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

Chapter 224 He was quite adorable when he was little.

Just how tired are they?

Qin Zhao frowned as she looked at him, only to be caught off guard by a pair of dark eyes.

Her expression relaxed slightly, showing little emotion: "We'll be at your house soon."

Shen Yanci's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he hummed in response.

Qin Zhao withdrew his gaze and turned his face back to the window.

She saw Lin Shi's update on her WeChat Moments while scrolling through her feed that evening, and casually clicked on it.

He said, "I'm exhausted."

Kuang Xu: "You'll actually have such self-awareness one day?"

Qin Zhao gave it a thumbs up.

Then I saw Liang Shiyu's WeChat Moments post about returning to China.

Qin Zhao swiped his finger across the top of the screen twice, looked at it for two seconds, and then tapped "Exit".

Kuang Xu asked her to go out, but she declined and stayed home all day.

She went downstairs just before dinner.

I saw a tall figure near the refrigerator.

She poured herself a glass of water: "Brother, when did you get back? You didn't even send a message to let me know."

Lin Shi didn't speak.

Qin Zhao: "Brother."

He still didn't speak.

She frowned, her tone slightly annoyed, and walked over: "Lin Shi—"

Upon seeing her face, she choked up.

Her brows furrowed slightly, her lips parted, and she lowered her eyelids: "What are you doing here?"

Shen Yanci half-closed his eyelids, his gaze fixed on her.

She didn't seem to know how to style her hair; she just haphazardly tied it into a bun, or rather, a messy bunch of hair that made her face look small.

Her lips were pursed, and she couldn't quite describe her happiness.

He said, "Aunt Qin invited me to come over for dinner."

She gave a curt "oh" and went upstairs to her room.

It was only when he passed by the full-length mirror that Qin Zhao noticed his unique style.

She closed her eyes briefly and pulled the rubber band off.

During the meal, Qin Qiong, Lin Zheng, and Shen Yanci chatted quite lively, while Qin Zhao buried his head in his food.

Qin Qiong and Lin Zheng exchanged a glance, then brought up the topic again, with Qin Zhao giving a few perfunctory replies.

Qin Qiong: "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

When Qin Zhao looked up, she accidentally met Shen Yanci's gaze. She shook her head at Qin Qiong, then added with another reason, "I've been at home all day, and I'm a little bored."

"I'm so bored." Qin Qiong chuckled. "Yan Ci has just returned to China. Do you want to take him out for a stroll tomorrow?"

"..."

Qin Zhao: "He knows this place better than I do."

“It’s been so long, things have changed.” Qin Qiong mentioned a few places. “Would you like to go to an amusement park? There’s a new one near Qianhu Lake. Yan Ci hasn’t been there yet, has he?”

"No."

That's perfect—

"I'm starting school the day after tomorrow," Qin Zhao said, looking at Qin Qiong. "I want to stay with you."

"You," Qin Qiong said with a hint of reproach, but without any real blame, and she didn't mention taking Shen Yanci out to play anymore.

Shen Yanci lowered his eyelids, the light casting a shadow under his eyelashes, and the blue veins on the back of his hand became more noticeable due to the force he exerted.

Qin Zhao couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he went downstairs for a stroll.

She saw the figure by the refrigerator and sighed, "Can't you go back to your own home?"

Lin Shi took a swig of cola and didn't hear clearly: "Huh? What do you mean, 'my own home'?"

Qin Zhao was startled: "When did you get back?"

"just."

"..."

Why didn't you send a message?

Lin Shi: "I didn't expect you to still be awake."

"Can't sleep again?" He took a sip of his cola, his makeup still on. "Didn't you take melatonin?"

Qin Zhao: "I allowed myself to not be able to sleep on Saturday night."

"..."

Qin Zhao: "How many days have you been home?" "Not many. I have two events going on recently, and since it's not far from home, I came back."

Qin Zhao responded with an "oh".

When she wanted to stay in bed longer, Qin Qiong would let her sleep a little longer.

She slept until after 9 a.m.

As expected, I saw Shen Yanci again at noon.

In the afternoon, Lin Shi asked her and Shen Yanci to play games, but she wasn't very interested.

Qin Zhao returned to Lanting Bay at 9 pm.

After dinner, Lin Shi asked for childhood photos, so Qin Zhao snuggled up on the sofa with Qin Qiong and flipped through the photo album.

It contains photos of him from childhood to adulthood.

Individual, family, and collective.

Qin Qiong pointed to a group photo and asked Qin Zhao, "Can you tell which one is your brother?"

Qin Zhao found it in less than five seconds.

Qin Qiong: "Zhaozhao is so amazing."

Qin Zhao gave a smug "hmm," and she only said one thing: Lin Shi has always been pretentious.

Below is a photo of two people.

Qin Zhao's gaze lingered on the person next to Lin Shi for a moment.

Qin Qiong: "Can you recognize who this is?"

Qin Zhao: "I don't know him."

Qin Qiong patted her head: "Did you and Yan Ci have a fight?"

"What could possibly gossip between us?" Qin Zhao quickly denied.

"I remember you two used to have a pretty good relationship," Qin Qiong said gently. "You used to call him Brother Yanci every day, why don't you call him that anymore?"

Qin Zhao remained silent for a few seconds, then took Qin Qiong's arm.

“Didn’t you say that everything changes after so much time?” Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids, feeling something slide down his throat. “He might not even want to hear me call him.”

How do you know he doesn't want to listen?

"..."

“Your brother told me everything.” Qin Qiong glanced at her. “Yan Ci just noticed that you weren’t treating him very well.”

“Although we had no choice, from Yan Ci’s perspective, it’s normal that he needs time to accept that you are a girl.”

"..."

"Besides, it would be abnormal for them to suddenly become so enthusiastic after such a long break in contact."

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids and remained silent.

Qin Qiong's voice was gentle as she pressed her cheek against Qin Zhao's head: "When you went to England, he accompanied you and even took you to the hospital."

“I also took him and Kuang Xu to eat at our school cafeteria.”

"Our Zhaozhao is so good."

Qin Zhao rubbed against Qin Qiong's arm and smiled.

Qin Qiong pointed it out to her: "This is the inkstone inscription."

Qin Zhao: "He was quite adorable when he was little."

That's pretty pretentious.

She added a sentence in her mind.

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "Back then he was a little shorter than when he was a child. Look how tall he's grown now."

Qin Zhao looked at it and said, "It seems to be a little shorter."

"I remember he seemed to have some heart problems when he was a child," Qin Qiong said, lost in thought.

Qin Zhao was taken aback: "A heart problem?"

"Can't you tell at all now?" Qin Qiong asked.

"Oh, right." She looked at Qin Zhao, "Yan Ci was hospitalized a few days ago. He's all alone here now, with no one to take care of him, so I invited him to our house for dinner."

Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment, his eyelashes trembling twice.

"What do you think? Should we let him come again?" Qin Qiong suggested. "If you're unhappy, I won't let him come anymore."

Qin Zhao pursed her lips: "I'm not unhappy."

Qin Qiong's face was full of disbelief.

Qin Zhao: "Is it serious?"

Ahhh, my darlings, the picture really kisses! The character designs of Zhao Zhao and Princess Shen are really kissing!
Does anyone have any ideas? Do you want to make pictures of Zhao Zhao from the early stages or the later stages?
You can specify your requirements, such as hair length, hair color, type of clothing, and overall appearance. If you have any reference images that match your vision of Zhao Zhao and Princess Shen, please send them to us.
I'll go communicate with them!! I'm so happy!

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