Chapter 31p1: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 32
The villa was located in the suburbs of An City, with a quiet and secluded environment. When it first opened, its selling point was a natural oxygen bar, a quiet place in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
Quiet was not expensive, but a quiet place in the midst of the hustle and bustle was worth paying for.
And there was a special mountain climbing path behind the villa. Walking up the mountain path, you could pass by a waterfall on the mountain. People often camped on the top of the mountain, waiting to see the sunrise.
Business should be good recently. When Xi Congshuang and her group arrived, there were already several cars parked in the parking lot.
Not long after they parked, Shangguan Yin also arrived, excitedly jumping out of the car and running towards them.
Seeing Cheng Zhishu standing by the car without moving, Shangguan Yin reached out to pull her arm. “What are you standing here for? Did you bring something you need to get?”
With this pull, Cheng Zhishu’s figure moved slightly, revealing Xi Congshuang in the car. She was holding Cheng Zhishu’s arm, probably interrupted in the middle of a conversation.
Hearing the voice, she looked at Shangguan Yin.
Their eyes met. Xi Congshuang’s gaze was calm.
For some reason, Shangguan Yin’s first reaction was to raise her hands and say obediently, “Miss Xi, Happy New Year.”
Xi Congshuang nodded. “Hmm, Happy New Year.”
Then, she let go of her hand and finished what she hadn’t said. “You and your friend go to the designated place and wait for me first. Don’t worry about me being bored. I’d quite like to see you fly a kite.”
Cheng Zhishu had no choice but to agree. Shangguan Yin stood at a distance, secretly looking at Xi Congshuang out of the corner of her eye.
These days, she had heard her brother mention Xi Congshuang’s name many times, half with relief and half with envy.
To sum it up: After a year, Xi Congshuang was back. Not only was she not seriously injured by her physical disability, her methods were even more decisive than before. Even old hands who had been in the business for many years were no match for her.
The relief was that her family’s business did not have to compete with the business segment Xi Congshuang was in charge of. Otherwise, she could only ask her sister to act cute and cry to Cheng Zhishu, asking Miss Xi to be merciful.
However, the Xi Congshuang Shangguan Yin saw was completely different from what her brother had described.
Gentle, mature, beautiful, and talkative.
But sometimes she liked to observe people. Usually, her gaze would follow Cheng Zhishu, and occasionally it would fall on her, her gaze thoughtful.
She didn’t know what she was curious about or what she was thinking.
Xi Congshuang: “Go ahead. I’ll be there in a moment. I’ll find you after I change.”
Xi Hanran in the passenger seat endured and endured, but finally couldn’t hold back. She rubbed the non-existent goosebumps on her arms. “She’s already eighteen. She’s not a water-soluble coffee. How could she disappear?”
Shangguan Yin, who was in a daze, was startled. Only then did she realize there was another person in the car. She remembered seeing her when they were looking for the missing Cheng Zhishu last year.
Her impression of her was that she had a quick temper, was prone to anger but didn’t hold grudges, but was quite cool.
She hadn’t expected her to be here too.
Cheng Zhishu smiled apologetically and explained the reason on the way. It was just that Xi Hanran had found out about it before they left. She happened to be annoyed by her good-for-nothing dad and had followed along without a second thought.
Shangguan Yin waved her hand. “It’s just a small matter. And the more the merrier.”
Anyway, they had booked a detached villa with plenty of rooms. Shangguan Yin didn’t mind having one more person.
Shangguan Yin planned it out. “I was a little worried that so many rooms with only four people would be a bit empty. I was a little scared, but now I don’t have that concern.”
“And we can have a barbecue together. I’ve already had someone prepare the ingredients and charcoal. It’ll be just enough.”
With her words, Cheng Zhishu felt a little more at ease.
The weather had been sunny and beautiful recently. The sky was clear, and the wind was not strong. The only thing was that the temperature was a little low, but everything else was perfect.
When Xi Congshuang came over after changing, the two on the lawn had already started running. Two similar swallows were flying among the colorful kites.
Besides them, there were also a few couples with children or lovers who had also taken a liking to this spacious lawn for a spring outing and kite flying.
As soon as Xi Congshuang arrived, Cheng Zhishu waved at her, jumping and shouting, her voice full of happiness. “Sister, look, my kite is flying.”
Not far from her, Shangguan Yin was running and shouting, staring at the unstable kite in horror.
“Orange, Orange, how do you fly a kite steadily? Help me, it’s, it’s, it’s going to fall!”
Cheng Zhishu had no choice but to go and save her with her own kite.
Xi Hanran dragged over a folding chair and sat down, her elbows on her knees, her hand cupping her chin. “I didn’t expect so many people to like this meaningless sport. Don’t you think it’s very childish to fly a kite at this age?”
After waiting for a while without hearing a reply from next to her, she turned to look.
Xi Congshuang was sitting peacefully in her wheelchair, her profile serene, her gaze fixed on the kites flying on the lawn.
She was so engrossed in watching Cheng Zhishu fly a kite that she hadn’t heard what Xi Hanran had said at all.
“…”
Xi Hanran looked at the people running on the grass, then at the silent Xi Congshuang. An idea popped into her head. “Do you want to fly a kite? I’ll buy you one too?”
“………”
Why don’t you listen to what you’re saying? Asking a cripple to fly a kite?
Even Xi Hanran couldn’t help but turn her face to the other side, covering her face with her hand, not daring to look at Xi Congshuang’s eyes.
Even if she didn’t have to look, it would definitely be that “only stupid people have endless things to say” look, as if she were looking at a barking dog.
Xi Congshuang smiled. “If you want to hang on a hang glider and fly, I can help you. The hanging type is really good. I’ll buy it for you.”
Xi Hanran had a gut feeling that this was not a good thing. She took out her phone to search and was stunned. “Why are you so cruel? If you don’t hold on tight, isn’t this just bungee jumping without a rope?”
Xi Congshuang let out a cold laugh. “Then you’d better hold on tight.”
Xi Hanran: “…”
Forget it. She had misspoken just now. She wouldn’t argue with Xi Congshuang.
She looked back at the people flying kites on the lawn. To be honest, the selling point of this natural oxygen bar was not just for show. Xi Hanran’s mood improved a lot, and her posture became lazy.
Only Xi Congshuang could maintain a proper posture even in a wheelchair.
She couldn’t quite remember what the former Xi Congshuang was like, but she remembered that her cousin and his wife were not strict with their children. She didn’t know where she had developed this habit.
Isn’t she tired of being so proper every day?
A strange voice came from beside her. “What’s tiring? I’m just sitting normally.”
It turned out that Xi Hanran had accidentally said what she was thinking out loud.
On the folding chair, Xi Hanran, who had almost twisted herself into a pretzel, fell silent. Ha, sitting normally. Why do I feel like she’s putting on an act?
Xi Hanran: “I remember we’re only two years apart, right?” Don’t I know what people of this age are like?
Xi Congshuang looked over, silent.
“You turn around and look at the kites.” Xi Hanran was creeped out by her gaze and quickly said.
Xi Congshuang turned around without a moment’s hesitation.
Not expecting her to be so decisive, Xi Hanran was stunned for a moment, then the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. What was with that look just now?
Although she had been upgraded from a dog to a human, looking at her with the eyes of looking at an idiot, this could not be comforting at all.
Xi Hanran: “Actually, I wanted to say…”
“Sister!” A running voice came from a distance. Cheng Zhishu was running towards them with a kite, her hair flying, the wind favoring her.
Cheng Zhishu, with a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, stopped in front of the two of them and reached out to Xi Congshuang.
“The wind is just right now. Does Sister want to try flying a kite? You just have to hold the kite reel.”
Xi Congshuang didn’t reach out immediately. She asked, “Me? I’ve never flown a kite before. Aren’t you afraid I’ll make the kite crash?”
Cheng Zhishu directly grabbed her hand and stuffed the kite reel into it. “If it falls, I’ll just fly it again. It’s not difficult. And I want you to try the feeling of flying a kite too.”
In the distance, Shangguan Yin, who was running wildly trying to get her kite up: “Ahhhhhh, where do I have to run to get this thing to fly? It’s going to fall again, ahhhhhh.”
“Orange, Cheng Zhishu, Godmother, where are you?! Come and save me, ahhhhhh!”
Cheng Zhishu was bending down and talking to Xi Congshuang. She had worked part-time at a children’s playground before and had helped teach children the skills of flying a kite.
“Don’t hold it too tight. It’ll fall. You have to relax and let the string and the kite fly with the wind.”
Now, she was telling Xi Congshuang these skills one by one.
Xi Congshuang, who had never flown a kite before, tried as she said. The kite, which had been on the verge of falling, flew up again. The brightly colored swallow kite was the highest and farthest.
“Success.” Xi Congshuang watched, a smile on her lips, and subconsciously looked at the person beside her.
Cheng Zhishu’s heart skipped a beat. In the end, she couldn’t dodge in time and met those smoky-gray eyes at close range.
At such a close distance, Xi Congshuang’s face was clearly visible in her eyes, including that always heart-stirring beauty mark.
She had once heard a saying that people with beauty marks had well-developed tear glands and were more prone to crying.
But she had never seen Xi Congshuang’s tears. It should be said that she couldn’t even imagine Xi Congshuang crying. It was more unbelievable than a fairy tale.
Too close. The faint, bitter fragrance lingered at the tip of her nose.
The kite reel spun, and the thin silver string pulled the distant kite, trying to compete for the attention of the person controlling it.
Xi Congshuang suddenly said, “You’re sweating.”
“Sweating?” Cheng Zhishu wanted to raise her hand to touch her forehead but was held by Xi Congshuang’s wrist.
“Don’t touch it. I have a tissue.” Xi Congshuang couldn’t find a tissue and instead used the handkerchief she always carried with her to wipe Cheng Zhishu’s sweat.
This feeling was a bit familiar.
Cheng Zhishu lowered her eyes, her gaze falling. She remembered the last time her face had been touched in this posture was because she was injured.
At that time, Cheng Zhishu had been quite scared, but the final result was unexpected. She had received the most tolerant treatment she had ever had in her life.
It was still spring now, but she was feeling inexplicably hot because of the person in front of her.
After a while, Xi Congshuang withdrew her hand. “Alright.”
She was about to put the handkerchief away, wash it when she got back to her residence, and continue to carry it with her after it dried.
“Is Sister going to take the handkerchief back to wash it?” Cheng Zhishu’s fingertips held a corner of the handkerchief. Her unintentional action also gave Xi Congshuang’s heart a light squeeze.
Sour and soft, even her numb lower body had a tingling sensation like an electric shock.
Cheng Zhishu continued, “I’ll wash it for you and give it back to you after it’s dry, okay?”
“…” Xi Congshuang let go.
In front of her, Cheng Zhishu put away the handkerchief and put it in the inner pocket of her coat.
She repeatedly assured Xi Congshuang as if to cover up something, “I’ll definitely give it back to you.”
At that time, Xi Congshuang had thought, It’s okay if you don’t give it back.