Chapter 42 A Naughty Boy
It was Saturday and everything was in a mess.
Alina had been in this world for some time and had not gone out by herself. So on Sunday, she went to tell Wendy that she wanted to go out.
Hearing that, Wendy took out two hundred dollars from her bag and threw to Alina, "Be careful and come back early."
With the money in her hand, Alina was very excited. She thought it was very good to have such a generous mother. When she was in high school, her mother only gave her ten dollars as pocket money. "Thank you, Mom. Then I'll go now." With the money and phone, Alina walked out of the Xu Family happily.
Yesterday, when she was looking for Sheffield all the street, she found a big amusement park. Seeing many people in it, she kept it in her mind and wanted to find time to play there.
She had always wanted to go to the amusement park when she was alive, but her family was poor. When she was financially permitted, she had grown up. How could a grown woman go to a place like that? Now that she was at the right age and had money, she would surely make up for it.
She went to the amusement park by taxi. The price of the through ticket was 120 dollars.
After entering, she happily headed for the nearest game, the pirate ship.
Because it was weekend and there were a lot of people, there was a long queue at the door of the pirate ship. Alina estimated that she would have to wait two more rounds at most.
Each round only took a few minutes. Thinking about this, Alina decided to stay in line.
Looking at the rotating pirate ship and hearing the screams, Alina looked forward to it.
After about ten minutes, it was her turn. Alina was excited and nervous. 'Should I scream loudly later? If I don't scream, will I look weird? If I scream, my mouth will be wide open and I will look ugly!' After everyone was strapped, the pirate ship began to move slowly.
Alina pursed her lips and held on to the handrail. As the pirate ship spun more quickly, all her previous worries were gone.
At that moment, there was no other better words than a loud cry.
She finally could understand why people screamed when they took the roller coaster. She kept screaming.
After she got off the pirate ship, although Alina's heart rate was accelerating and her legs were weak, her face was filled with pleasure. What an interesting game!
Then, she went to the next game. Alina saw a bouncing bed not far away.
It might be an interesting game, but around it were little kids and their parents. Alina hesitated and then turned to the direction of bumper cars.
She was ashamed to play with little kids. She wanted to go there later, when the kids left.
Bumper cars were fun, too. Alina had been longing for them for a long time.
Seeing the girl keeping her eyes on the bumper cars, the staff smiled and asked, "Miss, would you like to come in and play?"
"Yes!" Alina handed over the ticket and was about to get in.
"How about this one?"
"Okay!" replied Alina without hesitation. She sat in the car right away.
The worker was a middle-aged man. When he saw the anxious look on her face, he felt a little funny. He taught Alina how to operate and then started the car for her.
The moment the car started, it rushed forward by itself. At the same time, Alina quickly turned the steering wheel. As soon as she just turned the corner, her car got hit in the butt, and she, too, was thrown forward.
She turned her head around and saw a little boy of eight or nine years old. The boy smirked in satisfaction when he saw her look over.
'How proud he is! I must teach him a lesson today!'
Alina turned the head of the car and drove toward the boy. The little boy ran away when he saw that something was wrong. They chased each other, but in the end, her car never hit the boy's car. "You are so poor, sister! You can't even catch up with a child!" The boy proudly walked up to Alina.
"You're too proud. If you continue to act like this, you won't be able to find a girlfriend," said Alina, pretending to be angry.
The boy was very confident. "Of course I can find a girlfriend. You have to worry about finding a boyfriend."
Alina was irritated by what he said.
"Boy, why are you alone? Where are your parents?"
The boy looked serious and said, "I know what you want to do. You want to know whether my parents are here or not. If they are not, you are going to bully me, right?"
Alina couldn't help laughing and said, "Boy, you think too much. Adults don't bully children. I just ask casually. Since you think I'm going to bully you, forget it. I won't ask. Bye." She planned to go to another game.
"Wait!" The boy stopped Alina, "Are you here alone?"
"Yes, I'm an adult and won't ask Mom and Dad to keep me company."
The boy hesitated and then said, "I'm alone too. Let's play together, okay?"
Alina was surprised. The boy was about eight or nine years old. How could his parents allow him to go to the amusement park alone?
"No problem. But do you bring any money with you?"
"Of course I have my money with me. See it?" The little boy took out several hundred dollars from his pocket, which startled Alina.
It seemed he was richer that her!
"Why do you have so much money? Did you take it from your parents secretly?"
The boy retorted angrily, "No, I didn't! It's my own money!" After saying this, he suddenly cried with grievance, changing from an arrogant boy to a little poor boy.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to doubt you. I believe you. Don't cry, okay?"
The little boy wiped his tears and said stubbornly, "I didn't cry. You're wrong!"
"Yes, yes, I am wrong. Didn't you say we played together? Let's go." Alina reached out to the boy.
The boy stared at Alina's hand, hesitated for a while, raised his chin and said proudly, "I'm not a baby. I don't need you to hold me!"
"Okay, I won't hold your hand. But you must follow me closely, or we can't play together if we get lost."
"Then, I'd better take your hand."
They had a wild time all morning.
After getting along with the boy for a whole morning, Alina knew the boy's name was Harrison Shen. His parents had told him that they would take him to the amusement park today, but they had something urgent to deal with and couldn't bring him. Harrison was so angry that he ran out with his lucky money.
Smelling the barbecue, Alina asked, "Are you hungry? Shall we have something to eat first?"
She was exhausted after playing the whole morning.
In fact, Harrison was also very hungry. He said excitedly, "Okay, I want to eat a lot of kebabs!"
Alina estimated the money in her pocket. It seemed that there was no much left. She didn't know if it was enough for the two of them.
"It's not good for your health to eat too much barbecue. You're too young to digest it."
"No, I've had them before. I'm going to have ten kebabs today!"
Alina glanced at the price and said, "Okay, okay. But you have to eat up all the kebabs you order."
"No problem. I have a good appetite!"
Alina thought that if ten kebabs were not enough, she would probably have to wash dishes here to pay off the debt.
While they were enjoying the kebabs, a woman suddenly ran to Alina and slapped her!
With a kebab in her hand, Alina was stunned.
Was she slapped by someone just now? ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐