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

Chapter 205 About four months after the breakup

Qin Zhao closed his eyes briefly: "I want to use my own, in a hotel in London."

Kuang Xu pulled Lin Shi along, saying, "Anyway, you can't leave."

Lin Shi glanced at Shen Yanci: "Why don't you see your sister off?"

"..."

Kuang Xu: "Why can Shen Yanci be the older brother, but I can't?"

"What's your use? Can you collect gold coins or drive a car?"

"..."

Kuang Xu and Lin Shi started arguing.

Qin Zhao glanced at Shen Yanci: "I've contacted a driver, you don't need to take me."

She told Lin Shi, "You and Kuang Xu can chat slowly, and drink less."

Lin Shi replied, "Send me a message when you arrive."

Qin Zhao hummed in agreement.

It was really cold at night in winter, and Qin Zhao unconsciously hunched his shoulders.

The driver hadn't arrived yet, but she didn't really want to go back.

The moon, a cold, white disc, hung over the villa in the dark sky, looking as desolate as a scene from a movie.

There were footsteps behind me.

Qin Zhao relaxed her hunched shoulders as a tall, slender figure came into her view.

Shen Yanci ignored her and drove the car out.

The car stopped in front of her.

Qin Zhao did not move.

The car window rolled down, revealing a sharply defined profile half-hidden in the shadows: "Want me to treat you?"

Qin Zhao: "It takes 3 hours to travel to and from London."

Shen Yanci tapped the steering wheel twice with his fingers, without even looking at her: "Don't flatter yourself, I didn't give you this ride specifically."

Qin Zhao pursed his lips, opened the back door, and got in.

Shen Yanci looked at her through the rearview mirror: "Am I your driver?"

Qin Zhao: "I originally called for a driver."

"..."

While the two were at an impasse, there was a knock on the passenger window and the car door was opened.

What followed was a cold wind and the scent of perfume mixed in with it.

Liang Shiyu looked at Shen Yanci and smiled, "I was just wondering how to get back. Can I hitch a ride with you?"

Don't flatter yourself, it wasn't specially given to you.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids.

Liang Shiyu seemed to only just notice Qin Zhao, waving at her and saying, "We meet again. You don't mind having one more person, do you?"

Qin Zhao nodded: "I didn't pay, so don't ask me."

"..."

Shen Yanci's expression was inscrutable.

Liang Shiyu paused for a moment, then chuckled twice: "You're so funny."

"Then I'll have to bother you." Liang Shiyu went straight to the passenger seat.

Shen Yanci: "You sit in the back."

"I get carsick," Liang Shiyu pouted. "I can chat with my sister here too."

Qin Zhao turned his head to look out the window.

She sneezed.

"Should we turn the air conditioner up a bit?" Liang Shiyu said, turning up the temperature of the air conditioner naturally.

Qin Zhao: "Thank you."

The car was moving.

Liang Siyu actually started chatting with her: "Yanci and Linshi grew up together. You are Linshi's sister, so you must know him very well, right?"

Qin Zhao remained expressionless: "He's right next to you. You can ask him directly if you have any questions."

Liang Shiyu looked in the rearview mirror: "Why do I get the feeling that you don't really like Yan Ci?"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, Shen Yanci's face hidden in the shadows, his expression unreadable.

Liang Shiyu smiled and said in a familiar tone, "I was just kidding. He was indeed a bit aloof at first, but once you get to know him, you'll find that he's an exceptionally outstanding person who makes you feel very safe."

Music flowed through the car.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids and didn't reply.

Liang Shiyu: "Is your younger sister dating anyone?"

Qin Zhao: "Do you guys really like asking these kinds of questions on the first meeting?"

Liang Shiyu smiled and said, "Who else asked you?"

Qin Zhao: "What an idiot."

"..."

Liang Shiyu glanced at Shen Yanci, then smiled: "I just think you're very pretty, and I bet a lot of boys like you. I was just complimenting you, nothing more, don't be angry." Qin Zhao: "I look like my mother."

"..."

Qin Zhao paused for a moment: "Beautiful."

"Thank you."

"..."

Liang Shiyu was quiet for a moment: "Which hotel are you going to?"

Qin Zhao gave his name, and Liang Shiyu glanced at the map: "You're closer than me, so take your sister there first."

Music played in the car, and Liang Shiyu swayed to the rhythm a couple of times, exclaiming with delight, "My favorite song!"

Qin Zhao leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and lay flat.

She took a nap.

She woke up five minutes before the car stopped, her eyes barely open.

The outside is all neon lights.

She pulled her scarf up to cover her eyes, and after a while, she opened them.

The car stopped.

She blinked, preparing to get off the bus.

Liang Shiyu unbuckled her seatbelt and looked at Shen Yanci: "Thank you for taking me home."

"..."

Shen Yanci: "It was just on the way."

"..."

Liang Shiyu looked at Qin Zhao: "I'm home. It should be another half hour from my house to your hotel. Why don't you get some more sleep?"

"..."

Waking up one day allows one to forgive the whole world; one's heart should be filled with boundless tolerance and peace.

Qin Zhao suddenly felt a lump in his throat.

After getting out of the car, Liang Shiyu knocked on the window: "You've been driving for two hours. Drive carefully on the road. Bye."

The headlights were turned off, leaving only the ambient lighting inside the car, which glowed quietly.

Qin Zhao looked out the window, and after a while, he realized that Shen Yanci was indeed driving at a snail's pace.

"..."

Qin Zhao: "Perhaps you can drive a little faster than a snail?"

Shen Yanci's tone remained unchanged: "I'm very sleepy. Are you sure you want to rush me?"

"..."

Qin Zhao really wants to live right now: "Pull over and get out to clear your head."

Shen Yanci parked the car on the side of the road, grabbed something, and got out.

It wasn't until the scarlet light came on that she saw that Shen Yanci was holding a cigarette.

He leaned lazily against the hood of the car, white smoke blurring his face, making him look somewhat dejected.

Qin Zhao found it difficult to connect the three words: smoke, decadence, and Shen Yanci.

Two years is really a long time, so they are all very different now.

Shen Yanci smoked half a cigarette and waited outside for a few minutes before coming in.

The chill and the smell of tobacco seeped in together.

Qin Zhao coughed twice and covered his nose with his scarf.

Shen Yanci glanced at her: "Cough?"

Qin Zhao gave a muffled "hmm": "When did you start smoking?"

Shen Yanci blinked slightly and tapped the steering wheel with his finger: "Two years ago, about four months after the breakup."

Qin Zhao's fingers curled up slightly.

Neither of them spoke.

The car moved forward at a steady speed, while the neon lights kept receding.

Finally, we stopped in front of the hotel.

Qin Zhao said thank you.

As she got off the bus, she paused again: "Are you going back to Oxford today or tomorrow?"

"tomorrow."

Qin Zhao nodded: "Be careful on the road."

The tightness in her chest dissipated, leaving only a slight swelling.

The clock in the lobby pointed to 12:05.

Qin Zhao looked at the large bell and remembered that it was New Year's Eve. She lowered her eyelids and said, "Happy New Year's Eve."

After she entered the lobby, the cars outside stopped for five minutes before driving back into the night.

Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng arrived a little after 1 p.m., and Qin Zhao and Lin Shi went to pick them up at the airport.

谢谢梨槿江、书友 20250414142719996、书友202503214521、清欢0086、谢朓、梦蝶、6_ba、芮、书友 202504247754宝宝们的月票！



(End of this chapter)