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Chapter 251: The Peculiar Little Peach

Chapter 251: Chapter 251: The Peculiar Little Peach

As Shen Yunqing just got off the plane and turned on his phone, which had been off during the flight, he received a report from his subordinate that Xiaotao had appeared at the Imperial City airport.

The message was sent half an hour ago.

As he walked out with the crowd, he replied to the message: "Is she alone?"

The reply was almost immediate: "Yes, boss. But I feel the state of Miss Xiaotao is not very good, her face is pale, and her steps are unsteady. However, it might be due to airsickness."

Shen Yunqing had a different guess. As Jiang Xiyu’s personal assistant, Xiaotao was surely used to flying around with her. It was unlikely she would get airsick this time specifically, it must be due to another reason.

"She should be heading back to Jiang Xiyu’s villa. Usually, she can go out without needing to inform us, but when she plans to go on a long trip again, let me know in advance."

"Got it, boss."

Putting away the phone, Shen Yunqing looked up to see Wu Jue waving at him from the reception area a short distance away, and he briskly walked over.

*

On the other side.

Ever since Jiang Xiyu returned home to recuperate, her routine had become irregular. After all, days without work inevitably became dull and boring, leading her to miss the regular bedtime, and naturally, she had trouble waking up during the day as well.

In addition to that, last night she unexpectedly got through to Xiaotao’s phone and obtained quite a bit of information. Anticipating the upcoming work coming her way, she spent the entire night watching several interview programs, even speculating which popular show she might appear on. This caused her to put down her phone and fall asleep only when the sky outside started to brighten.

It felt like she had only just fallen asleep when the sound of the doorbell from outside woke her.

She stayed under the covers for a while, but as the doorbell persevered, she irritably sat up, hopping on one foot onto the wheelchair beside the bed, muttering curses under her breath: "Is everyone dead? The doorbell has been ringing so long, and no one goes to answer it."

The target of her curses was naturally the new assistant Jiang Yuting had sent over to take care of her during her recovery.

Stepping out of the room, she saw a red sticky note, "Xiyu, I went to the supermarket to buy some groceries, I’ll be back soon."

Jiang Xiyu: Damn it, of all times!

Pushing the wheelchair to the living room’s intercom screen, Jiang Xiyu raised her head to look at the screen. When she clearly saw who was appearing on the screen standing outside the villa’s entrance, she was so shocked that her eyes widened.

She had just called last night, and unexpectedly, she saw them today.

Auntie’s friend said it would be quick, but was it really this quick?

"Xiaotao?"

The person occasionally pressing the doorbell on the screen paused at the sound, looked up at the camera, and slowly pulled out a smile, "Xiyu, it’s me, I’m back."

The screen display was high-definition, and Jiang Xiyu clearly saw Xiaotao’s face, nearly falling from the wheelchair.

She remembered Xiaotao as a timid person who never resisted and didn’t even dare to meet her eyes.

But now, the Xiaotao on the screen not only had a change in tone but also gave off an indescribably strange feeling.

What exactly did Auntie do to this girl after she took her away?

"Xiyu, it seems like the password for the villa’s gate has been changed. I tried three times, but it showed an error each time."

Jiang Xiyu snapped out of her thoughts, remembering she indeed changed to a smoother password after coming back from the hospital, "I’ll open the door for you."

Pressing the unlock button, she watched Xiaotao push open the villa gate on the screen and enter until her figure was out of sight. Then, belatedly, it dawned on her, "In less than half a month, Xiaotao seems to have lost a lot of weight!"

The clothes she wore when she left the theater now seemed noticeably loose.

When Xiaotao stood in the living room, Jiang Xiyu couldn’t help but scrutinize her again, confirming she had indeed lost a lot of weight. Her face had thinned, and the once round chin now possessed a sharp arc.

She also had to admit that Xiaotao had become quite beautiful.

"You’ve changed a lot..." Jiang Xiyu started to say but suddenly stopped, recalling the warning from the person on the phone yesterday to not ask about anything that happened during this period after Xiaotao returned. She swallowed back the words that were about to spill out.

"Xiyu, I want to go and visit my mother tomorrow."

Jiang Xiyu instinctively frowned. She just came back, and now she wants to leave again? Couldn’t she see that her arm was still inconvenient?

But when she met Xiaotao’s seemingly emotionless eyes, her heart sank, and she swallowed the reprimand she was about to voice, forcing a smile, "Alright, you’ve been gone for so many days. It’s indeed time to visit Auntie at the hospital."

"Xiyu, I’m a bit tired, I’d like to rest for a while."

Jiang Xiyu: "... Go ahead."

Watching Xiaotao enter the small bedroom originally converted from a storage room, Jiang Xiyu’s eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Something’s not right, really not right.

But she was sure that the person who came back was indeed Xiaotao. After following her for so many years, she still had the ability to recognize her.

But how did she turn out like this? Would the old Xiaotao she could bully come back?

She wanted to ask the person who answered the phone yesterday, but then abruptly remembered that the person had used Xiaotao’s phone to answer the call. Because of this, she didn’t even have that person’s contact information!

She could only let it go.

Little did she know that as soon as Xiaotao closed the door and stood in the dim room without windows, even in daytime, she too was filled with an indescribable expression. Trying to recall everything she witnessed in the eerie castle, her head was suddenly struck by a sharp pain.

When she finally managed to forcibly endure the pain without making a sound, she realized her mouth was full of a rusty taste.

Turning on the light, she carelessly wiped the blood from her lips and touched the now slightly damp bed sheets before lying down, indifferent.

She wasn’t lying; she truly was very tired. Not only was her body achy and sore, but her spirit also seemed like it hadn’t rested in a long time. The tension she held together threatened to snap at any moment.

Almost as soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell deeply asleep.

By noon, her new assistant returned from grocery shopping and finished preparing lunch. Jiang Xiyu, while eating a piece of rib, remembered that Xiaotao was back, and instructed, "Go to that bedroom and call Xiaotao for lunch."

She still wanted to know what exactly happened to Xiaotao, and she couldn’t let her starve.

The assistant went to knock on the door as instructed, but after nearly a minute, there was still no response from inside.

Jiang Xiyu no longer paid attention to the meal, "Open it with the key!"

The door was finally unlocked, and the assistant pushed it open, covering her nose against the musty smell as she walked in, only to see Xiaotao lying rigidly on the bed.

If it weren’t for the visible rise and fall of her chest without the covers, she would have nearly thought Xiaotao was dead.

"Xiaotao seems to have fallen into a deep sleep!"

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