37. To usurp someone else's place
Unfortunately, no matter how much she pleaded, it was too late to take him with her now.
and.
"Gu Zhao, if you come back with me, the experience won't be good."
Her smile faded, and she looked at him seriously: "Let's talk about it later, okay?"
But Ke Qi wasn't sure exactly when that would be.
Gu Zhao didn't speak, but quietly looked into her eyes, which held a secret.
After several seconds, he finally gave up and patted her head. "Okay, remember to call me when you get there."
Ke Qi nodded: "Yeah."
...
Four hours later, in S City, at the entrance of the Ke family villa.
The moment Ke Qi stepped off the express train with her suitcase, Aunt Chen, who was watering the flowerbeds outside, spotted her first.
"Qiqi!"
"Oh my goodness, why did you take a taxi back by yourself? Why didn't you ask your Uncle Zhang to pick you up?"
As she spoke, she quickly put down the tools in her hand and ran over to take the suitcase from her.
"Aunt Chen."
Ke Qi smiled gently at her and asked, "Where are Dad and Aunt Jiang? Aren't they home?"
"Yes, yes."
"Xiao An and Xiao Ran are having a birthday party later, so the master and mistress specially invited a designer to their home. They are on the third floor right now doing the makeup and styling for the party."
"Like this~"
"Mmm," she smiled, "Sir and Madam don't know you're back yet. Shall I go upstairs and call them?"
Ke Qi shook her head: "No need, I'll go back to my room to put my luggage away first."
"Okay."
Aunt Chen then helped her carry her luggage upstairs, chatting with her in between: "Qiqi, you're finally back! Xiao An and Xiao Ran have been talking about you a lot lately, saying they miss you."
Ke Qi: "Really?"
"Yes, yes, the two little ones even prepared a surprise for you. They said they would give it to you when you came back. How thoughtful of them."
Ke Qi didn't reply, but instead looked in the direction she was walking and reminded her, "Aunt Chen, you've gone the wrong way. My room is on the left."
"Ah, I remember correctly."
Aunt Chen turned around and explained, "Um, Qiqi, I forgot to tell you something."
"Miss Shi Yin recently transferred to a school in S City and is now a day student living at home."
"But for some reason, she always had nightmares when she stayed in other rooms."
"And she is currently in the crucial period of her senior year of high school. The master was worried that this situation would affect her studies. Since Qiqi, your room has the best lighting, he let Miss Shi Yin stay there temporarily to try it out."
"Fortunately, Miss Shi Yin hasn't had nightmares since then, so..."
She stopped there and didn't continue.
But Keqi continued, "So Dad gave her my room, right?"
"Uh, no, not really."
Aunt Chen chuckled awkwardly, "It's just a temporary stay, it won't be long. Miss Shi Yin will move out in a few months after she gets into university."
Upon hearing this, Ke Qi smiled, still with her usual gentle and obedient demeanor, but with a hint of warmth missing.
"Aunt Chen, give me your luggage."
As she spoke, she took her luggage back from Aunt Chen and walked towards her original room on the left.
"Hey, Qiqi!" Aunt Chen panicked when she saw this and rushed over to stop her.
This time, Keqi was incredibly stubborn. He completely ignored her attempts to stop him and walked all the way to his own room before finally stopping and turning the doorknob himself.
"Snap~"
As she moved, the door opened gently in response.
Then, sure enough, the next second, a familiar girl was seen inside—Shi Yin.
At this moment, she was sitting comfortably on a chair by the bay window, listening to music with headphones on while leisurely eating sliced fruit.
In her hands, she was also holding a comic book.
Seeing her suddenly open the door and come in, a fleeting look of surprise crossed her face. "Ke Qi?"
After speaking, her expression returned to normal, and she calmly stood up from the chair, took off her headphones, and smiled at her: "You're back?"
Ke Qi didn't reply to her, but stared intently at the comic book in her hand.
She recognized it as the book her mother had bought for her.
She carefully sealed it with a book cover and treasured it at the bottom of the cabinet, fearing that it might be damaged.
But at this moment, the book cover was gone.
The once beautiful and clean cover is now stained with all sorts of water stains and snack stains.
A moment of silence fell over the room.
Seeing that she was staring intently at the comic book in her hand, Shi Yin quickly put it down.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just thought this comic book was pretty good, so I borrowed it to take a look."
"If you mind, then I..."
"Get out," Ke Qi interrupted her coldly.
Upon hearing this, Shi Yin and Aunt Chen both paused for a moment, stunned.
"What did you say?" Shi Yin found it unbelievable, thinking she had misheard.
"I told you to get out!"
Ke Qi suddenly raised her voice and screamed at her.
At this moment, those beautiful eyes were red and swollen, no longer displaying their usual gentle demeanor, but instead filled with the opposite aggressiveness.
This was the first time Shi Yin had ever seen her like this, and she was so frightened that she froze and forgot to react.
The scream was too shrill.
At that moment, the door to the room on the third floor was not closed.
Ke Hengyuan, Jiang Yashi, and the twins Ke An and Ke Ran, who were still getting their makeup done, heard the commotion and rushed downstairs to check.
"What's going on?" Ke Hengyuan asked, frowning as he saw the situation.
Only then did Shi Yin finally realize what was happening.
Seeing Jiang Yashi and Ke Hengyuan come down, her eyes suddenly reddened, and she said with tears in her eyes, "I just borrowed my sister's comic book to read, who knew my sister would be so stingy and suddenly yell at me to get out."
As she spoke, she casually tossed aside the comic book in her hand and ran forward, throwing herself into Jiang Yashi's arms with a wronged expression.
"Mom, I don't think my sister is very welcoming to me. Maybe I should just move out."
“This…” Jiang Yashi glanced at Ke Hengyuan beside her, said nothing, and patted her head reassuringly.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Your sister is probably just tired from the car ride and isn't in a good mood. Don't worry about it."
"Yeah yeah."
Eight-year-old Ke An and Ke Ran also held her hands to comfort her: "Sister, don't be sad. Sister Ke Qi definitely didn't mean it."
Seeing his wife and children's understanding expressions, Ke Hengyuan frowned even more deeply.
He couldn't help but scold Ke Qi: "Qi Qi, you're the older sister. Why can't you talk things out instead of yelling at your younger sister?"
"After two years of university, how come my temper has gone back to normal?"
"Is this how your father usually teaches you to conduct yourself in society?"
Ke Qi didn't say anything, but silently walked over, squatted down and carefully picked up the comic book, then gently wiped away the remaining water stains and dirt with her fingertips.
Seeing this, Ke Hengyuan became even more dissatisfied and raised his voice: "Qiqi, speak!"
The atmosphere remained silent.
Just as Ke Hengyuan was about to explode...
"Snap~"
A soft dripping sound rang out, and the girl, who had been silent just moments before, now had tears falling like a broken string of pearls onto the comic book that could never be wiped clean.
Ke Hengyuan's anger immediately subsided, and he froze.
Seeing this, Jiang Yashi's eyes flickered slightly, and she reached out and tugged at Ke Hengyuan.
"Oh, alright, alright, it's nothing serious. The child just got back, don't be so harsh on her."
"Yinyin, you can stay in another room for the next few days. Give the room back to your sister first."
After saying that, she thoughtfully made arrangements for Aunt Chen, who was standing next to her.
"Aunt Chen, the birthday banquet won't start for another two or three hours. Why don't you go and get Qiqi something to eat to tide her over? She just got off the plane and probably hasn't eaten anything yet."
After doing all this, she said to Ke Qi, who was squatting on the ground and sobbing, "Qi Qi, don't be sad. Yin Yin was wrong to do this."
"Auntie will definitely buy you more new comics to make up for it later. You should rest well first, and remember to come out and get something to eat later."
After she had handled everything meticulously, she closed the door for her and left with her husband and children.
In the quiet room, only the girl's soft, sorrowful sobs could be heard.
It flowed on and on, suppressed and relentless, with time.
As the last rays of the setting sun faded and the stars climbed into the sky, the silent phone hummed, revealing a caller ID with the contact name: [Gu Zhao].
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