Dust Pavilion?

"Aunty's food is still the best" after a sumptuous meal, the little girl rubbed her slightly protruding belly and complimented.

"Really?" Yu Xiao Yan asked playfully, looking as the little girl wiped her mouth and hands with a napkin. Every of her movement, even her expression, no different from that of a grown up. The scene was cute, at the same time it elicited pity. With a family like the prestigious Ye family and a father like Ye Haoran, she had been groomed so strictly that she lost every ounce of her childishness.

"mmm even the cook at home can't cook like aunty" Lingling answered seriously.

Yu Xiao Yan chuckled heartily and gave the girl's cheek a slight pinch "little girl you have such a sweet mouth" after this, she stood up and began clearing the plates out.

As Yu Xiao Yan was busy cleaning up the dining and Kitchen, Lingling took the chance to have a tour round the house. Although she had been with Yu Xiao Yan all day, she had not been past the parlour. After leaving that restaurant, they spent the whole morning shopping for groceries and when they came back, she accompanied Yu Xiao Yan to do some gardening and eventually when the sky began to turn musky, they went to the kitchen to fix their dinner. She had really not been in any part of the house at all, apart from the Kitchen and sitting room.

The house comprised of only two rooms and a study, so it wasn't that big but at least it was bigger than those other low cost houses. With her short little legs, she moved from one room to another, she didn't take much time looking through the guest room and study room cause Yu Xiao Yan had really not been putting them to any use so there were nothing much to see. Instead she took more time going through Yu Xiao Yan's room as she carefully studied the furnitures and then the at pieces on the wall.

She stepped into the walk-in wardrobe and carefully skimped through Yu Xiao Yan collections of clothes and accessories A glimmer of light flashed through her eye as she noticed everything was from one brand. From the casual looking slippers to the unsophisticated looking piece of dresses, the glasses, trousers, jacket and even accessories like Wristwatch and necklaces were all unexpectedly specially custom made from a particular brand.

"Givenchy" She mutter knowingly to herself.

"You seem to know a lot about fashion" A slight voice rang out from the doorway.

Lingling turned to see Yu Xiao Yan standing at the door. She was leaning on the door post lazily but her eyes carried immense energy than one could fathom.

Yu Xiao Yan had stood there for a while watching the little kid Punder through her things with a serious look on her small cut face. With that look, she looked like a small Sherlock Holmes looking for an evidence in a stack of material or most closely, a jewel appraiser trying to appraise a jewel worth a billion dollars. If it were someone else looking through her things like this Kid, Yu Xiao Yan would have suspected that the person had ulterior motive but the girl was just too cute to hold any other motive. Plus the girl seemed to have a liking towards fashion for her to have been able to tell what brand these clothes were from. Unknowingly she had just completed a fit that most popular Socialites l would not be able to do.

"I'm usually very bored at home so I can only spend time watching fashion shows and looking through countless fashion articles and magazine." Lingling explained with an accomplished expression.

"well now that you've had your fashion spree, it's time to go to bed" She said and directly led the little girl back to the bedroom. She helped the girl take her night bath then also changed her clothes to the cute muffin pajamas she had bought for her earlier in the day.

As if counting the ceiling tops, the girl had her eyes opened even after a long time of lying down. Yu Xiao Yan had finished typing on her phone when she noticed the girl blinking at her idly.

She showed a helpless look. "Hey pumpkin, do you want to hear a bedtime story?" She had heard telling kids bedtime stories helped them sleep well, perhaps a story would help the girl fall asleep. As if she had been waiting for the question, the girl nodded her head repeatedly.

"okay then, I'll tell you the story of Little Red Riding Hood" The girl nodded once again and tucked herself into the blanket further with only her head popping out like a sausage wrapped in bread. Yu Xiao Yan could not resist chuckling. She laid down next to the girl and began her story.

"Once upon a time..." She had barely finished telling the story when the sounds of soft breathing echoed from beside her. The girl's eyes were closed, she was out like a light.

Later in the middle of the night...

The moonlight was as cool as water. The subtle glow lightened the features of the Earth, everything seemed to be in a standstill. A girl in a pale white nightdress could be seen standing on a little balcony exposed to the clear rays of the shining moon.

"Did you find anything?" her voice poured into the phone placed against her ears. Against the silent night, it sounded much more clear than running waters. Sweet and appealing especially with the lazy tone it had to it.

"Yes Sis Xifeng, Although it isn't really important I still thought you should see it so I sent it to the dust pavilion" a rigid feminine voice rang out of the cell phone in her hand.

Dust pavilion?

Yu Xiao Yan's eyebrows twitched uncomfortably when she heard this name. She couldn't help put pinch the space between her eyebrows.

"Why Dust pavilion? couldn't you have sent it to anywhere else?"

"I'm sorry Sis but that's the only place I could think of. Plus Elder sister has been bugging me a lot lately, she is keen on seeing you" The reply came in a sincere and apologetic tone.

"aye Little shadow, even you are now helping your big sis Hua to trap me ehn?" Yu Xiao Yan complained exhaustedly. The mere thought of going to Dust pavilion tired her, especially when she knew that somebody was hoping to see her.

"I dare not Sis Xifeng!" The girl on the phone immediately defended herself.

"it's okay. I'll be busy for the next few weeks and won't be able to check the package, so just carry on with whatever you are currently doing till I check it" She spent few more minutes giving instructions to the person on the phone before hanging up.

Yu Xiao Yan dug out a cigarette from the packet in her hand, she moved to light it but then knowingly turned to look at the little bun sleeping peacefully in the bed. She sighed and dropped the cigarette back. Staring at the lonely sky, she stood at the balcony for quite a while.

The Little bun who was assumed to have been sleeping opened her eyes. A curious gaze overtook her eyes as she looked at the single figure still looking into the starless sky. In the end the She didn't stare for long then she closed her eyes and went back to laying like a log on the bed.