Chapter 98, Stray Dog

The night was long and chaotic.

Chu Xiaoxiao experienced a hangover for the first time. When she woke up the next morning, she had a splitting headache.

She supported herself on the edge of the bed and sat up, looking at the completely unfamiliar environment. Fragmentary memories of last night flooded into her mind. She suddenly threw back the quilt and found that her clothes had also turned into a loose nightgown. Her face was pale and her eyes were full of disbelief.

Was she really ruined?

"Ah——" Chu Xiaoxiao held her head with both hands and screamed in pain.

At this moment, a pillow was thrown accurately from the sofa onto her head, accompanied by Kong Xiyan's impatient scolding: "What are you making such a fuss about! I've given you the whole bed! What else do you want!"

Chu Xiaoxiao was hit by the pillow and was startled. She suddenly looked towards the sofa and noticed that Kong Xiyan was lying on her side on the sofa, covered only with a coat, looking very pitiful.

At this moment, Chu Xiaoxiao remembered that she had indeed heard Kong Xiyan's voice before she lost consciousness.

She thought it was just an illusion...

It turned out that Kong Xiyan really came to save her!

"Little Village Chief Kong! You! How could you!" Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Kong Xiyan with disbelief in her eyes: "You... saved me?"

"No, I just saw a stray dog when I was passing by. It was really annoying. I couldn't help but kick it, and then it got entangled with me." Kong Xiyan propped herself up and sat up, her eyes full of dissatisfaction: "Not only did it vomit all over the floor, but it also took over my bed!"

Chu Xiaoxiao shrank her neck awkwardly upon hearing that. Finally, she raised her head and timidly glanced at Kong Xiyan: "I'm sorry..."

Kong Xiyan ignored her and stood up, stretching to relieve the stiffness in her body. "What do you want to eat in the morning? Is hotel breakfast okay?"

"I'm fine with anything." Chu Xiaoxiao didn't dare to make any other requests at this moment, and quickly nodded in agreement.

Kong Xiyan called the front desk and asked someone to send the hotel breakfast to the room. She took this opportunity to wash up. When she came out, she saw Chu Xiaoxiao had already gotten up and was standing by the bed, staring at her clothes that could no longer be worn.

Yesterday's events flashed through her mind, so clear and yet so strange.

In broad daylight, she still thought that she was a princess protected and loved by her prince brother.

At night, she was given to another old man as a gift by her own brother.

nausea.

Kong Xiyan's voice pulled Chu Xiaoxiao out of her thoughts: "I'm going out after breakfast."

"Where are you going?" Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Kong Xiyan, her eyes full of anxiety, and she really looked like a homeless stray dog.

"I have a part-time job." Kong Xiyan stretched lazily: "I will be back before dark, and I will have someone deliver lunch to the hotel room at noon."

Chu Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, as if wanting to follow Kong Xiyan, but seemed afraid that Kong Xiyan would dislike her for making this request, so she could only nod and say, "Okay."

After breakfast, Kong Xiyan put on her shoes and prepared to leave.

Chu Xiaoxiao accompanied Kong Xiyan all the way to the door of her room, and then reluctantly said, "Come back soon."

"Yeah." Kong Xiyan responded and turned to leave. After turning the corner, she came back the same way: "I'm back. Is it early enough?"

Chu Xiaoxiao, who was puzzled by Kong Xiyan's behavior when she returned, couldn't help laughing when she heard what she said.

"Stay here and be quiet. I left you my laptop. If you're bored, go online and watch videos." Kong Xiyan said this like coaxing a child before turning around and walking away. This time she didn't come back.

It took Chu Xiaoxiao a long time to close the door of the room and return to the table, where there was water that Kong Xiyan had poured for her before leaving, a laptop that was connected to the power supply and turned on, a plate with snacks and fruits, and even a pillow for backrest on the sofa where she sat.

A comfortable, safe and cozy look.

Seeing all this, Chu Xiaoxiao finally couldn't help it. She slowly squatted down, hugged herself and cried out.

She finally understood why she wanted to escape and felt uncomfortable whenever she saw Kong Xiyan.

Over the years, Chu Lizheng has either beaten or scolded her, but every time he would tell her: Brother is doing this for your own good.

After a long time, Chu Xiaoxiao became numb. Her brother was doing it for her own good.

They are siblings, the closest people in the world, how could her brother hurt her?

Everything her brother did was for her own good.

That’s right!

Until the landslide occurred at the archaeological site, she saw that some people would rush towards her regardless of everything, and would never give up on her even if their hands were covered in blood. Some people would worry that she would be scared and have nightmares.

The excuses she had been using to convince herself for so long were like a mirage that would vanish with a single gust of wind.

After the mirage disappeared, she found herself in a desolate desert, surrounded by nothing but wind and sand and endless despair.

Chu Xiaoxiao began to get scared. She was afraid that she was really in that barren desert. She was afraid of losing the oasis that allowed her to breathe, even if that oasis was just a mirage.

Therefore, she was afraid to see Kong Xiyan. She was afraid to know what true care and concern looked like.

Every time she met Kong Xiyan's cold peach blossom eyes, she felt as if she was dragged from a dream into the cold and cruel reality.

So scary... Really scary.

That's why she was afraid of seeing Kong Xiyan, and why she felt uncomfortable and wanted to run away every time she faced Kong Xiyan.

Because she knew that Kong Xiyan's existence proved that she had lived like a sad joke for the past eighteen years.

In fact, Kong Xiyan didn't even need to remind her that everything she was trying to escape from would eventually come back to her with a weight she couldn't bear, forcing her to face reality.

What happened last night is the best proof of this.

The love and protection she longed for only turned her into a perfectly wrapped gift, priced and ready to be given away at any time.

She has never been loved or cared for by her family.

After realizing this, Chu Xiaoxiao burst into tears. At noon, she had another big meal, finishing the lunch delivered to her room by the hotel, and ordered four flavors of ice cream as a dessert.

She finally no longer had to worry about whether she was perfect or not, and no longer had to worry about a pair of hands grabbing her neck at any moment, suffocating her while telling her, "Be obedient, I'm doing this for your own good."

After eating the ice cream, Chu Xiaoxiao finally found the feeling of being truly alive. She washed the melted ice cream cream off her hands, and then opened Kong Xiyan's computer.

A file on the desktop caught her attention.

After double-clicking to open it, Chu Xiaoxiao read out loud the text above: "I took my sister to a variety show, Chapter 1..."

Chu Xiaoxiao was stunned after reading the first paragraph: "Is this the original manuscript for 'I Bring My Sister to a Variety Show'? Village Chief Xiao Kong... is the night tide!"

After discovering this, Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but gasp.

The night tides have been so hot recently, she couldn't have been unaware of it. Combined with what happened last night, she immediately figured it out.

Why is Chu Lizheng so eager to hand her over to Mr. Yu and is willing to bring down Ye Shi Haichao at all costs? It’s because Chu Lizheng already knows that Ye Shi Haichao is the village chief Xiao Kong!

Chu Xiaoxiao finished reading the latest chapter of the manuscript and her eyes were red.

It turns out that Kong Xiyan has always known about her abuse, and it turns out that Kong Xiyan has always been paying attention to her!

No wonder when I brought mushrooms over that time, Village Chief Xiao Kong wanted to refuse, but after looking at her for a while, he agreed.

No wonder that time when she fell in the landslide, Village Chief Xiao Kong came to save her at all costs and scolded Chu Lizheng so angrily.

No wonder…

After figuring this out, Chu Xiaoxiao realized that she had become Chu Lizheng's accomplice.

Night Tide's new book was locked, and she was ridiculed by the entire network as a running dog of capital. She was also responsible for this.

She can't always expect others to protect her and love her.

She also needs to be strong enough to protect others and herself.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiaoxiao's tear-red eyes moved slightly, and her gaze gradually became firm.