Chapter 268: Are The Meng Family Brain-dead Or Intellectually Disabled?
Zhou Shuyu stared at Meng Yunting and asked hesitantly, “What do you mean, ‘not here’?”
“She passed away.” Meng Yunting raised his hand to cover his eyes, his heart feeling as if it were clutched by an invisible big hand, even breathing hurt. “I harmed her.”
Zhou Shuyu pursed her lips, her brow furrowed tightly.
Meng Yunting continued, “If I had taken her home without hesitation back then, perhaps she wouldn’t have had an accident.”
Zhou Shuyu looked at his regretful appearance but felt no desire to comfort him, only saying lightly, “There’s no medicine for regret in life.”
“I know.” Meng Yunting’s voice was tinged with a sobbing tone. “But if I had a chance to do it all over again, I would definitely acknowledge her without hesitation.”
“Are you sure?” Zhou Shuyu’s gaze was indifferent, her tone devoid of emotion. “If you had a chance to do it all over again, you would still hesitate. You only feel regret now because you’ve gone through it.”
Meng Yunting’s back stiffened abruptly.
Zhou Shuyu poured wine into two glasses, saying sarcastically, “Your so-called ‘without hesitation’ now is just guilt and self-blame at play. Even a sister who shares your blood is actually not important to you; your eyes are only on profit.”
“Shuyu.” Meng Yunting slowly turned his head to look at her, saying self-deprecatingly, “Thank you for waking me up.”
“I’m not waking you up.” Zhou Shuyu said indifferently. “I’m just speaking my mind.”
She glanced at the man, picked up her wine glass, and drank by herself.
Meng Yunting fell silent.
After a moment, his consciousness gradually calmed, and he said softly, “You’re absolutely right. I did wrong when she was alive. Now that we are separated by death, I have finally woken up… I will bring her remains back and handle her funeral, allowing her to be recognized by her ancestors.”
Zhou Shuyu opened her mouth, hesitating to speak.
Perhaps she didn’t want to be recognized by her ancestors?
Never mind, this is someone else’s family matter; it has nothing to do with her.
“Drink slowly, I’m leaving now.” Zhou Shuyu put down her empty wine glass.
“I’ll see you out.” Meng Yunting spoke.
Zhou Shuyu raised an eyebrow slightly. “You’ve also had some alcohol, how will you take me?”
Meng Yunting: “I’ll have the driver come.”
“No need.” Zhou Shuyu said lightly. “I have a friend picking me up.”
Meng Yunting was stunned for a second before asking, “Li Nan Yue?”
Not hearing that unlucky name for a long time, Zhou Shuyu’s eyebrows and eyes involuntarily showed a look of disgust. “He’s dead.”
“Sorry.” Meng Yunting quickly apologized.
Zhou Shuyu picked up her bag, stood up, dropped the words “I’m leaving,” and turned to leave the private room.
Meng Yunting watched her back disappear and pressed the service bell.
A staff member soon arrived at the private room with a bottle of whiskey. “Does Mr. Meng want more to drink?”
Meng Yunting: “Change it to plain water.”
At one in the morning, after ending her live stream, Jiang Yuan heard a system notification.
【System 009: Congratulations on completing the LV3 Hidden Task: Blessing; Reward obtained: 50 Points, 500,000 Cash.】
Jiang Yuan’s lips curved upwards, her mood becoming even more wonderful.
It seems she needs to stream more often in the future. If she’s lucky, the system might drop gold coins.
Jiang Yuan lay in bed preparing to sleep when she suddenly saw Fu Xiaoxiao post a photo in the group chat – a group photo of herself and Zhou Shuyu.
Jiang Yuan sent three surprised emojis in a row: 【When was this taken?】
Fu Xiaoxiao: 【Just now! I secretly saw Shuyu meeting a handsome guy at a private club!】
Zhou Shuyu: 【No, that was my ex-boyfriend!】
Fu Xiaoxiao: 【Getting back together!】
Zhou Shuyu: 【No! I just went to watch a good show. I thought he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol because of relationship problems, but I didn’t expect…】
Since the other party was Zhou Shuyu’s ex-boyfriend, Jiang Yuan became interested in listening: 【Didn’t expect what???】
Seeing her interest, Zhou Shuyu then edited the content of her conversation with Meng Yunting into text and sent it out.
Jiang Yuan felt that this plot she described was somehow so familiar…
She hesitantly sent a text: 【Could this ex-boyfriend of yours be surnamed Meng?】
Zhou Shuyu: 【How did you know?】
Jiang Yuan: 【……】
Fu Xiaoxiao, as an insider, immediately cursed, 【You’re crazy, who are you cursing? So speechless! The sister who fell by the wayside he mentioned is clearly living well! I’m really impressed!】
Zhou Shuyu: 【Could his sister be you, Xiaoxiao…】
Fu Xiaoxiao: 【That wouldn’t be it.】
Zhou Shuyu: 【Then who is it…】
Jiang Yuan felt both unlucky and speechless.
Are the Meng family members brain-dead or intellectually disabled?
A single casual remark from Cao Laoting, and they actually believed it?
Didn’t they even investigate?
But then she thought, this family might be happy to hear such news, so it’s normal not to investigate, because as far as they’re concerned, whether she’s alive or dead doesn’t matter.
What was Meng Yunting acting for in front of Zhou Shuyu?
Jiang Yuan didn’t reply in the group chat anymore and went to sleep feeling angry.
She could have slept beautifully, but influenced by the Meng family, she had nightmares all night.
In her dream, she was tormented by Fu Jinxing and Jiang Die, living a life worse than death.
Jiang Yuan woke up with a start, breaking out in a cold sweat.
It was too terrifying.
She reached for her phone on the bedside table and glanced at the time; it was only six in the morning.
Jiang Yuan put down her phone and planned to go back to sleep, but after half an hour, she was still tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
She simply got up to take Zhan Zhan and Momo to kindergarten, as a way to atone for her past wrongdoings and things she hadn’t had time to do.
On the way out of the kindergarten, Jiang Yuan still had no signs of sleepiness. She hesitated for a few seconds, turned the steering wheel, and changed the destination on the navigation – heading to Yun Jing Wildlife Park.
She hadn’t seen the Tiger Brothers for a while; she did miss them.
Jiang Yuan had a free pass to enter and exit the zoo. After entering, she walked towards the Tiger Garden and found the viewing platform crowded, causing her steps to pause.
The Tiger Brothers were truly popular.
Jiang Yuan turned and went to see other animals.
In the Tiger Garden, Hu Rui, lying on a rock, twitched his whiskers, suddenly raised his head, and his sharp tiger eyes fixed on the viewing platform. He mumbled, “The tiger seems to have smelled Yuan Yuan’s scent!”
Jiang Yuan was already looking at the giraffes at this time; tourists were buying food and feeding them.
She stood by the guardrail and took out her phone to take pictures of the giraffe.
While taking pictures, the giraffe’s head suddenly came close to her, calling out in surprise, “You smell so good, did you hide something delicious?”
“Me?” Jiang Yuan blinked her eyes and waved her hands, “No, I didn’t bring any food.”
The giraffe sniffed her intently, “Impossible, you must have hidden something delicious, otherwise why would you smell so good? Are you deliberately not letting me eat?”
“I really don’t have any.” Jiang Yuan watched it with amusement. “What do you want to eat? I’ll go buy it for you.”
“If you don’t have any, then forget it.” The giraffe shook its head and asked, “Do you want to see me kick the antelope’s butt?”
“Ah?” Jiang Yuan asked bewilderingly, “Why would you kick the antelope’s butt?”
The giraffe chuckled and said righteously, “Because going to work is boring, so I bully colleagues to find some excitement.”
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