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Huo Xiaoyang had a light smile on him. “Mmm.”
“He is still silly like he was before and he said he didn’t recognize me. How is he so annoying?” Huo Xiaoyue leaned against her brother’s legs. “I thought I would be single for life if I can’t marry him but he already has a wife now.”
Huo Xiaoyang listened to his sister attentively.
“That woman can approach Lu Jue and even touch him.” Huo Xiaoyue complained. “She isn’t even as pretty as I am. Lu Jue needs to have his eyes checked.”
Huo Xiaoyang shook his head helplessly. His sister has a flaw – she only liked good-looking people.
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After Huo Xiaoyue had left, Ning Zhi lowered her head and looked at Lu Jue. “Do you really not recognize Huo Xiaoyue?”
Lu Jue looked up at her blankly with his cherry-blossom eyes. “Who?”
Ning Zhi’s lips curved upward. She continued to ask, “Huo Xiaoyue said her brother saved you in the past?”
Lu Jue’s lips were pinched shut. After a little while, he said, “I don’t know.”
Not being able to find the answer, Ning Zhi just changed the subject. “Why were you so happy when you heard me telling you that Huo Xiaoyue was here to visit you?”
He produced seven little suns. Exactly how happy was he?
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Huo Xiaoyue was stunned when she saw Ning Zhi got close to Lu Jue. She even saw Ning Zhi touching Lu Jue’s ear with her lips.
Lu Jue didn’t turn her down nor did he avoid her!
It was exactly what Mother Lu had said. Lu Jue only allowed Ning Zhi to get close to him.
Huo Xiaoyue had been paying Lu Jue attention since grade school. She knew very well how much Lu Jue didn’t like to be touched.
He never talked to anyone and had no friends.
All the way until graduating senior high school, she always thought that Lu Jue would always be a loner.
He would spend his entire life quietly, and by himself.
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Mother Lu, “Back in grade school, Xiao Jue had been bullied by a few boys in his class and was locked inside the bathroom. Xiao Yue was the one who informed the teacher to go and get him.”
Mother Lu’s tone sounded very appreciative. “The teacher only gave the boys verbal warnings and I never found out about it. Luckily, Xiao Yue wrote me a letter and told me about it. Xiao Jue would continue to be bullied by those boys otherwise.”
Huo Xiaoyue was the girl who brought the teacher?
Ning Zhi was surprised.
She looked at the girl. The little girl’s cute round face had grown and her features had become more delicate. She could still see a hint of her look when she was a kid.
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“Wait.” Director Wang cried out. “What’s with your makeup today, Lin Tiantian. Why is it completely different than how it was before? We are reshooting some of the scenes. The audiences would be able to tell the differences right away like this.”
Director Wang wanted to film in high definition. He strongly disliked having too much post-production editing. As such, he had very high standard for the actor’s makeup.
He was never a fan of the female lead, Lin Tiantian. Her acting was awful but she liked to act like she was somebody. He would never have used her if not for her pretty face and that she matched his requirement as well as the image of the female lead.
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The change in her own face shape and that Ning Zhi’s skin tone becoming lighter than it was, all of these pointed to the fact that the minor crack on her jade pendant might lead to Ning Zhi’s halo returning back to her.
But, why was it that she couldn’t take them back again?
Lin Tiantian studied Ning Zhi stealthily and noticed that Ning Zhi looked lively. The air of sadness and disgruntlement were gone from between her eyes.
“You are in my way. Something’s the matter?” asked Ning Zhi with her brows raised.
Lin Tiantian recollected herself. The Ning Zhi now was very different than how she was before. She was distant, cold and, most importantly, she didn’t seem to dislike Lu Jue anymore? She was no longer disgruntled about being with him.
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She uploaded the picture onto the account and even added a little sun emoji.
When she was done, she reached for Lu Jue’s phone.
His phone did not have a password set and Ning Zhi was able to unlock it easily. She noticed that there was not one app on there that did not come with the phone. Never mind about any mobile games, he didn’t even have any chatting apps.
It was very neat.
Ning Zhi did a bunch of work on it.
By the time Lu Jue came out of the bathroom, she had already registered an account for him and added herself as his friend.
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It was the morning and it was quiet around her. The morning breeze blew past and the light blue curtain waved gently in the wind.
Ning Zhi summoned Overlord the minute that she had woken up.
“How come I was able to touch things and appeared in front others suddenly during my trip yesterday? More importantly, my last little sun disappeared.”
She had been wanting to ask since the night before.
Overlord: [Host, whenever you consume a little sun, you will be able to touch things and appear in front of others. The time limit is one minute.] Ning Zhi was shocked. “I can consume one little sun and appear in front of others and touch solid objects?”
Overlord: [That is correct.]
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Ning Zhi sat down next to little Lu Jue in front of the desk.
Holding onto little Lu Jue’s hand, she started to write: Aunty Lu, a few boys in class had been bullying little Lu Jue and locked him up in the bathroom. The teacher knew about this as well. The boys are not afraid of the teacher so Aunty Lu must protect Classmate Lu Jue.
Ning Zhi tried her best to imitate the hand writing of a grade school student and, when she was done writing, she held onto little Lu Jue’s hands and folded the letter up.
The servant found a letter at the front door with the recipient’s name on it. She carried the letter back inside of the house.
Ning Zhi followed behind the maid, hoping that she would quickly hand the letter over to Mother Lu.
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Ning Zhi only wanted to shove a rag inside of this chubby little boy’s mouth.
She held onto little Lu Jue as hard as she could but he was still shoved by the chubby little boy. Ning Zhi was frantic. She didn’t want to see him locked up again.
Ning Zhi was annoyed that she could get here but there were so much that she couldn’t do. She would watch little Lu Jue be bullied and there was nothing that she could do.
If only she could appear, or touch other solid objects, she would not feel as helpless as she did right now.
“GHOST!” Screamed one of the little boys when he looked over next to Lu Jue.