Chapter 19
Ten-year-old Ping An is very grateful to Cheng Xiangheng for changing her name, and she likes it very much.
Young people's dislike and like come and go quickly. Ping'an is just a ten-year-old girl after all, and no one treats her so well, so she immediately forgave Cheng Xiangheng and was even willing to treat him sincerely.
She named the golden retriever Baisui, and she hoped the puppy would accompany her until she was a hundred years old.
She thought that it was impossible for anyone in this world to stay with her for the rest of her life, but the puppy could.
When Ping An wanted to thank Cheng Xiangheng, Cheng Xiangheng's father, the head of the Cheng family, came back.
Cheng Xiangheng's father, Cheng Yeming, is a very serious man. He is wrapped in a well-tailored and expensive suit. His hair is all combed back, revealing his smooth forehead and sharp eyebrows.
When he came back, he took Cheng Xiangheng to the study and didn't come out for a long time.
Ping'an was a little afraid of the head of the Cheng family. She didn't dare to bring the little golden retriever to Cheng Xiangheng again, and secretly returned to her mother's servant's room.
My mother and brother were not at home. The servants happened to come back from their night shift and they chatted in low voices about the Cheng family's gossip.
Hearing that Cheng Xiangheng seemed to have done something he shouldn't have done, which led to the failure of the cooperation between the Cheng and Li families, Cheng Yeming was very angry and came back to teach him a lesson.
The Li family is Cheng Xiangheng's mother's family.
Ping An didn't quite understand what Cheng Xiangheng had done to provoke Cheng Yeming's rage. She cautiously poked her head out from under her mother's quilt and asked softly, "How will his father punish him?"
Ping'an's sudden appearance startled the servants, but they reacted quickly and rubbed Ping'an's head.
The little girl was too innocent, but also too thin and ugly. They didn't want to hug her, so they expressed their affection by rubbing her head.
"He'd be beaten up and put in solitary confinement."
"What's a detention room?"
"It was a small dark room. Sometimes he was locked up for a week, sometimes for a month. During that time, they only gave him food and didn't say a word to him."
Another servant sighed, his expression complicated. "When the young master was imprisoned when he was three or four years old, I could still hear him crying in the small dark room. After that, no matter how long he was imprisoned or how badly his father beat him, he never cried again."
Ping'an was shocked. Being locked up in such a dark place for so long... How pitiful.
"And I heard that the young master used his money to buy some living creature he shouldn't have bought a few days ago and wanted to keep it by his side. This made Mr. Cheng even angrier."
Ping'an was startled and hid the sleeping golden retriever in the quilt.
Cheng Xiangheng bought the golden retriever puppy to apologize to her. If his father locked him up in a small dark room because of this, wouldn’t that be too pitiful?
Ping An felt that Cheng Xiangheng should not be treated like this. At the very least, he should not face it alone.
"Then...where is that small dark room?" Ping'an asked carefully.
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It was midnight, the time when the Cheng family bodyguards took turns on duty. Ping An carefully climbed over the fence in the next room and got himself onto the balcony of the small dark room.
The balcony was sealed, but that didn't stop Ping An. When she had nothing to eat, she would climb trees to get bird eggs and go to the river to catch crabs, and she never failed.
The balcony was on the fourth floor. Ping'an took a few deep breaths and, with the help of the street lights downstairs, climbed in directly.
The girl was thin and small, like a nimble cat. She hid in the shadows and no one could see her.
She found that the door connecting the balcony and the room was sealed, but there was a small hole next to it for ventilation.
The small hole is not big, about two inches high, and a normal person cannot get in or out.
But Ping'an was too thin, so she first put her legs in, and after making sure there was no danger, she hunched her shoulders and crawled in. After she was in, she took her schoolbag in.
Turning around, the room was too dark and Ping'an couldn't see anything.
"Cheng Xiangheng, are you there?" Ping An lowered his voice, "I'm here to bring you something..."
The next moment, Ping An was knocked down by a ball of black!
Ping An forced himself to suppress the urge to scream, closed his eyes and grabbed the other person's hair. Sure enough, the touch under his hand was as thick as silk, which made Ping An feel a lot more relaxed.
Only Cheng Xiangheng has such thick and smooth hair. Others don't have it. Like her, due to long-term malnutrition, her hair is sparse, dry, yellow and frizzy, which looks very ugly.
Ping An confirmed the identity of the person who came, and she sat up, but Cheng Xiangheng still did not let her go. He hugged her very tightly, as if he wanted to embed her completely in his body.
Ping An actually likes hugs very much, but no one has ever hugged her since she was a child. The first time she was hugged warmly by someone, she felt a little embarrassed, a little awkward, and a little happy.
Holding back the complicated emotions, Ping An hugged Cheng Xiangheng back and patted his back unskillfully, saying, "Children, children, don't be scared, don't be scared, tabby cat, don't be scared~"
Cheng Xiangheng had already grabbed Ping An's neck with one hand. When he was about to use force, she suddenly hugged him tightly, saying some nonsense. He paused.
Ping An didn't know that she was only a moment away from death. She had seen her mother gently coax her younger brother to sleep, so she followed suit and wanted to comfort Cheng Xiangheng's heart.
After a while, Cheng Xiangheng still didn't let her go. Ping An asked worriedly, "Cheng Xiangheng, are you okay?"
Cheng Xiangheng lowered his eyes and looked at Ping An.
Ping An obviously couldn't see his expression clearly. She was completely unaware of how twisted and ferocious the face of the person she was holding was, and she didn't know that the moment she appeared, he instinctively wanted to kill her, a living being.
She's like a silly cat.
However, stupid things are destined to die. Even if they don't die now, they will be killed by inexplicable reasons in the future. In this case, he might as well help her get rid of it as soon as possible.
Cheng Xiangheng placed his hands on Ping'an's neck again.
Ping An thought Cheng Xiangheng had calmed down and didn't say anything because he felt embarrassed to hug him.
She lowered her head, unzipped her schoolbag, took out the furry thing inside, and handed it to Cheng Xiangheng: "Look! It's our puppy! Its name is Baisui! Live a long life!"
Cheng Xiangheng was caught off guard and had his face licked several times enthusiastically by the puppy. He stood there in a daze, and the puppy washed his face.
Ping An controlled the puppy's excitement and said with a smile, "Do I have a talent for naming?"
Cheng Xiangheng stared blankly at Ping An who was holding the puppy, and Ping An put the puppy directly into his arms.
The creature in his arms was soft, warm, and furry. It looked like it would die if he exerted even a little force. It was terribly fragile, just like Zhou Ping'an.
Ping'an rummaged through her schoolbag and took out a bunch of snacks. These snacks were bought for her by Cheng Xiangheng in the past two days, and she put them all into her schoolbag.
She heard that his father only gave him one meal a day, so she secretly brought these snacks and stuffed them all into Cheng Xiangheng's arms, leaving only Baisui's dog food in his schoolbag.
"Cheng Xiangheng, don't be afraid. I will crawl out every day to bring you food."
In the darkness, Cheng Xiangheng still didn't speak.
He came to his senses, suppressed the things in his heart that shouldn't have arisen, wiped the saliva from his face with his sleeve in disgust, and wanted to drive Ping An away.
Ping An hesitated for a moment, knowing that he must be embarrassed. She was also a little embarrassed, but he was in the saddest time now. She couldn't be too reserved. She had to comfort Cheng Xiangheng well!
Cheng Xiangheng curled his lips, disdainful and sarcastic: "Zhou Ping'an, you——"
Ping An suddenly sat up straight and gave Cheng Xiangheng a big hug!
"Be good, don't be afraid. Even the dark can't scare you. Don't be afraid. I'm here with you. Don't be afraid."
My heart seemed to be massaged gently but firmly by a pair of hands.
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