My Little Ancestor Is Sweet And Wild ( Part-1 )

Chapter 124

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Ye Ci subconsciously took a step back.

She was facing the main entrance, so Ning Li could see her as soon as she raised her head.

Somehow, even being separated by the window and at such a distance, Ye Ci could still inexplicably feel Ning Li's coldness.

Ning Li's face was calm and emotionless.

Ye Ci moved away from Ning Li's line of sight and went back to her desk.

After a while, she heard footsteps outside her room.

Ning Li had gone upstairs.

Ye Ci bit her lip, got up, and walked out.

Ning Li just happened to pass by her bedroom door.

"Sister Ning Li." Ye Ci called out to her.

Ning Li turned around.

Ye Ci quickly gave Ning Li a once over with a smile on her face. "Sister Ning Li, what took you so long to come back? I thought you were only staying in Lincheng for a day."

Ning Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "I don't remember telling you how long I would be going back for."

When Ning Li had gone to Lincheng, she had indeed planned to stay for one night and return on Sunday. However, since it was a New Year's Day holiday, she could stay for another night.

How could Ye Ci have guessed that Ning Li was only staying for one day?

Ye Ci had not expected Ning Li to ask this. Her eyes flickered a little.

"Oh, I just made a casual guess. After all, it's been a long time since you've gone back to Lincheng, so it wouldn't be very convenient to stay for long..."

Her voice softened as she continued, "After all, this is your first New Year's Day in Yunzhou, so I thought..."

Ye Ci was implying that Ning Li should have stayed back to countdown the New Year with the Ye family, but Ning Li had gone back to Lincheng on that day instead.

If word got out, it would not sound good.

"I was fine over there."

Ning Li interrupted her words and looked at her dully.

In her previous life, Ning Li would have felt that Ye Ci truly wanted to keep her here and spend the holidays together as a family, if she had heard this.

Now, she was no longer that naive to believe such a ridiculous notion.

No one in the Ye family welcomed her.

For the first ten years, the Ye family had lived happily without Ning Li's presence in this house.

To them, Ning Li was just like excess baggage.

"I was delayed."

Ning Li's tone was casual, but her eyes were fixed on Ye Ci, carefully watching Ye Ci's change in expression.

"Oh?" Ye Ci's eyes widened slightly in surprise. "What happened?"

Ning Li narrowed her eyes, then gave a small smile.

"It's not a big matter. I just happened to run into Second Brother and the others, so we had a meal together."

Ye Ci's expression froze for a moment.

"What?"

'So, Cheng Xiyue had driven Lu Huaiyu and Ning Li back from Lincheng together?

Ning Li nodded without much concern and suddenly asked again.