The True Record of a Flirty Omega's Failed Balancing Act - Chapter 17

Chapter 17

◎Let’s go home.◎

When Ning Chanyue returned to the hospital, Cheng Yuxin chatted with her for a couple of minutes and then left in a hurry. Ning Chanyue sat back down by the bed, fed her sister her medicine, and played with her for a while. But perhaps it was the effect of the medicine. In less than half an hour, her sister, who had been quite energetic, started yawning and fell asleep in her arms.

It wasn’t until her sister’s breathing became steady that Ning Chanyue carefully put her back on the bed and picked up her phone. But when she opened the screen, she saw many missed calls from her adoptive mother.

Ning Chanyue sighed and then expertly deleted the calls.

This wasn’t the first time her adoptive mother had called her so many times today. Ever since she and You Zhuoqing finished talking downstairs last night and she went upstairs and called her adoptive mother to ask about her biological mother, her adoptive mother accidentally let it slip. Since then, she had been calling her like this.

Luckily, her adoptive mother didn’t know where she lived. Otherwise, with this level of persistence, she would probably show up uninvited at her doorstep just like You Zhuoqing and question her.

That’s right, You Zhuoqing…

Ning Chanyue lowered her eyes. She opened her phone’s contacts and found the entry with You Zhuoqing’s name, but she seemed to be hesitating. She neither opened it nor swiped it away.

She had wanted to contact You Zhuoqing last night to ask if she knew her biological mother’s information. But… would You Zhuoqing, with her usual demeanor, be willing to help her find her biological mother?

If she were to rashly contact her biological mother, would her biological mother be willing to see her?

Perhaps it was the fear of being close to home, or perhaps it was still a little bit of resistance towards You Zhuoqing. Ning Chanyue lowered her eyes, and her fingertip kept hovering over the name.

“This is our only chance. We’ve been through so much to get to the Second Hospital. Even if the surgery tomorrow is unsuccessful, we’ll accept it.” The sound of a patient and a nurse talking came from outside the door and then gradually faded away.

That’s right, there was only one chance.

For some reason, Ning Chanyue’s hand, which was hovering over the name, trembled. She finally dialed the number.

“Hello?” You Zhuoqing answered very quickly.

“Can you help me get in touch with my biological mother?” Without any pleasantries, Ning Chanyue put the phone to her ear and said this.

You Zhuoqing paused. After a long time, she said, “Huh? You mean… you want me to find someone who has nothing to do with me in a haystack in Nancheng? And this person might have already left Nancheng?”

Ning Chanyue was not unaware of the difficulties. When she heard You Zhuoqing say this, she didn’t press her. “It’s okay, I was just trying to ask. If it’s not convenient, then forget it.”

Then, Ning Chanyue moved the phone away from her ear a little, as if she was about to hang up.

But she heard a voice suddenly come from the other end of the phone. “Do you really want to find her? I remember you never told me before that you wanted to find your biological mother.”

That’s right, after all, in the years she was with You Zhuoqing, if You Zhuoqing hadn’t brought it up herself, she would almost never have taken the initiative to talk about herself with You Zhuoqing.

Compared to You Zhuoqing’s voice, which seemed to always be crisp and clear, Ning Chanyue’s voice was a little muffled. She said, “I just want to see her once.”

You Zhuoqing clicked her tongue. “I’ll try… But, what’s in it for me? Ningning.”

“Next week when we go to film, I’ll have my assistant book the rooms next to each other, okay?”

You Zhuoqing laughed. “Just that? You might as well say that you’ll move out of that person’s house right now.”

“……”

“Okay, fine. I’ll contact you when I have news.”

“Thank you.” Ning Chanyue said this to You Zhuoqing, a rare sincere and calm thank you.

Ning Chanyue hung up the phone. But just a few minutes later, the ward door was unexpectedly pushed open. When Ning Chanyue turned her head, she saw a grandmother with some gray hair standing in front of her with her hands behind her back. She asked, “You’re the student Xu Guiyi mentioned who was helping to look after Anan, right?”

Ning Chanyue quickly got up and offered her the chair next to the bed. But she looked at Grandma Zhou for a while before saying hesitantly, “You’re… Grandma Zhou?”

Grandma Zhou nodded but didn’t sit down. She just looked at Ning Chanyue and said, “Yes. I heard Guiyi say Anan was sick, so I hurried over to see her. You can go back and do your own thing. I’m used to taking care of Anan, you young people don’t need to worry.”

…

Ning Chanyue tried to refuse a few times, but she still couldn’t beat Grandma Zhou’s enthusiasm. She finally got in her car and prepared to go back. But the weather in late spring was always unpredictable. Ning Chanyue’s car had only driven halfway when the dark clouds gradually swallowed the sunset and pressed down heavily. After a while, the rain started to fall, one drop, two drops, slowly getting heavier. The raindrops, as big as beans, started to hit Ning Chanyue’s car window, and even the windshield wipers couldn’t completely clear the downpour.

But it was still okay inside the car, at least she wouldn’t get wet. But when Ning Chanyue parked the car across from the entrance of Xu Guiyi’s complex and searched inside the car for a while but couldn’t find an umbrella, she looked out the window helplessly, as if she was hesitating whether to get out in the rain.

“Knock, knock.” Suddenly, someone knocked on the window next to her passenger seat.

Ning Chanyue turned her head.

The car window next to the passenger seat was already covered with a layer of mist, blurring the shadowy scene outside into one colorful piece after another, making it difficult to see clearly. But even with this lack of clarity, when she saw the person outside the car wearing a gray and black top, Ning Chanyue’s eyes instantly lit up. She quickly pulled out the car key and opened the door.

The moment she opened the door, Xu Guiyi, who was outside, bent down and tilted the umbrella toward her car door.

Ning Chanyue naturally held the umbrella handle with Xu Guiyi. Her tone was jumping and light. If you didn’t listen carefully, it sounded like she was humming a song. She asked Xu Guiyi, “Why did you come?”

Xu Guiyi just said, “I ran into you by chance.”

As if she wasn’t satisfied with this answer, Ning Chanyue pouted, but in a flash, she smiled again and said, “That means we’re quite fated.”

Ning Chanyue’s words were carried by the howling wind into Xu Guiyi’s ears. But Xu Guiyi neither nodded nor shook her head, letting the words fall into the air. Ning Chanyue glanced at Xu Guiyi from time to time, only to see Xu Guiyi walking forward slowly with her eyes lowered, neither looking at her nor paying attention to her.

When they passed the entrance of the complex, Ning Chanyue couldn’t help but shake the umbrella handle and ask Xu Guiyi, “What’s wrong?”

Only then did Xu Guiyi turn her head. She slowed her pace and stopped on the covered walkway connected to the complex gate. She said to her slowly, “Cheng Yuxin told me that when we were walking on campus this afternoon, we were photographed and posted on the campus wall, and they asked if you were Ning Chanyue.”

Xu Guiyi’s expression was quite serious, but Ning Chanyue’s expression was still relaxed.

She tilted her head and said to Xu Guiyi, “I thought it was something serious. It’s just the campus wall. There’s no proof. They’ll talk about it for a while, and then it’ll be over.”

After saying that, Ning Chanyue turned around again, wanting to pull Xu Guiyi to walk forward, but after only two steps forward, Xu Guiyi was still standing in place, unmoving.

She heard Xu Guiyi say, “I just thought that if we get too close, it might not be good for you.”

Ning Chanyue seemed a little confused. “Why wouldn’t it be good? Do you think it will affect my public image?”

Was she trying to push her away again?

So Ning Chanyue took two steps closer to Xu Guiyi, staring at her, waiting for her answer.

But before Xu Guiyi could answer, Ning Chanyue’s phone screen suddenly lit up in her pocket.

Feeling the light out of the corner of her eye, Xu Guiyi’s gaze shifted slightly from Ning Chanyue’s face and landed on the screen. When she saw the words on the screen, she pursed her lips and didn’t say anything for a few seconds. Only then did she open her mouth to remind Ning Chanyue, “You Zhuoqing is calling you.”

Ning Chanyue’s heart sank.

She quickly took out her phone, as if she had something to hide. Although she knew Xu Guiyi had already seen who it was, she still tilted the screen slightly, not wanting Xu Guiyi to see the three words written on it again.

Then her hand hovered over the red button, but just as it was about to touch the hang-up button, she frowned and never fully pressed it.

Was You Zhuoqing calling now to tell her about her biological mother?

Ning Chanyue bit her lip. She just looked at the phone screen, neither hanging up nor answering.

Xu Guiyi seemed to have seen through her thoughts. With a sinking voice, she said to her, “If you want to answer it, then answer it.”

When Ning Chanyue heard that, she suddenly looked up at Xu Guiyi with a little shock.

She remembered the first day she was at Xu Guiyi’s place, she also received a call from You Zhuoqing, but Xu Guiyi’s attitude seemed to be very resistant. How was it now…

“It’s okay.” Xu Guiyi said this.

So Ning Chanyue was silent for a while. She finally lowered her head and answered the call.

“Beep, beep, beep—” “Beep, beep, beep—”

The sudden honking from outside the complex was especially noisy. Ning Chanyue had just said one word when she was drowned out by the roar of a motorcycle that followed. Then, Ning Chanyue saw a few young people with dyed hair squeezed onto a motorcycle, whistling as they sped past the complex gate, splashing layers of water from the ground.

“Be careful.”

Xu Guiyi hugged Ning Chanyue, and they dodged back a few steps.

“Did it splash on you?” After the sound of the motorcycle gradually faded away, Xu Guiyi lowered her head and looked at Ning Chanyue’s skirt, which was swaying in the wind.

But it wasn’t Ning Chanyue’s words that answered her. It was a light laugh from the other end of the phone.

“Ningning. You promised me you’d stay with me when we film. Are you sure?”

The other end of the phone said so.

As You Zhuoqing’s words fell, Xu Guiyi’s arm, which was wrapped around Ning Chanyue, stiffened and slowly slid down her back.

The spring rain continued to fall relentlessly. The continuous dark clouds cast a gray layer over the world. But the streetlights were not on yet. Only the persistent white light from the phone in her hand barely lit up the darkness, and at the same time, it clearly announced the existence of a third person.

But the next second, Ning Chanyue grabbed Xu Guiyi’s drooping hand.

Ning Chanyue didn’t put the phone to her ear. Instead, she put it on speaker and said to You Zhuoqing frankly, “We’ll just have separate rooms. Don’t twist my words. And let’s be clear, this is on the premise that you help me find my biological mother.”

“Found her. You can go to Chouyang Hotel tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. I’ve already booked a private room for you. Just say my name when you get there.”

You Zhuoqing’s tone was relaxed, as if finding a person was effortless for her. But just as Ning Chanyue finished thanking her, she heard a clang from the other end of the phone, as if something had suddenly fallen.

Then, she heard a male voice roar, “How dare you ask Aunt Chen from the information bureau for help for that omega? Have you forgotten that this omega exposed you for pretending to be an alpha? What do you even see in her?”

“It’s my business.” She heard You Zhuoqing say this.

But then came the heavy sound of a door being slammed shut, accompanied by a few curses. Ning Chanyue quickly lowered the volume. She called out You Zhuoqing’s name twice, but without a reply, the call was unexpectedly hung up.

She could only put her phone back in her pocket, only to see Xu Guiyi looking at her but not saying anything.

This made Ning Chanyue a little uneasy.

What would Xu Guiyi think? Now that she knew she was still in contact with You Zhuoqing, would she want to kick her out like last time?

She couldn’t let Xu Guiyi doubt her for no reason, but if she said something without proof, Xu Guiyi might not believe her…

So Ning Chanyue took out her phone, wanting to prove that she had nothing to do with You Zhuoqing.

But before she could open the call history, she suddenly remembered the quite frequent calls she had with You Zhuoqing these past few days. As if she was afraid that Xu Guiyi would find out, she quickly turned off the screen again and didn’t dare to look at Xu Guiyi.

Xu Guiyi also saw this series of actions from Ning Chanyue. Ning Chanyue wasn’t looking at her, so she didn’t notice Xu Guiyi’s eyes slowly darkening.

Neither of them made a sound. They could only hear the main gate of the complex being constantly pulled open by the wind and then slamming shut heavily.

The gusts of wind blowing through made Ning Chanyue’s face gradually turn cold, and her hands also gradually turned cold.

Xu Guiyi took a deep breath. Slowly, she took Ning Chanyue’s cold hand. The warmth and softness from her palm made Ning Chanyue look up in surprise.

She saw Xu Guiyi’s expression was as normal as ever. She asked her, “Did You Zhuoqing find your biological mother?”

Ning Chanyue nodded in a daze. “I guess so.”

She brushed off the raindrops that had somehow remained on Ning Chanyue’s wrist. Xu Guiyi seemed to want to force a smile, but for some reason, the smile faded before it even fully appeared. She just said, “Congratulations. It’s too cold outside. Let’s go home.”

Xu Guiyi’s voice was so light that it was almost torn apart by the wind. After saying that, she turned around and walked into the rain.

The two of them continued to walk forward. Xu Guiyi was slightly ahead, and Ning Chanyue was a shoulder’s length behind her, following Xu Guiyi.

The rain was falling even harder than before. Xu Guiyi tilted the umbrella on her head slightly toward Ning Chanyue’s side.

But Ning Chanyue didn’t notice. She still seemed a little uneasy, perhaps because of the conversation just now, or perhaps she was afraid that Xu Guiyi would suddenly remove the umbrella above her head and leave on her own, letting the pouring rain drench her body.

Yes, would she suddenly leave?

Ning Chanyue looked up at Xu Guiyi, only to see Xu Guiyi looking at her as well.