Chapter 1012: at your side
Chapter 1012 By your side
“I, am I really stupid?” Xia Ling asked in a low voice.
Xia Yu sneered in her heart again and said: "If you were smart, how could they bully you? Sister, don't you think it's strange, why did Brother Pei adopt you? I think those ladies are right, he must be He doesn’t know you yet. If he sees your true face, he will definitely throw you out!”
Xia Ling panicked: "Then what should I do?"
Xia Yu felt so happy that she couldn't see her sister looking so proud. The more her sister was hesitant and sad, the more satisfied she became. She pretended to persuade her: "It doesn't matter, don't panic. Just work harder and don't let Brother Pei find out that you can't do anything well. Sister, don't blame me for speaking frankly. Who else in this world besides me is Are we really good to you? We are the only two sisters who depend on each other."
Xia Ling nodded: "Yes, Xiaoyu, I listen to you, how can I blame you?"
Xia Yu smiled again, this time, gloomily and contentedly - her sister listened to her, wouldn't that mean that her sister admitted that her IQ was not as good as hers? Sure enough, among the two sisters, she is the better one!
She spoke a few more words to her sister and hung up the phone.
Xia Ling took up the thread and crawled back to sleep. Unexpectedly, she still tossed and turned and couldn't sleep - before making this call, she felt vaguely that the ladies of the Pei family were ostracizing her and deliberately said those unpleasant words to intimidate her. However, now even Xia Yu said that Pei Ziheng would abandon her. her…
She was so frightened that she tossed and turned all night long.
This incident was like a big dark cloud, weighing heavily on her heart. She was absent-minded throughout the next day. She made several wrong moves in the etiquette class and was punished by Teacher Gao to the point of disgrace.
When I got home, Pei Ziheng was not there.
Zhou's mother brought her dinner: "Miss, your husband has an important meeting tonight and won't be back at night. He told you to eat first and go to bed early after eating."
"Isn't he coming back?" Xia Ling felt a little disappointed in her heart. She couldn't help but wonder, did he not like her anymore, so she avoided seeing him? I clearly know that my idea is ridiculous, but I just can't control it.
Zhou's mother didn't notice that something was wrong with her, and said with a smile: "Yes, I won't come back. I heard that I was discussing things with the Wang family - Miss, have you heard of the Wang family? If you go to a high-end beach resort, you can see the Wang family everywhere speedboats and cruise ships, their business is huge.”
Xia Ling bit her food absently: "I haven't heard of it."
Zhou Ma arranged the dishes for her: "The relationship between the Wang family and the Pei family has always been very good. I heard that the Wang family also intends to let our husband be his son-in-law. For this meeting, the Wang family brought Miss Wang with them. There will probably be a dance after the show, and our husband will dance beautifully, and he will surely capture Miss Wang’s heart.”
"I won't eat." Xia Ling pushed the plate away.
Zhou's mother looked at her strangely: "Why did you eat so little today? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Miss, you can't do this. It's the time when you're growing, so you need to eat more."
Xia Ling said softly: "I'm a little tired, so I'm going to bed first." After saying that, before Zhou's mother could react, she pushed away the dinner plate, jumped off the dining chair, and walked to her room.
As he walked, he couldn't help but wonder, was he dancing with Miss Wang? What would he look like when dancing? Will he smile at Miss Wang? Just like she did...
She felt very confused, and she didn’t know what was wrong. She was feeling very upset and uncomfortable.
I forced myself to go to bed, but I couldn't fall asleep. My insomnia tonight was worse than last night. After finally drifting off to sleep, she had a nightmare. In the dream, she did something wrong. Pei Ziheng asked the servant to kick her out with a stern expression. She dreamed that she was pleading hard, but he said he didn't want her anymore, leaving her to wander the unfamiliar streets wearing thin clothes and barefoot...
Woke up all of a sudden.
Out the window, there is a watery night with bright stars.
She looked around and found that she was still sleeping on a comfortable bed in his villa, still wearing the silk satin pajamas he selected. The room was filled with a faint floral fragrance, which was her favorite iris.
She hugged the cup, sat up, and got off the bed with her bare feet. The faint fluorescent clock points to midnight.
She couldn't settle down no matter what. The scenes in her dream repeatedly haunted her and echoed in her heart. She walked out of the room softly. The corridor was dim, and the firefly-like night lamp cast a faint band of light on the wooden floor. She came to his bedroom door and listened carefully. It seemed that he hadn't come back yet.
Going downstairs, the living room was very quiet, and neither Zhou’s mother nor the housekeeper was there.
Her eyes swept around the empty house and landed on a floor-length clothes rack next to the sofa - hanging on it was one of his coats, a dark gray thin suit, the one he wore when he went to the orphanage to adopt her. .
She raised her head and looked at the suit for a long time.
In a strange move, she reached out to take off the suit and held it in her arms. The suit felt soft, an indescribable texture that was very comfortable. She hugged it tighter and rubbed her palm-sized face against it. The faint breath of the suit came from her nose. His breath.
Somewhere deep inside, quiet down.
She walked back with the suit in her arms, went upstairs, and returned to her room. Wrapping the suit around him, he climbed onto the couch again, and fell into a deep sleep surrounded by his breathless presence.
At two o'clock in the morning, Pei Ziheng returned home.
Ma Zhou took the coat he took off and handed him a bowl of hangover soup.
He asked Zhou’s mother: “Where is Xiao Ling?”
“Miss didn’t have much dinner and went to bed very early.” Zhou’s mother said.
Pei Ziheng took a casual sip of the hangover soup, went upstairs to see her in her room. Gently opening the door, he saw his little princess sleeping soundly on the soft and white feather bed, her soft eyelashes closed quietly, her little nose undulating between breaths, very peaceful.
He stepped forward and reached out to tuck her into bed, but unexpectedly found that she was wrapped in a suit jacket—the one he had hung in the living room.
He was slightly startled, and after a moment, his expression became softer. He reached out and gently touched her soft and white petal-like face. The touch felt so good that he couldn't bear to leave.
She woke up at his touch.
“Brother Pei?” She rubbed her eyes, with unconcealable joy in her voice.
“Why do you sleep wrapped in my clothes?” he asked softly.
Her face suddenly turned red, and after a long while, she muttered: "I...I'm afraid of the dark."
“Aren’t you afraid if you are wrapped in my clothes?”
She lowered her head slightly: "That way it will be as if you are by my side, and I won't be afraid of anything."
(End of this chapter)