TFRLTOP Chapter 92 Part 2

Never mind proper form—if the ball went flying, she was a champion.

Sweat beaded on her forehead as she played, all her earlier gloom completely gone. She looked like a determined little radish, bouncing around with endless energy.

Before they left, Xiao Yunmu topped up his membership card with another twenty thousand yuan, planning to bring her back again.

That card had been collecting dust for ages—he hadn’t expected it to finally see the light of day again.

After that, he took her horseback riding and to an archery range. Mingming had tried both before, so even in her five-year-old body, she picked things up fast. The staff adored kids to begin with, and when they saw how talented she was, the praise poured in nonstop.

Mingming was so proud, she was practically wagging an invisible tail.

“Brother, am I amazing? Am I?”

“You’re amazing,” Xiao Yunmu said, tapping her nose with a smile.

By the end of the day, Mingming was completely exhausted but overjoyed, and Xiao Yunmu had done nothing except trail after her and recharge memberships everywhere they went.

In a single day, he’d spent close to a hundred thousand yuan on fees.

When Mingming realized it later, she was stunned. The world of the rich… I’ll never understand it!

After a day of nonstop play, she was sore all over that night, sprawled on the couch and groaning dramatically.

Xiao Yunmu sat beside her, massaging her arms and legs.

Neither of them had taken her actual stamina into account—one didn’t think of himself as a kid, and the other forgot she was one.

It took Mingming two or three days of loafing around at home to recover.

As soon as she got her energy back, she started pestering him again to go out.

This time, Xiao Yunmu took her to the zoo.

The zoo—every kid’s favorite place.

Sure, the smell wasn’t exactly pleasant, but it was a chance to “connect with nature” (a.k.a. buy overpriced snacks to feed the animals).

No child could resist that kind of temptation.

Mingming was no exception.

“Brother, brother! I want to feed the pigeons!”

“Okay.”

“Brother! I want to feed the monkeys!”

“Okay.”

“Brother! I want to feed the hippos!”

“Okay—wait, no. That one’s for the zookeepers. Xiao Xinqi! Don’t you dare try to steal that watermelon! You’ll drop it on your head!”

Mingming pouted and pulled her hand back.

To cheer her up, Xiao Yunmu hoisted her onto his shoulders and walked closer to the giraffes.

One of the giraffes bent its long neck down toward her, and from up high, Mingming suddenly realized the “high ground” wasn’t so great—she shrieked as the giraffe leaned in and gave her face a huge, sloppy lick.

“Ew, gross! It stinks!” Mingming nearly burst into tears.

Flustered, Xiao Yunmu hurried to set her down and carried her off to wash her face.

Afterward, she tilted her chin up proudly. “Does it smell nice now? Huh? Still stinky?”

Xiao Yunmu squeezed her cheeks. “Smells great! You’re fine, don’t worry.”

“I don’t believe you. Prove it—kiss me.”

He scooped her up and planted a big kiss on her cheek. “Happy now, little piglet?”

“You’re the pig,” she retorted.

“Was it fun?” he asked.

Mingming’s annoyance instantly vanished. “Super fun!”

Xiao Yunmu grinned smugly. See? Making a kid happy isn’t that hard.

Then Mingming thought of something. “Brother, don’t you have to go to work?”

Xiao Yunmu felt a wave of warmth. She’s worried about me—what a sweet kid.

“Work can wait,” he said. Spending time with you comes first.

Too bad the five-year-old Xiao Xinqi—or rather, the twenty-one-year-old Mingming inside—didn’t catch his meaning.

She frowned. “But you’re only eighteen. Don’t you have school? What, did you not get into college?”

Her expression was pure pity, like even a rich kid needs a degree, right?

Xiao Yunmu: “…”

He could practically read her thoughts from her face. This little brat…

“While things can get a little hectic before taking over the company,” he said dryly, “I still manage to balance my studies.”

“Then…” Mingming began.

He shot her a look and snorted. “Then I ended up with a little piglet to raise. Had to drive her to school, pick her up every day, and get called in by teachers all the time. So I took a leave of absence.”

Mingming: “…”

Why did she suddenly feel guilty?

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek with a loud mua. “Brother, you’re such a good person! The best! I’ll love you forever—and when I grow up, I’ll definitely repay you!”

Xiao Yunmu couldn’t help but laugh. He brushed her nose with his finger. “And what does a little girl like you know, about love?”

Still, he was curious. What exactly did she mean by “repay”?

What kind of ideas could a five-year-old possibly have? Probably something like I’ll study hard and buy you a big house someday.

But he asked anyway. “So how do you plan to repay me?”

Mingming said earnestly, “You raised me when I was little, so when you’re old—”

Xiao Yunmu’s brows lifted, genuinely touched. He leaned in to listen.

“I’ll mooch off you!”

Xiao Yunmu: “…”

He exhaled slowly.

“…Right. Into the trash you go.”