"Sister, are you hungry?" The little girl stretched out her hand in front of Wen Sining. Her soft palm touched Wen Sining's.
Wen Sining lowered her head in surprise. Tenderness pierced through the coldness and reached deep into her heart. She held the little girl's hand back and asked gently, "Are you going to give me something to eat?"
"They're slaughtering a pig outside. Do you want to eat, pretty sister?" the little girl asked sincerely.
Pretty sister?
Wen Sining unconsciously touched the scar on her face. When she felt the raised part, she asked back, "You think I'm pretty?"
"Yeah, pretty sister." The little girl responded innocently.
Wen Sining straightened her back and sat up from the wooden bed. She stroked the little girl's hair and looked at her face seriously. "You're pretty too."
Girls naturally like to be praised, and kids are no exception.
"Sister, I'll go get you something to eat. The roasted pork is so delicious." After being praised, the little girl was even happier.
After she left, Wen Sining looked at the thick gauze on her foot.
She vaguely remembered that a savage hound was pouncing on her at that time. She had already made up her mind to fight back, but she couldn't remember what happened later.
The flames outside flickered on the glass. Along with the sound of raindrops hitting the ground, the liveliness outside contrasted with the quietness inside the room.
Wen Sining moved to the window with difficulty on one foot. The villagers were working together to clean a huge wild boar.
It felt so familiar!
Wen Sining tried to recall carefully. Fragmented memories flashed in her mind.
Creak~
The old door panel made a loud noise when gently pushed. The little girl walked towards Wen Sining, holding up a corner of her clothes filled with food.
"Pretty sister, come and eat the fruits."
She moved her arm aside, revealing colorful fruits.
Seeing that Wen Sining just stared at the fruits without moving, the little girl held up her clothes with one hand and took out a purplish-red fruit with the other.
The delicious plum was stuffed into Wen Sining's hand. She endured the saliva flooding in her mouth and took a small bite carefully.
The sourness shot straight to her head. Wen Sining made a funny face and quickly covered her mouth to prevent the saliva from flowing out.
"Sister, are you very afraid of sourness?" The little girl burst into laughter when she saw Wen Sining's strange expression.
If it weren't for her sincere attitude, Wen Sining would have thought she was deliberately teasing her.
Wen Sining held the half-bitten plum in her palm. She lifted the little girl's chin and bent down with difficulty. "What's your name and how old are you?"
"My name is Tiantian. I'm eight years old." When Tiantian opened her mouth, Wen Sining saw that there was a gap where her left tooth should be.
Kids at this age are just starting to lose their baby teeth. Looking closely, Tiantian was indeed a beauty in the making. Beneath her simple appearance was a playful and cute personality. Every move of hers exuded a kind of aura.
"Tiantian, sister likes sweet things just like your name. Can you get sister a sweet fruit?" Wen Sining didn't want to break the little girl's friendliness, but she couldn't bear such a sour fruit.
The fruits in the clothes were dumped onto the bed all at once. Tiantian squatted beside the bed and carefully examined the shape of each fruit. She picked out the one she thought was the best and handed it to Wen Sining again.
Wen Sining didn't doubt her choice at all because of her sincerity. She took the fruit and took a big bite.
"So sweet!" Wen Sining praised Tiantian in surprise.
Tiantian seemed to be encouraged and continued to pick more fruits more vigorously.
After a while, more than a dozen small fruits were stuffed in front of Wen Sining.
They were sweet, but eating too many would hurt her teeth. Wen Sining managed to eat three of them and then smelled the fragrance of the roasted meat outside.
Maybe because of the fruits, Wen Sining's stomach growled.
Tiantian glanced at her abdomen and then turned around and trotted out of the room.
Kids are really fast. She said she was going out and just ran out.
Wen Sining looked at the fruits. She swallowed the sour saliva while putting the fruits away.
After finishing this, she heard the door behind her creak open.
"Did you get it back so soon?" Wen Sining turned her head affectionately, but her smile froze on her face.
Lu Luochen was holding a tray in his hand. The roasted pork on it was still steaming.
"Pretty sister, I found a handsome brother to bring you the pork." Tiantian popped out from behind Lu Luochen playfully.
Handsome brother?
Wen Sining pretended to glance at Lu Luochen casually. He was really handsome. Even wearing a coarse linen clothes couldn't hide his good looks. But his cold face didn't look like a warm-hearted big brother at all.
Lu Luochen threw the tray on the table. His cold eyes fixed on Wen Sining.
Had she offended him? Her foot was injured because of him.
Wen Sining glared at him and then called Tiantian over, "Come here, sister."
Tiantian liked Wen Sining very much. She quickly came to her side and grabbed her hand.
"Sister, there's an old man outside who said he's your husband."
Lu Luochen's gloomy gaze swept over. Wen Sining quickly covered Tiantian's mouth. "Kids say the darndest things!"
"Humph, stop causing trouble for others!" Lu Luochen said angrily and then turned around and left the room.
His attitude immediately annoyed Wen Sining.
What did he mean? She had gone to find him on her own initiative, but she had offended him?
"Take your pork away. I don't care about it." The more Wen Sining thought about it, the angrier she got. She shouted at his back.
The door was slammed open. Lu Luochen disappeared from sight without looking back.
Wen Sining was breathing heavily. She turned around angrily on the spot. For a moment, she forgot about the injury on her foot and stepped on the ground stubbornly.
The pain shot from the sole of her foot straight to the top of her head. Wen Sining's whole body stiffened like a stone. She pressed her hands on the table beside her.
Tiantian was scared by her appearance and looked at her fearfully.
The pain turned into numbness, and Wen Sining was finally able to breathe. She exhaled slowly and wiped the sweat off her forehead with her arm.
"Tiantian, I'm not feeling well. Can you go out and play for a while?"
"Sister, I'll go and call Uncle Kang for you." Tiantian suggested.
Mentioning Kang Bai, Wen Sining guessed that it was probably him who bandaged her foot. That step just now must have made the wound bleed. It seemed that the wound needed to be treated.
She agreed to Tiantian's suggestion. A few minutes later, Kang Bai came in with a medicine box.
As calm as ever, he moved a stool and sat in front of Wen Sining. He first untied the gauze and then took out the iodine and cotton swabs.
It was the first time Wen Sining saw the wound after waking up. Looking at the sharp wounds on her fair instep, she nervously turned her head away and didn't dare to look.
The cotton swab wiped the wound slowly. Besides a little pain at first, she didn't feel anything later.
"All done," Kang Bai said. "Don't get out of bed again, and don't let the wound get wet."
"Thank you, Doctor Kang." Wen Sining moved her foot away and replied politely.