She pulled his arm and helped him up.
Peng Fei looked down at his uninjured left hand, rubbing his fingers aimlessly.
"It's fine, it doesn't hurt. I'll bandage it when I get back. Your egg custard got dirty, and you haven't eaten. I'll make you another bowl."
Zhan Jingchun grew even angrier.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Your hand is covered in blood. Who would eat anything you make? You're not allowed to!"
"Then I'll ask the auntie to help..."
"Do you think this is your home? Am I a starving ghost, never satisfied all day long?"
"Huh? You were never satisfied all day long when you were at my house?"
Speaking of past events, they looked at each other and suddenly realized they shouldn't bring it up, falling into silence together.
After a moment, Zhan Jingchun broke the silence, looking away.
"Let's not talk about those messy things anymore, especially your family's affairs. Don't mention them in front of me. I'm not hungry and don't need your egg custard. Go, bandage your hand."
But Peng Fei was still worried, "I heard the auntie say you're in a bad mood every day and don't eat properly..."
"It's not because of you, don't be so self-important."
But Peng Fei still wanted to persuade her, "Chun Chun, you're truly beautiful, with great skin and a perfect figure. You don't need to lose weight."
Zhan Jingchun glared, "Who said I'm losing weight? Do you believe that idiot Xiang Si Yuan?"
"Then why aren't you eating?"
In their eyes, no matter how big the problem, a good night's sleep would solve it; there were no mental health issues.
He didn't understand Zhan Jingchun's thoughts, and she didn't expect him to.
"It's none of your business. I'll eat if I want to, and I won't if I don't. Do I need to report to you? Are you leaving or not? If not, I'll call someone up!"
Peng Fei was helpless and could only back away slowly.
"Are you not hungry? Before... ah, no, let's not talk about before. I mean, if there's anything you want to eat, you can tell me. Anytime, I can make it for you."
After speaking, he felt in his pocket, wanting to leave his contact information for Zhan Jingchun, but he was afraid she would say he wasn't worthy.
Zhan Jingchun watched him go downstairs, looking back repeatedly. She looked at the bowl on the floor and the paper she had used to wipe the blood and hadn't thrown away, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
Peng Fei returned to the Chen family with the children. After eating their fill, it was time to get to work.
The young masters took off their jackets, rolled up their sleeves, and under his direction, cleaned up all the messy garbage from the fire and mopped the floor.
Everyone ended up looking like a soot-covered cat.
Peng Fei told everyone to take a bath while he picked up his phone and started calculating.
Xiang Si Yuan came out after his bath and saw him diligently calculating accounts. He couldn't help but be curious and peeked.
"What are you doing?"
Peng Fei looked up at him and didn't answer.
"Think you're done mopping and have nothing else to do? Did you do your homework today?"
Xiang Si Yuan felt bored and didn't dare tell Peng Fei that he had burned his homework, so he dejectedly moved to the side.
One after another, everyone came out, all crowding around Xiang Si Yuan with nothing to do.
Peng Fei thought they wanted to play on their phones and reprimanded them.
"You all have no homework to do, right? Since you're all so idle, come out with me for some exercise!"
The older ones pouted and said nothing. The youngest, whose homework had been burned, worried about how he would explain it when he got home. He weakly told Peng Fei.
"Instructor Peng, my homework was burned, I can't write it."
"What? Your homework was burned? You weren't doing your homework in that room, so how did it get burned?"
Seeing everyone's expressions, he realized.
"You all burned it, didn't you? So you burned the room because you were burning your homework? Very good. Double the exercise."
Everyone exclaimed, "Ah?"
"Not satisfied? Then double it."
Saying that, he stood up and shouted, "Attention!"
Everyone quickly stood at attention and followed him to the lawn.
They lined up according to height and were led by him to run around the yard. After three laps, they were already exhausted.
They were all panting, hunched over.
Peng Fei loudly berated them. Seeing that some still didn't listen, he resorted to kicking them, creating a lively scene.
Zhan Jingchun, who had been idle, heard the commotion next door and was curious. She leaned against the window to look out.
She saw Peng Fei acting like an instructor, bullying the brats quite severely, and felt both annoyed and amused.
She couldn't quite figure out what kind of person he was; sometimes he was timid, and other times he was imposing. He was truly odd.
The exercise lasted for nearly two hours. Everyone was completely exhausted and returned to the house, lying scattered all over the living room.
Peng Fei checked the time; it was still early. He couldn't let them not do their homework. He had to go buy them new homework and also check the building materials market for suitable paint, as the house needed to be tidied up as soon as possible.
So he instructed them.
"Write down the homework you need. I'm going out."
"After I leave, if anyone dares to cause trouble, I'll cripple you when I get back."
"Especially you, Xiang Si Yuan. I haven't settled the score from this morning. Don't think that just because I didn't say anything, it's over. I'm keeping track of everything. If you cause trouble again, you'll be the first one I cripple."
He went to climb the wall again. The moment he jumped over the wall, he happened to encounter the nanny and Zhan Jingchun coming out.
Suddenly, a person fell from the sky, startling both of them.
Especially the nanny, who clutched her chest and exclaimed that she was almost scared to death.
"It's you! Oh my, you scared me. I thought... You're here, why are you climbing over the wall instead of using the door?"
Peng Fei hadn't expected to meet them again so soon and felt both happy and a little embarrassed.
He explained the purpose of Chen Jiaojiao sending them there and his own plans, then said he was going to buy books.
The nanny's face flashed with a hint of joy upon hearing this.
"Going to buy books? What a coincidence, Chun Chun's paints and drawing paper are also out. She needs to go to the bookstore too..."
She knew Peng Fei didn't have a car, and the villa area was far, making a trip to the city difficult. She wanted to invite him to ride with them.
But she was just a nanny, and the words caught in her throat.
Zhan Jingchun saw through the nanny's thoughts and thought, "Is Peng Fei that good? She's only just met him and already wants to help him?"
Peng Fei also understood the auntie's intention, but similarly, he knew he couldn't ride in the same car as Zhan Jingchun, so he wisely said.
"Oh, since you're busy, I won't bother you. Goodbye."
He turned to leave. Zhan Jingchun saw the bloodstains on his sweater and called out to him with a frown.
"Why aren't you changing your clothes when they're stained with blood?"
Peng Fei: "Ah?"
"And your hand, didn't you say you'd bandage it when you got back? Why haven't you?"
"..."
"I didn't mean to hurt you. Go back, change your clothes, bandage your hand, and I'll give you a ride. I know you're in a hurry, but there's no need to be so rushed, is there? Anyone who knows would think you're injured and don't care, but anyone who doesn't know would think I'm heartless and deliberately bullying you."