The night is getting darker.
Shen Ning sat in front of the window in her pajamas. The Li family's old house was solemn and dignified under the cover of night, covered with a veil of mystery and tragedy.
After Li Zhenting took her and Xiaoxiao upstairs, the family doctor soon came over to bandage Xiaoxiao's knee. She took care of Xiaoxiao and gave her a bath, then let her, Keke, and Dingding go to bed.
Xixi and Beibei also fell asleep, and Li Zhenting went downstairs to get busy.
She was very tired but couldn't sleep, so she sat there in a daze.
"Ningning, why haven't you slept yet?" A little later, Li Zhenting came up exhausted, his face full of fatigue. Seeing Chen Ning still sitting by the window and not sleeping, he immediately asked with concern.
Shen Ning slowly raised his head.
Li Zhenting looked obviously haggard these days, with dark circles under his eyes and a blue stubble on his chin that he hadn't had time to trim.
"I'm fine, you should go take a shower and have some rest." Shen Ning smiled slightly.
"Ningning, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of Xiaoxiao." Li Zhenting stroked Shen Ning's hair with his big hand and apologized softly, tenderly and considerately, with full of apology. He knew that Shen Ning had suffered too much grievance, and it was too late for him to make it up to her now. Apart from guilt, there was no other way.
Shen Ning's eyes were cold and his expression was calm.
"Go to sleep." She lowered her eyes, her eyes indifferent.
"Ningning, believe me, I will make it up to you in the future." Li Zhenting felt a little flustered for some reason and hugged her tightly. "Ningning, you must not think too much. I love you more than my own life."
Shen Ning slowly raised her hand and pried his hand apart, still indifferent: "Go take a shower and rest, it's getting late. Have you placed grandpa's ashes?"
"Everything is ready. We just need to choose a good day to bury the urn." Li Zhenting replied.
"good."
Li Zhenting hugged her for a while before saying, "Ningning, I'm going to take a shower. Don't sit by the window. It's cold here."
He picked her up, put her on the bed, covered her with a blanket, kissed her forehead, and then went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Shen Ningwei closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. At some point, a light scent of shower gel surrounded her from behind, and she lay in a warm embrace.
The man put his face against her hair and put his arms around her waist. After a while, she heard his heavy breathing and fell asleep.
Shen Ning regained consciousness after a short sleep. In the darkness, he stared at the ceiling with wide eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
The darkest hour before dawn.
A dark figure walked down from upstairs and quietly sneaked into the corridor...
The next morning.
After getting up, Shen Ning called Coco, Ding Ding and Xiao Xiao.
Because of Mr. Li’s death, the children haven’t been to kindergarten for a long time, and it’s time to send them to school today.
After the three little guys finished washing up sleepily, Shen Ning took them downstairs.
At the stairs, they met Lanlan.
Lan Lan's eyes were red and swollen, obviously she cried a lot after being punished by Li Zhenting yesterday.
"Hmph." Seeing them, Lanlan snorted coldly and ran past them downstairs.
Shen Ning looked at the little girl's back and frowned.
It was obvious that no matter how hard she tried, or how they tried to reconcile, Lan Lan would not get close to them, nor would she integrate into their circle. This little girl was an outlier, always standing on the opposite side of them, as if they were not from the same family. Sometimes, she really doubted whether Lan Lan had Li Zhenting's blood in her bones, otherwise, why would they be so incompatible?
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