The Sickly Fake Daughter, But a Beloved Darling of All - Chapter 62

Wu Boran quickly picked up on the fact that Jing Xi’s words were directed at her, but she didn’t feel suppressed at all. Instead, she rested her chin on her hand and looked at Xu Chengjin with a beaming smile: “Is the milk good?”

“It’s good, thank you for giving me a glass.” How could Xu Chengjin not hear the underlying meaning in Wu Boran’s words? She let out a light cough. “I’m full now, I want to go back and rest.”

The smile on Jing Xi’s face faded quite a bit, and she furrowed her brows slightly: “Right now?”

“Yeah.”

Xu Chengjin wasn’t lying to the two of them. She explained: “I need to take my medicine three times a day after meals. Every time I take it, I get extremely sleepy, and I can’t stop taking these meds for a while.”

Once she stopped, there was a possibility of a relapse. The doctor had emphasized this many times, telling her that she must never miss a dose.

The doctor’s gravity made the Xu family take it very seriously as well. Xu Jing often sent messages to remind Xu Chengjin to take her medicine, fearing she might forget.

In all these years, this was the first time she had been strictly ordered not to miss even a single dose.

Both Jing Xi and Wu Boran knew about Xu Chengjin’s physical condition. Seeing this, they couldn’t say anything more and could only silently watch her leave.

The weather today was truly wonderful, though there weren’t many people out at this hour in the morning. Many students with 8:00 AM classes were reluctant to get up; Xu Chengjin was only up because she had to fill her stomach before taking her medicine, otherwise, she would have stayed in bed for a while longer too.

After returning to the dormitory, she took her medicine. Drowsily, she seemed to see someone sending her a message. Xu Chengjin picked up her phone and took a glance; squinting, she typed quickly. Without checking what she had sent, she collapsed straight back down, her body giving her no time to react.

On the other end of the phone, Xu Jing stared at the message 【Hungry sky reversed not bad】 and fell into deep thought. She didn’t know what Xu Chengjin meant by these few words, so she casually took a screenshot and sent it to their family group chat.

The group was named “Loving and Devoted Family.” It was established by Father Xu. At first, Mother Xu disliked the name for being tacky and wanted to change it to “Get Rich Group,” but Father Xu, as the group owner, silently disabled the permission for other members to change the name. Out of helplessness, the name remained to this day.

Xu Jing: [Photo]

Mother Xu: [Your sister must have touched the screen by accident.]

Father Xu: [I feel like Little Treasure might just be too sleepy.]

Mother Xu: [Does Big Treasure have time to go see her sister this afternoon? If not, Mom and Dad will go.]

They generally didn’t go out together, as it would make the spectacle a bit too large and easily invite gossip. The larger the group grew, the more they paid attention to this aspect. Usually, it was Xu Jing who went to see Xu Chengjin, which also helped the two sisters bond.

Xu Jing: [I have time, I’ll go. You two rest.]

Mother Xu: [OK.]

The family conversation ended there. Looking at the text Xu Chengjin had sent, Xu Jing still couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She posted the screenshot to her Moments with the caption: [Don’t know which dummy sent this secret code [Photo ]]

Only a few seconds after she posted it, someone liked it. Xu Jing glanced at it casually and found it was Si Yu.

[Si Yu liked your post.]

Xu Jing originally intended to act as if she hadn’t seen the notification, but after thinking it over, she looked at the Moments post a few more times. Feeling a sense of satisfaction, she sent a message to Si Yu: [CEO Si, how has business been lately?]

Si Yu: [Better than yours.]

Xu Jing: [Come out and play when you’re free.]

Si Yu: [Not free.]

Xu Jing: [Xiao Jin has been in contact with me quite a bit lately, as you’ve seen.]

Si Yu: [Nonsense. You’re her sister; if she doesn’t contact you, is she supposed to block you?]

Xu Jing: [You’re jealous.]

Si Yu: [You’re crazy.]

Xu Jing let out a “tsk tsk” sound. She wasn’t angry at being rebuffed; instead, she very happily found an emoji and sent it to Si Yu: [Middle Finger JPG.]

Afterward, she immediately set Si Yu to “Do Not Disturb,” out of sight, out of mind.

Si Yu stared at the emoji Xu Jing sent and fell silent for a few seconds. The subordinate who was originally reporting on work also went quiet; she blinked, not knowing why Si Yu’s expression had suddenly turned so sour. Moreover, the way Si Yu was looking at the phone was as if she were looking at a top-secret document—expression solemn, eyes serious—as if one wrong move would lead to eternal damnation.

“CEO Si.”

The secretary began to remind Si Yu about work: “That…”

“Wait.” Si Yu placed her phone against her lap and leaned back in her office chair, her expression looking very relaxed. “I have a friend…”

The secretary bit her lower lip, her eyes sparkling with the light of gossip. She thought to herself: Here it comes, here it comes, the “I have a friend” series!

“She has feelings for someone, and she sent that person a message today asking them out, but the other person hasn’t replied. Just now… that person’s sister sent my friend a message, bragging that her sister replied to her, but she didn’t reply to my friend. I just wanted to ask, should she continue to follow up with the person she likes?”

The secretary had quite a bit of dating history—at least two instances Si Yu had run into—so Si Yu still had some trust in her.

The secretary pondered for a moment and whispered: “Of course you should ask. Not only should you ask, but you should also use a bit of a ‘spoiled’ tone, and then send the screenshot of the conversation with that person’s sister over.”

“Really?”

Si Yu had never been in a relationship, and she didn’t know if she should do this. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to give it a try.

She sent: [Xiao Jin.]

[Your sister is always bullying me, can you stand up for me?]