I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With-Chapter 735: The Harsh Reality

Chapter 735: Chapter 735: The Harsh Reality
A single sentence, earth-shattering! In an instant, it overturned the fine act that Lu Qinghe had put on!
Lu Qinghe couldn’t control a slight tremor. This subtle movement did not escape Ji Yebai’s eyes.
"Lu Family? Which Lu Family?"
Ji Yebai gave a playful smile, "Far on the horizon, yet right before the eyes."
Everyone: ...!!
Even Ning Xixi was stunned!
With such an obvious hint, anyone who still didn’t get it was simply a fool!
Lu Qinghe tried to maintain her calm, "Ji Yebai, don’t make unfounded accusations and sow discord!"
"Oh? Did I say that it was Madam Lu’s doing? Why so anxious, Madam Lu? Feeling guilty?"
Ji Yebai mocked as he stared at her, terrifying Lu Qinghe into internal panic.
His gaze... why does it seem like he knows something?
No, it’s impossible...
That matter, it’s absolutely impossible for anyone to know...
Only by convincing herself with these mental suggestions did Lu Qinghe feel the crushing pressure atop her gradually dissipate.
"What evidence? Would Young Master Ji care to share?" Someone couldn’t suppress their curiosity and eagerly inquired.
Ji Yebai dropped a bombshell but had no intention of solving the mystery. He held Ning Xixi in his arms, his thin lips curled up in an inscrutable smile, "The truth of the matter will one day be revealed by the police. I hope everyone will open their eyes wide, after all... it’s necessary to distinguish whether we’re dealing with humans or dogs."
Successfully creating huge waves, Ji Yebai withdrew victoriously with Ning Xixi by his side.
Outside the hospital ward, there was a buzz of discussion, and everyone kept a distance from Lu Qinghe, leaving her quite embarrassed.
Ji Yebai looked back one more time, a hint of chilling coldness flashing in his eyes.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
He had sown the seeds of doubt in everyone’s hearts, making sure that Lu Qinghe would be restless.
Suddenly, a pair of soft hands wrapped around his waist.
Ning Xixi buried her face in his warm and broad chest, rubbing against him like a kitten.
"Ji Yebai... I’m so scared..."
She used to be afraid of ghosts, but now thinking back, she finds it ridiculous.
The ones who harm her are all humans, so why should she be afraid of ghosts?
Ji Yebai’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he realized, facing the incident with her father and learning of such matters, how incredibly cruel it was for Ning Xixi?
"Erxi... from now on, trust no one but me, okay?"
Pain brewed in Ning Xixi’s starry eyes.
Is this what growing up is like?
To realize the world is not all beautiful.
To learn that sometimes the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and gods.
It’s like a cocoon that’s been wrapping her up is gradually being shed, and she’s emerging in place, breaking out of the cocoon.
She finally understood the rules of the adult world; this is the cruel reality.
"My dad won’t die..." Ning Xixi sniffled, "If... if he dies, I’ll protect the Ning family for him and mom, I have to take back the Ning Corporation! My things, I won’t give them to anyone!"
Ji Yebai stroked her hair, "With your permission, this young master wouldn’t allow it either."
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The next day, at Muying High School.
Ning Xixi had been holding back her tears, but her eyes were swollen like walnuts. She was situated at her seat, small and hunched, previewing her lessons.
She didn’t want to trouble anyone, nor did she want to make anything special.
The greatest strength isn’t in wearing the hardest armor, but in bravely choosing to be as usual after everything experienced.
She is a student now, and what she can do is study well.
Su Wanxia saw her and ridiculed, "Your dad is close to dying, and you still have the mood to come to school? Ning Xixi, I really underestimated how thick-skinned you are!"