Little Red Carp was overjoyed. She scurried on her short legs to catch the shuttlecock and kicked it back to Leng Che.
"That's right, just like that! You're great, Brother Che!" Little Red Carp clapped. She had heard the old man call the older boy "Che'er." 'Now that we're friends,' she thought, 'I can call him Brother Che. A big brother to play with me!'
"Brother Che?" Leng Che murmured. For the first time, he thought the name didn't sound half bad.
The two of them kicked it back and forth for a while.
Watching Little Red Carp's smile, Leng Che smiled too. His usual stern expression vanished, replaced by a touch of boyishness.
Although Liu Wenqiang was fond of Little Red Carp, he found playing children's games incredibly boring. Now that another kid had come to play with her, he was content to watch from the sidelines.
When Zhao Nuanyue came out, she was greeted by this amusing scene.
