While Lin Fan and John Woo were talking, the living room was already in chaos.
After she was carried away from the battlefield, Xiao Tao, no longer restrained, began to roll 360 degrees on the ground.
Auntie and Dad Wu tried to go up and pull him away several times, but were scared away by his aggressiveness.
Wu Ma stood against the wall, not daring to get close.
After all, they are no longer young, and their physical strength and reaction speed cannot keep up with children.
Seeing Xiao Tao rolling around and mopping the entire living room floor, the aunt became anxious and asked for help from a strong laborer.
When John Woo turned around, he couldn't bear to watch.
After gently placing Lin Fan on the ground, he walked over a few steps, found a gap, grabbed the back of Xiao Tao's collar, and lifted him up, and the man stood steadily.
I pinched the back of his neck, and the howling stopped. All that was left was a dirty child with a red face, tears and snot running down his face.
"Oh my, my little Tao, what happened to you?" The aunt was very distressed. She looked left and right, found the tissue on the coffee table, and helped her grandson wipe his face.
Xiao Tao was still sobbing and his emotions had not completely calmed down.
Seeing that everything was alright, Aunt Wu also ran to the balcony to check on Lin Fan. "Is Xiaoguai okay? Are you hurt?"
"It's okay." Lin Fan replied with a smile.
"How can he be okay?" Aunt Wu didn't believe it. She was shocked by Xiao Tao's attitude just now.
"My hair is just messy." Lin Fan didn't dare to let Wu Ma check, so he quickly changed the subject.
Your body must be purple now from the pinch from the trafficker, and you must have bruises again from falling today.
But there is no need to let them know all this, it’s useless to worry.
Wu Ma also saw Xiao Tao pulling Xiao Guai's hair and touched her head lovingly. "Then grandma, can you comb your hair for me?"
"Okay." Lin Fan nodded. This was exactly the effect she wanted.
On the other side, the aunt was also talking to her grandson. "Xiao Tao, what's going on? Why did you fight with Xiao Guai?"
"Hmph!" Xiao Tao glared at Lin Fan angrily, and was patted on the shoulder.
When I looked up, I saw my smiling uncle.
The pinch he had just given him was painful. Xiao Tao shrank his neck and shuddered.
"Hey, Yusen, why are you scaring him?" The aunt quickly hugged her grandson in her arms.
"Tell me, what happened just now?" John Woo helped his father push the coffee table back to its original place and asked with his hands folded.
Xiao Tao looked at him, then at his grandmother and Second Master.
"Come on, Xiao Tao, speak up. What's going on? Weren't you playing just fine?" Auntie was a little anxious. "Does it hurt somewhere?"
"My body hurts..." Xiao Tao's mouth turned down when he heard this.
He wasn't lying. Although Lin Fan didn't hit him, he did knock him against the coffee table when he pulled him down from the sofa.
"Ouch, let me see." The aunt quickly lifted his clothes. His back was red, probably from rolling around. There were no other visible injuries.
"..." The aunt was so angry that she didn't know who to vent her anger on. She licked her lips and asked, "What's going on?" After saying that, she patted Xiao Tao on the shoulder.
The force was not strong, but Xiao Tao had never been treated like this by his grandmother. He suddenly felt wronged and burst into tears.
"She...she pushed me..."
Everyone looked at Lin Fan, who sat obediently combing her hair. She neither admitted nor denied it, as if it had nothing to do with her.
It was Wu Ma who spoke up. "Xiaoguai is so young, why would she push you for no reason?"
"She...she pushed me!" Xiao Tao felt even sadder when he saw that no one was on his side.
"Xiaoguai, tell me, what's going on?" Seeing that Xiaotao was hesitating, Dad Wu asked another child to speak directly.
"When I was playing games, he wanted to snatch..." Lin Fan had just said a few words when he was interrupted by Xiao Tao.
"Then you always die, always die, I came here to save you!" Xiao Tao was full of dissatisfaction, he was obviously trying to do good things.
"He came up to me and grabbed my phone without saying a word. When I refused to give it to him, he pushed me. I was so angry that I pushed him back." Lin Fan felt a little guilty.
She is an adult after all, and it is a bit embarrassing for her to argue with a child now.
"I fell down. She pushed me down..." Xiao Tao cried, pointing at Lin Fan, "I got angry..."
"He pounced on me and I resisted. He grabbed my hair and wanted to hit me, so I grabbed his hand. Then we fell down." Lin Fan briefly recounted what happened.
Only then did everyone know what had happened.
The aunt felt distressed, but she didn't know what to say. After all, her son Xiao Tao was the one in the wrong.
An eight-year-old boy couldn't even beat a three-year-old girl. It was kind of embarrassing when you think about it. Besides, he didn't seem to be hurt.
On the contrary, Lin Xiaoguai had a handful of his hair pulled out by him.
The aunt quietly picked up the few strands of hair that Xiao Tao was still holding and hid them in her own hands.
"Okay, it's just a misunderstanding." Father Wu said, looking at Wu Yusen next to him, deliberately accusing him, "It's all your fault. Didn't I ask you to look after the kids? Where have you been?"
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault." John Woo knew that his father wanted to cover up the matter, so he answered cooperatively.
"Xiao Tao, come to Second Master. We have your favorite dish for lunch. Guess what it is?" Father Wu began to change the subject, trying to draw the child over.
Children’s world is simple; their emotions come and go quickly.
The only things that caught their attention were eating, drinking, and having fun, with eating being the most important. Sure enough, Xiao Tao's attention was quickly drawn. "Fried chicken?"
"Fried chicken is useless, but if Xiao Tao wants to eat it, Er Ye will take you there later..." Dad Wu took Xiao Tao's hand and slowly led him to the kitchen.
"Little darling, does it hurt? Grandma apologizes to you on behalf of Brother Xiaotao." The aunt turned and looked at Lin Fan.
Although she was a little angry at the girl, her hair was still in her hand and it was a bit hot. She helped her grandson to smooth things over with a guilty conscience.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not saying this, but your Xiao Tao's temper should be controlled." Aunt Wu said with a faint smile, "He's already in elementary school. Hitting others when you can't win a fight is not a good habit."
The eldest aunt was a little unhappy, "My little Tao is very well behaved, he has never been like this before."
Lin Fan looked up at her, then glanced at Xiao Tao who was happily looking at the delicious food in the kitchen.
Thinking about his previous actions...this child's behavior doesn't seem to be as well-behaved as this aunt said.
Mother Wu paused, then continued, "At home, we can give in to him, but we're afraid of encountering a strong person outside..."
"I know, I know." The aunt didn't like to hear this. "It's just a small matter, and no one was hurt. It's not worth you saying a lot. He's still a child!"
Wu Ma usually doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs. She just listens with a smile to what others say.
If this incident hadn't happened right under her nose, Xiaoguai would have been bullied, and Xiaotao wouldn't have even apologized...
Thinking that we were relatives, I had to say something, so I opened my mouth.
It’s true that Xiao Tao is a child.
But Xiaoguai is also a child.
This quote is quite famous. I originally wanted to write something a little more nasty, about naughty kids and their parents. But then I thought, the kids are just cute, so that's enough.
I toned down the scenes with the aunt and Xiao Tao. The plot was originally supposed to be quite vulgar, but when I was writing this, I thought, since this is a pseudo-science fiction story, it would be weird to include such disgusting and vulgar things. So I changed it.
This makes the impact less strong. But John Woo's family background couldn't be that bad. He was happy as a child, which is also good, isn't it?
Well, I did it on purpose, haha, I hope you can accept it.
I'll just take a few chapters to transition and get back to work soon.