In the living room.
The maid had placed a fruit platter as well as some snacks on the table. Little Sprout was playing with her video games. Tang Yuanyuan cheered for Little Sprout as she secretly reached out for grapes to pop into her and her friend’s mouth occasionally.
Little Bean voiced out his concerns when he saw them. “Tang Yuanyuan, don’t eat too much fruit after you just finish your meal.”
She had already eaten a lot during her meal just now. Eating so many fruits would be too much for her stomach.
Little Bean was advising her for her own good.
However, Tang Yuanyuan was taken aback when Little Bean called her out using her full name, and he sounded like he was pissed off. Then, Tang Yuanyuan looked up at Little Bean.
She felt confused when she saw that Little Bean was frowning and looked angry.
“I-I’m sorry, Yishu. I didn’t do it on purpose.”
Then, Tang Yuanyuan’s eyes reddened, and she stopped feasting on the grapes.
Little Bean was dumbfounded. “Why are you crying?”
He just didn’t want her to eat too much so that she wouldn’t get a stomach ache. Why did she cry?
Tang Yuanyuan’s eyes widened even more when she noticed that he looked even more impatient. Tears were threatening to fall out as she tried her best to hold it back and pursed her lips, not daring to say anything.
Little Sprout, too, sensed that something wasn’t right. Although she was still small, she stopped playing games and tilted her head at Tang Yuanyuan when she noticed that Tang Yuanyuan looked teary.
“I’m sorry, Yishu.” Tang Yuanyuan placed the greenish grapes back and whimpered, “I won’t eat it anymore. I won’t simply eat everything anymore. Please don’t be mad at me.”
Little Bean was confused. “When am I mad at you?
Then, he proceeded to stand up. However, it terrified Tang Yuanyuan so much that tears started falling. “I’m so sorry, Yishu. I really won’t do it anymore.”
When Han Muzi and Yan came out, they rushed over when they heard Tang Yuanyuan crying.
“What happened?”
Little Sprout tilted her head as she watched Tang Yuanyuan cry. She was confused.
However, Little Bean was stunned. He didn’t know what was happening at all. All he did was ask for her not to overeat. Why did she cry?
Was his tone too harsh?
Little Bean tried to recall how he sounded just now, but it didn’t seem like there was anything wrong with his tone.
“Yuanyuan?” Han Muzi reached out to pull Tang Yuanyuan into her embrace and wiped her tears off. “Don’t cry anymore. Tell me, what happened?”
Yan went over to Little Bean’s back before leaning down and pressed on Little Bean’s shoulder. “What happened? Did you bully that little girl?”
“I didn’t.” Little Bean sounded exasperated. “Everything was fine. Why would I bully her?”
“Then why did she cry?”
“I…”
Little Bean didn’t know what was wrong as wrong. He didn’t know that Tang Yuanyuan would cry because of what he said.
“After all, if you didn’t do anything to her, she wouldn’t have cried. Am I right?” Yan patted Little Bean’s shoulder. “You’re the big brother here, you know? Yuanyuan is just a child. You can’t bully her, okay?”
“Aunty Yan, I really didn’t bully her. I just gave her some advice.”
“You gave her advice? Was your tone too harsh?” Yan guessed what happened from what he said. “You should be more gentle when you’re talking to a girl. Don’t you know that? Look at how old you are right now. Then, look at how old Yuanyuan is.”
Little Bean was speechless.
Han Muzi could only console Tang Yuanyuan gently as Tang Yuanyuan continued crying. Then, she carried Tang Yuanyuan to Little Bean.
“Stop crying, Yuanyuan. I’ll get him to say sorry to you, okay?”
Tang Yuanyuan couldn’t help but feel that Little Bean seemed unhappy when she met his gaze. It seemed like he didn’t like her. Shaking her head, Tang Yuanyuan buried her head in Han Muzi’s chest and refused to say anything.
“Just apologize.” Yan pushed Little Bean slightly. “You better apologize after making the little girl cry.”
However, Little Bean stood unwavering as he pursed his lips tightly.
Why should he apologize when he did nothing wrong?
“Little Bean?”
They did not expect Little Bean to just turn around and leave. Even Yan couldn’t make him come back when she tried.
Tang Yuanyuan looked even more upset when Little Bean ignored her and left.
Even when Han Muzi tried to use food to cheer her up, Tang Yuanyuan just refused to eat.
Running out of ideas, Han Muzi had no choice but to contact Tang Yuanyuan’s parents, saying that she suddenly started crying and wouldn’t stop no matter how much they tried to coo her.
The Tang couple came in no time.
When Mrs. Tang carried Tang Yuanyuan, she noticed that Tang Yuanyuan’s eyes were reddish from all that crying and said apologetically, “I’m so sorry, she must have caused so much trouble for you guys.”
Han Muzi shook her head. “It’s fine. I didn’t know what happened to her and Little Bean because I wasn’t present. However, she suddenly started crying and ignored me no matter how much I tried to console her. But, I don’t think Little Bean bullied her as I’ve checked her body and found no signs of injuries.”
Mrs. Tang exclaimed, “Muzi, how could you say that? Little Bean isn’t like that. Yuanyuan must have been greedily eating because she cried for a few hours after I lectured her for wanting to snack last time.”
Han Muzi felt awkward. “Is that so?”
“That should be it. It’s fine; I’ll take her home first, seeing that she’s not in a good mood right now. I don’t want her causing trouble for you guys.”
Han Muzi initially wanted to say that it was fine. However, seeing that Tang Yuanyuan was still upset and crying, she could only nod as it was better for Tang Yuanyuan to be accompanied by her own parents.
The Tang couple took Tang Yuanyuan home after that.
After they left, Yan leaned on Han Muzi and commented, “They’re really nice to you. However, it seems like Tang Yuanyuan can really cry. She didn’t even stop after so long.”
“Maybe she felt wronged? I’ll ask Little Bean about it later tonight.”
Han Muzi didn’t want to place the blame on Little Bean. All she wanted to do was to understand the situation further by asking him about it later tonight.
When the two men came out of the kitchen after doing the dishes, they did not inquire anything when they realized that Little Bean and Tang Yuanyuan weren’t there.
Han Muzi got Yan to inform the others about what happened while she went to Little Bean’s room to look for him.
Little Bean was propped in his room as he sat in front of his laptop and was watching something.
He pondered for a moment before getting up to open the door when he heard knockings.
Little Bean saw Han Muzi standing outside after he opened the door.
“What are you doing? Can I come in?”
Little Bean moved to the side to allow Han Muzi to enter.
“What happened today? I thought Yuanyuan and you get along with each other well usually. Why did she suddenly cry?”
Little Bean felt annoyed as he didn’t know why Tang Yuanyuan cried as well. “I’m not sure.”
