The Devil's Sleeping Beauty

Little Melon snapped out from his happy thoughts and turned to Yong Xiao Yao. He quickly shook his head. "Teacher said that we shouldn’t enter the forest without our parents."

"But we can’t find them here. They must be in the forest."

Little Melon pursed his lips. He didn’t want to go inside the forest without an adult.

"Is Mello afraid?" Yong Xiao Yao asked as she tilted her head to the side.

He furrowed his brows with the question she asked. "No way! Mello is not afraid! Let’s go!" He started dragging her inside the forest.

It wasn’t long when they bumped into their fathers. Yong Xiao Yao quickly let go of Little Melon’s hand before she ran towards her father. "Papa..."

"What are you doing here, Xiao Yao?" Yong Wei Qing frowned.

"Finding you."

Yong Wei Qing turned to Little Melon and his eyes darkened.

Lu Yifeng placed his hand on Yong Wei Qing’s shoulder before he walked towards Little Melon. "Let’s go back."

Little Melon took a glance at Yong Xiao Yao. "See you later..."

Yong Xiao Yao nodded at him. "Later..."

Little Melon held his father’s hand and went out of the forest. Yong Wei Qing and Yong Xiao Yao didn’t follow them, instead, they remained there for a little while.

"Did you say anything to him?" Yong Wei Qing asked her in a serious manner.

Yong Xiao Yao shook her head vigorously.

"Good." Yong Wei Qing sighed before he held her hand. "You need to be careful, okay? She has your parents, you don’t want her to hurt them do you?"

Yong Xiao Yao’s lips quivered as she tried her best not to cry at the mention of her parents.

Yong Wei Qing sat down in front of her and touched her cheek, his face turned gentle. "I am here to help you get your parents back. For that to happen, you need to follow my words. Don’t get close to that boy or else we’ll have a hard time saving them from her."

The little girl looked at him with her tearful eyes, she ended up bursting in tears. "I’m sorry, mister!"

He sighed and pulled her in his arms and gently stroked her hair to comfort her. "Shh, shh, it’s going to be alright. We will save them together." He said softly.

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The treasure hunt activity that the teachers prepared made all the children excited. The kids were filled with energy thanks to the afternoon nap they had.

Different kind of family activities was prepared by the teachers until their last day in that place.

Meanwhile, within those days, Little Melon felt like Yong Xiao Yao was avoiding him. Whenever he tried to approach her during breaks, she ended up ignoring him and hiding inside the tent.

The same thing happened to Xia Meilin, whenever she tried to approach her uncle and tried to talk to him, she was being ignored. Aside from that, for some reason, Lu Yifeng would always come in between whenever Xia Meilin would almost have her uncle by cornering him.

This made Xia Meilin mad. Why was Lu Yifeng appearing in such a wrong time?

Because of that, the mother and son ended up sulking whenever they were being ignored.

They were currently on the school bus, heading back to their school. Little Melon was standing on his seat and was staring at Yong Xiao Yao’s sleeping face.

Yong Wei Qing ignored the little boy’s stares. Despite having his eyes closed, he was actually awake the whole time.

Little Melon turned to his mother who was resting her head on Lu Yifeng’s shoulder as she sleeps. He pouted and sat down. He crossed his arms and sulked.

Everyone except the bus driver was asleep. They were all exhausted but Little Melon wasn’t! Having some extra energy with him, he was the only one awake there.

Little Melon couldn’t sit still, he was changing his sitting position every now and then. Because of this, Xia Meilin woke up. She turned to Little Melon and hugged him in her arms.

"Mommaaa..." Little Melon whined as he tried pushing his mother away since she was squishing his face with her chest.

Xia Meilin loosened her hug before she let out a yawn. "Don’t move around."

"Can Mello borrow momma’s phone and play games?" He looked up at her.

She took out her phone and gave it to him before she turned and went back to sleep since she was still feeling drowsy.

By the time they arrived at the school grounds, it was already sunset.

Dong Hua and Zi Lin were standing beside the black Maybach car, waiting for them.

When everyone was out of the bus, Little Melon and Xia Meilin walked towards Yong Xiao Yao and Yong Wei Qing. Lu Yifeng followed them from behind.

"Uncle Yong, are you free this weekend?" Xia Meilin asked with a smiled.

Yong Wei Qing looked at her before he turned to Lu Yifeng before he looked back at his niece. "I’m sorry, I’m busy during weekends." With that, he turned and walked towards his car while carrying Yong Xiao Yao in his arms.

Xia Meilin sighed in defeat. Her attempts continued on failing since Yong Wei Qing continued on declining her.

"Yaoyao!" Little Melon called out.

Yong Xiao Yao slightly turned her head to look at Little Melon. She raised her hand and lightly waved at him with a small smile on her lips.

When Little Melon saw her adorable action, it made him feel relieved. He smiled brightly at her and waved back.