"There's no air conditioning in the attic," she said bluntly.

Aunt Zhang was stunned for a moment. Why did he suddenly bring up the attic again?

She was the person who had taken care of Zhou Niantang for the longest time. It could be said that in the years when Zhou Yunqi did not start to treat Zhou Niantang well, she was the person closest to her in the entire Zhou family.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, she decided to speak directly.

"Second Miss, you'd better not mention Pei Shi's matter in front of the eldest lady in the future."

"Why?" Zhou Niantang blinked.

Aunt Zhang glanced at the attic outside the window and said, "The eldest lady really doesn't like him. If you bring him up, it will only make her dislike him even more."

Zhou Niantang thought about what Aunt Zhang said, and it was true. For example, she went to the attic yesterday, and Zhou Yunqi punished him to kneel for so long last night.

And what happened this morning, she just found an excuse to stop Zhou Yunqi from sending the hero somewhere else, but the hero was actually exposed to the sun...

For the first time in his sixteen years of life, Zhou Niantang lamented that life was so difficult.

In the evening, Zhou Niantang replanted the sunflower seedlings that had been pulled out, and had someone set up a large parasol next to them to prevent the newly planted seedlings from being killed by the sun during the day.

After finishing everything, it was almost dark.

The lights in the yard were turned on early. The sun had already set. The sunset glow in the sky and the warm yellow lights in the yard complemented each other. With the breeze blowing, Zhou Niantang felt very comfortable.

She was a person who loved comfort and hated trouble the most. When she thought of the man in the attic in the backyard, she felt that there was something wrong with her.

As she was thinking about this, when she came to her senses, she had unknowingly walked behind the building in the backyard.

It’s a three-story building. Looking from the back, there is an air-conditioning unit hanging outside the window of each room, except the one at the top.

When Zhou Niantang thought about the stuffy feeling he had there yesterday, he didn't feel hot at all. Instead, he felt a chill running up from the soles of his feet.

If there is no way to release the male protagonist for the time being, it is better to make his situation better first, rather than letting his hatred for the Zhou family deepen as it is now.

After making up her mind, she turned around and went back to the front yard.

In the attic, the young man hiding behind the curtains pulled open the curtains completely with an expressionless face.

Even after the sun went down, the room was still very stuffy. Next to the desk stood a half-worn electric fan, which was brought to him by Uncle Sun in the afternoon. There was another old fan in the room before, but it broke last month and he threw it away.

This sultry summer was the fourth one he had spent at the Zhou family's house.

Soon, he thought.

He would be leaving here soon, and sooner or later, he would make the woman who had brought him back from the orphanage and had never treated him well pay the price.

*

Early the next morning, Zhou Niantang went downstairs to have breakfast.

As soon as I sat down at the dining table, a teenager in basketball uniform rushed in from outside.

The servants were used to it.

As soon as the boy entered the restaurant and saw the shrimp dumplings on the table, he picked up the chopsticks in front of Zhou Niantang, picked one up and put it in his mouth.

"Ji Shenshen, shouldn't you be more polite?"

The boy chewed the shrimp dumpling in his mouth, tapped Zhou Niantang on the head with his chopsticks, and said incoherently: "Say it again, don't change my name, my name is Ji Shen!"

Zhou Niantang rolled his eyes: "Okay, got it, Ji Shenshen."

Ji Shen was so angry that he was going to die. It was fine if he called her like that when they were young, but now he was already seventeen, one year older than her. Didn’t he have any dignity to be called like that? What if those little hooligans at school heard it? Would he still have any dignity?

Ji Shen simply took the chopsticks and stuck them into the bun on Zhou Niantang's head and pulled it up. She hissed in pain and reached out to pull him.

"Ji Shenshen, if you don't let go, I will post your ugly photos on the school forum."

"Oh, you're still showing off, talking as if I don't have any ugly photos of you in my hands." Zhou Niantang's threats had no effect on him at all.

While struggling, she noticed that Ji Shen was wearing a basketball jersey and there seemed to be something square in his trouser pocket, which was bulging.

She understood what was going on and started pulling his pants.

"Hey, where are you pulling? Let me go, let me go!"

While struggling, Zhou Niantang pulled Ji Shen's pants down a little, revealing the blue anime pattern inside.

Ji Shen quickly let go of his chopsticks and reached out to grab his trouser waist, which gave Zhou Niantang an opportunity to successfully take out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from his trouser pocket.

"Okay, Ji Shenshen, you are underage for smoking. I'm going to tell Uncle Ji."

Zhou Niantang ran out of the restaurant, and Ji Shen chased after him, shouting, "Zhou Niantang! If you run again, I will expose your ugly photos!"

The two grew up together and had a lot of leverage over each other. Zhou Niantang was not afraid of him. He ran with a cigarette box in his hand and shouted, "Wait until Uncle Ji beats you so hard that you can't get out of bed, then you won't have the energy to threaten me."

Zhou Niantang ran to the hall and wanted to turn around to look at Ji Shen, but when she turned her head, she saw her sister standing halfway up the stairs watching them fight.

Ji Shen saw Zhou Niantang stop and said proudly, "Why, are you scared now? I'm telling you, I have a nude photo of you when you were three years old!"

After saying that, he found that Zhou Niantang didn't fight back, but just stood there and looked at him with a smile. He walked over and patted her forehead: "Are you possessed?"

Zhou Niantang looked towards the stairs, and Ji Shen followed her gaze.

Ji Shen: ...

Zhou Yunqi walked downstairs step by step, walked in front of them, raised her hand and took the chopsticks that were still stuck in her sister's head off, "You are so old, and you are still making trouble like this."

The words were said while looking at Zhou Niantang, but it was Ji Shen who was afraid.

"Sister, why haven't you gone to the company today?" Zhou Yunqi usually goes out on time no later than 8:30. She is incredibly self-disciplined, but today it's already 9:30.

"I have to go on a business trip for a week." Zhou Yunqi reached out and took the cigarette from Zhou Niantang's hand, then turned to look at Ji Shen: "Take it and throw it away. Don't let me see it again."

She threw the cigarette to Ji Shen, who quickly caught it and nodded in panic, not daring to say a word.

When Zhou Niantang heard that her sister was going on a business trip for a week, her eyes lit up, "Sister, you must take good care of yourself when you go on a business trip. Will Secretary Yang go with you?"

"Yes." Zhou Yunqi wondered why her sister was a little excited when she heard that she was going on a business trip.

She looked at Ji Shen, thinking that they were planning to do something bad secretly.

Ji Shen broke out in a cold sweat when she looked at him, and then he heard Zhou Yunqi telling Zhou Niantang: "Don't go outside when it's hot. If you want to do something, ask Uncle Sun if he can do it. You can call me if you have any questions."

Zhou Niantang naturally agreed. She had never been so eager for her sister to leave as soon as possible so that she would have more time to carry out her plan.

"Don't worry, sister. I will be obedient."

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