What is he doing? She stared at him.
He took the nut shaped bag from her back.
"Are you not going to give it to me?" He asked.
"Oh!!! This!! I fowgot about it. Sowwy..." She opened her bag and gave him a muffin.
"Thank you." He said.
"Big bwothew Jun! Youw hands gwot bettew." Pointing at his elbow, she said.
He looked at his hand and nodded.
"Your medicine helped me." Eating his muffin, he said.
"But remember....." He continued.
"You shouldn't kiss any unknown person like this. Okay?"
"Okay! I pwomise." She nodded.
"So.... Do you know how to read?"
"No."
"Then what about drawing?"
"Yingying can draw."
"Okay.... Then.... How about this?" He took a picture book from his bookshelf and gave it to her.
"Awe we gonna dwaw?" She asked curiously.
"Yes. But it have a difference.".He opened the book and took some crayons.
"You and I will draw something. The other person have to find it."
"Wow!"
"It could be difficult. But today is your first day in this mansion. You have to find about this place. So we would draw simple things that can be found easily." He pointed his fingers and touched her nose.
"But before that... We have to take a tour. You haven't seen inside. Yes?"
"Now... When I think about it I haven't had a touw awound this mansion!"
"Come let us go." He took her hand and walked out of his room.
***
The De mansion is a three flooried building. The De's had apartments in all major places, but it was their family home. It was originally a small building which was reconstructed over the years. The mansion and the surrounding vast acres of land was under De family. The other family members stayed in the surrounding area, kilometres apart. They would come here for every family occasions and weekly family dinner.
***
De Longjun and Zan Guiying walked around house and she got introduced to all of the servants.
She looks cute. Every servents in there thought.
First floor mainly had kitchen, storage and dining room. And there was a meeting room.
Second and third room are mainly bedrooms. There is a vast garden in front and vegetable garden in the back. There were fruit trees and bushes including vines of fruits and vegetables.
"We make our all dishes from vegetables procured from this garden."
"Wow!! It's soooo intwesting...!!" Zan Guiying was gaping and gasping at all the wonders in De mansion.
"Yowe pwace is swoo gwood...!!! And bwig!!!" She told him.
He chuckled.
"Come.... Let me show you an interesting thing." He called her.
"What is it?" Interested, she asked.
"Walk some more." They walked and reached near a tree.
"Look up." He told her.
"Wow!!!! It's a twee house!!!" She jumped excitedly,
The tree house was above and age old oak tree. It was constructed with wood and metal.
"There is another thing here." He took some bushes beneath the tree.
"Wow!!"
There were stairs hiding behind it.
"Can I tell you another secret??" He asked.
"What?"
"This is my secret place. No one is allowed here."
"No one?"
"No one." He vouched.
"Then what bout me?" Pointing at herself she asked.
"Now it would be our secret place." He smiled.
"Are you coming?" He asked.
"Yes!!" She replied.
They climbed the stairs and reached inside the treehouse.
There were books, some instruments and a bed was there. The treehouse even had electricity. The house even had a mini kitchen and mini fridge.
She looked around. She opened a door and reached in balcony. The view was so beautiful.
"It is beautiful. Is it?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Come inside. You could fall." He called her back to the room.
"I do live here for sometime, when I get too bored in the house." He said.
"Do you drink apple juice?" Taking some apples from the counter, he asked.
"Yes! She fisted."
He unpeeled apples and put it in juicer. After sometime he gave her juice. She drank it.
"It tasts so gwud." She said.
He laughed and rubbed of apple juice from mostache area.
"Shall we go?" Cleaning the place he asked. "We can come here next time." He continued.
She nodded. They got out from the tree house and walked towards the mansion. Grandpa De was waiting for them.
"Do you enjoyed the walk?" He asked to her.
"Yes grandpa." She smiled.
"Now can we eat lunch?" He asked again.
"Yes grandpa." De Longjun looked at his watch. "It's time."
Grandpa De looked at De Longjun's bandaged hand. You are acting up to your age.
Butler Huo already informed about the events took place. "Come inside." He called the children.
They reached dining table. Because they had a guest today, the lunch was luxurious.
The butler had bought an high chair from store room.
"Whose was it?" She asked.
"It was of the twins." Grandpa De replied.
"Oh!! Wewe awe they?" She asked again.
"They were in London. They will be arriving today." Looking at his grandson, grandpa De continued.
"You can get friends with there too... After all... The more the merrier."
"Grandpa, can we eat now?" Interrupting grandpa De' words, De Longjun asked suddenly.
"Oh! Yes!! Yes!! I forgot." Grandpa De said, holding his laughter.
They ate the food, occassionally hearing Zan Guiying's talk.
After lunch the kids walked to De Longjun's room.
She sat on his bed. And looked at the stuffs in his room.
She began to yawn.
"Do you want to take a nap?" He asked.
She nodded.
He took her and placed her on his bed. Removing her shoes, he tucked her in.
"Take a nap. I will call you later." He closed her eyes with his hand. He turned and continued to read his book. Now I could read.
After sometime, he found her asleep.
"Young master De, your trainer was arrived." Butler Huo knocked his door and informed.
"Okay. I will be there."
De Longjun changed his cloths again and walked towards training room.
***
Around afternoon, two Mercedes Maybach exelero arrived in the mansion. The security saluted them and opened the gate.
Grandpa De was waiting for them in the front yard.
The driver opened the car's door.
From the first car a man and women emerged.
From the second car, three kids jumped out and ran towards the patriarch...