Chapter 979: Our Little One

Her train of thought was suddenly disrupted for a moment.

Not knowing what someone's intention was in coming here, Cai Xiaotang opened her mouth, then swallowed the words that had reached her lips.

Forget it...

The boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridge!

It's not like every amusement park in the world has a Ferris wheel!

Maybe there isn't even one inside at all!

Cai Xiaotang thought, deceiving herself, as she saw the amusement park gate right before her eyes.

Then, after parking the car, she walked inside with Li Xiao.

The first thing that met her eyes was a sea of people.

There seemed to be some kind of event at the amusement park today, so there were an unusually large number of people.

And then...

There was that giant Ferris wheel in the distance, making it impossible for anyone to ignore.

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

It really is a case of fearing something and having it happen!!

Fearing that Li Xiao would open his mouth and say he wanted to head straight for the Ferris wheel, Cai Xiaotang hurriedly preempted him: "What should we play first? Do you want to go play something thrilling first? Do you dare?"

"Thrilling?"

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow; before he could even answer, a roller coaster roared past in the distance, leaving behind a deafening trail of screams.

He rarely came to places like this, but it wasn't as if he had never been.

Naturally, he wasn't afraid either.

However...

Li Xiao's gaze swept over the distant Ferris wheel calmly, a dark glint flashing in the depths of his eyes.

He then readily agreed: "Alright, I'll listen to you today. Which one shall we go to first?"

"The roller coaster it is!"

Cai Xiaotang immediately pointed forward, feeling a bit more at ease upon hearing him say he would listen to her.

As long as he listens to her!

Anyway, there are so many attractions in the amusement park!

It's not certain they'll even be able to finish them all!

It's fine to just ignore that Ferris wheel!

Cai Xiaotang thought to herself while hurriedly pulling Li Xiao toward the direction of the roller coaster.

The two of them bought VIP tickets, so they didn't have to wait in line much; after waiting for just a short while, they followed the queue and got on.

The seats happened to be two in a row.

Cai Xiaotang sat down, feeling somewhat excited, and immediately heard Li Xiao beside her suddenly ask: "Are you really not afraid?"

"Not afraid."

Cai Xiaotang looked smug.

Immediately after, she heard—"I'm afraid."

Someone spat out those three words lightly, just like when he had calmly said "I'm afraid of the dark" in the elevator earlier.

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaotang was speechless and rolled her eyes in her heart.

Afraid?

As if he would actually be afraid!

At least put on an act!

Who says they're afraid in such a bossy tone!

He must be wanting to... again.

Just as Cai Xiaotang was thinking this, she suddenly felt her hand being firmly enveloped.

Li Xiao's voice sounded again.

"I'll have to trouble you to hold my hand; it will feel a bit better this way."

The amusement in his tone was almost impossible to hide.

"You..."

Cai Xiaotang instinctively wanted to retort, but the bell for the roller coaster to start had already rung.

The car slowly started moving.

Cai Xiaotang had no choice but to swallow all the words that had reached her lips, quickly lowered her eyes to glance at their joined hands, and the corners of her lips curled up briefly.

Holding hands while riding the roller coaster... that could count as a special memento.

"Click... click..."

After traveling a distance, the roller coaster began to climb slowly.

As if to deliberately tease everyone, it reached the highest point and didn't drop down immediately, but stopped right there!

"Ahhh!!!"

Some people couldn't help but start screaming.

Cai Xiaotang, however, was completely unruffled, and even had the mood to admire the scenery of the entire amusement park from the high vantage point.

Then, she felt the back of her hand being lightly grazed by someone.

"Hm?"

She instinctively turned her head to look at the person beside her.

However, because of the obstruction of the safety equipment stuck on both sides of her shoulders, she could not see very clearly.

"Cai Xiaotang."

Li Xiao seemed to have called out to her.

Cai Xiaotang did not hear it clearly and could not help but slightly furrow her brows.

The next second—"I..."

"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!"

The four light, floating words mixed together with the sudden scream, and were then blown away by the wind.

Cai Xiaotang felt the wind whistling past her ears; before her eyes was an inverted scene, along with the few words she seemed to have heard just now, yet also seemed not to have heard at all.

What did Li Xiao say just now?

She seemed to have heard...

Not sure if it was really those three words, Cai Xiaotang's heart also flew up along with the roller coaster dancing up and down.

Until the roller coaster slowly came to a stop, she was still somewhat lost in thought.

"Hiss—"

The safety equipment lifted automatically.

Yet Cai Xiaotang sat blankly in her seat, not moving.

Immediately after, she saw a hand gently waving in front of her eyes.

"Xiao Tang? Didn't you say you weren't afraid? How come you're so scared that you can't even speak?"

Li Xiao's teasing voice rang out, abruptly pulling back Cai Xiaotang's thoughts.

"Who said I was afraid!"

She hurriedly stood up, then looked at the person in front of her, somewhat hesitant to speak.

What exactly did Li Xiao say just now!

Was it really the three words she heard?

Or was it because she was too excited the moment the roller coaster dropped, causing her to hallucinate?

Cai Xiaotang could not help but slightly furrow her brows.

Li Xiao, however, remained in that calm and composed manner, as if everything really was just her illusion.

After a long while—"Let's go, let's go play something else."

Cai Xiaotang did not want to dwell on it anymore; she turned around quickly and walked toward the direction of the exit.

Behind her—Li Xiao followed slowly, his gaze sweeping gently over Cai Xiaotang's back, and the corners of his lips curled up silently.

Just now...

It was indeed a bit impulsive.

He had originally intended to save it for the very end to say...

He wondered how much she had actually heard?

Neither of the two mentioned what happened just now, turning instead to play several other very challenging attractions.

After getting off the Pirate Ship, Cai Xiaotang finally waved her hand and suggested going to the seats nearby to rest for a while.

"You rest, I'll go buy something. What do you want to drink?"

Li Xiao asked.

"Water is fine."

Cai Xiaotang was not polite either; she replied casually and walked toward the seating area alone.

Then, not long after, she saw Li Xiao walking back carrying two bottles of water.

In his other hand, he was also holding a very cute-looking ice cream, with a small bear cookie wearing a bowknot stuck on top.

"Wow..."

As soon as she saw the ice cream, Cai Xiaotang's eyes indeed lit up immediately, and she took it directly.

"Where did you buy this? Why didn't I see it just now?"

Cai Xiaotang stared at the ice cream in her hand, finding it so cute that she could not bear to take a bite.

"Right over there in front."

Li Xiao pointed casually at an ice cream cart in the distance.

"I saw a lot of people gathered around, so I went over to take a look..."

As he spoke, seeing Cai Xiaotang carefully stick out the tip of her tongue to lick the ice cream, a dark light flashed abruptly in the depths of his eyes.

His tone also unconsciously became a few degrees lower—"Since other little friends all have someone to buy them ice cream, then our family's little friend must, of course, have one too."

Cai Xiaotang's hand holding the ice cream tightened abruptly.

Her entire heart seemed to float up in an instant.

What is this guy saying with such a straight face!

What does he mean by "our family's little friend"!!!