Chapter 3 part 1: Seafood Allergy
Lin Li stopped the car on the side of the road, and the little guy Jia Bin had opened the door and directly headed towards KFC.
Worried about the crowds on the road, Lin Li hurriedly locked the car, opened the door and ran forward to hold the little guy by his hand, "Come, Auntie will lead you over."
The little guy frowned, as if a little disgusted with Lin Li's touch, he reached out to shake Lin Li's hand away.
But Lin Li seemed to have seen through his thoughts a long time ago, and grabbed his hand tightly. She half-bending to look at him, and said threateningly: "If you don't let me hold you, I won't take you to eat KFC!"
Upon hearing this, the little guy Zhou Jiabin widened his eyes and looked at her fixedly, seemingly accusing Lin Li of how she went back against her words!
Seeing his reaction, Lin Li knew that this trick worked for him. She let go of his hand, and then straightened up, with a smile half-curved at the corner of her mouth, fixed her stare at him.
The kid Zhou Jiabin looked at her, every now and then he turned his head to look at the KFC on the opposite street, as if he was calculating the final trade-off.
Lin Li held back a smile, stretched out her hand and looked at him, "If you want to eat burger and French fries, give me your hand. If you don't want to, then we will go home now."
The little guy locked his stare at her for a while, and finally raised his hand reluctantly and put it directly inside the palm of her hand, and then seemed to turn his head a little angry and didn't want to look at her.
Lin Li struggled to hold back her laugh. She held his hand and they waited for the traffic light to pass before walking towards the KFC on the opposite of the road.
There are a lot of people in the restaurant at the moment, but most of them were children from all ages starting from kindergarten to high school.
In front of Lin Li were a pair of mother and daughter. The little girl looked about the same age as Jia Bin, but there was no gloom on her face. At this moment, the little girl looked very happy, holding her mother's hand and looking up at his mother saying in her sweet childish voice: "Mommy, I want to eat that shrimp burger. There are so so many delicious shrimps in it. Tongtong likes that one the most."
The mother bowed her head and looked lovingly at her daughter. She touched her hand to rub her little head, nodded and said, "Okay, Tongtong can eat whatever she wants."
Lin Li looked down at the little guy who was standing next to her while holding her hands. True enough, she saw that he was staring at the mother and daughter. Although there was no expression on his face, Lin Li could see the envy that was reflected in his round black eyes.
Lin Li didn't speak, but she couldn't help but feel distressed for the child. Not to mention that his mother was not by his side. Just by looking at Zhou Han's attitude towards the child, Lin Li knew that the child had never been brought up in the middle of family warmth and happiness. He never received the care and love from his parents.
Suddenly, Lin Li felt a little uncomfortable. Thinking of her child who had never had the chance to come to the world, Lin Li only felt her chest was so stuffy and painful, she subconsciously reached out her hand and covered her chest.
Lin Li didn't know how long the pain lasted, until the little guy by her side pulled her hand. Lin Li recovered from her thoughts, the pain in her chest also slowly subsided, and she stood still.
The mother and daughter in front of them had already ordered a meal, and the mother who loved her daughter really obeyed her daughter’s request and bought her daughter a fresh shrimp burger. In addition, she also especially bought a cup of hot milk for her child.
After easing her own emotions, Lin Li and the little guy walked up. She was just about to ask him what he wanted to eat and saw he was staring straight at the menu placed on the countertop. His eyes looked straight, but could not seem to leave the shrimp burger, which was on a separate leaflet. The picture was very tempting. The fresh shrimp made people just want to take a bite.
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😭 I feel so sad for Lin Li and Jiabin. Thank you for translating
ReplyDeleteLin Li has to negotiate her feelings with those of the boy's parents and the child. They are both in a sorry state.. If she can continue to be supportive of this child life may get better, eventually.
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