Kicked Back to a Rich Family by the Real Eldest Daughter - Chapter 27
Chapter 27
That night, the two of them surprisingly didn’t go to trouble Zhang Yueqi. As if they had a tacit agreement to forget the incident, all three of them were silent.
Zhang Yueqi was on tenterhooks all night. After confirming that they weren’t going to punish her, she became bold again.
She looked at the staff who were busy measuring Xie Xiangyi in the room, then secretly sat next to Tang Jinzhi and, like she was asking for death, asked her, “Did you two kiss or not yesterday?”
The topic that had been deliberately ignored was brought up again. Tang Jinzhi, who was struggling with the “tea” in front of her, quickly looked up and glared at her, then lowered her head with a blush.
It was so awkward yesterday, and she had to sleep with Xie Xiangyi at night. God knows how much she suffered last night. The two of them lay in bed without a word. The only communication they had was because of this terribly bitter tea.
Xie Xiangyi said that her liver was inflamed and she had many dreams, and drinking this would help. She just saw Xie Xiangyi casually grab some of this medicine and put it in a cup to make her some water.
So casual and unreliable.
“Why is this stuff so bitter?” Tang Jinzhi frowned, deliberately ignoring Zhang Yueqi’s question, and complained in a low voice.
Xie Xiangyi had just finished being measured and sat down. Hearing her, she pushed the sugar on the table toward Tang Jinzhi. “Of course, it’s bitter. It’s gentian grass infused in water. Don’t worry, your body can handle it.”
Tang Jinzhi’s forehead was covered in black lines: “But my tongue says it can’t.”
Xie Xiangyi chuckled: “It will make you better. If it doesn’t, I’ll bring you some tranquilizer pills. You can just eat them.”
Although she didn’t think Tang Jinzhi’s condition was that complicated, coaxing her would still be effective. This wasn’t the case where she obediently picked up the cup and drank it.
Tang Jinzhi held her breath as if resigned to her fate. She planned to chug it all in one go, but after drinking half of it, she couldn’t take it anymore. She shivered and put the cup down. She wanted to say that she didn’t want to drink it anymore, but she held back when she saw Xie Xiangyi’s encouraging eyes. In the end, she held her breath and chugged the rest.
What blush? She was so bitter that her face was turning pale.
She took the sugar Xie Xiangyi had unwrapped and chewed it in her mouth. Tang Jinzhi leaned back in defeat and asked casually, “Where did you get so much sugar?”
Xie Xiangyi had given her a few pieces when she was trying to coax her into drinking the tea last night.
She remembered that she hadn’t bought any sugar when she bought snacks.
Xie Xiangyi turned her head awkwardly, her tone vague: “I bought it for my colleagues. There were some leftovers…”
Tang Jinzhi wanted to ask why she would buy her colleagues sugar. People usually treat them to a meal or a bubble tea. But then she remembered that there was a junior in the hospital.
No, wait, thinking about it like this, Tang Jinzhi felt like she was being cheated on…
Were they trying to have an affair during their marriage?
Xie Xiangyi wasn’t that kind of person.
Tang Jinzhi looked at Xie Xiangyi suspiciously and asked directly, “Did you buy it for your junior?”
Xie Xiangyi felt a little uneasy under her gaze. She thought for a few seconds and then spoke honestly. “Yes and no. It’s mainly because a nurse I’m close with found out I was married and wanted some wedding candy. This was for them. There were some leftovers…”
Hearing Xie Xiangyi’s voice get softer and softer, Tang Jinzhi felt a little embarrassed after realizing her misunderstanding and didn’t dare to ask any further questions. Let her be shy. She felt awkward too.
She licked the crushed sugar residue in her mouth. So she was eating her own wedding candy. It was pretty sweet.
Zhang Yueqi pulled on Tang Jinzhi’s sleeve. “I want to eat some too.”
Tang Jinzhi gave her one of the two remaining pieces of candy and got up to inspect the clothes she had chosen.
In the living room, there were two rows of clothing racks. One row was filled with the clothes Tang Jinzhi had chosen earlier to be delivered, and the other row was filled with samples that were brought for them to choose from.
Since someone else was paying for it, Tang Jinzhi didn’t hold back. She pulled the other two people in the room to choose several outfits before she stopped.
The staff happily left after saying that the selected clothes would be delivered in the next two days.
Xie Xiangyi accompanied Tang Jinzhi as she put the clothes into the closet one by one. Looking at the suddenly full closet, besides feeling a little strange, she also felt a sense of satisfaction and security.
It felt like Tang Jinzhi was officially living with her.
Xie Xiangyi closed the closet door and suddenly suggested, “Let’s go eat out for lunch.”
Tang Jinzhi instinctively shook her head. “Let’s stay home.”
Xie Xiangyi faced her with a serious expression. “I asked Dr. Qiu. Are you unwilling to go out because of your amnesia and you feel insecure outside?”
Tang Jinzhi opened her mouth, thought for two seconds, and then replied, “You can think of it that way. But a more reasonable explanation is that I feel like a stranger to the whole world. I was thrown here.”
“How to put it, it’s like a shy child resisting contact with strangers. That kind of discomfort.”
Xie Xiangyi summarized: “So you feel like a child who was thrown into a strange world?”
It sounded so pitiful.
Tang Jinzhi clapped her hands: “You got it right! Yes!”
“So let’s not go out. I don’t like the world outside. Don’t you have a graduation exam in a month? Don’t waste time going out. Study hard at home.”
Xie Xiangyi smiled: “Can’t I make new friends in this strange world? Will you be afraid even if a familiar person accompanies you?”
She added: “I’m off today, and I don’t want to study.”
Her tone was quite willful.
Tang Jinzhi fell silent. She sighed and compromised, “You have a point, but you have to be within my line of sight. No, you have to stand right next to me.”
She had tried. She felt uncomfortable as soon as she stepped out of the door. She was full of doubt about the outside world.
She didn’t understand why she was different from the transmigration stories in books. Perhaps it was because she had transmigrated with her physical body, or perhaps there was something wrong with her mind.
But Tang Jinzhi felt that she was very healthy. She thought she was just too insecure.
And this situation wasn’t without a solution.
Xie Xiangyi was stunned for a while before she spoke. “Is it… that you can’t leave me?”
This wasn’t a narcissistic or teasing question. It was a serious inquiry.
Tang Jinzhi thought for a moment and nodded. Her brows were furrowed. She didn’t know how to explain why Xie Xiangyi made her feel more secure.
If she said it was because of her USB drive, Xie Xiangyi might laugh at her. But if she said it was because she was her wife, it would be too ambiguous. That was part of the reason, but Tang Jinzhi herself didn’t want to admit it.
She avoided Xie Xiangyi’s gaze and walked out, responding vaguely, “…You seem reliable.”
And the unreliable one was naturally the little follower who was with them.
“Fine. I asked you to come out with me, and you refused. But when Xie Xiangyi asks you to come out, you do it, huh?”
Facing Zhang Yueqi’s question, Tang Jinzhi went directly to the other side of Xie Xiangyi. She didn’t walk next to Zhang Yueqi and chose to avoid answering.
Zhang Yueqi put her hands on her hips and lagged a few steps behind. She looked at them a few times, then walked forward. Under their bewildered gazes, she pulled their hands together and pushed them. “Hold hands properly. Don’t let go. You’ve already kissed, so what’s there to be afraid of holding hands?”
Tang Jinzhi turned around, about to say something, when a surprised voice suddenly came from not far behind her. “Oh? Senior!”
Xie Xiangyi came back to her senses and looked forward, her face enlightened. “Xiaoci?”
“This is…” Song Xiaoci jogged over. The teasing smile on her face froze after Tang Jinzhi turned around. The words on the tip of her tongue were stuck in her throat.
Tang Jinzhi’s expression was just as stiff.
“This is my wife, Tang Jinzhi.”
Xie Xiangyi’s introduction rang out in their ears.
Tang Jinzhi withdrew her hand and forced a polite smile at Song Xiaoci.
“Hello.”