Early morning.
"What’s this?" Shi Wangyue held a half-empty glass of milk, confused as he looked at Ning Youguang, who was wrapped in a bath towel, handing him a piece of paper.
"Agreent." Ning Youguang coldly dropped the two words and turned to the room to change clothes.
Shi Wangyue looked down in a daze, only to see that he was holding a piece of paper that simply began with four words—"Co-Sleeping Agreent."
Ten minutes later.
Shi Wangyue, with a bitter face, sidled up to Ning Youguang, who was about to blow-dry her hair, "Let help you with that."
Ning Youguang handed him the hairdryer very readily and then sat down on the chair.
After Shi Wangyue finished blow-drying her hair, she glanced at him sideways, "Have you finished reading the contents of the agreent?"
"I finished reading it." Shi Wangyue replied softly, his handso face full of ingratiating expressions, "Baby, are you hungry? Is there anything you’d like to eat?"
"I’m not hungry." Ning Youguang crossed her arms, "Have you signed the agreent?"
"Would you like so milk?" Shi Wangyue evaded the topic.
"Have you signed the agreent?" Teacher Ning asked coldly while yawning lightly.
"No more than eight tis a month..." Shi Wangyue’s voice trembled a bit, "Isn’t that too little?"
"It’s not too little." Ning Youguang stood up and walked towards the guest room.
"Can it be fifteen tis?" Shi Wangyue followed her hesitantly, trying to negotiate.
"I think once a week is better." Ning Youguang continued walking.
"Ten tis, is ten tis okay?" Shi Wangyue got a bit anxious.
"Last ti, a few seniors from Hangzhou invited to go to Donglin Temple with them..." Ning Youguang said while knocking her head, "What date in May was it?"
"I’ll sign." Shi Wangyue quickly ran to the master bedroom to fetch the agreent and signed his na with trembling hands.
If he didn’t sign, he’d have to be a monk for four months a year!
...
Weekend morning.
Outside, a gentle drizzle was falling, and Ning Youguang and Shi Wangyue nestled in the "Wusheng Study," drinking tea—
A pot of Fuding White Tea, paired with a few plates of snacks.
The snacks were not freshly made; they were all small packaged snacks that Ning Youguang either bought online or from the supermarket. There were dried fruits, lon seeds, peach and rose lotus root cakes, red date walnut cakes, and so fruits, all common foods.
Not particularly exquisite, let alone high-end.
Ning Youguang pulled them out one by one from the temporary storage box, cut open the packages, and poured them into elegant small dishes for arrangent.
The ritual of having tea at ho suddenly rose with significance.
Because the tea was warm enough, the utensils and tea sets beautiful enough.
And the people making tea and drinking tea were both in a good mood with anticipation.
"After tea, let’s just eat sothing simple for lunch." Ning Youguang suggested to Shi Wangyue while brewing tea.
"How about Japanese-style bacon and shrimp pasta?" Shi Wangyue quickly thought about the stash in the refrigerator and ca up with a nu.
Even though it was just a small choice.
"That’s fine." Ning Youguang nodded, "I now feel that eating Western food is really good, I calculated that if we eat Western food every day, we should be able to save a lot of ti."
Spring is a rainy season.
With days of rainy weather, Shi Wangyue felt a bit sluggish.
So much so that, co the weekend, he just wanted to lie flat at ho.
Making als only if Ning Youguang didn’t specifically request anything, he would just make do.
So during this period, Ning Youguang ate more Western food at ho.
"I made you go through hardships with ." Shi Wangyue felt a little guilty, and then couldn’t help but complain, "This rain is not just a month’s worth, it feels like it’s for the whole season."
"Drink tea." Ning Youguang smiled as she placed a cup of brewed white tea in front of the rain-depressed Mr. Shi.
"Delicious." Shi Wangyue said after savoring the tea.
"This tea goes best with cake." Ning Youguang said, "It creates a warm and rich texture."
"I’ll go bake a cake now." Shi Wangyue stood up.
For decisions he made, he always took impressive action.
"No need." Ning Youguang tugged at his sleeve and said with a light laugh, "You shouldn’t enjoy all the good things at once, save so for next ti, and you’ll have more to look forward to in life."
"I’ll bake it next weekend." Shi Wangyue sat back down on the chair.
The two sipped tea and chatted softly.
Ti seed to co to a standstill, the days made a sound, long and joyful.
If it weren’t for the sound of a child crying heartbrokenly from downstairs.
The two could probably drink tea until the afternoon.
"The child downstairs is crying again." Ning Youguang gently put down her cup and sighed.
Shi Wangyue frowned slightly, "If you don’t like it, we can find another place to live."
Ever since the two of them moved here, they really felt that no matter how they lived, it was comfortable, except for this slight flaw, which was the current situation affecting their mood.
Ever since the New Year, every holiday, they had to hear several tis a day the sound of a child crying heartbrokenly from downstairs, with pleas, and the adults’ roaring shouts of anger and argunts.
"No need, I just feel sorry for that little girl." Ning Youguang sighed, she had been wanting to say so things for a long ti, "So family environnts are actually like psychiatric hospitals, such as on one hand wanting the child to be happy, on the other hand, they find trouble with or scold the child whenever they are happy; on one hand, wanting the child to be brave outside, on the other hand at ho, they beat and scold the child, completely disrespecting their thoughts; on one hand wanting the child to be obedient, and if not obedient, they use moral blackmail; on the other hand, they dislike the child for lacking initiative...You wonder what kind of karma the child downstairs did in her past life, to be born into their family and have such parents."
Shi Wangyue didn’t say anything, he listened carefully to her vent—
"Who knows if these adults will regret treating the child this way now if in the future she ends up with a ntal disorder or self-harming or even suicidal."
"If they do regret it, it would an they still have a sliver of compassion left, otherwise they might go mad and bla the child for not having died sooner." Shi Wangyue lowered his head, a trace of darkness flickering in his eyes, his voice slightly cold, "I hope she belongs to a high-quality person."
He referred to the child downstairs.
"These kinds of people don’t deserve to be parents." Ning Youguang knew what Shi Wangyue said was a possibility, "They only beco parents to cause pain for the child, hoping that the child can grow up and leave such a family with their own strength, and know that many things in the past were not their fault."
Only then, could she possibly beco a high-quality person.
"Let’s hope so." Shi Wangyue drank the tea in his cup in one go.
"Bless her."
After all, it is soone else’s child, no matter how much compassion they feel for the little girl downstairs.
Besides venting a few words to Shi Wangyue, all Ning Youguang could do for now was bless and pray for her. 1314
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