The world is broken, the cubs mend it

"..."

General Liu was silenced by her words. It made sense, but why did it sound so strange?

No matter what he said afterwards, the child no longer responded and just said that he wanted to go home to find his bad father.

In the past, she couldn't see Pei Zhiyan, and although she was sad, she still had to eat some food. But today, she couldn't swallow anything at all.

"Hey…"

General Liu sighed and left. Caizhi followed him and asked him to tell the seal holder to ask him to coax the child to eat something.

From last night to this morning, the child has not eaten a single grain of rice and even refused to drink water. How can he endure this?

"It's not that I don't want to look for him, but it's useless if he doesn't want to come and break his head."

General Liu reached out his hand and helped her up. The man was in the mansion, and no one could find him if he didn't want to come out.

In the bedroom——

Yuanyuan looked at the somewhat cold food on the table, touched her flat belly, swallowed, and closed her eyes again.

She wouldn’t be hungry when she fell asleep, so she wanted to starve herself so that her old father would never have children again.

At noon, the food on the round table changed again. When people are hungry, their sense of smell will be more sensitive, and the tempting aroma will fill their noses.

The little guy sat on the bed and took a deep sniff. He swallowed his saliva and hesitated whether to secretly take a bite.

Suddenly, I felt that it was not worth it to starve myself just because of a bad father.

"Girl, look at this. The fish has been broken into pieces like rice grains, and all the bones have been removed. Try it and see if it tastes good."

Caizhi scooped a spoonful and handed it to her mouth. The crystal clear fish meat exuded a faint fragrance, and at first glance it did look like rice.

"..."

Yuanyuan swallowed and decided to hold on a little longer, then collapsed on the bed and refused to get up.

"I don't want to eat. I want to wait for Bad Dad to pick me up."

"girl……"

Caizhi sighed in disappointment, put down the spoon and stood aside.

A tile on the roof was lifted up, and Pei Zhiyan lay on the roof, crouching and looking inside in an awkward manner.

He originally thought that the child would be good if he went hungry for one or two meals, but unexpectedly, he refused to eat for three meals in a row. The old father felt a little bit sorry for him.

But this is just the beginning, and he still has to be cruel and not ruin his child's future.

"Forget it, I'll have them all removed."

Seeing that the child refused to eat anything, Caizhi ordered someone to come in and take away the lunch.

The girl didn't want to eat a single bite, and keeping it would be an eyesore and annoyance.

"..."

Yuanyuan looked at the food that had been taken away, pouted her lips and started crying. She just wanted to hold on a little longer and eat.

The little guy was too proud to open his mouth to ask for food.

Hearing the child crying, Caizhi thought she missed her father again, so she hugged her and tried to comfort her with all her might.

Yuanyuan was tired of crying so she fell asleep in her arms. Not long after she slept, she woke up hungry again. She lay on the edge of the bed in a daze, looking as if she had been hit by frost.

Caizhi no longer asked her whether she wanted to eat or not, but instead prayed in her heart that Pei Zhiyan would come to see the child soon.

"..."

Pei Zhiyan lay on the roof and looked at the haggard child, the defense line in his heart completely collapsed.

In the past, he only thought that the child was stubborn, but now he has witnessed the ruthlessness in her. Those who are cruel to themselves are the truly cruel ones.

Yuanyuan just lay limp on the bed and vowed to have dinner this time.

The child can’t bear it any longer!

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't realize you were such a ruthless person!"

007 was amazed in her mind. The weak and vulnerable little boy when they first met turned out to be so tough now!

"Bad bunny..."

Yuanyuan said weakly, turned her head away and closed her eyes again.

In the past, she would run and play in the yard and it would be time for dinner soon, but today she lay in bed for a long time until it was dark.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Pei Zhiyan brought in a bowl of hot porridge. Caizhi immediately stood up, bowed, and left.

"Don't lie down, get up and eat something."

"..."

When Yuanyuan saw that it was him, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes, but then she felt angry and rolled her eyes at him.

The child's eyes are very big, and his dark eyeballs are so rolled up that only half of them can be seen, which makes people want to laugh for some reason.

"Rebel!"

In this world, courtesy, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety are the most important things. Which child would dare to treat his parents like this?

Sometimes Pei Zhiyan really felt that he owed her in his previous life, and that he deserved to serve her humbly in this life.

"Bad dad..."

Yuanyuan was so hungry that she was weak and her reply sounded completely defenseless.

"You look so hungry, get up and eat something."

Pei Zhiyan picked her up from the bed with one hand, put her on his lap, and scooped a spoonful of fragrant porridge to her mouth.

"I want to go back and eat instead of eating here."

Yuanyuan covered her mouth with her little hands. She wanted to eat, but there were conditions for her bad dad to feed her.

"Eat it and take it back..."

Pei Zhiyan softened his tone and agreed to take her back to the palace.

If he continues like this, his child might die before him.

“I’ll eat when I get back…”

Yuanyuan didn't believe what he said and swallowed silently.

"I won't lie to you. I'll take you home right after dinner."

It would take some time to get back to the palace. She hadn't eaten or drunk anything for three meals in a row, and her mouth was dry and chapped.

"Then are you still going to send me back? I don't want to be someone else's child. I don't know that person, and I don't like him to be my father."

There was uneasiness in Yuanyuan's wet eyes. She didn't understand which of her bad father's words were true and which were false.

"..."

Pei Zhiyan really thought so. From the moment he decided to enter the palace, he had already thought about his future path. After taking revenge, he would end his broken life.

"Yuanyuan, if following me means death, are you willing?"

"Why do you want to die? Can't you find a way to live?"

Yuanyuan didn’t understand his thoughts. Why did he have to choose between life and death?

"..."

Pei Zhiyan had never thought about it this way before. After he had done what he wanted to do, how the era would develop and change after his death would no longer have anything to do with him.

"To live? I seldom think so."

"So now you think, can't you live with me? Why do I have to follow others to survive?

Is it because you don't want me to be your child that you want to run away?"

Yuanyuan asked in confusion, isn’t she alive and well now?

The fact that her father abandoned her and ran away was enough to make her angry every day.

The child's questions hit home directly. Isn't entrusting her to others a form of escape?

Why couldn't he live with his child?

He has walked such a difficult road, why can't he do these?

Pei Zhiyan was silent for a moment before saying, "There will come a day when I can no longer hold the sword. How will I protect you then?"

He has too many enemies. Now that he holds great power, everyone is afraid of him. But when he gets old, who will be afraid of a eunuch who can't lift a sword?

"But Daddy is old, and I am grown up. I can protect Daddy, too. Why should Daddy always protect me?"

Yuanyuan asked back that she was a child now but would become an adult one day, and she could protect her father just as he protected her.