Chapter 27

"How long has Bell not come home?"

"Half a month."

"Don't you go look for her? Master~"

The woman spoke.

In the spacious living room, there were only two people. The scent of expensive perfume permeated every corner of the room, sweet and pungent.

"She will come back." The man wiped his stubble on his chin, filled his half cup of Pu'er tea on the table, drank it, refilled it, until the whole cup of tea tasted bland after being filtered with boiling water.

"When she's done playing, when she can't continue, she will naturally come back."

"Are you so sure?"

He glanced at the woman leaning on his shoulder, she seemed a little skeptical.

"Because I am her father."

...

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of knocking on the door was heard.

Bell Tong put on her slippers and bounced off the sofa.

"So slow! I'm starving! Huh? Raina?"

As soon as the door opened, Bell Tong huffed and scolded, but the person standing in front of her wasn't Samson Nan.

"Wai Wai, this fierce-looking person is Bell's older sister~" Raina Nan pointed at Tong Xiaoling.

"Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!!"

Wai Wai probably thought Bell Tong was scolding it just now, and it barked back fearlessly, scaring her back two steps.

...

Living room

"Raina, this is an Akita dog, right? The fur looks pretty good~" Bell Tong lifted Wai Wai onto the sofa and stroked its fur. She also had dogs at home, so she knew how to get along with dogs.

"Hehe, that's right~ I heard it's a purebred Japanese Akita!" Raina Nan couldn't hide her pride, but she didn't really understand what a purebred meant.

"It must be very expensive, right?"

"Mmm!"

"Hey, your brother is really generous!"

Bell Tong chuckled, glanced at Samson Nan who was building a doghouse next to her.

"What did you say?"

Samson Nan turned his head.

"Hi, big sister complex!"

"Nonsense."

She gave him a cold look and continued working on the doghouse.

...

At the dining table, there were three people, but four chairs.

"I say..."

Samson Nan stopped his chopsticks. He still felt uncomfortable.

Because Raina Nan let Wai Wai sit next to her, letting it stretch its neck and sniff the food on the table one by one.

"Don't you think it's dirty?"

"I don't think so."

"It's fine~"

"..."

He was speechless. These girls who usually claimed to be cleanliness freaks, and even fought with him over trivial matters like his unwashed underwear hanging in the bathroom, were they all pretending?

Dogs are better than people, he believed that today. Maybe after a couple of days, the novelty will wear off, and everything will be fine. He could only comfort himself this way.

The protagonist of today was clearly Wai Wai. The two girls sat on its left and right, constantly feeding it.

Samson Nan buried his head and continued eating.

Time ticked by quietly and silently...

"Bell Tong."

He suddenly spoke.

"Hmm?"

Bell Tong didn't look at him but picked up a piece of beef with her chopsticks and put it in Wai Wai's mouth.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you home."

He still didn't look at her, calmly continuing to eat his meal.

"Huh?!"

Bell Tong's body trembled, and the chopsticks almost fell to the ground.

"Brother?"

Raina Nan turned her head, looking at him in surprise.

"Did I say something wrong?"

He glanced at her, then looked at Bell Tong again.

"..."

Bell Tong didn't say anything, just shook her head, as if answering him.

"But, brother..."

"Raina."

Raina Nan was about to say something, but he interrupted her.

"I can let her continue to stay here, as long as she wants, but... does she want to?"

"..."No words to respond, who doesn't want to go home? Bell Tong bowed her head, clearly she should have been mentally prepared long ago... Wai Wai seemed to understand the atmosphere and stuck out her tongue, licking her fingers. "Don't worry~ That's just your dad, what can he do?" Samson Nan stood up and pressed his big palm onto her tiny head. "Hmm..." Bell Tong nodded. She was glad that she didn't cry, and she managed to force a smile. For the strong-willed Bell Tong, she gave herself a 90 for this performance. ... At night, after turning off the lights. "Xiao Ling, I'll accompany you tomorrow too!" Raina Nan lifted the blanket and sat up; she couldn't sleep. Samson Nan's apartment only had two beds, so she could only squeeze with Bell Tong. "Go where?" "To your home." "Aren't you afraid of my dad?" Bell Tong scoffed. "Huh?" She paused for a moment and then shrank back under the blanket. Actually, she couldn't say she was afraid, she just wasn't used to Uncle Tong's face which seemed a little like a gangster. She always felt that as an accomplice to Bell Tong's running away from home, she was also at fault. "With my brother around, what is there to be afraid of." "Forget it, your brother is so skinny, how can he match up to my dad?" As they spoke, the two of them inadvertently went off topic. "That's not true! My brother is impressive!" She pouted, unconvinced. "Oh well, because he bought you a dog, so your affinity towards him has increased?" "No, it's not... It was like that from the beginning..." She blushed and muttered quietly. "Yeah, yeah, your brother is a big hero, okay?" Bell Tong laughed and thought that Samson Nan was lucky to have an adoring sister like herself. She put away her smile and covered her head with the blanket. "But he's your hero, not mine..." She murmured to herself, only audible to herself. ... Early the next morning, on Saturday. Samson Nan finished washing up and looked at himself in the mirror. Besides his hair being a bit longer, there seemed to be no difference from before. If there had to be a slight change, maybe it was that he was becoming more meddlesome. He walked over to their room and knocked three times. ... There was no response, are they still sleeping? He opened the door. There was only one person lying on the bed, sound asleep, and Bell Tong was missing. ... "Master Tong, Miss has come back!!" The maid sweeping the front door shouted with her loud voice as if she had won the lottery. "Miss?!" "Miss has returned?!" "Where? Where?!" With this shout, the entire Tong mansion exploded. From the kitchen to the servants, from the secretary to the butler, everyone dropped what they were doing and ran to the front door. "Miss, where have you been for the past half month? We were so worried!" "Aiyo, Miss, did you lose an arm or a leg?" The nervous maid felt her all over. "I'm not dead yet!" Bell Tong scolded. These servants had watched her grow up, so she naturally had feelings for them. She could feel their worries. "Dad, where's Dad?" "Master is... he's inside." "Take me to see him." "But..." "Huh, isn't this Xiao Ling? Which wind blew you here?" A familiar voice, and the crowd instantly split into two sides. "Which wind? The northwestern wind!" Bell Tong coldly snorted as she looked at her. This person was her 'stepmother', Min Fang Lan. "Hehe, your temper is still so stubborn~ Come in and sit." Sit inside? It should have been her home. In the air, apart from Min Fang Lan's annoying laughter, no one spoke. "Who are you? Where's my dad?" The only one not afraid of her was probably Bell Tong."Is there something you can't say to your mom? Hehe."

"Mom? Are you worthy of being called that!"

Although Bell Tong didn't have a mom and didn't know what it felt like to have one, she believed that her idea of a "mom" was definitely not like this...

Moreover, her smile was nauseating.

"Really, still so impolite, no manners~"

"Oh, I forgot~ You don't have a mom, so where would you learn manners? Hehe."

Every inch of her face seemed to be mocking to the fullest extent.

"You ** go die!"

Bell Tong couldn't take it anymore and kicked towards her!

It was better to let her die than to suffer in silence.

"Miss!"

"Miss, you can't do this!!"

Servants and butlers rushed to stop her.

"What? Can't win the argument so resort to violence, truly a wild person. I bet your mom is the same, right?"

Min Fanglan said, leaning down and speaking into her ear:

"No wonder the Master... doesn't want you."

"**!"

Bell Tong went crazy, struggling with all her might to free one hand, and slapped Min Fanglan across the face.

Smack!

"Haha! Very good, all of you saw it, this wild girl was the first to resort to violence!!"

Min Fanglan wiped her slightly swollen face, arrogantly smiling:

"Let's see how the Master deals with you!"

Smack!

A crisp sound.

Under everyone's gaze, Min Fanglan was flung out and fell to the ground, a person's length away.

Everyone was dumbfounded, no one dared to speak, chaos erupted, the only question was, who did it?

"Bell Tong"

A clear and steady voice, calm and composed.

Bell Tong raised her head and saw Samson Nan's clean and stern face.

"Didn't you eat? You don't even know how to fight?"