Chapter 134: Paranoia

“Ah? Maid? What are you doing at our house?”

An Yunfan furrowed his brows, a hint of irritation between them.

He had thought it was Chen Guang, so he came out to greet him, but it turned out to be just a strange maid.

Fortunately, he had maintained good manners for so many years.

So An Yunfan wouldn’t easily get angry at anyone, even if she was just an ordinary maid.

“My young master asked me to deliver a gift to An Qing.” 

Huang Keling kept a cold face and stated calmly.

She raised the gift box in her hand, indicating that this was the gift she brought.

“Gift… young master…” 

An Yunfan’s eyes lit up: “Your young master is?”

Huang Keling’s gaze was icy; she coldly glanced at An Yunfan and then said nothing more.

“Mm… it’s not good to talk here; Miss Maid, come in first.”

Realizing his behavior was a bit improper, An Yunfan chose to let Huang Keling come in and talk.

The two returned to the room; Huang Keling still didn’t answer An Yunfan’s question, but stared at An Qing.

At the same time, An Qing was also looking at Huang Keling.

She subconsciously furrowed her brows; the silver-haired girl before her was really too familiar.

In her previous life, An Qing had definitely seen her somewhere, but she couldn’t quite remember.

And while An Qing was still puzzled, Huang Keling took the initiative to walk over.

She lifted the gift box in her hand, casually placed it in An Qing’s hand, then slowly spoke:

“The gift is delivered; this is from Young Master Chen Yu to you.”

Huang Keling’s voice was clear and cold, sounding with a faint disgust.

It wasn’t clear if she was disgusted with An Qing… or something else.

“An Qing, remember to rub your eyes more.”

Before turning to leave, Huang Keling lightly reminded An Qing, then silently left without a moment’s linger.

An Qing held the gift box in her hand; she was completely stunned.

What did that sentence mean?

Rub her eyes more?

Was it saying she couldn’t see people clearly?

An Qing couldn’t understand; she furrowed her brows, but Huang Keling had already left cleanly and neatly, without a trace of reluctance.

“Qing’er, that person just said it was from Young Master Chen Yu?”

An Yunfan leaned beside An Qing, speaking softly.

“Mm…”

An Qing responded calmly; she had no time right now to deal with unimportant people like An Yunfan.

In fact, An Qing was also confused.

Because she hadn’t contacted Chen Yu at all; how could there be a gift?

Moreover, wasn’t Chen Yu with An Yu? Why would he suddenly send her a birthday gift?

An Yu…?

An Qing’s eyelashes lightly trembled; her red eyes regained color once more.

Could this gift be related to An Yu?

Was An Yu still watching all this?

Or rather…

From beginning to end, she hadn’t not cared; this was just another one of her schemes?

The more An Qing thought, the brighter her eyes became, as if in desperation, she had grasped the last lifeline.

But she didn’t know that when this lifeline broke, she would only fall into a deeper abyss.

However, An Qing had no other choice; she had always been like this, only willing to believe what she wanted to believe.

An Qing’s red pupils trembled slightly; she finally understood…

How could An Yu possibly not care about these things?

It was just that she wanted her to think that way.

From the current situation, wasn’t everything very clear?

“Qing’er?” 

An Yunfan was calling An Qing, because he didn’t know what had happened.

However, unfortunately, An Qing had fallen into thought and couldn’t respond.

She thought everything was under her control, but in reality, it wasn’t.

…

She had almost forgotten; in her previous life, An Yu had played her in the palm of her hand the whole time; how could she easily give up now?

Now, this pair of An family parents clearly hadn’t given up on An Yu, and were even secretly supporting her.

And Chen Guang seemed unable to come to her birthday banquet for some reason.

Everything was developing in a direction favorable to An Yu.

And then, there was the gift from Chen Yu.

“Heh…”

An Qing sneered; how could this possibly be a birthday gift?

This could only be An Yu’s provocation.

The more An Qing thought, the more she felt it was like this.

She had indeed been reborn, but knowing the future didn’t mean An Yu wouldn’t change strategies.

This time, she had lost.

However, An Yu hadn’t completely won, right?

Although Chen Guang didn’t come, Chen Yu sent a gift.

Although it wasn’t a real gift, but a “mockery.”

But, the An family parents didn’t know, right?

As long as An Qing didn’t explain, everything would proceed as usual.

Next, she just needed to know what happened with Chen Guang.

“Qing’er? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell again?”

An Yunfan asked concernedly.

Just as An Qing thought, although Chen Guang didn’t come, having Chen Yu’s gift was the same.

As long as it was from the Chen family, it was fine; An Yunfan didn’t care which one.

An Qing barely maintained her calm; in reality, her heartbeat was accelerating continuously.

“Mm, sorry, Father; I do feel a bit unwell.” An Qing nodded, holding the gift, slowly walking toward her room.

No time to deal with An Yunfan; anyway, the goal had been achieved.

An Qing lowered her head; a light called hope rarely appeared in her crimson eyes.

If everything she thought was real.

Then she had once again been played in the palm of An Yu’s hand.

However, An Qing felt not the slightest bit of frustration; instead, her whole person let out a sigh of relief.

An Qing’s somewhat stubborn paranoia was displayed to the fullest at this moment.

Being played or toyed with was fine; as long as An Yu still cared about everything in the An family.

An Qing didn’t notice at all where she had gone wrong.

She took out her phone; Chen Guang had finally sent a message.

[Chen Guang]: Sorry, I can’t go today; my big brother has something to find me about, I’ll make up the gift later!

“Ha…”

An Qing smiled in relief; her red eyes were incomparably chaotic.

Things were just as she expected, right?

…

Everything she had experienced today was all An Yu’s doing!

Thinking this, An Qing casually opened the gift from Chen Yu.

Inside, it was filled with comic books.

There were sequels to the previous one, and others.

“Haha… hahaha~” An Qing laughed heartily.

Everything was indeed exactly as she thought, right?

An Yu… I almost got fooled by you again.

Ah-choo!

Not far from the An family villa, the silver-haired maid expressionlessly rubbed her little nose.

The gift she sent to An Qing was just some random trash she found in Chen Yu’s room; it had no meaning.

Anyway, it just needed to be from the Chen family; it didn’t need meaning, right?

However, she hadn’t sneezed in a long time; was someone thinking of her?

Was it Chen Yu?