Back Then, I Adored You

“See! Your daughter already said so, and yet you’re still trying to lie to me!” Qin Zhi’ai became increasingly angry as she spoke and, eventually, she smashed the bag of his socks she had packed into his face.

What the f*ck is going on?

Gu Yusheng almost wanted to kneel before Qin Zhi’ai to prove his innocence. “Xiao’ai, I really did not…”

Little Peanut began to imitate Qin Zhi’ai’s tone of voice, saying, “Daddy, stop denying it! You did! I have proof! The big sister said ‘Sorry, the number you called was busy…’”

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When Little Peanut was five-years-old, just before Chinese New Year, Old Master Gu sad to her, “Little Peanut, give your great grandfather the most precious New Year’s gift, and great grandfather will give you a big red packet, okay?”

When Little Peanut heard the words “big red packet,” she blinked her big, round eyes and nodded her head at Old Master Gu with a glow before she replied in a nasally voice, “Alright, Great Grandfather. No problem.”

After leaving the Gu mansion, Little Peanut began to rack her brain to think about what the most precious gift would be. When she arrived home, she dug out all her toys. She felt that every one of them was precious but also that every one of them was not that precious. Just when she was almost out of juice, she suddenly recalled that she had accidentally stumbled across a small, colorful foil packet when she went into her parents’ room to steal the iPad to watch cartoons. Back then, before she’d had a chance to carefully examine it, Qin Zhi’ai had come into the bedroom and discovered her and quickly snatched the packaged condom away from her, saying in an unusually nervous and sharp tone of voice, “Little Peanut, you’re not allowed to touch this so carelessly!” She then hid the packet again in a cabinet that she could lock.

Little Peanut ditched the toys in her hands and began to bite her fingers as she cocked her head to stare at her parents’ bedroom. Her small face had a serious expression as she began to think.

In all the TV shows, things that cannot be carelessly touched and that are also hidden are usually precious, so that colorful little square must be precious.

Little Peanut dramatically nodded her head, becoming increasingly certain of the square’s value.

Great Grandfather said that he would give me a big red packet if I gave him a precious gift. If I gave him many precious gifts, then wouldn’t I be able to get many big red packets?

Thus, on New Year’s Eve, Old Master Gu received a big box of condoms at the dining room table. He looked at all the bright, shiny, small squares with embarrassment on his wrinkled face and, as he was helpless about what to say or do, Little Peanut reached out her tiny hands. “Great Grandfather, that’s a total of a hundred precious gifts. You need to give me a hundred big red packets!”

After saying this, Little Peanut remembered that her mother had taught her that a polite child would thank others after receiving something from them and so, she added on in her most youthful voice, “Thank you, Great Grandfather!”