On the other side.
The An family was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface.
After leaving Yuande Restaurant, An Baowei drove her flashy Maserati and left.
“For the next half month, don’t bother me unless it’s urgent. I’m going on a vacation abroad with my boyfriend! Goodbye, Dad, Mom, and Brother!”
An Baowei tilted her head sweetly, waved to the few people from inside the car, and stepped on the accelerator, speeding away.
At the moment the car turned and left, An Baowei put away her fake sweet smile, and her cute little face almost wrinkled together.
Obvious irritability, anxiety, and a sense of powerlessness towards reality.
Ever since her family had the addition of a half-brother from her father’s extramarital affair, she stubbornly moved out of the old mansion.
It was her silent dissatisfaction and protest, unable to accept her father, whom she had always admired, was unfaithful to her mother.
The behavior of parents has a great impact on children. An Baowei no longer believed in love as much as before and began to suspect her childhood sweetheart boyfriend.
Whenever she saw her boyfriend talking to other women, even if it was just about work, An Baowei would imagine endless green grasslands above her head1.
In order to appease her, her boyfriend decided to take her on a vacation abroad to help her clear her mind and dispel the clouds in her heart.
After An Baowei left alone in her cool Maserati, the two drivers from the An family also drove their respective cars out.
An Huaijiu and his wife sat in the same car, while An Jingxian and Qi Xiao sat in another car together.
In fact, they were trying to maintain a facade of harmony, otherwise the latter two would have definitely chosen to sit in separate cars.
As soon as An Jingxian got in the car, he pretended to close his eyes and rest, with a handsome face that seemed to say “Do not disturb”.
In fact, he had long wanted to move out and live on his own.
One day, his assistant suddenly became his older brother due to his father’s extramarital affair. In the future, they would also be competing for the family inheritance. It would be best to be out of sight and out of mind.
But in order to reassure his mother and compete for a greater competitive edge, he couldn’t be as willful as his younger sister An Baowei.
Qi Xiao tilted hi head and noticed An Jingxian’s eyelashes twitched twice, so he knew that An Jingxian was actually avoiding having a direct conversation with him.
He raised the corner of his mouth in a half-smile, deliberately using a tone that seemed regretful but was actually provocative, and said:
“Oh, how could it be like this? Little brother, you don’t look bad either. How can Miss Lu think you’re not suitable for her just because she has become more beautiful?”
An Jingxian : “……”
What does Qi Xiao mean by saying he doesn’t look bad? It’s a bit infuriating!
But forget it, let it go like a dog barking.
An Jingxian continued to pretend to close his eyes and ignore Qi Xiao, while Qi Xiao continued with a tone of pretended regret:
“It seems that the rumors are true. Miss Lu is indeed obsessed with looks, otherwise she wouldn’t have gone through the pain of plastic surgery.
“Now that she has become a heavenly beauty, we can’t even hope to reach her level. It seems it’s worth it to endure some pain.
“My dear little brother, should I ask her which plastic surgery clinic she went to and help you get in touch with them?”
An Jingxian couldn’t help it anymore when he heard this. He opened his eyes, pulled up the corner of his mouth, and sarcastically replied, “Huh, you better go ask yourself, because compared to me, you need to contact that plastic surgery clinic more.”
An Jingxian reached up and touched his messy hair, full of confidence in his own looks.
He looked proudly at Qi Xiao, whose mouth was stiff and face was turning purple, and continued to speak, “After all, Yan Tingshen is the most handsome man in our Jiangbei City. If I were a woman, I would choose to marry him.”
- “green head” is often used as a metaphor for being cheated on (in a relationship). The sentence here is an exaggeration of that. ↩︎