Chapter 19

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

That night, within the Mengs in South City.

“Good evening, Auntie Zhao.” Su Yi had a sweet smile on her face as she greeted the nanny, who had rushed to open the door.

However, Auntie Zhao did not have her usual assiduous appearance.

Instead, she had a complex look in her eyes as she looked at Su Yi. She was hesitant for a moment before she softly said, “Miss Su, Young Master has returned and said that he would like to see you.”

Thus, Su Yi looked towards the living room. Sure enough, Meng Mingkun had his back against her as he sat on the sofa.

The surrounding servants were all trembling, and none of them even dared to take a deep breath. 

“Is Brother Mingkun in a foul mood today?”

Auntie Zhao pondered for a moment before she nodded her head. “It seems that it’s got something to do with your mother.”

When Su Yi heard that, her face suddenly turned pale.

“I understand. Thank you, Auntie Zhao.”

She then took a deep breath, and her face no longer showed her flawless smile as she hurriedly paced into the house.

“Brother Mingkun, didn’t you say you were only coming home during the weekend? Could it be that you were planning to surprise me?”

Her tone was filled with a young woman’s woo as she spoke.

However, Meng Mingkun merely raised his eyes; the coldness on his face unknowingly waned slightly when he looked at her. 

He gestured for the servants to leave him before waving towards Su Yi.

“Yiyi, come here; there’s something that I would like to ask you.”

Su Yi then dropped her bag and sat beside him, blinking her eyes like an innocent little lamb. “What’s the matter?”

When he recalled the words that Su Junxin had told him that afternoon, Meng Mingkun subconsciously frowned.

“What was your relationship with Su Junxin like when you were living together?”

“I…” Su Yi’s eyebrows trembled for a moment as if she were slightly hesitant. “I loved my sister very much. Ever since mommy remarried, I’ve always wanted to develop a good relationship with her.”

Naturally, Meng Minkun could tell the hidden meaning in her words. “But, your sister doesn’t love you in return?”

Su Yi bit her lower lip and gently nodded her head.

However, she soon added, “I can understand why my sister doesn’t love me. After all, I’m a daughter brought into the family by her stepmother and have no blood relation with her whatsoever. Plus, after my daddy died, I kept on living in her house….”

As she spoke, she lowered her head, and her fingers were nervously clenched. In fact, her fingers had turned pale.

When he noticed the state she was in, Meng Mingkun instantly felt heartbroken for her and gently said, “Yiyi, you’ve done your best already, so this isn’t your fault. You’re a good sister, so if Su Junxin isn’t able to accept you, that just shows how petty she is.”

Su Yi snorted her nose, and there was a little tear shed in her eyes. “Brother Mingkun, thank you for standing by my side….”

Meng Mingkun helped wipe away her tears.

“I went to meet Su Junxin today; she deliberately tried to put a wedge between our relationship. However, I know very well that you’re naive and innocent, so there’s no way you’d do anything to harm others… However, there’s something I need to clear up. Did your mother really use Su Junxin’s portion of the inheritance?”

Su Yi was startled for a moment and lowered her eyes to hide her nervousness.

‘Su Junxin actually told Meng Mingkun about the inheritance?’

‘What else does he know?’

However, when she saw how gentle his gaze was, she very quickly returned to being calm.

‘Based on his character, if he actually knew the truth, there’s simply no way he would be sitting here and speaking to me nicely….’

Therefore, Su Yi gently blinked her eyes and deliberately feigned ignorance as she asked, “My mommy used my sister’s inheritance? What do you mean?”

When he saw her expression, Meng Mingkun instantly decided in his heart.

‘I’ve never liked Liu Ya, who’s always been a greedy woman. Especially after I found out that she’s having an affair with my father, I’ve never treated her with respect after that. However, although Liu Ya has malicious intentions, the saving grace was that she didn’t spoil Su Yi the wrong way.

‘Regarding the Su’s inheritance, I’m sure it’s Liu Ya who’s behind it!’

At the thought of that, he could not help but feel a little guilty.

“I’m sorry, Yiyi, I’ve been entranced by Su Junxin’s words today and actually misunderstood you just now.” Meng Mingkun held onto Su Yi’s hands and pulled her into his embrace. “You won’t be angry at me for it, will you?”

Su Yi revealed a smile with tears in her eyes as she ferociously shook her head. 

“No, I won’t. I’ll never be angry at Brother Mingkun!”

Meng Mingkun was satisfied with her answer and pulled her into his embrace again as he coaxed her with a gentle voice.

When he recalled Su Junxin’s final statement that afternoon, he coldly laughed in his heart.

‘Su Junxin, how dare you use that scheme against me? Just you wait and see….’

…

“Achoo…!”

Su Junxin rubbed her nose as she wondered. “Who’s cursing me this time…?”

After putting all that behind her, she continued to look at her computer screen.

The location for the construction of her safe zone has been fixed, and the only problem Su Junxin had left was… where would she fork out the money to buy that manor?

She looked at the six zeroes in her account and fell silent.

Rightie climbed onto the keyboard as it hugged onto a ball of thread with its front paw and gently nibbled on it with its teeth.

She then lowered her head and reached out her hand to scratch Rightie’s revealed tummy.

It immediately let out some “ge ge” noises as it released the ball of thread and rolled around on the keyboard. However, it accidentally fell onto the floor and made a slamming sound.

Su Junxin could not help but laugh as she bent over to grab onto it before placing it back on the table.

She used two fingers to circle around its tummy again as she frowned worriedly.

“You had clearly eaten so much today… why have you become thinner?” She gently tapped the tip of Rightie’s nose.

Rightie extended its tongue and licked her finger as it stared at her with its innocent-looking eyes.

‘Ever since Rightie had that abnormal reaction towards Li Weize, it has suddenly come up with a bunch of abnormal reactions.’

‘Previously, it would pester me to play with it in the morning, yet these few days, it’s just obediently sticking to my arm, sleeping away most of the day. Plus, its appetite has increased by at least twofold, but it’s just eating without growing at all. In fact, it’s becoming even thinner by the day.

‘Initially, I thought that maybe Rightie’s ill, but when it’s awake, it’s still as energetic as ever. So I can’t seem to find anything wrong with it.

‘I’m not unfamiliar with these kinds of situations, but the strange thing is that these situations would normally only happen to humans.’

‘When the end of the world arrived, only a small portion of the population of humans were able to activate their superpowers.’

‘There are two ways to activate them – the first is to contract the zombie virus after being severely injured, allowing the body to generate immunity cells automatically. The second method would be the effects of the changes in the environment, forcing humans to evolve at a faster rate.’

‘The latter would be the norm for most cases. After they begin evolving, they would begin to behave as if they were drunk. First of all, their body would constantly jump between being cold and hot and becoming abnormally excited, followed by a blurred conscience and fatigue that made them prone to sleeping, before finally going berserk and having a sudden increase in their appetite.’ 

‘After they’re able to endure these three phases, they would then evolve from being a normal human to a superpowered human.’

‘Rightie’s current symptoms are very similar to evolving, but there’s a significant difference as well. I just can’t seem to understand what’s happening to it exactly. Since I’m inexperienced in this field, I dare not act rashly, so I’ll just have to observe it more carefully.

‘The good thing is that until now, it hasn’t shown any other abnormal behaviors.’

Su Junxin retracted her gaze and looked at her computer screen before her; she trembled momentarily.

It was fortunate that while Rightie had rolled over the keyboard, it seemed to have accidentally touched something. At that very moment, the computer screen was showing a page regarding the economic news with a chart about the current situation about some stocks.

Her gaze then landed on what seemed like a mountainous curve as she squinted her eyes and began to go into deep thought.

…

That Friday, the results for the preliminary round of the competition had been revealed.

Naturally, Su Junxin was not worried that she would not pass. In fact, she had even prepared her script for the finals long ago.

However, it was another matter that had surprised her.

The fact that Youfeng had gone to look for her in her classroom the other day spread like wildfire. After that, a huge wave of gossip began to emerge – most of them thought that Su Junxin was having a romantic relationship with Youfeng.

Yet, on that very day, the rumors suddenly changed.

The rumors about her replacing Youfeng as the new bully in their high school had been leaked out by someone unknown and spread to the entire school.

Over the entire morning, there were so many students who had deliberately walked past to peek at her that they could even form a line.

Su Junxin stopped writing and took a deep breath before glancing outside.

The few heads out by the window instantly turned around.

When Qin You saw that, he could not help but let out a “pfft” as he smiled.

“I see being too popular isn’t necessarily a good thing either,” teased Qin You.

Su Junxin helplessly closed her pencil case and raised her hand to pinch her forehead.

“Forget it! It’s only going to last for one or two days anyway. After that, when their curiosity has been fulfilled, I’ll regain peace once again.”

Qin You seemed to agree with her as he nodded his head before suddenly changing the topic. “By the way, are you free tomorrow, Junxin?”

“I’ve got some personal matters to attend to… what’s the matter?”

He then replied, “Oh, I just wanted to invite you to come over to my house to play… Since you’re busy, it’s fine.”

After noticing the disappointment in his tone, Su Junxin raised her eyes to look at him.

When she saw that his eyes were lowered with an unhappy expression on his face, she could not help herself.

After calculating the time within her heart, she said, “I’m free on Sunday afternoon.”

“Really? So, you’re willing to come to my house?”

She gently coughed and turned to look away.

“Since you’ve already invited me so sincerely, if I were to reject you again, wouldn’t that be rude of me? So…” She shrugged her shoulders and used her body language to replace her words.

“That’s wonderful!”

Qin You’s expression instantly turned brighter. The speed of his change in expression left Su Junxin helplessly surprised.

…

After school was over that afternoon, Qin You once again reminded her.

“Junxin, come over anytime on Sunday afternoon. I’ll be waiting for you for sure!”

Su Junxin smiled as she acknowledged him. After waiting for him to get into his vehicle, she turned away and headed in another direction.

Soon, a little car with three wheels drove past her and stopped in front of Li Weize’s convenience store.

Li Weize pulled open the entrance’s curtain and walked out before swiftly carrying a box of Coke out of the three-wheeled car.

When he turned around and noticed Su Junxin, he subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

Su Junxin then walked up towards him and took out a chopstick case from her bag’s side pocket, and dangled it in front of him.

“You left this at my place yesterday.”

Li Weize was startled for a moment. “Thank… Thank you.”

Su Junxin then glanced at the boxes in the three-wheeled car. “Do you need my help?”

He hurriedly answered, “No thanks! I’ll be able to do it alone!”

Thus, she did not press on the matter and followed him into his store before casually placing the chopstick’s case on the counter.

The sound of a door opening suddenly sounded, and Li Weize’s mother had entered from the back entrance with sweat all over her forehead.

She held onto a swaddle in her left hand and a big black luggage bag in her right. 

“Mom, what happened?” Li Weize was slightly shocked.

“Your grandmother is sick, so I’m going back to the village for a few days.” As she said that, she opened up the cashier to shove all the money into her pockets. After pondering for a moment, she took out two 100 yuan banknotes and placed them on top of the boxes that he was carrying in his arms. “This money is for you to buy food; spend it sparingly.”

“What’s happened to grandmother? Is it serious?”

“It’s nothing serious; there’s no need for you to worry about this… You’ve got to study properly, understand?”

She then pulled down the cap on the baby that she was carrying. After looking at Li Weize for a moment, she hurriedly left the store.

Su Junxin watched as she crossed the road. When she turned back, she instead found that Li Weize was completely stunned.

Therefore, she gently tapped onto his shoulder.

“Don’t worry; your grandmother’s going to be fine.”

Li Weize lowered his eyes to look at the two slightly crumpled banknotes and pursed his lips.

“I know… But, my mom has never given me so much money before…”

Suddenly, the sound of a horn came from outside the entrance to urge Li Weize.

The driver of the three-wheeled car stuck his head out of the window. “Hurry up! I’ve got to go to the next store!”

At that moment, Li Weize snapped back to reality as he hurriedly placed the boxes on the floor. “Coming!”

…

Despite Li Weize insisting that he did not need any help, Su Junxin still helped him move a few boxes.

After a carload of stock had been unloaded, both of them were so tired that they were gasping for air.

Su Junxin tightened the cap on a Coke bottle as she squinted her eyes to burp before turning to look at him.

“I never expected that despite your skinny figure, you’ve got quite a lot of strength in you.”

Li Weize’s reddened cheeks were still dripping sweat as he blinked his eyes, slightly embarrassed.

“… I’m used to it, so it’s fine.”

“Well then, now that your mom’s gone back to the village, are you still going to open up shop over the next few days?”

He shook his head.

Su Junxin seemed to be deep in thought as she sized him up. Suddenly, a thought flashed past her mind.

“Li Weize, do you have your identification card with you?”

He thought for a moment before getting up to look in the drawer for a moment. Then, he flashed out a cardholder.

“Here it is! What’s the matter?”

After receiving his identification card and scanning it once, she silently memorized the numbers on it.

She then picked up her bag and shot him a sly smile.

“Tomorrow at 10 am, look for me at the airport. Bring your identification card with you.”