, she wouldn’t see the red envelopes, right?"

"True, hey~" Dou Dou scratched her head, looking somewhat silly.

But soon she cast the worry aside, asking Song Qingwei if the lantern festival was fun, if there were many delicious foods, many people, cats, and dogs...

This little chatterbox always seems to have things to talk about.

In contrast, Duoduo and Tang Tang appeared exceptionally quiet.

One watched the bright lights outside the car window, while the other smiled foolishly, her eyes unfocused, seemingly completely absorbed in her own world.

Huang Jiayan had been focusing on Tang Tang since they got into the car, now her curiosity towards Tang Tang was even bigger than towards Duoduo and Dou Dou.

Even though Tang Tang had that silly smile, with drooling mouth, like a little fool, she wasn’t annoying at all, but rather adorably silly, unconsciously capturing all her attention.

To the point that her son Lin Wentao got a bit jealous, directly reaching out to turn her face back.

"Mom, what are you doing? Don’t look."

Huang Jiayan snapped back to reality.

"Taotao, what do you say about us having a little sister for you?"

Before Lin Wentao could speak, Lin Jianming and Song Qingwei got excited hearing that.

Naturally, they hoped their son would have more children, since they were perfectly capable of supporting them. But after all, it’s the son’s business, so they couldn’t say too much.

Now hearing the daughter-in-law bring it up, they immediately found an excuse to start persuading Huang Jiayan to have another one.

Lin Wentao: ...

He already felt less noticeable enough, having another one was unimaginable.

Chatting all the way made time fly quickly, and soon they reached the parking lot outside Garden Expo Park.

Cars were already packed in the lot; it seemed quite a number of people came for the lantern festival tonight.

"We are still late, hopefully, there won’t be too many people inside." Lin Jianming said.

They could already see the lights illuminating the sky on one side.

"Let’s get out of the car and wait here for a bit, let Libo find a spot to park." Song Qingwei suggested.

Lin Jianming, sitting at the outer side, got off first, followed by Song Qingwei and Huang Jiayan.

However, when Song Qingwei was getting off, she turned to lift Tang Tang out since they were in a business vehicle with a high chassis, and Tang Tang’s short legs couldn’t reach the ground.

Dou Dou and Duoduo, however, she needn’t worry about; they’re quite capable.

But when she picked up Tang Tang, she noticed Tang Tang had been holding up one finger all along, pointing skyward, in a funny, awkward pose.