Meimei’s curiosity extinguished all at once with those words, becoming quiet.
Her small body scooted over and sat next to Tingye, raising her little face to look at him, her big beautiful eyes blinking, biting her lip in conflict for a long time before speaking.
"I’m here to say goodbye to Tingye. I’m going abroad with my parents. Mom says I won’t see Tingye for a very long time, and I can’t bear to leave you, so..."
Before Meimei could finish speaking, she heard a muffled sound behind Tingye, as if something had fallen, and she looked up in surprise, staring at him in bewilderment.
Tingye seemed to be struck by something, the wooden carving he was holding fell from his palm.
When he came to his senses, he immediately turned around, picked up the carving from the ground, gripped it tightly, and hid it in the cabinet.
Meimei followed his movements, watching the carving in his hand the whole time. Although she couldn’t clearly see who it was carved to resemble, she could tell it was a person.
If this were a normal day, she would definitely pester Tingye to let her see it, and if it wasn’t carved to look like her, she would insist on him carving one for her.
But now she was here to say goodbye, and her mood was gloomy and unhappy, unable to pay attention to the carving Tingye hid away.
"You said you’re going abroad, for how long?"
Tingye withdrew his hand from the cabinet, his body blocking the cabinet’s front, lowering his gaze, looking down at Meimei seated on his chair, those dark eyes carrying an indecipherable light.
The hand hanging by his side discreetly formed a fist.
"I don’t know either, Dad says we’re going to travel. I don’t even know what traveling means, but Mom wants to go, and I want to follow my parents, but I can’t bear to leave Tingye..."
Meimei explained, eyes drooping, a bit scattered.
Her parents had been away for so long, at this moment, regardless of where Dad went, she wanted to follow him, but following her Dad means she wouldn’t see Tingye.
She doesn’t know what to do.
"How much can’t you bear to leave me?" Tingye squinted his sly black eyes, staring at her without blinking.
As soon as he asked, like feeling embarrassed, his ears turned red, yet he stubbornly kept looking at Meimei, waiting for her answer.
"Huh?"
Meimei seemed surprised that he would ask such a question, innocently blinking at him, hesitated for a few seconds, then quickly returned to her senses, raising her little face.
"Can’t bear can’t bear, the person I can’t bear most is Tingye. Can Tingye go with me?"
Meimei clasped her hands in a pleading gesture, earnestly requesting Tingye.
Tingye looked at her eager gaze, felt as if a warm current passed through his heart, he reached out, rubbed her little head.
"I will wait for you to come back here."
"..."
Meimei lowered her head in disappointment, responding weakly, "Oh."
She really wouldn’t see Tingye for a very long time, just thinking about it made her heart heavy.
Meimei summoned the courage to look up, wanting to show a beautiful smile so Tingye would always remember her happy face, but tried for a long time and couldn’t manage a smile, then burst into tears!
Her small body slid off the chair, flinging herself into Tingye’s arms, little arms tightly hugging his waist, "Tingye, I will definitely come back for you, you mustn’t forget me!"