Chapter 128: Grand Finale

Xiaobei took a careful bite, and his eyes instantly lit up. “Yummy! It’s really, really yummy!” In all his life, Xiaobei had never had such delicious little bear cookies. Staring with big, watery eyes, he asked Xiao Bao, “Did your mommy make this?”

Xiao Bao nodded. “Yeah!”

Xiaobei couldn’t help but let out a soft, “Wow.” He was so jealous of Xiao Bao right now. Xiao Bao had a mommy who could make such delicious cookies!

Watching Xiaobei eat the cookies from the sidelines, Shanshan started craving them too. He couldn’t resist asking, “Is it good, Xiaobei?” They were supposed to be bros! They had agreed to share good things together. How could Xiaobei just hog it all to himself?

Xiaobei had been so immersed in the delicious treat that he had completely forgotten about Shanshan until now. He immediately offered up his little bear cookies to share. “It’s super yummy, Shanshan! Try it!”

Shanshan eagerly took a cookie from Xiaobei’s hand. Just as he was about to take a bite, Xiaobei nervously reminded him, “Don’t take too big of a bite, Shanshan.”

Shanshan took a tentative bite. Immediately, he couldn’t stop nodding. It was good, really good! He had never eaten such a delicious cookie before. “Yeah, it really is good!” he exclaimed.

Xiao Bao immediately held up his own bag of cookies and asked Shanshan, “Do you want more? This one is a little bear, this one is a little sheep, this one is a little piggy… Which one do you want?”

Shanshan thought for a moment before replying, “I’ll eat the piggy one!”

Xiao Bao fished out a piggy cookie and pinched it in his chubby little fingers. Acting like a little adult, he made sure to instruct Shanshan, “You have to eat it slowly, Shanshan.”

Seeing that both Shanshan and Xiaobei were happily munching on cookies, Xiao Bao was thrilled and couldn’t resist showing off. “My mommy made these cookies! They’re so yummy!” Both Shanshan and Xiaobei were extremely envious of him now. Xiao Bao was so lucky!

Shanshan leaned in close to Xiao Bao and whispered, “Xiao Bao, did you know? Your mommy is really pretty.” Earlier, when Momo was in the room, Shanshan had been too shy to eat the cookies precisely because he found Xiao Bao’s mommy so pretty. Not just pretty, but gentle too.

Xiao Bao told him, “Shanshan, you can’t just look at the outside! Mommy said that when we look at a person, we shouldn’t just look at their outside.”

Shanshan stared at Xiao Bao with wide, curious eyes. “Then what should we look at?”

Xiao Bao earnestly explained to both Shanshan and Xiaobei, “Mommy said that a person’s looks will always fade, so we should look more at their inner beauty.”

Shanshan and Xiaobei exchanged glances. They secretly began to admire Xiao Bao; they never expected him to say something so philosophical and deep.

Munching happily on his fragrant cookie, Xiaobei asked curiously, “Xiao Bao, what’s ‘inner beauty’?”

With a completely serious expression, Xiao Bao explained to his two new friends, “Inner beauty means a person’s qualities. Like being hardworking, brave, kind, and optimistic… All of those are inner beauty.”

Xiao Bao thought to himself that when he grew up, he definitely wouldn’t just look at a girl’s outward appearance when finding a girlfriend. Instead, he would look at her inner beauty. He wanted to find a girl who was hardworking, brave, kind, and smart—just like his mommy. That was also the reason his daddy had secretly told him he loved his mommy.

Unable to hide his admiration, Shanshan said, “Wow, Xiao Bao, you know so much.”

Xiao Bao lifted his chin proudly. “Mommy told me all of this.”

Instantly, Xiao Bao’s standing skyrocketed in Shanshan and Xiaobei’s minds. After all, Xiao Bao knew so much and had such a pretty mommy. Because of this, both boys were now more than eager to play with him.

Xiao Bao continued to endlessly praise his mommy’s baking skills. As they ate their cookies, the group resumed their “social activities.”

Xiao Bao took the initiative to ask, “My name is Xiao Bao, and my daddy is Beiming Qianye. What’s your daddy’s name?”

“My name is Shanshan, and my daddy is Lu Bingsheng,” Shanshan replied.

Chewing on a cookie, Xiaobei also announced loudly, “My daddy is Ding Yiqiao!”

Just like that, thanks to the cookies, Xiao Bao, Shanshan, and Xiaobei finally broke the ice. They chatted about anything and everything under the sun.

A short while later, Xiao Bao invited Shanshan and Xiaobei to go look at the flowers in the yard.

“Wow, how come your house has so many pretty flowers?” Shanshan couldn’t help but ask.

“My mommy planted them!” Xiao Bao replied.