Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

“…I’ll be very good, I really will behave.”

“This child has bad manners. If she doesn’t leave, and we call the police, she’ll never be able to be adopted in her life!”

When the Liangs had first adopted her, her peers at the orphanage had been so envious. As orphans, who didn’t crave the warmth of a family? Yet she had been sent back, and that had started a lot of gossip within the orphanage.

“Why was she sent back again? What happened?”

“Could it be her personality isn’t likable?”

“This is the first time someone was adopted, only to be returned.”

“She wasn’t simply sent back, she was returned.”

…

It felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on her chest, leaving her gasping for air. She wanted to struggle, but her limbs seemed bound by something.

In the middle of the night, she abruptly awoke from her dream, like a drowning person suddenly breathing in fresh air, kicking fiercely, and waking up covered in sweat.

Reaching for the light, she realized this wasn’t her rental room; her phone had fallen to the floor, and she picked it up.

It was three-thirty in the morning, and there were several unread messages.

She casually opened one, and the last message read,

“I’m at the Jiang Family, I want to see you.”

Huo Qinqi sent it at twelve-thirty.

Shen Shuci was still somewhat groggy, the darkness of the room illuminated by the light from her phone, bright against her face as she sent out a tentative message,

“I had fallen asleep.”

He had only made the suggestion, probably was at home, definitely asleep by now.

She turned off the screen, ready to go back to sleep, but the phone screen lit up again, “Awake? Coming out?”

Shen Shuci frowned, he couldn’t be…

Waiting outside for two or three hours.

She tentatively made a call. It was quickly answered, “Are you outside the Jiang Mansion?”

“Yeah.” His voice was hoarse, and through the phone’s earpiece, it sounded even more electric. It was still raining outside, the raindrops hammering on her heart, “Why did you wake up?”

“Just suddenly woke up.”

“Will you come out?”

Shen Shuci clutched her phone tightly, “Then wait for me.”

There was too much that had happened recently, it all needed to be made clear.

“Dress warmly, it’s cold outside.”

…

Shen Shuci crawled out of bed, donning a trench coat. This wasn’t her home, where would she find a thick coat? Even the pajamas were borrowed from Tang Wan. Wrapping herself in the coat she wore during the day, she hurriedly pushed open the door and went out.

The Jiang Family’s umbrellas were kept by the door; she took one and headed out as the light in the hallway, dimmed by the rain, grew fainter.

Huo Qinqi’s car was parked outside the mansion. Coming to the Jiang Family in the wee hours could awaken everyone—elders, children, a pregnant woman, not very appropriate.

**

When Shen Shuci opened the door to leave, several members of the Jiang Family awoke.

Jiang Jinsang was always a light sleeper, and with Tang Wan pregnant, he worried she might need something during the night and dared not sleep too deeply. So when she left, he also woke up.

Qi Zeyan purely couldn’t sleep, while Jiang Chengsi was gaming all night, Jiang Yanting and Jiang Shiyi both opened their eyes, as if guessing what was happening, and then went back to sleep.

Jiang Jinsang got up and walked to the window. From his room, he could clearly see someone holding an umbrella, slowly walking towards the gate in the rain.

He glanced at his wristwatch.

He was somewhat curious. What could these two be up to, not sleeping in the middle of the night?

Since he couldn’t sleep, bored and curious, he decided to see how long Shen Shuci would stay outside. He read books, played with his phone, and to avoid disturbing Tang Wan, he simply took out Lord Wansui for a bit of fun…

Turtles need sleep too!

Lord Wansui felt being a turtle of the Jiang Family was indeed quite hard…

But this wasn’t the hardest part; later it almost ended up plucked by a crooked tree and cooked in a pot. But that’s a story for another time.