"What?" Xu Jiayan's good-looking eyebrows slightly furrowed, and for a moment he didn't understand what she was saying.

  "I saw it all! A girl was giving you something, and you even smiled at her!" The little girl said with a huff. It looked like their own dog had run off with someone else.

  Xu Jia Yan: ……

  So this girl didn't go find him because of this reason?

  "I didn't laugh!" he said.

  The little girl didn't know if she had heard or not, slightly tilted her head, neither looking at him nor speaking. The bright red eye sockets sparkled with tears, the small white teeth biting into her lower lip. The tender lips already had deep tooth marks.

  "I didn't laugh at her!" Xu Jia Yan looked at her and repeated it again, his usual cold tone softened a lot.

  This girl has always been stubborn and if things aren't explained clearly, she's likely to make a big fuss for a long time.

  The little girl understood this time, but she stubbornly sulked and didn't make a sound.

  She knew that Ah Yan's brother had accepted something from someone else.

  In the past, others had also given things to Ah Yan's brother, but he wouldn't even look at them. Yet this time, he actually accepted it.

  Jiang Yu's eyes turned even redder as he thought of this.

  The tooth marks on her lips deepened a bit more.

  Xu Jia Yan let out a sigh and continued patiently: "I didn't laugh, nor did I accept her gift."

  "Ah Yan, you're cheating! I've already seen it!" The little girl said with a thick nasal tone, raising her rabbit-like eyes to stare at him, puffing out her cheeks and looking adorable but fierce.

  "That was originally mine!"

  Jiang Yu: ???

  Looking at her confused and slightly puzzled expression, Xu Jiayan explained: "That's the trophy and certificate I got from participating in the competition, she just happened to bring it to me." Unexpectedly, this girl misunderstood that someone else had given him something.

  "Really?" The little girl was stunned for a few seconds before slowly understanding the other person's meaning. Her big eyes blinked forcefully, her expression dazed and confused, looking silly.

  "Not really, I'm just kidding."

  The little girl's face fell instantly, but she quickly reacted and realized that Brother Yan was intentionally speaking in reverse. Her eyes lit up again, and her eyes, which had been washed with tears, were exceptionally black, shiny, and moist. She stretched out her hand to grab Xu Jia Yan's sleeve, her soft voice filled with a few urgent words: "Can I see it then?"

  Xu Jia Yan glanced at her and immediately took out a box from his backpack, which was the same one Jiang Yu had seen not long ago.

  She eagerly took it over, opened it, and saw that inside was a palm-sized trophy, with a round crystal shape, beautiful and delicate.

  "Ah Yan is so awesome!" Knowing it wasn't a gift from someone else, the little girl's mood suddenly improved, and her ponytail swished with extra vigor.

  A pair of big eyes rolled around, with shiny black pupils that were completely transparent, showing no signs of the anger from just now.

  "Are you happy now?" Xu Jiayan asked, looking down at her.

  Jiang Yu's face turned red, and she stuttered as she opened her mouth: "I'm worried about Ah Yan Gege, afraid that Ah Yan Gege will be cheated by the beautiful young lady. We're still young now, we should study hard, can't fall in love early, early love affects our studies." By the end of it, she had convinced herself, thinking what she said was very reasonable, her tone became more confident and her voice grew louder.

  "Really?" Xu Jiayan's eyes had a hint of ambiguity.

  "Of course!" Jiang Yu's just-gathered courage suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, his guilty eyes darting back and forth.

  "Hmm—"

  Xu Jia Yan looked at her with a hint of a smile and pulled her up from the steps by her hem, saying "Let's go!"