Li Xu held the little girl's hand and slowly walked a few steps back along the road, hoping that the little girl's parents would rush out from somewhere and take the child away.
The little girl's left hand was held by Li Xu. She swung her two short legs and tried to keep up with Li Xu's pace. She raised her head and shook the empty can in her right hand.
"Uncle, I finished the juice."
Li Xu lowered his head and looked into the little girl's bright black eyes. "Do you want more?"
"I don't want to drink juice."
Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief and looked around the street seriously, trying to see if there was anyone looking for someone.
"I want to drink milk." The little girl looked at Li Xu expectantly, her two pigtails swinging behind her head.
Li Xu: "Hello?"
He helplessly went back to the vending machine, bought a can of hot milk, and handed it to the little girl with a longing face.
"Thank you, uncle." The little girl smiled sweetly and drank a mouthful of the milk. Then she let out a long breath, the tip of her nose stained with white milk.
Li Xu wiped the milk off the tip of the little girl's nose with his hand and squatted in front of her. "Tell uncle, what's your name?"
"Bao'er. My name is Bao'er."
The little girl held the milk in her arms, and her little braids were almost sticking up.
Li Xu patiently asked, "Bao'er, when did you come out?"
Bao'er thought for a moment. "Just now."
It seems that she just ran out of home, Li Xu thought.
But it was also true. Such a young child couldn't have run far. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so energetic and keep asking Li Xu for juice and milk.
Li Xu continued to beat around the bush. "Bao'er, what's your mother's name?"
The little girl answered without hesitation, "Mother."
It seemed that Bao'er did not understand what Li Xu meant. Li Xu asked again, "I'm asking what your mother's name is."
"It's Mom." Bao 'er focused on drinking the milk.
"I'm asking about your mother."
Li Xu looked at the little girl's big sparkling eyes and helplessly rubbed his nose.
Forget it! Let's change the question.
"Bao'er, what is your father's name?"
"Dad."
Forget it, let's skip this question.
"Bao'er, did your mother tell you what to do if you get lost? Did you leave your phone number anywhere? "
Bao 'er tilted his head and thought about it carefully. "You should feel sad."
The corners of Li Xu's mouth twitched. What you said made sense. Indeed, we should be sad.
Li Xu asked for a long time, but he did not get any useful information. The little girl said a lot of nonsense, so Li Xu could only give up.
The child was missing. Bao'er's parents must have started searching nearby. Hong University's commercial street was nearby, and there was a lot of traffic. Perhaps the child's parents had already started searching there.
Hence, Li Xu decided to take the little girl and wander around the area to see if there was a chance for them to meet someone looking for Bao Er.
"Uncle! Look, there's that under my house. "Bao'er held the milk in his left hand and pointed in front of him with his right hand, shouting happily.
Li Xu was delighted. It seemed that he had found the little girl's house. However, the little girl's white and tender little finger swayed back and forth. Li Xu did not know where she was pointing.
The little girl pulled Li Xu along and started running. Li Xu stood at the side, his heart thumping in fear as he watched the little girl's short legs move, afraid that she would fall.
Bao'er pulled Li Xu to a stop in front of a convenience store. Li Xu looked around and asked, "Is your house nearby?"
Bao'er happily pointed at the Catch Doll machine in front of the convenience store. "That, there's that under my house."
"You mean there's a Catch Doll machine under your house? Isn't your house nearby? "
The little girl frowned in distress. "I only know that one."
Li Xu had no choice but to take the little girl into the convenience store and ask the boss if he had seen Bao'er. If Bao'er lived nearby, the boss would have seen the little girl.
Unfortunately, the boss insisted that he had never seen the little girl before.
It seemed that Bao'er's house was not here. However, the boss said that there were not many Catch Doll machines nearby. Li Xu planned to look for them one by one.
"Forget it, let's look for it again."
Li Xu pulled Bao'er's little hand and prepared to leave. However, the little girl stood still.
"What's wrong with you?"
Li Xu looked at the milk in Bao'er's left hand. Did she finish it?
"Mom always helps me catch a Doll before leaving."
Bao'er pointed at the Catch Doll machine and looked up at Li Xu. Her big eyes sparkled.
"When we find mom, I'll let your mom catch a Doll for you, okay?"
Li Xu held the little girl's hand and wanted to leave. However, Bao'er pulled him back and did not let him go.
"Hey! We agreed to catch a Doll and leave. "Li Xu sighed.
"Yes, yes!" The little girl nodded vigorously. She stood on her tiptoes and pointed at Minnie in the Doll machine. "I want that Doll."
After getting the promise, Li Xu put 10,000 won into the Doll machine and got into position.
This kind of Catch Doll machine did not need to change coins. Instead, you just needed to put in notes. 1,000 won could be used once, and 10,000 won could be used 12 times.
The machine started, and the silver mechanical claw accurately grabbed the Minnie Doll under Li Xu's control. Then, the claw retracted and moved towards the exit with the Minnie Doll.
"Haha! I'm an expert. I can succeed on my first try. Remember to leave after getting the Doll. "
Li Xu glanced at the little girl proudly. The little girl happily looked at the Minnie Doll in her hand and drank the rest of the milk in her hand.
But when the Doll was close to the glass wall, the mechanical claw suddenly stopped, and the Doll fell.
"Ah ~ ~ ~" Bao'er let out a sigh of regret.
Li Xu was not in a hurry. He laughed and said: "It's okay. We still have 11 more chances. If we catch it on the first try, it will be boring."
The second attempt failed again.
The third attempt failed again.
The 12 chances were used up, and Li Xu still could not catch the Doll. Li Xu was in a good mood. He happily put another 10,000 won into the Doll machine.
"Don't be discouraged, Bao'er. Uncle will definitely catch Minnie for you today."
The 12 chances were used up again, and Li Xu still could not catch the Doll.
Li Xu put in another 10,000 won. He felt that he must not embarrass himself in front of the little girl.
"Ah ~ ~ ~ Almost again. This broken machine."
"Damn! What kind of luck is this? "
"Boss, can you help me take a look? There is a problem with this machine. I have already spent 100,000 won, and I still can't catch it."
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Bao'er looked at Li Xu's twisted face and asked in a low voice:
"Uncle, are you unable to catch it?"
Li Xu looked at Bao'er's frightened eyes and quickly said softly: "It's okay, Bao'er. Uncle will definitely give Minnie to you."
5 minutes later, Bao'er happily followed Li Xu with the Minnie Doll in his arms.
Of course, Li Xu did not catch the Doll. He had shamelessly spent money to buy it from the shop owner.
The shop owner saw this unlucky guy who had been trying to catch the Doll for half a day and quickly turned on the Doll machine and sold the Minnie Doll to Li Xu for 10,000 won.
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