CHAPTER 820: CHAPTER 817: SNATCHING MONEY

Xiao Yue is someone who appears cold but is warm-hearted. After understanding the situation, she no longer paid much attention to Mili.

This made Mili sigh in relief.

Then she looked around the room at the furnishings, a bookshelf, a TV, toys, and so on, which were dazzling, making it look like a small arcade.

In fact, it truly was a little haven for a few young kids.

"I’ll teach you to play games." Duoduo dragged Mili over to the home console.

The two of them played Mario, one in red, one in blue, cooperating to pass the levels.

Duoduo had played many times and was familiar with many of the levels, so she primarily guided Mili.

Just then, Dou Dou ran in, hugging a chubby piggy bank, and banged the door shut, locking it tightly.

Only then did she let out a long breath, put down the piggy, wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead, and stood with her hands on her hips, laughing sinisterly like a villain.

Only then came Tang Tang’s angry knocking from outside.

"Big seed bad bean, your butt looks like a small monkey, ow ow I’ll punch your fuzzy ball..."

Tang Tang babbled nonsensically outside the door; it seemed she was truly angry.

"Heheha..." Dou Dou feigned deafness, continuing to laugh mischievously.

Both Duoduo and Mili curiously looked at her.

But just at that moment, an unexpected voice suddenly said, "What mischief have you been up to now?"

Dou Dou, like a duck quacking loudly, suddenly had her neck caught, abruptly cutting off her squeaky voice.

She widened her eyes in disbelief and turned her head to see Xiao Yue sitting at the desk, looking at her coldly.

"Xiao... Sister Xiao Yue, happy New Year, hehe..." she said with a fawning smile, trying to curry favor.

"Happy New Year." Xiao Yue nodded in response.

Hearing this, Dou Dou immediately bent down, picked up the piggy bank from the ground, and ran over to hand it to Xiao Yue.

"For you."

"What is it?"

"New Year’s money, hehe..." Dou Dou said with a silly grin.

Xiao Yue: ...

"Yours?" Xiao Yue asked with a side-eyed glance.

"... Tang Tang’s."

She dared not lie to Xiao Yue and had to admit it honestly.

"Why did you take her money?" Xiao Yue asked sternly.

"Because... because she has too much money. I’m helping her spend a little. Her piggy bank can’t hold it all."

Dou Dou raised the piggy bank again, which was full of money, all hundred-dollar bills.

"Oh~ oh..."

From outside came Tang Tang’s urgent voice, and she started kicking the door with her little feet.

"You better give the money back to her, or else if you make her really mad, you’ll be in big trouble. Brother isn’t here to protect you." Xiao Yue warned sternly.

"Big trouble?"

Dou Dou was somewhat confused, her little face full of bewilderment.

Dou Dou was silly and usually didn’t notice anything unusual about Tang Tang, or even if she did, she never cared. All she wanted was to be happy every day.

But Xiao Yue was different. She had long known that Tang Tang was not ordinary, not a regular child.

As the two were talking, they heard the door suddenly bang, kicked open by Tang Tang, making a loud noise.

The people inside the room were startled, and Tang Tang herself was shocked.

Even though she couldn’t hear, she could feel the vibration. She curiously looked down at her own little feet.

Am I this strong?

"han~"

Tang Tang gave a silly grin and looked up to see Dou Dou holding her piggy, staring at her with wide eyes, dumbfounded.

Tang Tang’s fury flared up again.

Her short legs quickly trotted into the room, rushing forward to snatch the piggy bank from Dou Dou’s hands.

"I... ayie..." she was so angry she couldn’t complete her words.

"I’ll give it back, I’ll give it back, don’t be mad, hehe..."

Dou Dou was frightened by Tang Tang’s kick.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yue went to the door, examining the lock with some confusion because it wasn’t broken, as if someone had opened it from the inside, even though she clearly saw Dou Dou lock it.

She turned to look at Tang Tang, who was looking down, one eye open and the other closed, peeking through the piggy bank’s slot. That little look made Xiao Yue chuckle.

Like spring in winter, flowers blooming, even Mili, who had been silently observing, was momentarily stunned.

Just then, Tang Tang looked up with a face full of anger directed at Dou Dou.

"Ayie... ayie..."

She shook the piggy bank up and down, her face full of indignation.

"What is she saying?" Dou Dou scratched her little head, looking puzzled.

"I think she’s saying you took the money from her piggy bank," Xiao Yue explained.

"I didn’t." Dou Dou immediately protested upon hearing this.

"If you didn’t, why did you take her piggy bank?"

"I hadn’t even taken anything yet. Anyway, I really didn’t take your money."

Dou Dou hurriedly waved her hands to explain to Tang Tang.

Tang Tang: →_→

Tang Tang eyed Dou Dou suspiciously from head to toe.

"Look... look..."

Dou Dou shook her little dress, showing that she had no pockets.

At that moment, Tang Tang suddenly reached over and tickled Dou Dou’s armpit.

"Haha... you want to tickle me, let me tell you, I..."

Before Dou Dou could finish, her eyes widened in shock.

Because Tang Tang "pulled" a stack of red envelopes from her armpit.

"Hey, that’s mine. Give it back!" Dou Dou panicked and reached to grab it back.

Without realizing it, Tang Tang lost a part of it to her in the struggle. With what was left, she hugged the piggy and turned to run.

But as soon as she reached the door, she was lifted in the air by Xiao Yue.

Tang Tang, holding her piggy, blinked innocently at Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue was the older sister and, unlike Dou Dou and Duoduo, didn’t fight with her from time to time. More importantly, it was mostly Xiao Yue who taught her to speak, so Xiao Yue held a high position in Tang Tang’s mind.

"Dou Dou took your things, which was wrong, but you can’t take her money either." Xiao Yue said, taking all the red envelopes from her hands.

By this time, Dou Dou had caught up and was looking eagerly at Xiao Yue.

"Oh... oh..."

Tang Tang pointed her tiny finger at Dou Dou, indicating she was bad and that she was very upset.

Xiao Yue lightly tapped Dou Dou’s head with the red envelopes and said, "There, I’ve taught her a lesson for you. She knows she was wrong. Will you forgive her?"

Tang Tang didn’t hear what Xiao Yue said, but seeing Xiao Yue hitting Dou Dou, her anger dissipated, and she smiled foolishly.

"han~"

A drop of bright, shiny drool dripped from the corner of her mouth, only to be "shooed" back up again.

Xiao Yue: ...

"Here you go, next time don’t take Tang Tang’s things." Xiao Yue handed the red envelopes back to the eager Dou Dou.

"Okay."

Dou Dou agreed readily, but whether she would follow through was another matter.