Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 11

The Su family lived in Rongcheng’s downtown area. This place was very close to the university, and only about a ten-minute drive from Shihai High. It was an old assigned residence, a duplex with a courtyard. The people who lived here were all from government work units.

Among Father Su’s generation of siblings, almost all of them had entered politics and become officials. Some had made their names in the capital, while others held leadership positions in the province or in schools. Only Su Xingheng’s father had chosen to go into business. Although he had managed to make something of himself, he was far from as powerful and influential as the rest of the Su siblings.

His house had been given to him by his second elder brother. His wife had been introduced by his cousin. His company projects had been fought for by his younger sister. Even so, his cash flow often broke, and there were times he could not pay wages, so he had to borrow money from his father-in-law, the bank president.

Father Su had never felt pleased with himself over the resources he had gained. On the contrary, he felt unable to lift his head among his siblings, as though he could never escape the control of his relatives in this lifetime. He wanted to expand his company on his own, but did not have enough ability. He wanted to be tough, but had always been living off others. Therefore, the hopes of his entire life could only be placed on Su Xingheng.

Fortunately, his son was a chosen son of heaven. Without much effort at all, Su Xingheng had won the favor of the Xie family’s eldest daughter. Just the engagement with the Xie family alone had given him face among his peers!

When Xie Ning’s car drove into the neighborhood, Nanny Zhang saw her from the balcony. Before Xie Ning even reached downstairs, Nanny Zhang was already waiting at the courtyard gate.

The car stopped. Nanny Zhang went to open the rear door, while Xie Ning also pushed open her door and got out, saying to Nanny Zhang, “They didn’t ride in my car today.”

Seeing that there was no one in the back seat, Nanny Zhang finally reacted to Xie Ning’s words and said in confusion, “Eh, what happened today? Young Master and Miss didn’t get in the car, so why did you come over, Miss Xie?”

Xie Ning had already thought of an excuse. She said, “We had a little argument after school. I was a bit worried, so I wanted to come over and take a look.”

As she spoke, she walked past Nanny Zhang, entered the courtyard, and headed into the house.

Nanny Zhang followed her, hurrying as she said, “Miss Xie, what are you worried about? Our Young Master and Miss haven’t come back yet either!”

Xie Ning had already pushed open the Su family’s door and stood at the entrance, looking inside—

The entryway connected to the living room. At a glance, one could see the staircase, dining table, sofa, balcony, and a mahjong table. The tabletops were all tidied neatly, but overall, the room looked extremely cluttered, especially paired with the liver-red furniture and the abrupt Nordic-style ceiling design. Everything looked exactly as Xie Ning remembered it.

But before she pushed open this door, in her imagination, Wanwan had been standing in the living room, looking at her with those deer-like eyes and giving her a bright, watery smile.

Not seeing Wanwan made Xie Ning’s mood even more anxious.

She did not know what kind of mood she should use to face her, but as long as she knew Wanwan was not living well, Xie Ning could not be at peace for even a moment.

“Young Master and the others aren’t back yet!” Nanny Zhang wiped her hands on her apron and said with a smile, “Would you like to come in and sit for a while to wait for them? I’ll make tea for you!”

Xie Ning ignored her. She could not straightforwardly ask Nanny Zhang about Su Wan. That would seem too strange, and people would wonder why Xie Ning had suddenly started caring about someone she had never met before.

She walked into the living room with her shoes on and searched everywhere. There was someone busy in the kitchen. She pushed open the door and saw a foreign man dressed like a chef, cutting vegetables. Seeing Xie Ning, he politely smiled at her and even handed her a sliced grape.

He greeted her in French, and Xie Ning also asked him in French, “Où est cet enfant?”
(“Where is that child?”)

“The new one,” Xie Ning added.

The man understood and pointed outside the door, then said a string of words. Xie Ning did not understand most of it.

Nanny Zhang understood even less. Carrying over the tea, she said in confusion, “What did you say to him?”

Xie Ning did not drink the tea. She waved her hand and said, “I don’t know.”

Nanny Zhang stood beside her and observed Xie Ning with those triangular eyes. After thinking for a while, she held the tea and took a sip herself. She said, “Will you be staying for dinner? I’ll go tell our madam.”

Xie Ning said, “Madam is upstairs?”

“Yes.” Nanny Zhang smiled. “She wants pizza tonight. It’s perfect, you can stay and eat with us. Our family’s chef was hired from France. You know, the French are famous for their cooking!”

Xie Ning raised a brow and smoothly asked, “Is that okay? Will there be too many people at dinner tonight?”

“Oh, don’t worry.” Nanny Zhang said, “If you’re here, there’ll definitely be room!”

“Uncle Ling is still waiting outside for me. He probably hasn’t eaten either,” Xie Ning said. “Including Uncle Ling, will there still be room?”

Nanny Zhang looked slightly troubled. Xie Ning smiled and said, “Did someone new come to your family recently?”

Nanny Zhang could not gossip about it in front of Xie Ning. She hesitated and stammered. Xie Ning said, “I’ve already heard about it. I just haven’t seen that new younger sister. Where is she?”

“She just went out,” Nanny Zhang said with a smile. After a pause, she added, “Our madam is sleeping upstairs. I’ll go wake Madam first. You sit and wait. Young Master and the others should be back soon too.”

Xie Ning planned to sit for a while and wait for Su Wan to return. Mother Su stood in the stairwell wearing pajamas and greeted Xie Ning, then went to wash her face and brush her teeth.

The French chef came out and asked Nanny Zhang something. He spoke in French mixed with English and even drew a picture with a pencil. Nanny Zhang could not make sense of it at all and listened in complete confusion. Xie Ning helped her out. “He’s asking when the flour and ingredients can be bought. He needs to use them now.”

Nanny Zhang said gloomily, “Someone already went out to buy them. I just don’t know what’s going on. They’ve been gone so long.”

Xie Ning froze. “Who did you send out to buy flour?”

Nanny Zhang guiltily touched her nose and did not answer Xie Ning. She walked to the balcony and looked toward the neighborhood entrance, her expression anxious.

Xie Ning’s anger level instantly surged upward. She had not expected that right after Wanwan came to the Su family, she would already be ordered around by the nanny to run errands. How was Wanwan supposed to establish herself in this family after this?

Nanny Zhang looked at the clock and also felt that too much time had passed. She picked up her phone and walked to the corner by the bathroom to call several food shop owners. At this moment, the female owner of the house came downstairs. Seeing the chef spreading his hands and Xie Ning frowning, she felt something was strange and asked, “What happened? Xie Ning, Xingheng didn’t come back with you?”

“No. We argued a little after school,” Xie Ning said. “I was just worried, so I came to your house first to take a look.”

“That’s nothing. Children often argue. They’ll be back in a while. Once you meet, you’ll make up.” Mother Su pushed open the bathroom door and asked Nanny Zhang, “Where is Liu Wan?”

Nanny Zhang covered her phone and hesitantly said, “I was really too busy earlier. I saw that she happened to be free, so I asked her to help me buy some things…”

When she said it like that, Mother Su did not find it strange either. Xie Ning said, “How long has she been out?”

Mother Su stared at Nanny Zhang. Nanny Zhang said, “Almost two hours… She shouldn’t have run into trouble. She’s already so grown up. Could she really get lost? Second Miss often goes out alone to play too. Nothing will happen…”

Mother Su thought for a moment, then said in a gentle tone, “Don’t ask her to go out and buy things next time. She isn’t familiar with this place.”

Nanny Zhang said gloomily, “Wasn’t I just thinking… it would give her some practice? After all, she has to go to school tomorrow… There’s nothing bad about familiarizing herself with the area in advance, right?”

Mother Su was a woman with a simple mind, a pure personality, born as a young lady of a good family, and without much consideration for things. She easily believed whatever others told her. Although she was somewhat worried, she still accepted Nanny Zhang’s words and turned to fluently instruct the chef in French.

The general meaning was that he should stop making pizza. Whatever ingredients were at home, he should just make something with those, and not let the two children coming home from school go hungry.

The sky outside gradually darkened. Xie Ning had long since been unable to sit still. She went out with Nanny Zhang to look for Su Wan, while Mother Su was even more worried about Su Xingheng and Su Jin, who had still not arrived home. She called twice, but no one answered.

Nanny Zhang sat in the front passenger seat while Uncle Ling drove, following her directions and searching for food shops all along the way. During this, Nanny Zhang kept complaining, “What kind of mistake can happen just from buying flour? This child really doesn’t let people stop worrying!”

Xie Ning rolled her eyes. She leaned against the car window, carefully looking at every person they passed by on the roadside, and said coldly, “She is the Su family’s true young lady. Su Jin is the fake one, isn’t she?”

In the front seat, Uncle Ling was startled when he heard this and stepped on the brake slightly.

Nanny Zhang did not take it seriously. “Second Miss has been in the Su family for so many years. Our madam loves her the most. How can Madam stop liking Second Miss just because they aren’t related by blood? As for the new one, you can’t tell at all that she’s Madam’s biological daughter.”

Xie Ning was furious. After experiencing what happened in her last life, she had become steadier in the way she handled things, and her eye for people had also become sharp and vicious. Hearing this Su family nanny say something like that, she could roughly guess what was really going on in the Su family.

The Su family’s female owner, Mother Su, was a well-educated female Omega. She looked intelligent and elegant, and managed the Su family’s affairs in perfect order, but in reality, she was far too easily deceived! She trusted her husband and son unconditionally, almost obeying whatever they said. In her previous life, even though she knew Su Wan was her biological daughter, she still refused to accept Su Wan, and gave her trust and tolerance to another girl instead.

Su Wan must have made efforts before, trying to make her mother notice her.

The car drove a few hundred meters out of the neighborhood entrance, and Xie Ning saw a small figure by the roadside. Her breathing stopped.

The high beams shone over. A thin, small girl was crouching on the ground, squinting as she looked at their car.

Her features looked plain. She wore a short bob, which looked very messy. Only her almond-shaped eyes were like a rainbow in the sky, ethereal and lonely. Just one look from her made Xie Ning’s heart clench along with it.

She wore Shihai High’s uniform jacket, but instead of the short skirt, she wore a pair of mismatched striped pants. She was tiny, crouched there on the ground as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

The place where she was crouching was not conspicuous. Nanny Zhang had not discovered her at all and was still complaining about something.

Xie Ning could not hear any language anymore. She saw Su Wan lower her head, scoop up a handful of flour with her hand, and scatter it into the air. When the car lights shone over, it was like brilliant starlight.

Xie Ning rolled down the car window and called out her name.

“Wanwan!”

Su Wan froze. The hand holding the flour tightened slightly, and the soft powder escaped from her palm like sand in an hourglass. She saw someone walking toward her against the light—

Someone vivid, dazzling, and beautiful in a way Su Wan had never seen before, as if she did not belong to this world.