Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 235 - Chapter 235 235. Peach Blossoms and Remote Areas_1

Chapter 235: 235. Peach Blossoms and Remote Areas_1 Chapter 235: 235. Peach Blossoms and Remote Areas_1 Little Yellow Duck and Macarons.

Qiaoqiao felt heartache and reluctance.

But he quickly came up with a brilliant idea, and now swiftly untied the balloon.

“Hiss–”

A sound of surrender came through as the beautiful balloon quickly shrank, then withered to the size of a palm-sized, old balloon.

He looked joyful and proudly delighted:

“Sister, look! Now I can have both the balloon and the boat ride.”

He stuffed the balloon into his pocket, zipped it up, and at that moment his expression was full of pride.

This made Song Tan’s feelings a bit complicated.

She had been wondering what to do if Qiaoqiao threw a tantrum on the ground, crying and insisting on a solution where he could have it both ways. How would she handle it?

Now everything was fine, the balloon was smacked back to its original form and stashed in a pocket.

“Isn’t the point of buying a balloon to play with it in your hand for it to be fun?”

“No, not really,” Qiaoqiao seriously put on his raincoat:

“I bought the balloon to tie it to my wrist and feel it for a while, now that I’ve felt it, I can let it rest for a bit.”

Pretty good.

Song Tan thought complicatedly: This child is really easy to deal with.

The easy-to-please child boarded the little duck rubber boat, shaky yet earnest, with Song Tan by his side. Suddenly, she felt that bringing him to the amusement park was truly fun.

Of course, coming ashore in a soaking wet raincoat, Song Tan thought: the amusement park… indeed seems quite fun.

Her gaze went up to the thrilling coaster with its terrifying arc–she wondered which would feel more bizarre, this or flying with a sword?

Roller coasters, Ferris wheels, extreme motorbikes, soaring across the galaxy…

One exciting ride after another, Qiaoqiao’s laughter grew louder and louder. He seemed like he had an endless motor at this amusement park, tirelessly tumbling and turning without a hint of fatigue.

Especially when he could swagger straight onto rides restricted to children over seven years old…

Ah ya!

Qiaoqiao didn’t say it, but from his expression, Song Tan could tell he was feeling extremely superior.

At two in the afternoon, Qiaoqiao had finally tried all the thrilling rides, and now, looking at the huge carousel in the center of the amusement park: “Sister, let’s go ride the horses!”

Let’s go, let’s go!

Song Tan finally understood why all the parents looked so deeply tired–that even a reasonable child like Qiaoqiao, after all the hustling about, left her physically spirited but her soul utterly exhausted.

Therefore, faced with the flashy carousel that was even more colorful than the balloons, she decisively shook her head: “You go, I want to eat ice cream, I’ll buy you some ice cream instead.”

Ice cream?!

Qiaoqiao, hot and sweating profusely, was immediately tempted.

But…

“You have fun, sister! I’ll go buy the ice cream.”

“No, no…

After some back-and-forth, by the time the carousel started spinning again, Qiaoqiao was still hugging the neck of a plastic giraffe, swaying up and down on top of it.

And Song Tan finally exhaled a sigh of relief, now slumped on a bench nearby, the ice cream stand across from her not even tempting her to move her feet anymore.

After sitting in silence for ten minutes, Song Tan finally felt she had recovered. She then leisurely went to buy two ice cream cones and, while swinging them to and fro, made her way back to the carousel.

However, by that time, Qiaoqiao, who had just come off the carousel, was in the midst of an argument with someone.

“…Leilei, how can you say that!”

Qiaoqiao glared indignantly at the man in front of her.

“I clearly didn’t say anything, so why do you accuse me of being a child who makes stuff up? The flowers in my Peach Garden are way prettier than the ones here.”

“Let it go, let it go!” The girl across from her tugged at her boyfriend, “Didn’t you say he’s not right in the head? Why bother arguing with him?”

Song Tan arrived just in time with the ice cream cones to overhear this remark. Although she did not know the girl speaking, the man standing next to her seemed vaguely familiar.

It took her a moment to place him.

“Wu Lei?!”

Wasn’t this her uncle’s son?

Seeing Song Tan approaching, Wu Lei’s face flickered with discomfort. Before Qiaoqiao could say anything, he hurriedly began to explain:

“It’s not my fault. Zhu Li and I were taking pictures up front, and Qiaoqiao just had to butt in with that comment.”

He was quite adept at dodging the important issues, not mentioning any key points in his narrative, instead conveniently dumping the blame on Qiaoqiao.

But Qiaoqiao, although naive, was not stupid. She recounted exactly what had been said:

“These flowers are so beautiful. Leilei, didn’t you say you have a mountain at home? It would look so gorgeous if you planted these flowers all over the hills.”

“No, that won’t do,” Qiaoqiao happened to pass by and, seeing that it was Wu Lei, added, “Leilei, we have to farm our land for money at home, we can’t plant flowers, they won’t sell.”

Wu Lei was quite surprised to see him: “Qiaoqiao, what are you doing here?”

He then turned to soothe his girlfriend:

“Don’t listen to his nonsense. Our place is nothing but a poor backwater; what is there about making money? I’ll just scatter some more flower seeds there later.”

“Seeds like chrysanthemums can sprout as soon as you scatter them, and they’d look so beautiful in the woods and fields.”

Qiaoqiao was not pleased with this: “My home is not a poor backwater, and our Peach Forest is a hundred times prettier than this place. Leilei, you shouldn’t be so biased!”

“And don’t go about sneaking seeds into the ground, because once they grow, it’s hard to get rid of them — pulling out weeds is hard work!”

His voice was rather loud. The surrounding onlookers kept glancing over, and Wu Lei instantly felt his cheeks burning.

Faced with his girlfriend on one side and a naive little cousin who didn’t have much affection for him on the other… naturally, the girlfriend was a bit more important.

Wu Lei hurriedly explained, “Lili, don’t pay him any mind. He’s slow; there’s been something off with him since he was born…”

Qiaoqiao wasn’t upset about being called slow; he knew he wasn’t the cleverest. However, he wouldn’t stand for someone disparaging his home!

He pulled out his phone, swiftly found a photo of the Peach Forest, and held it out: “You’re talking nonsense; my home is clearly prettier than here. Leilei, all you can do is make up stories!”

Wu Lei: …

He was greatly troubled–of all the things to do, why start an argument with an idiot here!

However, as he was about to say something, his girlfriend Zhu Li had already snatched the phone, and upon seeing the sprawling red hues of peach blossoms, she was quite captivated.

“Leilei, this place is truly gorgeous. If we wear traditional outfits and shoot a video here, it would definitely go viral,” she said.

She handed the phone back to Qiaoqiao and then, swinging her boyfriend’s arm, she wheedled, “Let’s go, let’s go, I really want to see this Peach Blossom Ten Miles, just like on TV!”

“And when we’re there, you have to pick the prettiest bouquet for me,” Zhu Li said with a face full of longing.

“That’s not allowed either,” Qiaoqiao said sternly. “Our peach trees are for growing peaches.”