novelraw Chapter 676 - 650: You’re the Only One Left
Chapter 676 - 650: You’re the Only One Left
Qian had already remembered who this person was, but she didn’t reveal his identity. She wanted to see what his true purpose was near Narcissus.
Unexpectedly, after reincarnation, so many things had changed. In her previous life, Qian didn’t remember there being such a guy around Narcissus.
In her previous life, Narcissus had severe anorexia. She should have been seeking medical treatment widely at this time, while Qian, without having advanced her credits, would only meet her a few years later.
If it weren’t for Qian’s reincarnation curing Narcissus’s anorexia, Narcissus wouldn’t be following her father around the world learning business strategies like she does now.
So the fact that Narcissus meets this guy should be related to Qian’s reincarnation—it’s the butterfly effect.
As for whether this guy is a friend or foe, Qian is still unclear, so she decided to wait and see.
"Just seeing him annoys me." Narcissus didn’t want to talk anymore about this helpless bodyguard, so she switched the topic to Qian.
"I heard you got married?"
"Yeah, just got the certificate the day before yesterday."
Narcissus glanced around the unique new house, "Looks like you’re quite happy?"
Qian snorted, "Except for not being completely satisfied with the house, everything else is fine."
Opening the box brought by Narcissus, it was filled with the things she wanted.
The most securely wrapped were the essential oils she desired, and Qian took them out one by one to check.
"All 25 bottles are here. Oh right, Qian’er, didn’t we agree on 26 bottles before? Why is there suddenly one less?"
The one that was excluded had an odd name and was quite expensive. Narcissus found it strange and asked.
"Oh, that one. It has some side effects. When mixed with other oils, it produces a chemical that’s not quite perceptible to humans but greatly affects dogs with sensitive noses. If there’s a male dog at home, smelling it could make them lose control."
"Is it that serious?"
"Of course, you can’t buy this essential oil domestically, and it’s rare for someone to mix the two together, so basically no one knows."
"Then it’s better not to use such dangerous stuff."
Qian nodded, "Yeah, won’t use it in the future."
She estimated that she wouldn’t have such opportunities to ’act for justice’ anymore. After all, it’s not often that something angers Qian enough to take justice into her own hands, sanctioned by righteous people like Yu Minglang.
After checking the essential oils, Qian dug out a few small boxes from the larger box. Inside were stress-relief toys suitable for those with depression and anxiety, like small dice with various mechanisms to press when idle.
This is what Qian specially asked Narcissus to bring back for Weiwei.
It’s very helpful for Weiwei’s recovery. Mr. Ye had been hospitalized due to an unfortunate accident, reducing some of her inner resentment, allowing the treatment to progress to the next stage—some stress relief toys are quite fitting.
Qian took the toys out, planning to give them to Weiwei later. From the corner of her eye, she saw Narcissus sitting on the sofa also holding a stress relief die, fiddling with it, raising an eyebrow.
"Why are you playing too?"
"I tried one when buying them. Felt good, so I kept one." Narcissus was pressing it repeatedly, looking like she had something on her mind.
"Something on your mind?"
"Nothing much. Oh, my dad’s wedding gift is in the box, have a look yourself." Narcissus pointed at the box.
"I just got married on the day before yesterday, and my godfather already prepared a gift?"
"Prepared long ago, done at the start of the year. He estimated you’d get married this year, so he prepared it for you."
Listening to Narcissus, Qian had a rough idea of what it would be.
Qian took out a book on decoration and saw a brown paper bag at the bottom of the box as expected. After taking out its contents, it was about what she had guessed, although the numbers were larger, beyond her imagination.
"Can I possibly not accept it?"
Narcissus pursed her lips, "Seems not. My dad said, you must accept it, whether you like it or not."
"Oh dear, receiving something from him makes me beholden, this gift is just too generous."
"What you’ve contributed to our family, compared with this, doesn’t count for much. Just take it, no one can take back what my father gives away. He mentioned not to announce it outside yet, might be useful during crucial times."
"So I’ve become the mysterious figure in the Teng Family shareholder’s meeting?" Qian smirked.
"You are the last line of defense for our Teng Family, yet you’re also my sister."
Qian stuffed the documents back into the paper bag, "Something happened at home, right? Otherwise, why would my godfather give me this?"
"Not that big of a deal, my dad hasn’t been in great health these past two years, and he plans to elevate me to his position, but a few shareholders disagree, so there’s been trouble recently. But don’t overthink, giving you this isn’t asking you to get involved in these affairs, you’re my dad’s goddaughter and my god-sister, you getting married makes this necessary."
"Thought it through? Really want to sit in that position?" Qian wasn’t blinded by profit, she was still concerned about Narcissus.
Narcissus was a domineering female CEO in her past life, quite close to Qian, but this lifetime, there was this added sisterly relationship, and the feelings were even different.
From a profit standpoint, Narcissus rising early is only beneficial to Qian, without harm, but from a sister’s standpoint, Qian didn’t want Narcissus to be as tired as she was before, that position is attractive but would require lots of hard work.
"Whether I want to or not, I have to sit there—it is the empire my dad built; I can’t hand it over. He’s old now, I can’t always be the immature little girl. Qian’er, you’ll have to help me then."
"Getting paid to help, it goes hand in hand." Qian placed the brown paper bag aside.
"Helping me just because of this? When did you become so shallow?"
"I’ve always been shallow, loving money. Is it your first day knowing me? What’s this?"
At the bottom of the box, there was a box containing a Bulgari diamond watch. Although unsure of the price, seeing the circle of diamonds indicated it wasn’t cheap.
"A wedding gift for a shallow woman out of my own pocket. Hey, Qian’er, are you serious? You’re not just helping me because of that, right?" Narcissus glanced at the brown paper bag.
She had changed a lot over the past two years, experienced many business affairs with her father, grown significantly, yet no matter how much human ugliness she saw, Qian remained special to her.
"You’re like a tigress, dying for you to be gone. Why are you so bold? Of course, not just because of that, but also because of this!" Qian raised the watch.
Narcissus laughed; she understood.
Qian saw her as a sister.
"Qian’er, there aren’t many whom I can talk to now. Besides my dad, there’s only you."
Narcissus remarked sentimentally. As she rose higher, people around her dwindled. If Qian betrayed her too, she’d be left with nothing.
"Why say it so pitifully? You still have Zhu Dadao, what’s his take on your family’s current chaos?"