The Female Lead Wants Me to Take My Medicine [Quick Transmigration] 27p1

Chapter 27p1: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 27

At four-thirty in the afternoon, Ni An timed her trip to the bathroom to touch up her makeup. She reapplied her lipstick, admired herself in the mirror for a while, and nodded with satisfaction.

This makeup was also suitable for watching a movie tonight. She just needed to change her clothes when she got home.

She returned to her desk, unplugged three fully charged power banks, a laptop, two mobile phones, and a wireless earbud charging case, and neatly packed them into her bag.

Standing in front of her desk, she thought for a moment and put the two unopened packs of tissues next to the computer into her backpack as well.

Ni An: “I almost forgot this. I’m out of tissues at home, and the ones I bought haven’t arrived yet.”

After packing everything, she hummed a song and went to Xi Congshuang’s office, waiting for her boss’s order to get off work.

Xi Congshuang was sitting behind her desk, staring at her phone in silence.

After being rejected for three consecutive days for a ride home from school, Xi Congshuang was finally sure that Cheng Zhishu was intentionally avoiding her.

The phone screen displayed the chat history from the past few days.

[Orange]: Sister, you can go home first after work. I’m going to buy new practice books with Shangguan Yin today.

Snowflake: Okay, be careful on your way.

The next day.

[Orange]: Sister, you can go home first today too. I’m going to Shangguan Yin’s house to explain a few problems to her.

Today.

[Orange]: Sister, go home first.

The first two days, she had an excuse to fool her. Today, there wasn’t even an excuse.

Snowflake: What’s Shangguan Yin looking for you for today?

A notification sound came from the phone, a message had arrived.

Shangguan Yin, who was correcting her test paper, suddenly felt a chill down her back and let out a big sneeze. She rubbed her nose and said in confusion, “Hmm? Did I catch a cold?”

Cheng Zhishu, who was staring at her phone: “…”

She glanced at the oblivious Shangguan Yin next to her and typed guiltily, “Recently, the teacher has formed English groups based on students’ grades to practice speaking with each other. I have to wait for the other group members to finish their tasks before I can leave.”

Not wanting Shangguan Yin to carry the burden unknowingly, Cheng Zhishu painfully deleted the three words “Shangguan Yin” and typed “group members.”

The so-called English group was a group of two. The group member who couldn’t complete the task was the subject-biased Shangguan Yin.

She could score 148 in math and 120 in Chinese, but her English was terrible, no matter what. As a result, she was at the bottom of the class in terms of grades.

“Uh… aba, abandon, yes, yes, abandon…” Shangguan Yin scratched her hair, struggling to spell out the word.

A moment later, Cheng Zhishu received a message.

“…”

For some reason, Cheng Zhishu suddenly felt that it was not okay at all.

She almost wanted to edit the message to ask Xi Congshuang to stay, then abandon Shangguan Yin, who could only fluently spell out “abandon,” and go home with her schoolbag.

But she couldn’t. She was afraid that seeing Xi Congshuang would expose her thoughts, and she wouldn’t be able to resist asking about the progress of her marriage intentions.

And in what capacity could she ask this question?

“Sigh…” Cheng Zhishu turned off her phone.

***

On the other side, in the office.

The song in her heart was about to reach its climax when it was interrupted by Xi Congshuang’s sudden question.

“Ni An.”

Ni An: “I’m here.”

“If the person you’ve adopted has always been very clingy to you, tells you everything, and you have a very good relationship because of it. Then one day, she suddenly distances herself from you without any warning. What do you think the reason would be?”

Adopted?

Ni An, who had keenly caught the keyword, thought of the little girl who was like the sun. Her boss must be talking about her.

That should be a younger sister, right?

Ni An, an only child with no younger sister: “Uh, this…”

She thought hard. But as an all-around assistant, she should be responsible for solving any of her boss’s problems.

Xi Congshuang, also an only child, looked up, waiting for her answer.

Ni An racked her brains. “Maybe it’s because she’s growing up and feels she needs some private space. And a high school student like Little Sister Cheng must have a lot of friends to hang out with.”

Xi Congshuang: “…”

Ni An’s confidence gradually dwindled. “And because she’s hanging out with her friends, it gradually squeezes out the time she spends with her family. When I was in high school and college, I spent the least amount of time with my family.”

Xi Congshuang: “…You were like this in high school too?”

Ni An’s confidence grew a tiny bit. “Yes.”

No answer came from the other side, but a silence so long that Ni An couldn’t breathe.

Finally, she heard Xi Congshuang’s voice from the other end of the desk. “So that’s how it is.”

“It’s time. Let’s get off work.”

The heart that had been in Ni An’s throat quietly dropped. She was glad that she hadn’t blurted out the words “puppy love.”

High school, a time of rich emotions and budding romance. It’s normal to have puppy love.

But she hadn’t expected her boss to be the strict type when it came to family education. She had probably saved Little Sister Cheng’s life.

Xi Congshuang walked in front, taking the elevator downstairs with her assistant, which would go directly to the underground garage.

Inside the elevator, Assistant Ni clenched her fists, feeling that she had had a very reliable day.

After returning home, Xi Congshuang ate as usual, went upstairs to wash up, finished the rest of her work, and finally read a book.

These days, Cheng Zhishu wouldn’t come home for dinner, so Little Liu didn’t save her a meal, only preparing desserts and fruits in the refrigerator.

According to her schedule, Xi Congshuang would take a shower half an hour after dinner.

She was used to reading before bed, but it wasn’t time yet. She was currently dealing with boring work on her computer.

“Buzz—” A message came.

Xi Congshuang reached for her phone. The screen lit up. After seeing the three words “Xi Hanran,” she put the phone down directly.

She was not in the mood to open it.

A new project had recently been handed to her, and Xi Hanran had been jumping up and down for several days because of it.

So she had been sending her messages these past few days, talking about nothing, as if by doing so, Xi Congshuang would be delayed in her work from chatting for too long, and the project completion would not be as perfect.

The buzzing of the phone annoyed her. Xi Congshuang flipped the silent switch.

“Needs private space.” Xi Congshuang leaned back in her chair and repeated Ni An’s words in a low voice.

She closed her eyes, letting the light from the computer screen shine on her face.

She had almost forgotten that people needed private space. No one would expose everything about themselves to others without reservation.

“Congshuang, what are you doing? How can you watch this kind of video? It’s all my fault for not educating you well, for letting your thoughts go astray.”

“What did I watch, Mom? I just accidentally clicked on it.”

“But the account history shows that you watched it for over an hour. You dragged the progress bar three times at the climax. Who introduced you to this?”

“I wanted to watch it myself. No matter how many of my friends you ask, I will only have one answer. I watched it myself.”

“Good, very good. I will contact the engineers to deal with the internet at home and have them filter out these useless things. The future heirs of our two families don’t need to watch these unnutritious things. It will ruin you.”

What happened after that?

The spirited young girl had argued with her mother. The scene on the surveillance had attracted her father, who was working overtime at the company, and the two of them had lectured her about her recent mistakes.

You’ve regressed. You’ve disappointed us. You are our pride. You shouldn’t be like this.

If it were the current Xi Congshuang, she would have coldly had the bodyguards escort them out and politely and distantly say that she would visit them next time.

But the teenage Xi Congshuang was much simpler. She would have thrown everything within her sight, trying to prove her resistance with a hysterical attitude.

Then everything would have fallen to the ground with a dull “thud!”

“Thud!”

Xi Congshuang opened her eyes and looked at the wall connecting to the next room. She quickly made a judgment. Cheng Zhishu was back.

The evidence was the lit-up balcony. The lights in the next room were on.

Cheng Zhishu bent down and carefully picked up the fallen chair and set it upright. She listened carefully but couldn’t hear any sound.

She let out a breath and set the chair upright. She didn’t think her schoolbag was that heavy. How did it knock the chair over?

On the other side of the wall, Xi Congshuang put her hands back on the computer keyboard and typed.

It’s fine. It should be like this.

Maintaining the status quo is good.

***