Chapter 36

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At the Art Gallery, due to the school booking, not many people came today. They were all costume design students from the same department.

As Nan Fei rarely went to class, and because her beautiful face was easily envied, she did not have any particularly close classmates in the class.

Hence, she walked around alone, holding a camera. Her hair was tied up high, and her pleated skirt swayed with her gentle steps.

She was soon attracted by the famous painting in the middle of the exhibition hall.

In the painting, dozens of sunflowers were in vases. Some bloomed recklessly, and some were dying.

Bright yellow and brown colours were intertwined. Desire, passion, and doomsday-like despair blended seamlessly in one painting.

Nan Fei stopped in front of the painting. She raised her head and stared at it for a long time, her eyes moving slightly.

She heard the sound of inspiration whizzing through the air. She decided that this was the tone of her costume design!

“I guessed that you like this tone,”a deep voice that seemed to be very far away was heard. “So I specially asked someone to ship this painting from M Country. Do you like it, Nan Nan?”

The familiar yet unfamiliar voice spoke at a moderate speed, just like the owner of the voice, forever elegant.

Nan Fei was shocked. The fingers that were holding the camera gradually tightened, and it was as if an ant had crawled over her heart.

She slowly turned around. The man was wearing a suit and pants and was looking hot. His figure was tall and slender, and his handsome brows and eyes carried a natural indifference.

“I like it.” She looked at him directly and smiled faintly. “Senior, or… brother-in-law?”

Cheng Shichu’s lips curled into a not-so-deep smile. “We’ve only broken up for less than half a year. You calling me brother-in-law really makes me feel a little uncomfortable.”

Nan Fei pursed her lips as if she was thinking for a while. Then, she smiled. “Alright then, senior. I’ll use the term brother-in-law on the day you marry Meng Ge Ya.”

Cheng Shichu raised his eyebrows slightly. The smile on his face faded a little beside his perfectly shaped thin lips.

“Compared to her, I’m more willing to marry you.”

Nan Fei shook her head. “No, you would rather marry the Nan and Meng families.”

The girl’s face was as beautiful and bright as ever, but there was a faint lack of interest on her face.

It was as if something was gnawing at her heart. Cheng Shichu paused and said indifferently, “If I wasn’t a member of the Cheng family, I wouldn’t have broken up with you.”

Being born in the illustrious Cheng family, there was naturally a price to pay for being illustrious.

His father was cruel. He always believed that only by killing each other’s siblings could one temper one’s character and become a king. Only then could the Cheng family continue to be glorious.

Therefore, he and Cheng Liangmu had been used to fighting and killing since they were young. Their goal in life was to obtain the ownership of the Cheng family.

Being together with Meng Ge Ya was his father’s idea. His father had taken a liking to this second young miss who had the power of both the Nan and Meng families and could bring endless benefits to the Cheng family. If he wanted to take over the Cheng family, he could not refuse.

Nan Fei was startled. She lowered her eyes, and her long and curly eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a shadow.

Each life had its own difficulties. She understood Cheng Shichu’s meaning.

However, there was actually nothing to be sorry about.

Nan Fei raised her head and lifted her lips. She smiled slightly as she looked at his handsome and noble face. “If you weren’t a member of the Cheng family, I wouldn’t have been together with you in the first place.”

Cheng Shichu’s eyes darkened. His usually calm face was in a mess.

After a few seconds, he smiled and said, “That’s true. We agreed at that time that we were only a couple in name. You lived alone outside and need the protection of the Cheng family and I needed your grandfather’s support.”

Finally, he lowered his voice and slowly added, “But, after acting for a year and a half, I almost forgot that it was just a show.”

During the six months he had been with Meng Ge Ya, he would occasionally think of Nan Fei. He felt that if his father had not stopped him from dating this girl, it would have been something worth looking forward to.

At least life would not be as dull as it was now.

Nan Fei lazily narrowed her eyes. “Brother, don’t be serious. If you’re serious, you’ll lose.”

There was a moment of silence.

Cheng Shichu lowered his eyes and hid the unreadable expression in his eyes. He knocked on the wall with the painting hanging on it and said, “How about I give you this painting?”

The corners of Nan Fei’s eyes curved as she lifted her chin in a certain direction. “Are you sure you want to give me something in front of her?”