Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 189

A week flew by in the blink of an eye.

On Friday afternoon after school, Sheng Nuan walked out with an English book in hand.

She was worrying about having to take the bus back when she heard customer service chuckling: “There’s a surprise at the school gate.”

Then Sheng Nuan spotted the military jeep parked not far from the school gate.

She jogged over and knocked on the driver’s side window. Pei Shuo, with the window down, turned to look at her. “Get in.”

Sheng Nuan grinned as she walked around to the passenger seat.

A moment later, the car roared out of the county and headed toward Qinghe Village…

Sheng Nuan asked, “Company Commander Pei, are you here to see Er Ya? How is she doing at school?”

After a brief silence, Pei Shuo replied, “Pretty well.”

“That’s good… It sounds like her school is way more interesting than ours, haha.”

Sheng Nuan switched to her chatty mode again, “But our school is pretty good too. It’s just that the little girls in my class are too immature. They tried to gang up on me to isolate me, but in less than a week, they all became my little followers…”

“Aii, not a single one of them can fight,” Sheng Nuan chuckled.

With Sheng Nuan’s constant chatter in his ears, Pei Shuo kept his gaze fixed ahead and didn’t say a word, but the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up…

He had always thought he disliked noise, yet he never imagined that one day he would feel happy because of a person’s voice in his ear.

As the car entered the village, a mailman rode by on his bicycle, humming a tune as he headed out of the village…

In the distance, the mountains looked like ink, birds flew low, and the village was warm and serene.

Xie Ze had just received a package sent from home, but he casually tossed it in the corner, ignoring it. It wasn’t until the next morning that another educated youth reminded him of it, making him seem to recall it as he picked up the package and unhurriedly opened it.

As if anticipating that he wouldn’t read the letter, this time the package contained no letter aside from the items sent, only two photographs.

One photo showed a stern and upright middle-aged man alongside a gentle and beautiful woman, with a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing between them. They all had good looks, radiating warmth and harmony.

The photo had two lines written on it: This was taken a while back, just wanted to show you. When you come back for the New Year, our whole family will take a family portrait.

Your aunt has introduced a girl to you. She comes from a scholarly family, and I’ve sent you her photo as well.

Below was a picture of a young girl dressed in a white blouse and black skirt, with flowing long hair, looking exceptionally beautiful and gentle.

Xie Ze’s eyes filled with sarcasm as he coldly looked at the family photo of three, his mind flashing back to the image of another woman jumping from the upstairs and falling right in front of him…

That was his mother, the original wife of the man in the photo.

She had abandoned her young son and committed suicide for love but still couldn’t win back even a shred of sympathy from her husband.

Her husband quickly remarried that woman from a prestigious and scholarly family.

And now, that heartless, vain, and ridiculous man still wants to make him his golden puppet and push another woman of so-called superior background onto him.

How disgusting…

With a cold sneer, Xie Ze tore the two photographs into shreds.

He tossed the torn scraps of the photographs into the trash can and stood up to walk outside… The air in the room felt suffocating; he felt like he was almost unable to breathe.

As he walked to the riverside, Xie Ze saw someone approaching.

Seeing Xie Ze, the other person stopped, their eyes flickering, looking nervous and shy.

Xie Ze felt disdain in his heart, but his face remained gentle, politely nodding in response to the person’s gaze. Just as he was about to walk past, he suddenly heard the other person speak, “Educated Youth Xie.”

Sheng Xi was extremely nervous, her voice trembling slightly. Then she saw Xie Ze turn to look at her with a confused expression, “Hello?”

He recognized this woman; she used to come with her cousin, claiming she was there to accompany her while standing by and watching him with a look of wanting to speak but unable to.

This is the kind of woman he despises the most.

With an impeccable smile on his face, Xie Ze noticed that Sheng Xi seemed to muster some courage. She bit her lip and continued, “You… you can stop smiling. I can tell you’re not happy…”

Xie Ze raised an eyebrow slightly, “Hmm?”

Finally finding the courage to speak, Sheng Xi continued, “I know you’re smiling, but it’s not genuine happiness. If there’s anything bothering you, you can talk to me. I promise I’ll keep it a secret, and I’ll always stand behind you… Whenever you need me, I’ll be here.”

Those words could almost be considered a confession, and only after finishing did Sheng Xi realize it.

When she met Xie Ze’s half-smirking expression, she blushed, and hurriedly added, “I… I just want to be friends with you.”

Xie Ze smiled, “Oh, is that so…”

He took a few steps toward Sheng Xi and said softly, “Well, I’m about to go for a walk. If you’re still here waiting for me when I come back, then… I’ll be friends with you.”

Sheng Xi’s eyes lit up instantly, and without hesitation, she nodded vigorously, “Don’t worry, I’ll be here.”

Xie Ze wore a smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with sarcasm.

When he was young, he had seen that man shower his mother with sweet words and affection, but once he no longer needed her, his demeanor turned grotesquely ugly.

People will say anything to achieve their goals… yet their promises are worth even less than the wild grass by the roadside.

How ridiculous…

With a mocking glint in his eyes, Xie Ze turned and walked away leisurely, while Sheng Xi was full of bright anticipation. She then climbed down from the path to the river to continue washing clothes.

She decided to wash clothes here and wait for Xie Ze to come back.

Xie Ze aimlessly wandered into the mountains, casually walking along a well-trodden path, when he soon spotted a figure ahead.

Sheng Fei, holding a stick, squinted as he rummaged through the grass, muttering to himself, “This doesn’t make sense…”

That little girl, Sheng Nuan, could encounter wild ginseng in the mountains; why couldn’t he?

Just then, he heard footsteps behind him.

“What are you doing?”

Sheng Fei turned around and saw the famous pretty boy from the educated youth station. It was said that most of the educated youth girls and village girls were interested in him.

Sheng Fei secretly spat, responding perfunctorily, “Nothing.”

He scoffed, muttering, “Pretty boy…”

But by that time, Xie Ze had already walked up behind him. Hearing Sheng Fei’s words, Xie Ze raised an eyebrow slightly and smiled, “Thanks, but…”

Glancing at Sheng Fei’s particularly handsome face, he nodded, “Same to you.”

Sheng Fei: Tch…

Not long after, the sky turned overcast, clearly about to rain.

In the forest, where the sky was obscured, Sheng Fei looked up and turned to Xie Ze, who was following him. “It’s going to rain. Aren’t you heading back?”

Xie Ze shrugged nonchalantly, “I’ll go back if you go back.”

Sheng Fei was speechless, “Is there something wrong with you? Why are you following me?”

Xie Ze thought for a moment and honestly replied, “I’m just really bored…”

Sheng Fei: ……

He ignored Xie Ze and leisurely walked out of the mountains, continuing to rummage along the way.

But the rain arrived faster and heavier than he expected… The rain in the forest quickly formed a curtain, let alone outside.

Sheng Fei frowned and turned back, saying irritably to Xie Ze, “Hurry up, don’t be unlucky enough to encounter a landslide or something. That would be the end of it.”

At the same time, Sheng Nuan was outside in the yard gathering the wild vegetables she had dried when she suddenly heard customer service call out: “Host, life-threatening danger detected for Sheng Fei…”