cast a peach

"Xiao Shui, come here."

Mother took her hand tenderly, knelt down and put a shiny little crown on her.

"Our Xiaoshui is really like a little princess! Isn't it? Do you like Disney? Anna, or Elsa? I heard that children like it. Mom will take you there next time, okay?"

She has never seen a Disney movie.

But she nodded with a sweet smile: "Okay! Thank you, Mom!"

Suddenly her mother shook off her hand, and she raised her head in astonishment, but her vision was completely dark.

"Mother……?"

"……do not come."

It was my mother's voice, tired and distressed.

"Don't flatter me.

"Don't look at me like that."

"I didn't..." She muttered to herself at a loss, when she suddenly smelled a fragrance, she looked down and found a handful of peppermint.

The mint that she raised quietly and later pulled out by herself.

"...Xiao Shui? Xiao Shui?"

Zhao Guangshui woke up suddenly, panting heavily with a pale face.

There was a little morning light outside the window, and it was already dawn.

Unfamiliar room.

"Xiao Shui, what's the matter, did you have a nightmare?"

The woman's worried voice came from a very close place, warm arms stretched out to hug her shoulders, she threw herself into the woman's arms and hugged her tightly.

"Sister Pear..."

She was trembling all over, even her lips were trembling, and she was in a cold sweat.She buried her cheek deeply on the side of Tan Mingli's neck, and hugged the woman's slender waist tightly.

The heart is still beating wildly.

"Little water..."

Tan Mingli was also stunned, and gently stroked the girl's back to comfort her: "It's okay, don't be afraid... I'm here, sister Li is here."

Did Xiao Shui have a nightmare?

"...hug me, can you?"

Zhao Guangshui's voice was still trembling, and he leaned on the side of the woman's neck and whispered.

"it is good."

Tan Mingli gently rubbed the girl's head and hugged Zhao Guangshui.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Hmm..." Zhao Guangshui vaguely agreed, and the woman stroked his back, his fear gradually calmed down.

"Sister Pear..."

She called softly in a daze.

"Huh? I'm here, Xiao Shui."

Tan Mingli's voice was soft and quiet, as deep and gentle as if it could catch everything.

"Do you think I'm flattering you?"

She closed her eyes and asked softly.

His fingers gripped Tan Mingli's clothes.

——How will Sister Pear answer?

she does not know.

"Xiao Shui?" Tan Mingli was slightly taken aback, and let go of her to see her face clearly, "Why do you think so?"

"No... don't let go, okay..."

Zhao Guangshui rubbed Tan Mingli's neck in attachment.Sister Li has a reassuring aroma on her body.

"Just hold it like this, can you?" She begged softly.

The girl's soft hair rubbed against her neck, causing a tingling itch. Tan Mingli took a breath, and responded warmly:

"it is good."

Since she knew Xiaoshui, this seemed to be the first time Xiaoshui acted like a baby to her, so rare.

Thinking back to the girl's question just now, she carefully worded her words in her heart, and said softly:

"Xiao Shui, do you like me?"

This question was too big and too direct, Zhao Guangshui opened his eyes in a daze, but didn't react for a while, and said "Huh?" in a daze.

what……?

like?What do you like?I……

She suddenly realized that Sister Li didn't mean what she meant by liking, and her ears were hot all of a sudden. The fear and confusion brought about by the nightmare just now were washed away by her shyness. She grabbed Tan Mingli's shoulder and buried her hot cheeks in it. , stammeringly replied: "Hi, I like it."

As if feeling that sincerity was not enough, he added hastily: "I like it very much..."

"I've always liked you...I like you the most."

Leaning in the woman's arms, she blushed and whispered.

Tan Mingli was also stunned.

what happened.

Obviously knowing that Xiao Shui didn't mean that, but still...

The heart beat uncontrollably a few times.

It was as if she was really... being confessed by Xiao Shui.

She suppressed some trance thoughts, but she didn't show it at all, her voice was still gentle and calm:

"I like you too, Xiao Shui."

"Xiao Shui, what do you think is the difference between liking and flattering?"

Tan Mingli asked her gently and calmly.

Zhao Guangshui blinked in a daze, thought for a moment, and answered hesitantly, "Motive...?"

"Like is not asking for anything in return. To please is... well, maybe I want to get something from others."

The girl asked her a little uneasy: "Is that so?"

"Well, you're quite right."

Tan Mingli responded to her warmly, reaching out to gently stroke the girl's back comfortingly, her heart moved slightly.

A slender, beautiful, girlish body.

The lines are smooth, and you can even feel the delicate shoulder blades and sunken waist through the thin pajamas.Xiao Shui leaned against her arms with a gesture of total surrender, dependent and obedient.

The girl's slender waist was held in the palm of her hand, causing a strange throbbing in her chest.

She pursed her lips, and still responded slowly and calmly:

"However, I think the bigger difference between liking and flattering lies in... one's own position."

"Like is a beautiful emotion. For example, you like someone and want to treat her well, but you and this person are still equal in personality."

"But if you want to please yourself, you will put yourself at a low level, put this person above yourself, and use this method to get what you want."

"Hmm..." Zhao Guangshui blinked, "I seem to understand a little bit."

"Xiao Shui, look at me."

Tan Mingli gently raised the girl's face, and gazed at her tenderly and firmly:

"You like me and feel sorry for me, so you massage my wrist-do you think this is flattering me?"

"I-I don't know."

Zhao Guangshui lowered his eyes in a panic.

Sister Li's gaze was gentle and quiet, but it contained a certain strength, and she was afraid to look at her for a while.

"Then, I like you, and I don't want you to sleep on the floor, so I carried you back to the room and let you sleep with me last night. Xiao Shui, do you think this is flattering?"

"no!"

Zhao Guangshui raised his head all of a sudden, with a somewhat eager expression.

"Sister Li is not flattering me, you just..."

"I'm just liking you. That's all."

Tan Mingli stopped her words and whispered softly.

Zhao Guangshui was a little speechless.Tan Mingli's tone was too gentle, like soaked in mellow wine, which made her head swell and dizzy.

My heart also fainted with a hint of sweetness.

"I like you too……"

The mouth seemed to be able to say only this sentence, Zhao Guangshui said softly.

"Xiao Shui, I hope you will remember to love yourself no matter what."

Tan Mingli gently touched Zhao Guangshui's head: "Remember, you are always the first, okay?"

"You deserve all the love."

Zhao Guangshui felt that drunken dizziness and sweetness again.Her heart was ups and downs, and she almost wanted to cry, but in the end she endured without saying a word, and just approached Tan Mingli gently again:

"...Elder Sister Li, can I give you another hug?"

Tan Mingli's eyes trembled slightly, and he reached out to hug her.

"Of course, Xiao Shui."

After the massage last night, the two talked all over the place, and Zhao Guangshui became a little sleepy.She usually has a regular schedule, and almost never makes an exception to go to bed late, and she gave Tan Mingli a massage tonight, so she is really tired.

Tan Mingli saw that she was so sleepy, so he didn't let her go back to the room, and let her sleep with him for one night.

Zhao Guangshui was very embarrassed and refused to stay. She coaxed the girl for a while before she fell asleep obediently.

I fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the pillow for a while.

Tan Mingli gently turned off the light, leaned up against the soft moonlight outside the window, and stared softly at the sleeping girl.

Xiao Shui is very beautiful, with black eyes and red lips, fresh and beautiful.She has a kind of ignorance of beauty without knowing it, but it is even more touching.

When the expression is calm, there is a light and self-sustaining coldness.

Smiling and sweet.The crooked silkworm makes people immediately think of some cute little animals.

Just now I was so sleepy that I could barely keep my eyes open, and I still insisted on answering her words.Tan Mingli was a little helpless, but her expression was extremely gentle.

Xiaoshui...

She reached out and gently tucked in the blanket for the girl.

good night.

The two hugged quietly for a while. After Zhao Guangshui's heartbeat calmed down, he felt that he couldn't drag on any longer, so he reluctantly came out of Tan Mingli's arms.

Her hair was a little messy sleeping, and her cheeks were a little red. She didn't know if it was because she was shy or just bored in Tan Mingli's arms.

"Sister Pear, thank you."

she said softly.

"you are welcome."

Tan Mingli couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Shui is really cute, just a hug, thank you so solemnly.

In fact, she was also very comfortable staying with Zhao Guangshui.It's just a kind of... a feeling of being at ease and at ease?

Very warm and ironing.

She also slept soundly last night for the first time in a long time.

Maybe it's not Xiao Shui who needs to thank... but her.Since the marriage change a few months ago, she couldn't sleep every night, and sat all day long. She came out slowly at the beginning of this summer and gradually returned to a normal life.

A friend came to see her, and she coaxed her over gently and appropriately.Sister Zhihua could see a little tiredness under her gentle smile, but the two of them didn't know each other very well when they talked, and they just mentioned a few points without saying anything more.

Even so, she was grateful.The friendship between adults is as thin as a sheet of paper, let alone she and Sister Hua... It's hard to say whether they are friends or not.

So when she heard that Zhao Zhihua was looking for a house for Xiaoshui a few weeks ago, she contacted Zhihua with little hesitation.

It can be regarded as a little repayment.

And it was really too busy, she didn't know what to do.The room was so empty again.

In addition, there is a little selfishness...

She remembered the birthday party she went to Zhao's house a long time ago, that was the first time she met Xiaoshui, a very smart and well-behaved little girl.

so cute.

Zhao Guangshui's voice was very soft, but his expression was very serious.She shook her head: "No... Sister Li, thank you."

"This is very important to me."

She loves it.