She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 1886: Chapter 32: Little Star

“Son, what do you think we should do? The two of us still can’t coax your sister.” This daughter had been utterly spoiled by her. “How about we make Gu Yunbo come back and kowtow to your sister to apologize?”

“No way!” Ping Qing refused flatly.

Zhu Meihua immediately got upset. “How can you, as her brother, take an outsider’s side?”

“Mom!” Ping Qing gave a wry smile. “How am I taking an outsider’s side? Do you really think having Gu Yunbo kneel to Simin will actually solve anything? She’ll just keep pressing her advantage, and if we really make Gu Yunbo do that, how are you and Dad supposed to show your faces in the family compound after?”

Zhu Meihua froze for a moment, then nodded under her breath. “We really can’t do that.” She still had big plans for Gu Yunbo!

“Then what about your sister?”

“Stop indulging her. Let her make a fuss if she wants.”

“This… then I’ll go in to work this afternoon.” She had taken leave from her unit.

“Okay, I happen to be on vacation, I’ll keep an eye on her.”

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The scene Ping Simin made after waking up at home spread again, and people on both sides heard about it. This time Gu Yunbo was completely famous. Early that morning, when Sister Fang came back from buying vegetables, she heard a lot of gossip.

Everyone was saying the Ping Family had taken in a white‑eyed wolf, and their tone was quite sympathetic toward Ping Simin.

Even more people praised Zhu Meihua’s character, saying she was upright and kind. Helping her good sister take care of her daughter, not the slightest bit biased—her own biological daughter had nearly been strangled to death, and she still insisted on protecting an adopted girl.

Most people really couldn’t do that.

“Is that Zhu Meihua really that good?” A cool, clear voice came from behind, startling Sister Fang so much she jumped as she was picking through the vegetables.

“Meng Fan, how do you walk without making a sound?”

“As a reconnoitre, how could I let the enemy notice me when I approach?”

“Yes, yes…” Thinking of Meng Fan made Sister Fang very happy. He truly was the President’s pride; even the old leaders way out in the Northwest District spoke of Meng Fan with endless praise.

“You done with your training? Hurry upstairs and take a shower.” Seeing him dressed so thinly, Sister Fang urged him upstairs. Of the two brothers in the Meng Family, the one she felt sorriest for was the eldest—ever since he was little, he’d carried the family’s honor and future on his shoulders.

No one knew just how much pressure he was under.

“Okay!”

Meng Fan went upstairs. When he passed the guest room, the door was tightly shut; ever since the little girl went in last night, she hadn’t come out. He knocked lightly, but there was no response from inside. Thinking of the little girl’s bold words yesterday at the Provincial Rescue Center, his sexy thin lips curved faintly.

Still just a little girl, what does she know!

Just as he was about to give up, the door suddenly opened, revealing Gu Yunbo’s just‑woken face behind it. Her hair was messy, her eyes still hazy with sleep.

“Meng Fan?” A trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and before Meng Fan, stunned and unprepared, could react, she threw herself into his arms.

The girl’s body carried a delicate, elegant scent, and its softness was something utterly different from a man’s. Meng Fan felt as if he’d been struck by lightning and stood there, dumbfounded.

“Little Star, I finally dreamed of you, I finally dreamed of you.” Her voice was broken and disordered, thick with the panic she’d kept buried in her heart for so long. Her thin arms clung tightly around his neck, her whole body pressed against his chest.

The steady beat of the man’s heart and his unique scent made Gu Yunbo even more dependent; she refused to let go no matter what.

“Little Star, every night I want to dream about you, but I’ve never managed it even once. Tell me, doesn’t that mean I’m useless?”

Gu Yunbo’s words turned Meng Fan’s ears scarlet.

She was calling him Little Star?

She was actually calling him Little Star!

Just picturing those three words coming out of her mouth made his handsome face flush even redder.