Giving You Dawn And Dusk - Chapter 21

Only after Liang Shi went downstairs did she understand the complete meaning of that sentence.

It should have been—Tonight, you sleep on the bed, and I’ll sleep on the floor.

But as a physically healthy Alpha, how heartless would she have to be to let an Omega who had just passed her heat, had just been discharged from the hospital, and whose body was still on the edge of danger sleep on the floor?

Liang Shi could not do it.

Liang Shi felt that no decent human being could do it.

After the three of them finished eating, Xu Qingzhu went to the study.

Xu Qingya also returned to her room to sleep.

With nothing to do, Liang Shi returned to the room to look things up.

She urgently needed to understand the “demons and monsters” around the original owner.

Those people who had previously sent her disgusting messages, and those in the groups who had said they wanted to play with her wife together.

What kind of ghosts were they?

She had already left all the groups earlier, but the contacts were still there. A whole bunch of people were messaging her. When she refreshed and pulled down, the screen was full of little red dots, practically enough to drive someone with obsessive tendencies to death.

Liang Shi picked a few contacts with slightly more proper-looking usernames and opened them. Basically, they were all asking why she had left the groups, and whether her sex life with the Omega had been enjoyable.

Whether it was enjoyable or not, she did not know. But these people were all rather vulgar.

Originally, she had wanted to learn something from here, but after scrolling through, she found nothing useful. So she deleted many more contacts, until the system even reminded her that she had deleted too many people and asked whether this was an account theft operation.

After deleting a large wave of people, she posted on Moments.

[Spring’s green grass

Summer’s clouds

Autumn’s fallen leaves

Winter’s snow

It seems everything is full of life

Everything is filled with poetry

Everything is reminding me to live well

To love the world better

And most of all

I should cherish the people beside me

And the happiness of the present]

It was like a lyric poem, completely different from the original owner’s past Moments style.

After all, the original owner’s past Moments were all long legs, half-body photos of pretty Omegas and Betas, or yachts, luxury cars, and socialite parties.

Those were completely different from Liang Shi’s lifestyle too.

Liang Shi had once thought that if she ever suddenly became rich one day, she would definitely keep a low profile.

She could buy luxury cars and mansions, but she had to keep the words “low profile” firmly in mind.

Do not flaunt wealth.

Because once wealth was flaunted too obviously, it meant that person was not very smart.

After she posted this little poem, it sparked lively discussion in her Moments.

Some people in the circle commented:

[Where did you copy this from? It’s pretty beautiful.]

[Teacher Liang, would you consider ghostwriting essays? My younger sister is still eight hundred words short.]

[Oh my god, are you planning to completely reinvent yourself?]

[What stimulated you?]

[…]

Liang Shi replied to them all at once: [I didn’t copy it. I wrote it myself.]

[I’m planning to reinvent myself and become a new person.]

The comment section was full of: [???]

Clearly, no one believed her.

But Liang Shi had not posted it for them to see. She had posted it for Xu Qingzhu to see, and also for herself.

She was Liang Shi—the Liang Shi who would work hard to live.

At the beginning, the original owner had a job. She held the title of deputy director of the Human Resources Department in the Liang family’s company, but she had only gone in for a few days.

She was used to being a wastrel. Together with Cheng Ran and that group, she raced cars and horses. When she was in a good mood, she would charter a helicopter and fly to a casino for a round of gambling. Losing several million in a single night was not a big deal at all.

Ordinarily, it was yachts, cruise ships, skiing, and all kinds of entertainment activities. She played everything smoothly and wildly.

Her university major had been Chinese Language and Literature, a versatile major, but she had gone to a rather poor university. Her usual final exams were basically passed by muddling through. Her attendance relied entirely on hiring people to attend class for her, and her regular assignments were also ghostwritten by people she paid. Her degree had a lot of water in it.

Basically, she had learned nothing.

Liang Shi felt rather displeased about this.

Back then, she had not been able to attend university. Later, she had thought many times about taking adult self-study exams, but because she had to enter filming crews back-to-back, she had no time to study.

Even so, in order to understand scripts better, she had continuously expanded her knowledge. Learning had no end.

Because her education level was low, after becoming an actress, people had attacked her with this many times.

It had hurt quite a bit.

If there was a chance, Liang Shi still wanted to go back to school.

But for now, it was all baseless talk.

She looked up the Liang family’s enterprise. In Haizhou City’s upper circles, it could be considered upper-middle.

Its main industry was high-end luxury goods, while also having acquired some malls and hotels, but it had no connections with the government.

As for the piece of land in the south that Qiu Zimin had mentioned this time, it should be a future government-planned development area. Whether they intended to build a new mall or a new school there, she did not know. Businessmen were like that—as long as they caught the tailwind of policy, earning a fortune in a short time was not difficult.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yi’an’s family was in politics.

From ancient times until now, those in politics had always ranked above those in business.

It was understandable that Qiu Zimin wanted to connect to that line.

But sell her?

Impossible.

After Liang Shi finished looking into this, she looked up Xu Qingzhu’s family company.

Compared to the Liang family, the Xu family’s company was hardly worth mentioning. It was only a jewelry company.

However, Minghui Jewelry, opened by the Xu family, had been a renowned company in the industry thirty years ago. Every year, it released a new product for spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Before those products even hit the market, their prices would already be hyped up to sky-high levels.

In the field of jewelry, even Dongheng, which specialized in high-end luxury goods, could not compare to the Xu family.

It was no exaggeration to say that Minghui Jewelry thirty years ago had been an industry benchmark, something many jewelry companies could only look up to and never reach.

But in recent years, it had declined.

There were even people online saying that Minghui Jewelry’s decline was the decline of an era.

It was clear how highly people praised her family online.

This company had not originally carried the Xu surname. The previous person in power was surnamed Sheng, named Sheng Wang.

He had one son and one daughter. His daughter, Sheng Linlang, was one of Haizhou’s top socialites. Rumor had it that the young masters of Haizhou City’s three great wealthy families had all pursued her, yet from among many suitors, she chose the most inconspicuous Xu Guangyao. It truly counted as marrying down.

At that time, Xu Guangyao had merely been a designer at Minghui Jewelry.

Everyone had thought that Minghui Jewelry would be passed down to Sheng Wang’s son, Sheng Qinglin. But Sheng Qinglin was proud and aloof, and at just twenty years old, he had already become an internationally famous architect.

At the time, however, his girlfriend was Su Yao, an internationally renowned jewelry designer.

No matter how one looked at it, this family business should never have fallen into Xu Guangyao’s hands.

But fate was unpredictable. When Sheng Qinglin was twenty-five, he passed away in an accident. His girlfriend also went abroad for further study, and not long after, news spread that she had married.

Old Master Sheng aged greatly in a short time. After that, he lost the heart to manage the company and slowly handed it over to Xu Guangyao.

As for Sheng Qinglin’s death, there were all kinds of theories online.

Some said he had been killed by his girlfriend, because he had caught her cheating.

Others said Xu Guangyao had killed him, because in the entire matter, Xu Guangyao benefited the most.

But no one could make a conclusion.

As for the truth, perhaps only the people involved knew clearly.

After Liang Shi finished looking all of this up, she had many feelings in her heart.

She had not expected Xu Qingzhu’s family to have such a complicated story behind it.

Just as she was reading through this, her phone suddenly rang.

An unfamiliar number jumped on the screen. She hesitated for a few seconds before answering.

A familiar voice came from the other end. It was Zhou Yi’an.

She laughed softly. “Baby, you finally decided to answer the phone.”

Liang Shi: “……”

Sooner or later, she had to change her number.

“What is it?” Liang Shi asked irritably.

“Can’t I call you if there’s nothing?” Zhou Yi’an’s laugh was wicked. But hearing Liang Shi sigh, afraid that she would hang up, she immediately said, “When I was investigating you, I found out something. Do you want to know?”

Liang Shi said coldly, “If you’re willing to say it, say it. If not, forget it.”

“It has to do with that adorable Omega of yours. Do you want—” Before Zhou Yi’an could finish speaking, Liang Shi coldly interrupted her. “If you’re not saying it, forget it.”

“Aren’t you curious who Xu Qingzhu’s biological parents are…” Zhou Yi’an’s speech grew hurried, but before she could finish, Liang Shi hung up.

Liang Shi had always firmly believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Zhou Yi’an coming to her meant she must want something.

Besides, what did it matter whether Xu Qingzhu’s biological parents were found or not? Wasn’t it enough that she had a good relationship with her current parents?

Liang Shi took the opportunity to block that number.

After a while, her phone rang again.

She hung up instinctively.

But a few seconds later, it rang again.

She hung up again.

She guessed that Zhou Yi’an had changed to another number to call her.

This person was truly too boring.

When that number called for the third time, she answered impatiently and said coldly, “Are you done or not?”

The other side was silent for two seconds. “……”

“If you call again, I’ll sue you for—”

Before she could say the words “sexual harassment,” a clear, cold voice sounded from the other end.

“Liang Shi.”

Liang Shi: “?”

It was not Zhou Yi’an.

And the original owner had not saved this person’s contact either.

“Ah.” Liang Shi swallowed all the curses she had wanted to say and answered softly, “What is it?”

“Are you still coming to work at the company?” the other person said. “If you’re not coming, I’ll remove that position.”

Liang Shi: “……”

Who was this?

She coughed lightly. “Um…”

The other person: “Mm?”

Liang Shi asked as humbly as possible, “May I ask who you are?”

The other person fell silent. Even through the phone, Liang Shi could feel his speechlessness.

A few seconds later, that clear voice enunciated each word sternly.

“Liang. Xin. He.”

Liang Shi let out a soft breath and said with great familiarity, “Second Brother.”

Liang Xinhe: “?”

He gave a light scoff. “Liang Shi, are you possessed by a ghost?”

Liang Shi: “……??”