Chapter 3

"I know Qiao Nainai asked Qiao Muting to help the Lin Family, so..."

Qiao Muting raised an eyebrow; did she feel the Lin Family wasn't standing high enough yet?

With Lin Guanda's ability, he couldn't stand any higher.

If she used this as a trade for marriage, he didn't mind agreeing.

"I hope Qiao Muting will stop helping the Lin Family."

Shu Xia lowered her eyes; she was afraid of revealing the ferocious hatred in them and frightening someone who shouldn't be frightened.

"Oh?" Qiao Muting was somewhat surprised.

However, he did not press for an answer.

Seeing that Shu Xia had finished signing, he raised his wrist to check the time. "Let's go in."

"Okay."

There were very few people at the Civil Affairs Bureau today; after going in, they received their certificate very quickly.

After coming out, Shu Xia looked at the marriage certificate in her hand, feeling somewhat dazed, as if she were dreaming.

While she was dazed, Qiao Muting said in a cool voice from the side, "Add me on WeChat first. I'll send you the address, and you can move over directly in these two days."

Without waiting for Shu Xia to refuse, Qiao Muting left directly after adding her on WeChat.

Before getting the certificate, what Shu Xia had thought was that she would move in with Qiao Nainai; she had never thought about living in the same place as Qiao Muting.

But it was fine this way now; the appearance of marital harmony could make Qiao Nainai feel more at ease.

She glanced at the time—it was 3:30 PM—she could go to the Lin Family first to take her things.

If it weren't for the fact that the Lin Family had a few good items that Zhong Nainai had given her, she would absolutely not want to step foot into the Lin Family even half a step!

On the subway to the Lin Family, a call came in.

Shu Xia didn't look at who was calling and answered it directly.

"Hello."

"Wife, Lin Miao just called me and said that when you went to the hospital to donate blood for her, you got into an argument with Mom and Dad."

"I don't think it's very good for you to do that; it will hurt Mom and Dad's feelings. Besides, Lin Miao also needs your blood. Leaving like that is too hurtful to your relationship."

"Where are you now? I'll come find you, and then we'll go find Mom and Dad together to apologize to them properly! Let's go to the hospital early tomorrow morning, and after donating blood, shall we go watch a movie?"

Fu Chenyan's voice kept coming through the phone, one coaxing word after another.

Shu Xia gripped the phone tightly.

In her previous life, she had loved Fu Chenyan with all her heart, from high school to university.

On the day of their university graduation, Fu Chenyan proposed to her, saying that he would only ever like Shu Xia in this life.

Some men's promises were truly no different from farting!

Everything she experienced during the year she was paralyzed before her death was still vivid in her mind, deep and bone-chilling.

Fu Chenyan didn't hear a response from Shu Xia for a long time and was somewhat unhappy. "Wife? Are you listening? Is the signal bad on your end? Should I tell you on WeChat?"

"Idiot, let's break up." Shu Xia didn't want to have any relationship with Fu Chenyan; she couldn't endure even one more day.

She hung up the phone decisively.

The notification sounds of WeChat came one after another.

She didn't look.

She also didn't block Fu Chenyan; it wasn't the right time yet.

Soon, she arrived at the Lin Family.

Lin Guanda and the others hadn't returned yet; there was a traffic jam at this time, and even if they were given another half hour, they might not be back.

She didn't have many things; she had only been living there for half a year, so one suitcase was enough.

When she went downstairs, she saw an Ancient Painting hanging in the living room.

The Ancient Painting was hung in an extremely inconspicuous place; this was an Ancient Painting she had restored herself, taking a full three months, just to give to Chen Xiuyue as a birthday gift.

As a result, Chen Xiuyue looked at it with disgust and had the nanny hang the painting in the most inconspicuous place in the living room.

At the time, she had been a bit sad and wanted to explain the origin of the painting, but Chen Xiuyue was impatient, yet happily accepted the designer bag Lin Miao had given her.

Chen Xiuyue was not worthy of this painting.

Nor was she worthy of her sincere treatment.

She walked over, carefully took down the Ancient Painting, rolled it up, and put it into her suitcase.

Forty minutes later.

The three of them, Lin Guanda, returned.

After coming in, Chen Xiuyue looked around, and not seeing Shu Xia, she frowned and asked Liushen.

"Has Shu Xia returned?"

Liushen hurriedly put down her work and replied, "The eldest young lady returned half an hour ago, and then left with a suitcase."

"Left with a suitcase?" Chen Xiuyue's voice rose.

"Yes, Madam." Liushen nodded.

Lin Miao was somewhat surprised; she had thought she would see Shu Xia returning to apologize in a dejected manner. Her eyes flickered—didn't Fu Chenyan say he could handle Shu Xia?

"Is she running away from home?" Lin Miao asked.

Lin Guanda said angrily, "If she has the guts to run away from home, then don't come back! She's too insensible; cancel her credit card right now!"

This daughter had truly lost him all his face!

"I'll go check her room; maybe she just wants to use running away from home to scare us. I bet she definitely wants a car too; she really is too insensible!" Chen Xiuyue locked her brows tightly and quickly went upstairs to Shu Xia's room.

She rarely came to Shu Xia's room.

When the room opened and she saw the empty and very sparsely furnished room, she was stunned for a moment.

An indescribable sense of strangeness welled up in her heart.

"Mom, maybe I should just leave. Sister probably doesn't want to see me at home. As long as I leave, she can come back." Lin Miao walked over and noticed Chen Xiuyue was lost in thought.

She realized something was wrong.

In this house, she was the only princess held in the palm of everyone's hand!

Shu Xia was nothing but mud beneath her feet.

Chen Xiuyue came back to her senses and looked at Lin Miao with heartache, "If only she were half as obedient as you. If she wants to leave, let her leave; don't worry about her."

"Shu Xia grew up in the countryside, and her foster mother only had a junior high school education, so it's normal that she doesn't understand some principles. Mom, we can teach her slowly in the future; she will understand! Eventually, she will be able to be as filial to you and Dad as I am," Lin Miao said obediently.

Whenever Chen Xiuyue heard about Shu Xia's upbringing, she felt a wave of irritation, "She even attended a few years of university, so she should be sensible. When it comes down to it, she's just short-sighted and doesn't know how to be grateful!"

"Go downstairs and eat first; don't worry about her."

The streets were bustling with heavy traffic and an endless stream of people.

Shu Xia sat in the taxi, her eyes watching the scenes passing by rapidly with an almost greedy intensity, feeling as if everything were so illusory.

She had truly come back to life.

"Young lady, your phone has been ringing non-stop."

The middle-aged driver looked at Shu Xia through the rearview mirror. The young lady was very pretty and looked to be about twenty years old, but her eyes were too desolate. Had something happened to her?

Ever since she got into the car, the phone had been ringing intermittently.

"Thank you, Uncle, it's just spam calls."

Shu Xia looked down at her phone.

It was Fu Chenyan again.

Calls and WeChat messages were bombarding her one after another.

She could imagine his furious appearance, an image that overlapped with the way he and Lin Miao had looked, entangled and hideous.

Her hand holding the phone tightened uncontrollably, and the ringing stopped.

Just at this moment, another call came in.

When she saw that the caller was Qiao Muting, her long, thick eyelashes trembled slightly.