Giving You Dawn And Dusk - Chapter 10

Pedestrians hurried along the road, people constantly brushing past them. From time to time, a few words of admiration could be heard.

They were all praising Xu Qingzhu.

Xu Qingzhu finished tying the bow in the bandage around Liang Shi’s palm, then withdrew her slender fingers and once again kept an appropriate distance from Liang Shi.

There was a faint smile on her face, but her eyes were cold and calm, like an ancient well without the slightest ripple, fully displaying her cool, aloof air.

Liang Shi’s gaze landed in her eyes, then quickly retreated.

It was not that she had never imagined she might be discovered.

She simply had not expected it to happen so quickly.

Her personality and the original owner’s were two complete extremes. One liked noise, while the other liked quiet. One was naturally dissolute, while the other was quiet and reserved. After transmigrating in, there was no way she could avoid acting out of character.

But right now… it did not seem like a good time to admit it.

Liang Shi first grew nervous for a moment, then smiled. “No.”

Xu Qingzhu let out a breath of relief. Her smile deepened a little, and the assessing look in her eyes became even stronger, as though she wanted to see exactly what had been swapped into this shell—human or ghost.

Liang Shi, however, lifted her face and laughed softly. “If I’m not Liang Shi, then who else could I be?”

Her smile was warm, like a spring breeze, like a bright moon, her eyes brimming with gentleness.

She looked straight at Xu Qingzhu, and there was not a trace of aggression in that gaze.

It was completely different from the original owner.

“Who knows?” Xu Qingzhu’s voice was clear and cold, carrying a slight ethereal quality. “Perhaps only you know that yourself?”

“The way you say that…” Liang Shi lightly pressed a hand to her forehead with her newly bandaged hand, looking helpless. “Of course I know. I’m Liang Shi.”

“Is that so?” The corners of Xu Qingzhu’s mouth curled in a smile, but there was something profound and unreadable in it.

That smile was very much like the sort Liang Shi had often seen at negotiation tables in the past.

She thought that if Xu Qingzhu had not married the original owner and become a full-time wife, she should have been an excellent career woman.

In fact, in the novel, after leaving the scumbag Alpha, Xu Qingzhu would be reborn anew and become the CEO of a listed company.

Liang Shi hoped her other half would have a career.

Because having work meant having confidence and security.

A lover’s love might change, but one’s own abilities would not.

If one wanted to love another, one had to love oneself first.

Liang Shi’s thoughts wandered for a moment, but she quickly came back to herself. Facing Xu Qingzhu’s deep gaze, she did not shrink back at all. She smiled. “Of course I am. Or did I change into someone else? Should I introduce myself again, then? I’m Liang Shi’s younger sister, Liang He?”

She deliberately used a joking tone to ease the atmosphere.

Xu Qingzhu, however, stared at her without moving. Even the smile on her face stiffened, as if she were about to stare a hole right through her.

Sweat gathered in Liang Shi’s palm.

To be honest, being stared at with a gaze like this was very oppressive.

Especially since Xu Qingzhu was deliberately putting pressure on her.

Liang Shi kept a flawless smile on her face and did not rush to speak, waiting for Xu Qingzhu to talk first.

After a long while, Xu Qingzhu smiled. “Is that so? Liang He.”

Her voice was cool and clear, yet carried a trace of ambiguity. She softly pronounced the name, almost one word at a time, like someone using a feather to scratch at the tip of another person’s heart. With every word she spoke, Liang Shi’s heart trembled, and she even quietly swallowed.

It seemed… because her target’s looks and voice were far too outstanding, she was starting to feel a little… unable to keep control.

After all, this was Haizhou’s number one Omega, the person countless Alphas fantasized about.

“Mm-hm.” Liang Shi was panicking badly inside, but not a hint showed on her face. No matter what, she was someone who had won Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Rooster Awards. When acting against someone with little skill, she naturally could not lose. “I think that name is pretty good too.”

“But Liang Shi doesn’t have a younger sister,” Xu Qingzhu said. “She only has two older sisters and one older brother.”

Liang Shi clicked her tongue inwardly.

As expected of the female lead. Smart.

Was she trying to bait her now?

Fortunately, Liang Shi knew some of the plot.

“Is that so?” Liang Shi smiled. “I haven’t contacted them in so long that I didn’t even know one of my older brothers had changed gender. I wonder whether the one who transitioned was Liang Xinzhou or Liang Xinhe?”

A trace of surprise flashed through Xu Qingzhu’s eyes. “So you still remember.”

“Of course. If I couldn’t even remember my own siblings, wouldn’t that make me too much of a bastard?” Liang Shi said.

After saying that, she added silently in her heart: Though they’re not really my siblings.

Who knew which remote corner the original owner’s biological parents were in right now?

According to common novel developments, the biological parents of this kind of cannon-fodder female supporting character were bound to be terrible people. Either for money or power, in any case, they would surely be the kind of shortsighted, profit-driven petty citizens who would do something like swapping daughters.

Liang Shi did not hold any hope toward that.

She only hoped that if her biological parents were ever truly found in the future, they would not become a burden to her.

“If Xinzhou and Xinhe heard that, they would probably be moved to tears.” Xu Qingzhu’s words carried a hint of mockery, and Liang Shi accepted it calmly. She only looked at Xu Qingzhu and said, “You don’t seem much like Xu Qingzhu either.”

“Is that so?” Xu Qingzhu looked over at her calmly and tossed the question back. “Then who do I look like to you?”

“I don’t know.” Liang Shi gently shook her head, her gaze warm. “I’m afraid only you know that yourself.”

With great ease, she deflected the weight of the question and handed the topic right back to Xu Qingzhu.

“Liang Shi likes using her right hand,” Xu Qingzhu said. “But you seem to be left-handed. You’ve been carrying things with your left hand the whole time. Even the hand you injured was your right hand.”

Liang Shi had not expected Xu Qingzhu to observe so carefully. She smiled. “Actually, I’m very comfortable using either hand. If you don’t believe me, you can ask my parents.”

Xu Qingzhu definitely would not ask the Liang parents about this.

Because the Liang parents had not agreed with Liang Shi marrying Xu Qingzhu in the first place.

Liang Shi merely liked Xu Qingzhu’s reputation and her face, but the Liang parents valued family background more. If the Liang parents had been allowed to choose, they would have chosen Liang Shi’s childhood friend, the daughter of Shengmao Group—Lin Xingcan.

Back then, in order to marry Xu Qingzhu, the original owner had even caused a huge fight with the family.

Liang Shi still had this memory lingering in her mind, so she was even more confused as to why the original owner would undergo such a drastic change after marriage and bully Xu Qingzhu endlessly.

“Is that so? Then I suppose I didn’t understand you well enough.” Xu Qingzhu stood up from the bench. The wind stirred her long hair and dress, and that slender waist looked very suitable for being held tightly in autumn.

She tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “It seems you’ve changed a lot.”

Her voice was very soft, mostly testing.

Liang Shi easily returned the probe. “You’ve changed a lot too.”

Hearing this, Xu Qingzhu suddenly turned back to look at her and lightly raised an eyebrow. “Specifically?”

“You’ve become rather cold,” Liang Shi said. “And you hate me very much.”

Xu Qingzhu laughed.

She faced Liang Shi directly, looking down at her from above. Her brown pupils looked heartless and indifferent. “That’s because…”

She paused. “I don’t like you anymore.”

Liang Shi lifted her head. If this distance were just a little closer, it seemed they could kiss.

It was close enough that their souls almost seemed about to draw near.

And yet the two of them were very far apart.

Liang Shi lightly licked her lips. “Then I suppose I’ve… started to like you.”

Her eyes curved, filled with devotion. “Perhaps we can get to know each other again.”

The moment her voice fell, a shout came from not far away.

“Lion.”

Liang Shi had yet to react when that Omega with an outstanding appearance stepped up in front of her and even lightly but deliberately squeezed Xu Qingzhu aside. Then she put on an adorable, playful expression and whined coquettishly, “Lion, I called you just now. Why didn’t you answer me?”

Liang Shi: “……?”

This seemed to be Lin Xingcan?

Oh my god, someone save me.