It was the summer of eleven years old.
His mother had been selected from the many governesses and honored to be the H-Wen teacher for the youngest master of the Rong Clan, and Ji Ning had followed his mother to move into the magnificent Rong Clan mansion.
The old Rong Clan mansion had stood for nearly a hundred years, and although it had been renovated several times, the inside had long since decayed, just like this family that looked luxurious and honorable on the outside, slowly rotting away where outsiders couldn’t see it. Rong Sheng was the youngest son of the family, and there were four brothers above him, so he did not have any inheritance rights. The family fed and clothed him as a matter of routine, provided him with a basic education, and then kicked him out the door when he came of age so that he would not compete with his eldest brother for the family fortune and provide the media with sibling rivalry punchlines.
When Ji Ning met Rong Sheng, his elder brother, who had already reached adulthood, beat up a servant in front of him and called them both “born lowly seeds”.
It was well known that Rong Sheng was born to the head of the Rong family and the cook.
Rong Sheng was ordered not to leave, through the doorway, Ji Ning watched this sixteen year old boy back straight, behind the back of the hand clenched into a fist. His mother had died early, and no one in the family had stood up for him, so at a young age he had learned to hold back and smile at all the insults.
That’s why his teeth clenched with hatred, but he still echoed his eldest brother, “Well struck, such a lowly creature doesn’t deserve sympathy.”
As soon as his words left his mouth, he heard a “thud” from behind him.
He turned back, and there was a tiny boy collapsed in the doorway.
“Sorry, sorry!” Ji Ning rubbed his head and climbed to his feet, smiling sarcastically at the people in the room, “I was hungry, so I wanted to find something to eat, sorry, I went to the wrong door. By the way, I’m Ji Ning who moved here today, and my mom is the new H-Wen teacher.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Rong Sheng. Rong Sheng’s gaze gradually became complicated, he thought, this silly little guy, he wanted to relieve himself but did it a little too obviously.
What’s more, he must not know how serious the consequences would be if he interrupted his big brother’s pleasure.
But the always brutal son of the Rong family spoke in a rare, conciliatory voice: “Oh, you want to find something to eat?”
Ji Ning climbed to his feet, childishly patting the dust on his pants, and responded, “Yeah.”
“Then I’ll take you to find it, okay?” Rong Sheng’s big brother revealed an impish smile.
“No need, big brother.” Ji Ning smiled as if embarrassed, pointing at Rong Sheng, “Just ask the older brother over there to take me.”
“Oh?” Rong Sheng’s elder brother smiled meaningfully, “Sheng, then you can take him there.”
Rong Sheng bowed and respectfully retreated. It wasn’t until he entered the kitchen that he turned around and looked at the child who was a small half body shorter than himself.
“The next time my big brother scolds an underling, you don’t care.” He said.
Ji Ning blinked, “Shouldn’t you be saying thank you at this point?”
Rong Sheng choked and said, “Alright, thanks.But I’m not joking with you, my big brother this person ……”
For some reason, it was clear that the two had only met for the first time, but Rong Sheng had an excellent impression of this child. He was originally a man of few words, but at this moment, he was like a housekeeper’s aunt who kept on shredding.
“I know.” Ji Ning pouted, covering his ears and screaming, “I don’t care next time, okay? It’s because it’s you I’m the one who pulled the trigger!”
Rong Sheng froze for a moment, hearing an eleven year old child use words like “pulling a sword to help” made him a little powerless.
“Why?” He asked.
Ji Ning revealed an expression that said, “Are you stupid?” “Because you’re my mom’s student, so we’re on the same side.”
Rong Sheng laughed.
He rarely smiled, whether it was in his teenage years or in the future when he held the power of the Rong Clan, his smiles were rare, and every time they were followed by thunderous anger.
At this moment, however, facing Ji Ning, his smile was genuine, simply because he was happy.
He pulled out half a box of cake from the refrigerator and handed it over with his knife and fork, “Eat.”
Ji Ning opened the box and directly skimmed a piece of cream with his fork and stuffed it into his mouth, “So sweet.”
Rong Sheng looked at the beautiful boy with red lips and white teeth in front of him, and for the first time in his life, he felt that his heart was going to melt.
“Eat more if you like it.” He said, “It’s all for you.”
Ji Ning’s eating was very childish, he first ate the top layer of cream, the cream was finished before he bit into the bottom layer of cake blanks with a bitter face like he was taking medicine. Rong Sheng couldn’t help but look at him and said, “Forget it if you don’t want to eat it, I’ll eat it for you.”
Ji Ning laughed, handed him the fork, watched him devour the cake, and asked, “Brother Rong Sheng, does your brother often beat people like this?”
Rong Sheng’s chewing paused and nodded.
“Then does he beat me like this too?” Ji Ning’s voice became smaller, he was a little scared.
“No.” Rong Sheng raised his head, “I will protect you.”
“Hmm?” Ji Ning came over, his deer-like eyes fluttering as he looked at him, “Will you always protect me?”
“Yes, I will always protect you.” Rong Sheng’s gaze was crystal clear, with a firmness that he could bet his life on, “As long as you still call me brother, I will always protect you.”
…… Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng, you said it, you will always protect me.
Ye Ling gently opened his mouth, wanting to call out that person’s name, but he couldn’t make any sound.
“Always,” “forever,” “for the rest of my life.”……
That is only something that a child would believe.
The body seemed to be floating and sinking in the sea, the consciousness was hazy and confused, and many thoughts were fleeting. In a trance, there seemed to be a pair of arms gently holding his shoulders, and those two familiar lips came up and tenderly plundered his breath.
“Ning Ning ……”
Someone was calling him, and he wanted to respond, but just as he opened his mouth, his voice was once again taken away.
A flexible tongue licked his mouth, traveling between his lips at will. This gentle and loving kiss made him gradually remember everything before he passed out.
Rong Sheng, the supposedly dead Rong Sheng appeared in front of him ghost-like. In the midst of the confusion, he only remembered desperately dragging Ye Rui forward and running until the crowd dispersed their father and son.
Then he himself went black and didn’t know anything else.
“Brother Sheng,” he gently turned his head away, trying to avoid the too lingering kiss, “Is it you?”
“It’s me, Ning.” His head was gently wrenched over, and a peck once again landed on the corner of his lips, “You’re awake?”
Ye Ling opened his eyes. Everything around him was unfamiliar, it was like he was lying in a hotel room, surrounded by cold and gloomy furnishings and furniture.
“Where’s Rui Rui?” He asked between gasps.
Rong Sheng didn’t answer, only probing his tongue deeper, sealing his ill-timed question.
Ye Ling then knew that Rui Rui did not fall into Rong Sheng’s hands.
Great ……
He obediently opened his mouth to meet that impatient breath. Rong Sheng’s hands roamed around him, and he cooperated by stretching out his arms and grabbing Rong Sheng’s lapel.
The air was filled with ambiguous scent, Rong Sheng kissed Ye Ling wantonly, as if he wanted to make up for the long years of separation in one go.He tore at Ye Ling’s lips, squeezing the breath out of him until Ye Ling’s fingers clenched in his chest, only then did he lick and kiss downward, biting on the knot of Ye Ling’s throat ……
— Suddenly, a burst of vigor violently pounded into his chest!
Rong Sheng was so engrossed in the kiss that his reaction was stagnant for a moment, and he was punched in the chest and fell straight out. Ye Ling leapt up, the misty hazel color in his eyes seemed as if it had never existed, replaced by sharpness and sternness. He got out of bed with his clothes and went straight to the door of the room, not expecting to just take two steps, his ankles tightened violently, and in the next moment, he was dragged back by a force of life.
He did not return, turned around and punched. However, the other party was already prepared, and steadily took this punch. Ye Ling’s heart was fierce, sweeping his leg over, and the two of them fought back and forth, twisting and fighting.
In the confusion, Ye Ling didn’t know what he grabbed in his hand and smashed Rong Sheng’s head. Rong Sheng was in pain, clutched Ye Ling’s hand for a moment to relax, was Ye Ling kicked hard, out of the way. He knew that with Rong Sheng practicing sparring and taekwondo for many years, this heavy blow did not buy him much time, so he directly ran towards the door, however, when he ran to the door he realized that the door was locked.
A combination lock, a full eight-digit combination lock.
Eyes tightening, he lowered his head and entered Rong Sheng’s usual password as fast as he could.
Error.
Ye Ling panted heavily, just now a fight, let him solidly received a few punches from Rong Sheng. The man’s fist is not vegetarian, when his third brother for the capture of family property, with people to kill the door, Rong Sheng side plus Ye Ling total of five people, the face of the twenty people of the siege did not lose the wind, the last Rong Sheng a hook punch, and even hit the third brother rupture of the spleen, the force of that fist can be seen.
Calm, calm …… Ye Ling took a deep breath and changed eight numbers.
Still wrong.
A rustling sound sounded behind him, and Ye Ling knew that it was Rong Sheng who had climbed up from the ground.
His fingers trembled uncontrollably, and with almost all his breath, he entered a new password on the keyboard.
…… It was still wrong.
The combination lock issued a sharp alarm, the system automatically turned on the protection system, and the next time the password was entered, it could only be ten minutes later.
Ye Ling slammed the door panel in despair.
Behind her, came the sound of gradually looming footsteps.