Chapter 38: Lecturing Qin An
After returning home with Long Qinxin, Lu Zhiyin spent a night with her peacefully.
The next day, Long Qinxin, feeling a little guilty, left the apartment before Lu Zhiyin woke up, leaving only breakfast and a note on the coffee table for Lu Zhiyin.
“…Mmm…Mm…”
Lu Zhiyin woke up at noon. She was alone in the apartment, which was overly quiet.
There wasn’t much sunlight outside the window. It was still raining, but very lightly, without the sound of rain.
Lu Zhiyin’s vision was blurry. It took her a while to see the open bedroom door and the electric wheelchair parked quietly by the bed.
She felt that her condition was not good.
“Do I have a cold?”
She thought to herself, maybe she caught a cold because she got rained on for a while yesterday.
Her neck felt a little itchy, making her uncomfortable.
Lu Zhiyin struggled to get up. She climbed into the wheelchair and slowly went to the bathroom.
She leaned against the mirror in the bathroom to observe herself.
Her face was slightly flushed. Lu Zhiyin touched her forehead, it felt a bit hot.
“Am I running a fever?”
Actually, having a fever was no big deal. Lu Zhiyin didn’t care much about this body, as it was going to be discarded sooner or later.
She pushed aside her long hair, revealing a small wound hidden by her hair.
The wound didn’t seem to have scabbed over. It was also red and a little wet.
Lu Zhiyin touched the wound with her finger. It didn’t hurt, only itchy.
“Mmm, it’s nothing.”
She let her hair fall back, covering the wound. Lu Zhiyin was sure that the wound would not affect her image.
She didn’t plan to clean the wound. After washing her face with cold water, she returned to the living room.
On the coffee table in the living room were toast, fried eggs, and a cup of milk prepared by Long Qinxin.
Next to the breakfast was a blue note. On the note, Long Qinxin told Lu Zhiyin that she would be leaving for a while and would bring her drinking water and ingredients every Saturday afternoon.
The elegant handwriting on the note reminded Lu Zhiyin of Long Qinxin’s face. She didn’t like Long Qinxin, and there was no need to continue pretending to be pure and kind, so she simply tore the note to shreds and threw it into the trash can. After doing so, she took off the ring on her hand and placed it on the coffee table.
The ring felt like a restraint, making her unhappy.
…
“Take good care of your aunt.”
After breakfast, Lu Zhiyin opened her phone. She sent a message to Long Qinxin and then left the apartment for the hallway.
“Qin An, are you there?”
Lu Zhiyin didn’t choose to message Qin An. Instead, she directly knocked on the door.
She found that facing Qin An with a more casual attitude yielded better results.
After knocking on the door, she heard some rustling sounds from inside, but there was no response.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t rush to knock again. she continued to wait in the hallway.
“Achoo…”
“What is it? Knocking on the door so early in the morning. Did someone die in the house?”
As Lu Zhiyin sneezed from the cold wind, Qin An opened the door.
Her words were aggressive, sounding quite displeased.
“It’s not early anymore.”
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin looked at Qin An.
Qin An had clearly just woken up. She was wearing white pajamas and was wrapped in a blanket.
Lu Zhiyin pushed Qin An aside and walked into the house herself.
“Hey, hey, what’s wrong with you?”
Qin An didn’t react for a moment. She was slightly stunned, looking at Lu Zhiyin who had walked into her home.
After a while, she came to her senses, raised her hand as if to hit Lu Zhiyin hard, but Lu Zhiyin had already disappeared from her sight.
She turned around and saw Lu Zhiyin standing in the middle of the living room, examining the furnishings of the room.
“Are you sleeping on the sofa all the time, eating junk food?”
Lu Zhiyin sniffed. Due to the fever, her sense of smell was not sharp, but she could still smell the flavor packets in the air.
At the same time, she could see instant noodle packaging casually placed on the coffee table.
Her gaze moved from the coffee table to the sofa. What met Lu Zhiyin’s eyes was a wrinkled blanket. The suit Qin An wore last time was casually placed on the back of the sofa chair.
Lu Zhiyin frowned. Qin An’s living habits seemed not very good, which was expected.
If she wanted to help Qin An overcome that so-called persona that Lu Zhiyin had never met, these terrible living habits must also be changed.
“Sigh…”
Lu Zhiyin sighed.
Whether it was about conquering her or helping her get out of trouble, it seemed like a long and difficult road.
“…What does it have to do with you? Why are you sighing?”
Closing the door casually, Qin An threw herself onto the sofa. She looked at Lu Zhiyin, who was in the wheelchair, with a face full of displeasure.
They had agreed to communicate by phone, but she inexplicably came to find her, inexplicably lectured her, and acted as if she wasn’t afraid of her at all.
The person in front of her, apart from her face, seemed to have nothing in common with the “little lamb” of the past.
But unexpectedly, Qin An did not dislike this way of talking.
Hmm… Lu Zhiyin now gave her the feeling not of someone being bullied, nor of a friend, but more like… uh, a sort of elder?
Qin An was not often lectured. Her father seemed not to care about her. He only blamed and looked down on her, without educating her.
This also led to Qin An, despite being eighteen years old, being no different from a naughty child.
“…Of course it has something to do with me. Didn’t we agree? I’ll help you get out of trouble, and you’ll help me rescue Leng Qing Qiu. We are partners now.”
Waving her hand, Lu Zhiyin threw the instant noodle packaging from the coffee table into the trash can.
Fortunately, although Qin An was lazy, she had at least put a garbage bag in the trash can.
“You need to change your living habits. At least be more normal, like a real young lady of a wealthy family.”
As she spoke, Lu Zhiyin touched her forehead. She felt a bit uncomfortable, and her head started to feel hot.
“…Oh.”
Qin An responded with a flat “Oh,” looking indifferent.
“Actually, I came today to tell you that you should grow your hair out. However, it seems there are many other things that need to be changed first.”
Lu Zhiyin looked at Qin An, who seemed uncaring. She didn’t feel much anger… Hmm, she felt like she was becoming a numb machine.
Had she been wearing a fake mask for too long around Long Qinxin, to the point where she now barely had any extra emotions?
Lu Zhiyin began to ponder this question.
“Recently, I have a lot of time. Don’t eat instant noodles anymore. I’ll come over to cook, and we’ll eat together.”
While thinking about various things in her mind, Lu Zhiyin continued to ramble on. Compared to her past self, she was much more talkative now.
“Hey, I say, aren’t you really not afraid of me?”
Qin An got a headache from her nagging, especially when she heard that Lu Zhiyin wanted to eat with her, which made her even more annoyed.
Standing up, Qin An patted the coffee table.
“…”
Lu Zhiyin remained silent, just staring at Qin An. Her overly calm gaze gradually made Qin An’s anger subside.
She sat back down on the sofa.
“I know.”
Like a defeated rooster, Qin An lowered her head.
She could certainly beat Lu Zhiyin severely, but she also clearly understood that Lu Zhiyin was looking out for her.
She found it difficult to do so.
