Mo Yinhe’s heart, after what felt like a long, harsh winter, finally welcomed the first light of spring, the glaciers within him thawing.
He cooked a bowl of beef noodles and carried it upstairs.
There had been a time when his sweetheart loved to pester him after they made love, forcing him to go to the kitchen and whip up a midnight snack as a proper reward for her.
She even demanded that he feed her personally.
Si Mingjing took two cold showers in quick succession, then climbed into bed.
Closing my eyes, I can still feel him pressing me into his embrace. It’s too real to dispel. Damn it!
She gritted her teeth, regretting the rash treatment plan she had devised. How could I have been so foolish, so out of my mind, as to let him touch me! And I even felt sorry for him! Crazy! This man is toxic!
Even the jealous Demon King in her heart didn’t leap out, no longer asserting his machismo in her mind.
Could it be that his arrogance has been suppressed by Mo Yinhe?
Si Mingjing turned over, forcing herself to think of something else, but her thoughts kept getting derailed. I’m doomed! I prescribed him medicine for three days, which means I still have to go and apply the treatment by touch tomorrow night and the night after!
She pulled the blanket fiercely over her head. My brain must have sprung a leak! The heavens truly want to doom me, Si Mingjing! No, I need to take another cold shower!
It was December, a world of ice and snow outside. Even with the heating cranked up indoors, she wouldn’t be able to keep this up much longer.
Early the next morning, warm dawn light spilled from the window onto the bed. Si Mingjing clutched the blankets, feeling no desire to get up.
Last night, I took five cold showers!
But as an alien girl newly arrived on Earth, she needed to register her residency and obtain an ID card on this planet.
Government officials handling her settlement had arranged for her to go to the Song family’s home today to retrieve the property deed.
The Song family villa had originally been her mother’s premarital property, but it was now the Song family estate. If she wanted to establish her residency at the villa under her mother’s name, she first had to get the property deed from the Song family.
It goes without saying that the Song family won’t easily hand over the property deed for me to register my residency and get an ID card.
Besides, her mother had told her that her father was not Song Tengfei.
Si Mingjing allowed herself to linger in bed for a mere three seconds before getting up. I have to find a way to make Song Tengfei hand over that deed.
「Around nine in the morning.」
Accompanied by two government officials, Si Mingjing arrived at the Song family’s villa. She looked up, scrutinizing the imposing three-story structure.
Her mother had said this was the first villa she bought in the Imperial Capital. It was meticulously chosen: a house in a good school district. The neighboring streets boasted the best kindergarten, elementary, and middle schools in the entire Imperial Capital. It was an excellent location, selected with a child’s education in mind.
Yet, Si Mingjing had grown up wild and untamed on Prison Star. The one enjoying the privileges of the school district house was the daughter of Song Tengfei and his new wife, Fang Jing—a five-year-old girl who attended the same kindergarten as Ye Nianbai.
Earlier that morning, when she took Xiaobai to school, Si Mingjing had seen Fang Jing dropping off her daughter at the kindergarten gate.
Judging by her appearance, Fang Jing’s temperament seemed quite similar to Si Mingjing’s mother. Her mother had been a strong, naturally proud woman, yet Fang Jing appeared capable of being deferential and yielding, a very gentle and demure woman.
A government official named Li Zhi pressed the doorbell while making small talk with her.
"Miss Si," he said, "your mother has passed away, so we cannot directly prove your maternal relationship. Currently, the only person who can verify your identity is your father, Song Tengfei. We will conduct a paternity test for you and him. As long as the results confirm a father-daughter relationship, you can register your residency at this villa and then obtain your ID card."
Si Mingjing remained unperturbed, her eyes calm and composed. "Understood. I will cooperate with the paternity test. I trust that... the truth cannot be faked."