Chapter 16.1 - That’s right, it was deliberate.
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At two o'clock in the morning, all the neon lights were lit up on the corner near the hotel entrance.
Though lights were dim and no one paid that location much attention. The people who came and went were all in a hurry. Or they were driving a luxury car while embracing a soft waist, eager to run into the hotel.
Or were just tired and dragging a suitcase.
*kacha* A lighter lit up, the flame flickering. The smoke of the cigarette was inhaled into the lungs, then slowly exhaled back out. The fingers that held the cigarette were slender, fair, and tender.
The woman tucked her curly hair behind her ears and lowered her eyes, earnestly smoking the cigarette.
Her mind was still in a mess. It had already been three days since she arrived here before the information of this world finally finished being transmitted to her. Cen Simiao took out her phone, a text message was displayed.
【I’m busy with something today. I'll make up your birthday to you when I get back.】
Sender: Gege.
The original owner of this world was a rich family’s young lady. Her life had always been smooth and her personality was particularly good due to her upbringing. Her father loved her very much but as soon as her mother died, another woman was brought into the family.
With a son who was older than the original.
According to the father of the original owner, the other was his biological son. In the beginning, in order to marry the original’s mother, he abandoned that woman with who he had been in mutual love. Unexpectedly, she was already pregnant with the son. Later, he felt guilty, so he brought her back, to join the family.
Didn’t get a license, didn’t have a wedding, but just directly brought them back to live at home.
No matter how good of a personality the original had, there was no way she could have stand this. After making trouble for a few days, the father of the original went from coaxing her to later losing his patience.
Like this, that cheap brother entered the door. When the original first saw him, she was a bit startled. Then, in the following period, that cheap brother was particularly good at coaxing, while also taking the time to bring the original out to play. Moreover, he really did have a few points of talent.
So the original started to have some thoughts running through her mind.
But she couldn’t let it show on her face. Even if she had to grit her teeth, it wasn’t something that was acceptable for her to show. However, who wouldn’t be able to tell given her exceptionally poor acting?
In fact, this ‘brother’ wasn’t related to the original’s father at all. Except for the original owner, everyone else was quite clear about it. It was just that, in the beginning, that ‘other woman’ had come with tears and snivel, saying and insisting how difficult it was for her to raise this child she had with the father.
Moreover, the father of the original had always been old-fashioned. He believed that no matter how rich his family was, if there was no son around him, he just wouldn’t be able to hold his head up whenever he visits his hometown. At the start, he had been helpless as the original’s mother hadn’t been able to birth him a son, meanwhile, he also didn’t dare to look for other women outside.
Then later, after the mother of the original died, when he could and wanted to find another woman to have a son... Though he had the heart, he didn’t have the strength anymore.
Just as he was worrying over this, someone came to his door, so he just pretended that he didn’t know anything at all.
Cen Simiao took a deep sip of the cigarette and thought, from all these words, she only wanted to say: such exotics flowers[1] have gathered in her home.
That cheap brother's calculation was also quite on point. The original owner would definitely get part of the inheritance in the future; but if she was already taken care of… Then the inheritance would naturally be his only.
When Cen Simiao read the information up until here, she was rather puzzled. Shouldn’t it be enough if he just directly married the original owner, expose his identity, and tell the truth?
As a result, she was slapped in the face by the system's information.
He already had a lover and was currently in the hotel, rolling in the sheets with the other.
He had only been fooling around, playing the original owner like a fiddle.
It has been an hour since she received the message. Cen Simiao’s eyes narrowed, and she called back. It rang for a long time but still no one answered.
When it automatically hung up, she called again.
Sparing no trouble, she repeatedly called several times.
Finally, the other side answered the phone. A hoarse voice, forcefully suppressing himself from gasping, "Didn’t I say I was busy? Why did you call?"
Cen Simiao's tone was unfriendly, "What are you busy with?"
He was stunned. Usually, the other was very gentle but at this moment, her tone was so blunt... "I’m accompanying a customer."
She asked, "Ge, is someone next to you?"
Gu Yu subconsciously looked over at the person on the bed, whose buttons were half undone. His cheeks reddened, his eyes turned misty, suddenly becoming deep. "Yes. Very busy."
Cen Simiao didn't have the intention to hang up.
Seeing that she still wanted to speak, Gu Yu couldn't help but accentuate his tone, "Xichen, I'm very busy right now, don't say anymore..."
Before he was able to finish his words, the other end of the phone sounded even more impatient than he was, "I know, you are busy. Not like I asked you to accompany me to chat. So annoying. I’m hanging up."
"—— duu duu duu."
Gu Yu had a baffled face.
Cen Simiao placed her phone back in her purse, then paused for a moment before taking it back out again. After taking a glance at the time, she then just stared at the pedestrian passing to and fro with a moment of confusion in her eyes.
The cigarette at her fingertips was about to burn out and as the ashes fell off, they almost burned the back of her hand.
She snuffed out the cigarette. It was still early.
And she lit up another one.
The system suddenly commented, "You've been a bit addicted to smoking lately."
Cen Simiao emitted an ‘en’, closed her eyes, and played with the lighter in her hand.
[1] ‘Exotic flowers’ here refers to those people in her ‘family’ with their very special thought processes.
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