"Everyone says that I'm cute, but now I don't want to be cute at all." Larry put on a very distressed face and fixed his eyes on Monique.
"Why?" Monique chuckled. Are even children this enigmatic nowadays? She wondered.
Larry replied, "Because you can't get a girlfriend when you're cute."
Monique grew amused again. "Larry, you already want to have a girlfriend at such a young age?"
"Miss, any boy would want a beautiful girlfriend like you." Larry leaned over to Monique's ear. "Miss, look at Uncle Levi. He looks so scary because you're holding me but not him."
"Who said that?" Monique glanced at Levi. He really looked like he wanted to eat someone alive; as if her holding Larry would cause anything.
Larry added, "Miss, when a man behaves like this, it means that he's jealous."
Monique asked, "Little one, what do you know? Who told you that?"
"My mother did."
"Your mother even told you this?"
"Yes, because whenever I pester Mom at home, Dad will also be like this. Mom told me that Dad becomes jealous at times like that." Larry shrugged his shoulders like an adult. "Miss, I'm still so young so I won't snatch their wives away from them. Why do you think they are so stingy?"
"That's probably because they like to be jealous of others." Listening to Larry's explanation, Monique finally understood why Levi kept putting on such a sullen face after Larry's arrival.
Levi was not jealous when he should be, but when he should not be, he would do so. What a petty man!
"Larry, since you knew that I would be jealous, why did you come? Are you picking a fight?" Levi pulled Larry out of Monique's arms. "Rascal, you'd better go back and pester your mom to make your dad jealous. After all, they've been married for so many years, they wouldn't care if you take up a little of their time."
"No! I want to play with the pretty lady." Larry refused immediately. He insisted on sleeping with his mother and father the night before, thus his father was unhappy with him this day. At this moment, he should give his parents some alone time as that was what a wise kid would do.
Levi said, "You..."
Monique interrupted, "Levi, don't be so petty. It's boring when it's just the two of us. It's more interesting to have a little cutie, so let Larry stay."
Larry cheered, "Thank you, Miss! A kiss please!"
Once again, Larry came close to Monique and planted a kiss on her face. Levi was so envious that his eyes saw red.
He has to kiss his girlfriend secretly like it was illegal. Why should this little guy kiss her whenever he wanted?
Levi grew unhappy. Holding Larry in his arms, he turned around and walked away. "Monique, wait for me here. I'll send this kid back to his mother and then come back to find you."
Just as Levi was about to leave with Larry in his arms, he saw another head peek out of the tree that Larry was previously at. This time, it was not anyone else but the schemer, Mia. "Mia, you're getting a daughter- in- law soon, why are you still doing such shady things? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" Discovered by Levi, Mia stood up, looking at the blue sky and then the plants in the garden. She finally looked at Levi and the others as she asked, "Hey, what a coincidence, are you guys here to enjoy the scenery too?"
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