Chapter 113: Chapter 113

"Xiao Xu..." She immediately changed her address. "Mr. Su asked me if I haven’t been doing well these past years. I didn’t want to tell him. Can I tell you, Xiao Xu..."

It was really beyond him, this sounded like he was a split personality patient.

"Xiao Xu, I’ve been doing really well all these years..."

The start of her words surprised him quite a bit. He thought she just had a nightmare, cried, and begged for a hug, assuming she would tell him a sad story. He didn’t expect her to start by saying she’s been doing well.

"Xiao Xu, do I look very weak to you? Actually, I’m not! I could cook rice and noodles by myself at five years old. Last time, I told Mr. Su that I could cook noodles very well, and he didn’t believe me. Do you believe me?"

"..." If this went on, he would start to think Mr. Su and Xiao Xu were two different people. "Ahem, I believe you."

"I knew you were better than Mr. Su!"

"..." Wasn’t she the one with split personality?

"I depended on Mom for survival..." She started to tell him about her and her mom’s story.

He could imagine what it was like for a five-year-old girl and an unhealthy mother living together, but hearing it from her was full of joy. There was no complaint, no sadness, just how the little her learned to live, making a lot of funny things along the way. She seriously said, "Xiao Xu, you should be glad you met me now. I can make delicious noodles for you; if it were before, you’d have been my little guinea pig!"

"Uh... "My" what?"

"Of course, there were also difficulties! But every time that happened, I would remember what you wrote. You said that after darkness and transformation, butterflies finally grow beautiful wings. We go through falls and injuries to grow stronger! Little Butterfly, keep going! Do you remember writing that? Was it written in a notebook? Do you remember? At that time, your handwriting wasn’t as good as it is now, although it was still pretty good."

"Uh... I might have written it... then it got lost..." he said vaguely.

"I was the one who picked it up!" Her eyes showed a little pride. "I still keep it well, do you want it back? I’ll bring it to you next time?"

"Uh... no need!"

"Okay, then I’ll keep it!" She said as she sighed. "But I’m still scared, most afraid that Mom will leave me! Mom is very, very important to me! She’s my only family!"

"So you just dreamed about Mom?"

"Uh..." She nodded, remembered what she saw in the dream, still felt scared, and involuntarily snuggled deeper into his embrace.

His arms tightened a bit. "No, won’t leave, won’t leave."

She nodded again. "Xiao Xu, how about you? Have you been doing well all these years?"

"I’m good too."

"I often think of you. By the way, I have a lot of your things..." She listed them for him.

As they spoke, or rather, she spoke and he listened; gradually, the voice of the person in his arms became smaller and smaller, "Xiao Xu is good, from now on, you’ll just be Xiao Xu, not Mr. Su, okay?"

"..." What a baffling request, yet he somehow inexplicably said, "Okay." "Hungry? Want to eat something first?" He remembered she hadn’t had dinner yet.

No one responded to him.

When he looked down, he saw she had indeed fallen asleep on his chest, with her messy hair tickling his neck and chin.

"Tu Hengsha? Little Sha?" He gently called her.

"Hmm? Don’t disturb..." She murmured with her eyes closed. "Xiao Xu, you smell really nice..."

"..."

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When Tu Hengsha woke up the next morning, she was wrapped tightly in the blanket, not getting out of bed for a long time.

Ronggui placed the pills on her table, holding a glass of water. "Keep lingering in bed, and you’ll miss the train!"

"Just leave it! I’ll do it myself..." She buzzed from within the blanket.

She was so shameless! Last night, she shamelessly threw herself at Mr. Su! And even slept in the same bed with him? Oh, God! She slept with Mr. Su! The realization made her an ostrich this morning...

The person last night couldn’t have been her... couldn’t have been her...

Night, are you the devil? How could you make a reserved woman change so dramatically?

Mr. Su was unaware of her thoughts and gave a final ultimatum, "I’ll count to three; if you don’t get up, I won’t go easy on you! One! Two!"

As he counted to "two," a fuzzy head peeked out from under the covers. Her hairstyle... he couldn’t help but close his eyes. It was really unbearable! "So ugly! Go tidy yourself up quickly!"

Tu Hengsha entered the bathroom hugging her head. Oh, sun, how you leave nothing hidden. Last night’s Xiao Xu instantly turned back to Mr. Su...

When she came out all cleaned up, the pills, water, and Mr. Su were all there waiting.

She obediently opened her mouth, took the pills, and drank the water like a computer program dutifully executing its tasks.

"First, go back and see Mom, have lunch with her. The next day we’ll go to Grandma’s house." He instructed her as he led her onto the train.

She hadn’t slept well last night and was yawning incessantly, nodding vehemently.

Seeing this, he had to carry her backpack on his shoulder. "Don’t walk with your eyes closed; have a good nap when you’re in the car."

True to her nature, as soon as she boarded, she fell asleep. Sitting while sleeping made her slide down, and she slid onto his shoulder, feeling comfortable. She snuggled in and slept soundly.

Half-asleep on the train, he even fed her some medicine. An uncle sitting nearby laughed, "Young man, you’ve got a good thing going on with your girlfriend!"

That woke her up instantly, and she sat up with a serious explanation, "Uncle, we’re not boyfriend and girlfriend."

At that moment, he was holding a pile of pills. She heard him say "Open your mouth," and she naturally complied, opening her mouth to receive a handful of pills shoved inside, followed by a whole bottle of water poured over until she nearly choked, tears almost coming out!

Before, he always fed them to her one at a time! She glared at him with a small resentful gaze.

The uncle across watched and laughed heartily, "Young girl, you deserved it!"

Deserved what? All men just support each other! Men are all no good!

During lunch, they bought two portions, and they were placed on the small table. She sat waiting, but there was no movement for a long time. She glanced at him and saw him with an injured arm looking serious.

Suddenly enlightened, she realized Mr. Su was an injured person, unable to even tear open the packaging! Reflecting on the days she spent in the hospital, under Mr. Su’s care, though strict, he always fed her medicine, meals, and water to her mouth. She already owed Mr. Su too much; it was time to repay it!

Quickly, she returned to her fawning demeanor and helped him open the meal.

But then, he still wouldn’t eat!

And still didn’t say a word!

She thought it over. Could it be he felt her gratitude was lacking? After all, he was so considerate of her! So she tentatively fed it to his mouth as well, and he opened his mouth and ate it!

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