Chapter 39p2: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 39
All day today, Flora had not seen anything wrong with Cheng Zhishu. In these years, she had learned a lot from Wen Lingwang and was becoming more and more inscrutable. After being asked and refused again, Flora had gone to the banquet with a gift herself.
Who knew that as soon as Flora left, Cheng Zhishu had taken out the red wine from the wine cabinet. After a few glasses of wine, she had become reckless and had run to Xi Congshuang.
“…”
Her thoughts returned to the present. After saying this, she had a premonition that Xi Congshuang would let go.
Just as well, she would have a chance to leave, and the two of them would return to a state of being even.
North and south, never to see each other again.
Who knew that Xi Congshuang would agree, “You’re right. There’s no point in saying all this. You should rest now.”
Xi Congshuang let go of the hand that was holding Cheng Zhishu’s wrist, passed it under her knees, and her other hand still held her shoulders and back.
While Cheng Zhishu was still confused, her legs moved. She used the heel of her high heels to push open the wheelchair’s footrest, her feet on the ground, and stood up.
“?”
“Wait!” Cheng Zhishu’s vision suddenly changed. She was even lifted up to adjust her posture, passed the living room sofa, and walked into the room.
In the struggle, her shoes also fell to the ground. Xi Congshuang, feeling unstable, also kicked off her own high heels and continued to walk with her in her arms.
Cheng Zhishu was a little nervous. “No, Xi Congshuang, are you crazy? Where are you taking me?”
Xi Congshuang calmly retorted, “I’m not. I’m very calm.”
She had even estimated the distance. Her legs were strong enough to carry her and walk around the room. This distance was more than enough.
The alcohol in Cheng Zhishu, who was already tipsy, went to her head even more. She reached out to push Xi Congshuang’s shoulder, but she was held too tightly. Her center of gravity was unstable, and she almost fell. She had no choice but to wrap her arms around Xi Congshuang’s neck to steady herself.
She cursed wildly in her heart: This tone doesn’t sound right at all.
Soon, they reached the side of the bed in the room. Xi Congshuang bent down and put her on it, her movements gentle. She looked at her for a moment, one hand on the bed, her waist bent even more.
The face in front of her got closer and closer, their breaths mingling. Even the shape of the beauty mark under her eye could be seen clearly.
Wait, wait, this distance is not right!
Cheng Zhishu’s breath caught. Her back was pressed tightly against the bed. If there was a crack in the bed, she would have already squeezed into it. Seeing that she really couldn’t resist, she closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling.
The corners of Xi Congshuang’s lips curled up slightly. Her outstretched hand passed over her body and grabbed the other side of the blanket.
After waiting for a long time, Cheng Zhishu, who had only felt the soft blanket covering her: “?”
The confused Cheng Zhishu looked at the figure by the bed. Her heart was pounding. She couldn’t remember who was throwing a drunken fit.
She was the one who had been drinking, right? Did Xi Congshuang also drink? How much did she drink?
Xi Congshuang, who hadn’t had a drop of alcohol but had seen through Cheng Zhishu’s eyes, asked, “Aren’t you going to sleep?”
From the first meeting, Xi Congshuang had seen the dark circles under her eyes. If Cheng Zhishu had looked in the mirror before going out, she would have found how serious the bloodshot in her eyes was.
She had even forgotten to wear glasses to cover her fatigue. It seemed she was really tired.
Cheng Zhishu: “Whether I sleep or not, what does it have to do with you?”
She retorted quickly, but her hand tightened its grip on the corner of the blanket, her amber eyes staring at her.
“Alright.” Xi Congshuang sighed. “It was my fault for being presumptuous and disrupting your plan. Let me think, what would it be like under normal circumstances…”
Cheng Zhishu stared at her suspiciously.
Xi Congshuang sat on the side of the bed, raised her hand to undo the hair tied at the back of her head, and her long hair fell down. Her raven-like eyelashes drooped slightly. When she deliberately restrained herself, she had an inexplicably fragile feeling.
Just like the first time Cheng Zhishu had seen her when she was seventeen.
At that time, she was like a glass flower, translucent and brilliant, making people want to take care of her. Cheng Zhishu had also taken one look and had been instantly blinded by lard, always eager to get closer.
Xi Congshuang glanced at Cheng Zhishu, pulled her long hair to one side, reached behind her back to pull down the zipper with one hand, and held the chest of the strapless dress with the other, a hint of allure faintly visible.
“Wait, wait, what are you doing!?” Cheng Zhishu sat up abruptly, grabbed her undressing hands, and pulled them in front of her, not letting her move.
What kind of normal situation is this!
Why is Xi Congshuang suddenly playing her trump card!
Xi Congshuang’s hands were held, and she really didn’t understand. She looked at her with a puzzled expression. This look made Cheng Zhishu on the verge of a breakdown, thinking she was in a dream. She should be the one who was most puzzled!
What is this person so puzzled about!
“It’s not you…”
At her gaze, Cheng Zhishu subconsciously averted her eyes and accidentally looked down. She was stunned for a moment and hurriedly turned to the side.
The strapless dress had been secured by the stylists with invisible transparent straps. The dress was on the verge of falling, making the hint of allure even more obvious, shining brightly in the shadows.
Xi Congshuang’s voice sounded in her ear, “After a heartless breakup, love turns to hate. Years later, the returned heroine is completely blackened. She has her ex-girlfriend brought to a room and imprisoned, wanting to humiliate her to the extreme…”
“What is blackening?” Cheng Zhishu interrupted.
Cheng Zhishu, who had never read web novels and had not had the mood to touch any dog blood dramas after not living with Xi Congsh-uang, for fear of being reminded of the past, did not understand what this word meant at all.
But she understood the latter half. Cheng Zhishu said in shock, “Imprisonment is illegal, and that hu-humiliation is also illegal. What on earth are you thinking?”
Xi Congshuang raised an eyebrow and held her chin, turning her face over. “Illegal? So you know it’s illegal. Haven’t you broken the law today?”
Her lips, which were coated with a nude lip gloss, listed all her actions today.
“Bribing someone to break Ni An’s phone so she couldn’t contact me in time, bribing the hotel staff to lock me in a guest room to ensure I wouldn’t leave the hotel. Do you know that if I had called the police, your image as the heir to the Ander Group would have been ruined?”
“Or is it that in your heart, I wouldn’t do that?”
Cheng Zhishu: “…”
How did she know about the first one?
Did Ni An figure it out?
Xi Congshuang: “Four years abroad, to be precise, one thousand four hundred and sixty-five days. You’ve learned to be bad very thoroughly.”
Cheng Zhishu: “………”
Holding her chin, the distance between them was close. Xi Congshuang asked again, “Are you going to sleep or not? If not, let’s do something else?”
“I’ll sleep, I’ll sleep, I’ll sleep!” Cheng Zhishu finally broke down, just wanting to have the person leave so she could calm down. “You go out! You go out first!”
Xi Congshuang was pushed away haphazardly. She let go of her hand, zipped up her evening gown, and stood up to leave.
Cheng Zhishu didn’t dare to look at her back. She hurriedly buried herself in the blanket, her face pressed against the soft pillow. Only then did she remember that she had gone out without makeup, which had saved her the trouble of removing it.
But… with a face that had been on a red-eye flight for more than ten hours to H country, hadn’t adjusted to the time difference, and had gotten drunk to find her first love, and had only remembered to take a shower but not put on makeup, no matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem like something a proper person would do.
Cheng Zhishu had done it all.
She had no face left.
“…” So why did I come back to the country?
To lose face?
And she always felt that something was not right, but she really couldn’t remember what was wrong. Cheng Zhishu actually fell asleep in a daze.
The person by the door looked back at the lump of blanket for a while, and then the door was quietly closed.
Xi Congshuang found the loungewear prepared by the hotel in another room, changed, and returned to the living room. Only then did she remember the phone she had tossed aside.
It was now close to eleven at night. There were several missed calls on the phone, all from Xi Hanran.
Just as she was about to reply to a message saying she was fine, the phone in her palm vibrated. Xi Hanran was calling again.
Xi Congshuang swiped to answer and put the phone to her ear. “It’s me. What’s up?”
After listening to a few sentences from the other end, Xi Congshuang sat down on the single sofa by the window, pulled down the switch of the floor reading lamp, and then answered, “It’s nothing. I’m in room 2602. I’m not going to the top floor to rest today.”
“Also, don’t look for me these next few days if you can. I’m not free even if the sky is falling.”
“Why?” Xi Congshuang’s gaze turned to the moonlight outside the window. The glass reflected her in the light and the wheelchair behind the sofa.
Her face, without makeup, was faint. Her light-colored lips moved slightly. “Because someone has learned to be bad. To avoid repeating the same mistake, I need some time to correct it properly.”
Xi Hanran on the other end of the line: “?”
She asked, “Besides Nao Nao, what other creature are you so worried about?”
As soon as her voice fell, Xi Hanran’s heart skipped a beat.
She remembered seeing Flora tonight. What was important was not Flora, but the person Flora had taken away.
She wanted to ask again, but the other end had hung up, and her full of doubts had to be put to rest.
The person who was being speculated about had a long sleep. Because she had something on her mind, Cheng Zhishu had endured and had not adjusted to the time difference. She had thought she was not sleepy, but in reality, she had fallen asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
When she woke up again, her bones were all loose from sleep, and she didn’t know what the situation was outside.
Sitting up and rubbing her eyes, Cheng Zhishu thought she was at home. Hearing a movement outside the door, she subconsciously called out, “Annie, get me a glass of water.”
It was quiet outside for a few seconds. The door was opened, and someone walked in.
A glass of warm water of a suitable temperature was handed over.
Without looking, Cheng Zhishu grabbed it and drank. She had drunk alcohol before going to bed, and after a night’s sleep, she was even thirstier.
The glass of water was quickly finished. She felt it was not enough and handed the glass out again. “Another one.”
No one took the outstretched glass. Cheng Zhishu was puzzled.
The person by the bed spoke, “Who is Annie?”
This voice was familiar. In an instant, all her memories came back, and Cheng Zhishu almost crushed the glass.
Xi Congshuang bent down and asked, “Who is the Annie who can enter your room and wake you up by your bedside?”
Cheng Zhishu: “…”
No, wait. Is this right?
Author’s Note:
Annie: Don’t Q me. I’m just a legend.