Chapter 330 - Sucker (1/2)

”Stop following me!”

Shen Xiu yelled shortly after finding that Nik has been following her. Her pace was quick as she reached towards the eastern exit of the Institute. Her family's mansion was quite close to the eastern gates.

Nik smiled and chortled, ”I thought you would have punished Nie Li for even speaking against your nephew.”

Shen Xiu's expression grew cloudy once again, ”I am not going to babysit him. If he needs to fight someone, he needs to do it by himself.”

”Was that it?” Nik inquired, ”The reason for your sudden departure; that Shen Yue asked for your assistance?”

”What do you know?”

Shen Xiu stopped and turned around with a snarl. She quickly walked closer to Nik and pulled his collar down, failing to bring Nik's body.

”You are going to get engaged, right? Just fucking marry happily and stop snooping in my shit!”

Nik raised his eyebrow in amusement as he inquired once again, ”Is that why you are crying?”

”Huh?”

Shen Xiu cocked her brows when she finally felt her eyes already warm, and her vision blurring slightly. She let go of Nik's collar and instantly took out a handkerchief from her spatial ring. Showing her almost naked back to Nik due to the deep dive of the neck of her dress, Shen Xiu promptly covered her face with the sky-blue cloth.

”Shit, shit, shit!”

She grumbled—each cuss surpassing the previous one in volume and emotions. Her shoulders trembled, and her voice finally broke into a whisper, ”Damnit, I really miss you, sis.”

Each time her world felt like shattering away, Shen Xiu could only recall the image of her sister-in-law smiling brightly. She was unfettered with the banalities of her family's ambitions and truly loved Shen Xiu and her son. Even if the woman was married into the Sacred Family through grey means, never did she blame anyone. There was no point in holding grudges one cannot resolve, and she knew it well. That is why she could feel happy by keeping her son, Shen Yue, even when her pregnancy was a forced one.

”There, there.”

Nik crouched beside Shen Xiu and tenderly patted her smooth back.

”I don't need your consolation.”

Shen Xiu's muffled grunts rang through her handkerchief as Nik remained silent for a moment, ”Talk to me Xiu. I thought we were already friends.”

”Don't call me that!”

Shen Xiu instantly removed her handkerchief and glared at Nik with her reddened eyes and tear stricken face.

”Xiu or friend?”

”Both!”

Nik smiled and faced Shen Xiu. He observed her trembling lips for a moment and suspended his desire to take them right here and now. A vulnerable Shen Xiu, though easy, can never match the flare of enjoying a rowdy Shen Xiu in all her wildness and potential scratches!

”You know I won't do that. It should have been clear to you the moment you saw me kissing Lanrou in front of her father.

So, you can fear all you want for implicating others about the knowledge you hold, or finally, become selfish and comfort yourself by talking about whatever is troubling you.”

”I am hiding nothing,” Shen Xiu instantly denied Nik's claim as his smile receded, ”I will leave if you don't have anything to say. You can cry here, and others won't even care about it. You can continue to live your life in the same dullness,” Nik's words made Shen Xiu tremble. She had already accepted that. She would do the very things Nik just described and regret her actions entirely. But this way, she can save Shen Yue from getting dragged into the mess his family was.