Chapter 107

Regardless of Xiang Sixi’s reaction, Song Fei got into the car heading to the Nie Family’s house.

As Xiang Sixi prepared to get into the car, she saw that Song Fei had already settled in the back seat. Standing at the right side of the car door, she looked at Song Fei sitting by the left window, unsure whether she should get in.

The driver was already in the driver’s seat. Song Fei smiled serenely, “Not getting in?”

Seeing Song Fei’s contradictory attitude, Xiang Sixi felt frustrated. She turned her head, intending to sit in the passenger seat. As the door was halfway closed, she remembered that if she left, Song Fei would be left alone with her Big Sister in the back seat.

No, absolutely not. Xiang Sixi suddenly stopped in her tracks, sat expressionlessly in the back seat, close to the right window, far away from Song Fei.

She even made up her mind that when Big Sister came over, she would immediately move to the middle, separating herself from Song Fei and Big Sister.

But when Song Pianxian came downstairs and glanced over, she smiled and said, “You two get along really well. Then I’ll sit in the front.”

“…”

Xiang Sixi: I’m not—I’m not your sister, let me explain!

Song Fei: Damn, I feel humiliated.

When they arrived at the Nie Family’s house, it was Song Fei’s first time coming over to do homework recently. Song Pianxian inevitably had to greet her and Tian Yi, then let Song Fei go to Nie Xingzhou’s room to find the two of them.

As Song Fei stepped in a moment later, she immediately saw Nie Xingzhou and Xiang Sixi each occupying one side of the study, facing each other while doing homework. There were identical glass water cups on their desks, and they occasionally exchanged a few words while working on their problems.

It felt particularly harmonious, giving off a feeling that others couldn’t interrupt.

Song Fei closed the door behind her. With no adults around now, her expression softened as she walked over, sat down on the other side of the desk, right between Nie Xingzhou and Xiang Sixi.

The little host, Nie Xingzhou, greeted her first, her voice sweet, “Why did you come today?”

Song Fei raised her eyebrows as she took out her homework, “Can’t I come?”

“Of course,” Nie Xingzhou nodded eagerly, her attitude enthusiastic, even overflowing with enthusiasm.

Song Fei suddenly had a bad feeling.

“You see, since you’re here…” Nie Xingzhou pushed her own workbook over, her expression expectant, “Would you help me with my physics homework?”

“…”

What’s up with Nie Xingzhou? Song Fei felt a bit repulsed by her, but then she thought, Xiang Sixi is tutoring Nie Xingzhou.

“I can’t,” Song Fei said.

“Song Fei—” Nie Xingzhou elongated her voice, calling out to her.

Song Fei pretended not to hear, and handed over her own physics workbook with a backhand motion, glancing at Xiang Sixi who was doing her own work, and smiled faintly, “I finished mine last night. Just copy it.”

Nie Xingzhou’s eyes lit up as if she had found a treasure, and she immediately took it with both hands.

The two of them completely ignored the nearby little teacher Xiang Sixi, behaving quite despicably and showing extremely bad attitudes.

Xiang Sixi didn’t stop them, just paused her pen, took out a few blank A4 papers from the side, and started writing.

Nie Xingzhou: Alert.

“What are you writing?”

Xiang Sixi didn’t even raise her head, continuing to write as she said, “I’m making you a new set of physics homework.”

“Copy this first, then do mine.”

“…”

Nie Xingzhou instinctively shrank her neck.

Song Fei opened her mouth, wanting to say, “I’ll help you, don’t worry,” but as the words came to her lips, she remembered that Xiang Sixi had won the physics competition championship. What if the two of them got competitive, and in the end, she was the one who lost? Moreover, why should she voluntarily seek out the most detestable physics homework? What a loss.

Damn, she almost dug a hole for herself.

Before Song Fei could figure out how to handle the situation, Nie Xingzhou, like a cat tossing away a toy, quickly threw the workbook back into Song Fei’s arms and said firmly, “Song Fei and I are innocent. There’s nothing between us. I’ll do my own homework.”

“…”

How did Nie Xingzhou manage to make it seem like she was caught cheating on a test? Huh?

Song Fei just wanted to crack open Nie Xingzhou’s brain right now, to see what kind of thoughts were inside and if they were suitable for a hotpot.

Nie Xingzhou repented in time, but it was too late. Since Xiang Sixi had picked up the pen and paper to write the questions, she had no intention of stopping.

Nie Xingzhou welcomed the second set of physics homework with joy, almost crying tears of happiness.

Song Fei watched helplessly as her childhood friend, the noble Ms. Nie of the Nie Family, obediently listened to Xiang Sixi’s threats, crying and writing at her desk, nearly bursting into tears.

When Xiang Sixi temporarily left, Song Fei couldn’t help but say bitterly, “Why do you listen to her?”

Nie Xingzhou hummed as she held the pen, “Do you know I have a crush on Luo Ran? Xiang Sixi said if I behave well, she’ll help me plead with my mom at the end-of-month meeting.”

Song Fei: I didn’t know.

But she recalled hearing from classmates that Nie Xingzhou also liked Luo Ran. Luo Ran was a contestant on a recent variety show, somewhat popular but not outstanding in any way, and not particularly notable. Song Fei didn’t even know what she looked like. She didn’t expect Nie Xingzhou, who never followed celebrities, to become a fan.

And Tian Yi, being from a prominent family, looked down on Luo Ran, who could only be considered a minor celebrity, and was strict with Nie Xingzhou, not letting her chase after minor celebrities.

It seems that Aunt Tian really likes Xiang Sixi, huh? This thought flashed through Song Fei’s mind.

“The test papers she gives me, my mom has to see them after I finish. If I don’t do well, it’s over,” Nie Xingzhou’s expression while doing the questions is extremely serious.

Song Fei sows discord:

“Xiang Sixi is teasing you. She’s using this as a carrot to lure you, this little donkey. Who knows, she might deliberately give you difficult questions to make you perform poorly…”

“Really?” Nie Xingzhou asked.

Song Fei nodded, she approached Nie Xingzhou and pointed at the test paper, saying, “For example, look at this paper. Xiang Sixi will definitely make it difficult for you, giving you a bunch of questions you can’t solve. Then what will your mom think when she sees it?”

As Song Fei’s gaze fell on the test paper, she glanced at it and went straight to the last two big questions. “Look at these questions. Can you handle them at your level?”

Nie Xingzhou looked and nodded, “Yeah.”

“I told you, right? What?” Song Fei’s voice suddenly stopped abruptly, and she lowered her head to take a closer look, then picked it up again to examine it—

Damn?

Is Xiang Sixi making it too obvious? These questions are so simple that even Nie Xingzhou can solve them.

Song Fei suddenly remembered the last time the physics teacher was unavailable and Xiang Sixi helped with the classroom exercises.

That day, only a handful of students in their class passed.

Looking at the test paper in her hand now… Song Fei was speechless.

“Don’t bully Xiang Sixi.”

Hearing this, Song Fei instinctively retorted, “How am I bullying her?”

After speaking, Song Fei realized what Nie Xingzhou had said. She put down the test paper and saw Nie Xingzhou smiling at her, her eyes like crescent moons, shining with clear light.

Song Fei was speechless. Under such clean and clear eyes, she averted her gaze and said nothing.

Nie Xingzhou finished a question, stretched lazily with satisfaction, and didn’t pressure Song Fei. She then said:

“How’s your family doing?”

Song Fei replied, “Both of your little teachers are fine, so how could my family not be fine?”

“It’s different after all,” Nie Xingzhou muttered, “But as long as everything is fine, you should talk to Big Sister Song more. You’ll like her too.”

Song Fei felt inexplicably nervous, afraid of being discovered that she had already started to like Song Pianxian. She casually replied, “Got it, got it.”

“Don’t bully Xiang Sixi! It’s not easy for her to stay at your place.”

Song Fei suddenly became irritable, “Got it, got it.”

Just as she finished speaking, Xiang Sixi returned, ending the conversation.

Song Fei took the opportunity to stroll outside, found a corner of the garden, and lit a cigarette. She exhaled a thin wisp of smoke and lost herself in thought for a while.

When she snapped out of it, she found that she had casually searched for information about Luo Ran.

She looked at Luo Ran… seemed familiar?

Upon closer inspection… why did these eyes look exactly like Xiang Sixi’s double eyelids?

She vaguely remembered that Nie Xingzhou often praised Luo Ran’s beautiful eyes…?

Damn.

Today, besides Song Pianxian and the others, the Nie Family also had a rare visitor.

Xi Zihua’s mother, Xi Wei, came to the Nie Family with Xi Zihua for the first time to see Nie Lingbo.

By the time Song Pianxian arrived, Xi Wei was already preparing to leave. Song Pianxian only met her once, but that encounter left a deep impression on her. Xi Wei was very impressive, with an aura of refinement imbued by her upbringing.

After she left, Song Pianxian learned from Nie Lingbo that Xi Wei had come to express her gratitude.

“Xi Heng’s career stumbled for the first time, and Fu Siyuan rushed to Xi Wei, begging her to stop Xi Zihua. He was then kicked out by Xi Zihua’s brother.”

Still in the same study, Nie Lingbo was drinking coffee and leisurely said to Song Pianxian.

“Yesterday’s matter? I heard something from Fang Yuan.” Perhaps Xi Wei’s impression was too good, Song Pianxian asked again, “Did he cause any trouble today?”

“He did want to.” Nie Lingbo held the coffee cup, leaned back, and gestured for Song Pianxian to look at the computer screen. “But there’s been a big incident at home, so he doesn’t have time to go out and beg.”

Song Pianxian then leaned on Nie Lingbo’s shoulder to look at the message Jiang Nan had sent her on her screen.

Song Pianxian raised her eyebrows, it turned out Li Wan was in trouble.

Xi Heng encountered some setbacks, got drunk and ran out that day. It was difficult for Bai Rong to find him back, but Xi Heng fell in love with drowning his sorrows in alcohol and wanted to drink every day.

Bai Rong couldn’t bear to see her son deteriorate, so she locked Xi Heng at home and ordered that no one should give him alcohol or let him out.

However, Li Wan, thinking herself clever, complied with all of Xi Heng’s requests in order to win his affection.

This morning, she found an excuse to lure Bai Rong out of the house, and Xi Heng took the opportunity to rush out. He encountered a group of drunkards, got hit on the head with a bottle, and was sent straight to the hospital.

Bai Rong was furious. When she came back from the hospital, she immediately held Li Wan accountable. According to their household servants, Fu Siyuan was also involved somehow. Li Wan ended up hitting furniture and complaining of abdominal pain, so she was also taken to the hospital.

The later news hadn’t arrived yet, but without saying, Song Pianxian could guess roughly—

Li Wan might not have really hit her abdomen, but she had known she was pregnant, so this time she called out the “child” as her life-saving charm.

In the original plot, there was a similar incident where Bai Rong directly caused Li Wan’s miscarriage. Although this time was different, the plot always had a way of setting things right, Song Pianxian felt that this child might not be kept.

Different from the original plot, Bai Rong cleared the obstacle of Li Wan’s child when Xi Heng and the original body were about to get married.

This time, they were at a low point, their son was still lying in the hospital, and she herself had destroyed her first grandson with her own hands, it was imaginable how painful it would be for them.

Song Pianxian remained silent for a moment. Although she knew that this was just a small world, the inevitable passing of a small life always made people sigh.

She steadied her emotions and asked, “Where is Xi Heng planning to go today, does Jiang Nan know?”

The slightly bitter taste of coffee drifted between the two, Nie Lingbo raised her arm, took another sip of coffee, and when she lowered her head, she concealed all emotions.

When she raised her head again, there was nothing to discern.

“Ah, not very clear.” Nie Lingbo said lightly, her smile natural.

Song Pianxian indeed didn’t become suspicious and didn’t ask further.

Nie Lingbo, smiling, then smoothly talked about other things.

How could she let Song Pianxian know that Xi Heng was hailing a taxi on the roadside, wanting to go to the Song Family.

He didn’t have cash on him, many drivers were afraid to take him, so Nie Lingbo’s people had time to “intercept” him with a group of drunks who had been drinking all night from the nearby bar, to prevent him from doing something he shouldn’t.

To avoid… crossing Nie Lingbo’s bottom line.

Everything was progressing in an orderly manner.

Li Wan had a miscarriage, Bai Rong fainted on the spot when she heard the news, cried incessantly all day, she, who had never turned against anyone, had a fight with Fu Siyuan, reportedly smashing things all night, the neighbors were disturbed and called the police, making a mess.

Xi Heng hadn’t been discharged from the hospital yet, and shareholders had already caused a commotion in his ward, the doctors couldn’t stop them.

In a few days, people from the cooperating company also came, they appeared polite on the surface, but their comings and goings were constant, disturbing without any courtesy, it was clear that the situation was deteriorating.

The progress of the task was steadily increasing, and there were two unusual urgencies from  09, Song Pianxian had a plan in mind and found excuses to evade them.

The performance of 09 was within her expectations, Song Pianxian was confident, and she envisaged many situations, prepared herself mentally—

Even prepared for the removal of memories once again.

She thought nothing would disrupt her progress.

Until this day, she watched helplessly as Nie Lingbo suddenly collapsed in front of her.

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Translator: Glariosa
Editor: Ruu

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