Chapter 195 - Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Magical Girl” Liu Shiling (2/2)
Liu Shiling looked at her mom somewhat puzzled. She quietly put away the coin and said, “Then I’ll go play with the origami.”
“Wait a moment…” Shiling’s mom decided to continue “struggling” a bit: “How about playing a game with mom? Didn’t you say you can do Uncle Bald’s coin guessing ‘magic’? Let’s play it. If you guess which hand your mom hides the coin in correctly, mom will allow you to play for a week. Otherwise, the coin will be kept by mom, okay?”
Liu Shiling thought for a moment, nodded her head, and handed the coin to her mother.
Shiling’s mom took the coin and presented her back, transferred the coin between her hands, and asked, “All right, guess which hand the coin is in?”
Without any hesitation, Liu Shiling said, “In your right hand.”
Shiling’s mom was stunned. She had instinctively wanted to shift the coin from her right hand to her left, but then remembered what happened to little Wang Ke from the kindergarten and hesitated. She ended up showing her right hand and said, “You guessed it right! But we play best of three. There’s still two to
Liu Shiling simply agreed with her expression, not making any objections.
Seeing the calmness of her daughter, Shiling’s mom felt that something was strange. So, she whispered, “Turn your back.”
The Little Fatty Girl sighed and turned as was told.
Then, Shiling’s mom hid her hands behind her back and passed the coin from one hand to the other, eventually keeping it in her right hand. With her body blocking the view and Liu Shiling’s back turned, she felt that there was no way her daughter could see her movements or pick up on any minor details.
“Done. Which hand now?” Without any hesitation, Liu Shiling immediately said, “Right hand.”
“I will give you another chance…”
“Right hand!” Little Fatty Girl was extremely firm.
“Okay, you have won but can we play two more sessions?” Shiling’s mom was a bit incredulous.
What she didn’t expect, though, was that Liu Shiling won through the next ten sessions, guessing correctly in each without any hesitation at all.
Her daughter’s calm and clear voice gave Shiling’s mom a slightly unnerving chill down her back, the hair on her skin standing on end.
When she wanted to initiate the eleventh round, Liu Shiling had had enough, extending her hand towards her and saying, “Mom, I’m a bit tired and don’t want to play anymore. Can you give me back the coin?”
Watching Liu Shiling collect the coin and start folding origami on the side, Shiling’s mom felt increasingly uneasy.
“Shiling, how do you know which hand mom is holding the coin?” Shiling’s mom cautiously asked, her understanding of the way her daughter’s kindergarten friends felt growing.
“I just know.” Liu Shiling was carefully folding a peculiar aeroplane using a sheet of paper that Xiang Kun had given her, doing it slowly and meticulously.
Just know? What kind of explanation was that? Shiling’s mom was inexplicably starting to irritate her.
After her daughter fell asleep at night, she carefully retrieved the one yuan coin from under her daughter’s pillow, and replaced it with another one yuan coin.
She then glanced at the A4 paper which was also under the pillow, thought for a moment, and decided against swapping it. After all, the paper wasn’t just marked with an incomprehensible “6,” but also filled with various folding creases, too difficult to “imitate”.
The next day, however, Shiling’s mom woke up to find a one yuan coin on her own dining table. She was stunned, quickly retrieved her purse where she kept Liu Shiling’s coin, only to discover that the coin was indeed missing!
Could the coin really “run” by itself!?
Shiling’s mom could only feel a chill creeping up from the sole of her foot.
After brushing her teeth and washing her face, Liu Shiling, who was ready for breakfast, saw her mom staring at a coin and said, “Mom, you lost again.”
“Huh?” Shiling’s mom, still in shock, looked at her daughter with a puzzled expression.
Then, she saw her daughter skillfully rolling a coin in her left hand, and with a slightly smug voice she said, “Mom, you secretly swapped my ‘magic coin’ last night, right?”
Shiling’s mom was startled, “How did you know? This coin is the one you left on the table?”
“Yes, the coin you swapped is from 2016; Uncle Bald’s ‘magic coin’ is from
Next time you should find one from 2006.” Liu Shiling earnestly stated.
Shiling’s mom looked down and indeed, the coin she was holding was from 2016. But she was still confused, “How did you know where I put that coin?”
“I just know.” Liu Shiling’s tone was still slightly smug. Shiling’s mom once again felt the chill creeping up from her feet..