The world is broken, the cubs mend it

The child ate whatever he picked up, with his little head hung in silence.

Yuanyuan wore a pin on her head with a plush bird that Wu Xian brought her from outside the palace. The bird looked so lifelike, as if a real bird had made its home on her head.

"Why don't you speak?"

Pei Zhiyan took the initiative to talk to her several times, but did not get even a glance from the child.

She is really an expert in cold violence, and both father and daughter are better than her in this regard.

"Don't talk while eating!"

Yuanyuan raised her head and glanced at him, her little face full of disdain.

"..."

Pei Zhiyan put down the spoon in her hand heavily. She was becoming more and more capable now, and even she was being taught a lesson.

Since he had a child, his peaceful life has become uneasy.

Yuanyuan has been eating and living with Xiaobai these days. At night, she washes up and carries the kitten to the attic of the main hall.

"What did you bring it in for?"

Pei Zhiyan had just taken a shower, his wet hair stuck to his pajamas, and a hint of boredom appeared in his narrow eyes.

He had tried his best to convince himself to sleep in the same bed with the child, but he could not accept adding a cat to the mix.

"sleep…"

As soon as Yuanyuan put the kitten on the couch, the old man picked her up and threw her on the ground.

“Let it out!”

"Sleeping together..."

"You go and sleep with it in the side hall."

Pei Zhiyan didn't hate cats and dogs, but he didn't like being too close to living things, so it was an exception for him to tolerate a child sleeping next to him.

"We'll sleep here, with you."

Yuanyuan was about to climb onto the bed again while holding the kitten, but the old man grabbed her by the collar.

"Um--"

Pei Zhiyan snorted heavily, pointed a finger at her head, and looked at her fiercely with narrowed eyes.

"..."

Yuanyuan stood in front of the bed holding the kitten, pouting and looking at him with a depressed face. After a while, she said unhappily, "I don't want to listen to you."

"..."

Children's sincerity often makes it easier to break people's defenses. Pei Zhiyan's fingers that were poking her forehead were trembling, and his temples were throbbing a few times.

"Believe it or not, I'll beat you up?"

He picked up a bamboo slip beside him, rolled it up, and weighed it twice in his palm. This child had never really listened to him.

"..."

The little guy looked up at him, struggle and hesitation emerging in his clear eyes.

Seeing that she remained silent, Pei Zhiyan lowered his eyelids to suppress the smile that was about to burst out, thinking that he had frightened her severely.

Unexpectedly, the little guy gritted his teeth, raised his little face and looked at him firmly: "Then let Xiaobai sleep here after the fight."

"?"

Pei Zhiyan subconsciously exerted force on the bamboo slips with his fingers, the corners of his mouth were tightened into a straight line, and his emotions at this moment were very complicated.

She was willing to be beaten for a cat!

Meow--

As if to confirm his idea, Xiaobai also meowed.

"I think you've had enough!"

Pei Zhiyan cursed angrily, picked up the bamboo slips and climbed the wooden ladder to the second floor.

He always felt that children were closer to anyone than to himself.

In the eyes of the children, he was not even as good as a gray mouse.

The early autumn wind blew in through the window, feeling cool through the thin layer of pajamas.

Pei Zhiyan rested his chin on one hand, wondering if it was because he had been too lonely these years that he had to try to figure out what the child was thinking.

However, after all, he is not his biological child, so it is expected that he does not care that much about him.

When he calmed down and returned to the bedroom, the child had already fallen asleep on her side, covered with a thin blanket, with Xiaobai lying on her belly.

After hearing the noise of Pei Zhiyan coming in, he lazily opened his eyelids and took a look, stretched out his front paws, and then closed his eyes again with a gurgling sound.

The cat is only a few months old and can't take up too much space on the bed.

Pei Zhiyan turned off the lights and went to sleep outside. The cat purred a few times and gradually calmed down. It was not as disturbing as he had expected.

Cats are nocturnal animals and always have to get up and run around in the middle of the night, especially young kittens.

At night, Pei Zhiyan felt something licking him. He reached out and touched a furry ball, which was lying on his head and licking his hair.

"..."

He picked up the cat with one hand and threw it aside. In a moment, the cat came over again and bit his fingers with its sharp claws.

The kitten didn't bite his skin hard enough, but the slight pain was enough to keep him awake.

Pei Zhiyan relied on the faint moonlight to look at the kitten that was chewing on his finger.

If he beats this cat to death now and replaces it with a similar one, will the child find out?

But in the end he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he raised his hand and slapped the kitten so that it wouldn't dare to come over and bite him again.

The cat became much docile after being beaten, and it curled up beside the child and fell asleep.

Yuanyuan didn't sleep well during the days when the old man's father was away. She woke up at dawn and sat listlessly in the yard.

I slept next to the old man and slept until noon.

"Lie down for a while, and you'll have lunch soon."

Pei Zhiyan was wearing a Tibetan robe with straps on his arms, revealing a large part of his white arms. He stood in front of the couch, looking at the child who was still rubbing his eyes, and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Yuanyuan was an honest child. When he heard this, he leaned back and lay down again, mumbling, "The meal is ready. Bring it..."

Although life here is not as convenient and advanced as modern ones, her daily life is taken care of meticulously and there is not much that requires her to do.

"!!!"

Pei Zhiyan suddenly felt that he was so stupid that it was laughable that he actually expected a three-year-old child to understand his hidden meaning.

"Get up quickly, what time is it?"

"?"

Yuanyuan climbed out of the bed with her butt sticking out again, scratched her ears with her little hands and looked at him with a puzzled look.

"You bully a child! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

She tried hard to piece together the old man's intention, which was to let her lie down and sleep for a while longer, and then find an excuse to be mean to her.

"Who is bad knows it in their heart!"

Pei Zhiyan didn't think she could be much better, so he picked up the clean clothes on the bedside and put them on her.

The father and daughter were arguing with each other. Yuanyuan was the most chattering person and would reply to every word, not willing to lose at all.

Caizhi was setting the table when she heard the noises of the adults and children. She had a false sense of familiarity.

The Master Seal seldom gets close to anyone in the palace, and he has never been seen arguing or quarreling with anyone like this.

This person who is usually seen as cold and cruel by others also has such a side full of life, which makes people forget what kind of person he is originally.

"handwashing."

Yuanyuan looked at the table full of food, ran over happily, took Caizhi's hand, and asked her to take her to wash up.

The soil in the yard was loosened again, even the rabbit hutches were pulled out, and a faint earthy smell filled the air.