The Outcast Heiress’s Secret Identities
Chapter 474 - Chapter 474 0464 Do you still need me to tie it for you

Chapter 474: 0464 Do you still need me to tie it for you? Chapter 474: 0464 Do you still need me to tie it for you? Su Ran arrived at the parking lot and chose a car that leaned toward a racing model. The engine roared to life with a “whoosh” as she immediately shot out of there.

Leaving the manor, she took the road to the downtown area. As the car gradually picked up speed, there were few vehicles coming and going on the road at night. Su Ran had no concerns, pushing the car to its highest speed, like a ghost flitting through the darkness.

Thirty minutes later, she arrived at the same Artificial Lake from before, and walked towards the Rainbow Bridge, which looked even more beautiful and charming with its colorful lights.

Su Ran found Chu Ling at the end of the bridge, in a pavilion. Chu Ling’s delicate and tall figure leaned against the wooden railing behind her, her beautiful face pale and weak. She held her chest with both hands and blankly stared into the distance.

She radiated an aura of loneliness and desolation, lifeless.

As Su Ran slowly approached, her footsteps became increasingly audible. Hearing the sound, Chu Ling’s body visibly stiffened.

She raised her head, her eyes red-rimmed and clearly having cried before. Her eyes, normally optimistic and sparkling with energy, were completely devoid of light.

She looked like someone who had lost the most important thing in her life!

Su Ran frowned, watching her sternly.

“What are you doing here?”

Hearing Su Ran’s words, Chu Ling’s eyelashes trembled, and a bitter look crossed her pale face.

“Just clearing my mind.”

Su Ran’s brows furrowed tighter, “Clearing your mind here?”

Chu Ling sighed deeply, looking up at the night sky scattered with dim stars, her tone full of resignation and despair.

“Apart from here, I really can’t find any other place where I belong. Seeing me like this now, do you think I deserve it?”

After all, she had warned her more than once. Now, it seemed that Chu Ling had ignored good advice.

“I can’t believe that after so many years in the entertainment industry, you’re still so naive. Don’t you understand the phrase ‘the human heart is treacherous?’ What kind of place is that? It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Since you chose this path, you should have known better. If you can’t even stand this amount of pressure, what kind of dreams are you talking about!”

Su Ran’s words were merciless, and at the sound of them, Chu Ling’s face wore a bitter smile.

Naive?

She wasn’t the only one who had described her that way!

“Dreams…” she muttered under her breath as a tear silently fell. She lifted her eyes to look at Su Ran, trembling uncontrollably.

“Do you think… I’m not suited for the entertainment industry?”

As she asked the question, it seemed to take all her strength, and with the words falling away, she slid down against a pillar to sit.

Su Ran let out a cold laugh, looking at her expressionlessly as she countered:

“Do you think you, like this, are suited for the entertainment industry?”

Chu Ling’s face turned even whiter. Was she truly unsuited?

Su Ran walked up to her, her voice quiet and cold:

“Your agent wasn’t wrong when she said you have the talent, and with just the right opportunity, your future could be boundless. But she has Su Xinyan under her management, and you should’ve realized long ago that for Su Xinyan’s sake, she wouldn’t let you surpass her. And you? What are you doing?”

Su Ran’s tone was full of scorn; she had never been one to offer comfort.

“All these years you’ve grown accustomed to complacency, thinking that by not fighting for your place, you can show your nobility? An uneventful life, however, leaves you unable to weather any storm. What about your dreams? Your original intentions? Were they just empty words?”

Chu Ling couldn’t argue back, as Su Ran’s words mirrored her reality. But what could she do?

She shook her head in confusion, “I don’t know, I really don’t know. Dreams? Original intentions? I even doubt whether they are wrong. You’re right, I indeed cannot withstand any turmoil. The entertainment industry, this place… might really not be suitable for me…”

Watching Chu Ling’s face full of despair, Su Ran’s expression darkened as she said coldly:

“Who said you’re not suitable for the entertainment industry?”

Chu Ling looked at her bewilderedly, the colorful lights unable to penetrate her bloodless complexion.

However, Su Ran offered no further explanation.

“Get up, I’ll drive you home first.”

The icy tone carried a hint of assertiveness, leaving no room for refusal, yet inexplicably offered a sense of comfort.

She stared a bit trance-like, and upon noticing this, Su Ran spoke again in a cold voice:

“What are you staring at? Get up.”

Chu Ling’s eyelashes fluttered, she pursed her lips and stood up silently, showing complete compliance.

She followed behind Su Ran, crossed the Rainbow Bridge, and came to the nearby parking lot.

As she got into the car, Su Ran started the vehicle, Chu Ling glanced at her and sat down in the passenger seat.

“Seat belt, do I need to buckle it for you?”

“No need.”

Chu Ling cast her eyes down and quietly reached for the seat belt, but her hand shook uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Su Ran asked, “Am I that scary?”

Chu Ling pursed her lips, speaking softly:

“No.”

Su Ran gave her a brief look, “Then why the shaking?”

“I’m not shaking, just… a little cold.”

In fact, she didn’t know what was making her shake.

It was just that seeing her with a stern face inexplicably made her feel uneasy, reminding her of the elders at home.

Su Ran didn’t care whether she was lying or not, turned on the car’s air conditioning, and drove out of the parking lot.

The brightly lit Artificial Lake made the road especially luminous, with the damp air mixing the scent of river water and plants.

Chu Ling turned to look at Su Ran, who drove in silence, dressed in casual home clothes, her long hair casually tied up, obviously having come in a hurry from home.

The car left the suburbs and slowly made its way towards the city center. At a red light, Su Ran stopped the car.

Chu Ling bit her lip and asked:

“Do you think I’m so upset that I might harm myself, and that’s why you came looking for me?”

Su Ran looked straight ahead, her expression calm and unchanging, not answering her question.

Chu Ling forced a smile, turning her gaze to the window enshrouded by the night.

“Don’t worry, I treasure my life. I won’t do anything stupid over those comments online. My life was given by my parents. Even if not for my own sake, I would consider theirs. I’m just a bit lost and wanted a quiet place to think.”

Su Ran glanced at her and started the car.

“If you lacked even that bit of awareness, then I would have truly misjudged you.”

Chu Ling looked at her, puzzled.

“Only the things you care about can really hurt you. In the end, those people online are just strangers of no significance. There’s no need to care about them!”

Chu Ling’s heart, originally like a dark, bottomless pit, was aimlessly suffocating.

Now, hearing her words, it was as if a beam of light had poured in.

“I remember, you were once blacklisted by the entire internet. Compared to my situation now, yours was even worse. How did you endure it back then?”

Under the night sky, Yong City was a kaleidoscope of colors.

The entire city was enshrouded in a thin mist. Neon lights within this faint haze looked dreamlike, almost unreal.