Zhou Xing, who was two years older than her, was lifted high by her grandfather. The four-year-old girl could only look up with envy. When she was five years old and went to the market town, she was caught up in tedious housework.

Her sudden tears frightened Ling Ran. He quickly put her down from the height, still holding her legs around his waist, and asked distressedly, "What's wrong? Did I scare you?"

Zhou Xiang buried her face in his neck, "No, I, I've never been lifted up high before."

Ling Ran supported the back of her head with his big hand, feeling distressed. "Be good, let's not think about the past anymore. From now on, I will treat you like my own daughter. You can act like a spoiled child with me and ask me for anything you want, and I will get it for you."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiang was both moved and amused. He raised his head and looked him in the eye. "Is there a girl who is five years younger than you?"

Ling Ran felt relieved when he saw her smile. He raised his arm and wiped her tears with his sleeve.

"Yes, you are. I will treat you like my own daughter and pamper you. You can act like a spoiled child and be willful. You can do whatever you want. But please don't cry anymore. It will hurt me."

Zhou Xiang leaned her head gently on his shoulder, "Until we grow old?"

Ling Ran nodded firmly, "Yes, until old age, until death."

"Can you really do that?"

"Yes! It won't change, until death!"

"Okay! I believe you! I want to sleep."

"Go to sleep! I'll hold you."

As he spoke, he had already walked into the main room with the person in his arms, sat down on the sofa, and turned the girl in his arms sideways, holding her like a child.

Zhou Xiang was already very sleepy. For a whole week, she only took a nap when she was very sleepy. Now, with this person's careful care, her wandering heart in this huge capital city had a place to stay, and her lonely heart that was reborn had a place to rest.

With his eyes closed, he murmured, "For dinner, I want braised fish fillet."

"Okay! I'll do it for you, just go to sleep nicely." Her voice was so soft that water could drip.

"Um!"

The breathing of the person in his arms has calmed down. Staring at her lovely sleeping face, Ling Ran's heart is full. She is his. He will always be entangled with her until old age and death.

He sat like this for a long time before he got up, put her on the bed in the east room, took off her shoes, and covered her with a thin blanket.

He tiptoed out of the room and closed the door gently. He was going to make braised fish fillets.

The person on the bed woke up when she was lying down on the bed, feeling him gently taking off her shoes and gently covering her with a blanket.

She opened her eyes a little and watched the tall man, about 1.9 meters tall, tiptoeing out of the room. His movements were funny but made her so sad that she wanted to cry.

He really loves her, it can be said that he loves her to the core.

She thought that they should really be able to stay together until old age, even if there were frictions and quarrels, they could still grow old together, and she would work hard.

When she was gently picked up, I realized that she had fallen asleep again. It was pitch black outside the window, and there was a faint light in the room.

No glare, can see things clearly.

Seeing her open her eyes, Ling Ran smiled gently, "Awake? That's great, it's time to get up and eat."

Zhou Xiang, who was already being held horizontally in someone's arms, laughed out loud, "Do you think I'm up or not?"

"Get up, I'll carry you to wash up."

As he said this, he changed the person's posture from horizontal to vertical and walked towards the bathroom.

Zhou wanted to lean quietly on his chest. It felt so good to be pampered like this, but it was also easy to get addicted.

After being held while brushing his teeth and washing his face, Zhou Xiang looked at Ling Ran and said, "I need to go to the bathroom."

Ling Ran paused slightly, then put her down without any embarrassment, "I'll wait for you at the door."

Zhou Xiang closed the door, finished his work, washed his hands, and just as he opened the door, he was picked up again.

Zhou wanted to hit his shoulder, "That's enough, are you planning to make me a cripple?"

Ling Ran nodded seriously, "That's not bad, you can't leave me."

"What about after you go back?"

"Ugh! I'd better make you half-crippled first. When I return to my hometown, I will make you fully crippled."

Zhou Xiang hit his shoulder hard a few times, and he asked distressedly: "Does your hand hurt?"

Zhou Xiang then remembered his own strength and asked worriedly, "Did I hurt you?"

Ling Ran grinned so hard that his teeth were visible and his eyes were invisible. "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all."

The little girl knows how to care about him.

After carrying the person into the main room, they still insisted that two people sit on one chair.

"Then why did you buy four chairs?"

"It looks good with it."

Zhou wanted to ignore this overbearing person and just sit on the soft seat if there was one!

She lowered her head to eat the fish piece that he had picked out the bones for, and picked up a piece of food for him with her chopsticks. The atmosphere between the two of them was warm and wonderful.

The sudden ringing of the cell phone broke this beautiful moment.

Zhou Xiang pressed the answer button, and immediately heard Jiang Weihua's nervous voice from the other end, "Xiang Xiang, where are you?"

Zhou Xiang felt a little guilty. She was bewitched by Ling Ran and forgot to call Senior Jiang.

"I'm outside. Are you over at Sesame Alley?"

"Yes! I went to look for you after get off work, but they said you left in the afternoon. I quickly went to the blind lady's place, but Niao Niao said you hadn't come back. It scared us so much that Niao Niao was so anxious that she wanted to go out and look for you."

Zhou Xiang was a little anxious. "Tell my brother I'm eating outside and will be back soon."

"Okay! I'll tell you when you come back."

Ling Ran expressed that he felt aggrieved, as his world of two with the little girl was shattered.

Zhou Xiang hung up the phone and ordered the human chair behind him, "Eat quickly, clean up after eating, and we'll go back together."

The aggrieved expression immediately changed and he nodded happily, "Okay! I'll wash the dishes after we finish eating, and then we'll leave."

Hey, the little girl said let's go back together! She used the word 'we'.

After packing up, Zhou wanted to find her backpack, but Ling Ran told her, "It's in the back seat of the car!"

Zhou Xiang glanced at him and said, "Next time, I must bring my bag with me."

Otherwise, how could she 'take' things out when she needed them?

"Okay, next time, I'll carry you on my back, and I'll hold you in my arms."

Hearing him teasing people at every turn, Zhou Xiang felt angry and amused, "Okay! You carry it on your back."

Ling Ran suddenly remembered that her backpack had been changed, and Zhou Niao had replaced it with a pink one. But, what did it matter? It was obvious that he had a girlfriend. In later generations, many men personally chose bags for their girlfriends, simply because men carried those bags more often.

"Good! I couldn't ask for more."

He held the little girl's hand and didn't let go until they were out of the yard. After locking the door, he was still holding her hand when he was only a few steps away from the car.

He still let the little girl sit down first before he sat in the driver's seat.

It took more than half an hour to reach Zhima Hutong. As soon as the car stopped, a man ran out of the yard.

"younger sister?"

Zhou wanted to get out of the car quickly, "Brother."

Zhou Niao breathed a sigh of relief, "Next time, remember to call me."

"Okay! I didn't have enough brains today and forgot. I'm sorry for making big brother worry."

Zhou Niao waved his hand, shirking responsibility. "It's nothing. My uncle said you left work a long time ago, but we didn't see you. I started imagining things and scared myself."