“Three years without contacting me? That’s what you want?”
Song Wangyue’s voice was still cold, but without the anger she had just felt.
“I wouldn’t dare.”
Song Yin’s voice was all apologetic. If there was even the slightest possibility, he didn’t want to cheat death, didn’t want to be separated from his little girl for years.
He wasn’t sure that little girl would always remember him.
But he had to do it, he couldn’t drag Little Girl down with him, and he couldn’t drag Little Girl’s family down with him.
“How did you know I was at the border?”
Song Wangyue hummed and asked rhetorically, “What do you think?”
Song Yin smiled, a proud smile from the bottom of his heart, the little girl he had his eye on was just not like the others.
“Let go of me, it’s unbearable.”
The two of them were sweating after so many moves, and it was uncomfortably sticky.
Song Yin took her hand instead and pulled her towards his courtyard. Grand Steward Gu greeted him, he had also hid to the side earlier and saw the two of them go at it, and still hadn’t recovered from the shock.
“Uncle Gu.”
Song Wangyue called out to the man first.
Butler Gu waved his hand, “Miss Song must not shout like that again, back then that was done as a last resort to help the young master hide his identity, now I am the house’s butler, you can just call me Butler Gu.”
“Housekeeper Gu.”
Butler Gu smiled and answered.
“Have someone boil some hot water and carry it to my courtyard.” Song Yin said.
Housekeeper Gu quickly went to order, Song Yin took Song Wan Yue’s hand and went back inside his house, walking to a wardrobe and opening it, which was hung with clothes, red, pink, green, apricot yellow, all different colours and styles.
“These are all the ones I had someone prepare after I heard you were coming to the border, take your pick and see which one you like?”
Song Wangyue didn’t squirm and picked a red one, the style wasn’t really eye-catching. She went to the bathing room.
Song Yin also went to his own wardrobe and picked out a red dress and went to the other bathroom.
The two of them quickly came out after washing.
Housekeeper Gu had already prepared tea, snacks and melons and fruits.
The two of them sat down and Song Yin couldn’t wait to have Song Wan Yue tell him about the events of the past few years.
Song Wan Yue spoke slowly and Song Yin listened carefully, unknowingly several hours had passed, and the hour of midnight had already sounded, but he could still hear that he could not finish, but thinking that Song Wan Yue must have worked very hard all the way here, he said, “I have asked someone to pack up the house next to you, so you can stay here tonight and go back tomorrow morning.”
“Fine.”
Song Wangyue got up, took a step but then suddenly stopped and looked at him, “What do you want to eat tomorrow morning, I’ll make it for you.”
Song Yin only felt his heart blossom instantly open up, unusually brilliant, so brilliant that he was a little dizzy. The little girl didn’t say it on her lips, but she put him in the middle of her heart, otherwise she wouldn’t have said she wanted to make him breakfast even though she was so tired.
He so wanted to say no, but he was really craving for it, but in the end he restrained himself, “I …… you, what you make, I, what I eat.”
Song Wan Yue nodded and proceeded to walk outside.
Song Yin sent her to the door of the house, and did not go in, but waited for the lights to go out in the house, and the sound of Song Wan Yue’s even breathing came out again, he walked a little further away, and jumped a few times in excitement before he could suppress the excitement that filled his body.
“Housekeeper.”
Housekeeper Gu came in from outside the courtyard.
He had been waiting outside the courtyard, just waiting for any orders.
“You will send someone to buy ingredients later, the more the better, the little girl said she will cook something delicious for me tomorrow morning.”
Butler Gu smiled and answered, he hadn’t seen the young master like this for a long time and really missed it.
“Don’t buy too much either, don’t tire her out.”
Butler Gu smiled again and answered yes.
When Butler Gu left, Song Yin couldn’t help but bounce a few more times before returning to his house, lying on his bed, unable to sleep, he simply got up and opened the window, moved another chair over to sit by the window and looked at Song Wan Yue’s house with fascination.
No one knew how he had spent these nearly four years, how many times he had regretted his decision, and how many times he had impulsively wanted to change his face and return to the little girl’s side.
But he knew that he couldn’t, not to mention the fact that he hadn’t gotten his revenge, and that if he appeared next to Little Girl, that person would definitely send someone to investigate and thus bring ruin to Little Girl’s family.
That was why he had held back from giving Little Girl any contact all these years. He knew she would be angry, and he had thought of a hundred scenarios where he would meet to make amends, but he never expected Little Girl to forgive him so easily.
His little girl, she finally had him in her heart.
Song Yin just watched in fascination until it was just dawn and there was movement in Song Wan Yue’s room, then he quickly closed the window behind him, moved the chair back to its original position, took off his coat and lay back on the bed.
When the door of that room rang, he immediately jumped up again, took his clothes and put them on while walking out, opened the door of the room, just in time to see Song Wan Yue come out, his eyes that had not slept all night not only did not have the slightest sleepiness, but were unusually bright, “Little girl, you’re awake.”
Song Wangyue’s inner strength had long been well practiced, and she could hear the movements in Song Yin’s room clearly. Knowing that he probably hadn’t slept all night, but not poking him, she gave a hint, “Where is the kitchen? Take me there.”
Song Yin took a few quick steps and led her by the hand to the kitchen.
The subordinates in the mansion were also up, each busy with their own tasks, and when they saw them, they stopped what they were doing and saluted.
The two of them went into the kitchen.
Butler Gu and Xiao Si were waiting inside.
There were many dishes on the kitchen table, all of which had just been bought by the underlings.
Song Wangyue looked over them carefully and decided to make two hot dishes and two cold dishes.
“I’ll play the hand.”
Song Yin rolled up his sleeves and lifted up Xiao Si, who had crouched down to burn the fire, and gave him a fierce glare. Such a sightless thing, how did he manage to put someone around for so many years to work as a boy?
Xiao Si was puzzled by the glare.
It was Housekeeper Gu who understood Song Yin’s thoughts and smiled after giving a wink to Xiao Si, “Xiao Si, I have some work to do over there, come and help me.”
Xiao Si followed him out, but as soon as he pulled him farther away, Butler Gu nodded at his head, “Usually you look quite smart, why are you being silly at this time? Can’t you see that young master wants to be alone with Miss Song?”
Xiao Si suddenly understood why the young master had just glared at him.
Inside the kitchen, Song Yin skillfully added water to the pot, lit the fire again, stuffed dry firewood and let the fire burn, he got up and went to Song Wan Yue’s side, giving her a hand.
This familiar scene made him feel as if he had gone back to the first time he had eaten dumplings in the capital. Thinking of the dumplings, he couldn’t help but swallow and the words came out of his mouth, “Little, little girl, I want to eat dumplings.”
Song Wangyue paused in her vegetable picking and tilted her head to look at him.
Song Yin’s heart tightened at the look and he hurriedly explained, “No, it’s not that I want to eat it now, it’s ……”
“Good.”