Chapter 12

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chen Hao, who had just left the Silken Palace, had a look of satisfaction on his face. He finally had time to accompany his girlfriend. President Ruan treated his subordinates very well. After the annual summary, he would definitely brag and fawn over him.

“Beep, beep, beep, beep.”

Chen Hao was puzzled. It was already so late, who would send him a WeChat message?

Suddenly, he took a glance and a mouthful of aged blood was stuck in his throat. It felt really uncomfortable. Why couldn’t President Ruan be praised? He looked around and lamented relentlessly.

‘I saw that. There goes your annual dividend.’

Chen Hao’s face was full of fear as he tapped the screen suddenly. “President Ruan, you’re so magnanimous. Don’t bother with a despicable person like me.”

However, this WeChat message was like a stone that had fallen into the ocean which didn’t cause any ripples at all. His face was like a puppy’s, and his shoulders were slumped. All the bragging and fawning were gone.

After not seeing each other for six years, Xie Nian felt a little sad when she stepped into the Jiang family’s courtyard again. She then heaved a sigh of relief and brought the two children into the Jiang family’s courtyard.

“Big Missy, is that you?”

Xie Nian was shocked. She didn’t notice that someone was approaching them just now. Had she forgotten everything she had experienced overseas? Her basic reaction had disappeared.

“Eldest Missy, it’s really you. I was still wondering why Young Master had asked us to clean up the Jiang family’s courtyard. So that’s the reason.”

Under the light, Xie Nian saw that this person was Aunt Wang, who had been by her mother’s side when she was alive. Xie Nian did not know the background of this person, but she knew that this person was the person her mother trusted the most.

“Aunt Wang, did Cheng Cheng ask you guys to clean here in advance?”

Aunt Wang enthusiastically invited the three of them into the room. Even when she saw the two little children It seems that all this is so natural. It was as if everything was just taking place so naturally.

“Yes, Missy. I’m afraid Young Master will only return in a while. All these years when you weren’t around, it had always been Young Master dealing with everything.”

“It must have been hard on Cheng Cheng and all of you. Thank you for your hard work.”

Aunt Wang waved her hand and smiled. “Does Missy still want to stay in the same room as before? It’s just that Young Master doesn’t allow us to enter the room, so we didn’t specially clean it. Take a look and see if you want to stay in the guest room first. After we clean up—”

Although Xie Nian was confused why Xie Cheng didn’t let enter the room to clean it up, she didn’t say anything. Things had always been so cold between them. What else can’t happen?

“Alright, I’d trouble you to lead the way, Aunt Wang. We’ll stay in the guest room today.”

“Alright.”

After Aunt Wang left, Xie Nian sat on the bed in a daze. The two children lay beside her and had already fallen asleep. It had been a tiring day.

In the end, Xie Nian couldn’t endure it any longer and slowly entered dreamland.

At this moment, a bright light shone in the courtyard of the house.

“Young Master is back. I’m afraid Miss just fell asleep.”

Aunt Wang’s words struck Xie Cheng’s heart like a warning bell. Xie Nian had returned.

“Her room wasn’t cleaned. So, is she staying in the guest room?”

Aunt Wang nodded and took the suit from Xie Cheng. She hung it gently on the coat rack at the door and was about to say something. However, when she turned around, Xie Cheng was nowhere to be seen.

Xie Cheng quietly arrived at the guest room where Xie Nian and the other two were staying. She was once the eldest daughter of the prestigious family in Jiang Capital and she had a lot of pride. Why was she squeezed into such a small guest room? What did Xie Nian experience alone overseas?

There were also the two children beside her. Ever since he started the company on his own, he had vaguely severed ties with the Xie family. Although he had checked on Xie Nian, he didn’t manage to find anything out.

Once, when he was about to get close to the truth, he was even warned by those people. In the end, it was left unsettled.

It was all because he was still incapable then and wasn’t able to give Xie Nian any help. Otherwise, Xie Nian would still be the Young Lady of the Xie family, who was respected by everyone in the Jiang Capital.

“No, don’t—”

A tear slid out of the corners of Xie Nian’s eyes. Her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she had suffered immense pain in her dream. “Don’t look. Chengcheng, let’s go. Let’s leave this place.”

Xie Cheng’s hand that was wiping her tears paused for a second. His body was tense as he ran out of the guest room in a panic, forgetting to close the door.

Xie Nian, who was struggling in her dream, suddenly opened her eyes and took a few deep breaths. It felt like a warm hand was on her face just now. Was it a dream?

She laughed at herself. How could it be him?

And for the dream just now. Seemed like she had just arrived in Jiang Capital and the familiar scene around her had actually caused her to have that dream again.

She was like a clown who was played by everyone, stripped naked and placed in an exhibition. All sorts of people would come and look at her mockingly, and there was also that person she had never wanted to show-up—Xie Cheng..