Narcissus: Before Becoming You

【Note: This article has no real-life character prototypes; any resemblance is purely coincidental.】

Actress Qiao Zheng, who gained notoriety in the entertainment industry, has endured cou...

Chapter 3 Zhizhi Qiao Zheng concludes, "I'm prettier than you"

Chapter 3 Zhizhi Qiao Zheng concludes, "I'm prettier than you"

Qiao Zheng said "Oh!" coldly and retracted the stick.

Qiao Zhizheng struggled to stand up, holding onto the wall. "Who are you?"

Qiao Zheng didn't answer. She sneered, put the hat on her head, and threw the mask and sunglasses to her, "Put them on!"

Qiao Zhizheng put it on obediently.

Qiao Zheng was furious when she saw her submissive appearance, and said coldly, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?"

Qiao Zhizheng looked at her innocently, "If you were a bad person, you wouldn't help me."

Qiao Zheng looked away. The man on the ground was still screaming "Ouch, ouch!" and at the same time, he didn't forget to say something harsh, "You... just... wait... for... me..."

Qiao Zheng sneered, "Waiting for what? Waiting for me to beat you up again?"

The man suddenly didn't dare to speak.

The man grabbed the phone that had fallen beside him and wanted to call the police. Qiao Zheng said, "Go ahead! According to Article 43 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China, behavior like yours will generally be subject to detention by public security organs for a period of not less than five days and not more than ten days, and a fine of not less than 200 yuan and not more than 500 yuan."

The man tried to argue, "I just wanted to invite her in to sit down."

Qiao Zheng said nothing, but just picked up the rolling pin and pressed it against his penis.

The man felt the pressure from his lower body and dared not speak.

Seeing that he was reluctantly obedient, Qiao Zheng picked up the rolling pin and watched the man slowly crawl back home. Only then was she satisfied. She turned around and asked Qiao Zhizheng to take her things and follow her.

Qiao Zhizheng lowered her head and said nothing. Qiao Zheng urged her impatiently, "Hurry up! I want to go back to sleep!"

Qiao Zhizheng raised her head and glanced at her carefully, then asked her again, "Who are you?"

Qiao Zheng pulled the mask down to her chin and used her index finger to push her sunglasses up to her forehead, revealing a familiar expression. "I'm your great-aunt's granddaughter."

"Qiao Qiao?"

Qiao Zheng said, "My name is Qiao Zheng now."

Qiao Zhizheng was full of questions, but this was obviously not a good place to talk.

Qiao Zhizheng remembered that her cousin's granddaughter looked like her when she was fifteen or sixteen years old. She didn't expect that after not seeing her for so many years, she looked more and more like her. Qiao Zhizheng let down his guard and prepared to pick up his luggage to follow Qiao Zheng.

Qiao Zheng looked at her coldly as she was stuck in a pile of broken luggage. She wanted to take this and that, and with her limp, she could hardly stand. She accidentally fell towards the wall, and luckily she managed to hold on to the wall to prevent herself from falling.

Qiao Zhizheng looked at Qiao Zheng cautiously, as if he wanted to seek her help. He seemed to be hesitant to speak, and in the end he said nothing and continued to try to lift the luggage.

Qiao Zhizheng finally managed to lift all the things, but the handle of one bag broke again, and the things kept pouring out. Qiao Zhizheng was so anxious that tears were about to come out, and she finally managed to say, "Sister Zheng, can you help me?"

Qiao Zheng had no intention of helping her, but Qiao Zhizheng's weak words "Sister Zheng" made Qiao Zheng feel a strange sense of satisfaction in her heart, and she said "hmm".

She threw the rolling pin that had come into contact with the smelly man into the trash can, reached out to take the broken bag from Qiao Zhizheng's hand, tied a knot, and took all the luggage from her hand.

Thanks to her long-term fitness habits, what used to be a heavy burden for Qiao Zhizheng now becomes easy in her hands.

Qiao Zhizheng leaned on the clothesline and limped downstairs with Qiao Zheng.

When I walked out of the unit door, I didn’t know when the rain stopped and the moon came out. The cool moonlight shone on the wet ground, illuminating a bright road ahead.

The hot and humid moisture that had just surrounded me disappeared without a trace the moment I walked out of the unit door. The cool night breeze was mixed with the fragrance of soil and grass. Frogs were croaking in the grass and little insects were singing.

Qiao Zhizheng looked at Qiao Zheng's back in front of him and smiled silently.

It feels like life isn't that bad sometimes.

When they arrived at the gate of the community, the taxi was still parked there as promised. Qiao Zheng put Qiao Zhizheng's luggage in the trunk, and Qiao Zhizheng also walked to the side of the car.

The two got in the car, and Qiao Zheng said to the driver, "Let's go to Longfeng Garden."

Along the way, the two people in the back seat were silent.

The driver continued to speculate in his mind - helping his friend catch an adulterer? Helping his sister catch an adulterer?

The driver was anxious to know what was going on, but besides the original passenger, there was another person suspected to be the "party involved" in the back seat, so he was too embarrassed to speak.

After holding it in for a long time, until the two of them got out of the car, the driver called out to Qiao Zhizheng, "How's the beating going on, bitch?"

Qiao Zheng said, "I think I won't dare to be such a jerk again."

The driver got a fairly satisfactory answer, said goodbye to them with a smile, and continued to imagine the details.

When she opened the door, Qiao Zheng saw that the TV was still on in the living room and her grandmother had fallen asleep on the sofa. Qiao Zheng did not wake her up, but gently picked her up and put her on the bed in the bedroom. She took off her shoes, covered her with a quilt, and quietly left the room.

Grandma called out in a daze, "Nannan, are you back?"

"It's me, I'm back, grandma, go to sleep."

Grandma felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep.

In the living room, Qiao Zhizheng looked at Qiao Zheng, and Qiao Zheng looked at Qiao Zhizheng, and the two of them stared at each other.

Qiao Zhizheng said in surprise, "Sister Zheng, we look alike."

Qiao Zheng thought to herself, isn't this nonsense? We are the same person, how could we not look alike?

Qiao Zheng lied to her seriously, "Actually, we don't look alike. My eyes are bigger than yours, my nose is straighter, and my skin is whiter than yours. Look at you, you even have dark circles under your eyes." Qiao Zheng concluded, "I'm prettier than you."

Qiao Zhizheng was stunned by Qiao Zheng's trick and nodded blankly, "It seems so."

In fact, the biggest difference between Qiao Zhizheng and Qiao Zheng is their temperament. Appearance reflects the heart. Qiao Zhizheng has a simple heart and is easy to trust people. She looks like a little white rabbit that is easy to bully, while Qiao Zheng's heart is as hard as steel, and her temperament is sharp. She looks like someone who is not easy to mess with.

Qiao Zheng couldn't bear to see this silly look on her face, so she turned away, pretending to ignore it, and said to Qiao Zhizheng, "Go take a shower."

Qiao Zhizheng lowered her head to smell the scent on her body, then rubbed her head sheepishly, "Okay... okay."

Qiao Zhizheng looked up and saw that Qiao Zheng seemed angry again for some reason.

Qiao Zhizheng thought, although this sister is a nice person, she likes to get angry.

Qiao Zhizheng's leg was still injured and she couldn't get wet, so she wrapped the injured area with plastic wrap and reluctantly took a bath.

Grandma's house has three bedrooms, a living room, two bedrooms and a storage room.

It was late at night, and Qiao Zheng would not waste her precious sleeping time to clean the house for her. Qiao Zhizheng, with her lame leg, was not in a position to make noise and clean things in someone else's house late at night, so she took a shower and lay down on the sofa to sleep.

Before going to bed, Qiao Zhizheng felt the wonderful feeling as if all the pores on her body were stretched out after taking a shower, and soon fell asleep.

Half asleep and half awake, a thought came to mind. Didn't I hear that Qiao Qiao died of illness before? How come he came back alive?

However, I've only heard about it, never seen it myself. It could be a rumor. Perhaps Qiao Zheng went to get treatment for an illness in the past few years? After recovering, she seemed to be in better health than I was.

Qiao Zhizheng convinced herself through her imagination. This idea was deeply engraved in her mind while she was half asleep and half awake, and she no longer had any doubts about Qiao Zheng's identity.

Qiao Zhizheng rubbed his arms. The window was open and it was a little cold, but he was so sleepy that he fell asleep.

The next day, Qiao Zhizheng woke up and found that a small blanket had been placed on her body. There was a person sitting on the sofa next to her, looking at her with a smile. Qiao Zhizheng called out, "Aunt!"

Grandma responded.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door behind Qiao Zhizheng, and her grandmother said, "We have two daughters now."

Qiao Zhizheng turned around and saw a face that she had seen in the mirror thousands of times. However, upon closer inspection, her expression and temperament were completely different. Qiao Zhizheng's face was so white that it seemed to be glowing.

Qiao Zhizheng looked at her familiar yet unfamiliar face, cupped her face and praised, "Sister Zheng is so beautiful!!!"

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Qiao Zhizheng felt that as soon as she finished speaking, there seemed to be a hint of smile in her eyes, which made her look even more beautiful.

Qiao Zheng snorted softly, walked to the armrest of the sofa next to her grandmother and sat down, gently resting her hand on her shoulder. "Grandma, I'm Nannan, and she's Zhizhi."

Zhizhi——Qiao Zhizheng’s nickname.

Qiao Zhizheng walked over to the other armrest of the sofa next to her grandmother and sat down. "Aunt, I'm not your cousin. I'm Zhizhi. Have you forgotten?"

Grandma was stunned for a moment, nodded, and patted Qiao Zheng's hand, "You are Nannan."

He patted Qiao Zhizheng's hand again, "You are Zhizhi."

Qiao Zheng and Qiao Zhizheng both smiled at the same time. If there was a mirror in front of them, Qiao Zhizheng would definitely be able to see that when she and Qiao Zheng smiled, the corners of their eyes and mouths curved in exactly the same way.

Unfortunately, Qiao Zhizheng didn’t know all this, so she called Qiao Zheng “Sister Zheng”.

Qiao Zheng glanced at her coldly, "Yeah."

Qiao Zhizheng said, "Thank you!"

Qiao Zheng: "Oh."

"Don't worry, I'll find a house to move out immediately and won't disturb you."

Qiao Zheng: "Hmph!"

Qiao Zhizheng looked at Qiao Zheng in panic, "What's wrong, Sister Zheng?"

Qiao Zheng finally opened her mouth and uttered a longer sentence, "Where else can you go?"

Yeah? Where else can we go?

Qiao Zhizheng's expression became lost, and the forced smile on her shoulders disappeared because of Qiao Zheng's words, and her shoulders drooped.

Qiao Zheng tugged at his shoulder as she casually pulled a branch out of the vase. "Stand up straight."

Qiao Zhizheng didn't understand what was going on, and her drooping shoulders straightened up again.

Qiao Zheng pointed to the utility room and said, "You live there."

Qiao Zhizheng looked at her, "I..."

Qiao Zheng placed the flower end of the branch in her hand against her lips and said, "Shut up!"

Qiao Zhizheng could only say "Oh".

Qiao Zheng pointed to the utility room and said, "Clean it up yourself."

Qiao Zhizheng's eyes were filled with tears of emotion. She tried her best to put on a sweet smile, "Okay, Sister Zheng, thank you, Sister Zheng," and turned to face her grandmother, "Thank you, cousin grandmother!"

Grandma never interfered with Qiao Zheng's decision from beginning to end, and looked at the two of them with a smile.

Qiao Zhizheng subconsciously looked at Qiao Zheng again.

I don’t know why, but Sister Zheng was unhappy again.

Qiao Zhizheng: QAQ

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Qiao Mei (holding her face): Sister is so beautiful~ [starry eyes][starry eyes][starry eyes]