Being a Tutor to a Rich, Psychopathic Young Lady - Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Shi Mingyue was stunned for a long time after receiving the message. She put her hand on her heart and quickly called back. The housekeeper answered.

The housekeeper’s tone was urgent. “It’s a little busy here. I’ll talk to you later.”

“Is she okay? What happened to her leg?” Shi Mingyue’s voice was fast.

“She’s still at the hospital. She can’t get out of bed right now,” the housekeeper said.

Shi Mingyue: “How exactly did it happen? How did she suddenly fall and break her leg?”

Housekeeper: “I have to hang up now. I’ll tell you about it later when I get to the hospital.”

And then, she hung up directly.

If she didn’t hang up, she would be exposed.

Xiao Dengqu had split the door open. Even though Xiao Chengyue had a refined personality, he lost his temper and severely scolded Xiao Dengqu. Xiao Chengyue directly told her to never think about leaving this door again.

Xiao Chengyue was leaning against the wall, clearly furious. He couldn’t even understand Xiao Dengqu’s behavior. “Are you crazy?”

The housekeeper said, “Sir, just go along with her for now.”

Xiao Chengyue gave her a cold look. “Guan Ling, did you spoil her?”

Spoiled? When the housekeeper came to this house to take care of Xiao Dengqu, wasn’t Xiao Dengqu already like this?

“Dad, don’t say that. I’m not spoiled. I’m a good girl.” The girl’s clear eyes sparkled in the night, as if filled with a sky full of stars. She looked at him innocently and naively. “Super well-behaved. Sister Ling always teaches me very well.”

Xiao Dengqu pursed her lips and said in a pleasing tone, “Dad, don’t be angry.”

She was so well-behaved, she was menacingly well-behaved.

Xiao Dengqu continued to apologize: “I’ll never dare to do it again. It’s just that the door was closed, and I didn’t know what to do. I was super scared. What if I can’t play the harp well and don’t get to read anymore?”

Even though her eyes were teary, everyone knew Xiao Dengqu was faking it. Xiao Chengyue clenched the back of his hand, and a vein throbbed on his forehead. Xiao Dengqu asked as if she couldn’t understand, “Hmm? Is Dad angry?”

That night, Xiao Chengyue gave a strict order that Xiao Dengqu was not allowed to leave the house. Xiao Chengyue’s room was split open, so he couldn’t sleep there. He didn’t change rooms. At night, the driver took him to a hotel. Xiao Dengqu was lying at her window watching this scene and let out a fierce snort.

Finally, he’s gone.

Xiao Chengyue didn’t understand children after all. Two years were enough for a 16-year-old girl to become an 18-year-old menacingly spoiled girl.

After hanging up, Shi Mingyue’s heart was still restless. Her wet hair was sticking to her neck. She casually squeezed it a few times, picked up her phone, and called again, but no one answered. She sent a message to ask.

How did she break her leg?

How did the phone end up in the housekeeper’s hands? Did Xiao Chengyue not give her a phone, or was there another reason? Was it very serious?

Shi Mingyue sat on the chair, worried about Xiao Dengqu with a headache, and she couldn’t help but wonder if it had something to do with her.

A message popped up on her phone. Shi Mingyue immediately looked at it. It was from Cheng Jin.

Cheng Jin: I’m back in the capital. Are you at school now?

Shi Mingyue propped her chin on her hand. She replied that she wasn’t.

Cheng Jin called her. Shi Mingyue thought about it and answered. Cheng Jin knew about Xiao Chengyue’s return and asked a few questions out of concern.

Cheng Jin said, “Actually, Xiao Dengqu was completely spoiled by her dad.”

“That shouldn’t be the case,” Shi Mingyue said. “Her dad is very strict with her. He even has to watch her close her eyes when she sleeps.”

Cheng Jin said, “She was really pampered when she was little. Xiao Dengqu grew up abroad and only came back when she was three or four. She lived with her dad all the time. She always had what others had. He would buy her whatever she wanted, all kinds of toys. Her dad wanted to give her everything…”

“Wait a minute.” Shi Mingyue heard the key part. “Xiao Dengqu grew up abroad? In the UK?”

“Yeah, didn’t I tell you? Her dad has always been in the UK. Her mom died very early. She died in a car accident less than two months after giving birth to her. She’s been living abroad with her dad.”

“Then her English must be very good, right?”

“Her English is excellent. When she first came back, she wasn’t used to it. She couldn’t understand what others were saying, and she couldn’t win arguments with people. Sometimes she would get into fights. She’s a good fighter, but she uses some dirty tricks. Her dad would step in to protect her and only made her apologize. No matter what mistake she made, all she had to do was apologize.”

Shi Mingyue was stunned. Xiao Dengqu’s English was very good. She chatted with Cheng Jin for a while longer. Cheng Jin asked her when she was going back to school. Shi Mingyue said she couldn’t go back for now because she was busy at home.

“Is your mom doing better?” Cheng Jin asked.

“Much better,” Shi Mingyue said in a muffled voice. “So you’re saying I don’t need to worry about Xiao Dengqu?”

Cheng Jin laughed. “What happened to Xiao Dengqu that you need to worry? She has her dad, the housekeeper, and the whole villa is full of people. What can you do? Her dad might be strict, but he definitely spoils her.”

Cheng Jin asked for her home address and said she would send her something. Shi Mingyue politely declined.

“Don’t think about Xiao Dengqu’s matters anymore,” Cheng Jin advised.

Xiao Dengqu didn’t look like a good kid at all. She had been fooled by her a few times herself.

Shi Mingyue replied with “I know.”

Lying on the small wooden bed, the air had a faint smell of dust. Shi Mingyue had just returned. She had dried a comforter in the sun and laid it underneath. She had washed the duvet cover and was using it. There was only a small fan blowing beside her.

During those nights in her senior year of high school, Zou Huiqin and Shi Fanxing would watch TV together. She would sit on a stool, frantically doing problems and memorizing knowledge points under the dim light.

At that time, she was under a lot of psychological pressure and was very afraid of stopping. She always thought, “Run fast, run fast, and go out and see the vast world.”

Shi Mingyue reminisced, turned over, and thought of her last night in the Xiao family villa. Xiao Dengqu was holding her doll and complaining about everything. She would occasionally respond, but she wasn’t so detached.

It was very strange.

Shi Mingyue felt that this was her social class, and she didn’t like it and wanted to escape. But with Xiao Dengqu’s unattainable wealth and glory, she knew she couldn’t get involved.

Now she was standing on the dividing line, not knowing where to go. Xiao Dengqu from the upper class was pulling her, and her native family from the lower class was pulling her.

Shi Mingyue, oh, Shi Mingyue.

How did you become so lost?

Shi Mingyue turned over again, picked up her phone, and sent a message: Xiao Dengqu, are you feeling better? Is it serious?

Shi Mingyue had a dream. In the dream, Xiao Dengqu was being chased and bitten by a dog. She went over with a stick to help. After a lot of effort, she finally drove the dog away. She thought everything was fine, but then she saw that Xiao Dengqu was bitten and covered in bl00d. She called an ambulance, but the ambulance wouldn’t come no matter what. She was so sad, so sad. She held Xiao Dengqu and cried, begging her not to die…

The scene changed. She dreamed that she was back in the senior year exam room. She held a pen and faced the problems from the past. Even though she hadn’t slacked off in university, she was flustered and scared when facing the high school problems. She was unsure about everything she wrote and felt that she wouldn’t be able to get the good grades she used to get… From time to time, her mind was still thinking about whether Xiao Dengqu would die.

When she woke up, Shi Mingyue was breathing heavily. Her neck was covered in a hot sweat, and her eyes were wet. It seemed like she had cried because she saw Xiao Dengqu being bitten by the dog. She took a while to calm down, got up, walked to the window, and pushed it open. She smelled the not-so-fresh air outside, and what she saw was a vibrant green.

She received a message on her phone. It was from her aunt: Come to our house for lunch. Do you want your uncle to pick you up, or do you want to take the bus yourself?

Shi Mingyue: I’ll go myself.

Aunt: Tell me what you want to eat now. Otherwise, I won’t be able to buy the ingredients later, and you won’t be able to eat what you want.

Shi Mingyue: Thank you, Aunt. I can eat anything.

Aunt: You, you don’t even know how to eat. You’re not destined to have a good life. Do you want to eat pork ribs or chicken?

Shi Mingyue thought for a moment. She didn’t have much of an appetite. She typed: Chicken.

Her aunt sent a voice message back, nagging that she did know how to eat after all. She should just say what she wanted to eat. How could her mind be so rusted? Was she so stupid from all the studying?

Shi Mingyue’s family lived on the outskirts of the county. It took twenty minutes to ride an electric scooter to the hospital, but it was far from her aunt’s house, which was on the west side while the hospital was on the south side. It would take more than half an hour to ride there.

When she came back this time, she found that the small houses behind them had been torn down to build self-built houses. A few days ago, she heard her aunt tell her that a five-story building with two apartments on each floor and two garages underneath cost 180,000 yuan, which was almost 2 million yuan. Their family’s location was better. As long as they sold the land and negotiated with the other party to split the profit, they would have a new house and a few hundred thousand yuan.

To put it bluntly, she had a difficult life. Shi Mingyue got herself ready to ride the electric scooter. Hubei Province had many osmanthus trees. This year’s rain hadn’t fallen yet, and the air was filled with a rich fragrance everywhere.

When she got to the entrance of the community, Shi Mingyue sent a message to Xiao Dengqu’s phone again: Is she feeling better now?

Shi Mingyue was very worried, afraid that it would be like when she was bitten by the dog. No one would take care of her, and her leg would be left with a permanent disability.

Housekeeper: She’s not doing very well.

Shi Mingyue: How exactly did she fall?

The wall of the Xiao family’s courtyard was very high. It was unlikely that Xiao Dengqu could climb it. So she probably didn’t fall. Did something happen to her at home?

There was no reply from the other side.

Shi Mingyue arrived at her aunt’s house and went to help wash the vegetables first.

When her aunt came back, Shi Mingyue had already cooked the rice. Her aunt said, “Since you can cook, I won’t. I’ll take a break. I’m exhausted.”

Shi Mingyue said okay. Her aunt sat for a while and then came in to cook, saying that she was too honest and that she actually did what she was told. She then saw her wiping her hands and looking at her phone from time to time. “What’s wrong? Who’s looking for you?”

Shi Mingyue wasn’t good with words. She just shook her head. When they were about to eat, her aunt put a chicken leg on her plate and told her to eat.

Shi Mingyue said, “Aunt, after I graduate, I won’t forget you.”

“What are you saying? Whether you forget or not is not your business. Your sister is the one you can’t forget. You haven’t eaten much rice at my house.”

As she spoke, she urged her to eat more and added a lot of food to her plate.

“You’re just unlucky. I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re so unlucky to have a mom like this. Luckily, your mom is still a little bit sane and sold everything to let you go to university. Tell your sister to come back early and finish school. Otherwise, what can she do in the future? Marry a man like your dad?”

“If you meet a good boy with a good family background at school, you can try dating. After all, it’s a big city. Don’t stay in a small place. Fly out as soon as you can. Marrying a good man will save you from a lot of suffering.”

Shi Mingyue said she hadn’t thought that much. Her aunt said, “You haven’t dated, but you’re constantly looking at your phone? I wasn’t that frequent when your uncle and I were dating.”

Shi Mingyue shoveled rice into her mouth. “I’m not in a relationship.”

Her aunt didn’t believe her. “You can’t even eat properly, but you’re not in a relationship.”

Shi Mingyue said, “I don’t have time to think about those things. School is very busy, and I don’t really like boys.”

Her aunt was silent for a moment and then said, “If you like women, you can try it too. It’s normal for you not to like men. Don’t worry about it.” She then added some chicken to her plate. “It’s all your dad’s fault.”

Shi Mingyue didn’t say anything. Her aunt suddenly laughed and said, “Mingyue, you’re not really, are you?”

Shi Mingyue was startled. She didn’t expect her aunt to be so direct.

Her aunt laughed for a while and didn’t correct her. “It’s normal for you to have psychological trauma and not want kids. It’s okay to be with whoever you want.”

After the meal, her aunt gave her the key before going back to her hometown. She reminded her that there was food in the fridge and told her to come over and cook. She also told her not to be stingy. She also reminded her, “Let me tell you something. The money you sent back last time, your mom didn’t use it. I don’t know why. You should check it out.”

Sometimes Shi Mingyue would give money to her aunt. After all, her aunt helped with cooking and taking care of her. She would give whatever she could, but her aunt basically didn’t use it and helped pay for the medical expenses instead.

Shi Mingyue rode the electric scooter to the hospital. When she got to the ward, she just sat on the side of the bed. Zou Huiqin ate slowly. The two of them didn’t talk much. Shi Mingyue would occasionally remind her to be careful not to get burned. Zou Huiqin smiled at her. Even though Zou Huiqin was sick, her bone structure still gave her a sense of beauty.

Zou Huiqin asked her if her return would interfere with her studies.

“It won’t,” Shi Mingyue replied.

“Do you still have money for tuition?”

“I’ll have it when the scholarship comes in.”

“What about living expenses?”

“I have financial aid.”

Shi Mingyue’s replies were brief. Zou Huiqin wanted to talk to her a few times but couldn’t find an excuse. Finally, she said, “Get me some water.”

Shi Mingyue handed her the water. Zou Huiqin took a couple of sips. “Did you tutor this summer?”

Shi Mingyue nodded.

“Was it tiring?”

“No, it wasn’t.”

“Mm, did you lose weight?”

Shi Mingyue had lost weight at first, but she had gained it back later. Originally, Shi Mingyue wanted to come back and leave right away. Now was the season for harvesting peanuts, so her aunt was busy. The family also had a breakfast shop. After Zou Huiqin’s condition stabilized after these few dialysis sessions, she could receive treatment at home.

Zou Huiqin said that when she went back, she could do some work that wasn’t too tiring, like feeding chickens and ducks, doing some handicrafts, helping her aunt wash vegetables and dishes, and making soup stock. Doing some work would also be good for her mental state.

Shi Mingyue listened quietly and asked, “What did the doctor say?”

“I have to be careful with my diet, but I can do some light work. The medical insurance will cover the dialysis fees, so it won’t cost much.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Shi Mingyue looked up and said, “Didn’t they say you needed a kidney transplant…”

“Don’t think about that. I’m recovering very well now,” Zou Huiqin said. “Your sister will be back in a few days.”

“Mm, that’s good.”

Her phone vibrated. She received a message.

Xiao Dengqu: She’s not doing very well.

Shi Mingyue’s heart tightened. How bad was “not doing very well”? She squeezed her phone tightly.

Xiao Dengqu: Are you going to come see her?

Xiao Dengqu: When are you coming back?

Shi Mingyue: At the end of the month.

She definitely had to wait until her aunt was done with her work. She came back thinking about the busy farming season. It was already a great kindness that her aunt had helped take care of her for so long.

She wanted to say she was busy, but she didn’t want to. Finally, she got up and walked out of the ward. She made a voice call, but no one answered.

For a moment, Shi Mingyue really wanted to check the plane tickets.

…

The tutor interviews for the Xiao family were scheduled for the afternoon. The maid brought them into the house. The people in the villa all sighed in their hearts, thinking that they were completely looking for a tutor based on Shi Mingyue’s template.

Education, height, age.

The housekeeper came down to receive the new tutor. She couldn’t help but think that it was good that Xiao Chengyue wasn’t back. At least this one in the house looked normal.

Otherwise, if Xiao Dengqu wasn’t normal, many other people would have to follow suit.

The housekeeper carefully looked at her resume, checking if she had any other subjects she could teach besides science.

If this tutor stayed, Shi Mingyue’s position wouldn’t be replaced, and the two major tasks could be completed.

Xiao Dengqu came over, glanced at the new tutor, and suddenly asked her, “If I were bitten by a dog, would you make someone apologize to me?”

The tutor said, “Of course I would.”

Xiao Dengqu shook her head. “You shouldn’t have let me be bitten by the dog in the first place.”

The tutor let out an “ah” and was a little speechless. She wanted to complain. “I’m a tutor, not a bodyguard. Vaccines cost thousands of yuan.”

Xiao Dengqu asked the housekeeper, “Mm-hmm, is Dad still angry with me?”

Housekeeper: “Pretty much.”

Xiao Dengqu: “He’s not dead, so why is he angry with me?” She frowned in confusion and sat on the chair next to the tutor. “When will you give me my ID card? I need to buy a plane ticket.”

Housekeeper: “I will ask Mr. Xiao for his permission.”

After that, she looked at the tutor. “You can go back and wait for the news. If you’re hired, I’ll send you an email.”

“Okay, thank you,” the tutor said, picking up her bag. Xiao Dengqu raised her hand and waved goodbye with a smile, her face smiling, looking cute. The tutor thought: “She’s so intense. It feels like I’d be risking my life to do this job.”

Xiao Dengqu’s skin was in good condition, fair with a rosy glow, like a light touch of cream under the summer sun. She was a cute, foggy girl, but her big eyes were too bright, watery and serene.

The last tutor must have been very short on money to do this job, ignoring the atmosphere around her.

As the tutor was leaving, she heard the young lady say, “Maybe I should just split the door open again. I think Dad still needs to listen to me play the harp.”

The tutor ran faster than a rabbit.

The housekeeper truly felt that she couldn’t continue with this job. The father and daughter were too stubborn.

The housekeeper said, “I’ll discuss it with Mr. Xiao.”

“Tell him to give me some money.”

The housekeeper felt that the difficulty was very high. Xiao Dengqu said seriously, “The teacher’s family is very poor. I can’t spend her money when I go there. Her mom is also sick and needs a lot of money. I can’t be a burden to her.”

She sighed. “Honestly, I’ve been thinking about the teacher all this time, but she abandoned me. The teacher is such a bad woman. But… I can’t bring myself to take revenge on her.”

At 6 p.m., the housekeeper sent a set of photos to Xiao Chengyue. Xiao Dengqu’s destructiveness was too strong. The people at home were all afraid of her.

Housekeeper: Just go along with her.

Xiao Chengyue hadn’t been idle all day. He got some of the security footage from the house and watched it at the hotel. Xiao Dengqu’s life was very boring. Other than the tutor, she had no contact with anything new.

Now, looking at it again, Xiao Dengqu seemed to have regarded the tutor as a toy that was fed to her, playing games in various ways.

Until Shi Mingyue came.

Xiao Dengqu saw Cheng Jin kissing Shi Mingyue on the balcony.

Xiao Chengyue didn’t know that Shi Mingyue and Cheng Jin had this kind of relationship. His daughter was actually a mistress, always stealing her cousin’s man.

Xiao Chengyue had never thought of letting Shi Mingyue go. After all, Shi Mingyue was the longest-staying tutor so far, and Xiao Dengqu’s grades had skyrocketed.

However, Xiao Chengyue also truly didn’t expect Xiao Dengqu to be so unruly.

Xiao Chengyue didn’t want to give in. He wanted to find a way to manage Xiao Dengqu. He didn’t believe that he couldn’t change her. After all, Xiao Dengqu was his child.

Xiao Chengyue was still processing the fact that Xiao Dengqu was stealing her cousin’s man when he received a message.

Housekeeper: The young lady ran away. You don’t want her to come to the hotel with a chainsaw, do you?

…

Shi Mingyue was worried all afternoon, checking her phone for messages from time to time. The last time she chatted with Xiao Dengqu, the housekeeper had asked her where her home was.

At night, Shi Mingyue was accompanying her mom at the hospital. In the morning, after cleaning up and finishing the check-up, she was about to go to her aunt’s house to cook when she saw a familiar face.

Under the camphor tree, Xiao Dengqu was sitting in a wheelchair with her arms crossed. The shadow was covering her. At that moment, the thermos bottle in Shi Mingyue’s hand trembled.

Xiao Dengqu had come…

Xiao Dengqu’s expression was grim. Her eyes were fixed on her, like a predator coming to catch its escaped pet.

In a brief moment, the corners of Xiao Dengqu’s lips turned up. She let out a small snort. “I finally found the teacher. I’m super angry.”

Shi Mingyue’s heart skipped a beat. She was a little afraid of her talking like this. She walked toward her, looking at her bandaged leg, not knowing how to comfort her.

Xiao Dengqu pulled at her dress, covering her leg. She said, “It’s nothing. It’s just broken. I just can’t walk, that’s all. I’m not dead, anyway.”

Shi Mingyue asked, “How did you get here?”

“I crawled.”

Shi Mingyue didn’t know what to say. She felt that Xiao Dengqu was angry. Shi Mingyue stood rooted to the spot. Xiao Dengqu said, “I really missed the teacher. It took a lot of effort, a lot of effort to get here.”

Shi Mingyue didn’t know what was wrong with her leg. She said, “Where are you staying?”

“I don’t know. My dad said that if I came, he wouldn’t care about me anymore. It doesn’t matter if I’m dead or alive,” Xiao Dengqu said.

Shi Mingyue walked to her side and half-squatted. She wanted to look at Xiao Dengqu’s leg, but Xiao Dengqu didn’t let her. She said, “The teacher doesn’t care about me either. What’s the point of looking at this?”

Shi Mingyue’s hand paused for a moment, then she gently lifted the dress to look at Xiao Dengqu’s leg. “The bandage, how is it so…”

“I bandaged it myself,” Xiao Dengqu said.

“Didn’t the doctor do it for you?” Shi Mingyue asked.

Xiao Dengqu said, “I told you. I crawled out.”

Shi Mingyue didn’t know if she was telling the truth or not. She was stunned for a few seconds. She said, “Did you not put any medicine on it?” She didn’t smell the scent of medicine.

Xiao Dengqu hissed. “Teacher, you’re hurting me.”

Shi Mingyue actually wanted to re-bandage her leg. She quickly let go of her hand. “The hospital is right behind us. I’ll take you there to get it checked.”

“Teacher, please heal my heart first. I’ve been abandoned, and I’m super sad,” Xiao Dengqu said, tilting her head to look at her. The corners of her eyes were glistening with the morning light, as if she were about to cry.

Xiao Dengqu grabbed Shi Mingyue’s hand and placed it on her heart. Xiao Dengqu said, “Teacher, this is the first time I’ve been the loser in a game.”

Shi Mingyue didn’t understand. She looked up, and the sunlight stung her eyes. She squinted.

Xiao Dengqu just pursed her lips because she couldn’t sneak out without her dad’s permission. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be a good girl; she would be a bad kid.

But, I’ve run away.