The initially frightened Zhao Mengqing was taken aback by the scene, exclaiming, "Grandpa, you were pretending to sleep."
Children always speak their minds without reservation.
Xiao Jianming closed his eyelids.
Suddenly, Zhao Mengqing no longer felt any fear, because the one pretending to sleep seemed more afraid of them.
The question is, why would Grandpa suddenly become afraid of Little Pudding? The smart child turned it over in his mind, then leaned by the old crocodile's bedside, and whispered, "Sometimes when I read too late, I'm afraid Mom will catch me, so I also pretend to be asleep under the covers."
Zhao Mengjin heard her brother's incredibly clever words and laughed, pulling a chair to sit by the bed. Of course, she wouldn't tell the elder everything like her younger brother did.
