Chapter 683 - 688: Childhood Memories
Leaving the research base, Ling Chen took Nanrong Wanqing back to the car and slowly drove onto the road.
Throughout the journey, Nanrong Wanqing barely spoke, maintaining silence. Seeing this, Ling Chen couldn’t help but ask, "What’s the matter?"
"It’s nothing," Nanrong Wanqing replied indifferently. "I was just thinking, if it had been me back then, maybe I would be the one who could help you now, not Zhu Xiaozhu."
Hearing this inexplicable remark, Ling Chen asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"
"Have you always been curious about why the relationship between me and Zhu Xiaozhu isn’t very friendly?"
Ling Chen nodded, this had indeed piqued his curiosity. Unfortunately, whether it was Nanrong Wanqing or Zhu Xiaozhu, neither of them had ever been willing to speak out. Now that Nanrong Wanqing brought it up, could it be that she was preparing to tell him the reason?
Thinking this, Ling Chen immediately shut his mouth, adopting a posture of listening attentively.
"You should know that the Nanrong family has a good relationship with the Zhu Family. When we were little, since our parents weren’t around, my grandfather would be worried about me staying at home alone and getting sick, so every year he would send me to stay with the Zhu Family in Beijing for a while to have Zhu Hong and Zhu Xiaozhu keep me company. When I was five or six years old, my relationship with Xiaozhu was very good, like real sisters. As we grew older, our relationship got even better. However, something happened at that time. It was also then that our relationship began to crack."
"What happened?"
"Xiaozhu was bright and talented, and we both were very gifted. Back then, Shi Su of the Shi Family wanted to take a disciple and specifically approached the Zhu Family. She was impressed by Xiaozhu’s talents and wanted to take her on as a disciple. Coincidentally, I was at the Zhu family’s house at that time. Shi Su originally came looking for Xiaozhu, but that day Xiaozhu happened to be out, and I was the only one playing in the courtyard. Shi Su had never seen Xiaozhu and mistook me for her, and so she struck up a conversation with me."