C269

Chapter 269 - Ghost in the Garden

Just as Lin Sitong mustered up the courage to walk into the open balcony, a cool hand suddenly rested on Lin Sitong's shoulder.

"AHH!"

Lin Sitong's eyes became wide open in fear, and her heartbeat almost stopped at this moment. "Pa!" The cup of milk in Lin Sitong's hands shattered on the ground, the warm milk instantly splattering all over Lin Sitong's exposed slender ankles.

"Woo woo woo!"

Before Lin Sitong could cry out in alarm, her mouth was covered by another hand.

Not a ghost?! A human?!

Who was it that appeared on another person's open balcony in the middle of the night?

Why would there be an outsider in Aunt Gu's house? Wouldn't it be very unsafe?

No way! Could she be so miserable that she couldn't escape the fate of being kidnapped even in the Aunt Gu's home?!

In a moment of turmoil, Lin Sitong closed her eyes in despair.

A familiar light laughter reached Lin Sitong's ears.

Lin Sitong suddenly opened her eyes, and a faint imposing aura slowly gathered in her eyes, transforming into a huge resentment that pounced straight towards Pei Qingheng.

"Hiss …" Why did he suddenly feel that this gust of wind was a little cold? Pei Qingheng thought.

Lin Sitong angrily waved away Pei Qingheng's hand, turned and pointed at the tip of Pei Qingheng's nose, gritting his teeth: "Do you know what it means to scare people to death!"

"Then do I have to see you wake up both Aunt Gu and myself?" Pei Qingheng took a step back, crossed his arms, and raised his eyebrows slightly as he looked at Lin Sitong.

The expression on Lin Sitong's face froze for a moment.

Pei Qingheng continued, "If Aunt Gu and I were to see you two here in the middle of the night … What do you think they'll think? "

Lin Sitong thought along the lines that Pei Qingheng suggested.

"You two kids, what are you doing here without sleeping in the middle of the night?"

"Look at the stars, look at the moon, and from poetry to philosophy? Young people these days just like to be romantic. "

Lin Sitong quickly interrupted her train of thoughts that was running away happily, like a wild horse that had just lost its reins.

"So …" It was unknown when Pei Qingheng had moved closer to Lin Sitong's side again, and said while beaming, "Sitong, shouldn't you thank me?"

This extremely close and warm body, as well as the low mutters coming from the side of his ear caused Lin Sitong's thoughts to spin uncontrollably, and he immediately rushed back into the dream he had just had.

"Swish", the temperature on Lin Sitong's face instantly soared.

She pretended to squat down and pick up the broken pieces, while retorting, "Why are you so close to me?! "You're not afraid of the heat? I'm afraid of the heat!"

Pei Qingheng raised his eyebrows, looked at the faintly discernable bright red earlobe beneath Lin Sitong's jet-black hair, and answered while pointing: "Indeed … "It's a little hot."

By the time Lin Sitong had picked up the broken pieces on the ground and straightened his body, she had already calmed down and regained her composure. As if she had unintentionally asked: "Then why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? "Thinking about life?"

Pei Qingheng chuckled, his mouth seemed to contain something, as he said unclearly: "I can't sleep."

"Then..." No more?

Lin Sitong waited for a while longer. After confirming that Pei Qingheng did not plan to say anything else after saying those three words, he bitterly curled his lips. "Then you continue to think about life, I'm going to sleep!"

The moment Lin Sitong turned around, the faint smell of tobacco smoke mixed with the smell of night incense entered Lin Sitong's nose. She couldn't help but frown and look towards Pei Qingheng's direction.

Now she knew what the bright spot had been!

Lin Sitong squinted her eyes, turned around and took a few steps, then stepped forward and took out the cigarette that Pei Qingheng had in his mouth, and angrily said: "Pei Qingheng! "You actually smoke?!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Sitong's gaze landed on the beer bottle on Pei Qingheng's right hand. The anger in his heart increased by a few more points: "You're still drinking! Do you know that the wounds on your body have yet to completely heal?! To think that you are even a doctor yourself! "

Pei Qingheng was not the least bit angry as he let Lin Sitong keep all of his cigarettes and alcohol with a beaming smile.

Lin Sitong unhappily raised her head and glared at Pei Qingheng. "Laugh! You're still laughing! If you don't pay attention to your own body, who can manage it for you?! "

"You." Pei Qingheng looked at Lin Sitong with a smiling amber eyes.

Lin Sitong was momentarily at a loss for words. She looked at the cigarette and the wine in her hand, then stuffed them all into Pei Qingheng's hands again, and unhappily said: "Who cares who they are!"

After he had finished speaking, he started to walk outside aggressively.

"Stone, don't go." Pei Qingheng's voice faintly sounded from behind Lin Sitong.

Lin Sitong was startled.

Pei Qingheng's voice sounded... It was as if he was completely different from before. The clear and cold voice carried a faint sadness and loneliness. It sounded especially sad.

Lin Sitong subconsciously turned her head around, meeting Pei Qingheng's amber eyes. In those eyes, Lin Sitong saw teasing, indifference, anxiety, and joy, but this was the first time she saw those eyes … Vulnerability.

"You … "What's wrong?" Lin Sitong could not help but ask softly.

Pei Qingheng shook his head, his mouth revealing a desolate smile, he pulled Lin Sitong into his embrace.

"Hey!" Lin Sitong's eyes widened. Just as she was about to push him away, Pei Qingheng's lonely and weak voice rang beside her ear, "Don't push me away, let me hug you, okay?"

The expression on Lin Sitong's face froze for a moment, and then, she raised both her hands into the air in embarrassment. After a while, the pair of hands that were still in the air lightly wrapped around Pei Qingheng.

Lin Sitong's voice softened as she softly asked: "What's wrong? What happened? "

As Lin Sitong asked, she went through all that happened during the day in her mind. She looked normal before she went to sleep, and she looked normal during meals as well.

Lin Sitong was startled, and the matter regarding the auction surfaced in her mind once again.

Because... His mother's inheritance? Even though he had allowed that piece of Jade Jewelry to be taken away, he still acted the same as before and even laughed and chatted with Aunt Gu to eat dinner. However … How could he not be sad …

Lin Sitong's heart couldn't help but soften. She lightly patted Pei Qingheng's back and softly said, "Don't be sad …"

"My mother …"

Pei Qingheng's clear voice faintly resounded within the tranquil night sky.