Though tired from a day of climbing mountains and searching for people, she found she couldn't sleep once she lay down in the heated pit.
The fire pit had been made very warm by Sixi Zi, and she snuggled under the covers, beginning to count sheep.
As she counted, she heard the door opposite them open.
Then, the person sleeping beside her also quietly got up.
Lin Suixiang looked around, got dressed, and left.
Xia Wei Liang faltered, turned over, and her gaze met Ah Ning's bright, shiny big eyes.
They didn't speak, their eyes communicating the same fact: something was up!
Lin Suixiang, draped in her clothes, went outside and saw the person already standing there. She immediately walked over: "Xiao Yi..."
"After tomorrow's charity clinic, you go back."
Xiao Yi's voice was as flat as ever.
"No, I'm not going back. Your voice hasn't recovered yet, and I have to stay. Besides, you've seen how poor the hygiene conditions are here, what if you..."
Xiao Yi slowly turned his head. Behind him was a world of white, and he, in his black attire, exuded an indescribable coldness and strangeness.
"The airport incident, you instigated my grandfather, didn't you."
Inside the room, two sharp intakes of breath.
Ah Ning whispered, "Oh my god, why her!"
Xia Wei Liang, however, clicked her tongue twice: "Who's to blame? Blame Xiao Huosui!"
Outside the courtyard, Lin Suixiang eagerly stepped forward, tugging at his clothes, wanting to explain, "Xiao Yi..."
Hiss~
Xia Wei Liang's fiery temper was about to boil over!
But in the next second, she smiled with satisfaction.
Xiao Yi stepped back mercilessly, then pulled his clothes out of her grasp, leaving her with no lingering thoughts.
"I didn't touch you because your father took all the responsibility for you. I didn't expose you to save face for him, not for you."
Lin Suixiang's face turned ashen. She thought she had acted flawlessly, but she never expected... never expected he already knew!
Even more so, she never expected her father would readily admit it was his fault!
Xiao Yi had spoken too many words to her, more than he spoke to his own little girl, and his expression was already quite displeased.
As he was about to go inside, Lin Suixiang spoke softly from behind him, "Xiao Yi, we grew up together, can you be so heartless to me?"
Inside, Ah Ning was watching intently and couldn't help but comment, "Sis, see? She's playing the emotional card!"
Xia Wei Liang yawned and moved away from the window, crawling back into the pit, "Too bad, the card is wrong."
As expected, after hearing her words, Xiao Yi stopped.
He slowly turned his head, his eyes dark and terrifying, "Heh heh, it seems you still don't understand me."
Ignoring her frozen, pale face, he let out a cold laugh and walked in.
After standing for a long time, Lin Suixiang seemed to finally react, squatting on the ground, covering her face, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
Lin Suixiang returned after a long time outside. Ah Ning and Xia Wei Liang pretended not to know, and they slept exceptionally soundly.
At breakfast, Ah Ning secretly looked at Lin Suixiang. She was eating with a stern face, her head bowed, no longer possessing the deliberately elegant smile she had when facing the camera in the previous days.
Suppressing a smile, she leaned close to Xia Wei Liang and whispered, "The blow must have been substantial."
Xia Wei Liang peeled an egg for her, "Too much talk, eat your own."
Just as she finished peeling, two bowls were handed over from across the way.
Situ Gen
Entering, everything was as Zhao Cheng had described: white walls, a soft large bed, and a television cabinet with a television on it...
Seeing this, Xia Wei Liang immediately turned to look at Xiao Yi, her large eyes blinking like a curious cat.
"How did you do it?"
She didn't ask Su Yuxi, but rather Xiao Yi.
The reason was simple: he had remembered every word Zhao Cheng had said last night.
Xiao Yi didn't speak, but Village Chief Liu was incredibly excited, "So early in the morning! All the timber and paint were placed at the village entrance! Knowing it was for Zhao Cheng's family's house, everyone in the village came to help... this child has a hard life, but not entirely, otherwise, how would he meet so many good people like you!"
Xia Wei Liang raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Yi. No wonder he hadn't been seen so early in the morning.
Xiao Yi's expression remained unchanged, as if it were the simplest of matters.
Su Yuxi watched their interaction from the side, then quietly looked away.
Zhao Cheng looked for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and the more he wiped, the more he couldn't stop.
Xia Wei Liang went over, put her arm around his shoulder, and stayed with him like that.
"Little handsome guy, look what this is?"
Zhao Cheng saw the perfectly white lamb in Ah Ning's arms and ran over happily, "A sheep! It's a sheep!"
"Your brother Sixi gave it to you!"
"Thank you, brother Sixi!"
Sixi Zi scratched his head awkwardly, "It's nothing much to give. If you want to raise it, I'll give you one."
Then, villagers brought some rice here, some flour there, and some even gave two little chicks. The previously desolate little home was immediately filled to the brim!
By night, Zhao Cheng's smile hadn't stopped, touching this, touching that.
"Zhao Cheng, the water is ready, come out and bathe!"
Xia Wei Liang rolled up her sleeves and stood in the kitchen, calling him.
"Coming!"
Zhao Cheng scurried out. In the kitchen, a large wooden tub was placed, specially prepared for him.
Ah Ning was still boiling water, and Xia Wei Liang, busy, had a flushed little face. She stood there with her hands on her hips, looking at him, "Take off your clothes and bathe."
"With you two here, how can I wash!"
Ah Ning laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight: "Still shy!"
Xia Wei Liang didn't make it difficult for him, "Then you wash here, and call us when you're done."
She placed the new clothes beside him, "Wash up and change into these."
There was no response from behind her. She turned to look, and Zhao Cheng was wiping his eyes again.
She chuckled, went over, and bent down to look at him, "You're still crying at this age?"
Zhao Cheng bit his lip and whispered, "I just... miss my mom a little."