Ruan Jing Tian felt his whole body heated up as those sweet words travel to his ear. His tongue got paralyzed as he stares at Xia Sha in disbelief. His knee got weak as he blabbered unknown words.
"Ba, Wha. Ad?"
"Uh-huh. You look pretty adorable when you take care of your friend like this. It's a pity I knew how degenerate your behavior before," Xia Sha's completed her sentence.
Ruan Jing Tian: "..."
Ruan Jing Tian's face darkened as he sternly glares at Xia Sha. He is ready to spat some venomous words when he saw Xia Sha's gleeful face. Recalling how sad she looked before, Ruan Jing Tian swallows his anger and only rolls her eyes.
"Should have known I can't expect more from you."
"Hehehe. I'm just kidding. I'm so grateful to have you in my life! I'm sure Zheng Shuang and Kai Xin felt the same," Xia Sha were sincere this time. Her intense looked makes Ruan Jing Tian stunned.
Her smiles were intoxicating. Ruan Jing Tian's heart always beats faster when he see that sweet smile. He looked at the pregnancy brochure in his hand and shooked his head weakly.
Why he put so much effort into this little friendship they had? He didn't want to be a hypocritical person, but he is the one who wears the thickest mask all along.
Would he even care about this girl friendship if this isn't the only way to interact closely with Xia Sha? At least, that is his pure intention in the beginning. He wanted to chase Xia Sha.
The rest is him today, stuck in a friendship zone and watching his love falling in love with another man.
"I'm grateful for you too," he subconsciously voiced out his mind.
"Well, Me too, my friend. Me too," Xia Sha stabbed another knife on Ruan Jing Tian's heart with the word 'friend.'
Ruan Jing Tian scoffed and averted his gaze. He pretends to read the brochure and ignore Xia Sha.
Small smiles linger on Xia Sha's face as she took a deep breath. She felt calmer and composed after laughing with Ruan Jing Tian. After she becomes clear-headed, she remembers that her phone seems to vibrate before.
She pulled out her phone and found one miss called from Xia Xiang and a random number. She checked on Xia Xiang's profile first as she left some message on Wei Xian.
XX: Xia Sha! Meng Ran is boarding insane!
XX: She forced me to let her move into the manor and settle her CV to the Xia Corporation!
XX: I told her that I couldn't possibly do that.
XX: I can't even get into the corporation myself!
XX: How the hell can I help her?
XX: I heard about grandfather? Is he alright?
XX: Meng Ran said she wanted to move in tomorrow.
XX: What should I do?
The last message was two minutes ago. Reading about Meng Ran's greedy appetite makes her disgusted and enraged. She could understand if she tried to work for their competitor and fought head to head with her.
But she grew like a parasite. Meng Ran slowly sucking all the nutrients and scheme behind the person who had helped her before.
Xia Sha is angry. How can this type of person become her threat? Meng Ran is constantly meddling with her life despite lacking resources and ability. It's like a slap on her face.
Maybe Xiao Ni is right. She has grown weak these past few years. She can't even cut and throw this parasite called Meng Ran away.
She ponders for a while before she answers Xia Xiang carefully.
Xia Sha: First, don't let her enter the manor. Let her stay in the R apartment for now. What she wanted is a luxurious place to live, something she couldn't afford without Ling Guang. Act reluctant, don't make her alerted.
Xia Sha: You can do whatever with her CV. She wouldn't be able to join anyway.
This time, she needs to throw Meng Ran far away from her life.
"Ruan Jing Tian, I need your help again!"
***
The very next day, Meng Ran got discharged from the hospital. Carrying two big suitcases, she enters her new apartment Xia Sha's had arranged for her.
"Xia Xiang bitch, she kept saying she did not own a lot of money when she owned this apartment all along!" She cursed loudly.
Meng Rang felt satisfied, yet furious at the same time. Xia Xiang claimed that she could only lend her the apartment Xia Qi Feng had forgotten. However, this apartment is three times bigger than her previous apartment Ling Guang bought for her!
This whole time she spends money whenever Xia Xiang complained about his little allowance felt like a slap in her face.
If Xia Xiang, the unfavored daughter, were given a property like this, imagine what Xia Qi Feng bought for Xia Sha! No wonder she always acted so high and arrogant!
Meng Ran promised! she will destroy that smug smile the next time she saw her. When that time came, she will laugh at her pretty face and steal Guan Xian from her.
'How can you be so confident that you could steal Guan Xian from Xia Sha?' Xia Xiang's voice rang on her brain as she smirked like a maniac.
"HAHAHA! How? Of course, I will let Guan Xian see her real face. I will tear the nice mask she wears around Guan Xian! That scheming and wicked witch!" She shouted to empty air, pointing to somewhere.
'Wicked bitch? That nickname belongs to you!' another voice rang on her mind.
"NO! SHUT UP! XIA SHA IS THE WICKED BITCH!" Meng Ran kicked her suitcase angrily. She could not control her anger as the voice keep coming into her mind.
'She is not a wicked bitch! She is respectable! She was born as a princess while you were her servant. When will you understand this? You-Are-Nothing-Agasint-Xia-Sha!' The voice screams on Meng Ran's head.
Meng Ran shooked her head frantically. She shouted and closed her ears tightly with her hand.
"NO! SHE IS NOTHING AGAINST ME! I RUINED HER LIFE ONCE. I WILL DO IT AGAIN! I STEAL LING GUANG ONCE, I WILL STEAL GUAN XIAN AGAIN! MARK MY WORDS!" She shouted to no one in the room.
In her head, she saw that horrible woman. A wicked witched that ruined her life from the start. Her hair was messy and greasy. She wears a sack as her clothes and eating rotten vegetables from the garbage.
"You see that woman? That is your mother! You were born from her womb, that crazy woman! How can you compare to me?" That taunting voice starts to become clear as Meng Ran saw the apartment changes.
She has come back to the little alley from her childhood. Place where it's all started. Standing next to her was Meng Wen, her stepsister.
They share the same father, but they live a completely different life. Meng Bang is one fucked up man who can't keep his pants. He had married Meng Wen's mother for lust. And he knocked up a crazy woman around their little alleyed the very next day.
That crazy woman is Meng Ran's biological mother.
Little Meng Ran had to faced hatred and disgusting gazes from her stepmother and stepsister from the day she was born. They bullied and hit her countless time. For Meng Ran, that little alley is her nightmare.
"You see that woman? That is your mother! You were born from her womb, that crazy woman! How can you compare to me?" Meng Wan always said that to her every time she comes back with a better score than Meng Wang.
"You wish you were better than me when you are nothing than a daughter from that idiot woman. She wears trash, eating trash, and living like trash! Your mother is trash! So you were also trash!" Meng Wang's words had Little Meng Ran furious.
"MY MOM IS NOT A TRASH!" She shouted and pushed Meng Wen to the rough brick behind where she stood. She then runs away out from the alley. She just wanted to leave her old life and die!
That is what she thought when she watched the car rushing on the road. However, she was scared when she watch how fast they move. In a serious thought of suicide, Meng Ran felt her stomach grumble.
Next to the alley was a famous market, they sold many delicious things over there. Little Meng Ran went to the market with the hope to filled her stomach with something. She stopped at a corndog stall, it smells so delicious that she drools on the sideways.
The aunty looked busy as she served the customer. In between that customer, Little Meng Rang saw a very beautiful jie-jie (older sister). She is taller and older than little Meng Ran, but she has someone carrying her as she ordered some Corn dog to the aunty.
That jie jie wear very beautiful clothes and the man who carried her were kissing her cheek countless time. Meng Ran looks at herself and start to felt her heart hurting.
How she wishes, she was born loved like that Jie Jie.