If You Are a Dodder Flower

Part 11

At that very moment, Xia Rou was in her room, trying her best to recall her past.

He Lili wasn't someone too profound to be understood. She was nothing but a young lady. All those words she had said were actually very shallow. Xia Rou at age 15 just couldn't understand because she was still young. If Xia Rou at age 25 still was unable to see through He Lili's intentions, then she wasn't just stupid, but an idiot. Translated by The Novelst

All those memories hidden inside her weren't forgotten, they were just temporarily sealed and neglected. Once a key point was triggered, these memories would once again pour out in a wave.

In reality, Xia Rou was struck once again by how unreliable her memories were, and how foolish... she had been in the past...

She only remembered He Lili's smiling, passionate face, but she never saw through her evil intentions hidden behind that smile.

He Lili had acted like an owner in the family, bringing her to look around the building, instructing her on which areas she could go and which areas she could not. But she had opened up the forbidden door, trying to use the luxurious things inside to lure Xia Rou in.

She knew the guest room was being renovated especially for Xia Rou's stay, but she didn't say a word about it, instead trying to emphasize that the room was merely "a guest room."

In the past, Xia Rou had never managed to see through He Lili and had been really feeling attacked by the barbs in her words. The Cao Family even had only men in the house, and their taste was different than a woman's. When she finally moved into the main building, she noticed the wallpaper was light blue in color instead of the usual girly pink or purple. This had make her think that this room was truly just "a guest room."

Actually, on top of that light blue wallpaper, there had been a shallow rose pattern. No matter which Cao Family member had chosen it for her, to them, it had already reached the limit.

Even imagining it now, Xia Rou couldn't picture Cao Yang, Cao Bin or Cao Xing selecting a pink wallpaper for her.

As for Cao Xiong... No, she didn't even want to try to imagine it.

Obviously it was a simple matter in the beginning, but the malicious seeds planted by He Lili sprouted and took root in her heart. It was so childish of her, to feel self-conscious with such excessive pride.

And this He Lili... Now that Xia Rou thought back to what she said earlier, she was speechless.

She was nothing but an orphan staying under somebody else's roof, what obstacle did she pose to He Lili? Was there even a need to go out of her way to do such things?

The words she said at the swimming pool were also really funny. Her personal changing room? Xia Rou didn't know what expression she should have when facing He Lili in the future.

Her behavior in using the swimming pool in the first place had already overstepped her boundaries. The truth is that employees hired to care for the family, such as Lady Fang, didn't have the authority to use the facilities in the house. But because she had grown up in the Cao Family since she was young, they at least had affection for her. Especially since she was a young lady, the men of the Cao Family didn't expend any energy on that kind of small matter, which was why nobody had said anything to her.

It was totally different to what she had been trying to hint to Xia Rou earlier, as if she was especially privileged.

Behind that smile, He Lili's tricks were childish and poorly executed. Unfortunately, Xia Rou still had the wool pulled over her eyes at the age of 15.

Luckily, inside this 15-year-old body was now Xia Rou's age 25 soul. In her 25 years, Xia Rou lived under the care of the Cao Family for over ten of them. She had seen so much in that time that He Lili's poor tricks couldn't compare.