Chronicle of the 70s-Chapter 389 - 364: Sensitive

The sales clerk was startled at first when he saw Minmin, then looked worriedly towards Li Xianglu, wondering if they would misunderstand him as having kidnapped their child.

Li Xianglu lifted Minmin from inside. Minmin, who seemed to have had enough sleep, rubbed her eyes hazily and woke up. Seeing Li Xianglu, she paused, then looked around, and burst into tears upon seeing the sales clerk.

The sales clerk was frantically worried, what did this mean, did the child want to imply he had kidnapped her?

But Minmin, leaning woefully on Li Xianglu’s shoulder and with tears rolling down, spoke in a soft childlike voice: "Auntie, my mommy doesn’t want me anymore! Wuuu wuuu."

Li Xianglu quickly patted the child gently and comforted in a soft voice: "Oh dear, auntie’s little darling, what happened? Who bullied you? Tell auntie, and auntie will scold them for you!"

Minmin continued to sob, but she leaned comfortably against Li Xianglu.

Li Xianglu asked the somewhat surprised sales clerk: "Do you have an office here? I want to sit down with the child."

The sales clerk quickly pointed towards a door at the back: "There’s a storeroom there. If you don’t mind, you can sit there. There are chairs inside."

Li Xianglu thanked him and then entered with Minmin, gently closing the door behind her.

Inside the room, Minmin looked around, still crying softly in whimpers.

Li Xianglu hugged Minmin, and casually pulled out a handkerchief from the Storage Ring to wipe her tears, then took out a baby bottle filled with warm water, which she had prepared for the twins. The twins always needed water after waking up; water poured directly from a thermos was too hot, so she prepared some in advance and stored it in the Storage Ring for convenience.

Thus, it came in handy now. Minmin, being an obedient girl, was also thirsty and began to suck on the bottle, drinking more than half of it in one go.

Li Xianglu then put the bottle away and took out a warm egg tart and held it in her hand.

Minmin blinked curiously at the fragrant, orange-yellow treat in Li Xianglu’s hand and licked her lips.

Minmin had been missing for four hours now and was definitely hungry. Li Xianglu smiled, placed it near the child, and said: "Take a bite and try it. This is an egg tart, very delicious. Ba Yi and Ba’er love it."

Minmin obediently took a bite, her eyes widening, then took another bite.

Watching Minmin eat up the two egg tarts bit by bit, Li Xianglu then hugged her and asked: "Are you full now?"

Minmin leaned against Li Xianglu like a little kitten and nodded, saying: "I’m full, it was really tasty."

At this point, Li Xianglu quietly asked: "Minmin, why did you run away?"

Minmin’s little face wrinkled, the corners of her mouth pouting slightly, showing a look of reluctance to speak, her expression both stubborn and pitiful.

Li Xianglu sighed and said: "Your mom is extremely anxious, she thought you were taken away by bad people, she’s been terrified searching for you everywhere."

At that moment, Minmin opened her little mouth in surprise, "I wasn’t carried off by a bad person!"

Xianglu said, "Yes, Minmin wasn’t carried off by a bad person, she was naughty and hid by herself!"

Minmin’s little mouth puckered up in grievance and it took a while before she said, "Mommy likes Xinxin, not Minmin!"

Xianglu tapped Minmin’s little forehead and asked, "How do you know that?"

Minmin was a very precocious child, she began talking early and was more articulate than most children. She started to explain, "Mommy doesn’t sleep holding Minmin anymore, now she sleeps with Xinxin. Mommy also doesn’t feed Minmin anymore, she just holds Xinxin. Grandma does the same, and when buying clothes, she buys for Xinxin, not for Minmin!"

The child’s words were somewhat jumbled, but she expressed her current situation very seriously.

Xianglu sighed, this Anna, she just didn’t take my words seriously. Although the child is only three years old, she is very sensitive. So Xianglu began to explain how Minmin was also held by mommy and grandma when she was as young as Xinxin, and that the younger sister needed more care now. Minmin looked confused, yet still couldn’t understand.

Xianglu smiled, this matter still needed to be solved by Anna, the instigator. Xianglu could only help so much but couldn’t solve the root of the problem.

Then Xianglu said to Minmin, "Alright, my little princess, we have to go back now, your mommy is very worried, she’s probably crying at home!"

Upon hearing that her mommy was crying, Minmin started to get worried. Her expression was so adorable. At that moment, Xianglu thought of what Su Yan had said about having another daughter and sighed, not knowing if she was destined to have a daughter.

When Xianglu was carrying Minmin downstairs, she ran into the Lu family members who were coming upstairs, led by Anna. When Anna saw Minmin in Xianglu’s arms, she cried out and rushed over.

Xianglu quickly put the child down and hurriedly said, "Anna, don’t be like this, you’ll scare the child."

Anna abruptly stopped her cries and upon seeing the timid expression on Minmin’s face, she quickly said softly, "Minmin, where did you go, mommy was so worried!" As she spoke, tears started to fall.

Minmin also started crying, hugging Anna’s neck, feeling very aggrieved.

Xianglu quietly explained to Mrs. Lu next to her how she found Minmin. Everyone was extremely surprised, the child had actually hidden in the washing machine.

Anna was somewhat angry, feeling the child was too thoughtless and was even annoyed enough to consider punishing her, but Xianglu quickly held her back, her expression turning cold, "Anna, educating a child shouldn’t be rushed. You haven’t even asked why Minmin ran away and hid!"

Anna paused, seeing the obvious rejection and grievance on Minmin’s small face, she held back.

Throughout the journey, Xianglu didn’t speak, and Anna held onto Minmin, unwilling to let go. When the car dropped off the Lu Family, Xianglu said to Anna, "Anna, have a good talk with Minmin, don’t overlook her. Although Xinxin is young and needs care, it doesn’t justify neglecting Minmin."

After finishing her words, Xianglu quickly closed the car door and didn’t say anything more.

Anna held Minmin, her expression unclear, but Lu’s mother by her side looked somewhat displeased. After all, educating the child was her daughter’s family matter, and even if Xianglu was the elder sister-in-law, she shouldn’t embarrass her daughter like this.

As for Xianglu, she couldn’t manage that much. Her leg hurt a bit; in her panic, she hadn’t noticed it, but now as she relaxed, the pain surged, and she broke out in cold sweat.