Chapter 62

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After breakfast, Zhang Tan asked the three girls to wait in the schoolyard while he went to get the car.

Watching Zhang Tan leave, Huang Meimei looked down at the two little ones, who were whispering and chatting away, showing no intention of talking to her.

Huang Meimei suddenly felt very pitiful and superfluous. She had volunteered to take care of the little babies, but they didn't like her. Look, none of them were even chatting with her; she couldn't be the caring big sister.

Sigh~~~ Wouldn't it be better to use this time to watch dramas and admire handsome men?

But she was an adult and couldn't take things seriously with children. She had to actively integrate into the kids' group, so she initiated a conversation with Xiao Bai: "Xiao Bai, why aren't you wearing the new clothes from yesterday?"

Last night, she had come to the school and knew that Xiao Bai had received three new outfits. The little one was both excited and awkward, like winning a lottery, initially not daring to believe it, but then becoming very secretive after confirming it.

Kids, when they get new clothes, usually can't wait to wear them and show them off to everyone, but today Xiao Bai wasn't wearing them.

Today, Xiao Bai was still wearing the No. 33 jersey, which was a bit big, like she had secretly worn her brother's clothes, making her look very small.

Hearing this, Xiao Bai finally paused her chat with Xiao Mi, stood by Huang Meimei's feet, looked up at her, and asked, "Do you think I'm not cute?"

Calling a child not cute is like calling a girl fat; it's a mean thing to do, and Huang Meimei couldn't bring herself to do such a bad thing.

"No, I think you're super cute."

"Hehehe~~~" Xiao Bai let out an exaggerated laugh, a very smug and sly one.

Huang Meimei noticed she was being closely watched by Xiao Mi.

Xiao Mi's big eyes were full of hope.

"Xiao Mi, you're also very cute." Huang Meimei, who wanted to be a caring big sister, knew what the kids wanted and promptly offered a compliment.

Xiao Mi happily bounced a couple of times, held Xiao Bai's hand, and skipped to the door where Zhang Tan had already arrived.

"Let's go, the car is here." Huang Meimei called the two kids to get in the car.

Xiao Bai put on her backpack and instructed Xiao Mi, "Xiao Mi, follow me, I'll take care of you."

When they reached the car, Huang Meimei asked if they wanted to be carried in, but Xiao Bai refused and climbed in herself. Seeing this, Xiao Mi also tried to climb in, huffing and puffing, pushing the one who went in first and being pulled by the one who went in first, like climbing a mountain.

The two kids sprawled on the back seat. Xiao Bai looked around, very curious about the car. Yesterday, she had gotten into a police car, hugged the steering wheel, and refused to get out, almost being taken to the police station, which scared her to death. Today, it shouldn't happen again, right? That wouldn't be good for kids, right?

Zhang Tan looked back, got out of the car, and came to the back to fasten their seat belts.

"Uncle, are you tying me up?"

As she said this, she quietly took out a small water gun, aiming it at Zhang Tan, remembering what her aunt had told her.

"Just fastening the seat belt, it's for safety," Zhang Tan said.

At the same time, Xiao Mi nodded at Xiao Bai. Compared to the naive Xiao Bai, Xiao Mi had much more "experience," riding in police cars to and from kindergarten every day, which no other kid got to do.

Xiao Bai quietly put away the water gun and put it in her backpack.

Zhang Tan didn't know that he had almost met his end at that moment. He closed the car door and returned to the driver's seat.

Xiao Bai suddenly fished out 10 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Zhang Tan, "Uncle, my aunt gave this to you."

Zhang Tan was puzzled, "For me? 10 yuan? What for?"

Xiao Bai seriously said, "You're taking Xiao Bai out to play, so you get the money."

"..."

Zhang Tan knew Xiao Bai's personality. If he refused, it would take a lot of effort, so he just asked her to keep it and give it to him when they returned.

Xiao Bai agreed, and Xiao Mi, panicking, whispered that she didn't have any money.

Zhang Tan said that the police sister had already paid, so she didn't need to pay again, which made Xiao Mi feel much better.

Xiao Bai's little hand kept digging in her backpack, pulling out an egg and happily offering it to Xiao Mi, then digging again and offering another one to Zhang Tan, then digging again and offering one to herself, saying she needed to grow up quickly, and finally, before Huang Meimei cried, digging out another egg and offering it to her.

Huang Meimei's heart was half sea and half fire. This status was too low! First! Last!

Zhang Tan, adding salt to the wound, laughed and said, "What warm eggs, what warm kids. Xiao Bai, I suspect you have a chicken in your backpack."

Xiao Bai quickly hugged her backpack and happily said there were two chickens inside, then hugged Xiao Mi and said, "Xiao Mi feeds the chickens."

Today's donation event was organized by a group called the Micro Light Volunteer Association, in collaboration with a summer camp, setting up donation points on Jiujiang Street to collect clothes. It was a monthly routine event, with the only difference being that this time, junior high school students were involved and played a leading role.

Zhang Tan found this event online and contacted them. Since it was all about charity, the organizers happily agreed to his request to bring the kids.

It took about 15 minutes to drive to the location, a small square on Jiujiang Street, near a residential area. The event had been promoted online and offline for three days, and residents with donation intentions had already prepared their items, ready to bring them over today or call the organizers to pick them up.

"We're here, let's go."

Zhang Tan said, instinctively reaching for Xiao Bai's hand, but after two attempts, he was puzzled. Looking down, he saw Xiao Bai had her hands tightly behind her back, staring at him with a wary look, not saying a word, looking very fierce.

"Can't, can't hold hands?" Zhang Tan asked tentatively.

"What are you doing! Hmph!"

Xiao Bai, with her hands behind her back, followed Huang Meimei, surpassing Zhang Tan, and then quickly moved her hands to the front, holding them in front of her, guarding against him 360 degrees.

How untouchable, Zhang Tan thought. Not holding hands, fine! There are plenty of girls who want to hold my hand, I don't need you, little bean.

Zhang Tan looked at the obedient Xiao Mi, who, scared, also put her hands behind her back and ran to find Xiao Bai.

(￣ェ￣;)

Little sprout!

Zhang Tan was puzzled. Why was Xiao Bai so wary of him? Hadn't she given him several "good person cards"? He was a certified good person, so holding a little hand shouldn't be a problem, right?

And she had even influenced Xiao Mi.

Huang Meimei, seeing this, felt a sense of schadenfreude. Finally, Zhang Tan was also rejected by Xiao Bai, hahaha.

She tentatively tried to hold Xiao Bai's hand. If Zhang Tan couldn't touch her, could she? They were both girls, so it shouldn't matter, right?

"What are you doing!"

This time, Xiao Bai was more direct, directly lashing out, piapiapia, chasing Huang Meimei's "evil hand," scaring her into retracting it, misunderstanding, misunderstanding.

Huang Meimei was full of black lines, (((;)))

"Ha ha ha~~~"

Zhang Tan couldn't help but laugh. It turned out Xiao Bai was wary of both men and women.

Huang Meimei glared at him, also putting her hands behind her back to prevent him from holding them, focusing on serving the two kids.

Zhang Tan looked at Xiao Bai walking in front of him. Her wariness was so high, reflecting a lack of security in her heart from a psychological perspective.

This was a child who appeared strong and fierce on the outside but was sensitive and fragile inside, having experienced something that made her this way.

She was only 4 and a half years old.

Zhang Tan and Huang Meimei escorted the kids to the site, first meeting with the event organizers to explain their purpose.

The organizer was a woman in her 30s, who looked down at the two little ones with backpacks, smiled, and greeted them, "Welcome, I hope you have a good time today."

Xiao Mi was a bit shy and didn't say anything, while Xiao Bai, representing the kids, responded, "Welcome you."

The organizer was taken aback, then laughed, "Welcome me, thank you."

Xiao Bai: "Hehe, welcome me, thank you."

Silly, even she was confused by what she said.

Zhang Tan and the others, following the arrangements, were responsible for receiving the donated clothes.

The site was divided into eight groups, each with four people, consisting of one member of the volunteer association and three kids.

In Zhang Tan's group, in addition to the four of them, another member of the volunteer association joined, a young woman.

"You two are so cute, participating in public welfare activities at such a young age." The young woman thought Zhang Tan and the kids were a family.

One could only say what kind of eyesight, Huang Meimei took the opportunity to glare at Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan: →_→, oh, this girl was even dissatisfied with him.

"These are all my sisters," he introduced.

The volunteer girl was surprised, "Three, all three?"

"Yes, all my sisters," Zhang Tan said, pointing to Huang Meimei, saying she was the older sister, pointing to Xiao Bai, the second sister, and pointing to Xiao Mi, the third sister.

The two kids had no objections, not understanding anyway. They were just looking around, curious and excited, while the older sister had a lot of objections.

"What nonsense! I'm your sister!" Huang Meimei said, dissatisfied.

She was 24 years old, while Zhang Tan was only 22, who was older, who was the brother, who was the sister?

Zhang Tan argued, "Maturity isn't determined by age, you're my sister."

"Don't be shameless."

Huang Meimei ignored him, took out four yellow vests, the work uniforms for this public welfare activity, two large and two small. The small ones were still too big for Xiao Bai and Xiao Mi, as they were originally prepared for junior high school students, and two kindergarten-aged kids couldn't possibly fit into them.

Huang Meimei found a staff member and asked if there were smaller ones, and indeed, she found two super-mini vests, prepared for families participating together.

Putting them on Xiao Bai and Xiao Mi, they fit perfectly, and they were ready.

At 8:30 in the morning, people started to wake up and go out, many carrying clothes to donate.

"Come on, come on, here we are~~"

Xiao Bai wasn't shy at all, calling everyone over, addressing older people as uncles and grandmas, and younger people as brothers and sisters, her mouth as sweet as honey.

Zhang Tan originally thought she would be a domineering and cute boss, scaring people away, but it turned out she was a sweet and innocent girl.

Xiao Mi was initially shy, but after being pulled by Xiao Bai a few times, seeing no one laughing at her, she gained confidence and joined in, calling out, "Come on, come on, come quickly."

When people brought clothes, Xiao Bai, like a chatterbox, would chat with them, usually asking if the clothes belonged to their baby, if not, whose, and so on.

Zhang Tan, busy organizing the clothes, said to Huang Meimei, "Our group's 'business' is the best, showing how important the front desk is."

Huang Meimei looked at Xiao Bai and Xiao Mi, saying they were like lucky cats, come on, come here.

The 'business' being too good wasn't good either, as Zhang Tan was afraid the kids would get too tired, so he often let them rest on the side, drinking bear-shaped drinks and eating snacks.

...

This Saturday morning passed by quickly but was very fulfilling. Xiao Bai and Xiao Mi had a layer of sweat on their foreheads, their faces beaming with bright smiles.

The afternoon work involved sorting and organizing the collected clothes, which Zhang Tan and the others didn't participate in, as their activity was over.

Before leaving, the event organizer, a big sister, specially came to praise the two kids, saying they had worked hard all morning without complaining, which was really great, and finally, gave them two pink children's sippy cups.

Xiao Bai immediately looked at Zhang Tan, unsure if she should accept them.

Zhang Tan said, "You did a lot today, this is a gift from the big sister, so accept it."

The kids then accepted the gifts.

Zhang Tan said, "Are you hungry? Let's find a place to eat."