"Nuannuan, you recently... are you doing okay?" Ji Xia looked at Shi Nuan and couldn’t help but ask.
Shi Nuan softly replied, "Mm," as she put a piece of mango in her mouth and said, "I’m doing fine... I’ve been busy preparing for my graduation thesis recently!"
"You know that’s not what I meant..." Ji Xia expressed her concern, "I mean between you and Song Yansheng..."
"Oh..." Shi Nuan’s eyes flickered: "He’s been on a business trip to Hong Kong these past few days, and he just came back today..."
After a pause, she added, "He’s been... quite good to me!"
Ji Xia frowned. Maybe Song Yansheng was good to Shi Nuan.
After all, Shi Nuan inherited her mother Xu Hua’s looks, and she’s considered strikingly beautiful. What man wouldn’t love a young and pretty girl?
Besides, he wants to control the Shi Family through Shi Nuan. Until he gets the Shi Family, how could he not treat Shi Nuan well?
But what she wanted to know more was how Shi Nuan felt about being with such an ambitious and calculating man; could she adapt?
Ji Xia said, "Nuannuan, I don’t know how to put this, but if... if one day you feel you can’t endure it any longer, you must tell me. I’ll find a way to make Song Yansheng let you go, I promise you, I can definitely do it!"
Shi Nuan smiled and said, "Sister Xia, I’m not a child anymore. Many choices I make aren’t impulsive. Don’t worry, Song Yansheng won’t do anything to me, and I’m not uncomfortable. In a way, I’m grateful to him, because if it wasn’t for him, I might have already been set up by Li Guirong and her daughter, with my reputation ruined and trapped instead..."
Furthermore, choosing to marry him, although partly out of necessity, it’s more about not wanting to give up this opportunity. I’ve made you wait at the Shi Family for five years, which is long enough. Many things, we’ve waited long enough as well. I no longer want to wait. I need Song Yansheng’s help, and besides, I believe that if that day ever comes, I want to leave Song Yansheng, no one could stop me, not even Song Yansheng himself..."
Because the path she’s on is a road of no return... since there’s no return, how could she consider going back?
Ji Xia looked at the determined gaze of Shi Nuan, realizing that no words would be of use.
This girl is far more ruthless than she imagined.
But this ruthlessness is directed at herself!
"In any case, Sister Xia, don’t worry. I’m doing fine..."
Shi Nuan took a sip of her milk tea and said, "By the way, Sister Xia, I’m planning to participate in the second defense at the end of the month. If you have time, come by and cheer me on!"
Ji Xia was taken aback, "Me? Can I?"
After asking, she paused and instantly understood Shi Nuan’s meaning, smiled, and said, "Sure... I’ll definitely be there then!"
For your daughter’s thesis defense, as Father’s, Shi Yuanbo might not be able to come, but he could certainly send his secretary to cheer her on!
Shi Nuan’s eyes curved as she bit her milk tea straw and said, "Also, the Li Guirong mother and daughter, they’re out now, right?"
Ji Xia nodded, "They’ve been out since three days ago!"
Shi Nuan playfully blinked and said, "Looks like I have something else to ask Sister Xia help with!"
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Shi Nuan bid farewell to Ji Xia and returned to school.
Ji Xia drove her to the school gate, and when Shi Nuan got out of the car, she reassured her again, "Nuannuan, remember, if anything happens, you must call me, don’t handle it alone!"
"Don’t worry, I will."
Shi Nuan smiled and nodded, then turned and walked away.
Ji Xia watched Shi Nuan’s solitary yet stubborn figure, and in the end, she felt heartache.
Gathering her thoughts, she started the car and left.