Oh, dear! Fish me again

dong dong dong.

The bedroom door was knocked cautiously.

Tang Yuechi glanced at his watch and it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

"Come in." He responded coldly.

As he hadn't heard the report for a long time, he frowned and looked towards the door, then his expression suddenly relaxed.

Tang Shu had messy long hair and was wearing a set of pink long-sleeved cotton pajamas. She was holding a pink pillow in her arms and looking at him pitifully.

"Susu? Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Tang Yuechi immediately put down his work and walked over with concern.

Tang Shu glanced at the study behind him. The desk was piled high with folders.

"Brother, you are still working so late..."

"Yeah, it's almost ready."

Tang Yuechi pulled her to sit on the sofa, "Are you suffering from insomnia?"

"without..."

Tang Shu shook her head and answered in a low voice,

"I just... saw that the light in my brother's study was still on, so I came to keep him company."

The man smiled, his tired brows relaxed a lot.

"It's too late, go back to your room and sleep, dear."

Tang Shu didn't move, her head lowered, she glanced at him quietly, and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

"Brother... the room is too big and too quiet, I... can't sleep."

He immediately asked, "Don't you like the new furniture? Or is the bed uncomfortable?"

Tang Shu immediately shook her head, her eyes suddenly reddened.

“No, I like them all.”

"I just suddenly had my own room and it felt so empty... Since I was a child, I have been accustomed to the breathing of my sisters, the sound of cars on the street, and the noise of drunk people in the community... I used to hate these noises the most. They made me unable to sleep well, but now I really can't hear them anymore..."

"Brother, I feel very uneasy. I feel scared when I close my eyes..."

"I'm sorry, brother."

There was a hint of emotion in Tang Yuechi's eyes, but he immediately concealed it.

"Susu, don't apologize. It's my fault for not considering it."

He got up and went back to the study, picked up his cell phone and flipped through it.

"I have a high-rise apartment in Grand Hyatt, it's on the street, not too far from home. It's a little more lively than home. Can I take you there now?"

"It's too much trouble, brother...you still need to rest,"

Tang Shu looked at Tang Yuechi eagerly.

"Can't I sleep here? Brother, I sleep very well, I don't snore or talk in my sleep, I won't make any noise..."

Tang Yuechi looked up at his bedroom, which was quite spacious.

"of course can."

He poured Tang Shu a glass of water and immediately arranged for someone to set up the place.

Tang Shu sat obediently in the corner of the sofa, waiting quietly.

Tang Yuechi looked at the little person in the distance, turned his back, and his eyes turned red.

No one knew that thirteen years ago, when he first came to the Tang family, he was also afraid and terrified like Tang Shu.

I couldn't sleep the whole night.

*

He never had his own room and always slept in the nanny's room in his cousin's bedroom at his aunt's house.

It was so cramped and small that I didn't dare turn on the light to go to the bathroom at night. I had to walk barefoot past my cousin's bedroom and open the door to use the guest bathroom in the corridor.

On the first night that Tang Yuechi was kept at the Tang family, he sat in his own room, his heart and eyes filled with joy.

He tossed and turned in bed, excited until the early morning.

But when the lights were turned off, all that was left was fear.

The room was so quiet that he always worried that he was dreaming.

There was a fresh and pleasant scent in the air, and there was an automatic toilet in the independent bathroom that belonged to him alone.

Tang Yuechi didn't dare to close his eyes. He was afraid that Mr. Tang would go back on his word. He was afraid that he would be sent back without being able to enjoy his bedroom.

After two days of enduring this, the dark circles under his eyes were almost bigger than his eyes.

That night, Tang's father gently opened his bedroom door and tucked in the quilt for him.

Of course, he immediately discovered that Tang Yuechi was pretending to be asleep.

The man chuckled and said, "If you don't sleep well at night, you won't grow taller."

He sat up nervously and apologized immediately.

"I'm sorry, I...I don't dare anymore."

"Silly, it's normal for a child to be familiar with his bed~"

The man scratched his nose lovingly, "Just like your sister Susu. Every time she goes to grandma's house, she can't sleep at night. She comes to me with a pillow and pesters me to sleep with her..."

Tang Yuechi was not used to this feeling of being included. He retorted in a low voice,

"My sister is small, and I...I am already grown up, I shouldn't be so particular about my bed."

"How old are you? Act like an adult!"

The man sat down beside the bed, suddenly hugged him in his arms, and patted his back gently.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaochi. It's normal to be shy in a new environment. You'll get used to it after a while."

Tang Yuechi's body was stiff. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been hugged so gently.

"Uncle, don't send me back. I will be very obedient and study very hard. I... can endure hardships..."

The man glared at him and scolded him,

"Silly child, who do you think your uncle is?"

"Uncle will still rely on you to take care of Susu in the future, how can I bear to send you away!"

"Children of my uncle's family don't need to be able to endure hardships, but if you don't sleep well, you won't grow tall in the future... Don't cry if you can't get a wife~"

Tang Yuechi widened his eyes and immediately lay down.

"I sleep!"

The man asked again, "Can uncle stay with Xiaochi tonight?"

Tang Yuechi asked cautiously,

"May I?"

"Of course~"

The man asked someone to bring a quilt and pillow, and squeezed into the same bed with Tang Yuechi.

The world is truly magical. With just one more person, the unsettling emptiness suddenly disappears.

The thirteen-year-old Tang Yuechi fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow, with the gentle voice of a man beside his ears.

"Xiao Chi is just like Susu, he is also a child who loves to act like a spoiled child..."

*

The bodyguard and the aunt moved Tang Shu's bed to the third floor with quick and skillful movements.

Two beds were placed side by side in the spacious bedroom, with plenty of space in between.

One is in cool black and gray tones, and the other is in pink and white tones and a romantic French princess bed.

Put together, they are particularly warm and reassuring.

Tang Shu slept soundly, with her little body curled up. Tang Yuechi felt particularly distressed seeing this.

The bed was clearly quite wide, but she only slept in that tiny corner.

I didn't dare move at all all night, so of course I didn't make any noise.

Thinking about how he had been enjoying a good life in the Tang family for more than a decade, while his sister was living under someone else's roof.

Tang Yuechi couldn't sleep well because of guilt.

He got out of bed, walked to Tang Shu's bed, and gently tucked the corner of the quilt for her.

The sleeping girl turned over restlessly, grabbed his hand, and muttered in her sleep.

"Brother... don't chase me away, I will be very good and obedient..."

*

Thirteen years seemed to overlap at this moment.

His childhood self suddenly appeared before him and shot him in the heart.

Just bullets, responsibility and love.

He came back to his senses, and gently used his fingers to help Tang Shu relax her frowning brows, then leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.

"Don't be afraid, Susu, you're already home."