Chapter 1586 - 1584: Past and Present Lives 22

Chapter 1584

"Got it!"

"You guys hurry up and get busy, I have something to do, so I’m leaving first!" After saying that, she quickly left.

Zhao Junyao, who was left behind, felt very awkward.

This woman! How dare she use this attitude with him!

Clearly, he had already lowered his stance a lot, hadn’t he?

If this were the Chu Dynasty, such a person surely needed to be punished to behave properly.

"Alright, Ah Yao, that woman doesn’t know better. Let’s not bother with her!"

"Uncle is still waiting for us, let’s go!"

Shih Wanxin cautiously advised him.

Zhao Junyao said nothing, not even glancing at her, and left with an indifferent expression.

Watching his slightly chilly silhouette, Shih Wanxin inexplicably felt a bit afraid, fearing Ah Yao would return to his former self.

"Hmph! It’s all that woman’s fault!"

She viciously glared in the direction where Xia Ruqing had left, her eyes fierce.

"Pray hard you don’t fall into my hands! Otherwise, you won’t like what I’ll do to you!"

...

Over on Xia Ruqing’s side.

On her way back, she was a bit absent-minded.

Wenwen looked at her enviously: "You’re so lucky!"

"The Zhao Group has so much money! For this Europe trip, you don’t need to bring anything, just take yourself!"

"Eating, drinking, playing along the way, wow!"

"Just thinking about it is so beautiful! Why don’t I have such luck?"

Xia Ruqing looked at her blandly.

"Then why not give it to you, since I happen not to want to go!"

So what if they have money? It has nothing to do with her.

Just looking at Shih Wanxin’s manner, she didn’t want to invite trouble.

Other people have their own lives, and she has hers. Why get involved aimlessly? It’s quite untimely.

"Don’t say that!"

"What if one day you also become rich, wouldn’t you have more matches?" whether as friends or lovers.

Xia Ruqing looked at her helplessly.

"Wenwen, you’re dreaming in broad daylight, probably only you would believe it!"

Wenwen, being a cheerful person, laughed upon hearing this.

"Dreams don’t cost money, why not dream!"

"In dreams, you can have everything: marry the person you love most, have the most delicious food, live in the most luxurious house, all without money, haha!"

"Reality is bitter enough; what’s the point if even dreaming isn’t allowed?"

"I don’t want your prize, I want to earn money myself to go."

Xiaoxiao asked with a laugh.

"How will you earn it? Open a beauty salon?"

Wenwen boasted shamelessly.

"Why not!"

"I’m working so hard, how is it impossible to open a beauty salon in the future?"

"Possible! Possible!"

Xia Ruqing and Xiaoxiao said in unison, and the three resumed their merriment.

...

It was already afternoon when they got home.

The three quickly tidied up some lunch, ate, and then went to their respective rooms to rest.

Xia Ruqing lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and subconsciously muttering to herself.

"Why?"

"Clearly, I want to avoid, yet I’m forced to gather together. Clearly, there are so many who want to travel with you, but in the end, it’s me!"

"Ah!"

She turned over hundreds of times but still couldn’t sleep.

Simply climbing out of bed, she took an album from the drawer and started flipping through it.

These were all the photos her grandma had treasured.

There were her grandma’s, hers, and also her parents’.

But because of the age, the photos had become blurry.

Her grandma told her.

Her mother wasn’t her father’s first wife; her father had a previous wife, and they even had a son. Her father divorced her mother to remarry his ex-wife.

Her grandma also told her that after being emotionally hurt, her mother left home and never returned.

Her grandma had been waiting for her daughter but waited until she died.

Unknowingly tears filled her face, Xia Ruqing had to close the album.

Ha ha!

Besides her grandma, did anyone else want her in this world?

Her father disappeared, and her mother never came back. How annoying must she have been?

Did they bring her into this world just to live here, suffering alone with no relatives?

Then why give birth to her in the first place?

For a child, nothing is more hurtful or despairing than being abandoned by their parents.

She clutched the album, crying uncontrollably.

Everyone else had a home to return to and family to accompany them, while she only had this single blurry album!

Sometimes, she really hated it!

...

Unknowingly as night fell, she got up and had a simple dinner.

Lying back down, she had to force herself to sleep no matter what.

She had to work tomorrow and couldn’t afford any more delays.

Tranquilly closing her eyes, she gradually drifted into slumber.

This dream was strange; there was a woman who kept trying to hug her and kept crying, saying sorry.

There was also a man with a guilty look, saying he searched for her for a long time but couldn’t find her, that he was very sorry and missed her, that he hadn’t abandoned her.

They were all in the appearance of their youth, but unfortunately.

She was too young at that time, she had long forgotten what they looked like when they were young.

Upon waking, daylight had already come.

She opened her eyes and looked at the sunlight outside the window, quickly scrambling up.

"Oh no! Overslept!"

She hurriedly dressed, rushed through her morning routine without time for breakfast, grabbed her bag, and was about to head out.

Who would have thought, as soon as she opened the door, there was someone standing outside.

"Ah!"

Xia Ruqing let out a startled scream, and upon taking a closer look, she was utterly surprised.

"Zhao Junyao? Why are you here?"

"How did you end up here?"

Zhao Junyao leaned against the door frame, lazily yawning.

"You can really sleep; do you know what time it is now?"

Xia Ruqing: "???

Time? Why is this guy still talking like this! Hasn’t he adjusted to life now?!

But she was too lazy to care, merely replied calmly.

"None of your business!"

"I’m very busy right now, not talking to you, you hurry back!"

With that, she started heading downstairs with a patter.

Zhao Junyao quickly followed.

"Hey, don’t go!"

"At this hour, you’re already late for work!"

"I’ve already arranged with your boss, come on, I’m taking you somewhere!"

"How do you know my boss’s phone number?"

Xia Ruqing felt like this was a bit far-fetched!

Zhao Junyao confidently, with a hint of smugness, replied.

"Agree to go with me, and I’ll tell you!"

Xia Ruqing, holding her bag, didn’t know what to do, after a while, impatiently said.

"Fine, fine, just tell me!"

Zhao Junyao laughed heartily.

"Of course, I had the butler look it up!"

"Hey, don’t you know..."

He leaned closer to Xia Ruqing’s ear, mysteriously.

"That thing called the... Internet is really handy!"

"The butler told me, you can find anything on it!"

Xia Ruqing: "..."

Well, yes, you can indeed find her boss’s number online.

"You only now realize this?" She couldn’t help but roll her eyes, full of disdain.

"Let’s go, where are you taking me?!"

Zhao Junyao, walking briskly behind her with some pride.

"I’m taking you to a very high place!"

Xia Ruqing: "..." Maybe this person is going crazy again.

A very high place? At most, it’s a rooftop or tower top; what’s the point?

Zhao Junyao was extremely excited.

"You have no idea how stifled I’ve felt. I don’t dare tell anyone else, only you."

The fact that I came from hundreds of years ago, only she knows!