When you enter the villa, you will see the extremely luxurious hall.
Elegant marble floors, gorgeous chandeliers inlaid with crystals, delicately carved decorations and high-end custom-made wooden furniture are luxurious yet not tacky.
It is enough to show that the owner of the house is a person with considerable taste.
While touring the mansion, Xie Mi observed the expressions of the housekeeper and servants out of the corner of his eye.
They were looking at her with a mixture of fear and sympathy.
Because the book never described the original owner's family situation in detail, Xie Mi knew nothing about it. The only information she had was that her mother died early, her father married a stepmother, and brought a stepbrother who was not related to her by blood.
"Go check out your room. You must have missed it after not coming back for so long."
Li Meiyan walked up to her, her raised red lips revealing unconcealed malice.
"Okay, let's go check it out. I'm quite nostalgic."
Xie Mi asked the housekeeper about the location of the room and walked upstairs calmly.
This will make Li Meiyan very confused.
How can she be so calm? This shouldn't be the case!
Li Meiyan didn't believe it and followed immediately. As soon as she reached the second floor, she saw Xie Mi standing at the door of a room.
The door of the room was already open, so Xie Mi must have seen the scene inside.
Li Meiyan couldn't help but smile, "How is it? Has it not changed at all? I specifically told the servants to restore your room... to its original state."
The windows were boarded up, there was horrific graffiti on the walls, medicine bottles were scattered everywhere, and mirrors were painted black.
It’s more like a haunted house than a room.
Xie Mi couldn't help but touch his chin and think.
Did the original owner live in such an environment when he was a child? But why did the book never mention the original owner's experience of being abused, but only wrote about...
{From the first time she saw Xiao Jingxi, Xie Mi fell in love with him. He was like a ray of sunshine that broke into her dark world and became her salvation...}
In the book, the original owner and Xiao Jingxi met for the first time in the school cafeteria. At that time, they both liked the only portion of sweet and sour pork ribs left, and Xiao Jingxi gave it to the original owner.
From then on, the original owner fell deeply in love with Xiao Jingxi, lived for him, was crazy about him, and banged her head against the wall for him.
At that time, Xie Mi thought that the plot setting was outrageous. Now think about it, if the original owner had lived in an abused and loveless environment since childhood, it would be easy to regard a little kindness from others as the salvation of his life.
"Okay, next one."
Xie Mi did not go in. After a quick glance, he closed the door and said, "Take me to the study."
Li Meiyan, who was expecting Xie Mi to react, lost her smile. "Do you think I'm a tour guide showing you around?"
"Isn't it?" Xie Mi tilted his head and blinked, saying with a pure face, "I thought you came here specially to take me to familiarize myself with the environment."
Of course she wanted to tour the whole villa.
There are still traces of the original owner's life in this house, and from these clues we can infer the original owner's status in the family.
If she doesn't understand these things clearly, how can she stay and become a rich person?
"The study is on the third floor, right?"
Xie Mi turned around and walked upstairs without looking back.
This made Li Meiyan very angry. She brought Xie Mi to this room specifically to stir up Xie Mi's dark memories and make Xie Mi give up. Unexpectedly, Xie Mi was indifferent!
It seems that we have to take some extreme measures!
"Xie Mi, stop right there!"
Li Meiyan ran up the stairs cursing, and pushed open the study door, only to find Xie Mi already sitting in the leather chair in the main seat.
She was holding a photo frame in her hand, with a smile on her lips.
"I understand."
"You understand...what?" For some reason, Li Meiyan felt that Xie Mi had become a little different.
Xie Mi kicked his foot and the leather seat began to spin.
"It turns out that my situation is not that difficult after all."
The photo in the frame is a photo of a middle-aged man and a little girl.
The man had a serious expression on his face, but the little girl riding on his shoulders raised her hands and smiled brightly.
If nothing unexpected happens, these are the original owner and her father.
The fact that this photo is kept and always placed on the table is enough to prove that the father loves the original owner.
But he is a serious and inarticulate father.
Judging from the scene in the original owner's room and the medicines on the ground, the original owner once suffered from mental illness.
The stepmother didn't dare to hit the original owner, so she could only provoke the original owner with words and stir up trouble between the original owner and her father, causing the original owner to think that this home was like hell and finally run away from home.
Of course, this is just the story she deduced.
There is no need to explore the specific situation.
After all, she already has plenty of confidence.
Xie Mi put the photo of the affectionate father and daughter back on the table and gave Li Meiyan a brilliant smile.
"Zhong Deng, go and clean up my room."
"What did you say?!" Li Meiyan suddenly became angry.
Xie Mi walked up to her calmly, stroked her cheek with his fingertips, and whispered in her ear.
"How could my father allow a room filled with the shadows of my childhood to exist?"
"If my dad knew that you deliberately restored it just to provoke me, guess who he would chase away?"
Li Meiyan's body trembled, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Xie Mi was filled with fear.
When did she evolve?!
Xie Mi smiled playfully, "Children are indeed easy to deceive, but don't forget, I am grown up now. Warm reminder, you don't have much time left."
"I... I'll go. Is it not okay for me to go?" Li Meiyan left in a hurry, afraid to stay for even a second longer.
Xie Mi held his forehead and smiled bitterly, "What a stepmother."
Another successful day of pretending.
"You seem to be getting smarter."
A cold male voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
Xie Lian had been standing there for an unknown period of time, half of his body hidden in the darkness, his whole body emitting an indescribable gloomy feeling.
"Mom asked me to show you other places."
Xie Mi raised an eyebrow.
Just after seeing off Zhongdeng, Xiaodeng came.
She had not forgotten the harsh words that Xiao Deng had just said to her at the gate.
Then she would have to say Na Ying's classic line.
Damn, I hate people who pretend to be cool the most.
"Let's go. I'm just bored."
"Follow me." Xie Lian left this sentence and turned away.
Xie Mi followed him out of the villa, through the back garden, and came to a sunroom. The flowers here were obviously well cared for and were blooming beautifully.
Seeing her staring at the flowers, Xie Lian suddenly smiled with his eyes curved, and a low, eerie laugh came out of his throat.
"Do you miss these flowers too? They're still blooming beautifully, right?"
"Fuck it, isn't it time for you to take medicine?"
Xie Mi looked at him seriously, "I think you seem to be going crazy."
Xie Lian: “?”
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