The night was very quiet, so the rustling sounds were particularly noticeable. Soon, Song Lili felt something crawling over her body.
She knew immediately that it was her son, but she didn't care and let him crawl over her body and sit between the two of them.
Immediately afterwards, the little dumpling's soft, childish voice rang out, "Sleep together, sleep together."
Zhang Qinghua was so angry he wanted to throw him out. "You brat, who wants to sleep with you? I want to sleep with my wife, understand?"
"..." Can I say I don't understand?
Suddenly, Song Lili burst out laughing, though it was unclear what she was laughing about.
The little boy laughed along with her. He didn't understand why, but when his mother laughed, he laughed too.
Zhang Qinghua gritted his teeth in anger. This little woman actually dared to laugh at him. You just wait.
Zhang Qinghua quickly pressed down on the little dumpling who was still wriggling around, saying, "Go to sleep now, don't move."
"Okay," the little dumpling adjusted his posture, facing his mother, his bottom facing her, and his little feet gently shoved Zhang Qinghua's thigh before he closed his eyes.
The three of them remained silent, quietly drifting off to sleep, or perhaps already asleep.
"Ah!" Song Lili exclaimed, quickly covering her mouth with her hand, and glared angrily at the person next to her in the darkness.
This damn man, he actually, he actually, he pinched her, and he even...
"This is your punishment for laughing at me earlier." In the darkness, a deep, magnetic male voice slowly drifted over.
"I...I wasn't laughing at you," Song Lili said softly, her face flushed.
Her son was still in the middle, and she dared not speak loudly for fear of waking him.
"Hmph," Zhang Qinghua snorted coldly, not believing it.
Then, there was a rustling sound, followed by Song Lili feeling someone approaching, and then a warm sensation spreading from the corner of her mouth.
Zhang Qinghua struck hard to relieve his frustration, making a loud "chirp" sound.
"Be careful, you might wake Xiao Chen up." Song Lili hit him angrily. This man, does he have no shame?
"Big brother, are you eating again?" Suddenly, the little bun's voice came from between the two.
Song Lili's body stiffened instantly. This... she was doomed; her son had heard everything.
How shameful!
"Big brother, what are you eating? I want some too. You're sneaking food again. I caught you sneaking food last time."
"Hmph, I'm going to tell Mom that you stole food!" The little dumpling kicked his legs angrily.
"..."
Zhang Qinghua's face was as black as ink, her cheeks flushed, and she looked embarrassed, wishing she could throw him out.
You brat! You always ruin my plans, you deserve a beating!
"Big brother, I want to eat." The little bun huffed and puffed as he climbed up to Zhang Qinghua and hugged his neck.
"Hmph," Song Lili snorted coldly. "You've made a fool of yourself. Let's see how you respond now."
Yang Weimin: "..." You can't blame him for this, can you?
"Big brother, I want to eat." The little bun yawned, its soft, wriggling body whimpering with a hint of coquetry.
"No, feel it for yourself if you don't believe me." Then, she put the hand holding the small steamed bun to her mouth.
The little boy actually checked carefully, pried open Zhang Qinghua's mouth, and reached in with his little hand to feel around. It seemed there really was no food.
He withdrew his hand, then, still somewhat uneasy, touched around a few more times, as if he had poked into a hole.
Zhang Qinghua tilted his head away from the little bun's hand. "You brat, you're going to poke my nose until it bleeds!"
"Go to sleep." Zhang Qinghua coldly uttered two words, suppressing the brat, who dared not move again and obediently went to sleep.
In her heart, she wanted nothing more than to give this clueless brat a good beating. He was always looking for trouble. Couldn't he sleep alone?
Finally, the commotion stopped, and the three of them were able to sleep. Soon, even breathing could be heard.
Two thick and one light, so harmonious, as if it were meant to be this way.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud noise came in the middle of the night, as if something had collapsed. The sound was quite close.
"Hmm," Song Lili shifted restlessly, but didn't wake up; the little bun didn't hear her at all.
Only Zhang Qinghua opened his eyes when the sound came, quietly put on his clothes in the dark, and went out the door.
As soon as "Big Brother" stepped out, he saw Zhang Qingguo also coming out.
"You heard it too?" Zhang Qinghua asked as he walked toward the source of the sound.
Zhang Qingguo nodded. "Yeah, it looks like something collapsed, so I thought I'd come out and take a look."
When the two brothers went over to take a look, they discovered that their own courtyard wall had collapsed, leaving a large hole that connected to the house across the street.
"It's probably because it's been snowing for the past few days, and then the snow melted, and water seeped in, which is why it collapsed." Zhang Qingguo glanced at it and then prepared to go back to sleep.
The wall collapsed in the middle of the night; we can't exactly repair it now, can we? What are we supposed to do instead of sleep?
Zhang Qinghua looked at the collapsed pile of earth, then at the houses across the street, and nodded, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
The two quietly returned, and the Zhang family's courtyard returned to silence.
The next morning, Song Lili learned that the wall of her house had collapsed the night before, which surprised Lin Xue as well.
"I didn't hear anything last night," she said, somewhat embarrassed.
Lin Xue is Zhang Qingguo's wife. She is a kind and honest teacher who doesn't have many ulterior motives. She gets along quite well with Song Lili.
Song Lili laughed, "I didn't hear it either. If they hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known until now."
Zhang Qingguo slurped a mouthful of the batter in his bowl. "It's probably from the melting snow and water. It's okay, we can just build it up."
"My brother and I will start right after we finish eating, and it will be better by tonight."
"..."
Song Lili couldn't bear to look at Zhang Qingguo. Was he an idiot? In the dead of winter, even if water seeped into the wall, it would have frozen solid by nightfall. How could the wall collapse?
This impossible thing happened, and I didn't find it strange at all. I even thought it was normal?
She looked at Zhang Qinghua, wondering if her younger brother was mentally challenged.
Zhang Qinghua's lips twitched. "Can't you think it over before you speak? Otherwise, people will think you're incredibly stupid."
"Ah..." Zhang Qingguo was confused. How could he have been so stupid?
"The temperature is so low at night, the water is frozen, how can we walk on it?" Zhang Qinghua asked irritably.
Only then did Zhang Qingguo realize, "That's right, it's winter now, the wall couldn't have collapsed from the water."
Song Lili wanted to roll her eyes again. Wasn't it obvious?
Lin Xue suddenly realized, "That's right, this...this isn't right, but how did we break through the wall?"
"It must have been done on purpose, what else could it be?" Song Lili said coolly.
"Someone did this on purpose?" Zhang Qingguo and Lin Xue asked in unison, unable to believe it.
Looking at the couple, Song Lili thought they were a match made in heaven, both straightforward and inflexible.
Don't you know that some people in this world are born bad? Do you think everyone is a good person?
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