Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 10

“Xie Ning?” Su Xingheng held the basketball and looked her over, smiling as he said, “I heard you skipped class today. What did you go do?”

Xie Ning stood in the stairwell, six or seven steps above Su Xingheng. Her shadow folded across the floor, forming the posture of someone kneeling in worship.

In her previous life, Xie Ning, like the other side characters, had once liked Su Xingheng, pursued him, held him up high, and sent him onto the altar. She had turned an unknown young master of the Su family into Rongcheng’s new rising star, and Su Xingheng had also borrowed that momentum to later marry three women openly and without shame.

Looking back on that past now, Xie Ning felt she had been stupid beyond belief.

She had sincerely, genuinely liked this man. Now, she sincerely and genuinely wanted him dead.

If she had a knife in hand, all she wanted to do now was drive the blade into Su Xingheng’s chest and stab all the blood and flesh inside him into a ruined mess!

“Host?” The system seemed to sense that her emotions were extremely intense, and it reminded her, “Host, the protagonist cannot die. Otherwise, the world will collapse.”

Xie Ning lifted her eyelids and looked coldly at Su Xingheng. Her gaze made Su Xingheng sense that something was off. He restrained his smile and asked uneasily, “Xie Ning? What’s wrong with you?”

Xie Ning said lightly, “Did something happen in your family?”

Su Xingheng glanced around, then walked a few steps up the stairs, approaching Xie Ning. Cautiously, he said, “Xie Ning, where did you hear that?”

Sure enough, Su Wan’s matter was still being kept secret. No wonder she had not been able to find Su Wan at school today.

Xie Ning raised a brow at Su Xingheng, smiling without quite smiling. She pinched her tone as she said, “So, Young Master Su, how do you plan to deal with Su Jin?”

A flicker of panic crossed Su Xingheng’s eyes. His Adam’s apple rolled up and down, and he lowered his voice. “Xie Ning, exactly how much do you know?”

“Host!” the system shrieked hysterically in her mind. “The server is issuing its final warning. You may not reveal any information from the previous life. This will seriously affect the server’s correction work!”

Xie Ning tilted her head, brushed her hair back, and looked lazy as she said, “Those petty messes in your family—is there any need to hide them?”

She had not exposed anything directly, so it did not count as breaking the server’s rules. The system could only remain silent and vigilantly observe the conversation between the two of them.

Su Xingheng looked doubtful. Thinking of Su Jin’s reaction just now, he asked softly, “Xie Ning, did you say something to my sister?”

“Your sister?” Xie Ning blinked. “Which sister?”

Su Xingheng grew a little anxious. He stepped forward to grab Xie Ning, but Xie Ning shifted back slightly and avoided him. Su Xingheng held the basketball between his waist and one hand, while his other hand braced against the wall. His expression was solemn, and he enunciated clearly, “Xie Ning, I’ve always treated you as a very good friend. In this matter, I hope you won’t interfere. You shouldn’t interfere.”

He was two steps below Xie Ning. Xie Ning could see the top of his head. Like most people, he only had one hair whorl, only two eyes and one nose. Then on what basis—

Was he the extraordinary protagonist chosen by fate? The chosen son of heaven?

Someone like this, who had occupied far too many social resources, should just die sooner rather than later, right?

That thought surged up in Xie Ning once again, but she behaved far too calmly. After experiencing so many awful things in her previous life and enduring more than ten years of a ruined, destitute existence, what was enduring him for a little while longer?

She had only just been reborn and was still not very clear on what stage things had developed to now, or what exactly the Su family’s current situation was. In truth, in her last life, she had never cared about these matters. Only after marrying Su Wan did she gain a slight understanding of this girl who had always been isolated.

“What are you afraid of? Su Xingheng, shouldn’t you show a bit of responsibility? Su Jin isn’t your sister. You should decide how to handle her sooner. Otherwise, it’s too unfair to the other girl, isn’t it?” Xie Ning said bluntly.

She was straightforward by nature and had always spoken directly, but no one had ever disliked her because of it. Some people even eagerly sought her out just to be scolded by her.

Su Xingheng was startled by her words and hesitated before saying, “Both of them are my sisters…”

“Only one is related to you by blood,” Xie Ning said. “The other one shouldn’t continue staying in the Su family.”

A faint anger rose in Su Xingheng. He knew Xie Ning was direct and spoke without considering the consequences. That was not much of a problem. At least it let him understand Xie Ning’s thoughts.

So why would Xie Ning think this way? Why was she forcing him to drive Su Jin away?

Whose idea was this?

Could it be that Xie Ning’s father had said something to her?

Had he instructed Xie Ning to say these words?

Thinking of this possibility, Su Xingheng became nervous!

If this was President Xie’s intention, then the matter had become extremely tricky.

He and Xie Ning had an engagement, and he himself did not reject this marriage. On the contrary, he quite liked Xie Ning. He did not want a little problem at home to affect his marriage with Xie Ning.

After weighing things over, Su Xingheng softened his tone and spoke to Xie Ning pleasantly. “Xie Ning, you don’t really understand the current situation. We’ve already brought Liu Wan home. She has received what she deserves.”

“Liu Wan?” Xie Ning frowned slightly.

“Mm. She has her adoptive parents’ surname, Liu,” Su Xingheng said. “You’ll meet her when there’s a chance.”

Xie Ning could hardly wait to meet her. The thought that she could see sixteen-year-old Wanwan made her so excited she forgot everything else.

In her previous life, right up until the two of them got married, she had never properly looked at Su Wan. In her impression, Su Wan had been the “country bumpkin” other people spoke of, a little brat no one liked.

If no one likes you, then let me like you.

Xie Ning’s lips curved. “Why don’t I go to your house now and see your sister?”

Su Xingheng was extremely surprised, a little unable to make sense of this. “She’s not a kitten or puppy. What’s there to see? Besides, she’s very rustic and not good-looking!”

Idiot! That was purely because you never saw what she looked like after she transformed!

He actually said her Wanwan was not good-looking. Xie Ning was furious.

She rolled her eyes, and Su Xingheng continued, “She should be coming to our school in the next two days. My dad is arranging her transfer.”

Xie Ning licked the corner of her lips. “Great. Can I see her tomorrow?”

Su Xingheng found her a little baffling. “You’re… that curious? That makes sense. You probably haven’t seen that kind of rustic type before. When she comes tomorrow, I’ll take you to see!”

Xie Ning: “Okey.”

Seeing that Xie Ning was no longer talking about driving Su Jin away, Su Xingheng relaxed a little. He glanced at his watch and said anxiously, “No, I’ve talked to you for too long. I might miss the bus!”

Xie Ning: “.”

So Young Master Su still took the bus to school?

He glanced at Xie Ning and asked, “Where’s your driver? He’s still waiting for you at the school gate, right? Can you give me a ride later?”

In the past, this had happened often.

Xie Ning had a private car to take her to and from school every day, but she was not the cold and aloof eldest young lady type. She often pulled people into the car, and the Su siblings were even more frequent passengers.

Going to the Su family residence required a detour, and dismissal was peak traffic time. Sometimes, that back-and-forth delay would waste an hour, but Xie Ning had never found it troublesome. She always told the driver to send the Su siblings home first, then return to the villa at Little Fragrant Mountain.

Xie Ning rubbed her forehead. Remembering the stupid things she had done in the past made her want to slap herself twice.

She lifted her eyes to look at Su Xingheng and, smiling without warmth, said leisurely, “No.”

Su Xingheng paused, then heard Xie Ning say, “I’m in a hurry to go home. I can’t send you today.”

Su Xingheng had long since gotten used to riding in her car. He had taken advantage of her so matter-of-factly that when he heard Xie Ning say this, he grew a little annoyed. “You just said you wanted to go to my house to see my sister. How are you suddenly in a hurry to go home?”

Xie Ning shot him a sudden look. Su Xingheng immediately realized he had misspoken. He snorted. “Stingy. If you won’t send me, then you won’t send me. I’ll go catch the bus! I won’t ride in your capitalists’ filthy car!”

Xie Ning scoffed disdainfully and slowly walked toward the school gate, where she saw a Tesla parked there.

Xie Ning did not like Teslas. She liked off-road vehicles like Land Rovers, and in the past, she had also ridden in a big Land Rover.

But Su Xingheng really liked Teslas. He had also said that his sister Su Jin could not ride in gasoline cars, because she got carsick as soon as she sat in one. Electric cars were a little better.

In order to let Su Xingheng ride in her car, Xie Ning had specially asked the housekeeper to switch the driver’s car to a Tesla.

Ah. How stupid.

She pulled open the car door and sat in the front passenger seat.

The driver was named Ling Shen’an, a middle-aged man with a heavy northern accent. He spoke very little. Even though Xie Ning had made him wait for so long, he did not ask anything. He only looked at Xie Ning in slight surprise.

The reason for his surprise was probably that Xie Ning had sat in the front passenger seat, where she usually never sat.

Xie Ning drew in a long breath, clenched both hands into fists, and looked at the scenery in front of the windshield without saying a word.

She did not dare look at Uncle Ling’s face, afraid she would remember the terrifying image from her previous life—how he had been hacked to death by thugs with knives, split open from his forehead to his neck, eyes wide open.

After the Xie family went bankrupt, before the Little Fragrant Mountain villa had been auctioned off, rumors spread that there were countless valuable collectibles inside the villa, attracting thugs to come and rob it. To protect Xie Ning, Uncle Ling was stabbed seventeen times by the thugs and died inside the villa.

He had no children of his own. The only way Xie Ning could thank him was to forever remember the way he looked when he died.

To remind herself that a scumbag like her had to live properly and not betray Uncle Ling’s life-saving grace, even if this world had already rotted through.

“Fasten your seat belt,” Uncle Ling said, starting the engine.

The scenery outside the window kept retreating. The first fallen leaf of autumn drifted down and struck the windshield. The wind blowing in was cool and pleasant.

Xie Ning was a little surprised.

So twenty years ago, Rongcheng was still a fairly livable city. It had not yet become a “melting city.”

Later, climate change had been like boiling a frog in warm water, little by little wearing down people’s patience until people simply could not realize—

This world was rotting at a speed beyond anything you could imagine!

It really was rotten to the core!

And now, before everything had become that rotten, she had to do something.

She did not want to wait even fifteen minutes.

“Uncle Ling,” Xie Ning said, “I want to go to the Su family home. Please take a detour and send me there. Thank you.”

Ling Shen’an turned his head in surprise to look at her. After a long while, Xie Ning met his gaze and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Ah, sorry.” Ling Shen’an, who had always been quiet and sparing with words, suddenly became tongue-tied. He stammered, “The Su… the Su family. All right. We’ll, we’ll set off now!”

Xie Ning smiled.

She discovered that Uncle Ling had actually been quite handsome before.

Author’s Note:

They’ll meet in the next chapter!!!