Chapter 541 - 540: Well-Behaved Children

Lu Yunque had walked in with bags big and small right in front of all the children. By now, they were probably already buzzing with anticipation for new toys.

"Come on, let’s go give the children their presents!"

Yun Zijin could tell with a single glance which gifts were for the children and which were for the adults at the orphanage.

So, without even needing a reminder from Lu Yunque, Yun Zijin picked up the bag containing the children’s gifts herself.

Lu Yunque hurried forward and took the bag from Yun Zijin’s hands.

"It’s too heavy. Let me!"

Yun Zijin didn’t argue with him. After all, they were all going to be given out in a moment anyway.

"Matron, we’re heading out."

"Go on, go on. They must be getting restless."

Thinking about how the children outside were craning their necks in anticipation when she first came in, she found it rather amusing.

Sure enough, as soon as Yun Zijin and Lu Yunque stepped out of the living room, they saw several children outside craning their necks to look inside.

Anyone who didn’t know better would have thought they were pretending to be giraffes.

"Sister Zi Jin is here!"

"Sister Zi Jin!"

A swarm of children rushed toward Yun Zijin. She quickly knelt down, catching the fastest child, who had leaped into her arms.

Lu Yunque stood to the side, watching Yun Zijin hold little Xingxing, and felt a pang of jealousy.

’Even I rarely get that kind of treatment!’

"Alright, everyone! I brought you all gifts. If you want a present, come and form a line!"

Lu Yunque walked over to a stone table under a large tree and placed the gifts he was holding on it.

Then, he started taking the gifts out of the bags one by one.

He had barely set out a small portion of them when he had already captured the attention of quite a few children.

"Wow! It’s Princess Elsa!"

"I see Snow White!"

"I see a super cool toy car!"

"Ultraman!"

...

Their eyes drawn by the gifts, the children swarmed toward Lu Yunque.

"Mister, are all these gifts for us?"

"Yes, they’re all for you. You can see which one you like, but no snatching!"

To make himself seem more approachable, Lu Yunque crouched down, trying to be at eye level with the children.

"I want Princess Elsa!"

"I want the toy car!"

"I want the toy car too!"

Children’s tastes can be surprisingly similar sometimes, but Lu Yunque had prepared a different gift for each child, which created a difficult situation.

In this situation, giving the car to either child would likely make the other one cry.

This was his first official visit, and he couldn’t afford to make any children cry. That would leave a terrible impression.

Lu Yunque looked at Yun Zijin, his eyes pleading for help.

Yun Zijin understood his silent plea and turned to the two children who both wanted the toy car.

"Hao Hao, Xuanxuan, you both want the toy car, right?"

The two little boys nodded vigorously, looking at Yun Zijin with eager expressions.

"Sister Zi Jin," Xuanxuan asked, "is it because there’s only one toy car?"

Yun Zijin was a little surprised. ’I can’t believe he guessed.’

"That’s right, Xuanxuan, you’re so smart! The big brother here didn’t know you both liked toy cars, so he only bought one. How about this: you two play rock-paper-scissors. The winner gets the toy car, and the other person can choose a different present, okay?

If you still want a toy car, I can get you one next time, alright?"

Yun Zijin tried to persuade the two boys.

"Sister Zi Jin, I don’t need to play rock-paper-scissors. Hao Hao is younger than me. I’m the older brother, so I’ll choose Ultraman. Give the toy car to Hao Hao."

Xuanxuan’s expression was serious as he announced his decision, each word spoken with perfect clarity.

Yun Zijin opened her mouth, unsure how to describe what she was feeling at that moment.

Seeing this, Lu Yunque also pressed his lips together and said nothing.

"Of course you can. Hao Hao, isn’t there something you want to say to Xuanxuan?"

Yun Zijin looked at Hao Hao. Although Xuanxuan had said he was older than Hao Hao...

...judging by their heights, they looked exactly the same age. If he was older, it couldn’t have been by more than a few months.

"Thank you, Xuanxuan! I’ll share my toy car with you!"

Little Hao Hao was happy to get the toy car, but he was also willing to share it with Xuanxuan, which warmed Yun Zijin’s heart.

It seemed both boys had been taught very well; they knew how to be considerate and how to share.

"Wow! That’s wonderful of you too, Hao Hao! Tonight, I’m going to ask the Matron to give you both an extra chicken leg!"

Hearing the promise of chicken legs, both boys’ eyes lit up and sparkled.

"Okay! Thank you, Sister Zi Jin!"

"You’re welcome. It’s a reward for being so well-behaved."

Yun Zijin patted each of the boys’ fluffy little heads. They felt very soft.

During the rest of the gift-giving, there were no more incidents of two children wanting the same toy, and both Yun Zijin and Lu Yunque breathed a silent sigh of relief.

"Next time you buy gifts, do you know what to do?"

Seeing the children all engrossed in their new toys, Yun Zijin leaned close to Lu Yunque’s ear and whispered.

Lu Yunque nodded with the deep understanding of someone who had just learned a valuable lesson. "Got it."

’Gifts for boys and girls can be different, but gifts for girls should be the same as other girls’, and gifts for boys should be the same as other boys’.’

’Otherwise, you end up with a situation like today. If the kids refuse to give in, you could end up making both of them cry if you don’t handle it well.’

’But if all the gifts were the same, this kind of problem wouldn’t happen.’

’However,’ Lu Yunque thought, ’I could have custom gift sets made, so each child receives a whole package of toys.’

’The sets would have a bit of everything, so there’d be no need to worry about who was fighting over what.’

’After all... what you have, I have. What you don’t have, I don’t have either.’

"Sister Zi Jin!"

Just then, little Xingxing walked up to Yun Zijin and looked up at her.

Yun Zijin quickly crouched down. "Xingxing, what is it?"

"Sister Zi Jin, why is the ’like’ a sister has for her boyfriend different from the ’like’ Sister Zi Jin has for Xingxing?"

Yun Zijin was dumbfounded.

’What in the world is that question?’

Lu Yunque was speechless.

He also hadn’t expected there to be a child in the group who was so relentlessly curious.

"They were just asking me who I was, and I told them I was your boyfriend. Then they asked what a boyfriend is, so I tried to explain it to them a little."

Yun Zijin shot Lu Yunque a look. ’Well, you could have explained it clearly! Now she’s asking me, so what am I supposed to say?’

"Well... you’ll understand when you’re older, Xingxing. You just need to know that Sister Zi Jin likes you, and that’s all that matters!"

Lu Yunque couldn’t explain it, and Yun Zijin didn’t know how to explain it either, so she had to resort to the cure-all excuse: you’ll understand when you’re older.

Although Xingxing didn’t seem entirely satisfied with this explanation, she reluctantly accepted it in the end.

"Okay then... In that case, I want to grow up fast!"

’So I can be my sister’s boyfriend!’