Spoiled Sparrow

After finishing her meal, Ruan Qing remembered Zhang Yao's urging over the phone; tomorrow would be a good day to get a paternity test done.

"Brother, please tell Mom and Dad that we're picking them up tomorrow to get a paternity test. They've been urging us to get it done back home."

He Xunan said calmly, "I'm afraid that won't work. I forgot to tell you, Mom and Dad are flying off for vacation tonight, and they haven't told me when they'll be back."

He glanced at Youyou, "That's why I brought Youyou here."

Ruan Qing frowned slightly. "I'll give them a call later. This matter can't be delayed any longer."

"Hmm." His voice was very faint, revealing no emotion.

Ruan Qing yawned several times. "Brother, I'm a little too tired today, so I'm going back to sleep."

"Hmm." He Xunnan turned around, his gaze falling on Youyou.

A moment later, Youyou ran over and hugged her leg, pleading sweetly, "Don't go, sleep with Youyou, okay?"

Ruan Qing bent down and pinched her face: "You're so big now, you need to learn to sleep by yourself. Be good, go to sleep."

It wasn't that she didn't want to sleep with Youyou, it's just that she wasn't going to sleep right now.

Besides, He Xunnan is here. Although they are siblings, they can't be completely without boundaries.

Youyou clung to her leg, refusing to let go no matter what she said.

Ruan Qing was at her wits' end with him, so she could only place her hopes on He Xun Nan, "Brother?"

He Xun Nan acted as if it were none of his business, and said helplessly, "You know, she lost her mother when she was young, so she must miss her mother. There's nothing I can do, so you'll have to suffer."

Ruan Qing thought of herself: "...Okay."

……

Ruan Qing lay on the bouncy bed, holding a storybook in her hand, absentmindedly telling a bedtime story to the little one in her arms.

"Once upon a time, there was a big gray wolf and a little fox. The big gray wolf took the little fox back to his den..."

As she spoke, her thoughts drifted to that person.

I don't know if he's eaten yet.

Thinking about this, Ruan Qing suddenly realized that she hadn't told him she had broken her promise. Could he have been waiting for her all this time?

Definitely not.

No one's that stupid; why would they go against the food?

Finally, Youyou in her arms fell asleep to her incantation-like, lousy stories.

She pulled her hand out from under Youyou's body, shook it off, picked up her phone, and opened WeChat.

Not a single message.

Never mind, he probably doesn't care. Go to sleep.

She put down her phone and lay down. Just as she pulled the covers over herself, a message notification sounded.

She turned around, picked up her phone, and immediately opened it to look.

It's him.

Are you planning to let me starve to death?

With such a terrible attitude, they might as well starve to death.

Ruan Qing replied: 【Is this how you ask for favors?】

Fu Chen held his phone in one hand, clearly wanting to die, but his mouth was still sharp and unforgiving.

At that time, Chen Yan was still standing at the entrance of the safety passage, keeping a close eye on whether Ruan Qing had come out of He Xunnan's room.

Fu Chen couldn't suppress his possessiveness at all. The thought of her being alone in a room with another man made him want to rush up, grab her, take her home, and handcuff her to keep her by his side.

Including the time Yun En and Zhang Yao spent talking to her, it was a full 56 minutes, and Fu Chen felt like every second was an eternity.

Little fox, what are you and that scoundrel doing?!

He closed his eyes, and images of Ruan Qing and He Xun Nan filled his entire mind.

His hands were bulging with veins, teetering on the edge of losing control.

His bloodshot eyes were fixed on his phone, and in the end, he couldn't resist sending her a message.

Are you planning to let me starve to death?

After sending it, he slapped himself hard.

He quickly typed a new line on his phone, but before he could send it, a message popped up on the other end.

Is this how you ask for help?

A reply in a second?

Still saying you don't love me? Humph.

Ruan Qing, you can't fool me.

Fu Chen's tense chest gradually relaxed after hearing her reply, and his breathing became steady.

Instead, there was a burning sensation behind the ears.

Little fox, please.

As Ruan Qing lay in bed, countless images from the past flashed through her mind upon seeing this sentence.

The occasions in which he said those words were truly shameful.

It was just a line of text, but her breathing inexplicably became rapid, and her body twitched slightly involuntarily.

Stay calm, what are you afraid of? He's nothing to worry about in his current state.

Ruan Qing got up, put on her coat, tucked Youyou's blanket in neatly, and tiptoed out the door.

His attention was focused on his feet, and he didn't notice the pair of murderous eyes in the dim light.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped outside.

In the blink of an eye, a furtive hissing sound came from the stairwell, startling her.

"Who?"

Chen Yan coughed twice and cleared his throat: "Sister-in-law, it's me."

Ruan Qing quickly went over and said, "What are you doing squatting here? You gave me goosebumps."

Chen Yan said with a forced smile, "I was worried that you might be in danger since you hadn't come down for dinner, so Mr. Fu asked me to stay here and keep watch over you."

"You haven't been squatting here for over an hour, have you?" Ruan Qing quickly helped him up.

"It's alright, I'm relieved to see that my sister-in-law is alright."

Chen Yan smiled on the outside, but was crying inside.

That's why they say money is hard to earn and life is tough; I was starving.

As soon as Ruan Qing entered the room, she quickly asked Chen Yan to sit down.

"Assistant Chen, you should eat first."

Chen Yan was so moved he almost cried; it was still his sister-in-law.

If I could work for a boss like that, I'd be happy to let him live in a villa and drive a luxury car.

Ruan Qing pushed open the door and met Fu Chen's extremely aggressive gaze, instinctively feeling intimidated.

She only came to her senses when she realized that she no longer needed to depend on him for a living.

"What are you looking at me for? Who gave you permission to look?"

To Fu Chen, her deliberately fierce tone sounded like she was being affectionate.

Fu Chen laughed, and Ruan Qing looked at him blankly, "Laughing, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." Fu Chen chuckled in a low voice, which added a teasing tone to his already hoarse voice.

"Now that the little fox has started her own company, she speaks with the air of a female CEO."

She doesn't really have a company, but now that she has her own business, she naturally feels more confident than before.

Ruan Qing tilted her head slightly, looking down at him: "Of course, I'm no longer the pet that used to just ask you for money."

Now it is Niohuru Ruan Qing.

pet?

Fu Chen's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling, menacing look.

Ruan Qing sensed his displeasure, and her smile froze instantly.

After a long while, he patted the side of the bed and said, "Come here."

Ruan Qing stood still.

Fu Chen rubbed his forehead and adjusted his tone: "Please come here."

"Oh." Only then did she start walking over.

She didn't sit on the bed, but on a chair next to it.

Men's emotions are as quick as turning the pages of a book, while it's said that women's thoughts are hard to fathom.

But Ruan Qing felt that she could never guess what Fu Chen was thinking; it was like a gust of wind that she could never catch.

"Why are you sitting so far away?"

Fu Chen reached out and grabbed the empty space between her buttocks and legs, pulling her chair inwards, but the movement and position were really awkward.

The two exchanged a glance and then looked away.

He couldn't stop breathing and coughed twice. Ruan Qing turned around, picked up a tissue from the table, and handed it to him. The two of them then went down the steps.

Fu Chen lay half-reclined on the bed, his pale lips slightly pursed, his hoarse voice tinged with confusion as he spoke softly, "You think I treat you like a pet?"