Chapter 1054: Strawberry ice cream
Chapter 1054 Strawberry Ice Cream
The driver was putting luggage in the trunk. He turned his head when he heard the noise and was startled: "Miss, are you okay?"
He hurriedly closed the trunk and came over to check the injury on her forehead. She shook her head with two bags of tears in her eyes, pushed the driver's hand away, and bent down to get into the back seat of the car.
The driver had no choice but to go to the cab and drive.
The car drove along the bustling street, with high-rise buildings and pedestrians passing by. Xia Ling curled up, covered her forehead, and quietly let her tears flow freely. Scenes of the grievances she had suffered since joining the training camp came to mind. Was she too naive? In this world, it would be difficult for her to move forward without background and power?
Is she wrong to insist on entering the training camp on her own?
She cried for a long time, like a wounded little animal facing its own wounds alone. Unknowingly, she heard the driver say: "Miss, we're home."
She opened the car door without saying a word and entered the house.
It was only two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and Pei Ziheng hadn't returned home yet. Zhou Ma, who was cleaning the house, came up to him and was startled when he saw her eyes red from crying: "Miss, what happened?"
She still said nothing, went upstairs and locked herself in the bedroom.
Zhou’s mother watched her leave worriedly, and then looked at the driver in confusion: “What happened?”
“I don’t know,” the driver said. “When I got in the car, I accidentally bumped into the car door and started crying. But I think the lady was sad for something else.”
Zhou’s mother nodded, turned to the kitchen, prepared Xia Ling’s favorite strawberry ice cream, put it in a crystal clear bowl, and knocked on Xia Ling’s door: “Miss, please open the door.”
There was no movement at the door.
Zhou’s mother knocked again: “Miss, Miss?”
A muffled voice came from inside: "What's the matter?"
"Today's strawberries are particularly good," Zhou Ma paused and said, "I mentioned it to my husband this morning and he said you like strawberry ice cream the most and asked me to pick the biggest and sweetest one for you. Shall I bring it in for you? "
The door opened, and Xia Ling stood at the door with red and swollen eyes, her voice a little hoarse: "I was supposed to stay in the training camp today, why did Brother Pei ask you to make ice cream for me at home?"
Ma Zhou was stuck for a moment, secretly cursing herself for being confused, and made up a lie on the spur of the moment and almost exposed the truth. This ice cream was not ordered by Pei Ziheng. She saw that Xia Ling was in a bad mood, so she made it to comfort the little girl. She smiled and rounded off her words as if nothing had happened: "Sir, you originally asked me to send it to you in the evening."
Xia Ling lowered her eyes and glanced at the crystal bowl. The beautiful pink ice cream was dotted with mint and strawberry. The rich milk fragrance and the sweetness of the frosting were extremely tempting. She stretched out her hand to take it: "Thank you, Mother Zhou." She stopped crying, hugged the ice cream and bent her legs to sit on the sofa, eating it bit by bit with a small spoon.
Ma Zhou took advantage of the situation and walked over and sat down next to her: "Miss, is there something on your mind? Who bullied you?"
She ate the ice cream bit by bit, and it took a long time before she said, "It's okay." After a while, "The teacher said there are not enough beds and won't let me live on campus. Do you think Brother Pei will be angry if he finds out?"
Is this what you were worried about in the first place? Zhou Ma breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little distressed. The young lady still didn’t know that all this was her husband’s plan, so she was crying in vain. It was really heartbreaking to watch.
She couldn't help smoothing Xia Ling's hair: "Sir, he is very kind to you. How can he be angry about such a trivial matter? If you come back, it will be too late for him to be happy. He wants to be with you so much."
"He's not even angry!" Xia Ling was about to cry again, "Those people in the training camp are so bad!"
“Angry, angry.” Zhou’s mother was so frightened that she kept saying that she didn’t dare to make this little ancestor cry again. After a pause, he asked cautiously, "Is it someone from the training camp who made you unhappy?"
"Yeah." Xia Ling dug the strawberries bit by bit with a small spoon, but didn't eat them. "They all ostracized me." Zhou's mother looked at the girl in front of her with pity. It must be hard to be ostracized, right? I heard that the young lady was ostracized by other children in the orphanage because she was too beautiful and liked by many adoptive families. Later, when she entered the Pei family, the girls in the Pei family also regarded her as an alien. Unexpectedly, she is here now. Training camp, too…
Sometimes, being beautiful is a good thing, but it’s really hard to say whether being too beautiful or outstanding and lacking enough background is a blessing or a curse. Zhou's mother said sympathetically: "It's not your fault, it's because they don't understand how good you are."
Under her gentle words, the little girl's heart was soothed.
Xia Ling sniffed, as if saying to herself: "Yes, it's their fault, I didn't do anything wrong." Then she raised her head and looked at Zhou's mother, "Zhou's mother, don't tell Brother Pei that I cried, okay? good?"
It was so embarrassing, and she didn't want Pei Ziheng to worry.
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Okay, I'll get you an ice towel. You lie down and apply it on your eyes. Otherwise, your eyes will be red. Sir, you can tell at a glance." After saying that, she really went to twist the ice towel. .
Xia Ling applied it obediently and fell into sleep without even realizing it.
In the dream, she was surrounded by a group of people, including the older children from the orphanage, Pei Jingyu and them, and Li Bingman and her followers... They ridiculed her, laughed at her, and threw rotten eggs and stones at her...
“I, I am not a little beggar that no one wants...!” In her dream, she shouted softly.
Opening her eyes, she found Pei Ziheng standing close to Chi Chi, with her head resting on his lap and her body covered with his suit jacket. The light was dim, and he was leaning on the sofa reading a financial report, his brows slightly wrinkled, his expression a bit grim. "Brother Pei..." She rubbed her eyes and sat up, "How could I..."
How did she sleep on his lap?
Pei Ziheng lowered his head and saw that she was awake. His slightly frowned brows relaxed: "Are you hungry?"
When he said this, she turned her head and glanced out the window. It turned out that it was already dark. "I'm not hungry," she said softly. She had just woken up and her voice was still a little confused. "You're back."
“It’s been a while since I’ve been back,” he said gently, putting the suit jacket that had slipped off her shoulders back on her body. “Have you ever cried?”
"Huh?" She was slightly startled, "How do you know?"
Didn’t she put ice on her eyes?
Pei Ziheng said warmly: "What don't I know?" Even if Zhou's mother asked her to apply ice to her eyes, the child was obviously sad and was still crying in her sleep. At this moment, his eyes were red like a rabbit.
Xia Ling felt aggrieved: "You don't know a lot of things."
As I spoke, I felt like crying again.
"What don't I know? Tell me." He put aside the financial report at hand, put his arms around her, and held her in his arms, stroking the top of her hair with his chin, a very soft touch. These days, the two of them live in the same bedroom. He often helps her put on quilts and coats, and sometimes they have some physical contact, which she does not reject.
Xia Ling found a comfortable position in his arms and began to talk about what happened in the training camp today.
Today I am in Baihaba, a small village on the border of China. The scenery here is beautiful but the signal is a pitfall 555... After half an hour of hard work, I finally connected. There will be 2 more updates tonight.
(End of this chapter)