CHAPTER 817: CHAPTER 814: THE GROWN-UP FRIEND

"What’s your name?" the young man asked curiously.

"My name is Mili." Mili replied.

The young man was even more delighted upon hearing this.

"You’re also called Mili? Hello, my name is Jiang Feipeng, nice to meet you." The young man reached out his hand.

Mili hesitated for a moment, then extended her little hand to shake his.

Beside them, Dou Dou opened her mouth to speak, but was instantly pinched into a duck’s bill by Duoduo.

"Mmm mmm mmm..." Dou Dou’s eyes widened with dissatisfaction.

Jiang Feipeng was amused by their adorable looks, he put away his phone with a smile: "Want to go outside and build a snowman?"

"Sure." Mili nodded with a smile.

So the three little ones didn’t take the elevator, they followed Jiang Feipeng outside.

"I’ve never seen you before, are you visiting relatives?" Jiang Feipeng asked as he opened the lobby glass door for them.

"Uh~ yes." Mili nodded.

"I had a good friend when I was a kid, whose name was also Mili, who looked a lot like you." Jiang Feipeng said.

Mili smiled without explaining.

"Mmm mmm mmm..." Dou Dou’s little mouth was pinched again.

It took her a lot of effort to break free, and she complained to Duoduo angrily: "Stop pinching me, I’m going to turn into a little duck!"

"Haha, kids, no fighting now." Jiang Feipeng said amusedly.

Dou Dou looked at him curiously, was this brother the good friend of Sister Mi Li?

He seemed tall and big, but not as handsome as Potato.

"What is it? What are you looking at?" Jiang Feipeng asked with curiosity.

"You’re not very handsome," Dou Dou said honestly.

"Uh... well, thanks, I guess." Jiang Feipeng was a bit helpless.

"You’re welcome."

Jiang Feipeng: ...

The community environment was very nice, and it was quite spacious, so Jiang Feipeng and the kids built two cute little snowmen together in the snow.

He also learned the names of Duoduo and Dou Dou, finding them all very adorable.

They played snowball fights together, the three little ones against Jiang Feipeng.

The laughter of the children filled the entire community, some residents even opened their windows to look downstairs.

They played together for a long time, and Mili was especially happy, laughing heartily.

"Should we go ice skating?" she pointed at the artificial lake.

"No ice skates, can’t skate, but you can ride the sled."

The winters in Xiajing were very cold, the lake surface was frozen solid, making skating and sledding one of the kids’ most common leisure activities.

Ice skates were convenient, so people usually took them home. Some sleds were big and bulky, making them inconvenient to carry home, so people would leave them by the lake.

Since it was within the community, no one would steal them, and this was also thanks to the residents’ decency. After all, this was Xiajing, and everyone had good manners.

Thus, Jiang Feipeng picked up a green sled from the lakeside. There was a rope tied to the front, so adults could pull it along, presumably for some kid to play with.

"Who wants to go first?" Jiang Feipeng brushed away the snow on the sled.

Duoduo and Dou Dou both looked at Mili.

"I’ll go first." Mili raised her hand and sat on the sled.

"Sit tight." Jiang Feipeng pulled the sled towards the center of the lake.

"Wow, this big brother is quite nice." Dou Dou watched them go with admiration.

Duoduo glanced at her and said, "Don’t talk nonsense."

"What do you mean nonsense?" Dou Dou asked unhappily.

"You wanted to mention Sister Mi Li twice before."

"Can’t I mention her?" Dou Dou was puzzled.

"You can, but let Sister Mi Li say it herself." Duoduo said.

"What’s the difference? Is what I say smelly?" Dou Dou said, and blew a breath into the air.

If it were normal, in the cold winter, a white mist would rise.

But blowing into the air, there was nothing in front of Dou Dou.

This anomaly went unnoticed by Dou Dou and her friends, even by Jiang Feipeng who played with them all the time.

Jiang Feipeng pulled Mili across the ice, circling one lap after another, until he was breathless and exhausted.

"I’m exhausted, I need a break first." Jiang Feipeng said.

He had leukemia before, although he had matched a donor’s bone marrow and survived, his health had never been great over the years, staying very frail.

He breathed heavily and said to Duoduo and Dou Dou: "I’ll pull you later."

"That’s okay, we can play by ourselves."

Jiang Feipeng didn’t insist and instead said to Mili inadvertently, "But you’re so light, it feels like you weigh nothing."

Mili didn’t explain, she just smiled at him and sat down beside him.

Then the two watched Dou Dou and Duoduo playing on the ice, taking turns pushing each other.

"Mili, thank you." Jiang Feipeng suddenly turned his head, and without context, thanked Mili.

Mili stared at him in confusion, not knowing why he was thanking her.

"Not only do you look like my former friend, but you’re also named Mili. It’s really amazing to meet you in this world, we really have destiny, and you’ve fulfilled my long-cherished wish."

Seeing Mili still puzzled, Jiang Feipeng continued on his own: "We promised each other to ice skate, play snowball fights, build snowmen, unfortunately, she passed away due to illness and can’t fulfill the promise, but luckily I met you, who helped complete this wish..."

Saying this, he even reached out and stroked Mili’s head.

Mili unhappily pushed his hand away: "Don’t touch my head, I’m not a little kid."

"Haha, she was like that too, she didn’t like me touching her head." Jiang Feipeng said.

"Do you miss her?" Mili asked.

"Of course."

"Was she your best friend?"

"To be exact, she was my best friend when I was a kid. Now I’m an adult and have met many grown-up friends." said Jiang Feipeng.

Mili’s expression dimmed slightly upon hearing this.

"You will too. When you grow up, you’ll make a lot of grown-up friends." said Jiang Feipeng.

"Dou Dou and Duoduo are my friends." said Mili.

"Of course, having grown-up friends doesn’t mean you can’t have little friends, and even later when you’re old, you can have old friends too. The future is long, and I’m sure you’ll make lots of friends." Jiang Feipeng said.

"Are we good friends?" Mili looked up at him.

"Of course, you’re my little friend, and I’m your big friend."

Jiang Feipeng reached out to touch her head again, but remembering that Mili didn’t like being touched, he started to draw back his hand, yet Mili said: "Go ahead, I’ll allow you to touch."

Jiang Feipeng smiled and patted Mili’s head.

Then he took out his phone and said: "Should we take a picture together?"

Mili nodded, not realizing she wouldn’t appear in the camera lens.

"Go call them back, let’s take it together." Jiang Feipeng said.

Mili got up and ran toward the center of the lake.

Jiang Feipeng lifted his phone, aiming it at the three little ones.