C24 Summer

She already guessed the reaction of her adoptive parents.

"You still have the guts to come back after doing such a shameful thing?"

A heavy slap landed on her face. Ning Jing looked at her mother, then at Ning Xia, with a disdainful expression. "Mom, no need to be so angry, no one wants her anyway! It's like we're raising a pig in the house, just seeing her is annoying to death ."

Thinking about the role Ning Xia will have to play, Mrs. Ning did not push the matter anymore. "Here's fifty thousand yuan, take it, and leave this house. In the future, don't come back unless I call for you."

Just like that, she was chased out of the Ning Family, and was only called back the day before her wedding.

She took the money, but swore in her heart that she will definitely return it, along with the expense account book they kept about her living expenses in their home!

Although she left the Ning Family, life still did not treat her well.

Because of her unfinished education and her fat figure, she was running into walls whenever she was trying to get a job. No matter if it was an office worker at a big company or a dishwasher in a small restaurant, no one would hire her.

She was holed up in a ten-square-meter rented apartment, crying over and over again.

She got engrossed on the internet, watching women's motivational weight loss stories.

It was at that time that she received an e-mail from a stranger saying that he was sick, that he felt abandoned by the world, and that he wanted to leave this world behind.

Such a state of mind was extremely similar to what she went through. Feeling an unexplained connection, she replied at once.

No matter how badly she was abused by life, she never thought of dying because there were still too many things to do.

He quickly replied, "Doesn't matter. Either way it's just justifying my cowardice."

Her thick fingers quickly typed: If you're not even afraid of death anymore, what else is there to be afraid of!

Just like that, they exchanged emails from one to another sharing their feelings.

At the same time but at different places, they shared the same emotions and their hearts gradually opened.

She was, she said, an adopted daughter, misunderstood by the world and driven out of the house.

He said he was an illegitimate child, abandoned by the world, struggling in the dark.

She said that she was a fat, ugly girl, destined to live in mockery and contempt.

He said that he was in a car accident, his legs were crippled, and he had to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, which was no different from death.

"..."

But then, they both said, let's make a change together!

As a result, she worked hard to lose weight, spending the entire summer under an intense training program.

And he worked hard, cooperating with the doctor's treatment and practicing walking.

All summer, they relied on each other's mails, striving to survive and change themselves!

That was a summer of drastic changes. That summer, she called herself Xia Tian (Summer). This name was only for him!

She finally lost some weight and cheerfully told him.

He was finally able to stand up and excitedly shared it with her.

"Can I see your picture? I want to find you one day".

She panicked. Although she was thinner now, she was still a bit plump. She's been mocked by too many people for being ugly. She's been mocked by too many people for being a fatty with no future.

She didn't want to lose this only friend, didn't want this stranger to see her fat and ugly side …

What to do? What to do?

She was spinning in a circle anxiously, not knowing how to reply or what to do …

"Ah!

Ning Xia sat up on the bed abruptly. She looked out the window confused, it was already morning, and it seems that she was dreaming again …

Last night, lying on the bed, she fell asleep without knowing.

She sat in a trance, feeling bitter. That summer, was now a dream of the past.

No matter how much weight she lost, she could not redeem the lie she made up because of her inferiority complex. It was impossible for them to be together.

That's why, even though he came back and wanted to see her, she couldn't respond to him.

Ning Xia got up and stretched. She took out her yoga mat and started practicing.

She knew that a good figure was difficult to maintain and would add more credit to her interpersonal relationships, and at work. Therefore, for the past years, she kept the habit of exercising and stretching.

An hour later, she walked into the bathroom covered in sweat, took another shower, changed into a new set of clothes, and went downstairs.

Downstairs was too quiet. She looked at her wristwatch, baffled. It was only six o'clock. Has anyone woken up yet?

As she was hesitating, she saw Uncle Wu coming in from outside, "Third Young Mistress, Young Master is already in the dining room, you should hurry over."

Uncle Wu wanted to say something else but hesitated. He looked at Ning Xia's questioning eyes and continued, "Young Mistress, young master has been a loner since he was young, that's why he doesn't have a good temper. In the future try to bear with it ."

Ning Xia was taken aback, as she didn't expect Uncle Wu to say this. Then, she remembered what happened last night and roughly understood what he meant.

He must have thought they had an argument.

Sigh, Pei Yichen, oh Pei Yichen, I didn't expect that even though you're so cranky, there's still someone who thinks of you.

"I got it, Uncle Wu."

Ning Xia nodded with a smile and went to the dining hall. Pei Yichen and Shen Heng, sitting at the table, were talking and eating. Sheng Heng stood up as soon as he saw Ning Xia coming. Pei Yichen, on the other hand, was drinking his porridge without saying a word.

"Assistant Shen, don't be so courteous."

Ning Xia was slightly embarrassed. For a moment, she felt she was the third party in the room. The two of them sitting together formed a nice and harmonious picture, but it was ruined by her arrival just like that!

"Miss Ning Xia, come to eat now. I've finished, so I'll go and bring the car from the parking lot and wait at the gate for you guys."

Shen Heng's grin was like a ray of sunshine.

Ning Xia smiled back, then sat down unperturbed and started to eat.

Because there were no outsiders here, she was even more unrestrained. After all, what's the purpose of exercising, if not to be able to eat more!

She's definitely not going to diet!

Pei Yichen looked at her coldly and wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin. His posture was elegant and exceptionally pleasing to the eyes.

But Ning Xia was busy battling with the Steamed Dumplings Soup and didn't even spare him a glance.

When she was preparing to attack the third bowl of porridge, Pei Yichen lightly coughed and said, "I'm full."

Ning Xia was taken by surprise while eating her porridge. Does this means she must leave?

The heck she will!

However, meeting his gaze, Ning Xia didn't say a thing. She grabbed a steamed bun from the plate, stuffed it in her mouth, and wiped her hands as well.

Being under someone else's roof, you have to keep your head down. Now that she was eating his food and living in his house, she had no choice but to obey him!

Pei Yichen looked at her disdainfully, but didn't say anything.

She and him, to put it nicely, only had a cooperative relationship. There was no need to get involved too much in each other's private lives.