A Villainous Childhood Sweetheart At Four And A Half - Chapter 17

After Pei Hanying finally left the room, Ning Song did not feel relaxed.

Instead, unease and guilt kept surging outward inside her, and her entire being was drowned in self-loathing.

Just as Ning Cheng had said, she really was not anything good.

In order to stay in the Pei family, she had actually thought of using such a despicable trick.

After the room door was heavily shut, she sat blankly on the bed for a while. Only then did she get up and walk toward the bathroom.

Since the doctor said her illness was about to get better, then if she became a little sicker overnight, the Pei family would definitely still be willing to take her in, right?

As long as her illness did not get better, she could stay in the Pei family for a few more days.

Thinking of this possibility, her originally suppressed heart instantly felt a little lighter.

The heavy stone pressing on her heart was moved away.

Ning Song silently chanted in her heart that as long as her illness became a little worse, it would be enough.

She took off her clothes, folded them neatly to the side, and turned on the cold water in the shower.

Icy water poured down from the showerhead, drenching her from head to toe.

The cold water landing on her skin was freezing. Even in a heated space, it still made one feel a heavy chill, as if falling into an ice cave.

Ning Song’s body began to tremble. She was so cold that even her calves shivered lightly.

She whispered, “Endure it. Just endure a little longer and it’ll be fine.”

She only needed to take one cold shower and get another fever.

As Ning Song thought this, she inwardly despised herself. Her thoughts were truly too vile.

Water dripped and splashed down on her body, and her tears were also uncontrollably struck down.

She bit her lip and swallowed the sob that was about to spill out.

She really was too greedy. Clearly, the Pei family and Pei Hanying had already treated her well enough.

Yet she was still always thinking of getting more.

A child’s body could not withstand sudden shifts between hot and cold. Ning Song was drenched through by the cold water, and her whole body began to shudder.

Yet she still had no intention of stopping. She only silently thought in her heart, just a little longer would be enough.

Until knocking came from outside.

At the same time, Pei Hanying’s voice sounded.

Ning Song’s body stiffened.

After reacting, Ning Song quickly turned off the shower.

Finding the towel hanging to the side, she wiped her body dry.

The hand holding the towel trembled uncontrollably, and several times, she dropped the towel onto the floor.

She thought, why would Pei Hanying come back?

Ning Song did not know the reason, but her heart grew more and more panicked. Her heart nearly sank to the very bottom.

Clearly, clearly Pei Hanying had left the room angrily just now.

Why would she come back now?

Ning Song could not stop herself from thinking: had Pei Hanying already figured out what she had been thinking?

Did Yingying now know what a despicable and greedy person she was, and was she going to start hating her and drive her out?

Thinking of this, Ning Song’s eyes, which had already gone dry, once again filled with sourness. That sour, miserable feeling surged upward, and in the end, she could only use trembling hands to put on her clothes.

After getting dressed, she uneasily opened the door.

Pei Hanying stood outside the door.

There was no emotion in Pei Hanying’s eyes as she looked at her indifferently.

Ning Song’s nails dug into her own palms. Her eyes were red, and she immediately wiped away the tears that were about to fall.

She still remembered that Pei Hanying had said she did not like watching her cry.

“Yingying…”

She spoke in a low voice, wanting to say something and explain clearly. But in the end, under Pei Hanying’s icy gaze, she could not say a single word.

Pei Hanying felt the cold air rushing toward her face, and the guess in her heart was confirmed.

She reached out, her palm landing on Ning Song’s exposed skin.

The temperature beneath her hand was terrifyingly cold.

Ning Song had been taking a cold shower just now.

Now her body was frighteningly cold, and the complexion they had finally managed to nurse into a bit of rosiness had turned pale again.

Pei Hanying took a deep breath and looked at Ning Song for a long while without speaking.

She did not speak, and Ning Song only clenched her two hands together, without the slightest intention of explaining.

It was Pei Hanying whose irritation grew thicker and thicker inside. She was the first to speak.

“Ning Song, explain yourself to me.”

Why had she taken a cold shower in the middle of winter?

Since when had she developed self-harming tendencies?

After hearing the girl’s words, the tears Ning Song had endured for so long finally could not be held back anymore and fell with a patter.

Her tears fell fast and urgently. Her choked voice sounded like a kitten whimpering, yet she still covered her mouth with her hand, trying hard to control the sound.

Before long, her whole face was flushed from holding it in.

Seeing her crying so hard that she looked like she was about to faint, Pei Hanying’s expression became even uglier.

“What are you crying for?”

She had not been fierce to her. She had not scolded her.

She had only asked Ning Song to properly explain why she had gone to take a cold shower.

With Ning Song crying like this, all the temper Pei Hanying had originally held in her heart was gone.

She only still kept a cold face.

She bent down and wiped Ning Song’s tears away for her.

But the little girl’s tears were like a spring. After they were wiped away, they quickly overflowed from her eyes again.

Pei Hanying’s hand paused. She could not help taking Ning Song’s hand down, cupping the little girl’s face, her brows and eyes softening slightly.

She truly had no way to deal with Ning Song.

She was the one who had done something wrong, yet after being caught, she was also the one crying so pitifully.

“Ning Song, you’re not allowed to cry anymore.”

Ning Song looked at her. Her tears were still falling, and in the end, she could not help hiccupping nervously.

She wanted to speak, but in the end, one sobbing hiccup after another came out.

Pei Hanying had no choice. She pulled her upstairs.

After entering the room, she stuffed Ning Song under the blanket and turned on the electric blanket.

Using wet wipes, she wiped Ning Song’s face, then placed a pack of tissues at the head of the bed, waiting to use them later.

In the end, Pei Hanying also crawled under the blanket and pressed against Ning Song’s body.

As expected, the little girl’s hands and feet were terribly cold.

Her constitution was already weak, yet she had insisted on sending Pei Hanying away so she could take a cold shower.

At this moment, Pei Hanying no longer thought about prying anything out of Ning Song’s mouth. She said,

“You don’t want your illness to get better?”

She had never seen a child torture herself like this.

Pei Hanying took back what she had said before about Ning Song being clever. Clearly, this little villain was stupid to death.

Ning Song’s body was held by her, and her face was also close to the girl’s chest.

Every breath was filled with the warm, sweet fragrance on Pei Hanying’s body.

Hearing what she said, Ning Song’s body tensed again.

She did not know how she should answer Pei Hanying. Was she supposed to say all those shameful thoughts in her heart out loud? To let Pei Hanying despise her and stay away from her?

Ning Song discovered that she could not do it.

She wanted to cry again.

Clearly, when Ning Cheng hit her, she did not cry. Every time, she could hold back her tears.

But in front of Pei Hanying, she was like a porcelain doll. A very small thing could make her feel wronged and sad, and tears would squeeze easily out of her eyes.

She bit her lip and could not say a single sentence for a long time.

Although she was usually quiet too, she had never been silent like this.

Her appearance right now made Pei Hanying feel even more uncomfortable.

If Ning Song really lived in the Pei family in the future, and after doing something wrong, Ning Song always had this attitude of saying nothing at all, then what should she do?

Could she really keep enduring it forever?

Pei Hanying thought about it and felt that she actually could not quite accept it.

Seeing that Ning Song seemed unwilling to say anything, Pei Hanying felt somewhat irritated.

She let her go, sat up, and looked at her damp hair lying against the pillow. She thought that she might as well go get the hair dryer first and dry Ning Song’s hair, then the two of them could calm down for a while before talking.

But looking at Pei Hanying’s back as she sat up and was about to leave, Ning Song panicked in an instant.

She thought Pei Hanying did not want to care about her anymore and was going to leave.

The little girl came out from under the blanket and hugged Pei Hanying from behind, who had wanted to leave.

She held Pei Hanying tightly, and tears once again poured from her eyes.

She choked out,

“Yingying, don’t be angry with me.”

“Wuu… I-I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have taken a cold shower.”

“I… wuu, I just wanted to stay.”

“Yingying, you can hit me, scold me, or tell me to get lost.”

“Don’t be angry with me. Don’t hate me, okay?”