[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy":3,"chapter-the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-chapter-245":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Little Brat's Sweet And Sassy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},438676,697,"Chapter 245 - Return to China","the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-chapter-245",245,"\u003Cp>Ye Ci subconsciously took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was facing the main entrance, so Ning Li could see her as soon as she raised her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, even being separated by the window and at such a distance, Ye Ci could still inexplicably feel Ning Li’s coldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li’s face was calm and emotionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci moved away from Ning Li’s line of sight and went back to her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she heard footsteps outside her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li had gone upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci bit her lip, got up, and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li just happened to pass by her bedroom door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Ning Li.” Ye Ci called out to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci quickly gave Ning Li a once over with a smile on her face. “Sister Ning Li, what took you so long to come back? I thought you were only staying in Lincheng for a day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li raised her eyebrows and asked, “I don’t remember telling you how long I would be going back for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ning Li had gone to Lincheng, she had indeed planned to stay for one night and return on Sunday. However, since it was a New Year’s Day holiday, she could stay for another night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Ye Ci have guessed that Ning Li was only staying for one day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci had not expected Ning Li to ask this. Her eyes flickered a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I just made a casual guess. After all, it’s been a long time since you’ve gone back to Lincheng, so it wouldn’t be very convenient to stay for long…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice softened as she continued, “After all, this is your first New Year’s Day in Yunzhou, so I thought…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci was implying that Ning Li should have stayed back to countdown the New Year with the Ye family, but Ning Li had gone back to Lincheng on that day instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If word got out, it would not sound good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was fine over there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li interrupted her words and looked at her dully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, Ning Li would have felt that Ye Ci truly wanted to keep her here and spend the holidays together as a family, if she had heard this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she was no longer that naive to believe such a ridiculous notion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one in the Ye family welcomed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first ten years, the Ye family had lived happily without Ning Li’s presence in this house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, Ning Li was just like excess baggage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was delayed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li’s tone was casual, but her eyes were fixed on Ye Ci, carefully watching Ye Ci’s change in expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?” Ye Ci’s eyes widened slightly in surprise. “What happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li narrowed her eyes, then gave a small smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not a big matter. I just happened to run into Second Brother and the others, so we had a meal together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci’s expression froze for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So, Cheng Xiyue had driven Lu Huaiyu and Ning Li back from Lincheng together?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li nodded without much concern and suddenly asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you seem so surprised?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her reaction of surprise was not ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cheng family had business in Lincheng, and Lu Huaiyu was Cheng Xiyue’s close friend. It was perfectly normal for them to be in Lincheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not right that Ye Ci was so shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, nothing…it’s just…a little unexpected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci quickly adjusted her expression and resumed her usual gentle and kind appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li stared at her for a while, before turning to go back to her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ci had originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but she was no longer in the mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went back to her bedroom and picked up her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li opened her laptop and exported all the data that had been recorded before for preliminary processing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then organized the data and sent out an email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lab in the Capital required an appointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the final exams, the Physics Competition Winter Training would start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that time, she would have to arrange her schedule accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her phone vibrated. It was a message from George.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ning, are you free today? Are you sure you don’t want to consider the spring and summer collection?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George had been urging Ning Li to come out with a new collection since last week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would send her a message every other day, and each time, he had sent the same sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the beginning, Ning Li had only replied “I’m not available at the moment”. Eventually, she had not bothered to reply anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, George was still persistent in messaging her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the first time he had seen Ning Li’s designs, he was particularly fond of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had insisted on making Ning Li’s designs the focus of his promotion despite everyone’s objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George had proven to be very far-sighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Flower and Moon” series was a huge success, and Ning had become an instant hit in the fashion world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, countless people have tried to find out about Ning. They wanted to work with her or try to befriend her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, everyone saw how Tang Wei had only relied on that one outfit that had brought her to fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many in the fashion industry had this kind of ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for G&S’s tight control, they would not be able to keep these people from digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people had even come to George to ask him in person, but he had refused them all on the grounds of confidentiality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this ordeal, George felt both physically and mentally exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just needed some new designs from Ning Li’s to soothe his wounded heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, although the last “Flower and Moon” series had presented excellent results, it had been a rushed job, so some parts were not perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George was a perfectionist, so he hoped that Ning Li would give him and the G&S team more time to prepare this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Li looked at the message, still without replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really was quite busy at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, she received another email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from Lin Fengmin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clicked on it and only saw two short sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was returning to China.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-05-30T09:09:42.757Z","2026-06-01T04:30:50.407Z",1,"novelbin.me","5bbf4e35f77f1fc127fa02db05fee75aa4a828621a388688b4fae5db1a4f639e","the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-chapter-246","the-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-chapter-244",1251,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-little-brat-s-sweet-and-sassy-cover.jpg"]