"I’m going to return something." Chenchen said to Zaozao, then headed towards Meng Yanzhi.
Meng Yanzhi cheerfully waved his hand, lifting the cake in his hand, which he specifically made for Chenchen.
"Uncle Meng."
Chenchen greeted politely, yet very distantly. She sensibly bowed to Meng Yanzhi and expressed her gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Uncle, for saving me last time."
"No need."
Meng Yanzhi said nonchalantly, "Chenchen, Uncle specially bought a cake for you, want to have a bite?"
"Is this Zaozao? You siblings can share it."
Meng Yanzhi looked at Zaozao beside him. Zaozao stood next to Chenchen, slightly taller, but with a strong presence, lips pressed together, standing protectively by Chenchen’s side.
"Thank you for the cake, Uncle Meng, but my parents will buy it for me."
Usually fond of eating, Chenchen didn’t even glance at the cake in Meng Yanzhi’s hand. She opened her backpack, feeling for the Peace Pendant inside. She had been wearing it, deciding when to return it to Meng Yanzhi.
"Uncle, I’m giving this back to you."
Chenchen held the Peace Pendant and handed it over, saying, "I can’t accept your gift, Uncle. I don’t want to upset my parents."
"And this too."
Zaozao handed over his gift as well.
"Chenchen."
When Meng Yanzhi saw the Peace Pendant, his heart ached for a moment. He squatted down and said, "Chenchen, I’m your uncle, this is a meeting gift for you, you can accept it."
"Are your parents unhappy?" Meng Yanzhi couldn’t understand, would Meng Siyu and Tang Yue prevent the two kids from accepting gifts?
If they were going to stop them, they should have done it long ago, not after such a long time.
So, is this the idea of the two kids?
"They are not unhappy, and didn’t stop us from accepting gifts, it’s just us not wanting to accept them."
Chenchen’s bright eyes looked at him, clearly expressing her thoughts.
In Chenchen’s world, black is black, white is white, dislike is dislike.
Knowing that Meng Yanzhi almost harmed her mother and hurt her uncle, Chenchen had no good impression of Meng Yanzhi and didn’t want to accept any gifts from him.
"Why?"
Meng Yanzhi gazed at Chenchen, her clear eyes like a mirror.
Chenchen pressed her lips together and said nothing.
Meng Yanzhi seemed to understand, it should be that Chenchen knew about the past, the light in his eyes seemed to dim instantly.
Seeing his expression, Chenchen suddenly stepped back, fearing she might soften.
Zaozao put the things directly into Meng Yanzhi’s hand, saying, "Uncle Meng, you’re an adult, you understand more than us."
Meng Yanzhi was taken aback and immediately understood the meaning behind Zaozao’s words.
"Chenchen, in the past, I made some mistakes, but I’ve changed now. People make mistakes, but the greatest good is knowing your mistakes and correcting them." Meng Yanzhi sincerely looked at Zaozao and Chenchen, earnestly saying, "I apologize to you, can you forgive me?"
"You should say this to my parents."
After Zaozao finished, she grabbed Chenchen and ran off.
"Zaozao, he looked so pitiful." Chenchen ran, panting heavily.
"What’s so pitiful? Uncle is pitiful, Mom is pitiful, Dad is pitiful."
Zaozao replied without thinking, "Chenchen, Mom and Dad love you the most, even Uncle loves you like that, do you still want to be with an enemy?"
"No, no, no."
But, just after throwing them, Meng Yanzhi went back to pick them up. These two items were carefully selected gifts.
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