Sharing Dreams with My Bestie’s Cousin
Chapter 165 - 165 Shocked him

Chapter 165: Shocked him Chapter 165: Shocked him A crazy thing, when being done, felt like nothing, but when someone recounted it to your face word by word one day, you really just die socially right there on the spot.

Xie Jinyi’s face turned from green to white, “What… what does it have to do with you?”

“Don’t you feel embarrassed?” Zhou Congjie asked with a smile.

Xie Jinyi’s gaze dodged, “That’s none of your business either.”

Zhou Congjie’s smile faded, and he raised his hand to his mouth. Xie Jinyi understood this gesture, knowing he was about to whistle, so she immediately changed her attitude, “I did go a little overboard with that matter. My sister has already lectured me, it won’t happen again.”

She almost forgot, Zhou Congjie and Shang Jing are good brothers.

For a brother, taking a dagger in the ribs is just a piece of cake for Zhou Congjie.

Although she had entangled Shang Jing many times asking for a reconciliation, failing repeatedly, she herself was almost letting go, even though every time she saw Shang Jing, she still couldn’t move forward…

As she was grieving, a shadow fell over her.

Looking up, Xie Jinyi saw the approaching Zhou Congjie, hands in his pockets, standing before her, his smile cynical, “Shang Jing has long since changed his tastes. Why don’t you try with me? Recently, I quite favor your ‘dish’.”

A ‘dish’?

Zhou Congjie considered her a ‘dish’?

Xie Jinyi was so furious she almost exploded on the spot, her hands at her sides clenched and unclenched, maintaining a smile, “Is that so? Unfortunately, you’re not to my taste.”

Zhou Congjie narrowed his eyes, asked playfully, “What kind of taste do you prefer then?”

Xie Jinyi enunciated each word, “Definitely not someone like you, pass~”

Having dropped that remark, Xie Jinyi quickly ran away.

Even if she knew this would infuriate Zhou Congjie, she couldn’t stand it anymore. Afraid of Xie Weiyue at home, and of Zhou Congjie outside, why don’t the two of them just pair up? Save the rest of us the trouble.

Fortunately, Xie Jinyi was quick on her feet. This Goshawk, well trained by Zhou Congjie, didn’t dare to circle over the front yard. Otherwise, Old Zhou would really send someone to shoot it!

Upon arriving in the front yard, Xie Jinyi encountered Wen Zhi.

No, not just encountered, Wen Zhi was actually waiting there for her.

“Did Young Master Zhou bully you?” Wen Zhi asked.

Xie Jinyi didn’t mention Zhou bullying her, caring about her face, “Hadn’t you run away? Just now you pretended not to recognize Shang Jing; you’d better keep pretending not to know him.”

Wen Zhi solemnly said, “It might not last long, after all, my name is still Wen Zhi, I can’t change my name or my surname.”

Xie Jinyi pouted, “It seems like Shang Jing likes you.”

Wen Zhi pursed her lips, “It’s not liking.”

Xie Jinyi snorted, standing tall without giving Wen Zhi a friendly face, “Actually, it’s normal for him to like you; men all like beautiful women.”

Wen Zhi said, “Consider that a compliment then.”

Xie Jinyi glanced at Wen Zhi, then her gaze fell on her shoulder, “Does your shoulder still hurt?”

“A bit.” Wen Zhi honestly admitted.

Xie Jinyi felt guilty for two seconds, then said, “Serves you right.”

Wen Zhi, “Hmm.”

Xie Jinyi, “…”

After an awkward silence for a few seconds, Xie Jinyi suddenly brought up, “Didn’t Shang Jing just go to find you?”

“He only has eyes for what’s ahead,” didn’t look side to side, just whooshed past.

Xie Jinyi’s mouth twitched.

The two walked together towards the main hall in the front courtyard for the birthday celebration.

Meanwhile,

Shang Jing searched for Wen Zhi without success, only to encounter Shang Hexing. He immediately approached and respectfully greeted him, “Big brother.”

Shang Hexing had just come out, his eyes briefly scanning over Shang Jing, and he responded with a grunt.

Shang Jing silently followed at Shang Hexing’s side. Noticing Shang Jing’s odd behavior, Shang Hexing stopped and asked him, “What’s the matter?”

Unable to hold back his concerns, Shang Jing mentioned, “Big brother, I just saw a woman who looks a lot like Wen Zhi.”

Only a few people knew about Wen Zhi’s return. Chong Wanyin knew because she had been following up on news about Wen Zhi. Shang Jing didn’t know because no one had told him.

Shang Hexing simply looked at Shang Jing calmly, “What are you trying to say?”

Shang Jing said, “Wen Zhi has been gone for so long, I honestly wasn’t holding out much hope that she would return. Perhaps she might have already met with an accident.”

The expression on Shang Hexing’s face suddenly turned colder, and his tone noticeably displeased, “If you can’t speak properly, then shut your mouth.”

Shang Jing covered his mouth with his hand, “I didn’t mean to curse her, after all, it’s already…”

Before he could finish, Shang Jing caught sight of his brother’s fiercely cold expression and consciously quieted down.

He didn’t know why his brother was angry and got to the main point, “Actually, what I wanted to say was that the woman resembles Wen Zhi a lot. But this woman is exceptionally beautiful, unbelievably so, which makes me suspect whether Wen Zhi may have changed her appearance and come back… but she won’t admit she is Wen Zhi.”

Shang Hexing’s tone was faint, “Have you finished?”

Confronted with Shang Hexing’s cool gaze, Shang Jing felt somewhat uneasy, realizing he probably shouldn’t have discussed this in front of his brother.

Wen Zhi and his brother barely interacted, why would his brother care about these matters? It was presumptuous of him; in fact, only he and his mother really cared about Wen Zhi’s whereabouts in the entire Shang family.

Shang Jing gave an embarrassed smile, “It’s nothing, it’s nothing.” He decided to ponder over it on his own.

However, just as Shang Jing turned around, he suddenly froze.

“Wen Zhi?” he almost subconsciously murmured.

Wen Zhi, dressed in a snow-greenish-purple cheongsam, was gracefully walking toward him. From Shang Jing’s perspective, Wen Zhi was walking towards him.

As if after his long search, she was now approaching him on her own.

Watching Wen Zhi drawing near, a smile spread across Shang Jing’s face, “Wen Zhi, it’s you—”

Before he could finish talking, he watched, eyes wide open, as Wen Zhi walked past him.

Wasn’t she… teasing him?

Neither angry nor amused, Shang Jing turned to call her back. However, upon turning around, he saw the woman who looked like Wen Zhi fling herself into his big brother’s arms!!!

In that brief moment, Shang Jing’s brain seemed to short-circuit, hardly believing his eyes.

“Where did you go?” Shang Hexing asked, loosely holding Wen Zhi by her lower back, thinking she would come find him in the main hall.

Wen Zhi responded, “I went to the back garden to see the bird of prey kept by Master Zhou.”

Hearing the words “bird of prey,” Shang Hexing frowned, “His bird is well-trained, but Master Zhou himself is of bad temperament. Keep away from him.”

Wen Zhi nodded, “It’s hard to disagree with you.”

“Were you bullied?” Shang Hexing noticed something off in her mood.

Wen Zhi shrugged one shoulder, “I was stepped on by that goshawk.”

Shang Hexing’s expression darkened, “Have his goshawk handed over to the Animal Protection Association.”

Wen Zhi smiled slightly, “Let’s not. It would infuriate Master Zhou. Besides, it wasn’t targeting me—I stepped in to owe Xie Jinyi a favor.”

“You don’t owe favors like that, Wen Zhi,” Shang Hexing said, somewhat angrily, upset that she had risked her own safety to owe someone a favor.

Wen Zhi was about to explain, “I…”

Just then, from behind them came the incredulous voice of Shang Jing, “You—”