What a ridiculous question!
Zhou Heng laughed and asked, "Why do you think so?"
Ning Zhi bit her lip and remained silent.
But Zhou Heng also learned something about her from Ning Yu.
She was born prematurely. Not only was she frail and sickly since she was a child, she had been placed on a livable island by the Ning family to raise her. She had had little contact with people since she was a child.
And there is another thing that only the Ning family knows.
That means she is not mentally normal.
So Zhou Heng was not too surprised.
But her identity is Ning Yu's sister, and her relationship with him is subtle.
He asked in other words: "Why have you been avoiding me?"
He was very serious, so Ning Zhi pursed his lower lip and said, "You are my sister's man."
Zhou Heng looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
"You can't like me." Ning Zhi looked at him worriedly with moist eyes, as if he was trying to avoid him, "I'm afraid you will like me."
Zhou Heng didn't expect this kind of answer. He was stunned for a moment, laughed ridiculously, and said decisively: "You are overthinking, and this is not possible."
Ning Zhi stared at him with dark eyes, "Really?"
"Yes." Zhou Heng said patiently to reassure her: "To me, you are Xiaoyu's sister, and you are also my sister. You treat me as your brother and just get along with me normally. You don't have to think too much."
Ning Zhi: "Brother?"
"right."
Ning Zhi thought for a while, "I treat you as my brother, so I don't need to keep distance from you?"
Zhou Heng paused for a moment, "Yeah."
Ning Zhi's eyes instantly curled up like little crescent moons, she threw herself into his arms and hugged him, saying happily: "That's great, brother!"
The hug was too sudden. Zhou Heng paused for a moment, then pushed her away, stood up, and said softly: "Well, treat me as your brother from now on. Your sister and I have something to do today, so we'll leave first."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
He looked polite and considerate, but from the beginning to the end he showed a coldness in his bones, giving people a sense of distance.
Ning Zhi watched him quietly as he closed the door and left, then looked away with a smile.
Zhou Heng went out and found Ning Yu who was looking for him.
When Ning Yu saw him, she asked doubtfully: "Zhou Heng, where did you go just now? I can't find you anywhere."
Zhou Heng was about to say what happened just now, but when the words came to his lips, he paused for a moment when he looked at Ning Yu's confused eyes. When he spoke again, he said, "Bathroom."
Ning Yu said "oh" without any doubt, and said, "Then let's go."
She would never have thought that Zhou Heng was in Ning Zhi's room just now.
The two grew up together, and Ning Yu knew that Zhou Heng was a very sensible person. Even if there were any special circumstances and she wanted to enter Ning Zhi's room, he would agree if she called him.
This was also the reason why she didn't go to Ning Zhi's room to look for him.
Ning Zhi had just taken the college entrance examination, and now it was summer vacation, so he was busy at home every day.
After Zhou Heng left, she stayed in the room until the servant came to ask her to have lunch at noon, and then she went out.
There was still obvious blood on her skirt, and her legs could be seen feeling uncomfortable when walking.
But when the servant saw her, he just said in a formulaic manner, "Miss Third, you can have lunch."
Other than that, nothing else was said.
Ning Zhi ignored them and walked straight to the restaurant, picking up chopsticks to eat.
After eating, she stood up and left, and the servant next to her came over to clear the table without saying a word.
Ning Zhi returned to his room, closed the door, sat on the bed and read a book.
Just like that, at night, when I went downstairs, Shu He and Ning Yu came back. They were talking. Ning Yu frowned and looked unhappy, but Shu He didn't know what he said, so she laughed again. People were laughing and chatting.
However, before Ning Zhi came closer, the two of them saw her and stopped talking at the same time with a tacit understanding.
Shu He watched Ning Zhi come down, with a gentle smile on his lips, "Zhi Zhi, you came just in time. Mom has good news to tell you."
Ning Zhi smiled when he heard this, endured the discomfort in his legs and trotted to her, waiting expectantly.
Shu He glanced at her legs calmly, still smiling, "Grandpa will hold a banquet on the weekend to celebrate your return. By then, everyone in Haicheng will know that you are the little princess of the Ning family, happy What?"
Ning Zhi curled her eyes and cheered, "Happy!"
Seeing her smile, Shu He and Ning Yu looked at each other, and both of them pulled their lower lips with unclear meaning.
The weekend comes quickly.
Mr. Ning attached great importance to this banquet and hired a teacher to temporarily teach Ning Zhi the banquet etiquette.
Ning Zhi was called over early that morning.
On this day, she was told to behave and dressed up.
Ning Zhi was weak, so she fell asleep in the dressing room from exhaustion before the party started.
As the prospective son-in-law of the Ning family, Zhou Heng was naturally invited.
Because he had something to discuss with Mr. Ning, he came a little early.
After talking, he heard that Ning Yu went to the dressing room, so he went to find her.
Just opened the door, the lights were on but there was no one inside.
He opened the door and was about to go out, when his peripheral vision glanced at the sofa in the corner.
Lying on it was a petite woman.
She was wearing a peach-pink bubble pomelo dress, her thick long hair was messy and scattered underneath her body, and her small face was as white and soft as a dream.
She slept peacefully, her long eyelashes hanging down, her face soft and peaceful, her chest rising and falling with her breathing, her slender figure wrapped in a gorgeous dress, her whole figure looked like a beautifully wrapped gift.
Zhou Heng took one look and was about to leave, but suddenly he saw her body shaking non-stop, as if she was in a nightmare.
After all, she is Ning Yu's sister.
Zhou Heng stepped forward quickly, knelt down and patted her shoulder, "Ning Zhi, wake up."
Ning Zhi woke up under his slap. At that moment, she suddenly opened her eyes. Her empty eyes stared blankly and painfully at a point in the void. It wasn't until Zhou Heng called her again that she came back to her senses and looked at him.
A few seconds later, a string of tears fell down her eyes, and she called him, "Brother."
Zhou Heng looked at her suddenly pale face and asked in a low voice: "Are you having a nightmare?"
Ning Zhi said "Hmm" and hugged him, pressing her face against his chest like a kitten.
Zhou Heng hesitated for a few seconds and raised his hand, but seeing her uncomfortable look, he paused slightly and did not push her away immediately.
Someone happened to be passing by outside, and the sound of conversation came in.
"I heard that all the famous young masters from Haicheng will be here tonight."
"Of course, the master wants to choose a husband for the third lady."
"No? She's still so young."
"Otherwise, how could the master bring her back? With a big family like this, who doesn't understand that she, who was left alone on the island for more than ten years, was basically abandoned by the family. Now to bring her back, It’s just to see that she will be well-off and of some value when she grows up..."
The two people walked further and further away, and their voices were no longer clear.
Zhou Heng felt a touch of wetness on his neck.
He lowered his eyes and saw that Ning Zhi's face turned a little whiter. She nestled in his neck without saying a word, but her body was trembling.
His hand fell on her back at some point, patting her gently to comfort her.
Time passed silently, and after a long time, Ning Yu's voice on the phone came from outside the door again, "Okay, I guess she is still in the dressing room. I'll go in and take a look, and hang up first."
The next second, the door handle turned.
