"What did you say?" Ling Yufeng tilted his head and leaned close to her, as if he hadn't heard her clearly.
She smiled, stood on tiptoe, and planted a kiss on his cheek before quickly entering the house.
Hanyan Villa wasn't as extravagant as it was rumored to be, where there were a bunch of young masters and young ladies who didn't know anything about the world. This place was full of smoke and fire, and the people who grew up here smiled calmly and fearlessly. One could tell at a glance that they had grown up in happiness.
That was why she was envious.
The light in the bedroom was dim. Ling Yufeng followed her in and asked her what was wrong.
She lifted the quilt and climbed into bed. Her voice was gloomy as she said, "I'm tired. I want to sleep for a while. Is that okay?"
Ling Yufeng stood by the bed for a while and asked, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No need. You can go and play with them. I think your cousin was calling you just now."
There was the sound of the door closing. After the door was locked with a click, the room was silent.
Duan Ruyun leaned against the pillow and looked at the fire on the window. She inexplicably sighed in her heart.
After Fang Fei passed away three years ago, for a long time, she felt that she had reached the end of her life. Her mother forced her to interact with the Gu family and the Ling family. She was like a walking corpse that was at the mercy of others.
First, she started with Zhuang Yu Group and found out that their internal capital chain was broken. Then, she proposed to get engaged to Zhuang Hong and merged the entire bar industry chain left behind by Su Hong with Zhuang Yu Group. When she was doing all this, she didn't have any thoughts and just followed her mother's arrangements.
She never thought about right or wrong, nor did she think about what her mother wanted her to do.
She used to think that her mother's resentment came from taking revenge on a heartless man, but now she knew that it was just a resentful obsession of a woman who didn't ask for anything and couldn't get it her whole life. Thinking about it made her feel ridiculous.
Now that she thought about it, the years she spent growing up by Su Hong and Duan Fei's side were the happiest days of her life. Although it wasn't as lively as the Cold Mist Villa, the husband and wife treated her sincerely as if she was their own daughter.
Su Hong was never married and had no children. However, when she adopted her, she had a young boyfriend. Her life was very comfortable, and she had a successful career and love life. Before she adopted her, she was very happy.
The only drawback was that her little boyfriend always liked to be at odds with her. Every time after being at odds with her, he would run away from home in a fit of pique. Su Hong would hold her hand and stand at the entrance of the courtyard, waiting for him to come back. Every time she waited until dusk, she could see a tall figure walking slowly in their direction on the distant road.
Over the past five years, Duan Ruyun had seen this scene countless times.
In her memory, the first time she had seen such a scene was the day she had just arrived at the Su family. It was also the day she had been adopted. Su Hong had just brought her home from the hospital, changed her into new clothes, and then told her that she was taking her to see an uncle.
The 'uncle' turned hostile on the spot.
"What daughter? I don't want a daughter. Send her back to where she came from."
"She escaped from the orphanage and almost lost her life. Do you want me to send her back?"
"I don't care. It's either me or her."
"Duan Fei, stop throwing a tantrum."
"I'm throwing a tantrum? You're the one who raised my temper. "
After saying this, the 'uncle' slammed the door and left.
Duan Ruyun shrank behind the sofa and looked at Su Hong timidly. Fear was written all over her face.
That year, Su Hong was already in her fifties. Although she took good care of herself, there was still some vicissitudes between her eyebrows. After the 'uncle' slammed the door and left, she sighed, then turned around and touched Duan Ruyun's head helplessly and comforted her.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Yun. Uncle is just joking with me. He'll be back tonight. Come with me to the supermarket and see what we're going to eat tonight, okay? "
At that time, she was still young, but because she had experienced too much, she matured earlier than her peers. Children in the orphanage had to be obedient and timid if they wanted to be adopted. That was the only way to win sympathy.
Therefore, she knew how to pretend to be weak and knew how a child could move a woman who wanted to be a mother. She successfully stayed.
At that time, at first, she was not sure what the relationship between this young uncle and Su Hong was, but from the quarrel, she could roughly feel that they were very close.
Su Hong was right. In the evening, when the 'uncle' came back, Su Hong did not cook at all before dinner. She did not even touch the vegetables she bought. After the 'uncle' came back, he did not say a word. He rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen. Ding Ling smashed things loudly as if she was venting her dissatisfaction.
During dinner, the 'uncle' said to her, "Do you want to stay?"
She nodded.
"If you want to stay, you have to promise me one thing. Otherwise, I guarantee that you won't be able to stay here."
"…"
"Don't call me uncle. You have to call me brother."
It was an extremely childish request. At that time, Duan Ruyun was twelve years old. She was not pure or naive. There must be a hidden meaning behind this' brother ', but she could not refuse. She wanted to be a naive little girl and had to obey all arrangements.
Later, she called this man called Duan Fei brother for five years.
She still remembered that when she called Duan Fei brother in front of Su Hong the next day, Su Hong's expression became very ugly. The two of them quarreled again. This time, Su Hong was the one who slammed the door and left. At that time, she realized that Su Hong's temper was actually not as good as her temper during this period of time.
Many years later, she eavesdropped on Duan Fei and Su Hong's conversation. At that time, Su Hong was not in good health and was lying in bed. A serious illness made Duan Fei lose his usual shy temper. He obediently wiped Su Hong's face and mentioned that he wanted to adopt her that year.
"It's not that I don't want you to adopt a child, but it's not like you haven't experienced how hard it is to raise a child. You're even helping someone else raise a child. Isn't it enough to raise a child once? In the end, it'll be like drawing water with a bamboo basket. Do you feel good? "
"What do you mean by drawing water with a bamboo basket? Haven't you always been here? I can't even chase you away. "
"That's because I'm kind-hearted. I'm afraid that you'll die alone."
"…"
At that time, she found out that Duan Fei had been adopted by Su Hong.
After she was officially adopted, the person who took care of her the most was not Su Hong. Su Hong was very busy. She was very career-oriented. She left early and returned late every day. Most of the time, she was on a business trip. Other than the week-long holiday during the Spring Festival, the rest of her time was fragmented. Therefore, she lived with Duan Fei for almost all of those five years.
Duan Fei usually had a very good temper and was a carefree person. He was in his thirties, but he had the radiance of a twenty-year-old youth. He was full of vitality. He brought her to climb mountains, swim, bungee jump, and do everything that he wanted to do with Su Hong, but Su Hong did not have the time to accompany him.
When they climbed halfway up the mountain, Duan Fei would remove the weight from her body. He taught her how to swim step by step, and she did not drink a mouthful of water. That time when they bungee jumped, she was so scared that she got her period for the first time.
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