Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 195 Safe Journey

Lin Shi couldn't keep things bottled up, and during dinner that evening, he blurted out, "How are you?"

Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng froze. Lin Zheng said, "I'm fine. Just talk less while we eat."

I asked Qin Zhao.

"..."

Lin Zheng felt his father's love was drying up. He wanted to become a cook and stir-fry thorny bamboo shoots with meat.

He was about to speak.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids and slowly said, "Mild psychological distress."

Neither Lin Zheng nor Qin Qiong showed any relief, and they both stopped eating.

Qin Qiong's eyes stung with tears. She took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions.

Lin Shi sighed, "It's nothing, it's only human nature. I get quite bothered by it sometimes too."

Qin Zhao looked up and glanced at him.

Lin Shi clicked his tongue: "Being too handsome is also a problem."

"..."

"Slight, slightly bothered."

"..."

Lin Shi saw Qin Zhao disappear into his room again and thoughtfully asked, "Are you going to the party tomorrow? There's good wine. You—"

Qin Zhao: "I'm not going."

Lin Shi watched her retreating figure and wondered, "Why are you so withdrawn?"

Lin Zheng glanced at him: "Don't talk nonsense in front of Zhao Zhao."

Lin Shi frowned: "What do you think she is, some fragile thing? Now you can't even have her speak at home."

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Qin Zhao undergoes rTMS (psychotherapy) three times a week, and Qin Qiong accompanies him each time, postponing all his work whenever possible.

Before leaving, she reminded Lin Shi to take good care of Qin Zhao.

He suddenly felt sorry for Qin Zhao: "Isn't it annoying to be managed like this every day?"

Qin Zhao: "My mother loves me."

Lin Shi made a speechless expression: "As long as you can handle it."

He turned to ask, "Are we going to play tennis this afternoon?"

"I don't want to go."

Lin Shi clicked his tongue: "You're practically moldy, you know? I'm leaving soon, why don't you spend a little more time with me?"

I'm leaving soon, won't you stay with me a little longer?

A familiar phrase flashed through Qin Zhao's mind. He pursed his lips and looked out the window.

It's cloudy and windy.

Lin Shi followed her gaze and looked outside: "It looks like it's going to rain. I don't know what Shen Yanci is thinking, leaving today."

Qin Zhao paused for a few seconds: "Who's leaving?"

"Shen Yanci," Lin Shi said carelessly, "He asked you to go to the farewell banquet yesterday, but you didn't. I think your flight was at noon, didn't he tell you?"

"That's normal. He's been ignoring everyone lately, and he told me yesterday not to deliver anything."

Qin Zhao's eyelashes fluttered: "Isn't he starting school in October?"

Lin Shi shrugged: "Who knows? The sooner you get there, the sooner you'll adapt. Why did you go back to your room again—"

Qin Zhao pursed her lips, returned to her room, and closed the door.
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You won't see me for a long time.
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I'm leaving on September 29th, so we can stay for another month.
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Cleared up.

Qin Zhao opened his WeChat. Since that sentence, "We're even," they hadn't exchanged another word.

Qin Zhao: Are you leaving today?

Lin Shi said you went to England today.

She typed and deleted, but in the end, she didn't send anything.

His most recent post on WeChat Moments was a picture of yesterday's gathering, captioned: Gone.

The last picture shows the flight information: September 7th, departure at 12:55.

The current time is 10:18.

She pursed her lips, locked the door, changed into a corset, grabbed her phone, and ran out.

She ran very fast, but slowed down as she got closer.

She hesitated for a moment, then went to the Rose Garden supermarket and bought a few apples.

Seeing her haste, the waiter said, "You can come back later to pay." Qin Zhao thanked him, paid, and walked out with the fruit.

10 points.

As she approached the road, Qin Zhao slowed down instantly, gripping the handle and walking forward slowly.

There is a car parked at the door.

The butler is closing the trunk.

He wasn't in the car.

The housekeeper saw her, smiled and nodded: "Zhaozhao is here. Are you here to deliver Yanci?"

Qin Zhao's mouth moved slightly, and a tall figure entered her field of vision.

She stopped walking.

The butler was reporting the arrangements to Shen Yanci when Qin Zhao looked at him.

He listened quietly and hummed twice.

The butler returned to the villa.

Shen Yanci walked towards the car expressionlessly. When he reached her, he glanced at her indifferently, made a phone call, and said succinctly, "Come and drive."

The coldness that was more obvious than that of a stranger could no longer be seen.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids, his lips moved slightly, and he asked in a relaxed tone, "Are you leaving today?"

"I don't think I need to report to you," Shen Yanci said coldly, standing beside the hood of the car.

Qin Zhao's forced smile remained, though it was somewhat stiff.

Shen Yanci's lips were straight: "If I remember correctly, you were quite eager for me to leave sooner,"

He paused, glancing at her: "Stay away from you? Isn't this exactly what you want?"

Perhaps it had been a little sore after a while, because Qin Zhao's forced smile finally gave way and he pressed his lips down as if he was tired.

She clutched the handle in her hand: "I heard that clubs in the UK recruit students one or two weeks before the start of the semester, so it's good to go there early."

Shen Yanci stared at her for a couple of seconds, then turned his head slightly away.

Qin Zhao looked up at her, smiled with pursed lips, and she felt some muscles on her face twitching: "Do you want an apple?"

Her eyes were bright, as if they had been washed, as she gazed at him.

Shen Yanci remained silent, his eyes dark.

Qin Zhao lowered his head, took out a large, round apple from the bag, and handed it to him.

"The shop assistant said they are all freshly picked and air-freighted, so they should be quite sweet."

Shen Yanci looked at the apple she handed him and lowered his eyelids slightly: "What do you mean by this?"

He pressed his lips together, lifted his eyelids to look at her: "You suddenly realized that you had developed feelings for me while lying to me, and you regretted it."

"Or maybe it was just a sudden whim, wanting to see just how far I, this fool, could go in my delusions, and whether I could still make you laugh with some silly jokes."

Suddenly, a raindrop hit the apple and fell into her palm.

"sorry."

Shen Yanci looked at her, his lips pressed even lower.

"Nothing else." Qin Zhao smiled and glanced at him again. "Brother Yanci, have a safe journey."

She lowered her eyelids, moved her hand slightly towards him, and finally sighed softly before placing the apple on the car's hood.

"Take good care of yourself."

Her voice was so soft that Shen Yanci couldn't hear what she was saying.

She didn't look at him again and walked past him.

A breeze picked up, causing the hem of my clothes to flutter, but we were still far from touching.

She carried a bag of fruit, her back slender and straight, walking forward at a leisurely pace, without pausing or looking back.

It was as if I had just happened to buy apples and was giving one to him as a gift.

She made two turns and stopped when she was still 600 meters from home.

She didn't know why she stopped; she just felt like she suddenly couldn't move anymore.

A large droplet of water hit her brow bone and rolled down her eyelid.

She looked up at the sky, and water droplets fell into her eyes.

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