After confirming that He An was really unharmed, He Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, his suspicions towards Fu Yuling grew even stronger, and he wondered what she was plotting.
After a while, He An returned to Fu Yuling’s side, with He Qiu following behind him.
But Fu Yuling looked puzzled. He An seemed unhappy and immediately ran over to He Xuan’s side.
“Xiao Qiu…”
Fu Yuling didn’t know what to say. She couldn’t help but recall the hurtful words from earlier. She wanted to say something, but everything seemed wrong.
“Weren’t you at your aunt’s house? Why are you here? How have you been?”
Fu Yuling bombarded him with questions, catching him off guard.
Despite appearing strong in front of He An, He Qiu still showed his childish side when facing Fu Yuling.
“You don’t need to worry about me.”
He turned his head away.
Choked by his response, Fu Yuling hesitated. Did this child really hate her so much?
Just when she was doubting herself, she noticed that although He Qiu spoke harshly without mercy, his eyes would secretly steal glances at her. His thin lips were lightly bitten by him, and a flicker of conflict passed over his face.
This… he doesn’t seem to dislike her after all!
“How is it at your aunt’s house? Do you want to go back home?”
Fu Yuling didn’t like He Jingxue, and she didn’t really want He Qiu to grow up by her side either.
After all, he was her own child. Allowing him to live in someone else’s home all the time gave her a sense of being dependent on others.
“I’m not going back!”
He Qiu replied resolutely without thinking.
He An wanted to say something but was interrupted by a glare from He Qiu. “If you ever bully He An and the others again, I won’t let you off.”
He Qiu’s fierce words made him bristle like a little wolf cub.
In response to this non-threatening warning, Fu Yuling couldn’t help but smile. She calmly observed him as he looked up at her.
“Why don’t you let me off?”
She squatted down and spoke softly, “Scold me, or… kill me?”
The weight of the last three words was so heavy, startling He Qiu into freezing in place.
After a long time, he finally moved his lips. “…No.”
She believed this answer. She deliberately said those three words not to scare him, but to test whether he had such thoughts.
If he did, it would be troublesome. She would have to forcefully make He Qiu come back with her and slowly teach him the right path. She didn’t want any of them to follow the plot’s ending.
He Wen and the others didn’t hear the last three words from Fu Yuling clearly because her voice was very soft, but He Qiu heard them.
Seeing He Qiu stunned in place, He Wen came to his side and comforted him as an older brother would. “Xiao Qiu, let’s go home together.”
He held He Qiu’s hand and reached out to grasp Fu Yuling’s hand with his other hand.
“You… hold onto Xiao Qiu…”
He hesitated for a moment, then held Fu Yuling’s hand with He Qiu’s soft little hand, before quickly running over to hold onto He Xuan and the others.
Fu Yuling secretly laughed in her heart. Xiao Wen was really a godsend. She liked him.
With He Qiu held tightly in her large hand, she took out a piece of candy from her pocket and approached him. “Open your mouth.”
He Qiu reflexively obeyed.
In the next moment, a sickeningly sweet candy was stuffed into his mouth.
The overly sweet taste made his face scrunch up, almost as if ink were about to seep out of his delicate face.
Fu Yuling felt like she had done something wrong and blinked her eyes, afraid to make any sudden movements.
He Wen reminded her from beside her, “Xiao Qiu doesn’t like sweet things.”
Trouble…
Fu Yuling thought to herself.
