Chapter III

For several days, she had no news of the four A's. Although they live on the same floor, the Wei family is surprisingly quiet. She didn't even see Wei Chuchu and Ah Xiang, and she didn't hear the child's screams anymore. When she was in class in the kindergarten, for several days, she felt that she was treated, and she thought that her father would definitely send Chu Chu here, because Ai'er Kindergarten was the largest kindergarten near the Anju Building, but Wei Chuchu did not come.

Then, in her busy, young, youthful life, she had almost forgotten the arrogant Wei Chuchu and her arrogant father. For several evenings and nights, she was with Shao Zhuosheng. There is no mystery about Shao Zhuosheng's acquaintance with her, Shao Zhuosheng is the elder brother of her classmate, and he has admired her since she was a teacher. Like ordinary girls, she has a high longing for love, and the lover in her fantasy is like a shadow in the mist, which is surreal, hazy, and ethereal. Shao Zhuosheng did not have the slightest place to meet her fantasies, he studied politics, but he had neither eloquence nor strategy, so he had to work as a staff member in the personnel office of a company. Ling Shan often wondered how he did his work in the personnel room, she didn't think he could handle the personnel well, at least, he couldn't handle the relationship between him and Ling Shan. He always annoyed her and made her drowsy. In private, Lingzhen called him "Broom Star", but she gave him a nickname called "Shaogen Tendon", she always felt that he was missing a tendon, although he was also beautiful, he also had patience and a good temper, no matter how Ling Shan rejected him, he was not angry or discouraged. However, there is one muscle missing, which belongs to the romantic, funny, humorous, and enthusiastic tendon that attracts girls.

Although this Shao Zhuosheng is a "young tendon", Ling Shan has been dating him for two or three years without another boyfriend. Ling Shan did not deceive Shao Zhuosheng, she never gave him hope. The strange thing is that Shao Zhuosheng never cares if there is hope, they are in a stalemate, occasionally watching a movie, having a dinner, and that's it.

That night, she and Shao Zhuosheng watched an evening movie, and when they returned to Anju Mansion, it was already half past eleven o'clock in the evening. Shao Zhuosheng sent her to the door of the building as usual, he had always been afraid of facing Ling Shan's family, especially the articulate Lingzhen and the very blackmailing Lingwu.

Ling Shan walked into the building alone, and habitually, she took the stairs instead of taking the elevator. It's autumn, and after a shower of rain during the day, the temperature drops a lot at night. She wore a short coat, still quite cool. Climbing the stairs, she was carefree and troubleless, but there was no joy, no joy and no excitement. Life was too monotonous, she thought vaguely, as monotonous as a pool of stagnant water, without even a wave. She crossed a level, and then a level...... Suddenly, she stopped.

At the corner of the staircase, a small figure was curled up on the steps, holding the iron railing under the handrail with both hands. She was stunned, and when she looked closely, she realized that it was Wei Chuchu, who had not heard from her for many days! The child sat there alone, shrunken, thin, with his little knees hunched, his chin resting on his knees, his big eyes, which were not open for a moment, his hair still scattered on his face, and his cheeks were streaked with tears and stains, and the child had wept. What could make this little savage cry? What's more about her not coming home at night, sitting on this staircase? Ling Shan involuntarily squatted down.

"Hey! Plainly! She screamed, reached out and stroked her shoulder, only to find that the child was wearing only a thin, small white nylon dressing gown. Why are you here alone? ”

Chu Chu raised his head to look at her, his lips were deflated, and he wanted to cry.

"I'm waiting for my dad!" She said softly, the brutality and rudeness of the past are completely gone, and now she is just a lonely and helpless little girl, after all, she is just a little child!

"Your dad?" Ling Shan was stunned. "Where's your dad?"

"Go to work."

"Go to work." She looked at her watch, and it was nearly half past eleven. "You mean, Dad went to work in the morning and hasn't come back yet?"

"Hmm."

"Why did you run up the stairs? Why not wait at home? She asked, puzzled.

"There's no one at home, I'm afraid." The corners of her mouth slumped downward, there were tears in her eyes, her eyelashes flashed, and she stubbornly held back the tears.

"No one at home? What about Ah Xiang? ”

"Let's go!"

"Gone?" She was even more confused. "Where did she go?"

"I don't know." Chu Chu pursed his lips.

"Why are you leaving?" She squinted at Chu Chu, and she understood a little in her heart.

"I don't know. She said she wouldn't do it and left! She took everything away! She scolds me, she's a bad person! ”

Ling Shan understood better. Nodding, she stared at Chu Chu.

"What did you do to her?"

"Nope."

"It can't be not!" Ling Shan said sternly, "You kicked her again, didn't you?" ”

She shook her head violently.

"Caught her? Biting her? Hit her? Pinched her? ”

She shook her head desperately, shaking her hair all over her face.

"Okay, if you don't say it, I don't care about you! Just sit down the stairs and wait! Lingshan stood up and walked upstairs. Beware of rats coming to bite you! Rats bite bad boys who lie! ”

Chu Chu jumped up from the stairs, stubbornness disappeared from her face, fear and plea for help were clearly written on her face.

"I'm ......," she whispered, "I burned her clothes with a lighter, and she's gone!" ”

"What?" Ling Shan was taken aback. "You burned Ah Xiang's clothes?"

"I didn't know it would burn her."

"What?" The more she listened, the more amazed she became. "Are you burning her clothes?"

"I burned her trousers and burned a hole in her ass. She cried, scolded when she cried, and left when she was done! ”

Ling Shan looked at Wei Chuchu steadily, unable to believe what she had heard. Chu Chu's small body stood timidly against the stairs. She stared at the little girl, who said that children are angels? Who says children are innocent? Who said that at the beginning of man, nature is good? She really wants to shake her head and ignore it, such a naughty child, what does she care? However, Chu Chu suddenly sneezed twice in a row, and then, she quietly grabbed the hem of Ling Shan's clothes with her little hand, pulled it gently, and called out in a low and soft voice:

"Auntie!"

Ling Shan's heart was pounding, this "auntie" was so sweet, so gentle, like a thin thread pulling through her heart, awakening all her feminine gentle instincts. She let out a long sigh, and bent down, and she picked up the child, and said with a sigh:

"You should go to bed!"

She hugged Chu Chu and walked to the door of the fourth A, the gate was hidden, if there was a thief and emptied the house, no one would know. She pushed the door in, and the cold air of the room enveloped her again, and she shuddered unconsciously. Putting Chu Chu on the sofa, she looked at the deserted room, and her heart was a little hairy. Really, this empty house is indeed terrifying. For a while, she didn't know what to do, but Chu Chu said timidly:

"Auntie, don't go, you accompany me!"

"When will your dad come back?"

"I don't know, he often doesn't come back to sleep."

This will not work! She frowned, suddenly decided, took out the ballpoint pen from her purse, she found a book on the coffee table, tore off the blank title page of the book, and she hurriedly wrote a few lines:

Mr. Wei:

Your daughter is in my house, Ah Xiang probably can't bear the "abuse", and she has not said goodbye. Please come to my house to pick up Chu Chu.

Ling Shan

She placed the note on the coffee table and pressed it with an ashtray. Then he turned around and took Chu Chu's hand and said:

"Let's go! Go to my house first! ”

Chu Chu stood up obediently, obviously, she also knew that she had caused a big disaster, and she was even more chilled about staying in the empty house, she was no longer as wild as she was when they first met, but was well-behaved and obedient. Following Ling Shan, they walked out of the door, and Ling Shan closed the door before leading Chu Chu back to his house.

The door was opened with a key, and the living room was empty, and it seemed that the whole family was sleeping. Ling Shan didn't dare to wake up her parents, Liu Siqian got up at six o'clock every morning, and went to work at eight o'clock, and Mrs. Liu also had to get up. She pressed her fingers to her lips and whispered a warning to Chu Chu:

"Shhhh Don't make a sound! ”

Chu Chu looked at her sensibly and nodded, she led Chu Chu until she walked to the room she shared with Lingzhen.

Lingzhen hadn't slept yet, lying on the bed, she was holding a copy of "Anna Karenina" and reading it with relish. When she saw Ling Shan leading a little girl in, she was so surprised that her books fell to the ground.

"What is this for?" Lingzhen asked.

"I 'picked up' her on the stairs." Ling Shan said, "No way, we have to take her in for the night!" ”

"You've loved to take in homeless animals, cats, dogs, and birds since you were a kid...... They all went home, but this time, the things you took in were really strange. Lingzhen said. While grinning and reaching out to touch Chu Chu's hair, Chu Chu immediately had a prepared attitude, and as soon as his neck stiffened, he turned his head away.

"You'd better not touch her," Ling Shan warned, "she's going to bite." ”

"What?" Lingzhen's eyes widened. "Biting?"

"She's a hedgehog with thorns all over her body."

"What are you doing with this hedgehog?"

Ling Shan raised her eyebrows, made a helpless expression, took Chu Chu to the bathroom, washed her hands and face, Chu Chu sneezed two more times, and yawned two times in a row, she was obviously cold, tired, tired and afraid, and now, as soon as she came to this safe and warm place, she couldn't support it anymore. Ling Shan couldn't stop rubbing her eyes with her hands, yawning and sleepy, so she didn't ask her anything. Coming out of the bathroom, Ling Shan brushed her hair, tidied up her nightgown, and the cleaned Wei Chuchu was really like her name, which was pitiful. Ling Zhen looked at all this with wonder and asked:

"Where did you let her sleep?"

"Sleep in the same bed with me."

Ling Shan put the child into bed and covered her with a quilt. As soon as Chu Chu's head touched the soft pillow, sleepiness immediately climbed onto her eyelids, she looked at Ling Shan dimly, and suddenly smiled sweetly at Ling Shan, closed her eyes and fell asleep almost immediately. Ling Shan stared blankly at this white and beautiful little face, shocked by her smile. This was the first time she had seen Chu Chuxiao, and she never knew that this child's smile was so magical.

"Hey, Lingshan, I see you've fallen for this kid!" Lingzhen said, "What the hell are you doing?" This is the child of that family? ”

"Four-A." Ling Shan muttered.

"Four A's? Is this a personal name or a nickname? Lingzhen was even more confused.

Ling Shan came back to her senses and walked to the front of the dresser, while combing her hair and undressing, she told Ling Zhen all the things she had done with Wei Chuchu, and after listening to it, Ling Zhen glanced at the sleeping child on the bed, and said:

"I have a hunch that you're in trouble."

"It's not me who causes trouble, it's trouble that troubles me." Ling Shan said, going to the bathroom to put in the bath water. "If it were you, you'd get into this trouble!"

I won't! Lingzhen said that this kind of naughty boy should be locked up in an empty room for a night, so that she can learn a lesson, and she will pay attention to the people who accompany her in the future, so that she will not bully the maid!

Ling Shan was stunned, thinking about it, this is also reasonable, but it is too cruel to deal with a child who is only five or six years old in this way. After taking a shower and changing into pajamas, she walked to her bedside, looking at Chu Chu, she couldn't help but smile a little, she didn't expect that she would sleep with this child, the bed is not big, don't want to sleep comfortably tonight. Afraid of waking the child, she carefully lay down on the bed, fell asleep next to the bed, and reached out to turn off the light.

For a long time, she didn't fall asleep, just because there was an extra child around her, and she didn't dare to turn over or touch her. Finally, she fell asleep dimly, probably just entered a state of confusion, she was awakened by a doorbell, jumped up from the bed, she thought she was dreaming, but the doorbell rang again, at the same time, Lingzhen asked vaguely:

"Is it a doorbell?"

Ling Shan turned on the light and looked at her watch, two o'clock in the morning! What kind of daredevils is this? Lingzhen also woke up, yawned, and said:

"Tell you you're in trouble!"

A sentence reminded Ling Shan that it was Wei Pengfei who came to pick up the child, at two o'clock in the morning! She hurriedly jumped out of bed, afraid of waking her parents, so she put on a morning coat and went straight to the living room. However, Mrs. Liu had already woken up, and stuck her head out of the bedroom, and she asked in astonishment:

"What's the matter? Who's coming? ”

"Mom, go to sleep! It's okay! ”

Ling Shan rushed to the door and opened the door, and sure enough, Wei Pengfei was standing upright outside the door, a burst of wine came to his nose, his face looked pale in the light, his eyes were full of red silk, he was almost half drunk! However, his expression was serious and articulate:

"Miss Liu, what bad things did my daughter do again?"

"She set fire to Ah Xiang."

"Set fire?" Wei Pengfei's eyebrows knotted in the center of his eyebrows.

"I used a lighter to burn Ah Xiang and burned Ah Xiang away." Ling Shan said briefly, "You wait, I'll bring her over, she's already asleep." ”

She turned back to the bedroom, and Mrs. Liu had already put on her clothes and left the room, looked at her daughter in bewilderment, and said in amazement:

"What are you up to?"

"Nothing. The neighbor came to pick up his child. I was a babysitter for three hours! ”

Running into the bedroom, she picked up the sleeping Chu Chu from the bed, the child muttered a word or two vaguely, but he didn't wake up, his head was on Ling Shan's shoulder, still asleep. When Mrs. Liu saw her daughter holding out a child, she opened her mouth wide in surprise and couldn't speak. Ling Shan carried Chu Chu to the door, handed it to Wei Pengfei and said:

"Hold it!"

Wei Pengfei took the child and didn't hold her, he slammed the child to the ground, Chu Chu woke up in this sudden shock, his eyes wide open and his bare feet blankly, and he staggered to the cold marble floor. Wei Pengfei didn't wait for her to stand firmly, raised his hand, he slapped her hard, and said with a pale face:

"Come back with me! Let me give you a good slap! ”

Chu Chu was so staggered by this sudden slap that he almost fell, Wei Pengfei grabbed the clothes on her back as soon as he reached out, grabbed her like an eagle catching a chicken, and dragged her to his door. Ling Shan was shocked, she hurriedly chased after her, shouting:

"How can you hit her like that? How can you be so cruel! Don't you see that she is sleeping so soundly and deeply? You ......"

"Miss Liu," Wei Pengfei turned back to Ling Shan with a blushing face, "You told me that if I leave her alone again, in ten years, I will go to the reformatory to find her!" Instead of going to the reformatory to find her in ten years, it is better to beat her to death today! ”

After Chu Chu was slapped in the face, she was dragged and pulled like this, she really woke up, fear, pain, and fright...... At the same time, under the hood of her, she cried with a "wow", and Wei Pengfei roared angrily:

"Shut up! You set fire to people, and you dare to cry, I have to kill you today! ”

At the same time, he opened the door and threw Chu Chu straight in. Ling Shan saw that his aura was wrong, her eyebrows were raised, and her voice trembled with anger. Her heart was pounding, and she couldn't avoid suspicion, she chased after her and shouted nervously:

"Mr. Wei! Listen to me! Mr. Wei, you can't mess around like this! Mr. Wei, she's just a little kid......"

Suddenly, her body was caught, and when she looked back, Mrs. Liu was grabbing her, frowning and saying:

"Are you crazy? Lingshan? Running to someone's house in pajamas? ”

She hesitated, and a scream made her tremble, and she said hastily to her mother:

"Mom, my pajamas are very conservative, it's okay, I'm going to save that kid! Her dad is going to beat her to death! ”

Breaking free from her mother, she ran to the door of the four A, the door was closed, she heard a sharp scream from the door, followed by the sound of a leather whip whipping down, she was frightened and sweaty, she rang the doorbell like crazy, she shouted outside the door:

"Open the door! Mr. Wei! Open the door! Listen to me! You can't hit her like that! You're going to hurt her! Open the door! Mr. Wei! ”

Inside the door, the sound of leather whips came one after another, mixed with Chu Chu's screams and cries. She rang the doorbell so hard that she rang it desperately. Finally, the door opened, and Wei Pengfei stood at the door panting, holding a belt in his hand, his eyes were straight, and his voice was hoarse:

"What are you going to do?"

She rushed straight in, rushing to Wei Chuchu, who was lying on the carpet.