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Chapter 858 - 855 Insomnia

Chapter 858: Chapter 855 Insomnia

Finally, it was Ling Qingyun who reacted first, apologizing to Tong Xiaohua as he grabbed his coat and hurried out.

Tong Xiaohua sat on the sofa with a drink, knowing she had offended someone and felt suffocated and a bit uncomfortable.

However, she felt that this outcome was not so bad after all!

Tong Xiaohua slept restlessly that night and woke up from a nightmare around four in the morning.

Thinking she could fall back asleep after lying down for a while, since it was so early and she didn’t know what to do if she got up.

But after tossing and turning in bed for half an hour, she still couldn’t sleep, her stomach rumbling with hunger; she decided to get up and look for food in the kitchen.

Tong Xiaohua had not had an easy life, but most of her hardships stemmed from shouldering the responsibility of the Tong Family. In terms of lifestyle, she had always been very well-off.

Speaking from a material standpoint, she lived a privileged Miss’s life of having everything provided for her.

As for kitchen work, she had not only never done it, but the number of times she even entered the kitchen was also minimal.

After wandering around the kitchen, she surprisingly couldn’t find anything that could be eaten directly.

It wasn’t that she was inept, but Uncle Guan always paid extraordinary attention to the health of their family of three, so there were hardly any food stocks at home. Leftovers were either thrown away or given to the servants to eat, and ingredients were bought daily to ensure freshness.

Tong Xiaohua finally found half a bag of Bread in the storage cabinet; she guessed it was a servant’s breakfast for the next early morning.

Miss Xiaohua, who didn’t even know how to use the microwave, poured a glass of water and walked out to the living room with the Bread.

The Bread naturally didn’t taste too good; it was somewhat hard and didn’t have much flavor.

But it was better than an empty stomach, wasn’t it?

Tong Xiaohua spent more than ten minutes finishing the half-pack of not-so-tasty Bread, drank a large glass of water, burped contentedly, and then went back to her room to sleep.

She slept until after ten o’clock in the morning.

When she got up, Uncle Ming was already sitting in the living room. Seeing her yawn as she came out, he smiled at her and asked,

"Did you drink too much last night?"

Tong Xiaohua nodded honestly since she had been drinking at her family’s bar last night; Uncle Ming couldn’t possibly be unaware.

"I haven’t drunk in a while, so it seems my tolerance has dropped quite a bit."

Actually, she hadn’t been drunk the night before. After Yan Bo and Ling Qingyun left, she finished the rest of the bottle of red wine by herself, and that was all.

"Mm-hmm, it’s okay to drink occasionally to relieve some stress!"

Uncle Ming did not seem to blame her, looking at her with a touch of loving concern in his eyes.

"Hmm..."

Even though Tong Xiaohua wasn’t drunk, her head felt slightly dizzy, and she seemed to have no interest in anything.

"Go have some breakfast. Everything regarding the Sauna has been arranged, just waiting for your signature."

Because Tong Xiaohua was the head of the family, signing was something Uncle Ming couldn’t do on her behalf.

"Oh..."

Uncle Ming watched her retreating back, his brows slightly furrowed.

Tong Xiaohua walked into the dining room just as Uncle Guan came up with steaming hot Noodles, "Uncle Guan, good morning!"

Uncle Guan placed the Noodles in front of her, looking at her with concern.

"Did you get up to find something to eat last night?"

Tong Xiaohua usually had excellent sleep quality, so this was the first time she got up in the middle of the night looking for food.

"Yes, Uncle Guan, how did you know?"

"Sister Luo’s bread disappeared, we thought it was dragged off by a mouse. But after checking the surveillance cameras, we realized it was a pretty and bewildered big mouse!" Uncle Guan said with both distress and amusement.

Tong Xiaohua couldn’t help but laugh as well, "Uncle Guan, you should prepare some food in the fridge from now on. Who knows, I might get up in the middle of the night to look for food again."

Uncle Guan rubbed her head, teasing her, "You’ll only learn if there’s food prepared for you?"

Tong Xiaohua protested unhappily, "Uncle Guan, do you think I’m a three-year-old child? Don’t know how to eat?"

Uncle Guan sat down opposite her, "Of course you know how to eat, but can you cook? Never mind, if you really get hungry, just wake me up to make you some food. Anyways, I’m getting old, I don’t sleep heavily and not much anyway."

Tong Xiaohua didn’t think she would have the chance to get up in the middle of the night to eat something again, so she casually nodded her head.

"All right, I got it."

However, after that day, waking up in the middle of the night unable to fall back asleep became a frequent occurrence. Of course, she wouldn’t really call Uncle Guan to wake up and make her food. After once or twice, she simply started buying some biscuits and secretly storing them in her room.

As she sat on the floor in front of the terrace, holding a jar of biscuits, she began to ponder.

What’s been wrong lately? Her sleep had always been excellent, so why was she waking up in the middle of the night these days?

She hadn’t told anyone about her sleeping troubles, not even Uncle Ming.

But just because she didn’t mention it, didn’t mean Uncle Ming hadn’t noticed.

"Xiao Hua, have you been working too hard recently? You seem to have lost quite a bit of weight?"

Not only was her sleep affected, but her appetite had also decreased recently.

"Really?" Tong Xiaohua touched her face, turned around, ran to the gym to weigh herself, and discovered that indeed, she had lost three to four pounds.

Could it be that insomnia was to blame?

"That’s great, I’ve always wanted to lose a few pounds, and I’ve finally slimmed down!"

Not wanting to deal with Uncle Ming’s nagging and probing, Tong Xiaohua twisted the truth.

Uncle Ming, however, didn’t quite believe her, "You? Losing weight?"

He had watched her grow from a little girl with two pigtails into a slender and graceful miss, and he had never heard her express any concern for her appearance.

At first, he had thought her confident, after all, not only was she good-looking, but her figure was also tall and well-proportioned with barely a flaw. In his opinion, all those little idols and models would have to step aside if they stood in front of his girl.

But later on, he realized it wasn’t that she had no demands for her appearance; she just didn’t bother with it.

Just looking at the clothes she wore and her outfit when she went out, it was hard to tell that she was a miss from a wealthy family.

So, when she talked about losing weight, Uncle Ming really didn’t believe it.

"Yes, isn’t the trend all about being slim these days? I just wanted to give it a try!"

After saying that, Tong Xiaohua took the document Uncle Ming had just handed her, quickly glanced over it, and then pushed the document back to Uncle Ming.

"Uncle Ming, this proposal from Li Lin, it won’t work. Ask him to redo it."

Uncle Ming’s focus was quickly brought back, as he took the document and looked it over, also frowning.

"Alright, I’ll take it back to him."

Saying this, he stood up and walked out.

The moment Uncle Ming left, the bright and spirited expression on Tong Xiaohua’s face disappeared completely. Supporting her head with her hand, she gently massaged her throbbing temples.

If things continued like this, she would probably break down, right?

Thinking this, a bitter smile appeared on Tong Xiaohua’s face.

It seems, it’s not working out anyway!