“You and she perhaps were never people of the same world,” Tarik looked at Xia Qingyu. He had once wanted to keep her in that peaceful and tranquil world, letting her be a happy ordinary person in the Xia family, but she had still intruded into his world.
Since that was the case, why should he let her go back?
She rightfully belonged here.
“Tarik, do you know what happened at your birthday banquet today?” Xia Qingyu looked at Tarik, “Do you know?”
“If you mean that a few people who shouldn't be alive were reasonably eliminated by my father, then yes, I know,” Tarik nodded.
“Shouldn’t be alive? Reasonably eliminated?” Xia Qingyu laughed as she listened, “What does ‘shouldn’t be alive’ mean? Who decided they shouldn’t be alive? Reasonably eliminated? And who gave him the right to reasonably eliminate other people’s lives? This kind of elimination is inherently unreasonable!”
“……” Tarik didn’t answer, only gazing at Xia Qingyu, unsure of what to say at that moment.
“I’m sorry.” Xia Qingyu met Tarik’s eyes, knowing she had lost control of her emotions. “I shouldn’t have yelled at you, I’m sorry… I… I’m not feeling quite right. Nie Qingkong, you… you should go back and rest. It’s getting late, goodnight.” m..oΓg
“Xia Qingyu,” Tarik looked into Xia Qingyu’s eyes. The words he wanted to say, urging her to get used to her fate quickly, turned around and were swallowed back down. He smiled gently and said, “I live right downstairs from you. If you need anything… if you need anything, just do a tap dance. If you don’t… you can do a tap dance too.”
“Heh, I will,” Xia Qingyu was amused by Tarik’s words. “I’m very happy to have someone to talk to right now, thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” Tarik said earnestly, “I’m also very happy that you could stay.”
After saying this, Tarik lifted Xia Qingyu’s hand and kissed it. “Goodnight.”
Outside the door, Xi Fu saw this scene, her eyes cold. Her hands clenched into fists at her sides, her lips pressed together.
“I seem to have come at an inconvenient time,” Xi Fu walked into Xia Qingyu’s room and said, “If I had known he was coming, I wouldn’t have come.”
“You both didn’t need to come,” Xia Qingyu stood up and said.
“……” Xi Fu’s lips turned downwards. Couldn’t this Xia Qingyu be any less skilled at conversation?
“You two chat,” Tarik smiled slightly and walked towards the exit. As he brushed past Xi Fu, Tarik turned his head to give Xi Fu a warning glance. Xi Fu returned a graceful smile, her eyes innocent and gentle.
“Make yourself comfortable,” Xia Qingyu didn’t get up from the single sofa, merely glancing at Xi Fu before continuing to look out at the night sky.
“Okay, then I won’t be polite,” Xi Fu walked straight to the chair Tarik had just vacated and said with a smile, “The scenery here is beautiful, isn’t it? I heard that Country Z doesn’t have much in the way of beautiful scenery.”
“That’s because you’re ignorant,” Xia Qingyu said casually. “Anyone who knows anything about Huaxia wouldn’t say such ignorant things.”
“Oh? Then you must really like Country Z, don’t you? When are you going back?” Xi Fu blinked and looked at Xia Qingyu.
“I do want to go back…” Xia Qingyu lowered her gaze. She wanted to return to her family, to her own country.
She didn’t like it here, and she disliked Xiang Xueyuan even more.
Seeing Xia Qingyu like this, Xi Fu’s beautiful eyes flickered, and she said softly, “I heard that Father went to great lengths to keep you here. This decision of his must be causing you a lot of trouble, right?”
“Do you have something else on your mind?” Xia Qingyu shifted her gaze to Xi Fu’s face.
“I just wanted to chat with you,” Xi Fu said. “Since we’re going to be living together, I still want to get along well with you.”
“There’s no need for that,” Xia Qingyu didn’t think they had any reason to get along well.
She disliked Xiang Xueyuan, and she disliked Xi Fu.
Although this Xi Fu was very beautiful, especially her eyes.
But after seeing Xi Fu’s instant change in expression, Xia Qingyu always felt that Xi Fu was very dangerous.
Just as dangerous as Xiang Xueyuan.
Since that was the case, there was no need to pretend to be familiar. She only wanted to protect the safety of her family and for Xiang Xueyuan to give up his hopes early.
“Don’t say that,” Xi Fu chuckled. “You must be exhausted tonight too. I’ll come see you again tomorrow. There will be wake-up service in the morning, so you don’t have to worry about missing breakfast. As for me, I often oversleep and always need Father and Tarik to coax me awake.”
As if troubled and as if asserting her claim, Xi Fu stood up after saying this and said, “Goodnight, Qingyu-jie.”
After saying that, Xi Fu turned and left Xia Qingyu’s room.
Xia Qingyu glanced at Xi Fu’s retreating figure, then withdrew her gaze and continued to look at the moon outside the window, murmuring, “Dew begins to turn white from tonight, and the moon is brighter from my hometown…”
No wonder poets always felt homesick when looking at the moon. When you are in a foreign land and feel lost in all directions, is there anything left but this moon?
As a wisp of cloud began to cover the moon by more than half, Xia Qingyu sighed deeply, stood up, and pulled the thick curtains shut, no longer willing to look outside.
Xia Qingyu hadn’t slept so restlessly in many years.
While she tossed and turned, Xiang Xueyuan, who had just emerged from the laboratory, was reviewing the report on crystal energy values and listening to someone report on matters in the manor.
Upon hearing that Tarik and Xi Fu had both gone to chat with Xia Qingyu before bed, Xiang Xueyuan chuckled, “That’s good, hehe.”
“Mr. Xiang, would you like to go back and rest early tonight?” the assistant beside him advised, “You rushed back right after the banquet ended and have been busy until now. Your health is important, perhaps you should go back tonight?”
“Alright.” Xiang Xueyuan took a deep breath. His eyes were a little sore from looking at the report data for so long. “Continue to have people monitor it at all times. As long as it’s within the third-tier values of energy fluctuations, there’s no need to worry. If there’s any sign of a breakthrough, contact me immediately.”
“Yes.”
After clarifying the follow-up matters, Xiang Xueyuan took a car back to the manor. It was already close to midnight.
The next day, Xia Qingyu’s biological clock woke her up on time, but her head felt stuffy and uncomfortable. It wasn’t until after a shower that she felt much better.
As she opened the lights in the walk-in closet, she saw that the interconnected power supply for the entire closet was activated, with the clothing display cabinets, jewelry display cabinets, and underwear drawers all open.
Xia Qingyu was startled by the spectacle.
It was just a walk-in closet, was there a need for all this?
Walking through the entire closet, she saw various types of clothing hanging there, from casual wear to haute couture gowns, from Hanfu and JK uniforms to niche Lolita collections.
But the matching fixed-style fans included folding fans, round fans, Beijing fans, feather fans, and various other colors and styles on display.
Not to mention brooches, hair accessories, bracelets, and women’s watches.
Her mouth twitched slightly. Xia Qingyu only put on a casual outfit and then left the bedroom. A maid was already waiting at the door, leading her all the way to the restaurant downstairs.