gentle fairy tale

On the day of the senior high school entrance examination, Pei Songxi sent Yu Mian to the examination room.

Outside the school, Pei Songxi checked the gel pen, eraser, ruler for her... and gave her a few detailed instructions, but she was a little nervous for no reason.

It's so strange, I haven't been nervous during the exam before, but now I'm a little nervous because of her.

Yu Mian patiently listened to her instructions, blinked her eyes, and asked her playfully, "Aunt Pei, are you worried that I won't do well in the exam?"

Pei Songxi shook his head: "No. I'm afraid you will be unhappy."

She wants her to be a happy person, as always.

Yu Mian nodded: "No! I have confidence!"

Pei Songxi smiled and nodded: "I have confidence in you too, go in."

After the high school entrance examination, there was a summer vacation of two and a half months. The results were announced at the end of June. Pei Songxi looked at Yu Mian's results and asked her what she thought: "Mian Mian, have you thought about where to study in high school?"

Yu Mian was sitting on the sofa watching a movie, holding half a watermelon in her arms: "It's just in the province, I don't want to go anywhere else."

"But your grades can go to some better schools, like the foreign language school in Zhiyuan, or..."

"I'm not going!"

Before she finished speaking, Yu Mian put down the watermelon, leaned against her, and acted like a baby to her: "I'm not going anywhere! I want to be by your side!"

Pei Songxi laughed at her childishness, but still respected her opinion and let her continue studying in the attached middle school.

"Mianmian, do you want to go to the beach to play?"

"Um... can you?"

After the holiday, Yu Mian obviously felt that she was a bit busier than before. Although she used to work overtime often, the weekends would not pass every day, and she would occasionally take her out to play when she was on vacation, but now... now it seems that she has no time at all. up.

Sometimes Pei Songxi would spare some time to accompany her, but after that, Yu Mian would see her working under the lamp late at night, which made her not want to take up her time anymore.

"of course can."

Pei Songxi touched the top of her hair, and there seemed to be something hidden in her eyes that she couldn't understand: "My vacation is very short, I can't go abroad, can I just stay in China?"

Yu Mian still hesitated: "Are you really free?"

Pei Songxi nodded happily: "Really. It's only two or three days."

She took Yu Mian to a small southern city.

The sky is clear and blue, there is no wind and waves on the sea, and the wind is filled with the smell of salty sea salt.

Wearing a blue and white striped swimsuit, Yu Mian picked up a large box of colorful shells from the shore, and then built a castle with sand and water, having a great time.

Pei Songxi bought a coconut in the shade of a tree in the distance, and when she was tired from playing, he waved to her and asked her to drink some coconut juice to quench her thirst.

Yu Mian inserted the straw and touched the coconut in front of her: "You drink first!"

These little habits of hers have not changed over the years.

Pei Songxi smiled, drank a little first, but when she let go of the straw, she found that there was a little bit of her lipstick on the transparent plastic tube. She was a little embarrassed, and took a tissue to wipe it off.But Yu Mian took a step back: "No need!"

After she finished speaking, she bit the straw she had drunk, took a big mouthful of coconut juice, and drank the rest in one breath. When she let go... the lipstick marks left on the straw had been eaten .

Pei Songxi faintly felt that something was wrong, and she blamed her for not thinking of asking for an extra straw.

But Yu Mian looked very happy, and shook her hand: "Aunt Pei, where are we going later?"

Pei Songxi paused for a moment before saying, "When it's getting dark, shall we take a walk around?"

"Okay!"

Yu Mian really likes the feeling of following her through the streets and alleys, sometimes she will step on her shadow behind her, sometimes she will secretly hold a small piece of her clothes, and she will feel very happy.

Standing on the bridge across the river in this city, the night breeze is cool and gentle, and the lights are bright in the distance.

Yu Mian took a picture with the camera, Pei Songxi was looking at her, and asked casually: "Mianmian, do you think this place is familiar?"

"No, I've never been here before."

"……Um."

Pei Songxi sighed quietly in her heart, it's not like this...

This is your home, your city.

Looking at the girl's pure and bright smile, she wanted to speak several times, but held back.

After returning to the hotel, Yu Mian fell asleep, she went out to answer the phone on the balcony, it was Wei Yi who called.

Since Pei Songxi went abroad at the beginning of the year, Wei Yi arranged for people to watch Pei Linmao's every move, and finally found out... the upstream company he cooperated with was a pharmaceutical research and development company, the chairman and legal representative were Yu Wenqing, and now he was the main person in charge Yu Anzhou's youngest son.

The Pei Group's industries are mainly concentrated in two areas, one is construction, and the other is medicine and medical equipment.The former is in her hands. As for the latter, Pei Linmao has been in charge of it for so many years. She doesn't know the specific profit situation, cooperative relationship, and main business scope.

Pei Songxi lost her mind for a moment, and when Wei Yi called her a few times over there, she came back to her senses: "Say it."

Wei Yi is reporting the latest progress: "If the news is correct, then the new drug developed by the Yu Group is looking for a new home. They have a lot of contacts with universities, and they are at the forefront of the research and development ranks in the country. I didn't know Mr. Pei before. How did you get on line with them, and signed a contract with extremely favorable conditions. But now the rumor is that they are no longer ready to cooperate with Pei."

Pei Songxi sneered: "No wonder Pei Linmao jumps over the wall in such a hurry."

"Yes, Mr. Pei has been acting frequently in the past six months. He has been in contact with Yu Anzhou, the current head of the Yu family. The other party has tolerated him so much, and he has not turned his face so far. It seems that there is something to threaten."

"How many sons does Yu Wenqing have in his family?"

"Two sons, Yu Anzhou has an older brother who hasn't heard of it in the past few years. There is also a daughter who was originally married but returned to her mother's house after her husband died. It seems that there is some conflict with Yu Anzhou."

Pei Songxi rubbed his forehead lightly: "The situation seems to be more complicated than imagined."

Wei Yi said yes: "Yes, the files of the car accident that year have not been found, it seems that they were deliberately destroyed."

Pei Songxi said he got it: "You pay more attention, and then take a look."

She can only choose to wait and see for a while, and it is not clear why the Yu family has never looked for Mianmian, and she is not sure who exactly has a cooperative relationship with Pei Linmao.

In the past six months, the power struggle between her and Pei Linmao has become more and more fierce, but it has not reached the final step, and there are too many uncertainties.

She is unwilling to take risks, especially with Yu Mian.

It's just... Now it seems that Mianmian's childhood experiences are most likely due to her father and elder brother who made her leave home at such a young age.

Pei Songxi fell into uncontrollable guilt. She once said that she would give her a home...but now it seems that she owes her more than what she is given.

After hanging up the phone, Pei Songxi blew the wind on the balcony for a long time, and walked in after calming down.

Yu Mian was lying sideways on the bed, the corners of her lips were slightly raised, she was talking vaguely in sleep, her breathing was sweet, and her expression was peaceful.

Looking at her sleeping face, Pei Songxi gradually felt at ease.

She reached out and touched Yumian's hair, her eyes were calm and gentle, and she said to the sleeping girl: "No matter what, stay by my side now. I won't let others hurt you."

The summer vacation passed quickly, and soon it was the end of August.

Yu Mian went out to play with Pei Songxi, and stayed at home for the rest of the time, and then one day suddenly wanted to learn to dance, so she asked Pei Songxi for advice.

She always thought of where to be, but Pei Songxi thought about it seriously, and also contacted Ji Xiunian, who was teaching at Ningda Academy of Art, and asked her to recommend teachers and courses, and finally enrolled her in the dance class of Ningda Academy of Art .

The course schedule is a bit tight. Yu Mian didn't learn to dance when she was a child. Sometimes she would be in a hurry. After class, she couldn't keep up with the progress. When she got home, she would follow the video for a long time.

Seeing her working so hard, Pei Songxi asked her with a smile: "Mianmian, I seem to have forgotten to ask you, why do you suddenly want to learn to dance?"

Yu Mian was practicing getting off the horse, pulling her ligaments with difficulty: "I...I want to look better."

Pei Songxi teased her: "Who dares to say that you are not good-looking?"

"Oh, no..." Yu Mian blushed, "It's just not the kind of good-looking I want!"

"Huh? Which kind do you want to look good?"

"same as you!"

Yu Mian didn't even need to think, and blurted out the answer.

Pei Songxi was stunned for a moment: "Same as me?"

Yu Mian nodded vigorously: "Yes, just like you. Tall, slender, very thin but...the curves are beautiful, the waist is very thin, and...the legs, the legs are very long and thin!"

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but secretly glanced at Pei Songxi, her eyes fell on her fair and delicate ankles, as if she had been burned, and added: "Anyway, it looks good!"

Pei Songxi was a little dumbfounded by what she said, and walked over to pinch her baby-fat cheeks: "Where is it so exaggerated. By the way, Mianmian, your birthday is coming soon, do you have any gifts you want this year?"

Yu Mian looked up at her, a bold idea was taking shape, but she dared not say: "Let me think about it again..."

In fact, no one knew when her birthday was, so they took that day—the day when the door sign of "Pei Songxi and Yu Mian's home" was hung on the door as Yu Mian's birthday, which was a weekend in September.

On her birthday, when Yu Mian came home from school, her schoolbag was full of gifts from her friends. Xiaoyan gave her a bottle of milk-scented perfume, Liang Zhixing gave her a pen, and Jing Zhiyi gave her a can of homemade tea. Even Tao Rang, who has always been silent, gave her a box of colored pencils.

Pei Songxi didn't have time to go to school to pick her up. After get off work, she went to the cake shop to pick up the cake she ordered. The gift was bought in advance, a rose gold Cartier classic bracelet.

When she got home, Yu Mian was wandering in the living room with her slippers on, and when she heard the sound of the door opening, she went to greet her: "Aunt Pei!"

Pei Songxi smiled and said, "Happy birthday, Mianmian. Cake and presents."

Yu Mian opened the gift box and took a look, and said ah: "Didn't it be agreed, I want some gift myself."

Pei Songxi stroked the top of her hair: "Then I want two gifts, and there is no rule that you can only receive one gift on your birthday."

Yu Mian cheered in surprise: "Aunt Pei! You are too kind!"

The more innocent and easy she was to be satisfied, the more guilty Pei Songxi felt when thinking of those things, so he indulged her even more and nodded with a smile.

Yu Mian only ate a little for dinner, all her heart was on the sweet and delicious cake.

Pei Songxi still insisted on asking her to make a wish: "This time your friends are not here, can you say it out loud?"

Say it... she knows, and she will help her make it happen.

Yu Mian shook her head with a grin: "No. This is my secret."

Pei Songxi nodded helplessly: "Okay, I respect your secret."

Yu Mian closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, raised the corners of her lips, and smiled deeply.

The lights in the living room were all turned off, and the candlelight flickered lightly, reflecting gentle light and shadow on her cheeks that were still childish but became clearer and more beautiful day by day.

She secretly opened her eyes, took a look at Pei Songxi, then quickly closed them, keeping her wish in her heart.

Pei Songxi smiled and saw her every move, but didn't point out her little thoughts.

She cut the cake together with her, and the two of them shared a big piece, the corners of Yu Mian's mouth were covered with cream, which was kind of funny and cute.

Pei Songxi dipped his fingertips casually: "It's like a little cat again."

Yu Mian blinked her eyes, and was stunned by the instant touch of the water. The slightly cool fingertips brushed the corners of her lips lightly... She smelled a little bit of the clear and quiet woody fragrance on her wrist. After reacting, the tips of the white ears hidden in the broken hair instantly turned red.

She seems to know... what gift she wants.

After eating the cake, they went upstairs and stood at the door of their respective rooms to say good night, Yu Mian asked in a low voice: "It's not twelve o'clock yet, can I still exchange my birthday present?"

Pei Songxi looked at her with a smile: "Of course you can. Tell me what you want."

Yu Mian nodded, clutched the corner of her clothes nervously, took a few deep breaths before speaking, and spoke quickly: "The English teacher said that Westerners pay great attention to the sense of ritual, which will increase the sense of happiness! Is that so? Can I..."

Pei Songxi was startled: "Mianmian? What did you say? It was too fast, I didn't hear clearly."

Yu Mian pursed her lower lip, said nothing, touched her lips lightly with her fingertips, and then stood up on tiptoe, the finger that touched her lips reflected on her cheek lightly, a bit like covering her Personal exclusive seal: "Good night!"

After she finished speaking, she ran and returned to her room. There was a 'bang' sound of closing the door in the corridor, which was a bit loud.

Pei Songxi was completely stunned.

What a ceremonial good night...

After a while, she raised her hand and touched the cheek touched by the girl's fingertips with her fingers. It seemed...a little hot.