"Elder Brother?" Tang Xiao leaned forward and peeked at his expression. She realized that she had been talking a lot and that her brother seemed to be deep in his thoughts. "What are you thinking about? You have been too quiet."
Tang Chen tried to smile so that his little sister would not worry about him. "I was just thinking about what you said earlier."
The little girl got excited each time she thought about their father. "Elder Brother, what do you think about it?"
Xiao Xiao had said too much about her encounter with their father. She now wanted to know what her elder brother thought about her meeting with the man.
Suddenly, Tang Xiao seemed to recall another matter. "That's right. Elder Brother, didn't you have something you wanted to talk to me about earlier? What is it?"
Tang Chen lowered his head as he pondered about what he was going to say to his little sister.
He already decided that he did not want to talk about what had happened to his friend. However, he wondered if he should at least prepare his little sister for what was going to come.
He did not want Xiao Xiao to be sad, but experiencing the later disappointment would make her sadder, right?
Tang Chen clenched his hand into a fist as if to gather his courage. He inhaled a deep breath, finally deciding to speak what was in her mind. "Hey, Xiao Xiao..."
"Hmm?" Tang Xiao continued to stare at her elder brother and waited to hear what he was going to tell her. "Elder Brother, what is it?"
"I was wondering... " He raised his head to look into Xiao Xiao's eyes. "What if the father that we are anticipating is not a good person?"
"No. Our father is definitely not a bad person." Her brow furrowed and her lips were pursed tightly.
Chen Chen swallowed when he saw the angry look on his little sister's face.
Xiao Xiao was always very gentle. But Xiao Xiao would be quite frightening when she was angry. Tang Chen would prefer his cute little sister who always had a smile on her face.
"I've talked to him when he visited the hospital the last time," Tang Xiao said. "Our father is very gentle. He is not a bad person. Elder Brother, I just know it. I trust my feeling."
"I'm not saying that he is a bad person. I was just saying, what if..."
Tang Xiao did not want to consider the idea that their father was a bad person. "But he is not. Elder brother, you should not even consider things like that."
The little boy heaved a breath.
It seemed that warning his little sister about the father that he had never seen was a bad idea.
Tang Chen held his little sister's hand. "Xiao Xiao, don't be angry. I just did not want you to be sad when you found out the person was not like what we expected."
"I'm not angry." Tang Xiao lowered her head. "I know that you are worried about me, but elder brother, I can tell that our father is not a bad person. Otherwise, Mommy would not like him, right?"
Tang Chen knew that he could not win against his little sister. Xiao Xiao was good with her words until he did not know how to respond. It would be better for him to give up earlier instead of getting into an argument with his little sister.
A faint smile appeared on his face. "Mmm... Xiao Xiao, I guess you are right."
Their mother was a good person. The person that their mother liked should be a good person too.
Tang Chen planned not to mention what happened to his classmate or convince his little sister to stop looking for their father.
Then, the only choice he had was to look after his little sister. Perhaps he should investigate the father first and see just what sort of man he is...
However, Tang Chen realized that he did not know much about their father.
He was just a little boy who did not know much about anything.
How was he supposed to investigate that person?
Moreover, Tang Xiao was the only one who had seen their father. He did not know what their father looked like.
"Chen Chen, Xiao Xiao..."
The voice made the siblings look up and saw that their grandmother was walking in their direction.
Tang Xiao tugged at her elder brother's sleeve. She leaned closer and whispered, "Elder Brother, let's not talk about this matter since Grandma is here."
"I know." Tang Chen nodded.
The adults would only worry if they knew that they were curious about their father.
"Grandma!" Tang Xiao greeted the elder woman happily. "Where did you go?"
"I went to buy something from the convenience store." Mother Tang raised the paper bag in her hand. "But, what are you two doing here? Why are you sitting around instead of playing?"
There were a lot of kids playing around at the playground, but the siblings were sitting on the bench.
A thought came to Mother Tang's head as she looked at her granddaughter. "Xiao Xao, could it be that you are not feeling well?" She leaned over to check her granddaughter's complexion.
"Grandma, I'm fine." Tang Xiao flashed a smile. "Elder Brother and I were just chatting about this and that. Elder Brother was saying something interesting about his kindergarten."
"So, it's like that." The elder woman felt more at ease when she saw that their grandchildren were getting along fine. "Where is your mother?"
"Mommy should be upstairs," Tang Chen said.
Tang Xiao grabbed her grandmother's hand and smiled. "Grandma, let's go back and find Mommy together."
"Hmm? Are you not going to play with your brother here?"
"Well, it's too noisy here. It's difficult to talk with Elder Brother here," Tang Xiao said. "Moreover, it was not easy to spend time with Mommy. I should spend my time with Mommy a little more."