Chapter 253

This kind of thing was not a coincidence, nor had it happened only once or twice.

Xie Shiqing also had to admit that Zhong Ning was simply someone even more outstanding than she was.

She rarely fell into such confusion.

For her entire life, Xie Shiqing had held herself to the highest standards. Deep down, she had actually looked down on other people as well, believing that most of them were nothing more than mediocre fools—people in high positions, yet with poor minds.

Even as a blind person, she could effortlessly step over these people’s heads. If not for the limitations of her body, she would certainly have achieved even more brilliance than she had now.

She was undoubtedly arrogant, yet that arrogance had been shattered by one person.

Mentally and physically, she had lost completely.

Xie Shiqing lay flat, letting Zhong Ning hold her as though hugging a body pillow, one thigh thrown over her.

This person was someone who was used to sleeping in, extremely undisciplined, and not diligent at all—someone completely unrelated to the word hardworking.

Before long, Zhong Ning fell asleep.

There was no need for her to pretend to sleep. If she fell asleep, then she was truly asleep.

Xie Shiqing then gently turned over and lay with her back facing her. The other woman did not wake up; instead, she pulled out the arm that had been pinned underneath and turned around to straddle the big white goose plush pillow at her side.

A faint, ethereal cool fragrance drifted through the air; it was the scent on Zhong Ning’s body.

The room was so quiet it resembled a graveyard, with only the warmth from the person beside her and the soft sound of breathing remaining.

For a moment, Xie Shiqing did not even know where she should go from here.

Could she still want the Xie family? And even if she took it, what use would it be? She was no longer the strongest person in this field. If she could not stand at the very top, did her life still have any meaning?

What was more, she had learned so much and worked so hard for so long, to the point of practically forgetting food and sleep for work. But what about Zhong Ning? Every day she just played around, played games, relaxed, and threw frisbees with the dog. She could practically be described as someone who never attended to proper business.

And yet it was precisely such a person who possessed a talent she could never catch up to no matter what.

Xie Shiqing had once believed that she herself was the genius, the favored daughter of heaven. Only now did she understand that there was always someone better.

If she could not be the best, then what right did she have to keep living?

All the effort she had made in the past had turned into nothing but an illusion.

……

For several days in a row, Xie Shiqing lived in a dazed haze, obedient to an unbelievable degree.

But Zhong Ning began to feel that something was not quite right. It was true that she liked obedience, but what she wanted was the kind of obedience that was lively and full of vitality, not someone like a block of wood as she was now, dull and blank.

How did throwing up once end up damaging her brain too?

Zhong Ning knew that Xie Shiqing was someone with plenty of ideas. Not only did she not mind it, she actually liked the way this person had a few little schemes of her own. That made her vivid and interesting. She liked interesting people.

Now that her “temperament had suddenly changed drastically,” Zhong Ning instead found herself somewhat unable to make sense of it.

“What’s going on, are you in a bad mood?”

She was not the type to worry about so much. If there was a problem, she asked about it directly.

“Didn’t I say I don’t like that half-dead look? You’ve been listless every single day. Anyone who didn’t know better would think I was abusing you.”

Heaven had mercy on her, she had not even done anything these past two days!

For someone who had only just tasted sex and then learned the pleasure of it, what tremendous restraint this was!

Zhong Ning reached out and hauled her over, cupping her face in both hands. “Answer my question already. Why are you unhappy? Who upset you?”

Xie Shiqing sat there woodenly, not saying a single word.

Zhong Ning: Tsk.

“What exactly is going on? Say something!” She clapped both hands against her face and kneaded it all over. The person only parted her lips and softly uttered one sentence: “I’m sorry.”

Hah? Was that what she wanted to hear?

“Then you can just sulk by yourself!” Zhong Ning let go, tossed her aside, and stormed out the door.

What a joke. Could it be that she had to rush over to coax someone, lowering herself and acting humble? She had already asked several times. Zhong Ning felt she had already done more than enough.

“Pine Mushroom! Come on, come on, bring the frisbee.”

She went out with an unhappy expression, still muttering under her breath, “Would I feel heartache? She’s bottling things up herself, and even when I asked, she wouldn’t say anything. Am I her real mom? Or some roundworm in her stomach? What a joke. I’ve grown this big and I’ve never coaxed anyone!”

She snatched up the frisbee and flung it hard. “You want me to coax her? Don’t even think about it! Don’t I have a temper too? Why don’t you go ask around? There’s only ever been other people coaxing me, never me lowering myself to coax someone else!”

After catching the frisbee that Pine Mushroom brought back, she used all her strength to hurl it outward again, her face darker than a ditch. “She’s getting spoiled because of my favor, that’s what this is—relying on the fact that I like her to act spoiled and challenge my bottom line. Would I give in? Ha!”

She kicked the gravel on the ground away with one foot.

“……Unless she really has some unspeakable difficulty? Could it be her parents’ death anniversary is coming up?”

She took out her phone and poked the dependable Assistant Hua. “When was the car accident that killed those two from the Xie family?”

Assistant Hua replied in seconds: “June 28th.”

Several months had already passed by now!

The expression on Zhong Ning’s face, which had only just softened a little, darkened again.

What exactly was the reason!

They were all mature adults already. Could they at least have the good quality of being frank with each other and answering whenever asked?

How was she supposed to guess?

Zhong Ning stepped hard on the innocent lawn several times, then rushed back into the villa to find the butler. “Do you know the former Xie family’s old butler? Do you have her contact information?”

Michelle froze for a moment, but gave an affirmative answer.

As a butler, the number of contacts she had on hand was astonishing.

“Send me the number.”

The very next second, Zhong Ning received the phone number and WeChat account, and immediately made the call.

“Is this Butler Xie? I’m Zhong Ning. There are some things I want to ask you about, regarding Xie Shiqing. Do you have time right now?”

It was an extremely direct opening, and not polite at all.

At her current position, and with her present personality, when Zhong Ning spoke and acted, she absolutely did not look at other people’s expressions or worry about their feelings.

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