「Three days later.」
Er Bao gave the repaired doll to Xiao Bao. "Look, it's fixed."
It wasn't so much fixed as cleverly mended. Er Bao had stitched the doll's tears shut and embroidered over the seams with flowers, making them look like tattoos. With her artful touch, it looked even better than before. Xiao Bao was ecstatic. "Thank you, Er Bao! You're the best!"
Thrilled to have her toy back, Xiao Bao clung to it and even took it to school.
The next afternoon, when Lin Feng went to pick up the children, he noticed the doll wasn't in Xiao Bao's hands. Assuming it was in her backpack, he didn't think much of it.
That night, while supervising Xiao Bao's homework, Lin Feng casually checked her backpack. Only then did he realize the toy wasn't there either. "Xiao Bao, where's your doll?"
Without looking up, Xiao Bao said, "I gave it to my deskmate."
Lin Feng was flabbergasted. "You gave it to your deskmate? But... you loved it so much! You were okay with giving it away?"
