Read Novel Full Chapter 846: Scam Artists are Not Cute! (14)
Chapter 846: Scam Artists are Not Cute! (14)
When Yu Sheng came home after resolving some issues, he found the two of them sitting obediently on the couch.
He gave them a scrutinizing look, his face darkening as he approached.
“What’s going on with you two?”
‘Right under my nose, they had started dating!’
“Mutual attraction? Love at first sight?” Shi Sheng tossed out phrases.
“I like her,” Xia Ling replied simply but firmly.
“You think I’ll let her be with you?” Yu Sheng looked at Xia Ling, ignoring Shi Sheng’s response.
“Your opinion doesn’t matter.”
Yu Sheng glared. “I’m her guardian. How can my opinion not matter?”
“She doesn’t care.”
Yu Sheng turned to Shi Sheng, seeking validation. She smiled innocently. “I just want to be with him.”
“You little brats!” Yu Sheng cursed in frustration, his chest heaving. After calming down a bit, he continued, “I won’t oppose your relationship, but you, Xia Ling, can’t stay in your current state. If you want to be with Xiao’guai, you need to man up. How can you make her happy like this?”
Xia Ling was silent for a few seconds. “I understand.”
“Follow me to the study.” Yu Sheng turned and headed to the study.
Whatever they discussed inside, Xia Ling emerged looking displeased but agreeing to everything Yu Sheng said.
After sending Xia Ling away, Yu Sheng gave Shi Sheng a thorough lecture.
Had it not been for his work obligations, he might have continued longer.
Once Yu Sheng was aware of their relationship, Xia Ling began openly visiting their home.
Initially, Yu Sheng opposed it, but seeing Xia Ling behave better with Shi Sheng, he eventually left the supervision to her.
Yu Sheng was determined to rehabilitate Xia Ling’s career.
To avoid Yu Sheng’s nagging, Shi Sheng diligently attended her classes. Somehow, Xia Ling managed to secure a practice room at the school.
When asked, he simply said it was due to favors.
Shi Sheng often felt as if the whole world owed Xia Ling favors.
While Shi Sheng attended classes, Xia Ling sometimes sat in on lectures with her or waited in the practice room.
Naturally, rumors about Shi Sheng and Xia Ling began spreading through the school.
No matter where Shi Sheng went, she could hear people gossiping.
“Look, that’s her, the one who’s with Xia Ling. What is she thinking?”
“She’s so cute, but it’s a shame she got ruined by Xia Ling.”
“Hey, she’s looking at us… oh crap, she’s coming over.”
Shi Sheng stopped and looked at the gossiping group, her smile tinged with menace. “I see dark clouds around you. Be careful of bloodshed.”
They were speechless. ‘What the heck?’
‘Those lines sounded like something a fortune teller would say.’
After delivering her ominous message, Shi Sheng walked away. Throughout the day, whenever she overheard someone speaking ill of Xia Ling, she’d approach and say something similar.
If they hadn’t done anything wrong, her words wouldn’t affect them. If they were guilty, they had only themselves to blame. Shi Sheng showed no mercy, defending her partner fiercely.
‘Who dares speak ill of my love?’
‘That’s right, I’m that protective! Hmph!’
The result was that everyone in the school whom Shi Sheng predicted would face misfortune did, in fact, end up having a bad day. Though none of it was serious, the collective run of bad luck was undeniably eerie.
Shi Sheng wandered into Xia Ling’s practice room, from which music was emanating.
The tune was pleasant, but Shi Sheng found the melody somewhat unsettling. If it were nighttime, she’d swear she’d stumbled into a horror movie set.
She pushed open the door and saw Xia Ling at a piano, the source of the haunting melody.
Shi Sheng stood for a moment, feeling increasingly uneasy. ‘This tune…’
She stepped forward and pressed down on the keys, disrupting the eerie melody.
“Xia Ling, what are you doing?”
Xia Ling’s body stiffened. “You’re here.”
“Where did you learn that piece?”
Xia Ling seemed to come back to himself, looking puzzled. “What piece?”
“The one you were just playing.”
“I heard it when I was a kid…” Xia Ling frowned. “I don’t know why I started playing it just now.”
That memory was hazy, but it suddenly surfaced vividly.
Shi Sheng sat beside him, her fingers gliding over the keys to play a fragment of the same unsettling tune.
She stopped after a few bars, staring at Xia Ling. Her soft voice filled the practice room. “Music has a soul. It can uplift and renew, but it can also depress and sadden, sapping the will to live. The piece you were playing, if listened to repeatedly, can make one feel so hopeless they might take their own life.”
Xia Ling’s expression changed. He murmured, “So that’s it.”
“What?”
Xia Ling wrapped his arms around her waist, burying his head in her neck. “I just learned an old truth.”
Shi Sheng frowned. “You…”
“It’s okay, ask whatever you want.”
“Did that piece cause your family’s death?”
“Yeah, a long time ago, my mother.” Xia Ling’s voice was low. “I always felt her suicide was abrupt. She used to listen to that piece over and over. But I was too young to remember much. Just now, it was like being transported back, hearing that tune clearly.”
Shi Sheng’s face darkened. ‘Mu Bai!’
‘That idiot is targeting Feng Ci after failing to deal with me?’
Xia Ling spoke for a long time, finding someone to confide in at last.
His background wasn’t good. His mother was a mistress, and his birth wasn’t something he chose.
Because he was a boy, the Xia family took him and his mother in.
But life wasn’t easy for his mother there.
When he was five, his mother committed suicide.
He vividly remembered that tune playing in her room before she died.
After her death, the legitimate wife had a son, and he was kicked out of the Xia family.
Thankfully, a kind servant took him to an orphanage. He grew up there until a talent scout discovered him, leading him into the entertainment industry.
“For some reason, I don’t want to hide anything from you.” Xia Ling sighed. “Did you drug me?”
Shi Sheng flipped her hair. “It’s just my irresistible charm.”
Her expression turned serious. “Stay close to me from now on. Don’t talk to strangers or go with them.”
“You’re treating me like a child.” Xia Ling’s mouth twitched.
Shi Sheng’s face remained stern. “I think someone’s plotting against me.”
Xia Ling: “…”
Shi Sheng checked the practice room’s surveillance footage but saw nothing suspicious.
Mu Bai being able to crack her patches meant he was her equal in technical skills.
If he was involved, he wouldn’t leave any traces for her to follow.
♡ translator’s corner ♡ :
the previous translator’s website is dead, so i honestly don’t remember who mu bai is. ugh. i think he’s the creep from that cultivation world who ascended and got a system and decided to follow shengsheng