CHAPTER 165: CHAPTER 165: NOT MUCH ABILITY, BUT PLENTY OF AMBITION

Unexpected.

Aunt Zeng froze in place, her expression changing repeatedly.

Bai Xiaotang looked at her aggrievedly, her eyes red like a rabbit’s, biting her lip hard to keep her tears from falling.

Aunt Zeng was heartbroken, and regardless of exposing her identity, she forcefully opened the car door, gripping Bai Xiaotang’s shoulders, checking her carefully: "Miss, where are you hurt? Let me see..."

Bai Xiaotang just looked at her silently, Aunt Zeng panicked, wishing she had radar eyes to immediately see Bai Xiaotang’s injuries.

"You don’t need to pretend to care about her anymore. We already know your identity."

Lin Yuanyang’s voice came from behind her, Aunt Zeng’s body stiffened.

She looked at Bai Xiaotang with complex emotions, watching her shrink back, like she always did after being bullied, curling up to prevent others from touching her.

"Miss..."

Aunt Zeng was a bit flustered, trying to reach out to touch her, but Bai Xiaotang avoided her.

"No, Miss. I didn’t mean to hurt you." Aunt Zeng hurriedly explained, seemingly poor with words, her explanation somewhat weak.

Bai Xiaotang forcefully pushed her out of the car, closing the car door heavily, hugging herself and crying loudly.

"Miss! Miss!" Aunt Zeng pounded on the car window, but the crying inside grew louder.

Aunt Zeng had no choice but to turn and look at Lin Yuanyang, "Young Master Lin, I didn’t intend to harm you, this is all..."

Aunt Zeng seemed to have concerns, hesitating to speak further.

"It was done by another Bai Family superpower user, right?"

Aunt Zeng immediately turned around, her gaze turned sharp.

Ji Ning’s lips curved up, her face showing a hint of mockery.

What’s so unspeakable about the term superpower user?

Isn’t it just ordinary people suddenly awakening a superpower, gaining an ability?

Why has it become something difficult to talk about?

In times of chaos, superpower users and ordinary people didn’t have so much taboo, living and eating together, even calling each other brothers.

Everyone’s abilities were different, their roles were different too, but it was absolutely not like now, separated by an unbridgeable chasm.

Aunt Zeng frowned, cautiously scrutinizing Ji Ning.

She suspected the girl in front was a superpower user, but had no definitive evidence.

"Who exactly are you?"

Ji Ning was somewhat speechless.

Have these people run out of words?

Always love to ask her who she is?

Is the name Ji Ning that clumsy or is it just unreadable?

Does she really have to hold up her ID card to prove she’s Ji Ning?

Ji Ning was too lazy to answer such foolish questions, cutting straight to the point: "Who are all the people allied with Chang Ru?"

Aunt Zeng’s pupils widened, seemingly surprised she knew so much.

Does Miss know too?

Aunt Zeng worriedly looked inside the car.

She was afraid of harming Miss and Young Master’s feelings, so she had always hidden Chang Ru’s intentions.

Unexpectedly, Chang Ru became increasingly excessive, even resorting to harming Miss to achieve her goals.

Aunt Zeng was very angry.

Inside the car, Bai Xiaotang was still crying, but the sound had diminished somewhat.

Aunt Zeng was pained and finally spat out three words: "Bai Yulin."

The Bai Family superpower users who bear the Bai surname are either Bai Family members, or those cultivated from childhood as confidants.

Most of these people are struggling orphans, having received kindness from the Bai Family.

Bai Yulin happens to be someone who was saved by the Bai Family couple from a young age, raised as a foster son.

He has a good relationship with Bai Yusen, they’re like brothers who share a pair of pants, currently working at Bai Group.

Lin Yuanyang knew Bai Yulin, although not blood-related to the Bai siblings, the Bai Family couple treated him very well, never considering him an outsider.

Lin Yuanyang saw him twice when he was young at the Bai Family.

At that time, his health wasn’t too good, not often seeing guests.

Unexpectedly, he was a superpower user?

And allied with Chang Ru?

Lin Yuanyang was quite shocked.

Why?

What did the Bai Family owe him?

Making him so disloyal?

Aunt Zeng seemed to think of something, her face full of hatred, "He and Chang Ru are like ingrates! If not for concerns over his relationship with Young Master, I wouldn’t have tolerated him for so long. Didn’t expect him to become increasingly excessive for Chang Ru, even wanting to harm Miss..."

Aunt Zeng truly regretted it now!

Luckily, Miss was fine, otherwise, she could never forgive herself in this life.

Aunt Zeng looked at Ji Ning, her eyes filled with complex feelings.

Ji Ning saw through her thoughts clearly and sneered.

Want her to confront Bai Yulin?

Not very capable, yet daring to think.

Ha...

Ji Ning extended a hand to her: "Car keys."

Aunt Zeng hesitated slightly, awkwardly asking: "Aren’t you going back to the city?"

"Catch a flight."

"Miss, she..."

"You don’t need to worry about that!"

Aunt Zeng was unsettled by Ji Ning’s penetrating gaze, hastily handed over the car keys.

Ji Ning glanced at Lin Yuanyang, turning to walk toward the roadside.

Lin Yuanyang circled to the other side, opened the car door, and pulled Bai Xiaotang out.

"Get your luggage."

Lin Yuanyang carried a bag, pushing the suitcase in front of Bai Xiaotang.

Aunt Zeng, feeling heartache, was about to step forward, but Bai Xiaotang avoided her hand, grabbed the suitcase handle, circled around her, and walked across the road.

Aunt Zeng felt somewhat hurt, watching their backs, tears flowed down her face.

She hadn’t cried in a long time, but now was both sad and regretful.

Inside the RV, Bai Xiaotang pouted, looking at Aunt Zeng outside the window; she had heard her conversation with Sister Ning earlier, understood her dilemmas but couldn’t accept her concealing things for so long.

The information today was too overwhelming for her.

Not only betrayal by close ones but also deceit and concealment.

She seemed to live in lies, unable to discern whether the kindness from those around her was genuine or manipulative.

"Sister Ning, why did you come to me?"

Lin Yuanyang was a bit angry, "Bai Xiaotang, what do you mean? Are you suspecting Sister Ning of having ill intentions?"

"I... I didn’t. I’m just a bit..." Bai Xiaotang hurriedly defended herself, but dared not reveal her thoughts.

Lin Yuanyang was livid, even angrier than Ji Ning, "Bai Xiaotang, if Sister Ning had ill intentions, you would’ve been dead long ago, with not even a residue remaining."

"I’m not suspecting Sister Ning, I’m..." Bai Xiaotang was extremely aggrieved, her face reddened, more so than her eyes.

Ji Ning was not angry, rather somewhat gratified.

The princess sheltered in an ivory tower finally learned to think.

"My approach to you had no other motive, but simply to find a place to settle. You happened to be pure-hearted, kind, not probing into my background deeply. Staying with you isn’t exhausting."

Ji Ning’s words were like timely rain falling on barren land, Bai Xiaotang was moved to tears.

She truly cried out.

"Sister Ning... Sister Ning... sob sob sob..."

Ji Ning continued: "However, Bai Xiaotang, not everyone in this world understands gratitude. Human nature is complex, also vile. Your kindness won’t move them, instead, it’ll become a tool for them to seek benefits."