Meng Ruyi's breath caught in her throat. A chill spread from her heart to her limbs and bones. Fear gnawed at her heart like tiny insects.
Suddenly, she felt like laughing. When she saw Song Huaizhi in such a sorry state, she never thought that she wouldn't end up much better than him. Moreover, that imperial physician had disappeared without a trace. If the story continued like this, wouldn't she be captured too?
Compared with those people, the Meng family was like a floating duckweed trying to shake a big tree. They had no chance of resistance at all.
Song Huaizhi thought Meng Ruyi might just brush it off, but unexpectedly, her face suddenly turned deathly pale. She looked at him and smiled.
"Okay." Meng Ruyi's voice trembled slightly, but she said firmly to Song Huaizhi, "I'll help you, Brother Xiaosong. Your enemies are my enemies."
What had changed?
A flash of surprise quickly crossed Song Huaizhi's eyes, and an odd feeling flitted through his heart. "Okay."
"Why did you choose me?"
Meng Ruyi couldn't help but ask.
"Variables." Song Huaizhi's mood was visibly cheerful. He said to Meng Ruyi, "Let's go. I'll walk you back."
"Get up early tomorrow. From now on, get up early with me to study."
Meng Ruyi: ??????
Why did she suddenly feel like her feet were firmly on the ground?
...
The moonlight streamed into the room like water. Meng Ruyi had secretly opened a crack in the window just now. Lying in bed, she stared at the moonlight and the barrage in front of her.
This was just too absurd!
Meng Ruyi recalled her experiences in the past few days. First, she was forced to give away two gifts. Then, she met that little brat. Finally, she learned about her tragic life from the barrage and was forced to form an alliance with Song Huaizhi.
[Click click click. It's been so exciting today. The plot changes seem quite significant compared to the original. Ruyi is like a newly added villain character. Now she's in a villain alliance with Xiaosong! I'm waving the flag for the villains!]
[Can the villains defeat the protagonist? I'm tired of the old - fashioned plot. Just thinking about my baby Ruyi being tortured makes me feel so bad.]
[Are you crazy in the front? What did the female lead ever do to you? People like Meng Ruyi, who's so greedy for money, and Song Huaizhi, the amoral villain, are only liked by people like you. You're laughing at the old - fashioned plot?]
[If you don't like it, just get out! You don't like it but still come looking for trouble. I'm reporting you. People who start fights will surely die!]
Meng Ruyi, who had been full of worries, was distracted by these quarreling barrages. She couldn't help but feel a bit amused. Where did they get all this energy to keep arguing?
However, in the past few days, Meng Ruyi had noticed that compared to the initial barrages, more of them seemed to be friendly towards her. Some even called her "Baby Ruyi" or "Daughter Ruyi" all the time. Her intuition told her that this was a good thing. The on - lookers in the barrages didn't know that she could see their discussions, so she could really learn a lot from them.
It seemed that she wouldn't have any time to rest from now on. Since she had to go all the way to the capital with Song Huaizhi, she couldn't be too weak. Otherwise, Song Huaizhi might abandon her at any time, or the enemies who couldn't defeat Song Huaizhi might take their anger out on her.
It seemed that from now on, she had to try to test Song Huaizhi more and see if the barrages would reveal any new information. Moreover, she had to grow up quickly and take over the family business. Otherwise, she might even bleed from her heart just thinking about the travel expenses to the capital.
As she was thinking like this, a barrage flashed in front of her eyes -
[Good night, Baby Ruyi! I'm going to sleep too.]
Meng Ruyi suddenly felt a warm feeling in her heart. She silently replied good night in her heart and then closed her eyes to try to fall asleep.
It wasn't all that bad. At least she could see the barrages now and knew about her and Song Huaizhi's future.
...
When Meng Ruyi woke up, she felt that her life had suddenly entered an accelerated state. Song Huaizhi also stopped pretending in front of her. Once Meng Ruyi subconsciously slacked off, he would give her a cold look, and then her homework would double.
After the banquet, the Gu family gradually became lively. Occasionally, there would be people whom Meng Ruyi didn't recognize but whom Song Huaizhi would sneer at when he saw them come to visit.
Listening to Song Huaizhi introduce the family backgrounds of these people, Meng Ruyi was terrified. She felt that the once - distant capital suddenly seemed much closer, and the political struggles that should have nothing to do with her were gradually being laid out in front of her by Song Huaizhi.
However, these had nothing to do with her for the time being. She just had to learn the things in the books in front of her.
Seeing her distracted, Song Huaizhi subconsciously frowned and said coldly, "Pay attention."
Meng Ruyi was startled. Her hand supporting her face slipped, and she almost pushed the book to the ground. When she came back to her senses, she glared at Song Huaizhi discontentedly.
Song Huaizhi was almost amused by her. He said, "Since you don't want to study today, why don't you copy this book once? Reading a book a hundred times makes its meaning clear. I think copying it once is the same."
Meng Ruyi thought Song Huaizhi was doing it on purpose to make her copy the book.
She stared at him with wide eyes in disbelief. "I just got distracted for a moment!"
Since that day when the truth was out, Song Huaizhi had become more and more strict with Meng Ruyi. He no longer showed any mercy and didn't bother to pretend to be gentle like before.
Every day, Meng Ruyi regretted why she had spoken out instead of pretending not to know anything and muddling through for another year. But after that day, Meng Ruyi felt that she had finally caught a glimpse of the real Song Huaizhi instead of the gloomy Song Huaizhi who pretended to be from a fallen family.
Meng Ruyi vaguely felt that Song Huaizhi regarded her as a companion, so he no longer concealed his cold side and finally tore off that layer of disguise.
But he still acted the same way in front of Father Meng and Mother Meng! Thinking about this, Meng Ruyi felt inexplicably angry again.
The little girl glared at him angrily. Her face was a bit rounder than when they first met, but it still looked a bit pale and lacked color.
Song Huaizhi just wanted to remind her, but unexpectedly, Meng Ruyi suddenly showed her discontent. He was amused by her anger. He said to her, "Just got distracted? Then copying the book is just copying the book."
After saying that, he directly opened his book, pressed down the pages, and placed it in front of Meng Ruyi's desk. He looked down at her haughtily. "Start writing. I'll go and tell Auntie and the others later. I'll take you to dinner after you finish copying."
"Song -" Seeing that he was serious, Meng Ruyi was instantly furious. Looking at the thick book on the table, she didn't even want to call him Brother Xiaosong anymore. It seemed that she was about to call him by his name.
Song Huaizhi sneered. He bent his right index finger and tapped lightly on the table. There was no expression on his handsome face. He glanced at Meng Ruyi again.
Meng Ruyi was still unconvinced, but when their eyes met, she instantly lost her voice and couldn't say a word.
[Laughing so hard hahahaha. Ruyi is almost turning into a roasted fish from anger!]
[Have you noticed! Xiaosong is a bit more real only when he's facing Ruyi. Now he doesn't even bother to pretend in front of Ruyi. Aaaaaaaa! Only like this towards Ruyi! I'm so into this!]
[Hehe, kids are arguing. Hehe (perverted laugh)]
The barrages were filled with laughter. Meng Ruyi was even more angry. She wished she could stand up and scold both Song Huaizhi and the barrages, but she couldn't beat Song Huaizhi, and she couldn't out - scold those things with just her mouth.
So angry! So angry!
The tips of Meng Ruyi's ears turned slightly red. She took a deep breath and then reluctantly picked up the pen and started copying on the paper.
Seeing the scribbles on the paper, Song Huaizhi originally wanted to sneer, but when he realized what he was doing, his anger suddenly disappeared, and he even found it a bit funny.
He was really too angry. How could he argue with a ten - year - old stupid little girl!
Realizing this, Song Huaizhi originally wanted to tell Meng Ruyi to stop, but unexpectedly, when Meng Ruyi felt Song Huaizhi's gaze on her, she immediately snorted and continued writing without looking up.
Okay, then write.
Song Huaizhi simply dragged over a chair and sat down. He picked up the ledger he had brought to deal with and started to handle it slowly.