For some reason, seeing the forlorn look on the little kid in front of them, Shen Weixun and Zhang Zicheng both felt a twinge in their hearts.
But in their memories, they clearly didn't recognize this little kid.
"Have we met before?"
On an impulse, Shen Weixun blurted out the question in his mind.
Niannian looked into his eyes. There was a voice in her heart telling her that as long as she said they had met and just nodded, this big brother might immediately take her away.
The current home made her extremely unhappy. Leaving with this big brother might bring her happiness.
But the little girl still shook her head.
Because there was another voice in her heart telling her not to lie.
Someone had once told her that one should be honest and must never tell lies.
Only then could one be a good kid.
Although she couldn't remember who that person was, the little girl still didn't want to disappoint him.
"No, I don't think I know you, but you seem familiar. What's your name, big brother?"
"My name is Shen Weixun."
Shen Weixun didn't know what was wrong with himself. Especially when he heard the kid say she didn't know him, for a moment, he felt as if he had lost something very important.
Maybe he was just bewitched.
He gave a self - deprecating smile, then shook his head and sighed.
After getting his name, the little girl nodded vigorously: "I'll remember. My name is Niannian."
"Niannian, if you have any problems in the future, you can come to me. I can help you."
Shen Weixun considered himself not a warm - hearted person. But when facing this child, he just couldn't be heartless. Instead, he really wanted to help her. Every time he saw her frowning, he wanted to smooth out her frown with his own hands.
His intuition told him that this child should be smiling.
She should be loved and cared for by many people, rather than looking so listless, like a soulless doll.
Niannian gave a sweet smile, didn't answer his words, and just turned around and left.
When she got back to her father, the annoying elder sister pouted and grumbled discontentedly: "Really, I don't know why you keep running around. It's not easy for you to get into this kind of banquet. If you run around and offend someone, you'll have nowhere to cry."
Niannian was in a really bad mood. Usually, when she heard the other girl targeting her like this, she would just ignore it. But today, she just couldn't hold back her temper and questioned: "Why do you hate me so much? I've never done anything wrong to you. Why do you still keep picking on me? Have I ever offended you?"
A look of disdain flashed across Zhao Tang's eyes. She raised her head haughtily and said: "When did I say I hate you? I'm just telling the truth. This kind of occasion is not for you. And you still run around after you get here. If you really offend someone, they won't blame you. They'll just put the blame on Dad. Dad has been really busy with the company's affairs recently. We can't help, but at least you shouldn't cause him any trouble."
"Why are you so sure that I'll cause trouble on my own? Don't the adults here tolerate me? Why do you think I'll definitely offend someone? How can you be so sure?"
The little girl's consecutive questions left the other girl speechless.
The annoying elder sister forced a smile and finally didn't say anything.
Because she could feel her father's increasingly displeased gaze.
When Yu Shanhe shifted his gaze, Zhao Tang glared at Niannian maliciously beside him.
"So annoying."
The maliciousness of the annoying cousin was undisguised, and Niannian could clearly feel it.
This banquet wasn't a happy one. After Dad got home, he became even more gloomy.
The smile on his face gradually disappeared. After working non - stop in the company for a whole month, Dad's secretary brought bad news.
Dad fell ill. The company was now leaderless, and the eldest brother was forced to come back from abroad to take charge.
But the company, full of loopholes and on the verge of collapse, was beyond anyone's rescue.
All the property was liquidated, and the only thing left was this villa.
Because the villa had been transferred to Niannian's name since she was brought back.
The adoption procedures were complicated. Dad just brought her home. In fact, the last few steps of the adoption hadn't been completed yet. Dad had been too busy during this period, and it had been postponed until now.
So strictly speaking, the little girl was the owner of this villa, and Niannian didn't really belong to this family.
It was her private property. Although she was young, it wasn't within the scope of liquidation.
At least they still had a place to live.
But could the situation of this family get any worse?
It was said that her mother, whom she had never met, was getting sicker. Because of the bankruptcy liquidation, there was no money to keep her mother in the nursing home anymore. Mom would be coming home tomorrow.
The little girl didn't have any feelings about this.
When the eldest brother came back, he looked at her coldly. Except for Dad, no one in this family welcomed her.
Even Dad didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to her.
It was said that Zhao Tang's mother came back and took her away. Their family's business overseas was doing very well, and coming back home was like a hero's return.
When the aunt and uncle saw her, they just gave her a disdainful glance and then ignored her as if she were air.
The annoying elder sister was gone, but the little girl was still unhappy. Because the second brother said she was the bad luck charm of this family. After she came back, nothing good had happened in the family.
The eldest brother told her to be well - behaved at home and not to be arrogant and domineering just because she was young.
Mom said she wanted Zhao Tang back and didn't want her as a daughter.
Everyone was blaming her for coming back.
Niannian couldn't understand. She had never wanted to come back. She wanted to wait in the orphanage for that person to come and pick her up. Although she didn't know who that person was, it was these people who had brought her back!
Why were they all blaming her?
Niannian didn't know what she had done wrong. She could only curl up in the corner and watch the family worrying about their livelihood.
She suddenly remembered the extremely good - looking big brother she had met at the banquet before. The big brother said that if she needed help, she could go to him. But she only knew the big brother's name and nothing else.
Could she leave this family and go find the big brother?
Before Niannian could make up her mind to look for that big brother, Zhao Tang came again.
The annoying elder sister said that she knew the person Niannian was waiting for. If Niannian went with her, she could find that person.
The little girl looked at her for a long time and finally nodded.
Whether what this bad sister said was true or false, she had to go and check.
She must find that person!