Meanwhile, she sat down next to the little bun and didn’t do anything
except close her eyes to sleep.
All night, Chang Li had dragged her around to drink with people; it
would’ve been even more surprising if her head wasn’t hurting.
After waking up from the short nap, Ning Xi felt that her leg was warm.
She looked down to see the little bun clinging to her, clutching the hem of
what she was wearing.
Ning Xi couldn’t help but laugh.
When she had still been living in the countryside, she had raised a cat.
It had been especially cowardly and was deeply afraid of people. The moment it
saw anyone, the cat would run. However, if you didn’t pay the cat any
attention, it would slowly lower its guard after understanding you didn’t mean
it any harm, and the cat would then start to cling to you, and even climb onto
your knee to sleep.
The little bun noticed her gaze and his small face went red with
embarrassment, but he no longer showed any fear like before, and instead was
filled with curiosity.
He really resembled that cat, so much so that even his facial expression
was the same.
Ning Xi curled her lips and felt her hand itching until she couldn’t
restrain herself, and tousled the little boy’s hair.
When she touched his, she frowned.
Why was his forehead so hot?
“So you have a fever?”
Chang Li was going to lock her up in here at least until tomorrow, after
the audition was over, and maybe even longer after that.
If this child were to continue burning with fever, it could prove to be
quite fatal.
In her moment of panic, she realized something wasn’t right. The light
in the storeroom had obviously died earlier, so why was there still light
inside this place?
Lifting her head, she realized there was a very small skylight overhead
which was letting light in. Searching the storeroom, Ning Xi found a ladder,
which she placed beneath the window,
“Little Bun, come here! I’ll help you escape!”
The little guy showed a reaction for the first time. He shook his little
head, and seemed determined not to leave.
Looking at him, Ning Xi understood what he meant, and smiled while
pinching his cheeks.
“Why do you speak of loyalty? Do you want to stay and suffer with me? Go
up, the window’s too small for me, so I can’t leave with you. But you can head
out and find someone to come save me.”
Seeing the kid’s hesitation, Ning Xi picked him up directly and put him
on the ladder.
“Quick, be a man. Don’t waver. I’ll be down here guarding you!”
After finally delivering the child safely outside, Ning Xi went down the
ladder, but started to feel dizzy. In that moment of sudden lightheadness, she
slipped and fell.
Outside the window, the little bun’s originally expressionless face
contorted in terror as he witnessed the scene.
Ning Xi forced a word out. “Leave…”
Under the starlight, her face was pale and fragile, but it did not
overshadow her ethereal beauty. Her eyes, especially, held a sparkling and
spirited elegance that mirrored an ocean brimming with a constellation of
stars.
She was no longer the same country bumpkin and ungly duckling from the
past.
However, what use was that?
Ning Xi smiled bitterly. She hadn’t gotten her revenge yet, and here she
was, about to die from a fall.
At least before dying, she had accomplished good deed; she had saved the
little bun.
If her child had not died that year, he would probably have been the
same age.
Five years ago, after that car accident, the Ning family, ashamed of
her, had sent her to M country, to a miscellaneous university for profligate,
second-generation rich kids. They had left her to fend for herself.
She had withdrawn from that school to apply for Nanjia University, where
she went crazy learning whatever she could.
Because she wanted to defeat Ning Xueluo. To reclaim all of what should
have been hers!
Most importantly, acting was her untimate dream.
After returning to the country, she had used her looks and talent to
gain Chang Li’s attention. She then successfully entered one of the biggest
entertainment companies, Starlight Entertainment.
Originally, the path under Starlight should have been vast with
possibilities. But then Ning Xueluo also entered the company, and then bribed
Chang Li to constantly suppress Ning Xi…
