Chapter 22.1 - (Part 1) (2/2)

There were two times when Zhao Yuning woke up suddenly. He would then force Zhao Mingxi to play games with him. Zhao Mingxi would be unwilling, citing that she had to go to school the next day, and he would threaten her with an angry tone, saying that he would teach her. Zhao Mingxi knew that she could not win against him, so she agreed.

The two of them locked the door, put on their earphones, lowered the volume and played through the night with a guilty conscience.

When the words ‘Game Over’ appeared on the flickering blue screen, the two of them would feel defeated. When they succeeded in beating the level, they would laugh softly and give each other a high five.

Although Zhao Yuning was just 14, he knew that Zhao Mingxi was purposely ingratiating herself with him due to her hope of blending in well with them.

He despised it at first.

But seeing as how there was constantly no one at home as his elder brothers were busy with their careers while Zhao Yuan had to tend to her hobbies, he didn’t have anyone else to play with. There was only Zhao Mingxi who had just arrived in this city, hence the both of them spent a lot of time together.

Therefore, as the days went by, Zhao Yuning became used to playing together with Zhao Mingxi.

Furthermore, after he turned 15, he gradually stopped following Zhao Yuan. Instead, the first thing he did when he got home was to search for Zhao Mingxi.

He and Zhao Mingxi even picked up a stray kitten which had been curled up underneath a car at the villa’s parking lot during summer last year.

Zhao Yuan was allergic to many things like cat fur and peanuts. Thus, no pets were allowed in their home. They couldn’t bring the kitten home, but they were also afraid that if they left the two-month-old kitten here, it would be burned to death by the hot summer weather.

Therefore, the two of them bought a tent, cat food, a feeding bowl, a litter box, etc. and brought the kitten to a cooler area which was at the mountains at the back of their neighborhood.

They took care of it for two months.

After the summer holidays, that kitten grew up. It could run and jump; it was no longer weak and skinny.

Zhao Mingxi was in charge of contacting a family who would want to adopt it. On the first day of school, the two of them secretly sent the cat over.

He recalled it clearly even now. It was a very hot day. The two of them did not dare to ask their driver to drive them, hence they booked a ride. They were waiting under the hot sun.

Back then, Zhao Mingxi’s face had yet to be injured. The driver of the ride they got kept on looked at the pale and long legs below her hot pants. Although Zhao Yuning feigned a look of nonchalance, he was actually really nervous. He leaned forward and covertly blocked his view of her.

When the four-month-old cat figured out that it was about to be sent away, it mewled loudly in the car.

After they sent it away, both he and Zhao Mingxi felt empty. The two of them then went to have some Häagen-Dazs ice cream.

This was his and Zhao Mingxi’s little secret.

During the period of her absence, Zhao Yuning came to realize that he really had a bad mouth. Sometimes, he would even uncontrollably lean in favor of Zhao Yuan. He always thought that that was the way he and Zhao Mingxi communicated. Since Zhao Mingxi came later, she should be okay with losing out.

But now, Zhao Mingxi decided that it was better for her to leave with honor than to stay in disgrace. She would rather lose everything than to only have one portion.

It was as if she wanted to cut him off completely.

She no longer wanted anything to do with him.

Although Zhao Yuning had a furious expression on his face, he was actually really lost.

What was he supposed to do?

The three of them continued walking to the Year 1 academic building. When his friends saw how miserable he looked, they gave him an idea, “Didn’t you say that your elder sister has a crush on Shen Liyao? Why not play the matchmaker? If it works, your elder sister just might make peace with you.”

“What the hell. What kind of bad idea is this?” Zhao Yuning felt that this friend of his was especially unreliable.

“I think I’ll just ask my eldest brother about this.”

Zhao Mo was currently overseas filming for his show. Furthermore, out of all of them, he was the one who despised Zhao Mingxi the most, so it was impossible to talk to him about this. As for their father, he was now on a business trip overseas. He doesn’t even know that Zhao Mingxi is staying in school right now. If he finds out, he will definitely go into a fit of rage. So he is also definitely out of the question.

Zhao Yuning could only make a call to Zhao Zhanhuai, urging him to figure out a solution as soon as possible.