A Villainous Childhood Sweetheart At Four And A Half - Chapter 7

Pei Hanying ate this dinner very happily.

Everything she did not like eating, Ning Song helped her finish without hesitation. Meanwhile, in order to help the two little ones improve their relationship, Pei Yuan and Chao Qing turned a blind eye to Pei Hanying’s secretly picky eating.

The only slight shortcoming was that Ning Song was as thin as a kitten, and even her appetite was like a cat’s stomach. The child-sized bowl she used only held a little less than half a bowl of rice, but she soon could not eat anymore.

Seeing the speed at which Ning Song ate the food in her bowl slow down, Pei Hanying changed course with the food she had been about to put into Ning Song’s bowl and finally delivered it into her own mouth instead.

She chewed slowly and finished the egg.

Glancing at Ning Song, who was still trying hard to stuff food into her mouth, Pei Hanying said, “If you can’t eat anymore, then don’t eat.”

Ning Song’s movement of shoveling rice stopped. She lifted her eyes and looked at Pei Hanying a little timidly.

Being looked at with that kind of gaze, anyone who did not know better would think Pei Hanying had bullied her somehow.

In truth, the real villain was someone else entirely.

Pei Hanying clicked her tongue inwardly and said to her in a flat tone,

“What are you looking at? Can you still eat?”

“If you can’t eat, then don’t eat. Is our Pei family going to lack one mouthful of food for you?”

Ning Song gently set down her chopsticks and said to her in a small voice, “If I don’t eat it, it’ll be wasted.”

Ever since her parents divorced, Ning Song had not eaten a warm, filling meal in a very long time. She cherished this hard-earned warmth and fullness, so even though she was already very full, she was still trying hard to stuff more into her stomach.

Pei Hanying: “…”

Looking at the little girl’s serious expression, her mood shifted back and forth between “how pitiful” and “you should pity yourself instead.”

In the end, her pleading gaze turned toward Pei Yuan.

After receiving her daughter’s look, Pei Yuan slowly and unhurriedly set down her chopsticks and spoke gently to Ning Song.

“If you can’t eat anymore, then don’t eat. Auntie’s family won’t let you go hungry. Even if you don’t eat it, it won’t be wasted.”

As she spoke, she asked Chao Qing to lift the two little ones down.

Then she let them go play in the living room.

Before that, Ning Song was fed fever medicine again. After her temperature was taken and it was found that her fever had not returned, she was finally allowed to sit on the floor with Pei Hanying and play with puzzles.

Pei Hanying was not very patient with toys that required concentration like this. She would always start getting distracted after playing for a while.

Ning Song lowered her head and worked on the puzzle very seriously.

Her speed was also very fast. Almost at a glance, she could place each piece into its corresponding spot.

A puzzle that usually took Pei Hanying two or three days to finish was completed in Ning Song’s hands in just a little over half an hour. The beautiful Christmas Eve snow scene puzzle was fully pieced together.

Ning Song looked at the completed puzzle and lowered her head, revealing a faint smile.

The ends of her eyes drooped slightly, the curve very docile. She looked gentle, and one could not imagine at all that she would later become a hysterical villain.

Pei Hanying looked at her side profile and was slightly dazed.

It was not until the girl lifted her head and met her gaze with some confusion that Pei Hanying turned her head away.

She said, “It’s very late. I’m going upstairs to sleep. If you want to take a bath, call a maid to help you.”

As she spoke, she stood up. Looking at Ning Song’s hair, she endured for a moment, then added, “After your fever goes down, you can go back to your house.”

After saying this, seeing Ning Song nod, she did not continue staying in the living room and went upstairs.

There were maids on the first floor, so there was no need to worry about anything happening to Ning Song.

Pei Hanying said she was going to sleep, but after taking a bath, she found herself unable to fall asleep.

She pulled open the curtains, knelt on the bay window, and stared at the dim world outside.

At this moment, wind and snow were still raging outside. By the light from inside the room, she could see the snow outside falling harder and harder.

Her thoughts drifted uncontrollably back to Ning Song. At this moment, Pei Hanying felt somewhat glad that she had brought the little girl back.

If Ning Cheng still refused to let Ning Song return indoors at night, she probably would not survive tonight.

Thinking of this, Pei Hanying frowned and let out a soft breath.

In any case, it could be considered saving Ning Song’s life. No matter what, she only hoped Ning Song would remember her kindness.

After staring blankly out the window for quite a while, Pei Hanying’s throat felt a little dry.

When she checked the time on her watch, it was already past nine.

At this hour, almost everyone in the house was asleep.

After coughing lightly, she jumped down from the bay window. Only when she walked to the corner of the wall did she realize that she had forgotten to turn on the humidifier today.

No wonder she had felt especially dry just now.

She wanted to drink some yogurt. After thinking about it, she still quietly went downstairs.

Feeling her way down the stairs in the dark, Pei Hanying glanced toward the second floor. Seeing that she had not attracted her parents’ attention, she finally relaxed a little.

She turned on the lights on the first floor and was just about to go to the refrigerator to look for yogurt.

Her gaze swept over the sofa unintentionally. Seeing a black head exposed on the sofa, her heart gave a heavy jump, and she instinctively took a step back.

Only after seeing clearly that the person sitting on the sofa was Ning Song did she lightly pat her chest.

She said a little irritably, “It’s so late. Why aren’t you sleeping? What are you sitting here for?”

She had scared her.

Ning Song lifted her head and looked at her, several traces of helplessness showing in her sleepy eyes.

She apologized in a fluster. “I-I’m sorry. I woke you up.”

Pei Hanying stared at her for a few moments without speaking, then opened the refrigerator and rummaged through it for quite a while. In the end, she did not see any yogurt.

She only found a bottle of warm milk in the small pot used to heat milk.

Damn it.

Looks like they had guessed it long ago.

Pei Hanying took the milk out unhappily. When she came out of the kitchen, Ning Song was still sitting on the sofa.

She walked over and looked Ning Song up and down, her gaze stopping on that dog-gnawed hairstyle, her eyes carrying a hint of disdain.

Ning Song had now changed into a pink outfit. The grayish pink made the girl’s temperament look a little softer, and with the pink cat head on the jacket, one could see a bit of cuteness in her. It was just her hair. It was an eyesore.

As if sensing the blatant disdain in Pei Hanying’s eyes, Ning Song pursed her lips and lowered her eyes without speaking.

The hands resting on her knees had already twisted tightly together.

The wounds on her body and face had all been treated with medicine, but they had not healed that quickly.

Her fingers still showed bright red swelling.

A few seconds later, Pei Hanying frowned and asked, “Don’t tell me you’re scared to sleep alone?”

Otherwise, why would she leave a perfectly good room and insist on running to the living room?

Ning Song had just wanted to explain. She opened her lips, but did not know what to say.

At night, after she had taken a bath, she had originally been going to rest. Only, she had been a little thirsty and had gone to the living room to get water. By accident, she had run into a maid packing away all the things she had used, while saying disdainfully, “Who knows whether the things that kid used have any viruses on them.”

“Once she leaves, it seems all the things in the guest room will have to be thrown away.”

Ning Song was used to being disliked, but she was very grateful to the Pei family, and she did not want the Pei family to suffer such a great loss.

What was more, she was only a child of a little over five years old. Words like that still inevitably made her care.

After waiting for the maid to leave, she returned to the living room and sat quietly, thinking that she would say goodbye to the Pei family the next day.

She simply had not expected to run into Pei Hanying.

Seeing her hesitant appearance, Pei Hanying took it as confirmation.

She thought to herself that sure enough, great villains were troublesome.

After looking at Ning Song, she handed over the milk in her hand.

“Drink it.”

Ning Song was stunned. Looking at the milk in her hand, she obediently accepted it, only to run into difficulty again when opening the bottle cap.

Seeing this, Pei Hanying used a bottle opener to help her open it.

The warm milk fell into her stomach and soothed her fragile stomach very well.

Ning Song’s eyes narrowed slightly. After drinking the whole bottle of milk, she finally licked the corner of her lips.

The warm house, the soft and well-fitting clothes, and the warm milk—all of it was so beautiful it seemed like a dream.

Pei Hanying stuffed a tissue into her hand. After seeing her wipe her mouth, she spoke somewhat fiercely.

“Follow me upstairs.”

As she spoke, she stood up and walked toward the stairs.

After a few steps, Pei Hanying turned around. Seeing that Ning Song was still sitting on the sofa without moving, her tone grew heavier.

“Aren’t you coming?”

Ning Song immediately stood up, walked behind Pei Hanying, and followed closely after her up to the third floor.

Even after Pei Hanying brought her into the room, she still had not reacted.

Pei Hanying closed the door. Seeing Ning Song standing in place, she poked her shoulder.

“Go wash up. Are you sleeping or not?”

Ning Song’s mind went blank, and she instinctively walked into the bathroom.

Hearing the sound of water from the bathroom, Pei Hanying took a sip of water to moisten her throat and felt her eyelids grow a little heavy.

She rubbed her eyes. After taking off her watch, she turned up the temperature of the air conditioner in the room, then lay down on one side of the bed.

After a while, Ning Song finally came out of the bathroom.

Pei Hanying yawned and looked at the person standing in front of the bed, losing patience.

“Are you sleeping or not?”

Ning Song looked at her. This time, her brain finally began to work.

She asked in a thin voice, “Am I sleeping with you?”

Pei Hanying lifted her eyelids and glanced at her, her voice much softer because of sleepiness.

“Otherwise? Aren’t you scared to sleep alone?”

When saying this, Pei Hanying did not forget to curse Ning Cheng a few more times in her heart.

Hearing this, Ning Song blinked, and her heartbeat sped up a little.

She did not speak. She only walked to the other side of the bed and lifted a corner of the blanket, then looked up at Pei Hanying cautiously.

Only after seeing no expression of resistance on her face did she lightly and carefully take off her shoes and socks and climb onto the bed.

Just as she lay down on the bed, Pei Hanying’s voice came over. “One person sleeps on one side. You’re not allowed to squeeze toward the middle, and you’re not allowed to get close to me.”

Ning Song lowered her eyes, somewhat disappointed, and softly agreed.

After Pei Hanying finished speaking, her heart settled a little.

Because of her biological clock, she was truly unbearably sleepy now.

She closed her eyes and turned over, changing into a position with her back facing Ning Song.

Pei Hanying was a person with a very strong sense of boundaries. She did not like anyone casually entering her space.

But fortunately, Ning Song currently looked rather obedient, and her presence was not very strong either.

She thought these things in a daze and unconsciously fell asleep.

Ning Song listened to her soft breathing, and the somewhat tense body hidden beneath the blanket also softened a little.

Her nose was filled with the fresh scent of citrus, and covering her body was a light, soft, warm blanket.

Her drifting heart temporarily found a place to return to, and her originally uneasy heart slowly relaxed.

In the darkness, Ning Song looked in Pei Hanying’s direction. Pressing against the soft pillow, she closed her eyes. Before she could fall asleep, a faint rustling sound came from the bed. Before she could react, another warm body moved closer and hugged her like a doll.

Hm?

Ning Song blinked.