Yi Ning scratched the quilt with his fingers and nodded slowly.

She was really surprised this time, "You were in the kitchen, how could you hear our conversation in the living room?"

Yi Ning shook her head and smiled slightly: "No, I only heard one sentence, and I guessed it from the strange look on Grandpa Mu's face when he asked me this afternoon."

Fu Xiao was stunned for a few seconds, then reacted, "So what do you think?"

When Yi Ning heard her ask this, he opened his mouth blankly and shook his head, "I don't know."

She smiled bitterly: "It's too complicated, I don't know."

Fu Xiao stroked her hair comfortingly, "Are you sad?"

Yi Ning's eyes were slightly red, and she slowly lowered her head, "No wonder they treated me and my brother like this."

"So they are not biological children, but why did my brother and I have to go through all this...Xiaoxiao, do you know what kind of life my brother and I have lived since we were young?"

"Starvation was a common occurrence. We were scolded every three days and beaten every five days. Especially after they knew how strong we were, they really wanted to beat us to death that time."

Noticing that her body was trembling, Fu Xiao touched her hand soothingly. Suddenly, she held it back, like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood. Her voice was trembling: "That time, I really felt the taste of being on the verge of death. I was thinking, even my parents hate us so much, it would be better to just die like this."

"But brother....what should I do with my brother?"

"I was injured so badly, so my brother who was protecting me would not survive. I crawled to his side, but he was motionless and not even breathing. Xiaoxiao, I was really scared at that time."

Fu Xiao looked at her with pity in his eyes, hugged her gently, patted her on the back and said, "It's okay, it's all over. Now you and your brother are fine, and it will be better in the future."

After a while, her mood slowly recovered and she said, "Yes, my brother and I met you, Xiaoxiao, you don't know how good you are to us."

Fu Xiao smiled and said, "Okay? I don't think so, but you did too much."

Yi Ning left her embrace and looked at her quietly. "After my brother and I left the Yi family, we were afraid of being found by the Yi family, so we didn't sleep for a whole day and night and ran a long way. Because we had the strength, we could only find some work at the docks at first. My brother didn't let me do these jobs. He was the one who went out early and came back late to support the two of us."

Her voice suddenly became very soft, "Twelve years old..."

"Because he was young, my brother was bullied a lot. Gradually, he became famous, got to know some people, and started doing other things. When he went to work in other people's homes, they treated him like an animal. At that time, we had no dignity at all."

Yi Ning suddenly laughed, "There are some better hosts who just let my brother do some odd jobs, but they always look at us with contempt and disdain, and set a lot of rules for us. We have never been able to raise our heads."

"But you are different," she looked at Fu Xiao excitedly, "Xiao Xiao, you are not like that. You don't look down on us. After coming to your house, I realized that people are equal... Although Mr. Mu looks very serious, I am not afraid of him at all. He is full of righteousness, unlike those big bosses in Hong Kong City."

Fu Xiao smiled: Because he is a soldier.

"You don't mind us eating too much, we can hold our heads high in front of you, so even if I don't want to be paid, I still like you, especially after coming here. I like this place very much, Xiaoxiao, I really like it. There is no class stratification here, it seems that everyone is the same."

"The mountain village is good. It's good to work and rely on my own labor. Aunt Li, it's even better to treat me well."

Fu Xiao listened quietly. After she finished speaking, she smiled and said, "Xiao Ning, we are friends."

"Friends?" Yi Ning was stunned, looking bewildered: "I have never made friends."

She showed her big white teeth again and smiled, "Xiaoxiao, I'm fine the way I am now. As for other people... I don't want them. I have my brother and you, which is enough. I almost died at the hands of those so-called family members. Fortunately, we survived. I'm seventeen years old now and I'm living a good life. Why do I have to contact these unknown family members?"

Yi Ning: "If they still don't like me and my brother, I don't want to face this again, so let it be."

Fu Xiao sighed inwardly: She had no expectations for her own biological family, which showed that she had suffered a lot of hurt in the past.

She smiled and looked at Yi Ning, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Then we won't look for them. Wait for your brother to come back, and then we'll discuss what you're going to do in the future."

Yi Ning blinked: "Xiao Xiao, can't I really go to the village to work? I like the village,"

Fu Xiao ruffled her hair with amusement, "You just like my aunt and were temporarily influenced by the family atmosphere of the Fu family."

"This concerns your future, so you should discuss it with your brother."

Fu Xiao put down the pillow he was leaning on, slid down, and patted her, "Go to sleep."

Yi Ning was lying on the bed. She nuzzled Fu Xiao and whispered, "I miss my brother."

"It won't be long before he comes back,"

...

That night, the sky was pitch black, but a villa was brightly lit.

Yi An rubbed his arm and walked into the villa and came to the living room.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room was Shen Xingzhou, who was wearing a suit. He was resting with his eyes closed, his long, handsome hands folded.

Hearing the voice, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were dark and deep, he raised his eyes to look at Yi An, "Are you okay?"

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