After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 11 Lin Yueyao's Playing House (Please read on and give me your monthly votes!)

So, at Xu Yuan's insistence, Lin Jing made a phone call home.

"Yueyao, what are you doing at home?"

"Ah... Mom's fine, calling won't dock your pay."

Lin Jing spoke to Lin Yueyao in a gentle voice, "Would you like to come over to Xu Yuan's house? He said he hopes you'll come visit him."

"Okay, be careful when you cross the street, okay?"

Lin Jing hung up the phone, and Xu Yuan asked, "Auntie, where do you live? I'll come pick her up."

"It's okay to let her come by herself."

Lin Jing smiled and said, "Our house is actually just one street away from yours."

"No wonder Auntie usually comes so quickly!"

However, even though it was near his home, in the era before Xu Yuan's rebirth, children were not allowed to go out to play alone until at least the fourth or fifth grade. Of course, when they went out, they had to wear Little Genius watches to confirm their location.

However, 20 years ago, children in many counties and towns were almost left to their own devices, and surveillance cameras were scarce, which is why child abduction cases occurred frequently.

A moment later, there were shouts for help outside.

Xu Yuan peeked out of the window and saw Lin Yueyao pacing back and forth outside the railing at her front door.

Upon seeing Xu Yuan, she appeared somewhat nervous and immediately reached out to greet him.

"I'll go downstairs and open the door for you!"

"it is good."

Xu Yuan quickly went downstairs, opened the iron gate of his house, and looked somewhat surprised to see Lin Yueyao:

"You came over to play, why did you bring your schoolbag?"

Lin Yueyao touched her nose. "I haven't finished my homework yet."

"It's only Saturday, why are you already thinking about doing homework?"

It's pretty outrageous that second graders still have homework.

Xu Yuan patted Lin Yueyao's head and said, "When you come to my house, have fun and don't do your homework."

"Ah."

Lin Yueyao nodded vigorously.

Lin Jing poked her head out from the kitchen. "Yueyao, you can play with Yuanyuan. Uncle's family has guests coming today. Mom will take you home after I finish cooking."

"it is good--"

Lin Yueyao responded to her mother, and then sat down in the living room with Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan poured Lin Yueyao a glass of orange juice.

He is now gradually understanding Lin Yueyao's personality—

If you ask her if she wants it, she'll definitely pretend to say no.

Then we might as well just be nice to her, so she won't be conflicted.

Lin Yueyao sat properly on the sofa, took the juice, took a small sip, then looked at Xu Yuan and said with a smile:

“My mom calls you Yuanyuan.”

Xu Yuan sat down next to Lin Yueyao. "Why did you bring this up? Do you want to call me that too?"

"..."

Lin Yueyao nodded gently, her eyes filled with longing. "Is it okay?"

Xu Yuan didn't answer directly, but instead proposed another condition, "Then I'll call you Yaoyao, is that okay?"

Lin Yueyao felt a little embarrassed. "Even my mother doesn't call me that."

"Then no need to talk."

Lin Yueyao lowered her head with some regret, looking pitiful. Xu Yuan found it amusing and stared at Lin Yueyao a few more times, but Lin Yueyao avoided his gaze.

Xu Yuan had never hosted friends at his home when he was a child, so what happened today was very new to him.

As he stroked Lin Yueyao's head, he asked her, "Yueyao, what do you and Xia Ke usually do together at home?"

"I watch cartoons at home, and sometimes I play house," Lin Yueyao answered every question.

"Oh, you mean one of those games where you play the roles of dad, mom, and daughter?"

Xu Yuan had only seen girls playing house online, and he always felt that it was a sweet and beautiful scene.

That would also make Xu Yuan think about having a daughter to be his little cotton-padded jacket, but he couldn't afford the price of finding a bad wife, so he could only think about it and move on.

"No, we'll fight the bad guys together."

Lin Yueyao became slightly excited as she spoke, "Xia Ke is the Light Messenger, and I am the Wave Messenger. We will fight against the evil villains together. Xia Ke said that when you play with us in the future, you can play the Storm Messenger."

"What kind of child's play is this... It's completely different from what I imagined."

"So... what kind of game do you envision for playing house?"

"Let's talk about the house game you mentioned first."

The characters Lin Yueyao just mentioned are from "Light Warrior" (also known as "Magic King"). It tells the story of Daichi, a boy from Earth, who travels to the moon and accidentally enters an alternate world inside the moon. He becomes the pilot of the transforming mecha "Light Warrior", makes friends, seeks more powerful forces, and together defeats the Great Demon King.

It was originally a children's animation made to sell mecha toys, but the Chinese songs and background music in the dubbed version became very popular and are a childhood memory for Xu Yuan and his generation.

At that time, many local satellite TV channels would broadcast these Japanese anime imported from Japan during their prime time slots after school, such as "Let's & Go!!", "Cooking Master Boy", and "Digimon".

Xu Yuan, curious about this topic, asked, "So, your playing house is just about hitting each other with toys?"

Lin Yueyao shook her head. "We usually watch TV together, and while watching, we act out the characters in the TV shows."

Lin Yueyao said that after they chose their roles, they would imitate the characters' speech based on their performance in the animated film.

This is such a niche way of playing house. Does it mean immersing oneself in role-playing?

Can't figure it out.

However, since she was very interested in those toys, Xu Yuan also thought of a way to get closer to her.

"Hmm...then come to my room and play."

Xu Yuan said mysteriously, "I'll show you something good."

Xu Yuan's room was on one side of the living room on the second floor. After Lin Yueyao followed him in, she was immediately attracted by Xu Yuan's dazzling array of toy shelves.

"Wow——"

"Lightbringer, Stormbringer, Wavebringer—" "Your family even has a Super Lightbringer! And Metal Hero and Digimon toys too!"

He saw stars in a child's eyes for the first time.

Although Xu Yuan didn't have many friends, he had a wide range of interests as a child, and his family bought many toys.

However, although Lin Yueyao envied Xu Yuan's toys, she only looked at them from under the cabinet and didn't dare to reach out and take them.

"Take whatever you like and play with it. You like the Wave Messenger, right? This should be it."

Xu Yuan handed the blue mecha warrior to Lin Yueyao, but Lin Yueyao suddenly cried out:

"This, this is the Super Wave Messenger! Not the Wave Messenger."

Lin Yueyao usually speaks very softly to Xu Yuan, but this time she spoke very loudly, clearly because she was a little anxious.

You actually dared to be mean to me in this place...

And it's also kind of fierce but cute.

When Lin Yueyao saw Xu Yuan freeze, she was a little scared. It wasn't until Xu Yuan handed her the toy that she carefully took it with both hands.

"Thank you, thank you."

"By the way, Xu Yuan, can I invite Xia Ke over to play together next time?"

Lin Yueyao pointed to the large red battle robot toy on Xu Yuan's shelf: "She has always liked this Kabuto giant toy from Iron Man, but it's too expensive, and her mother won't let her buy it. We always look at it for a long time in front of the convenience store..."

Xia Ke has always been very good to you, and you never forget to take care of her.

"Sure, of course, no problem."

What a good friend.

In Xu Yuan's plan to nurture his childhood sweethearts, Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao are the two people he focuses on cultivating.

If we can all become close friends in the future, that would be the best thing of all.

After all, he didn't want his childhood sweethearts to fight over him.

"However, you'll have to invite Xia Ke yourself then, okay?"

"okay."

Xia Ke had helped Lin Yueyao a lot, and Xu Yuan gave the invitation to Lin Yueyao so that Xia Ke would understand that Lin Yueyao had feelings for her, thus making their relationship more stable.

After all, he was only there to join their circle of friends, not to break them up. If Xia Ke felt neglected, that wouldn't be a good thing.

Although, given her optimistic personality, it's probably hard for her to think that way...

"Alright, let's play with our toys together now!"

Xu Yuan decided to start nurturing his relationship with Lin Yueyao, which was an important part of his "childhood sweetheart" development plan, just like playing with a child.

"it is good."

Xu Yuanyuan took over his own Super Light Energy Messenger, began to change its form, and then became addicted to it.

Lin Yueyao watched silently as Xu Yuan fiddled with the toys on his phone, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Xu Yuan, when do we start playing?"

Xu Yuan was somewhat puzzled, "Aren't we playing it right now?"

Lin Yueyao immediately looked incomprehensible. "Xu Yuan, that's not how you play with toys. It's like this, I'll teach you!"

Lin Yueyao placed several mechs on the table, then piloted the Wave Messenger to sway and wobble towards Xu Yuan's toys. She then changed her tone and spoke to Xu Yuan:

"Hello, traveler, I am a rabbi of the Gordian tribe, the summoner of the Wave Messenger. Are you a human from Earth? What is your name?"

Xu Yuan took over the conversation, manipulating the little figure and saying, "My name is Earth."

"Oh, so your name is Dadi (Earth)."

Lin Yueyao slowly walked forward, holding the Wave Messenger. "Come, Earth, you have the power to awaken the Light Messenger. Pick up your Light Gun and chant the incantation. I'll teach you—"

"Domoksaramo, shine forth, you, messenger of light!"

Xu Yuan repeated it in Lin Yueyao's tone.

Then Lin Yueyao hummed the classic summoning song, and the melody she hummed matched perfectly, which is remarkable for her age.

She took out a one-cent coin, hummed a summoning melody, and drew a circle on the table, finally drawing the outline of a six-pointed star in the middle.

Next, she had Xu Yuan hold the initial form of the Super Light Energy Messenger and slowly rise from the tabletop, replicating the classic transformation animation once again.

Lin Yueyao's entire transformation process was a very detailed teaching method, which allowed Xu Yuan to witness the outstanding imagination and imitation ability of children his age.

Looking at Lin Yueyao's meticulous and serious appearance, Xu Yuan unconsciously began to miss his carefree childhood.

Huh? I think I'm still living in my childhood, never mind.

"Lin Yueyao, you're really good at playing with toys."

Xu Yuan kept praising Lin Yueyao, saying, "I will have to learn from you in the future."

Lin Yueyao seemed embarrassed after being praised by Xu Yuan for the first time. She lowered her head and hummed, "Actually, it was Xia Ke who taught me. She is the most amazing toy master. Next time, let's go on an adventure together and defeat the Great Evil God!"

"no problem."

Xu Yuan played house with Lin Yueyao, and after a while, they heard a car drive in through the window. Xu Yuan got up to check on the situation.

"It's Daddy's back. Why so early...tsk."

When Xu Yuan saw He Xiaona get out of the front passenger seat, his eyebrows immediately furrowed.

You said you'd come to my house to apologize and pay me a visit, how dare you make my dad pick you up? You scheming bitch!
Upon discovering that Xu Yuan's father had returned home, Lin Yueyao immediately became very nervous and paced around nervously. When Xu Yuan turned around, he saw her crawling under his bed and quickly stopped her, saying:
"What are you doing?"

"I...I need to hide!"

Lin Yueyao muttered under her breath, "If your dad sees me at your house, he'll definitely be unhappy..."

"What are you afraid of? You're a guest I invited to my home."

Xu Yuan patted Lin Yueyao's perky bottom, then pulled her out from under the bed, helped her up, and gently patted the dust off her pants.

No one can be unhappy with you.

Xu Yuan pinched Lin Yueyao's little face, looking at her panicked, humble and pitiful face, and said in a serious and firm tone, "I said it."

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(End of this chapter)