Chapter 5 : Children of Rich Families
“How could this be, this is ten years ago…”
Familiar street scenes intertwined with past memories.
For someone who grew up in the same city from childhood to adulthood, nothing was more unsettling than returning to the past.
She had thought she would return to her hometown, but didn’t expect it to be this soon.
“Xiao Jiu, what’s wrong?”
“Ah… no, nothing…”
“I haven’t been back for too long, seeing some new city constructions feels a bit unfamiliar for a moment.”
“Is that so.”
“Mm…”
“Indeed, Mom feels the same, many things have changed, but don’t worry, we’ll have time to slowly get familiar together from now on.”
The woman smiled slightly at her, unaware that at this moment her daughter’s mind was unfolding an astonishing train of thought.
‘If I really returned to the past… doesn’t that mean I can predict any major events in the next ten years, my god…’
They say heaven likes to make you lose something when you gain something, and vice versa, but this surprise was something she had from the beginning, she just realized it belatedly now.
With this ability, Xu Jiu seemed to already see her future like having cheats, but the premise was that the world line history here was the same as her previous life.
“I still need to verify it first…”
She murmured slightly in her heart.
Perhaps the surprise came too suddenly, so much that she now wasn’t so hung up on her physical condition.
Simply put, in her view this was just the normal price she had to pay.
At the same time, this change in mindset also indirectly influenced her later life.
“What is it Xiao Jiu, thought of something happy? Mom sees you’ve been smiling since earlier.”
Seeing her daughter’s face show a smile after so long, the woman’s expression gradually softened, her heart also infected by the joy conveyed.
“Because… thinking that I can finally go home, stayed outside too long, I almost forgot what home looks like.”
She said with a bit of shyness, reason in her heart reminding her to restrain herself a bit.
“Pfft, our Xiao Jiu is really easily satisfied, if I knew this would make you happy, Mom would have brought you back years ago.”
“You’ve suffered too much unnecessary hardship, child, it’s indeed time to return to a life that makes you happy.”
She didn’t make a sound, just glanced slightly out the window, could see the car carrying their mother and daughter gradually driving toward a luxurious community in the city center, the security at the gate respectfully raising the barrier for them.
‘It’s actually Haiyu Number One?’
She was slightly shocked in her heart, not for anything else, purely because of this community’s great reputation.
The pinnacle of luxury communities in S City, almost the ceiling of the city’s real estate, including prices, those who could live in it were undoubtedly the richest batch of tycoons in all of S City.
The former Xu Jiu had been fortunate to pass by this community’s gate a few times, but each time could only stop on the street and look from afar, fantasizing if she would have the chance in this life to go inside and be a security guard.
Yes, she didn’t dare extravagantly hope to become an owner, just becoming a security guard at Haiyu Number One would already surpass the vast majority of workers, every day just dressing neatly and standing at the gate for half a day could easily earn twenty to thirty thousand, she would probably wake up laughing from dreams.
But now, the people she once envied became the ones opening the door and saluting her, this disparity left her somewhat unable to adapt for a moment.
Of course, she wasn’t dumb enough to ask the woman beside her if this was their home, although excited, she still had the calm reason of an adult.
The entire process she maintained a calm and composed demeanor, all the way until getting out of the car and being received into the home.
Xu Jiu experienced for the first time in her life the feeling of being a young miss, led by over a dozen domestic servants and the housekeeper, escorted all the way to the high-rise sky villa, the whole process she was somewhat stunned, not hearing clearly at all what her mother was talking to the people around.
“So exaggerated…”
“We’re here, baby, still remember what home looks like?”
The wheelchair under her was gently pushed, a soft breeze carrying jasmine fragrance brushed her cheek, Xu Jiu didn’t need to think to know who it was.
“Uh, home…”
“Why do you seem a bit nervous, because there are too many people around?”
“Mm…”
“Alright, then Mom will have them all stay far away.”
From her perspective, she only saw the woman give a look, and the surrounding housekeeper and servants immediately scattered neatly in all directions, elegant yet carrying an unquestionable majesty, like a queen issuing orders.
This difference made Xu Jiu feel extremely unfamiliar, it seemed after returning to a familiar place, the latter was like a completely different person.
“Sorry Xiao Jiu, Mom forgot you don’t like being surrounded by people, how about now?”
“Mm, it’s okay now…”
Her small hands hidden in her coat unconsciously grabbed the hem slightly, perhaps because of nervousness, her heart still hadn’t adapted to the fact that she had completely become another person.
Every time, it was only after a few seconds that she reacted that others were actually talking to her.
Her palms sweating slightly, she sighed inwardly, thinking she should more or less recognize the fact of becoming a wealthy heiress, otherwise her heart might not accept many things in the future.
And always being nervous and jumping at shadows wasn’t good for her sickly body.
“The threshold at home is too high, Xiao Jiu is now used to the wheelchair, later find someone to build a slope convenient for moving in and out, heard that?”
“Yes madam, I’ll contact the renovation company right now.”
“Clearly notified that the young miss was coming back, yet not a bit of preparation, do you want me to get angry or what?”
“Mom…”
Watching the woman get angry over a small matter, Xu Jiu mustered courage and gently pulled the other’s sleeve.
“What is it Xiao Jiu, Mom is scolding them.”
Xu Jiu looked at the servants beside who didn’t even dare breathe loudly upon hearing this, many of whom didn’t even dare meet her gaze.
This scene, for someone from an ordinary background, was somewhat hard to adapt to, but she still tried not to feel distant from it.
“Let’s go inside first, some things aren’t urgent, I’ve been feeling dizzy since getting out of the car…”
“Ah, are you okay Xiao Jiu, need Mom to find a doctor for you?”
The woman immediately changed attitude to concern upon seeing this, but in reality Xu Jiu just wanted to find something to divert the other’s attention.
“No need, sleeping a bit will be fine… and Dad and brother haven’t come back yet, I also want to rest up fully before facing them.”
No need for her to pretend, her body very cooperatively made her words sound weak.