Song Huaizhi lowered his eyes in deep thought. His long eyelashes, like tiny brushes, cast dots of shadows on his face, making his facial features appear even more stern. There was a hint of composure that didn't seem to belong to a child.
Taking advantage of Song Huaizhi's distraction, seeing that he had just turned around and was staring blankly to the right, Meng Ruyi quickly gobbled up one of the pastries on her own plate. Then she took one from Song Huaizhi's plate and put it on hers.
When stealing the pastry, Meng Ruyi felt as if she were stealing from the national treasury. The originally rather bland pastry inexplicably became delicious, and she ate it with great relish.
[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Did Song Huaizhi really not see or was he just pretending not to? And Yu Yu (Meng Ruyi's nickname) is so silly! Why didn't she just put it in her mouth directly?]
[Come here, Yu Yu. Let me give you a kiss. Mwah mwah mwah!]
[I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts. How can Yu Yu be so cute! Hahaha!]
[Are you looking at everything through rose - colored glasses? She's clearly stupid. How can you spin it as cute?]
[Did I forget something? I always feel like something bad is going to happen.]
Seeing the barrage of comments arguing, Meng Ruyi then realized what a stupid thing she had done out of nervousness. She subconsciously pouted and then became curious about the comments.
How strange! What did her own stupid actions have to do with them? It seemed that these people were all looking down on her life from above and then bossing her around.
Just as Song Huaizhi came back to his senses, he saw Meng Ruyi holding a half - eaten pastry in her hand, and most of the pastries in front of him had been eaten.
"Is it delicious?"
A cold voice sounded. Meng Ruyi was so startled that she shivered. She saw Song Huaizhi looking at her coldly and pointing at the pastries in front of him.
"..."
So scary! Song Huaizhi at this moment looked exactly like the person who had killed her in her dream!
Feeling guilty, Meng Ruyi couldn't say a word. She only knew that Song Huaizhi was angry, and for a moment, she felt both wronged and scared.
She had treated him to so many things. Why was Song Huaizhi still so cold? She had just eaten a few pastries. Did he really have to be so mean to her!
The more the little girl thought about it, the angrier she got. Her little face puffed up with anger, and a layer of mist welled up in her eyes looking at Song Huaizhi. It seemed that tears were about to fall.
"Boss! Bring three plates of pastries!" Meng Ruyi sniffed hard and shouted at the boss, "Just like these. Three plates!"
After saying that, she slapped the copper coins on the table boldly and then didn't look at Song Huaizhi anymore.
Song Huaizhi watched as the boss took the copper coins with a big smile, weighed them in his hand, and then called the waiter to bring three plates of pastries.
He said nothing, looking at Meng Ruyi coldly. The gloom in his eyes grew thicker and thicker, almost overlapping with the eyes in Meng Ruyi's dream.
He sneered silently. Suddenly, he wondered if he had been led astray by the little girl in front of him and lost his rationality. He was actually getting angry with a child so childishly.
"Thank you for the treat, Miss Meng."
After saying that, Meng Ruyi saw Song Huaizhi glance at her with a half - smile. Then he picked up the pastries on the table one by one and stuffed them into his mouth. He would look at her every few bites, as if he were mocking her.
The anger in Meng Ruyi's heart had just subsided a little, but when Song Huaizhi looked at her, she instantly wished he would choke to death right then.
"Master Song has a good appetite."
"Miss Meng is really generous."
The two of them exchanged words. Before long, Song Huaizhi took out a handkerchief and gracefully wiped his mouth. He said to Meng Ruyi, "Let's go, Miss Meng. I'll escort you back to your mansion."
As soon as they got back to the mansion, Meng Ruyi rushed back to her small courtyard, pushed open the door, and threw herself on the bed to sulk.
[Alas, actually Song Huaizhi is also quite miserable. It seems that he started being possessive of food after something happened?]
[I remember! On his way here, he almost got captured and eaten by bandits. He managed to escape into the forest with his servant. But there was nothing in the forest, so they had to gnaw on tree bark. He was so hungry that he looked like a skeleton. It took him a long time to escape from the forest.]
[Oh my god. No wonder villains are always beautiful, strong, and miserable. If they're not miserable, they're not even worthy of being villains.]
The moment Meng Ruyi saw the comments, her breath caught for a moment. Then her heart started beating violently, and she tightly pursed her lips.
It was clearly her fault. She had to go and steal food, violating his taboo, and then blamed Song Huaizhi. Clearly...
Meng Ruyi couldn't imagine how desperate she would be if she were thrown into the forest at the age of ten or so, cold and hungry, and still having to worry about whether the bandits would catch up and eat her!
How childish she had been! She clearly knew that Song Huaizhi valued food so much, but she still violated his taboo because of her own bad mood.
Meng Ruyi did a sit - up on the bed and quickly got up. She rummaged through the pastries that her parents had brought back from their business trip and pushed open the door, running towards the adjacent courtyard.
"Brother Song!"
Song Huaizhi was packing his things. He realized that the little girl in front of him had really affected him, so he planned to leave.
He saw the shadow of his younger sister in her. It was a pity that his sister had passed away early, and Song Huaizhi hadn't thought of her for a long, long time.
Thinking of this, Song Huaizhi suddenly found his own soft - heartedness ridiculous, so he moved his hands even faster.
She was just a little girl who was a bit smart but also spoiled.
Unexpectedly, Meng Ruyi came to his door with something.
"Brother Song." Meng Ruyi's little face was red from holding back. When she saw the coldness in Song Huaizhi's eyes, her nose instantly turned sour. "I was wrong. These are the pastries my mother brought back this time. I'm here to apologize to you!"
Seeing that Song Huaizhi said nothing, Meng Ruyi took out the five taels of silver left from last time from the small pouch on her waist and the other five taels that she had gritted her teeth and taken out. She stuffed them together with the pastries into Song Huaizhi's hands and then rushed back to her courtyard in a hurry.
Watching the little girl run away in such a hurry as if there were a dog chasing her, Song Huaizhi saw her rush into the courtyard. Then he slowly lowered his head to look at the things in his hands.
The box of pastries was bought in a city more than a hundred miles away from this small town. Naturally, it wasn't cheap. Meng Ruyi had hesitated several times and hadn't been willing to open it and take a bite. And these ten taels of silver must have been taken out by her with great pain. The little miser taking money out of her purse must be heart - broken now.
Song Huaizhi suddenly burst out laughing. The ice on his face melted, and a youthful air that Meng Ruyi had never seen before appeared on his handsome face. Some of the lingering darkness also melted away for a moment.
Forget it. Song Huaizhi thought. The Meng family was quite well - known in this small town. It would be more convenient for him to stay here and carry out his plans.
He shouldn't get angry with the little girl and ruin his plans.
...
Meng Ruyi had been feeling unwell these days. After such a roller - coaster of emotions, when she woke up, it was already dark.
The room was dim. It should be that Lianqiao and the others saw that she was tired and didn't want to disturb her, so they didn't even light the oil lamp.
The barrage of comments in front of her eyes was so dazzling that Meng Ruyi finally came to her senses in the darkness.
[How strange. Just now when I switched the perspective, I saw the aunt being taken away. Whose people are they?]
Huh? She just took a nap. Why did something happen again suddenly?