Chapter 21 "Luo Yunqing, how dare you hit me!"...
What to bring?
Pei Yanli was very confused. "Didn't I already see the list at breakfast?"
At the time, he nodded and said to do it that way. Was there anything he had overlooked?
"The order form! No problem..." Luo Yunqing slowly walked over, thinking as she spoke, "I saw the sky was turning cloudy and I was worried it would rain, so I told him to prepare an umbrella. Also, I'll get you a thicker blanket; this one is too thin."
He pointed to the cashmere blanket on Pei Yanli's lap, then turned to Chen Zhao with a smile and asked, "Isn't that right?"
They were both smiling, but a chill ran down their spines.
Chen Zhao couldn't help but recall the words "kill him" from earlier, and a gentle, soft voice automatically came to mind, as if saying behind the smile, "Even if you don't do as I say, I can still kill you~"
Luo Yunqing: "Chen Zhao."
"Yes!" Chen Zhao nodded hurriedly. "That's exactly what the boss lady instructed, that's correct!"
"Just have an umbrella ready, no need for a blanket. Didn't we just change this one this morning?" Pei Yanli had no doubts.
"Then I'll go change my clothes too." Luo Yunqing felt temporarily relieved, put her hands behind her back, and bent down slightly. "I'll change into...the same clothes as you, okay, honey~"
"Honey, let me help you."
"Honey, you're amazing."
"husband……"
Pei Yanli still hasn't become immune to the sound of those calls from countless times last night.
As Luo Yunqing finished speaking and was about to leave, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
He repeatedly rubbed the inside of his wrist with his thumb, and after a long while, a soft "good" escaped from his throat.
After watching him return to his room.
Pei Yanli: "Xiao Luo didn't ask anything, did she?"
Chen Zhao, who had been lost in thought since they were gazing deeply into each other's eyes, turned back to him, not quite understanding what he meant.
Pei Yanli reminded her of two words: "Divorce."
"No," Chen Zhao honestly shook his head. "The landlady... only explained what happened just now. Why do you ask that?"
Judging from the landlady's reaction, the boss probably didn't mention this to him.
"nothing."
Pei Yanli took out the crumpled paper from the left pocket of his wheelchair. He vaguely remembered picking it up last night and stuffing it into the right pocket... Perhaps he was mistaken.
If Xiao Luo saw it, she wouldn't be able to remain unresponsive.
"Don't tell him about this."
"Of course." Chen Zhao wasn't so confused as to say anything without thinking, but anyway, "It's great that you changed your mind."
“He said he came to bring me good fortune.” Pei Yanli took a deep breath and looked up at the sunlight struggling to break through the dark clouds. “His heart and eyes are filled with me, how could I…”
In that situation, to disappoint his joy and expectations.
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After lunch, we set off for the welfare home.
When they arrived, the children were taking their afternoon nap, so Luo Yunqing didn't go into the dormitory to disturb them. Instead, she took Pei Yanli for a walk around the room.
In just two months, the welfare home has added a lot of equipment. Air conditioning has been installed in the kitchen, classrooms and children's dormitories. There are more or less volunteers every week, mostly college students.
"They say it can be used to earn academic credits." The dean showed them around. "For the kids, having those older brothers and sisters around makes things much more lively. Oh, and they recently hired three teachers: one to teach sign language, and two to teach reading. They also hired three kitchen staff: two to cook, and one to help with the laundry..."
The dean chattered on and on, slowly moving in his wheelchair, from the classroom to the kitchen, and then back to the courtyard.
A number of children's facilities have been added to one corner of the yard, while the other half has been divided into several small plots, where seasonal radishes, eggplants, and pumpkins are planted.
"Little Luo likes to eat pumpkin, right? Pick a few big ones to take back later," the dean said, patting his hand.
"Okay!" Luo Yunqing leaned against the other's shoulder. "Speaking of which, it's been such a long, long time since I've had this. Then..."
He quickly raised his head again, turned to the other side, and half-squatted beside the wheelchair with his hands on his knees. "I'll make you pumpkin soup later. I make it myself, and it's delicious."
Pei Yanli turned slightly to his side, not sitting up straight, and nodded in agreement.
Then, Luo Yunqing was pleasantly surprised to find that there were hemp ropes hanging from two adjacent big trees in the corner of the yard, with a wooden board fixed in the middle.
"The swing is still there!"
He hurried over and sat down, swaying back and forth.
The director smiled, his eyes crinkling. "In the past, the orphanage had financial difficulties and couldn't afford many toys for the children. That swing became one of the few things they could play with. When Xiao Luo was little, he was very sensible and would always let the other children have their turn. He would have to wait in line several times before he could play. The teacher would push him out to swing, just like now, with his canine teeth showing in his happiness."
Pei Yanli listened quietly.
The dean then changed the subject, "So I believe he is truly happy now. Thank you, Mr. Pei."
"You can just call me Ali."
“Then…Ah Li.”
"Mother-in-law."
Luo Yunqing swam a few times, and then the bell rang, signaling the end of the lunch break.
When everyone came out of the dormitory rubbing their eyes, they saw a familiar figure standing in the courtyard.
"elder brother!"
"Brother Luo!!"
Xiao Feng twitched her head twice and spoke first, then ran towards him, followed by two others who surrounded him completely.
Luo Yunqing picked them up and lifted them up one by one.
I lifted it more than twenty times.
Some children weren't satisfied and leaned their faces closer, saying, "Brother, look! Yueyue has gotten fatter recently, feel her!"
"I've gotten fat too, brother, touch me."
"Me too! Me too!"
...
One touch and they all came right up to me.
What happened next was even worse.
"Brother, I just ate a piece of candy. Smell it."
Luo Yunqing: "..."
I know exactly what you're up to.
He turned and pointed at the person, complaining to the dean: "He stole candy."
The chubby boy was giggling one second, but when he saw the headmistress, he immediately covered his mouth, but it was too late.
Dean Qu came over, grabbed his collar, and made him brush his teeth. "Still sneaking food? You'll regret it when you get cavities and start complaining about the pain."
"No cavities." The chubby boy shook his head repeatedly and practically dragged him away.
Distracted like this, everyone immediately lost some of their eagerness and instead blinked and looked behind him.
Luo Yunqing put her hands on Pei Yanli's shoulders, quickly kissed him on the cheek, cleared her throat, and said with great pride, "This is my husband!"
"oh!!"
What is a husband?
"He's also the older brother, right?"
"But Brother Luo kissed him."
The children all tilted their heads in confusion.
One of the clever ones, in a flash of inspiration, leaned over and called out, "Hello, husband!"
Pei Yanli: "..."
The scene immediately erupted with a 3D surround sound effect.
"Wrong, wrong!" Luo Yunqing said in a flustered manner, covering their mouths one by one. "This is my husband, you should call him brother."
"oh!!"
Even if you realize you're wrong, you can correct it immediately.
The bolder ones had already made their move, tentatively touching the back of the person's hand resting on their lap, asking, "Brother, what's your name?"
Pei Yanli.
He opened his palm, revealing a ball of yogurt, and pushed it forward.
The child didn't take it, but looked at Luo Yunqing first.
Luo Yunqing kept a close eye on the situation: "Here's what your brother gave you, take it."
"Thank you... Brother Xiao Li!"
Pei Yanli was taken aback, then silently tore open the outer packaging of the yogurt ball and placed it in his palm.
When the other children saw this, they all crowded around and shouted, "Brother Xiao Li!"
Little Li's brother only has one yogurt ball.
"The rest, ask the older brother over there to give them to you." He pointed to Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao, who had just finished signing the donation agreement in the dean's office, was surrounded by a group of children as soon as he came out.
"Brother, what's your name?"
"Huh? What's your name? Uh... Chen Zhao."
"Brother Xiao Zhao!"
Chen Zhao nodded, puzzled, scratching his cheek as he looked at his boss. What was going on?
Pei Yanli: "Didn't we bring some food? Give it to them."
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After the snacks were distributed, the children dispersed, laughing and playing. Some ran into the children's play area to play on the slides, others went to swing on the swings that Luo Yunqing had just sat on, and some even gathered around Pei Yanli to watch him write...
Chen Zhao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Boss hasn't been this happy in a long time."
Luo Yunqing: "..."
"What kind of look is that, boss lady?" Caught rolling her eyes, Chen Zhao raised her head and chin. "I'm telling the truth. Since the car accident, even though he hasn't said anything, he must have been devastated to suddenly become like this. But he's different here today, as if... whether he's disabled or not doesn't matter."
Luo Yunqing looked out and reminded her, "Don't you look around? What kind of place is this?"
The Blue Sky Welfare Home mainly houses disabled children, but disability is not a big deal here.
"Speaking of which," Luo Yunqing said, still smiling, but the smile no longer reached her eyes, "how's the investigation going? The matter of Ali almost losing her life."
Suddenly snapping out of his reverie, Chen Zhao shivered inexplicably and stammered, "Aren't you angry? The boss kept it from you."
"Why...why should I be angry with him?" Luo Yunqing patted Xiaofeng, who had snuggled into her arms and started to sleep again, and lowered her voice: "He kept it from me because he didn't want me to worry. Even if you're angry, it's because of the person who hurt him."
In the end, it was a bit of a pity: "Is it really impossible to kill them?"
It seems he hasn't given up on the idea yet.
Chen Zhao felt a chill run down his spine. "Boss lady, murder is a crime punishable by imprisonment."
"Oh." Luo Yunqing took the hand that Xiao Feng had put in his mouth, wiped it, and patted his back gently. "So he won't have to go to jail?"
Fortunately, the boss was turned around by the two children pushing his wheelchair. Chen Zhao covered his mouth and whispered, "We need evidence. Xu Qi is now insisting that it was him. Unless he changes his mind and changes his confession before sentencing."
“Didn’t you hear Pei Hengzhi making a phone call with someone else?” Luo Yunqing turned her head, raising her eyebrows slightly. “Young Madam Pei, this condition was never true from the beginning.”
"It doesn't exist, the key is, how do we get Xu Qi to believe it?" Chen Zhao had previously thought this was the starting point, but—"If we just tell him directly, does the landlady think he'll believe us?"
No, it won't.
Once a person starts daydreaming, it's hard to wake up from that readily available dream.
The hand patting his back suddenly stopped.
Luo Yunqing thought and thought: "What if Pei Hengzhi is already married?"
The position of young mistress has been taken; the dream is shattered, and she has to wake up whether she wants to or not.
“Boss lady, that’s not very realistic.” Chen Zhao said tactfully, “That kid is only 21 today. Master Pei won’t arrange a marriage for him so soon. He has to graduate first. By then, Xu Qi will be in jail dreaming.”
“Hmm.” Luo Yunqing nodded: “But as an elder, I can also make arrangements, for example… my family, Xiaoxue.”
Thinking back to the two of them at the Song family home a little over a month ago, he couldn't help but smile. "Childhood sweethearts, innocent and inseparable, and perfectly matched, couldn't they be more suitable?"
Chen Zhao thought for a long time, so long that Pei Yanli was almost finished writing for Qingqing before saying, "Boss lady, I'm not trying to discourage you, but you should be able to tell from the fact that that kid didn't make it to Young Master Song's birthday banquet last time that Master Pei doesn't think much of him."
He looked down on Song Xuechen and the Song family.
“Even if Pei Hengzhi himself is willing, the old man will do his best to stop him. What’s more, Song Xuechen has a relationship with you.” Chen Zhao shook his head. “It’s difficult no matter how you look at it.”
The boss had finished writing, so Chen Zhao said no more and hurried away.
Luo Yunqing sat on the steps in front of the classroom, holding Xiaofeng in her arms, and thought for a long time until Pei Yanli drove her wheelchair over and prepared to cover Xiaofeng with the blanket on her lap.
"No need," Luo Yunqing quietly shook her head.
At 3:30, Xiaofeng automatically rubbed her eyes and woke up.
At that moment, the weather completely changed. Gusts of wind swept through the courtyard, and dark clouds instantly covered the sky.
It's really going to rain.
Luo Yunqing said goodbye to her mother-in-law and children before the rain started.
"What's wrong?" As soon as he got into the car, Pei Yanli noticed that he looked preoccupied. "If you want to come back later, I'll come back with you."
Luo Yunqing quickly composed herself and hugged his arm, saying, "I knew it, my husband is the best to me~"
Pei Yanli cupped his face, gently rubbing his cheek with her thumb. "Are you happy now?"
"Mmm! As long as I'm with you." Luo Yunqing quickly kissed him on the corner of the mouth again, secretly smiling, "That makes me even happier. Besides the pumpkin, Grandma also gave me a human acupuncture point chart. Tonight, I'll massage your legs, okay?"
Pei Yanli lowered her eyes and looked down at his still slightly swollen lips.
The next second, Luo Yunqing hugged his face and kissed him, "Ali, husband, kiss me~"
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As soon as I got home, a torrential downpour began.
Rainwater gathered from the eaves and dripped onto the window frame. In the midst of the rain, Luo Yunqing reached out to catch the raindrops while applying an ice pack to her lips.
How can we get those two to get married? Maybe we should just drug them and catch them in the act, then they'll have to go through with the marriage.
"Xiao Luo, it's raining heavily right now, and some rain is getting in." Pei Yanli moved her wheelchair behind him. "Close the window, and open it again when the rain subsides."
Luo Yunqing didn't move.
"Xiao Luo?"
Luo Yunqing still didn't move.
He was about to call again when he remembered something similar happened last night, so he turned his face away slightly and said, "Wife, close the window."
"Okay!" Luo Yunqing finally moved. "I'll turn it off now."
After putting down the ice pack, I didn't know if it was because the ice had gone numb or because the swelling hadn't gone down, but my lips still felt numb, and my speech was even more slurred. "This morning, of those places Dad recommended, are there any that you particularly want to go to? I still have six days of leave."
Pei Yanli countered with, "And you? Where do you want to go?"
"Hmm..." Luo Yunqing put the ice pack into the insulated box, got off the small couch by the window, and skillfully climbed into the wheelchair to hug the person. "How about going to the beach? I want to watch the sunrise from the sea."
"Okay." Pei Yanli patted his head. "I'll have Chen Zhao make the arrangements."
As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled rumble of thunder slowly descended, not particularly loud.
Pei Yanli's first reaction was to cover his ears.
Luo Yunqing was stunned.
Pei Yanli: "I remember you said you were afraid of thunder."
The day I joined the drama club on the first day of school.
He was lying.
In the five years after he left in his previous life, Luo Yun was no longer afraid in the early morning.
"Yes." He gripped his waist tightly, pressing it against his chest. "I'm terrified."
Pei Yanli: "I'll have someone bring me a pair of earplugs."
"No." Luo Yunqing shook her head twice to show her refusal. "You hold me."
It rained all night.
As the night wore on, the thunder grew louder and louder, accompanied by a crackling golden lightning bolt. Luo Yunqing suddenly opened her eyes, instinctively reached for her side, and quickly rolled into someone's arms.
"Honey, it's thundering."
His ears were immediately covered tightly.
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The long-awaited autumn rain continued intermittently until early morning. When Luo Yunqing opened the window, the sun was already out.
Along the stone path, there were small puddles everywhere. After having breakfast with the old man, Luo Yunqing waded through the puddles back to the courtyard alone.
Just as he was thinking about how to facilitate the marriage between Pei Hengzhi and Song Xuechen, and... make them get married in such a disgraceful way, one of the main characters appeared in front of him in a blatant display.
Luo Yunqing clenched her fists instantly, "Nephew, in such a hurry, don't you even know how to call someone!"
Pei Hengzhi immediately stopped and smiled: "You're so happy, it's not because of your second uncle, is it?"
Seeing that he didn't speak, she approached him and said, "It's because of our Pei family. That's wonderful! You suddenly got 6% of Pei's shares and became a tycoon overnight. You did it for the money..."
Bang!
A heavy punch landed on his face.
Before he could react and dodge, another punch followed.
"Luo Yunqing, how dare you hit me!"
"So what if I hit you? I'm your second aunt!" He dared to harm Pei Yanli, and even though he couldn't send her to jail for now, he had to get his revenge. "I'll not only hit you, I'll kick you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Yunqing raised her foot and aimed it at his knee.
With a splash, water splattered everywhere in the puddle.
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