The bowl was only about three meters away from her. She could easily reach out and pick it up.
Lu Luochen sat coldly on a chair on one side, crossing his legs and staring at the newly risen sun outside the window.
The sun in the suburbs rose later than that in the city. By the time the villagers had generally finished their breakfast, the thick fog had gradually dispersed, revealing the sunlight.
"My foot is injured. Doctor Kang told me to rest."
"I got injured because of you!"
There was a few - second interval between the two sentences. Wen Sining was stubbornly waiting for Lu Luochen to personally bring the bowl to her hand.
In the quiet room, their intermittent breathing echoed in each other's ears.
The rice in the bowl on the table gradually cooled down, no longer emitting hot steam.
They were in a stalemate. Lu Luochen simply ignored Wen Sining's request.
"Pretty sister!"
The door was pushed open from the outside. Tian Tian, with her hair loose, ran in. She rushed straight to Wen Sining and held out her open palm in front of her.
What was this?
There was a bunch of colorful hair ties in the little hand. Tian Tian was like Wen Sining's child, waiting eagerly for her caress.
"Do you want me to tie your hair?"
After a moment's thought, Wen Sining guessed.
As soon as the words fell, Tian Tian stuffed the hair ties into Wen Sining's hand. Then she turned around, leaving her back of the head to Wen Sining, clearly showing her intention.
Tian Tian's parents had passed away early. In her faint memory, her mother seemed to have tied her beautiful braids as gently as this.
The memory suddenly returned to that hazy past. She put aside the extra hair ties and focused on arranging Tian Tian's soft hair.
"Mom said that sister is from a big city and you can tie all kinds of little braids." Tian Tian suddenly spoke while playing with her fingers.
Lu Luochen on the chair looked up. His eyes were involuntarily attracted to Wen Sining at this moment.
She tilted her head slightly, and the loose hair beside her ears covered the scar on her face. The sunlight from outside shone on her body, gently surrounding her with a brilliant glow.
No, how could she be the mistress of the family of three he had been longing for!
The gentle corners of Lu Luochen's eyes instantly frosted over. He abruptly stood up from the chair.
Just as he was about to leave, the door was pushed open again from the outside.
Uncle Bai was stunned for a moment. After reacting, he said to Lu Luochen, "Luochen, luckily you're here."
Uncle Bai grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the room.
The villagers were wearing all kinds of clothes, with different - styled big drums hanging from their waists.
Uncle Bai bent down and carefully walked through the crowd, dragging Lu Luochen to Kang Bai's house.
"The villagers have specially prepared their local custom to welcome us. The old master asks you to push the young mistress in a wheelchair to participate."
A simple wooden wheelchair was pushed into his hand. Uncle Bai gave a few instructions and then left.
Lu Luochen touched the smooth handle. There was a body - shaped mark on the seat of the wheelchair, indicating that it had been around for some time.
But why should he push her?
Lu Luochen let go of the wheelchair, dropped it, and turned away.
The local custom was re - created by integrating the cultures of different regions. It also represented the sufferings they had endured, which had brought everyone together.
The drums sounded, officially starting the custom.
Tian Tian stroked the little braids on her head and happily circled around Wen Sining.
Lu Luochen beside them was annoyed. Seeing Tian Tian constantly making a ruckus made him even more irritated.
"Stand still!"
As soon as the harsh voice came out, Tian Tian paused for a moment and immediately pouted.
After all, she was just a child. She couldn't bear being scolded.
The sobbing sound echoed in his ears. Lu Luochen felt guilty, but his pride didn't allow him to apologize.
"I'll only give you three minutes to get your emotions under control. Otherwise, don't show up in front of me."
Was he crazy!
Wen Sining looked at Lu Luochen in disbelief.
Was he really arguing with a child?
Wen Sining lovingly pulled Tian Tian over and gently wiped the tears that were about to fall from the corner of her eyes with the corner of her clothes.
"We won't play with the bad guy!"
Hearing this, Tian Tian immediately showed disgust. "Bad brother, stinky brother. We won't play with you anymore."
Although she was young, she was quite strong. Tian Tian squeezed Lu Luochen out and stood on tiptoe to push the wheelchair that Wen Sining was sitting in.
The combined age of the two of them seemed to be less than twenty.
Lu Luochen rubbed his temples with a headache. He regretted his hasty decision.
If he had driven away in the morning, he should have been in Licheng, accompanying Yun Chutong by now.
Letting out a long sigh, Lu Luochen didn't completely leave Wen Sining to Tian Tian.
Taking advantage of his height, Lu Luochen surrounded Tian Tian and pushed the wheelchair forward.
All the way with a little bit of a sulky mood, the three of them appeared in front of the grandstand.
In the corner, a phone penetrated through the crowd, and the camera was aimed at Lu Luochen.
...
"The current flight has arrived. Please leave the plane in an orderly manner..."
The plane landed steadily on the ground. Along with the announcement from the flight attendants, the passengers on the plane gradually got off.
After picking up her luggage, Yun Chutong took off her sunglasses and stood outside the airport in Lincheng.
The car had been waiting there early.
"Go to Yunshen Hotel."
After getting in the car, Yun Chutong reported her destination.
The hotel was owned by the Lu Group and was one of the top - notch five - star hotels in Lincheng.
She often traveled around for photo shoots. Lu Luochen had specially set up a room for Yun Chutong in each Lu - Group - owned hotel in every city so that she could have enough rest.
After a long traffic jam, it was already noon when she arrived at the hotel. Yun Chutong smoothly entered her room and slumped tiredly on the bed.
She had clearly seen Wen Sining before, and the ugly scar on her face posed no threat to her. But last night, when she learned that they had come to Lincheng with the old master Lu, she had been unable to sleep all night.
Years of love couldn't withstand the harm of love at first sight. Yun Chutong was still afraid of losing Lu Luochen after all.
She turned over and lay on her stomach on the bed. She took out her phone from her bag. The last message was from last night. Lu Luochen had told her that the old master had brought Wen Sining to Lincheng for treatment.
After meeting Wen Sining last time, Yun Chutong had specially investigated her. They all said that she had an IQ of less than ten years old, but could someone with such an IQ become Lu Luochen's fiancée?
She pressed the familiar number, and the busy tone instantly echoed in the room.
The phone vibrated and then hung up, then vibrated again. After repeating this action for God knows how long and receiving no response from the other side, Yun Chutong stopped insisting.
Buzz - buzz ~
Several MMS messages were sent to her phone.
Her finger accidentally touched one of them, and Yun Chutong, who was lying on her stomach on the bed, suddenly jumped up.
She touched the screen with her finger, zooming in and in on the photos in the MMS. Her red eyes stared fixedly at the photos.
"No, he wouldn't." Yun Chutong murmured, not willing to believe it as she let go of her finger.
But self - consolation couldn't solve the fundamental problem. She repeated the previous action and studied the "details" in the photos again.