The Toyota continued to bump along the mountain road.
Zuzi held the dark green jade pendant under her nose. The man's body temperature and scent seemed to still linger on it, faintly, and it was quite pleasant to smell.
This nap of hers didn't last long, only about ten thousand years, right?
How could she have known that upon waking, times had changed dramatically, constellations had shifted, and those little children she created back then had now grown into such peculiar new generations.
Some of the little boys were quite handsome, very nice indeed.
As for this body she woke up in, well, it was said to belong to a fool with the intellect equivalent to that of a three-and-a-half-year-old. Aside from beauty, there was nothing to speak of. When she got accidentally separated from her family back in the day, she had just learned to walk and was picked up by some impoverished rural folk who raised her until she was eighteen. It was only half a year ago that the Xi family found her.
The issue is, if they found her half a year ago, why are they only bringing her back to the Xi family today?
According to honest driver Wang Laowu's information, Zuzi's parents had three sons and two daughters, which made family relations a bit complicated.
Aside from the three brothers, there was the sister Xi Ruzhu, whom Mrs. Xi personally adopted from an orphanage after losing Zuzi. Over the years, she had long replaced Zuzi as the eldest daughter of the Xi family, being extremely well-raised, obedient, sensible, multi-talented, and deeply loved by everyone in the Xi family, truly the family's beloved pet;
The younger sister Xi Rubao, who is their biological daughter, has the opposite personality — she was raised to be spoiled and bratty, without any useful skills. But her special trait is that she's been extremely lucky since childhood; she gets whatever she wants, even finds money while walking. Any business deal that the Xi family signs, as long as she applies her seal, is sure to be profitable. Mr. Xi particularly dotes on her, treating her as his precious little Jinli.
A beloved pet.
A little Jinli.
As for Zuzi... After all, being separated for eighteen years meant there were no shared bonds of growing up with the other Xi children, nor did she inherit any of Mr. or Mrs. Xi's intelligence.
Half a year ago, when Xi Rubao found out that her parents had found her fool of a sister, she was so angry she strongly opposed it, saying that this hillbilly from the countryside would embarrass her in her school and social circles, even threatening to jump off a building right then and there!
Although Xi Ruzhu sensibly refrained from objecting, Mrs. Xi noticed she became even quieter and more hardworking in her studies and piano practice, with red eyes often, clearly a pitiful child afraid of being abandoned, which made her even more heart-wrenching.
Therefore, the Xi parents decided that before they could bring Zuzi home, they had to first address the feelings of their two precious daughters, ensuring that the sisters could get along harmoniously in the future.
This delay took half a year.
Now, Xi Ruzhu and Xi Rubao were about to take the college entrance exam.
Zuzi, based on her age, should also be in the same cohort for the exam.
However...
"Miss, I apologize, the car is a bit bumpy, please bear with it. Tomorrow morning is the final deadline for submitting the college entrance exam registration at Qingcheng High School. I'm afraid if I drive too slowly, we won't make it back to the city in time, and it might delay your participation in the exam," Wang Laowu said, genuinely worried for Zuzi.
If they didn't make it back to the city in time, the rare opportunity to take the college entrance exam would be lost.
But even if they rushed back to the city, with Miss's intelligence, whatever score she achieved might become a laughingstock among the Xi family's relatives.
At this moment, God knows how many people in Qingcheng were waiting to see a joke.
Sigh, the path ahead for Miss is indeed quite difficult.
As Wang Laowu explained his reason for rushing, unexpectedly, Zuzi didn't seem to care and instead asked an unrelated question:
"Xiao Wu, don't you feel that nature's spiritual energy is somewhat lacking..."
Wang Laowu's foot jerked, nearly driving the car off the edge of the cliff.