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Inside the car, Yun Li saw Fu Qingheng get in. Her lips tightened into a pout and turned her head to the other side, looking out the window.
She was very angry right now and didn’t want to see her poop scooper.
Fu Qingheng’s gaze swept over Yun Li’s face. He instructed Yang Qing to drive them home.
The car drove smoothly along the road, the interior silent.
Though Yun Li acted like she didn’t want to acknowledge Fu Qingheng, deep down she wanted her poop scooper to come and comfort her.
She waited and waited, but he never said a word to her or tried to soothe her.
Yun Li felt even more aggrieved. She secretly turned her face to look at him.
She found her poop scooper staring right back at her. Her heart skipped a beat. She let out an angry “Hmph” and turned her head away again.
Her invisible tail swayed, aching to wrap around the man’s arm and make him come comfort her.
But she waited a long time, and still, her poop scooper said nothing.
Yun Li drooped her head, not even wanting to wag her tail anymore.
Fu Qingheng looked at Yun Li, a trace of helplessness in his dark eyes.
This little woman was truly foolish and clumsy, reckless and impulsive, not even realizing she had fallen into someone else’s trap.
Shi Jie was a skilled player. With a simple underhanded move, she could leave Yun Li unable to defend herself.
It was his fault. In trying to test his own feelings, he had let Shi Jie take advantage of the situation and caused Yun Li to suffer.
“Yun Li.”
He called her name.
Yun Li was listless. The moment she heard the man say her name, her drooping ears perked up. Was her poop scooper finally going to comfort her?
Hmph, unless he bought her several chicken legs, she would never forgive him.
Yun Li thought to herself, but what if her poop scooper didn’t buy her a single chicken leg?
Then she felt wronged all over again.
Though Yun Li wasn’t looking at him, she was still waiting for her poop scooper to comfort her.
After a moment of silence, Fu Qingheng spoke. “Do you realize your mistake?”
What?
Yun Li was stunned, looking at him in disbelief. Wasn’t her poop scooper here to comfort her?
Fu Qingheng’s expression was cool. “Next time, don’t be so reckless and push people. Got it?”
Fortunately, Shi Jie wasn’t seriously hurt, or else she would have handed the woman a real weapon to use against her.
He grew even more curious about what kind of family could have raised such a naive girl.
Hearing this, Yun Li’s face visibly fell. Her clear, bright eyes nearly welled over as she looked at him with hurt and sorrow.
She angrily turned her face away, not wanting to deal with him anymore.
Yang Qing couldn’t bear to watch. Yun Li was clearly upset. The girl was still young and needed to be comforted.
But his young master, oblivious to matters of the heart, not only refused to comfort her but asked if she knew her mistake.
This was really…
Back home, Yun Li didn’t spare her poop scooper a single glance. She dashed straight to her room.
Yang Qing caught up to Fu Qingheng halfway. “Young Master, Ah Li is still young. You need to coax her more.”
Spoiling her relentlessly would only ruin her. Discipline had its place.
Fu Qingheng didn’t respond. Since that girl Yun Li thought she wasn’t in the wrong, he would just give her the cold shoulder for now.
Yun Li was truly angry this time. Even when she saw Fu Qingheng, she didn’t cling to him and call him “Brother Fu” sweetly.
She just looked at him with those watery, wronged eyes.
It reminded Fu Qingheng, against his will, of the little dog Lu Zhen kept at home.
Every time he visited, Lu Zhen’s dog would also gaze at him with that same eager, longing look.
These past two days, Yun Li had been a bit down.
Ouyang Mengyao leaned in. “What’s wrong with you?”
Yun Li glanced at her and sighed sadly. This only puzzled Ouyang Mengyao more. “What happened? Tell your big sister. Did you fail a test?”
But that didn’t seem right either. The test scores weren’t out yet, so what was there to be sad about? Besides, during the exams, Yun Li had seemed completely at ease.
Yun Li wouldn’t say, and Ouyang Mengyao didn’t press her. “It’s okay. Whenever you feel like talking, just tell me.”
Zhang Zihan was making plans to go singing that night and asked Ouyang Mengyao if she wanted to come.
Ouyang Mengyao remembered that Yun Li hadn’t been able to go last time. She nudged Yun Li’s elbow. “Wanna go singing?”
Yun Li didn’t really want to go, but she also didn’t want to go home and face her poop scooper.
Besides, her poop scooper had been very cold to her lately. Was he about to abandon her?
While she hesitated, Ouyang Mengyao said, “Let’s go. The last class this afternoon is a study hall anyway. Let’s skip school and go.”
Yun Li’s rebellious streak had officially kicked in. The more her poop scooper told her not to do something, the more determined she became to do it.
She nodded. “Okay!”
Yun Li was quite skilled at climbing walls. Just like last time, she flipped over effortlessly.
What she didn’t know was that because of her previous wall-climbing incident, Fu Qingheng had made a suggestion to the school. As a result, the school had installed three high-definition cameras in concealed spots nearby.
The three cameras had each clearly captured the video of them climbing over the wall.
Yun Li was unhappy. Amidst everyone’s caterwauling, she drowned her sorrows by hugging a chicken leg.
They were one person short for the game. Ouyang Mengyao turned around and shouted, “Stop eating! Come play with us!”
It was just a simple dice game. Whoever rolled the lowest number had to drink.
Yun Li’s luck had always been good—her rolls were mostly the highest.
The others weren’t satisfied, so they changed the rule: now whoever rolled the highest number had to drink.
They lifted their cups to reveal their rolls, and Yun Li’s numbers were consistently the smallest.
Everyone looked at her in astonishment. “Yun Li, have you practiced this or something?”
“You’re spot-on every single time. Is your family full of gambling gods? Can you teach me?”
Yun Li nibbled on her chicken leg. “I just shook randomly.”
Damn, her luck was simply off the charts!
Yang Qing went to pick up Yun Li from school as usual, but after waiting for a long time, she still hadn’t come out.
He first called Yun Li, but the KTV was too noisy. Yun Li was having too much fun to hear it.
This really worried Yang Qing. He called Fu Qingheng first, then went to check the school’s surveillance footage.
Unsurprisingly, Yun Li had climbed over the wall and skipped school with her classmates again.
As for where she had gone—no one knew.
The old man had a terrible headache. He really didn’t understand how a girl who looked so delicate could be just as mischievous as a boy.
He had reviewed the footage and was surprised to find that Yun Li had pretty good physical fitness—she could actually clear the low wall in one jump.
After the last incident, Fu Qingheng had linked his account to Yun Li’s phone so he could know her whereabouts at any time.
In the middle of a meeting, Fu Qingheng checked Yun Li’s phone location.
Still at a KTV?
Everyone in the conference room exchanged puzzled glances. They had no idea what had happened to their boss, but after receiving a call, his expression had turned as grim as a living Yama King.
A moment later, Fu Qingheng adjourned the meeting and hurried out with his phone.
Guo Ziyang had no idea what was going on either but quickly followed.
“Mr. Fu, what happened?”
It was rare to see Fu Qingheng’s face so grave and angry. It had to be something serious.
For example, an unexpected problem with a company project, or a negotiation being intercepted…
Then Fu Qingheng made a call and said angrily, “Uncle Yang, go over there first and keep an eye on her. I’ll come personally to catch her.”
Telling her to study hard and not skip school to go to shady places.
She had completely ignored his words.
The little girl was being rebellious. Once he caught her, he would give her a proper lesson.
Guo Ziyang had been curious about what was so serious, but as soon as he heard “Uncle Yang” and “catch her,” he knew who they were talking about.
Fu Qingheng grabbed his car keys and left. Guo Ziyang couldn’t help but secretly admire Yun Li.
What exactly had she done to make Fu so furious?
Fu Qingheng sent Yun Li’s location to Yang Qing, telling him to keep an eye on her. He arrived in less than half an hour.
The dusk was growing thicker. Fu Qingheng got out of the car and asked Yang Qing, “Is she still inside?”
Yang Qing nodded. Seeing how terrible Fu Qingheng’s expression was, and fearing that Yun Li would get yelled at again and that the two of them would end up in an even worse fight, he quickly advised, “Young Master, Ah Li is still a child. It’s normal for her to want to have fun.”
Fu Qingheng didn’t respond. He walked quickly into the KTV.
It was raucously loud inside the private room at the end of the third-floor corridor. Fu Qingheng signaled the attendant to open the door.
Everyone was having a great time when the door suddenly swung open. They all looked up.
The man stood against the light, tall and imposing, his face hard to make out.
Fu Qingheng exuded a cold, chilling aura. He scanned the room, his gaze locking onto Yun Li on the sofa.
While no one was paying attention, Yun Li had sneakily drunk a bottle of low-alcohol liquor because she craved the taste, and ended up getting herself drunk.
She was hugging the bottle, fast asleep against the sofa.
“Who are you?”
A stranger appeared at the door. Zhang Zihan’s boyfriend asked instinctively.
Fu Qingheng didn’t answer. He turned on the room’s lights, and instantly the space brightened.
Fu Qingheng took in everyone present. They were all wearing school uniforms, presumably Yun Li’s classmates.
By now, everyone had also gotten a clear look at Fu Qingheng’s face.
Several girls exclaimed, “Wow, that guy is so handsome!”
But none of them recognized him. Had he walked into the wrong room?
Others might not know him, but Ouyang Mengyao did.
Fu Qingheng was so strikingly handsome that even after all this time, Ouyang Mengyao remembered him vividly.
Wasn’t this Yun Li’s guardian?
Oh no!
They got caught skipping class last time, and now they’d been caught again?
Ouyang Mengyao instinctively turned to look at Yun Li. The girl was sleeping soundly, completely oblivious to what was happening.
This was really bad!
Ouyang Mengyao shot to her feet. “You must be Yun Li’s brother, right? Yun Li was a bit tired, so she fell asleep!”
Fu Qingheng walked over to Yun Li, bent down, and lifted her off the sofa.
The girl’s body was exceptionally light and soft. He picked her up effortlessly, and a faint smell of alcohol wafted over.
He glanced coldly at Ouyang Mengyao, his icy gaze seeming to question: “Tired’ is really all it is?”
Ouyang Mengyao felt guilty under his stare.
“You’re Ouyang Mengyao?”
As if she had been called on by the school principal, Ouyang Mengyao immediately stood ramrod straight. “Yes, my name is Ouyang Mengyao. I’m Yun Li’s deskmate.”
“So you’re the one who brought her here?”
“W-Well…” Such a huge blame landing on her shoulders, Ouyang Mengyao panicked. “I saw that Yun Li has been unhappy these past two days, so I wanted to invite her out to have some fun, hehe…”
Ouyang Mengyao again felt guilty under Fu Qingheng’s gaze. The others didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.
Fu Qingheng didn’t say anything else. He carried Yun Li and left directly.
As soon as Fu Qingheng was gone, everyone began chattering and asking Ouyang Mengyao questions.
“Yun Li has a brother this handsome?”
“Yun Li’s brother looks so fierce. He even gave me chills!”
“Oh no, he knows we skipped class. Is he going to call our parents?”
“…”
Calling their parents—that was almost certainly unavoidable!
Yang Qing was anxiously waiting outside, worried that Fu Qingheng would yell at Yun Li again and that the two would completely fall out.
He paced nervously at the entrance. When he saw Fu Qingheng carry Yun Li out, he asked, “What’s wrong with Ah Li?”
“She drank too much.”
“…”
He glanced at Yun Li in Fu Qingheng’s arms. The girl was sleeping soundly in the man’s embrace.
His anxious heart finally settled down. Fortunately, Yun Li was drunk and unconscious. Otherwise, given his young master’s nature, he would definitely have lectured her.
Fu Qingheng placed Yun Li in the passenger seat, fastened her seatbelt, and drove home.
After drinking, Yun Li was quite well-behaved. She slept quietly, not even waking up when Fu Qingheng laid her on the bed.
Looking at her sleeping so soundly, Fu Qingheng sighed inwardly and decided to wait until she woke up to properly discipline her.
Late at night, the darkness was deep, with only a few dim stars dotting the horizon.
Fu Qingheng had already fallen asleep when he suddenly dreamt of that little girl again.
He dreamt that the two of them had fallen into a pit, both injured.
The pit was nearly two meters deep—there was no way the two of them, as small children, could climb out.
But in the dream, the little girl smiled at him, told him not to be afraid, then turned and jumped out.
Fu Qingheng was stunned. Even an adult might not have been able to climb out, yet she, a small child, had done it effortlessly.
Not long after, the girl came back with a vine and told him to grab hold of it and climb up.
She was the one using her strength to pull him up. It took a great deal of effort before she finally managed to rescue him.
In the dream, he was injured and couldn’t walk on one leg, so the little girl carried him on her back.
In the cold winter, Yun Li carried him through the snow, leaving a trail of footprints behind them.
Then the scene shifted. It was still a vast expanse of white, but the little girl had grown up into Yun Li, wearing the very wedding dress he had bought for her.
Yun Li smiled at him. The next second, the ground beneath their feet split open, and they both fell through.
Fu Qingheng jolted awake, drenched in sweat.
Why was he having such strange dreams?
There was a knock at the door.
He rubbed his temples. “Who is it?”
There was no answer from outside. Fu Qingheng got out of bed and opened the door to find Yun Li crouched on the floor.
He furrowed his brows slightly. “Why aren’t you sleeping at this hour?”
What was she doing knocking on his door?
“Go back to your room and sleep!”
Yun Li didn’t speak. She looked up at him, her dark eyes full of grievance.
Fu Qingheng sighed inwardly. He hadn’t even scolded her yet, and she was already acting wronged.
“Be good, listen.”
He crouched down, helped Yun Li to her feet, and walked her back to her room.
Yun Li obediently lay down under the covers, her eyes fixed intently on the man’s figure. Seeing him turn to leave, she quickly reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes.
Fu Qingheng turned around. “What’s wrong?”
Yun Li didn’t say a word. She just held onto his hand and refused to let go.
With no other choice, Fu Qingheng sat down on the edge of the bed. “Sleep. I’ll stay right here.”
Hearing this, Yun Li closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
But she was clever. A few minutes later, she quietly opened her eyes again. Only after making sure Fu Qingheng wouldn’t leave once she fell asleep did she finally close her eyes and drift off.
Once he was certain Yun Li was asleep, Fu Qingheng tucked her in and left.
Back in his own bedroom, Fu Qingheng prepared to lie down and sleep.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with that dream from earlier.
He had barely been lying down for a moment when he heard noises again.
This time, it wasn’t coming from the door—it was from the balcony.
He and Yun Li shared a balcony. He couldn’t think of anyone else it could be besides her.
Fu Qingheng got up and walked over. The moment he pulled back the curtain, he saw Yun Li standing at the door, her watery eyes glaring at him fiercely.
“Weren’t you asleep?”
The moment he finished speaking, the girl in front of him suddenly lunged at him.
Caught off guard, Fu Qingheng looked down at Yun Li in his arms, his hands frozen awkwardly in midair.
“Brother Fu, you’re a bad person!”
Fu Qingheng’s face was full of question marks. He hadn’t done anything—how was he a bad person?
Tears streamed down Yun Li’s face. She was fierce, but in an adorable way. “You abandoned me again!”
When had he ever abandoned…
Then he remembered the words he had used to coax her to sleep.
“Be good, go back to sleep.”
“No, I want to sleep with you!”
Sleep with him?
The man’s heart stuttered at her words, and he immediately tried to push her away.
But Yun Li held onto him and refused to let go. “You can only keep me! You can’t be with anyone else!”
What kind of nonsense was she talking?
She must be completely drunk!
Fu Qingheng took a deep breath. “Let go of me first.”
Hearing this, Yun Li only clung tighter. Her crying voice was soft and weak. “If I let you go, you’ll go find that wicked woman!”
“I hate her. I don’t like it when you go to her.”
Yun Li thought of Shi Jie, that bad human. She ground her teeth in anger, then glared at Fu Qingheng. “Brother Fu, you’re mine. You can’t be with that wicked woman.”
She only had one poop scooper. So, he could only have her, too.
Yun Li had been watching a lot of human TV dramas lately—both romantic comedies and period pieces.
She had even learned a trick from them: putting her own label on her poop scooper.
“I want to put my label on you!” Yun Li leaned closer to him and declared in a very boss-like tone.
Yun Li’s porcelain-white face suddenly drew near. She widened her eyes and carefully examined her poop scooper’s face.
She wanted to stamp it on the most obvious spot, where everyone could see, so that everyone would know he belonged to her.
Fu Qingheng was stunned. Before he could even react, Yun Li had already planted a firm kiss on his forehead.
And then, she once again declared possessively: “I’ve marked you right here. You belong to me now. From now on, you can’t be with any other human!”
“Now, I want to sleep with you. And you’re not allowed to say no!”
“…”
She must be completely plastered to dare say things like this.
Did she even understand what she was saying?
“Let go of me first.”
As soon as he said that, Yun Li practically wrapped her entire body around him. He instinctively held her up.
The little woman threw her arms around his neck, buried her face in his chest, and burst into loud sobs, as if she had suffered a great injustice. “No! You’re mine now. I want to sleep with you.”
Fu Qingheng: “…”
There was no reasoning with a crying, drunken person.
Last time, she had been so well-behaved.
Yun Li sobbed against his shoulder, her body trembling. Her tears soaked into his clothes, and her crying made Fu Qingheng’s heart feel just as blocked.
It wasn’t even him who had wronged her.
“Alright, stop crying. You can sleep with me tonight.”
The only way to calm a crying drunk was to go along with what she wanted.
Fu Qingheng felt like he was comforting a small child, yet the soft, delicate body in his arms was undeniably developed, pressing warmly against him.
Hearing this, Yun Li suddenly lifted her head. She had been crying quite hard, her eyes red and her curled lashes still clinging to tears.
“I want to sleep in your bed.”
A woman saying “I want to sleep with you” or “sleep in your bed” to a man was incredibly tempting.
But Fu Qingheng knew very well—this little woman’s head was full of nothing but food and drink, not romance.
When she said she wanted to sleep, she meant just sleep—literally.
Fu Qingheng carried her to the bed. “Fine, let’s sleep.”
This time, Yun Li was wary. Afraid that Fu Qingheng would leave again once she fell asleep, she clung to him.
She leaned her head close, unable to resist wanting to kiss him again.
Fu Qingheng’s body stiffened. He tried to push her away, but when he looked down and met Yun Li’s tear-filled eyes, he could only sigh helplessly.
This woman was really pushing her luck.
Yun Li leaned in. “Brother Fu, can you kiss me?”
Fu Qingheng didn’t answer. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
When Yun Li got no response, she said to herself, “Then I’ll kiss you!”
Fu Qingheng was shocked. He instinctively tried to sit up, but Yun Li leaned in and kissed his forehead again.
Fu Qingheng: “…”
She had slept in his bed, kissed him, hugged him—he had given in to all her demands, thinking that would finally let him get some sleep.
But in the middle of the night, Yun Li suddenly sat up.
Fu Qingheng had a fire burning inside him, so naturally, he hadn’t been able to sleep.
The moment Yun Li stirred, he opened his eyes.
“Brother Fu, I want to eat roasted fish.”
“…”
Who eats roasted fish in the middle of the night?
And where was he supposed to get her roasted fish?
“Do you want some?”
Yun Li glanced at him and, without waiting for an answer, continued, “The fish I roast are really delicious!”
No, he didn’t want any. Not in the slightest.
Yun Li climbed out of bed and walked toward the balcony.
Fu Qingheng immediately thought of the pond full of koi in the backyard—the fish Yun Li had been drooling over for so long.
Her bedroom door was on the other side. Why was she going out through the balcony?
Oh no!
Fu Qingheng rushed after her and saw Yun Li standing by the balcony railing, one hand gripping it as if she was about to jump.
They were only on the second floor, but jumping from even this height could easily cause an accident.
He shouted, stopping her in her tracks. “Yun Li!”
Yun Li looked back at him blankly. “Brother Fu, just wait. I’ll make sure you get to eat roasted fish this time.”
With that, she really did seem about to jump. Fu Qingheng lunged forward and managed to grab hold of Yun Li just in time.
Yun Li wanted roasted fish in the middle of the night. Fu Qingheng had no choice but to drag her down to the kitchen.
Fortunately, there were two fish in the refrigerator. He handed them to Yun Li and let her roast them however she wanted.
Yun Li crouched on the ground, happily roasting the fish, flipping them from time to time.
“They’ll be ready soon!”
Yun Li held out the roasted fish to Fu Qingheng. “For you!”
He was already too exasperated from the night’s events to be hungry.
Yun Li finished her own portion of roasted fish. Seeing that he still hadn’t eaten, she looked at him in confusion. “You’re not going to eat it?”
There was a longing in Yun Li’s eyes as she looked at the roasted fish. Fu Qingheng handed it over. “I can’t finish it all by myself. Help me out.”
“Okay!”
After finishing the two roasted fish, Yun Li let out a satisfied burp. Fu Qingheng led her back to the bedroom to sleep.
Early the next morning, Yang Qing went to call Yun Li for breakfast and to get ready for school.
Before he could even knock, he found the door already open.
Yun Li hadn’t overslept today? Was the sun rising in the west?
The next second, he saw Fu Qingheng walk out of Yun Li’s room.
Yang Qing stared at the man in shock, wondering if he was still dreaming.
“Young Master, you and Ah Li slept together last night?”
Fu Qingheng hadn’t slept well and just wanted to go back to his room to catch up on rest.
With someone blocking his way, he couldn’t be bothered to explain. His face expressionless, he said, “Yes, we slept.”
“But Ah Li is still a child!”
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