A Villainous Childhood Sweetheart At Four And A Half - Chapter 4

To Give You Deep Affection was a modern romance novel with a bad ending.

The female lead, Lu Baiwei, and the male lead, Li Yi, had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and their relationship was extremely good.

The original text began with the two of them meeting and getting to know each other as children. As the boy and girl grew up, they bickered and played around along the way, but their feelings only grew deeper and deeper. Logically speaking, they should have naturally entered the hall of marriage.

Only, there was one extra Ning Song between them.

Ning Song was the great villain in the book To Give You Deep Affection, and also the male lead’s full younger sister.

After their parents divorced, each parent took one child. After Ning Song followed Ning Cheng, she faced a life filled with constant beatings and scoldings every day. Before she even graduated from middle school, she was forced to drop out and work to support Ning Cheng.

Meanwhile, Li Yi, who followed their mother Li Siyi, not only received a good education, but also lived each day peacefully, smoothly, and comfortably.

After the siblings grew up, the first time they met, one was a spirited university student, while the other was a waitress serving dishes in a restaurant. Ning Song recognized Li Yi, but he did not recognize her.

After she got off work, she was even hugged by Li Yi’s drunk roommate, who had come out to eat with him, and nearly got kissed.

In response, after Li Yi pulled his roommate away, he merely said lightly, “Don’t go into heat at someone like her. Who knows whether she’s clean or not.”

Because of that contemptuous sentence, Ning Song came to hate Li Yi.

The whole novel could be considered a low start that went wildly off the rails. After that, it spent the entire story writing about Ning Song’s complete descent into darkness. First, she chopped her scumbag father to death and hid him away. Afterward, she taught herself chemistry courses and made homemade bombs at home—not just one, but a whole pile of them.

Fortunately, in the later part of the story, only one bomb exploded in the company where Li Yi worked. In the end, Li Yi was blown to death, forever separated from the female lead, Lu Baiwei, by heaven and earth.

After completing her revenge, Ning Song also chose to commit suicide.

After Pei Hanying finished reading this novel out of boredom, she wished she could gouge out her own eyes.

There were so many things to criticize that she did not even know where to begin. Pei Hanying’s first reaction after finishing it was that not only was the great villain taking revenge on society, but the author who had written this story was probably also writing with the mindset of taking revenge on society.

After reading this book, Pei Hanying very quickly threw its contents to the back of her mind.

Only, she had thought that after dying, she had merely reincarnated normally with her memories. Now she was being told that, actually, she had transmigrated into a book?!

There was not even a supporting character in the book with the same name as her… Pei Hanying’s face carried a faint sense of death.

Not only had she transmigrated into a book, but the little villain who had nearly destroyed heaven and earth in the book was now right in front of her.

If she remembered correctly, the company the male lead Li Yi entered was also Pei Group, right?

When Pei Hanying opened her eyes again and looked in Ning Song’s direction, she did not expect to meet Ning Song’s gaze as well.

Meeting Ning Song’s beautiful jade-green cat eyes, Pei Hanying blinked, then quickly turned her head away.

She jumped down from the swing in one swift motion and hurriedly said to Xia Ting,

“Sister Tingting, let’s go back!”

In the story, Ning Cheng was extremely difficult to deal with, and Ning Song was especially good at holding grudges.

Pei Hanying consciously knew that she was only a passerby mentioned in a single stroke in the story, so naturally, she could not change anything.

What male and female leads, what great villain—she had better leave first.

Pulling Xia Ting quickly toward the exit, Pei Hanying silently chanted in her heart: Life is short, enjoy yourself while you can, and do not interfere in other people’s karma.

Little villain, 886!

This sister will be leaving first!

She dragged Xia Ting all the way home without stopping, then drank a large cup of cold water to calm her shock.

Sitting on the sofa, she twisted her fingers together and was still somewhat restless. In less than a minute, she had already changed positions several times.

Seeing this, Xia Ting crouched beside her and asked, “Miss, are you scared?”

Pei Hanying nodded, then quickly shook her head.

She sighed in a deliberately mature way, but still had not changed her bad habit of biting her fingers whenever she was conflicted.

Pei Hanying said, “Sister Tingting, can we call the police for that little sister from just now?”

Hearing this, Xia Ting looked at Pei Hanying with some surprise.

Since when was her young miss such an empathetic person? Although the little girl had a bright and cheerful personality, after spending so many years together, Xia Ting also knew that aside from treating familiar relatives and friends, Pei Hanying usually showed the attitude of an uninvolved bystander.

No matter what kind of scene she saw, most of the time, she could still remain as if nothing had happened.

For a while, Pei Yuan had even suspected that she had given birth to a child with indifferent emotions. She had taken Pei Hanying to the hospital for examinations on and off for half a year, and only after several results all came back saying there was no problem, that it was merely due to her personality, did she finally relax.

Why had she suddenly softened when she encountered that little girl just now?

Although Xia Ting thought this in her heart, her expression remained calm.

She nodded. “Then I’ll go make a call.”

Watching Xia Ting walk to the balcony to make the call, Pei Hanying let out a soft breath.

She did not like meddling in other people’s business. It was just that Ning Song’s experiences made her think of herself in her previous life, only Ning Song was much braver and much crazier than she had been.

The little girl silently told herself in her heart that she would only help this once.

Before long, Xia Ting returned to the living room.

She smiled and said to Pei Hanying, “Miss, they said someone has already called the police. People will be sent over to handle it soon.”

After saying that, Xia Ting added another sentence.

“But this will most likely be classified as a family matter. In the end, the result probably won’t be serious either. Calling the police won’t be of much use.”

Pei Hanying lowered her eyes indifferently and said, “I’ve done everything I can. The rest has nothing to do with me.”

Xia Ting froze. Looking at the little girl’s rich, beautiful brows and eyes, her mind settled slightly.

This was the young miss she was familiar with.

The weather was nice for the next several days. The scene of running into Ning Song being beaten that day did not have much of an impact on her. At most, Pei Hanying secretly remembered Li Yi’s name, planning to have her family’s company reject every single person named “Li Yi” ten-plus years later.

Putting aside how it would implicate other people in the company, casually judging whether a girl was “clean” or not was already tasteless behavior.

In the following days, Pei Hanying would occasionally go out for a walk, or water flowers and bask in the sun in the backyard.

Only, every time she was in the backyard, separated by a single wall, she could always hear Ning Cheng’s various unbearable curses coming from behind it.

Most of them were directed at Ning Song.

He could say any kind of ugly words. Sometimes, Pei Hanying could not help wondering whether Ning Song was really his biological daughter.

Sure enough, calling the police that day had been of no use. Ning Cheng was thick-skinned. After merely spending an afternoon at the police station, he returned home.

After returning home, he reverted to his old ways, either beating or scolding Ning Song, and even struck harder.

Those ugly words made Pei Hanying avoid going to the backyard for several days.

It was not until Xia Ting saw that she had been bored inside the house for several days and feared she would get stifled that she specially chose a day when Ning Cheng had gone out drinking and said to Pei Hanying,

“Miss, the persimmons in the backyard are all overripe. They’ve fallen all over the ground. Do you still want to go pick some?”

Pei Hanying treasured all kinds of things planted in the yard. Hearing this, she hesitated for a while, but still nodded.

The temperature today was not low. Wearing a thick coat, standing outside did not feel cold.

The yard had not yet been cleaned up, and sure enough, it was just as Xia Ting had said. Overripe persimmons had fallen all over the ground, and even a breath of air carried a few hints of persimmon sweetness.

Persimmons at this time were the most delicious.

Pei Hanying had someone hang a basket on the tree trunk, then climbed up the ladder herself with thudding little steps, preparing to pick them personally.

After climbing to the highest point, Pei Hanying subconsciously glanced outside the wall. She had not expected to meet someone’s eyes at once.

Standing outside the wall was a thin and weak little girl dressed in flimsy clothes. In her hands, she held a half-eaten persimmon, and the corners of her mouth were stained with a little orange-red juice. On her thin cheeks, her jade-green cat eyes were wide open, making her look like a little calico cat.

Pei Hanying could not hold back and abruptly let out a laugh.

After hearing her laugh, the persimmon Ning Song was holding instantly fell to the ground. Her bruised, darkened wrist was covered by her falling sleeve.

She swallowed, her voice thin, weak, and hoarse as she explained somewhat frantically, “I—I didn’t steal your family’s persimmons.”

A layer of moisture spread through her jade-green eyes, and there was a hint of embarrassment at the bottom of her gaze.

“I picked this up from the ground.”

As soon as she finished laughing, Pei Hanying wanted to slap herself.

Damn mouth. Why did you laugh!

What if Ning Song held a grudge and came to take revenge on her later!

Seeing Ning Song act so cautious in front of her, Pei Hanying turned her head away and said lightly, “Eat it if you want.”

If she ate her family’s persimmons, she should not hold a grudge anymore, right?

After saying this, she was still caught in her own regret. She casually picked a few bright red persimmons, then had someone come and pick the rest to bring back.

The next day, Pei Hanying finally could not sit still at home anymore. Xia Ting took her out for a walk in the neighborhood.

Jinhe Garden’s landscaping was done very well. Even though it was winter now, the property management had still spent a large sum of money moving in a dozen or so evergreen trees. The air was fresh.

The light was good today, and even the sharp chill in the wind was softened a little, becoming gentle.

But Pei Hanying still had not expected that she had only just run into Ning Song eating persimmons outside the wall yesterday, and today, the moment she went out, she would once again encounter the scene of Ning Song being beaten by Ning Cheng.

The little girl’s long hair, which had still been thick and curly when they met yesterday, had already been cut to the length of the back of her neck today. It was chopped unevenly, full of pits and gaps. If not for that exceptionally beautiful face, it would have been a disaster.

She was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Her cheeks were red and swollen, and there was an extra bluish-purple bruise at the corner of her forehead.

Ning Cheng grabbed her hair, the veins on his hand bulging as he roared, “Are you trying to go find that ungrateful mother of yours? That stinking whore doesn’t want you anymore! Do you know why? Because you’re a money-losing good-for-nothing!”

“You little bitch, I worked so hard to raise you this big, and you still dare to run!”

The man’s face was flushed red. His originally rather handsome face had now become especially terrifying.

Not only did he grab Ning Song’s hair with his hands, he also kicked the girl several times with force.

Pei Hanying held Xia Ting’s hand and stood not far away. Seeing this scene, her breathing hitched slightly.

At this moment, she somewhat understood why Ning Song had turned dark.

Ning Cheng truly was not human.

Whether at home or outside, he seemed to abuse and beat Ning Song regardless of occasion, as if doing so could bring him endless pleasure.

Pei Hanying had run into this more than once during this period of time.

Every time Ning Cheng attacked Ning Song, he never showed the slightest mercy. She did not know exactly how old Ning Song was, but the clothes on her body were always so thin and loose, not fitting her at all.

The wounds on her body also overlapped one over another and had never decreased.

Seeing this scene, Xia Ting said in a low voice, “Miss, let’s go.”

Pei Hanying had just been about to answer when Ning Song, who had originally had her head lowered and was silently enduring the beating, seemed to sense something and suddenly lifted her head.

A pair of deep green eyes looked toward Pei Hanying from afar.

Pleading, wretchedness, hope…

Pei Hanying could not clearly distinguish exactly what emotions were contained in those beautiful cat eyes.

Only, Ning Song seemed to be expecting something from her.

Pei Hanying’s lips pressed into a straight line, and she warned herself inwardly.

This was a living, breathing person, not some random cat or dog.

If she truly decided to interfere with her, then there would be endless trouble afterward.

What was more, in the original book, Ning Song was a paranoid and insane great villain. Pei Hanying could not afford to provoke her.

The girl’s heart slowly hardened. She avoided Ning Song’s gaze and replied to Xia Ting,

“Okay. Let’s go back.”

As she spoke, Xia Ting pulled her around, and they walked in the direction of the Pei residence.

Watching Pei Hanying’s back, the light in Ning Song’s eyes slowly went out, until only a calm, deathly silence remained.

Ning Cheng saw Ning Song suddenly wilt, looked in the direction of Pei Hanying and the others, and understood something. He gave a snorting laugh.

“What do you think you are? What, were you hoping the Pei family’s young miss would save you? Dream on, little bitch.”

Ning Song bit her lip hard and said nothing, enduring the violent beating Ning Cheng rained down on her.

Her body was too weak, and her strength was too small. She had no ability to resist at all.

Ning Cheng was not wrong either.

It was only a down jacket and a persimmon.

Just because of the Pei family young miss’s charity, she had placed her hope on the other girl.

The two of them had only met by chance. What right did she have to hope that Pei Hanying would help her again?

Only, even as she thought this, a bean-sized tear still fell to the ground.

After returning home, Pei Hanying turned on the television.

Looking at the persimmons still sitting on the table, she unconsciously thought of those cat eyes from earlier, carrying a bit of light.

Pei Hanying covered her face and let out a silent wail.

At the same time, the television automatically broadcast a weather warning.

“Jing City Meteorological Observatory issued an alert at fourteen hundred hours: A blizzard will arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning. The weather is cold and roads will be slippery. Please keep warm.”