Chapter 16: Tell Them To Drop It
The next second, Xuan Xia smiled again.
Then, like a demigod, she said: “The Jiang University you visited on Monday, right?”
Wen Xizhi: “…”
“I originally wanted to find Older Sister, but I don’t know the way.” Wen Xizhi hurriedly said, determined not to let Xuan Xia take the words again this time.
“But I met a few senior sisters, and coincidentally, they all know Older Sister.”
“They’re all in the same major as Older Sister.” Wen Xizhi added.
Xuan Xia calmly took over the conversation, “And then they fed you a bunch of nonsense, right?”
“You need to use your brain, don’t believe everything they say. Believing everything will only harm you.”
Wen Xizhi blinked her eyes; it was completely different from what she had imagined.
But she still didn’t give up: “Is that so? When I heard them talking about Older Sister, I also felt they were a bit strange.”
“So what they said about Older Sister liking a guy named Qin Yi must also be nonsense, right? Older Sister is so pretty, boys have been chasing you from childhood to now, how could you chase a boy for two years and still not catch him.”
Heaven knows, when Wen Xizhi first learned that Xuan Xia was chasing someone and hadn’t succeeded yet, she almost couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud on the spot.
From childhood to now, she had seen too many scenes of male students circling around Xuan Xia, and she never expected it to be reversed now—how could it not make people want to laugh.
Xuan Xia half-closed her eyes and righteously replied: “Yeah, that’s right.”
Wen Xizhi: “…”
The smile that had just appeared on her face instantly froze again.
Wen Xizhi really didn’t understand why Xuan Xia had to be so stubborn like a dead duck.
Whether it was true or not would be clear when school starts again in the second half of the year.
What’s more, she had already verified it from multiple sources—it was indeed true!
But with Xuan Xia’s mouth so hard now, Wen Xizhi couldn’t help but consider whether to reveal this news to Xuan family’s parents in advance.
Once those two found out, Xuan Xia would be in big trouble.
Just as Wen Xizhi was scheming in her mind, Xuan Xia suddenly asked: “Why aren’t you talking? Are you thinking about how to tattle on me to the family?”
Wen Xizhi was startled, “N-no, I’m not.”
“Oh, then I was overthinking it. Who made you have so many prior offenses.” Xuan Xia said.
Wen Xizhi: “…”
Was Xuan Xia planning to go the direct confrontation route today?
“How could Older Sister think of me like that? Is Older Sister in a bad mood lately? Did something happen?” Otherwise, why was she so strange, like she had taken gunpowder, speaking without any mercy.
“Having a pair of biased parents who covet your property, would your mood be good? Oh, sorry, I shouldn’t bring up old wounds—you don’t have parents.” Xuan Xia gave an insincere apology, “But don’t be sad, you still have my parents.”
Property?
Wen Xizhi instantly thought of the Daoist Temple owned by the Xuan family.
Xuan family parents wanted to sell it for money and kept asking Xuan family to change the property owner.
If the property owner wasn’t changed, they wouldn’t let her inherit it.
Of course, this matter naturally had a little handiwork from her.
It was said that the Daoist Temple was in a scenic area, not hard to sell, and could fetch a good price.
Wen Xizhi was thinking if Xuan Xia was angry because of this, but soon she heard Xuan Xia say again.
“By the way, didn’t your parents leave you some property too? Why don’t you hand over your bit of property to my parents? Oh, sorry, I forgot again—your property was all divided up by your relatives.”
Wen Xizhi first gritted her teeth, then suddenly reacted.
What did that mean?
Why bring up her property?
“Daoist Temple…” Wen Xizhi had a flash of spiritual light.
Xuan Xia immediately giggled and praised her for being smart, finally remembering.
“Sorry, the inheritance procedures for the Daoist Temple are already done. Go back and tell Mom and Dad to stop thinking about it.”
“You…”
Wen Xizhi on the other end was so angry she immediately stood up.
But she hadn’t said anything yet when Xuan Xia had already hung up the call first.
After hanging up the phone, Xuan Xia felt extremely refreshed.
I’ve really put up with you for a long time!-
Xuan Xia arrived in Jiangshi at dinnertime.
Getting from the airport back to school was quite convenient, just one subway transfer.
Xuan Xia was a student at Jiang University, a second year this year.
After hanging up on Wen Xizhi, she immediately turned off her phone, only turning it back on after boarding the subway.
As soon as she turned it on, quite a few messages poured in.
Besides her roommate Yan Xiaowen asking when she would return to the dormitory, surprisingly, Daoist Master Qin had also messaged her.
『Daoist Master Qin: I drew a talisman, forgot to give it to you this morning. Have Li Xinze bring it to you tomorrow.』
Xuan Xia clicked her tongue: What talisman was so important that it needed to be delivered in person?
She tentatively replied: “Thanks, Daoist Master Qin. Does this talisman not allow express delivery?”
While waiting for Daoist Master Qin’s reply, Xuan Xia also messaged Yan Xiaowen back, telling her she was on the subway and would arrive at school in about an hour.
Yan Xiaowen’s reply came much faster than Daoist Master Qin’s.
『Yan Xiaowen: Then I’ll lose some weight. Tell me when you’re almost at the school gate, we’ll eat out.』
Xuan Xia picked an “Agree” expression pack as her reply.
After several more minutes, Daoist Master Qin finally replied.
『Daoist Master Qin: More reassuring to deliver it in person.』
Fine then.
Xuan Xia: “Then I’ll trouble Brother Li.”
It took a long time on Daoist Master Qin’s side before he slowly sent the next message.
『Daoist Master Qin: He’ll arrive at noon tomorrow. Contact you then.』
Xuan Xia: “Okay.”
Tomorrow was Monday; she had classes all day and only noon was free.
After replying to this, until Xuan Xia got off the subway, there were no new messages from Daoist Master Qin.
Xuan Xia actually had more questions she wanted to ask him, but he didn’t seem enthusiastic about replying to messages, so she thought it wasn’t urgent and she could ask another time.
She had agreed to meet Yan Xiaowen at the school gate, but as soon as she exited the subway station, she saw Yan Xiaowen coming to meet her.
Yan Xiaowen enthusiastically hugged her, “Xia Xia, one day apart feels like three years, I really missed you to death.”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Did she miss her that much? She didn’t use to think so.
Sure enough, Yan Xiaowen couldn’t wait to say: “Finally you’re back, I must tell you yesterday’s story in person.”
“I finally understand why in TV dramas, every important plot point has to be said in person.” At this point, Yan Xiaowen was not only beaming with joy but also gesticulating excitedly.
Xuan Xia slowly floated out a question mark.
What happened yesterday?
Author’s note: Everyone must take good care of your teeth. Drink less milk tea, rinse your mouth right after. For milk tea lovers, brushing twice a day isn’t enough; still got cavities. Thought it was just a small hole, thought I got treatment in time, but still needed root canal. After the anesthesia wears off, it’s nothing but pain pain pain pain pain…
