Chapter 35

Xu Qinning's temper when she wakes up is not just a little bad. She looked at her phone, which she had thrown aside, still playing her own voice, "Oh, if the tiger doesn't show its might, do you take me for HELLO KITTY? If the donkey doesn't speak, do you take me for SNOOPY?"

She stretched her hand, white as sheep's fat jade, from under the covers, picked up the phone that had rolled to the side of the bed, and checked the screen. The name "ATM" was still flashing, which was the phone number of her father, Xu Jiacheng. Thinking of this month's credit card bill, Xu Qinning had no choice but to press the answer button, suppressing the boiling anger in her chest, and said emotionlessly, "Hello!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was full of anger, "Ningning, yesterday was your aunt's birthday. You didn't come home, and you didn't even call?"

"Oh, I had an exam yesterday and forgot," Xu Qinning sat up in bed, her ivory-white silk pajamas hugging her curvaceous figure. The dormitory was warm, and Xu Qinning yawned, continuing to listen to the voice that made her feel suffocated.

"Your aunt turned thirty-six, and so many relatives came to the house, but you didn't show up. What kind of behavior is that?"

Listening to her father Xu Jiacheng's wave after wave of accusations, Xu Qinning put on her slippers and said indifferently, "You didn't go either! Why blame me?"

"If I don't go to work, what would you eat and wear, you spendthrifts..."

At this point, Xu Qinning put the phone on speaker and set it down, letting the other side ramble on while she started to wash her face and brush her teeth. When the other side hung up, the phone made a "beep, beep" sound, and she made a face at the mirror, saying fiercely, "Just because you have a bit of money, what's so great about it? When I get rich, I won't even bother listening to your nagging!" A moment later, she received a text from "ATM": "Your winter vacation allowance is canceled, and your credit card is suspended. Wait until you reflect and recognize your mistake."

Seeing that her credit card was suspended, Xu Qinning let out a scream, and her brand new white Sharp flip phone fell into the foam-filled basin, splashing water onto her slender waist.

After the exam yesterday, the school was on holiday. She didn't want to go home, so she stayed in the dormitory for the night. Now, she was the only one left in the dormitory. Xu Qinning opened a large RIMOWA aluminum alloy suitcase and started packing, thinking about her blacked-out phone and the pitiful few hundred yuan she had, which made her a bit anxious. She usually didn't carry much cash, and after treating her dorm mates to a big meal last night, the few hundred yuan she had left were given to a little girl selling flowers on the street.

"This isn't even enough for a taxi, how ridiculous," Xu Qinning muttered to herself. She sat on a stool, put on her canvas shoes, and looked at herself in the full-length mirror by the door. Seeing her beautiful face, her mood improved a bit. She fiddled with her short hair, looked at her legs in the DIOR jeans, and the pink Vivienne Westwood high-neck sweater that accentuated her figure, and smiled in satisfaction. She put on the latest black Givenchy autumn/winter coat, grabbed her suitcase, and left the dormitory.

When she reached the school gate, she was stunned. She had never taken the subway or bus before, and her sense of direction was terrible. Asking a driver to take her home alone was like climbing to the sky. Besides taking a taxi, she couldn't think of any other way to get home. Looking at the Breguet Naples Queen watch on her wrist, she thought that if there was no other way, she would have to pawn it to the taxi driver and go home to get the fare.

Just as Xu Qinning was at the entrance of Yuehu Villa, wondering how to ask the driver, Cheng Xiaoyu happened to be leaving to visit Fu Xiyue's music store, driving a Ferrari and waiting for the security guard to open the gate.

Xu Qinning saw the Ferrari's license plate and thought it was Aunt Zhou. She told the driver to wait, opened the car door, and ran toward the Ferrari. Cheng Xiaoyu, seeing Xu Qinning approaching with a fierce look, his first reaction was to close the window. He was a bit intimidated by this woman in Givenchy.

Xu Qinning saw that it wasn't Aunt Zhou in the car but Su Yuxi's gay brother, and she didn't feel any strangeness. After all, they had been texting for a long time, but she forgot that Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know that Tang Wenqian was her.

Seeing the gate already open and Xu Qinning approaching with ill intent, Cheng Xiaoyu stepped on the gas, thinking, "I can't provoke her, but I can avoid her, right?"

Seeing the god of wealth about to run away, and not wanting to pawn her Breguet worth over a million to a taxi driver, Xu Qinning steeled herself and stepped in front of the Ferrari, thinking that the fatso wouldn't dare do anything to her.

Seeing Xu Qinning step in front of the car, Cheng Xiaoyu was terrified. "What deep-seated grudge do you have? This woman is so relentless, risking her life to stop me. Even if I didn't step on the gas, what if I couldn't stop?"

Xu Qinning patted the Ferrari's trunk, and Cheng Xiaoyu, not understanding her, opened the window and shouted, "Sister, are you crazy? Even if you are pregnant with my child, you don't need to be so reckless."

Xu Qinning didn't argue but said, "Open the trunk."

Seeing Xu Qinning smiling and not moving, Cheng Xiaoyu had no choice but to open it. Xu Qinning quickly asked the driver to help her put the suitcase in. The driver was a middle-aged man with a fair complexion. He put the suitcase in the narrow trunk, closed the lid, and Xu Qinning asked, "How much for the fare?"

The driver said, "128 yuan."

Xu Qinning, no longer worried that Cheng Xiaoyu would run, walked to the window and said to Cheng Xiaoyu, "Wallet!"

Cheng Xiaoyu glanced at Xu Qinning and said irritably, "I'm a poor student, I only have a backpack, no wallet."

Xu Qinning raised her eyebrows, and Cheng Xiaoyu thought she was about to explode, but she covered her left arm with her right hand, looking like a poor quail in the cold, her eyes instantly red, tears rolling, and she cried, "For you, I've given up everything, and now I can't even go home. I came to find you, how can you be so heartless?"

Cheng Xiaoyu's brain went into a frenzy, searching his memory, but he didn't recognize her before the accident. The "I" word was still hanging in the air when the driver, seeing the situation, walked over to see what was happening. Seeing Xu Qinning with tear marks and the fatso in the Ferrari, he immediately imagined a rich boy playing with and abandoning a student girl. He didn't care about Xu Qinning's expensive outfit, which Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't afford, and said loudly to Cheng Xiaoyu, "Young man, this is your fault. A beautiful girl came from school early in the morning to find you, how can you be so irresponsible?"

Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the rising sun and said, "Uncle, you misunderstood, I don't know her..."

Before he could finish, Xu Qinning burst into tears.

The driver quickly turned to comfort Xu Qinning, "Girl, don't cry, it's not worth it for such a heartless man. Where is your home? I'll take you there for free. Go home and apologize to your parents."

Xu Qinning sobbed, "But I'm pregnant with his child..."

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyu's scalp tingled. "What kind of god did I offend? It was just a small joke! This is trying to ruin me!"

The driver sighed, "What a beast, what a beast!"

Cheng Xiaoyu, on the verge of tears, saw the security guards pointing and whispering, and nervously took out a stack of bills from his pocket, "Sister, you win! I, Cheng Xiaoyu, admit defeat."

Xu Qinning handed 500 yuan to the driver and smiled, "Thank you, driver."

The driver only took 200 yuan, "Little girl, you should go home and talk to your family. They will forgive you. I know this guy is not a good person. I recognize him, he's the rich boy who hit someone! It was reported in the newspaper!"

Xu Qinning, feeling wronged, put the remaining 300 yuan in the driver's hand, "I have to think about my child. I'm only 17, if he doesn't take responsibility, I'll jump into the Huangpu River."

The driver shook his head, "What kind of society is this? Truly a sin!"

Cheng Xiaoyu, feeling helpless, sat in the car, thinking he was truly cursed and extremely unlucky.

Xu Qinning walked around to the passenger side, opened the door, and sat in. She took out a pack of tissues from her CHANEL 2.55 and dried her tears, "Sorry, I couldn't control it. I've been rehearsing the play 'Past on the Sea' these days, and I couldn't help but act it out."

Cheng Xiaoyu thought, "If I believed you, I'd be a fool!" He turned and said, "Miss Xu, the security guard's golf cart can take you home! You've scared me enough, you're not going to make me take you home, are you?"

Xu Qinning put on a pitiful expression, "How can I trouble you to take me home? I'll just follow you. Just give me something to eat. I haven't eaten all day!"

Xu Qinning didn't want to go home, which she found annoying, and decided to stick with Cheng Xiaoyu to pass the time. If it were another boy, she might not have agreed. But it was Cheng Xiaoyu, first, he was Su Yuxi's brother, and second, he was gay. So, Xu Qinning felt no guilt at all about pestering him.

"Then I'll take you home!" Cheng Xiaoyu thought he wanted to live a few more years, so he needed to stay away from this demon.

"If you take me home now, I might get bored and go to your house. I might get the urge to act and tell Aunt Zhou and your sister that you were flirting with me. Hmph, with my relationship with your sister, do you think you'll have a good life in this family?"

Cheng Xiaoyu was now in a difficult position. To be honest, such a beautiful and delicate woman sticking to you would be a dream come true for most men, worthy of a third-rate TV drama.

But for Cheng Xiaoyu, who knew the background, this was a disaster. Not to mention that this girl was deeply strange, the golden name of the Xu family was not something a small illegitimate child like him could handle. Giving up a whole forest for a man-eating flower was a fool's act. Besides, Cheng Xiaoyu had self-awareness. A girl like Su Yuxi, who was a demon, was not someone he could tame. As a mature man, Cheng Xiaoyu knew he couldn't do things beyond his ability and should only pursue girls he could handle, not waste time on unrealistic fantasies.

But the tigress next to him now left him with no courage to resist. He could only say gloomily, "What do you want to eat? After you eat, I'll take you home! We'll be even. You pretend you don't know me, and I'll pretend I never met you."

For the first time, a boy spoke to her like this, not admiring her beauty or being charmed by her allure, Xu Qinning was quite surprised. She turned her big, blinking eyes and said, "What are you afraid of? Afraid I'll eat you?" Then she thought, "Right, he's not a normal man, he's gay!" She felt even more at ease and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, I won't bully you anymore! I was just in a hurry just now! Besides, Su Yuxi's brother is my brother! Don't be so formal with me."

Cheng Xiaoyu, who couldn't deal with such a quick-tempered girl, could only step on the gas and drive forward gloomily.

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