The Villain’s Mother

Chapter 34 – “Alright then. You have to be good at home too. Listen to dad.” (3)

Young children would still yearned for the outside world, but the neighboring area around the Song family’s small villa didn’t have many children playing outside. And so, during summer break, Little Wang didn’t really have anyone to play with in the area near his parents’ home.

That’s one of the reasons why he liked to visit his grandparents. His grandparents lived in a neighborhood that had been built a few years ago. Since the homes here were cost-effective, there were many people living here. In addition, because the two-child policy had been implemented, it was easy to find children his age to play with right outside his grandparents’ apartment.

Original translation is from fuyuneko dot org. If you’re reading this elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.

Father Ruan and Mother Ruan would always carefully watch him. After a child in their neighborhood had gotten lost, they became even more careful. Wherever Little Wang went, they would follow after him. They definitely wouldn’t let their grandson wander off and leave their line of sight.

It wasn’t too hot today or yesterday. After finishing lunch, Little Wang wanted to go outside to play with his little friends.

“Mom, want to go outside and play together with me??” Little Wang was holding his new toy. He was going to bring it out and show it off to his little buddies. When he was changing from house slippers to sneakers, he turned to look at Ruan Xia. She was lying on the couch and playing games on her phone.

Ruan Xia waved her hand. “I’m really tired, so I won’t be going. You should go. You have to listen to your grandparents. Don’t get into trouble.”

The chubby kid felt somewhat disappointed. “Alright then. You have to be good at home too. Listen to dad.”

Ruan Xia: “…”

Still, after Father Ruan and Mother Ruan took their grandson outside to play, she and Song Tingshen left were the only ones left in the apartment.

Ruan Xia could’t stand high temperatures. It was the same even after she had transmigrated. During summer, she wanted nothing more than to stay inside in an air-conditioned home.

Lying in an air-conditioned room, playing games and browsing Weibo on her phone, and eating watermelon. This is the life.

She didn’t have any special feelings about being alone with Song Tingshen.

To put it another way, she didn’t pay attention to Song Tingshen’s existence, and Song Tingshen probably felt the same way about her. Neither person bothered the other. They had a very good mutual understanding.

Once Ruan Xia had finished browsing on Weibo, she turned on the TV to look for a movie or TV show to watch. After flipping through the channels, she landed on a horror movie.

Getting chills from watching horror movies was simply the best way to relieve the summer heat.

Ruan Xia felt somewhat excited. She wasn’t scared of watching horror movies, but there were very few good horror movies. However, a good horror movie was better than most other genres of movies and TV shows.

She glanced at Song Tingshen. Seeing that he was focused on his tablet, she politely asked, “Do you mind if I watch TV?”

Song Tingshen didn’t even look up. “I don’t mind.”

When she thought about it, it made sense. A person like him shouldn’t have a problem blocking out any distractions.

Because of his answer, Ruan Xia unpaused the movie without worries.

But, before doing that, she closed the curtains, hugged a pillow, moved around on the couch until she settled into the most comfortable sitting position, and turned her full attention to the movie. There was also water next to her and watermelon and snacks on the coffee table.

The ability of horror moves to render a certain mood was first-rate: the ominous background music as well as the voices…

Song Tingshen felt his eyes were getting somewhat tired. Right after looking up from his tablet screen to rest his eyes, he saw the the female ghost’s terrifying face on the TV screen.

If Ruan Xia had been paying attention to him, she would notice that Song Tingshen suddenly had a shortness of breath.