The one who spoke was a girl with two big monkey ears and a furry tail that testified to his birth clan. Her name was Mo Lihua.
The boys stopped playing at once and stared at the girl in astonishment.
Scratching his head in confusion, Yu Weimin remarked, "But you are a girl. Girls do not play jianzi."
"I can play," Mo Lihua quickly said. "I really can. Please let me play with you."
All the boys were dumbfounded.
The silence that followed Mo Lihua's words was shattered by a cascade of giggles emanating from a pack of girls huddled nearby.
When Xie Junjie raised his eyes and stared at them, the giggles abruptly died down.
"Why are you laughing?" Xie Junjie asked them with furrowed brows. The girls exchanged nervous looks with each other but they said nothing in response. They also did not dare to cast any glance in Xie Junjie's direction. Or in Mo Lihua's.
