Qin Huaiwen didn’t expect that she would say this, and his heart stopped beating.
He could naturally see that Young Master Qi’s gaze was focused on the unknown woman. As for the woman’s gaze, he felt it much simpler.
Although he didn’t know if she was pretending or not, being able to move Young Master Qi’s heart proved that she certainly had skills.
After hearing Young Master Qi’s reply just now, Qin Huaiwen could conclude that he didn’t take Huang Feifei’s words to heart. The young master also didn’t show any changes in the way he treated him, making him breathe a sigh of relief.
Qin Huaiwen glared at Huang Feifei, and quickly explained, “Young Master Qi, she has already gone crazy, please don’t listen to her nonsense!”
What he feared the most was receiving Shi Qi’s anger.
When the time comes, innocent bystanders would get implicated, and since Huang Feifei was related to him, Qin Huaiwen would naturally have to bear the consequences.
He wanted to reach out and cover Huang Feifei’s mouth, but she suddenly yelled her dissatisfaction, “I’m not crazy! Am I wrong? Qin Huaiwen, aren’t you a prime example of this? You played with me and abandoned me in the end, didn’t you?”
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Go home? Ning Meng wondered and thought he was referring to the Shi family’s big residence, and nodded.
She had nowhere else to go now, and would have to sleep on the streets if she didn’t follow Shi Qi. If she had to choose between life and face, naturally her life was more important.
As for Qin Huaiwen and Huang Feifei, they had long been left behind.
The Shi residence was no different from how it was a long time ago.
Needless to say, it took more than 20 years to make this house look more beautiful and extravagant.
But for her, not a lot of years has passed by since the last time she had come to the mansion. Naturally, the others had no knowledge of this.
There were still some servants in the mansion, their eyes filled with doubts when they caught sight of her. They greeted her politely, unsure of how to address her.
It was just after entering the living room that Ning Meng cautiously grabbed Shi Qi and asked, “When will I get an ID?”
“Two days later.” Shi Qi responded.
There was no one in the living room at this moment, the last one having just left after bringing in something.
He inevitably raised his eyes, “There is still a problem with processing the residence permit.”
Ning Meng asked suspiciously, “That means I won’t have one then. What should I do?”
Being an unregistered resident was really a big problem. She couldn’t even authenticate any purchases she made with her real name, let alone do other things.
“Then move here,” Shi Qi said, “together with me.”
“……” Ning Meng paused before saying with exasperation, “Even though I didn’t study that much, you shouldn’t try to trick me..”
Just because he was a bigshot ghost-catching boss, did he have to mess around with such important stuff like her ID?
Shi Qi said calmly, “Oh.”
Answering like this, Ning Meng immediately knew he didn’t take her seriously.
He said it like so, but she didn’t quite understand these things.
Moreover, she was even asking Shi Qi for a favor so she was naturally going to follow what he instructed as long as she could have an ID, because no matter what, he wouldn’t ask her to do something as bad as streaking.
Ning Meng was still complaining to herself but after an unknown amount of time, she lifted her head and saw Shi Qi suddenly staring at her, “…What are you looking at me for?”
Shi Qi nodded, “Your answer.”
Ning Meng froze a moment, before suddenly reacting.
What he asked was probably her answer to what Huang Feifei said back in the cemetery.
Ning Meng’s expression became complicated, and she didn’t know how to speak.
Over the years, she has witnessed his childhood, adolescence, and youth. She went from raising him to being cared for, and she had seen and experienced all the little changes.
Ning Meng felt a strange feeling in her heart but couldn’t tell what it was.
Especially every time Shi Qi looked at her directly, the unspeakable feeling made her breathing speed up slightly.
“I know.” Ning Meng said softly.
Shi Qiy responded, “And?”
Ning Meng suddenly didn’t know how to answer, feeling a little at a loss. Thinking of what she heard at the cemetery today, she stammered, “…Can you give me some time?”
It was as if her tongue was tied into a knot.
Shi Qi was amused by her terrified expression and nodded slowly, “Of course, you can tell me anytime you want.”
He could wait anytime.
Ning Meng let out a deep breath.
Shi Qi then said, “After a few days, your ID will be settled, you can just wait at home.”
“Oh.”
“Don’t run around.”
Ning Meng nodded, “I know.”
After talking about some matters, Shi Qi then left the big residence, probably because he needed to attend to company matters. After all, he was no longer a child.
Rather, both Shi Cong and Shi Hui of the Shi family struck more like hedonistic sons of rich parents. Shi Shanjin was probably in his fifties now so the entire Shi family couldn’t be handed over to other people, leaving only Shi Qi fit for rule.
And he had become a domineering president.
Ning Meng always felt a little weird, but couldn’t figure out what went wrong so she left the feeling at the back of her head. In the blink of an eye, the joy of shedding off her unregistered residence status disappeared.
While Shi Qi was not at home, she browsed for news of the Qin Family.
When she first returned to the residence, Shi Qi gave her a mobile phone that contained everything and was even able to access the internet.
Qin Huaiwen’s moved fairly fast, the news having already reached the hot searches.
Naturally, the news did not mention Huang Feifei’s use of Shen Yun’s ashes to support her own luck, but had a completely revamped description.
It seemed to Ning Meng that she was looking at something else. It was completely different from what she had experienced as if the incident took place in a parallel universe.
According to the news, Qin Huaiwen dreamed of his ex-wife Shen Yun on the eve of his marriage, so he relocated her to a beautiful and luxurious cemetery and had invited a master to do it.
After everything was over, he felt that he still loved his ex-wife, so after careful consideration, he decided to dissolve his engagement to his current girlfriend Huang Feifei.
And the picture under this news was a photo of Qin Huaiwen and Huang Feifei, with a photoshopped line dividing them in the middle.
Huang Feifei was not very famous, it was only because she was the protagonist of Qin Huaiwen’s marriage proposal that she gained fame, and was on the hot search some time ago.
She scrolled down the news article, seeing that almost all of the comments were praising Qin Huaiwen for being very affectionate and a good man. They all thought that Shen Yun must’ve accumulated the blessing of eight lifetimes to have such a man like him.
When she reached the very bottom of the comments, she saw one or two more objective reviews of the facts.
On a whim, Ning Meng decided to look up information about Qin Huaiwen.
A lot of the information on the web was news about the dissolution of his marriage contract with Huang Feifei, and apart from this, the rest was news about the company and his wife Shen Yun.
She clicked in and read a few articles related to Shen Yun, and after closing the webpages, she pursed her lips.
The content of the web pages that were related to Shen Yun were very similar. It either talked about the love history of Shen Yun and Qin Huaiwen, or it praised Qin Huaiwen for not forgetting his first love.
This Qin Huaiwen was really…
In her opinion, if Qin Huaiwen really liked Shen Yun, he would not use her to create an affectionate front.
Even though the incident’s perpetrator was Huang Feifei who used Shen Yun’s ashes to make mischief and had concealed the matter from him, Qin Huaiwen was actually able to involve the already deceased person in this and put up a completely different front.
Shen Yun had completely become a tool for him to gain popularity.
Ning Meng couldn’t help feeling sad for her.
When she was with Qin Huaiwen, she didn’t enjoy good fortune, and her grave was even dug up, her ashes used to bring someone else good luck. It wasn’t easy for the truth to come to light, yet her name still had to be dragged and towed by her husband.
She sighed and put away her phone.
This matter was any of her business so she couldn’t stick her nose in it. Besides, even if she did try to interfere, she wouldn’t be able to do anything.
The few days that Shi Qi said, passed very quickly, numbering only a total of three days.
The person in black who delivered the things looked very strange, but Ning Meng guessed that because the clothes were too similar, she couldn’t tell who was who.
The man handed over the things in his hand, “Miss Ning, this is your ID card.”
Ning Meng took the ID card. The address on the last line read the location of the Shi residence. As for her age, she was 21 years old.
This was true, though she didn’t know how Shi Qi knew her age as she remembered that she hadn’t said anything.
But most importantly, the photo on it.
Was actually a completely carbon copy of her profile picture. Ning Meng couldn’t help but ask, “Where did this picture come from?”
The man in black stood upright and answered politely, “I’m not too sure about this. It was given to them by Young Master Qi.”
He was only responsible for taking it and sending it back.
Ning Meng took back the sentence she wanted to ask next, put away her ID card, and watched him stand there without leaving, and then asked, “Is there anything else?”
The man in black had an ineffable face, handing another thing in his hand to her.
“Ms. Ning, this is the household register. You must read it.”
Ning Meng was speechless. She thought for a while, and asked, “Did Shi Qi say so?”
Shi Qi’s name was not something anyone could just mention. The man in black nodded silently.
Even though she really wanted to know what was inside it, assuming that it was perhaps the thing Shi Qi mentioned a few days ago, it was still a bit scary to read it in front of others.
She coughed and said, “Okay, I understand, if…If you don’t have anything else, you can go do your job.”
She didn’t expect however, that the man in black would not budge, standing there like a piece of wood, and replied expressionlessly. “My job is to watch you finish reading everything.”
Ning Meng: “…”
Shi Qi sure planned everything ahead.
As someone who lived under someone else’s roof, Ning Meng had no choice but to lower her head to him.
She silently opened the household register, and saw that there were only a few thin pages making up the booklet. The first page was naturally information about Shi Qi.
When she looked down, Ning Meng suddenly became nervous. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the man in black staring at her, so she could only turn her back to him.
As she expected, the second page was exactly her name.
*****
In any case, it’s better to do it first.
Then boil the frog with the remaining warm water. 1This is referring to the boiling frog fable. The premise is that if a frog is suddenly put into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
——”Shi Qi’s secretly hidden little diary”
The author has something to say:
Frog Ning Meng preparing to escape Shi Qi’s pot with all her might
…he had them married, didn’t he. Afterall the easiest way to add her to the household register is through marrying her!
I think so. That’s the easiest way indeed.