Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1028 - 1024: Innocent Friendship

"Of course my mom is great!"

Xu Xiangyang’s face flushed instantly when he heard this. Even though he hadn’t seen his mom for a long time, he would never allow anyone to speak ill of her.

"You are not allowed to say bad things about my mom! She’s the best mom in the whole world!"

Dou Dou was startled by his suddenly raised voice, her small mouth immediately pouted, and her eyes turned red with grievance as she defended herself: "It wasn’t me who said your mom was bad, it was your dad!"

"My dad’s not a good person!"

Xu Xiangyang continued to shout, his tone full of disdain.

"My grandma says he’s a jerk, a big liar..."

Duoduo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly had a jolt in her heart when she heard the word "liar," as if she had remembered something important. She quickly leaned forward and asked urgently, "Did you say your dad is a liar?"

Xu Xiangyang’s voice instantly weakened, and his head lowered. He nervously clutched the strap of the burlap sack, fearing Duoduo despised him for having a liar dad and looked down on him.

He mumbled, "That’s... that’s what grandma said, she said he’s full of lies, just likes deceiving people... and I don’t like him either..."

After confirmation, Duoduo felt a sudden panic, hurriedly turning to Dou Dou to say, "Oh no, we might have been tricked by his dad!"

Dou Dou blinked her big eyes, looking puzzled: "But I didn’t give him any money, what did he trick us about?"

Duoduo was stumped by the question, and couldn’t think of what exactly Xu Youliang had deceived them about, but just felt something was off, her mind in turmoil.

"How about we go back and ask my brother?" Duoduo pondered for a long time and suggested.

"Didn’t you say this is our little secret, and not to tell Potato?" Dou Dou immediately retorted.

"Well... then let’s go ask Sister Xiao Yue!"

Duoduo’s eyes lit up with another idea.

"Sister Xiao Yue knows everything, she’ll definitely know what’s going on!"

"That’s a good idea!" Dou Dou immediately nodded, and stood up suddenly, "Let’s go back now!"

"Are you... are you leaving?"

Beside them, Xu Xiangyang was confused by what he heard but felt a surge of loss when he saw the two about to leave.

He didn’t have many friends, and it was rare to meet Dou Dou and Duoduo who were willing to talk to him, yet he thought it was because he said his dad was a liar and upset them, so they didn’t want to be friends with him anymore.

"Yeah, we have to go home now."

Duoduo nodded and reminded, "You should go back too, your mom is probably already at your house looking for you."

"My mom?"

Xu Xiangyang looked up sharply, full of disbelief.

"Yeah!" Dou Dou interjected, "We told your mom where you’re staying, and she said she wants to see you!"

"R-really?" Xu Xiangyang’s voice trembled, his face in disbelief.

"Of course it’s true!" Seeing his disbelief, Dou Dou immediately pouted, a bit angry, "We are good kids, never lie!"

Looking at Dou Dou’s determined expression, Xu Xiangyang finally believed, his heart instantly filled with immense joy, clutching the plastic bag in excitement.

"Then I’ll head back first!"

He picked up the bag and rushed towards home, his steps as if carried by the wind, eager to see his mom right away.

But after a few steps, he suddenly stopped, frowning deeply.

Dou Dou said it was dad who told them mom’s whereabouts? But dad had died a long time ago, how did they see him?

Moreover, if dad was a liar, could he have deceived them?

Filled with questions, he suddenly turned around, only to find the roadside empty, nowhere to be seen Dou Dou and Duoduo’s figures.

"Dou Dou? Duoduo?"

Xu Xiangyang tentatively called twice, looking around, but this small path could be seen from end to end, with nowhere to hide people.

He rubbed his eyes hard, baffled, if it weren’t for the half-bottle of unconsumed orange juice on the curb, he would have almost thought everything just now was a dream.

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"I’m back!"

As soon as Dou Dou’s figure stood firm, she shouted out loud.

In the living room, Xiao Ya, who was accompanying Tang Tang with building blocks, turned around immediately when she heard the sound.

Her movement caught Tang Tang’s attention, and the little one turned around, grinning upon seeing Dou Dou, and sprinted towards the balcony with her short legs.

"Han~"

"Don’t come over here!"

Dou Dou was shocked at the sight and turned to scurry into the house.

Duoduo, however, ignored her embarrassment and walked towards Tang Tang.

Unexpectedly, as they crossed paths, Tang Tang suddenly reached out her small hands and hugged Duoduo around the waist.

"Han~han~"

Tang Tang laughed silly, drooling down the corner of her mouth. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Duoduo froze on the spot, looking down at the little one clinging to her, helpless: "Why are you holding me?"

"Play with me."

Tang Tang mumbled unclearly, whether she was responding to Duoduo or just wanted to say the phrase.

Dou Dou turned back to see Tang Tang not chasing her but clinging to Duoduo instead. At first, she breathed a sigh of relief, but then a trace of inexplicable sadness rose in her heart.

She muttered softly, "Obviously, we’re her best friends..."

"You go play with Xiao Ya, I have questions for Sister Xiao Yue."

Duoduo pinched Tang Tang’s earlobe; the little one’s earlobe was large and soft, with a great feel.

Tang Tang got tickled by the gesture, giggling and snuggling into her arms.

Inside, Shen Siyuan and Taozi heard the noise and came out of their room.

"Duoduo and Dou Dou are back."

Shen Siyuan greeted with a smile, glancing over the faces of the two little ones.

"Brother."

"Potato."

The two spoke in unison, but both guiltily averted their eyes, not daring to meet Shen Siyuan’s gaze.

Shen Siyuan noticed this and couldn’t help but find it amusing, but he didn’t point out their little secret.

"You’re looking for Xiao Yue, right? She’s inside reading."

Shen Siyuan pointed to the adjacent recreation room, as it was very soundproof, Xiao Yue hadn’t heard the commotion outside.

"Then let’s go find Sister Xiao Yue!"

Duoduo pulled Dou Dou and immediately dashed with short legs towards the recreation room.

Tang Tang saw them about to leave and wanted to follow. However, just as she reached the door, the door to the recreation room slammed shut from inside, blocking her outside.

The little one instantly panicked, standing with arms akimbo and stomping her feet, then running to Shen Siyuan, tugging at his trousers, pointing at the recreation room door, "Ooh ooh" yelling incessantly, looking extremely aggrieved.

Shen Siyuan found it somewhat amusing and reached out to pick her up when the phone rang; it was Zhong Xiaonan calling.

Shen Siyuan had just asked her to look into the current family information of Xu Youliang’s ex-wife, and he didn’t expect to get results so soon.