It was late at night, and the black-haired girl was sitting on the sofa.
At this moment, the An family home was completely different from during the day—no liveliness, no noise, only silence… and darkness.
An Qing hadn’t turned on the lights, as if she was enjoying the dark environment; only in this way could she feel a moment of peace.
She took out the hair clip she had prepared to give to An Yu, holding it in her hand and rubbing it forcefully over and over.
For some reason, her gaze was a bit dazed, unsure of what she was thinking.
She had clearly already figured it out, but inexplicably, she felt something was off.
A voice in her heart was urging her, warning her.
Don’t overthink it; you’ve already been deceived by An Yu for a lifetime.
This time, don’t think so much.
Haven’t you already realized what kind of person An Yu really is?
Everything was what An Qing had seen with her own eyes; there could be no fakeness.
So she wouldn’t believe An Yu, nor was she willing to believe An Yu.
The dark environment couldn’t hide her pair of crimson eyes, where confusion and hatred intertwined.
No matter what, today, she was still waiting for An Yu to come back.
Come back, and give her this gift that should be returned to her.
The only thing An Qing could do was walk this path to the end.
From the beginning to the last, she would never believe An Yu.
An Qing had already sunk into this ocean called suspicion, and with her own strength alone, it was hard to escape anymore.
However, she was willing to do so; it was her own choice to continue sinking, and all the consequences could only be borne by herself.
Click—
An Qing suddenly lifted her head, an uncontrollable flash of joy crossing her crimson eyes.
She stood up and walked toward the door.
Because the An family home’s front door had been opened.
An Yu and Ning Wanqiu were holding hands, slowly walking into the An family residence.
It was nighttime now, and the An family home had no lights on, so it was pitch black.
However, the excessive quietness, paired with the spacious rooms and boundless darkness, was still quite frightening.
But fortunately, An Yu could see clearly and knew the way back to her room.
Moreover, Ning Wanqiu was by her side.
“That way.”
An Yu expressionlessly tugged Ning Wanqiu’s hand, leading her toward her own room.
“Mm.”
Ning Wanqiu, carrying the giant plush toy on her back, nodded with a smile.
The people in the An family went to bed quite early; at this time, it was precisely when Ning Dongli was active, very likely refreshing in her home’s living room.
There didn’t seem to be anyone here…
Hm?
Ning Wanqiu subconsciously furrowed her brows.
It seemed there wasn’t no one here.
At the same time, An Yu also noticed; right in front of her stood a red-eyed roadblock.
She calmly lifted her head, her amber eyes directly meeting the faint red in front of her.
An Qing, she hadn’t gone to sleep but was in the living room?
What was she doing, getting up for water?
That was normal, because if An Yu woke up in the middle of the night, she would also want water.
So it was understandable.
Then she wouldn’t disturb An Qing from drinking water.
“The path is that way.”
After An Yu casually pointed in a direction, she wanted to pull Ning Wanqiu away.
However, her voice sounded extremely cold, as if she was saying that An Qing was blocking her way.
In reality, she was pointing out the direction for An Qing.
The water dispenser was over there; to drink water, of course, she couldn’t come to the door.
But it was also understandable; after all, it was so dark, getting lost was normal.
An Qing had only come to the An family not long ago; not knowing the way was reasonable.
As for thanks, no need, because An Yu was magnanimous and didn’t hold grudges against petty people.
However, what An Yu didn’t see was, in the darkness, An Qing’s body constantly trembling.
Uncharacteristically, she didn’t take An Yu’s “provocation” to heart.
Instead, she stared fixedly at An Yu and Ning Wanqiu’s hands, which hadn’t let go even in front of her.
A inexplicable surge of anger suddenly welled up in An Qing’s heart.
She blocked the two without leaving, nor letting them pass.
She just silently shifted her gaze away from their hands.
“Yesterday, where did you go?”
An Qing ignored Ning Wanqiu beside her and spoke coldly to An Yu.
However, her hand hidden in her sleeve was clenched tightly due to the inexplicable anger.
“An Yu, didn’t you tell them?”
Ning Wanqiu tugged An Yu’s hand, whispering intimately in her ear.
An Yu turned her head to look at Ning Wanqiu, nodding expressionlessly.
What was there to say?
She was running away; did she have to notify them?
Go in front of An Qing and shout, today is my birthday, but I’m running away, not staying with you guys anymore, have fun yourselves?
Then even if An Qing was willing to let her run away, she would have to stop her, right?
Because the reborn female lead still had to maintain her persona.
Mm, thinking about it, it was quite pitiful.
An Yu’s consciousness gradually began to drift far away.
Ning Wanqiu helplessly shook her head; from this expression, she knew An Yu had started thinking about other things again.
She turned to face An Qing, wanting to explain on An Yu’s behalf.
But upon seeing An Qing’s gaze, the words she should have said couldn’t come out at all.
Ning Wanqiu furrowed her brows, subconsciously pulling An Yu behind her.
An Qing’s gaze made her very uncomfortable.
Although she had long felt that the relationship between these sisters wasn’t good, she didn’t expect it to be this bad.
An Yu had no intention of resisting, silently hiding behind Ning Wanqiu’s giant plush toy.
Mm, this thing is really big; she could hide completely.
Might as well just hide behind it.
An Yu silently thought.
And while An Yu was safe, An Qing and Ning Wanqiu confronted each other.
One with a cold face, the other with furrowed brows, they just stared at each other like that.
In the end, it was Ning Wanqiu who spoke first:
“An Yu stayed at my place for two days.”
Because An Qing had asked, so she had to explain.
However, although Ning Wanqiu had responded, An Qing still remained silent.
She just looked at Ning Wanqiu with icy eyes, carrying a trace of inexplicable meaning.
The two of them, without any regard that she was right in front, intimately whispering in each other’s ears.
An Qing was angry, but there was nothing she could do.
She even knew that An Yu’s disappearance was to go find Ning Wanqiu.
However, the moment she heard the answer from her mouth, her heart still trembled.
An Yu… is using Ning Wanqiu… right?
An Qing’s gaze grew increasingly hollow, the fist hidden in her sleeve clenching tighter and tighter.
Because in her previous life, An Yu had only used her, so she unilaterally believed that An Yu must be using Ning Wanqiu as well.
Could it be that you want An Qing to believe that An Yu would abandon the An family and choose a female classmate she had just met a few days ago?
And treat her as her new place to stay?
Ridiculous…
An Qing silently lifted her head, her gaze incredibly sharp.
Borrowing the moonlight’s illumination, she finally saw An Yu’s face clearly.
Beside her hair, there was a unfamiliar hair clip.