Chapter 140

Zhong Ning glanced at her, her expression very calm, yet her eyes carried a hint of lifelessness.

Was it that she didn’t like playing? No, it was that she couldn’t play at all!

In this world, no one loved lying flat more than her, but life forced her to become a striver.

“Tsk tsk, how miserable you are,” Fu Nanshuang sighed. In truth, she herself wasn’t exactly relaxed either. “Oh right, my mom is pregnant again. From what I’ve heard, it seems they think it’s a bit difficult for me to take over two companies on my own, so they plan to have another child.”

“What were they doing before, honestly? I’m already over twenty, and only now they think about having another one. Then what was the point of me working myself to the bone, learning so many things? Wasn’t it all for nothing?”

She wanted to complain a bit more, but once she saw her friend’s expression, she couldn’t help but feel amused. After much effort, she managed to suppress her laughter.

Sitting in the car, Zhong Ning started typing furiously on her laptop, continuing all the way until they reached the destination. She didn’t leave the laptop in the car either, but carried it down with her.

The gathering was, as usual, paid for by Zhong Zinuan. She was more than willing to build up her generous persona.

It was worth mentioning that the student council vice president position ended up with two people: Fu Nanshuang and Zhong Zinuan shared the role.

The previous president had felt it was difficult to decide. Both of them were capable and powerful, not easy to choose between, and not easy to offend either. So in the end, they both took the position together.

The other members had no objections, so that was how it was settled.

The gathering was held in a villa specifically rented for parties. Everyone was eating, drinking, and having fun, while Zhong Ning sat off to the side with her laptop, typing away, looking very out of place.

Most people knew she was a rich second-generation heiress, destined to inherit the family business, so no one said she was unsociable. Zhong Zinuan, however, didn’t think so. She swayed over with a face full of disapproval. “Little Ning, everyone’s playing, why are you still holding onto a laptop? It’s really inappropriate.”

“If you have something to work on, can’t you do it at home? Doing this here will affect others.”

Zhong Ning didn’t even raise her head. “I see everyone’s quite happy. No one seems to be affected by me, and no one thinks it’s inappropriate.”

Zhong Zinuan looked at her helplessly, as though looking at a naughty child in her own family. She spoke earnestly: “Little Ning, you’re grown up now, and you don’t even listen to your elder sister anymore?”

“This gathering is meant for having fun and bonding with each other. But you’re sitting here all alone, that’s unsociable. Quickly put away your laptop. What are you doing that has to be so urgent? Can’t it wait?”

Zhong Ning finally raised her head, gave her a glance, and smiled faintly. “Ah, it’s nothing much. Assistant Hua just gave me a task, to write a development proposal for the mall’s future.”

She said casually, “It’s due on Monday. I just need to wrap it up.”

Zhong Zinuan’s face darkened.

She wasn’t exactly strong in attack, but she definitely had a weak defense. The greedier she became, the more she wanted, the greater her emotional swings.

When she saw her own proposals being rejected while Zhong Ning, whom she usually looked down upon, was repeatedly appreciated by Assistant Hua, how could she possibly swallow that?

She had originally come over to pick a fight with Zhong Ning, deliberately wanting to suppress her.

But Zhong Ning didn’t respond, nor was she like before, when she’d explode at the slightest spark like a firecracker. Instead, she even threw a backhanded jab at her.

Zhong Zinuan lifted the corner of her mouth. Though she was smiling, with the light behind her, half of her eyes were hidden in shadow, making her appear icy cold.

Zhong Ning went on: “Don’t you need to write a new proposal? Assistant Hua told me the one you submitted before was completely unusable.”

Zhong Zinuan shot her a cold glance, said nothing, and walked away.

Zhong Ning didn’t care in the slightest. As soon as she left, she lowered her head and continued typing. At last, she finished the final touches before the buffet was completely eaten up.

Setting the laptop aside, she quickly got up and hurried to the dining room to grab food. It was Fu Nanshuang who remembered her, pulling her back with obvious distaste. “Anyone would think you hadn’t eaten for three days. I saved you a portion, just heat it up in the microwave.”

Zhong Ning: “Bestie, for life!”

Fu Nanshuang: “Go, go, go, hurry up and eat.”

After eating, she didn’t just sit to the side and stay out of group activities. Instead, she played with everyone for a while.

Someone like Zhong Ning easily drew attention and goodwill. If Xie Shiqing was the kind of person who won through sheer skill, then Zhong Ning was the pure, all-natural product.

Zhong Zinuan’s words were completely baseless. Except for those with ulterior motives, no one thought poorly of Zhong Ning, nor did they think that just because everyone was playing, her sitting with a laptop meant she was unsociable or trying to build a persona. Everyone understood.

Because Zhong Ning wasn’t that kind of person. If she said she was busy, then she truly was. And even so, she still came. That alone moved them.

Actually, it wasn’t like she had to come to the gathering. The president and several members had asked her if she didn’t have time, and told her it was fine if she left. There would be plenty of gatherings, missing one or two didn’t matter.

Some people came together, others separately. With a quick glance, about a third of them had asked and expressed concern.

It was nothing like what Zhong Zinuan said.

So when this person came deliberately to provoke her, Zhong Ning really found it funny.

The group kept playing, laughing, even singing songs with dancing. The student council truly was full of talent: some looked like their limbs refused to cooperate, some like celestial beings descending to the mortal world, some sounded like ghosts wailing, while others sang as if they had swallowed a lark. The raucous fun went on until ten o’clock.

Zhong Ning’s alarm rang. She rubbed her stomach, sore from laughing, and waved her hand. “I can’t, I really need to go home.”

Fu Nanshuang clicked her tongue beside her.

People in relationships truly had no nightlife.

When there was trouble, friends were the firmest support; when there was no trouble, friends were the biggest accident.

Originally it was nothing, but after Fu Nanshuang clicked her tongue, others also began giving meaningful looks. Zhong Ning, who usually prided herself on having thick skin, silently lowered her head, trying to use her hair to hide the flush on her face.

Being affectionate in public was one thing, since most people there were strangers. But being teased in front of acquaintances was an entirely different matter.

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