Childhood, another rainy day.

Sheng Tingyuan came to the lake, and the little girl he met last time was already waiting for him in the pavilion.

Seeing him, the little girl ran out of the pavilion: "Brother, you are really here!"

Sheng Tingyuan was stunned. There was another wound on her face. One side of her cheek was swollen with a clear palm print.

He pulled her into the pavilion and asked, "Did those guys bully you again? Did they beat you?"

The little girl touched her face and said, "No, they didn't hit me. My mother did."

"Why did she hit you?"

"The young lady said I stole the lady's money, so my mother beat me."

The little girl had tears in her eyes: "Brother, I didn't steal the money, really I didn't. It wasn't me who stole the Madam's money, it was the young lady who stole it, I saw it all."

Sheng Tingyuan had also experienced the feeling of being framed and beaten. His father never believed him and only believed that illegitimate son.

He whispered, "I believe you."

"really?"

The little girl raised her head and burst into laughter: "I knew that my brother would believe me. Besides Xiao Lihua, my brother is the only one who believes in me!"

"Doesn't your father believe you either?"

The little girl hesitated for a while before she said, "My dad is not at home."

Sheng Tingyuan didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that she was holding a book, which was carefully wrapped in a plastic bag, he couldn't help but ask her, "You skipped class to come out and play, did you bring the book with you?"

The little girl shook her head: "This is not my book, and I didn't skip class. This is Xiao Lihua's book, and she lent it to me."

"You didn't skip class? Aren't you going to school today?"

"My mother said that girls didn't need to go to school, so she dropped me out."

"So you borrowed the book, and you want to study on your own?"

The little girl nodded: "I have a best friend, her name is Xiao Lihua, every day after she learns a new word, she will teach it to me. However, Xiao Lihua sometimes dozes off in class, and she can't recognize all the words the teacher teaches."

Sheng Tingyuan had heard her mention Xiao Lihua more than once. The last time she was bullied by that group of people was because she wanted to protect the medicine for Xiao Lihua.

"Brother, can you teach me to read?"

Sheng Tingyuan took her book and sat down on the stone bench next to her.

The book was a third-grade Chinese textbook, so it was no problem for him to teach her.

He read it word by word, and then wrote it word by word. Without paper and pen, he held her little hand and wrote on his lap.

He soon discovered that she was extremely intelligent and had an amazing memory.

She could recite and write out every word he taught her after just one try.

After a lesson is finished, she can even recite it without looking at the book.

He looked at her with complicated eyes: "You are very smart and learn things very quickly. Does your mother know that you are so smart?"

"She knows. When I was in school, all the teachers told her the same thing."

"Then she won't let you go to school?"

"She said, I am the daughter of a servant and cannot be smarter than the young lady, or the lady will be unhappy."

How can there be such an ignorant and stupid mother in the world!

He felt angry and upset. He once thought that his life was miserable, but now he realized that his life was truly miserable. Although he was not loved by his father, he had a mother who loved him very much.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Stone."

"How can you, a girl, be called Stone?"

"Oh, I have another name!"

"what is it call?"

"My name is Yatou!"

Sheng Tingyuan felt even more upset. This little girl didn't even have a proper name. He didn't know whether her parents were too uneducated or just didn't love her enough.

The little girl herself didn't like these two names very much. She said with envy, "Miss's name is very nice, and my best friend's name is also very nice. I wish I had a nice name too."

"What name would you like?"

"Just like Xiao Lihua!"

"Do you think Lihua sounds nice?"

The little girl nodded vigorously: "That sounds good! Brother, please help me choose the same one!"

Sheng Tingyuan looked at the lotus in the lake and said casually: "Little lotus?"

The little girl was extremely happy: "It sounds so nice, I'll call myself Little Lotus!"

Sheng Tingyuan felt that it was not a good idea to give her such a hasty name: "How about I change it for you?"

"No thanks, I love this one!"

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