Flower Girl
Translated by nightcache
Edited and translated by anks and greenapple
Meng Xiaonan forces a smile under Xiao Mingluo’s fiery stare. She bites down hard on her lower lip as she procures her hard-earned money, dividing it in half before shutting her eyes tightly as she hand half of it to him.
A light suddenly flashes in his eyes, Xiao Mingluo unceremoniously collects the money and puts it inside his front coat pocket. He looks at Meng Xiaonan satisfyingly. “Girl, I didn’t realize you have business acumen. Next time, if I am short of money, I would consider working with you again.”
Meng Xiaonan offers a hollow laugh. “You overpraise… .”
Joking aside, Xiao Mingluo suddenly remembers something
important. Patting her on the back, he says, “An Chuxia, that girl wants me to send you home, but I have to stay for the examination. To say this simply, I can’t test worse than that bastard, Hanyu. So, you must stay here, wait, and don’t run around. I will call one of my subordinates to drive you home. Just tell them your address. I’m leaving.”
Her smile remains plastered on her face. She replies with indifference, “Since this is the case, I will be blunt. You (formal) take care, I pray your results will surpass that bastard’s.”
He nods in satisfaction before leaving. He doesn’t witness Meng Xiaonan spitting on the spot upon where he
he stood. After he has walked away, she finally curses. “What kind of a person are you? Why should this old woman share half of her hard-earned money? This is inhuman, you f**ker!”
However… a smile replaces her anger! It is fortunate that her unparalleled cunning ability to scam gullible students is only witnessed by Xiao Mingluo. So, she is fortunate!
Her hand reaches into her other pocket and fishes out another set of folded bills. Luckily, her eyes are fast, and her hands are swift enough to stash away several notes in her other pocket. Otherwise, she would’ve definitely been in a deficit!
While she’s patting herself on the back on how sharp she is, a black
a black limousine suddenly parks in front of her. A middle-aged man exits the car; this person must be Xiao Mingluo’s subordinate.
Sure enough, this person spots Meng Xiaonan, and then respectfully approaches her, asking, “Excuse me, may I ask if you are the florist lady that our young master asked me to pick up?”
Florist…lady? My god*! Meng Xiaonan’s face immediately becomes ashen. Nevertheless, feeling helpless, she cannot say she is not and decline this free of charge limousine ride.
Clenching her teeth, she exposes a smile, more unsightly than crying, before answering, “I am, I will inconvenience you to send me home… .”
The car expediently drives out through the Stein Royal College’s main gate. Coincidentally, the bell Coincidentally, the bell rings at this time, commencing the start of the second exam….
An hour later, An Chuxia rubs her tired eyes, wanting to just blank out for a moment. But just then, the class teacher comes in to explain the doubts regarding the ‘Countryside-wide Adventure’ exercise.
Regarding the Countryside-wide Adventure, An Chuxia’s brain completely wakes up from her sluggishness. She straightens herself before leaning towards her seat-mate, Fei Lixiya, and whispering, “Countryside-wide adventure exercise should be very exciting, right?”
Who knew Fei Lixiya would immediately display an expression of extreme dread, and An Chuxia could clearly see meticulous beads of sweat on her forehead.
That expression of horror is the same as seeing a Sadako.