He sat in the courtyard, basking in the sun, the summer breeze
A rustling sound by his ears.
Thinking it was his German Shepherd, he waved, "Aibao,
Footsteps stopped before him.
"Aibao, let me pet your head."
"Pfft."
It was a girl's laugh.
"You, who are you!" He opened his eyes in astonishment, and because he couldn't see the way, he tripped and fell, rolling in the mud.
A pair of hands helped him up.
"My name isn't Aibao! I have a name! Brother calls me Xiao Xi, and you?"
"Xiao Yun?"
"Yes!" The girl nodded vigorously, her voice clear and sweet, like a melon just picked from the vine, "And you, what's your name?"
"I don't know you."
Mom said not to talk to strangers.
"Alright then, why are you sitting here alone? Can't you see the way? How did you fall!"
The girl seemed to lean closer to look at him.
He could even smell the sweet, milky scent on the girl.
"You... you can't see?"
His youthful pride made his face flush, and he turned his head away, his eyes slightly moist.
"If you don't care about me, then leave."
He shook off the girl's hand, wanting to leave, but he tripped again.
This time, the girl didn't laugh.
She stepped forward again and helped him up.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you couldn't see. Let me help you sit down."
The girl helped him back to the pavilion to sit, then began to chatter.
"My brother and I came here to visit. I don't like it here, I find it very boring, so I snuck out. I walked to the garden and saw a dog hole I could crawl through, so I crawled through. Is it Aibao's dog hole? Wow, what a big dog hole! Is Aibao a big dog?"
I don't know how so many words could pop into her little head.
The cicadas in the summer trees were not as annoying as her.
"By the way, your house is so beautiful! Much prettier than the one next door, it looks so luxurious. What does your family do? Are you a little prince from a castle? Where are your roses? Do you talk to your roses every day?"
"What roses?"
"Haven't you heard the story of the Little Prince? My brother tells it to me often..."
The girl animatedly began to tell the fairy tale about the Little Prince.
"Where are your roses, Little Prince."
The girl leaned in front of him again.
In her breath, the girl was like a cloyingly sweet candy.
Even the air she exhaled onto his nose was sweet.
After that day, Qin Xue found that her son loved to sit in the back garden in the afternoon, staying there for the entire afternoon, not allowing anyone to disturb him.
Throughout the summer, the girl visited many times, telling him various fairy tales each time.
"Brother often tells me fairy tales. I love my brother so much. My brother is the person who loves me most in the world."
When the girl mentioned her brother, her tone was full of admiration and affection.
"Little Prince, have you found your rose?"
This was the last question the girl asked him.
Later, the girl never appeared again.
Until he met Xu Lin Yun.
Xiao Yun.
Was it her?
"I've found my rose."
He grabbed Xu Lin Yun's hand and said this.
Xu Lin Yun smiled sweetly and cutely at him, her voice crisp and sweet, just like in his memory.
"Hello, Little Prince."
Xu Lin Yun really liked that fairy tale.
It was told to her by a brother who often visited their home.
That brother also had a smart and cute sister, but after arriving at their house, she was often nowhere to be found, only returning to the house after sunset to leave with her brother.
Su Qi returned to the Shallow Water Bay villa and only then realized how much her face hurt.
She splashed cold water on it, but it still hurt badly.
Sister Wu came back from buying groceries and saw Su Qi looking like this, exclaiming "Oh my!" and quickly rummaging for medicine.
"Good heavens, who beat you up like this? If Mr. Huo finds out, he'll make sure that person pays dearly."
It was a bit ironic, Su Qi wanted to laugh, but moving made her face hurt.
They hit her hard.
She had merely brushed Xu Lin Yun's beautiful face with her hand.
He had slapped her without question.
She should thank him.
For not beating her to death.
After all, she had touched the woman closest to his heart.
Sister Wu found Yunnan Baiyao and applied it to Su Qi's cheek.
The ointment was cool and instantly relieved the swelling and pain in her cheek.
"Here, take this medicine and get some sleep. I'll make you soup and porridge."
"Thank you, Sister Wu."
Su Qi took the cup and swallowed the medicine.
"Don't mention thanks, silly girl. Get some good sleep."
Sister Wu grabbed the windbreaker from the back of the sofa and draped it over Su Qi.
Thinking this men's windbreaker belonged to Huo Ting Jun.
Su Qi lay down on the sofa and let her eyelids fall heavily.
Pregnancy and the day's events had been tiring.
When Sister Wu finished cooking and saw Su Qi still asleep, she didn't wake her, only kept the stewed soup and nourishing porridge warm before leaving the Shallow Water Bay villa.
Night fell, and the sunset was exceptionally beautiful.
The car was parked in the garden.
After a long while, the car door opened, and a man's straight legs stepped onto the garden lawn.
When Huo Ting Jun pushed the door open, the living room was completely dark and silent.
He raised his hand and turned on a light, and in the dim glow, he saw the small woman lying on the sofa.
She was still covered by the windbreaker that Xu Lin Chuan had given her that day.
Su Qi had a rare beautiful dream.
In her dream, she dreamed that Su Yan's legs were healed.
She dreamed that she had found her biological parents.
Suddenly, the surroundings turned completely dark.
In the darkness, a pair of bloody hands grabbed her.
"Su Qiā"
Ah!
Su Qi's eyes snapped open in fright.
Her hand was tightly gripped by the man's large palm.
The surroundings were dark, and in front of her, the heavenly handsome man's eyes burned with a raging fire, the flames dyeing his pupils crimson.
Devil!
Su Qi flung his hand away, "Huo Ting Jun! Don't touch me! It's disgusting!"
Even just being grabbed by the wrist, she felt disgusted!
"Disgusting?!"
The man pressed down on her heavily.
He didn't even need to use much strength, just a fraction of it, to completely pin her beneath him.
"When you were throwing yourself at others, weren't you disgusted?!"
His hand gripped her jaw tightly.
Su Qi's cheeks had already healed considerably, but being so roughly handled and pulled by the man caused her pain.
Having gone through this before, Su Qi knew that struggling was futile.
Fortunately, her phone was within reach.
She fumbled for her phone and pressed and held the power button and volume keys.
She dialed the emergency rescue number!
As soon as the call connected, Su Qi shouted, "Hello, 110ā"
When Qin Xue received the call from the police station, she almost thought it was a scam.
When she arrived at the police station, she actually saw her own son.
Qin Xue could never have imagined that her former daughter-in-law would call the police to arrest Huo Ting Jun!
It was too outrageous!