Song Fuxue slept very deeply that night, and she did not have any nightmares.
However, when she woke up, she discovered that the extra bed Older Brother had placed beside hers had already been removed.
“Miss Song is awake?” Aunt Xu came upstairs. “These are moisturizing skincare products Mr. Pei ordered yesterday. He said they suited your skin type better, so he had them delivered early this morning.”
“Oh right, this penguin plush was delivered too.”
“Sir said he woke up early and was worried that sharing a room would wake you, so he had the extra bed removed and gave you this plush instead. That way, if Miss Song hugged it while sleeping at night, you still wouldn’t have nightmares so easily.”
“Oh, this penguin is so cute!” Song Fuxue liked it quite a bit and placed the plush beside the bed.
Song Fuxue did not think too much about it.
She had not been having nightmares these past few nights anyway, so even without Older Brother accompanying her at night, she would still be fine.
“Miss Song, are you hungry? Sir made breakfast for you this morning, and it’s still warm!”
When Song Fuxue went downstairs, she saw that breakfast consisted of beef pancakes and pumpkin porridge, perfectly suited to her Chinese tastes. As usual, there was also a strawberry cake in the refrigerator for dessert.
She was very satisfied and picked up her phone, wanting to send Older Brother a message.
But suddenly, she remembered what she had said before going to sleep last night—that she was going to be a mute Younger Sister for a whole day.
Wouldn’t messaging Older Brother now be slapping herself in the face?
No, no. Her pride was important.
Song Fuxue endured it and exited the chat window.
“Aunt Xu, let’s go out and have fun later, okay? I heard Beijing has a lot of tourist attractions, and I haven’t gone sightseeing yet!”
Song Fuxue flipped through travel guides on her phone.
But Aunt Xu said, “Miss Song, the weather forecast says Beijing will have a blizzard today. It’s not suitable for going out. How about another day?”
Song Fuxue glanced out the window. A strong northern wind was blowing outside, and the snow was indeed getting heavier and heavier.
A thick layer of snow had already piled up on the ground.
“Alright then.”
Song Fuxue sighed.
It seemed she could only stay home today.
Time passed little by little.
Meanwhile, the Pei Corporation was overwhelmingly busy at the end of the year.
Before long, night had fallen.
After finishing the final meeting regarding personnel adjustments, Pei Shangyue walked out of the conference room and accepted the phone Assistant Xu handed him.
The first thing he did was open his pinned WeChat chat.
Yet there was not a single new message.
Pei Shangyue frowned in surprise.
Assistant Xu quickly explained, “President Pei, I definitely didn’t delete any messages. Younger Sister really didn’t send anything today.”
“I thought it was strange too. Younger Sister usually sends over ninety-nine messages a day, but today there wasn’t even one!”
“I even checked specifically. Aunt Xu said nothing happened to Younger Sister. She’s doing quite well…”
Pei Shangyue kept his brows tightly furrowed and remained silent the entire way back to Yunqi Residence.
Song Fuxue was nowhere to be seen in the living room. However, beside the sofa were snacks and books she had casually left there, along with a fallen hair tie.
The television in the living room was still on and had not been turned off.
“Mr. Pei is back?”
Aunt Xu came over after tidying up. “Miss Song just went back to her room to get something.”
“What did she do today?” Pei Shangyue asked.
“Miss Song spent the whole day watching television at home. She originally wanted to go out, but the weather has been bad these past two days, so she stayed in…”
“It’s obvious Miss Song has been quite bored…”
After honestly reporting everything, Aunt Xu stopped disturbing the two of them and left.
Pei Shangyue took off his coat.
The sound of footsteps rang out as Song Fuxue came downstairs hugging the penguin plush. When she saw him, she instinctively wanted to throw herself at him, but forcibly restrained herself.
“Older Brother, hello.”
She greeted him reservedly, then returned to curl up on the sofa and continue watching television.
Pei Shangyue raised a brow. “What do you want for dinner?”
“Anything is fine.”
Song Fuxue bit into a peach as she answered.
She was still reserved and sparing with words.
It was extremely abnormal.
Pei Shangyue walked over, picked up the fallen hair tie, gathered her loose curls together, and tied on a beautiful ribbon as well.
“Are you angry?”
Song Fuxue shook her head. “I’m not angry.”
“It’s just that I told Older Brother last night that I was going to be a mute Younger Sister for one whole day. I have to keep my word.”
“And I also want Older Brother to know that I’m not always such a chatty and clingy person. I also have a quiet, reserved, elegant, and ladylike side.”
As she spoke, Song Fuxue straightened her back and deliberately sat more properly.
Pei Shangyue: “…”
The corners of his lips twitched.
“Brother, you’re not allowed to laugh.”
Song Fuxue fiercely threatened him.
“Mhm.”
Pei Shangyue rubbed her hair and suppressed his laughter.
Younger Sister was really… just too cute.
“Brother, stop clinging to me already. Go do whatever you should be doing.”
Song Fuxue stopped looking at him and spoke with a stern expression, sounding completely serious.