"Who are you?"
The girl in front of him hurriedly looked through her small sling bag.
"Hey, didn't you hear what I said?"
"..."
She took out a small notebook from her bag and flipped to the first page. Giving a small grin, she pointed to the words and politely bowed to him. On the page, the words 'My name is Lin Fei Hong' were written and many meticulously drawn small little birds filled the paper.
"Fei Hong? Isn't that a name usually used for boys?"
The girl flipped to page 34 of her notebook and showed it to him.
'My parents wanted me to be strong and hoped that I would do well in the future.' The girl then flexed her arm to indicate strength. Afterwards, flipping back to the first few pages to continue her introduction.
"Pfft! As if you have any muscles!" The boy laughed loudly and wiped his tears. She pouted and kicked his legs.
'I like ducks and I love to eat meat.'
'I'm born on 23 May and I prefer chocolate cake.'
'I like to draw.'
Each one of her words was surrounded by brightly coloured drawings of cakes, ducks and paintbrushes. The boy who sat under the large peachtree with her slowly read each word one by one as he bit into a ripe peach.
"Aha. But that doesh not explain why you are here." He spoke to her with his mouth full of peach, as a result, bits and pieces of the peach splattered out of his mouth. She gave him a disgusted look and took out a piece of tissue and hand sanitizer for him. He scoffed and said, "It's just food, what's the big deal?"
"Anyways, you still haven't said why you are here?"
She looked at him for a moment before taking a pen from the side pocket of her sling bag. After scribbling on a clean page for a minute, she passed the notebook to him.
On the page, written in her childish handwriting, were the words 'hi husband'. Not only that, many hearts were quickly doodled on the page using a bright pink pen. The girl looked at his expression for a moment before giving a bright big smile.
"Ha?!"
And that was how 8-year-old Yu Xia Rui met 8-year-old Lin Fei Hong.