Chapter 392: The lost little girl

They arrived at just the right time; a float parade was taking place on the main road of the park.

Young men and women dressed in various cartoon character costumes were dancing while parading.

Behind them were the atmosphere crew dressed in Santa Claus costumes, as well as Santa Claus driving a carriage.

Of course, there were no reindeer; there was only a young lady dressed in a reindeer costume.

On both sides of the road, tourists were taking photos with their phones or cameras, and from time to time, there were screams from the roller coaster nearby. The entire amusement park was filled with a happy and joyful atmosphere.

Xia Nuannuan was in high spirits, holding Qin Tian's hand and running forward, following the parade team.

Whenever they found a good spot and angle, she would have Qin Tian take a photo of her, or hold up her phone, and the two would huddle together for sweet selfies.

Happy Valley had only been open for half a year, and many locals in Jiangcheng hadn't visited yet, so its popularity remained very high.

Moreover, today was the Christmas theme day, and there were quite a lot of people in the amusement park—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was a sea of people.

For some of the more popular projects, the lines wrapped around several times.

After the parade ended, Xia Nuannuan wanted to play on the roller coaster over there, so they prepared to go queue up.

Halfway there, they suddenly heard a little girl crying.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a little girl with sheep-horn braids, about four or five years old, standing there crying helplessly and sadly.

"Waa... Mommy... where are you, waa..."

Judging from the information revealed in the little girl's crying, she must have been separated from her mother.

There were quite a few enthusiastic tourists standing around, and a middle-aged man who had brought his son to play was squatting there asking questions, wanting to help her.

However, the little girl only cared about crying and ignored the man completely.

"Brother, let's go over and take a look!"

Xia Nuannuan said to Qin Tian.

"Okay!"

Qin Tian nodded in agreement.

So, the two walked quickly to the crowd of onlookers.

"Tell Uncle, what's your name? Shall I take you to find your mommy?"

The middle-aged man asked with concern.

Beside the man, a boy with a tiger-headed look was licking a rainbow lollipop with relish, looking at the little girl with curiosity, as if he didn't understand why she was crying so miserably.

"No, waa... Mommy told me not to go with strange bad uncles, waa..."

The little girl glanced at the man through teary eyes and refused his kindness with a sob.

"Uh..."

The middle-aged man's face was both helpless and embarrassed.

The onlookers were also laughing and crying, and looking at the man's somewhat fierce appearance, they inexplicably wanted to laugh.

"Hey, this is my dad, he's not a bad guy!"

The little boy was unhappy and shouted at the girl.

The little girl was already feeling uneasy, and being scolded like that, she tilted her head back, opened her mouth, and cried even more miserably.

"You brat, what are you doing!"

The middle-aged man's face darkened, and he raised his hand and slapped his son on the back of the head.

The force of this slap wasn't actually heavy, but it looked quite fierce to the onlookers.

The boy seemed used to being beaten, touched the back of his head calmly, and pouted unconvinced. "I know you and Mommy like girls and want to give me a little sister. If she can't find her mommy, Dad, you can just take her home, and Mommy won't have to give birth again."

The little girl's crying stopped abruptly, and after two seconds of being stunned, she cried even more miserably.

The onlookers were also dumbfounded.

"Shut up, do you believe I'll beat you to death!"

The man's face darkened, and he raised his hand, about to hit him again.

The boy shrank his neck, stopped talking, and continued to eat the rainbow lollipop in his hand on his own.

"Eat, you only know how to eat. Give me that."

The man pointed to his son's jacket pocket and ordered.

Inside was an unopened one, the same kind of lollipop.

"No!"

The boy hurriedly covered his pocket, showing a nervous and determined expression.

"Are you going to give it to me or not? Don't you want your pocket money anymore?"

The middle-aged man threatened in a deep voice.

"Then I'll ask Mommy for it, anyway I won't give it to you."

The boy shook his head vigorously and took two steps back.

Under the gaze of the surrounding crowd, the middle-aged man felt his dignity as a father was being challenged, and his face became increasingly ugly, looking like he was about to lose his temper.

"Wait a moment, I have some here."

Xia Nuannuan shouted.

The crowd's gaze immediately focused on her.

Xia Nuannuan took a few White Rabbit creamy candies out of her pocket, walked over, leaned down, and handed them to the little girl.

"Little sister, here are some candies for you. We are not bad people, shall we take you to find your mommy?"

She had a bright smile on her face, trying to make her tone as gentle as possible.

The little girl stopped crying, looked at her, then looked at the candies in her hand, and a look of hesitation appeared on her young face.

"Let me do it!"

Qin Tian squatted down, took a creamy candy from Xia Nuannuan's hand, unwrapped the paper, and handed it to the little girl's mouth.

The little girl looked at his face, blinked her tear-reddened eyes, and to the surprise of the crowd, opened her mouth and ate the candy.

"Nuannuan, did you bring tissues? Give me one."

Qin Tian said.

"I did, I did."

Xia Nuannuan nodded hurriedly, took a pack of tissues from her pocket, and pulled out two to hand to him.

Qin Tian took the tissues, wiped the little girl's tears and snot gently, and asked with a bright smile, "What's your name?"

"Niuniu!"

The little girl replied vaguely.

"Niuniu, what a cute name. Do you remember your mommy's phone number? We'll call her and have her come here to find you, okay?"

Qin Tian suggested softly.

"Okay!"

The little girl nodded obediently, then thought for a moment and reported a string of numbers she had memorized many times, intermittently.

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly took out her phone and dialed the number.

The call went through smoothly, and an anxious woman's voice came from the other end.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Is this Niuniu's mommy?"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"Mommy, Mommy... I'm here, waa... Mommy, where did you go? I couldn't find you, waa..."

Hearing her mother's voice, the little girl immediately cried aggrievedly again.

While crying, she would occasionally smack the creamy candy in her mouth, adding to the intermittent sobs, which made her voice sound strange, a bit funny and a bit cute.

"Niuniu, don't cry, don't cry, Mommy is coming right over. May I ask where you are?"

"Mm... let me see..."

Xia Nuannuan looked around and then told the woman their location.

"Thank you, thank you so much, I'll be there right away."

"Alright, don't worry, Niuniu is fine, we'll wait for you here."

"Alright, thank you, thank you!"

The woman thanked them repeatedly.

"Your mommy is coming right over. Here, have these, stop crying, okay?"

Qin Tian put the remaining candies into the little girl's hand and said with a smile.

"Okay!"

Niuniu nodded and thanked them politely: "Thank you, handsome brother, thank you, beautiful sister."

Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan looked at each other and laughed happily.

The middle-aged man beside them watched this scene and sighed with a complex expression.

"Sigh, it's good to be handsome. I should have had a girl; she's so cute!"

"Well, you didn't pick up a little sister, Dad, you should just go back and have Mommy give birth to one!"

The little boy said coldly.

The middle-aged man blushed with shame and anger and glared at him.

The boy was prepared, turned around, and ran far away.

"Hahaha..."

The surrounding crowd burst into laughter upon hearing this. ===== CHAPTER 393 =====