Chapter 23: Scram, Don’t Hound Me

Just a second ago, Chu Ning was feeling guilty about her time travel to the past. After hearing Zhou Chenhao’s words, she suddenly felt that time travel wasn’t so bad after all.

Because she had loved Zhou Chenhao, seeing him caused her heartache.

His accusatory questioning made her incredibly uncomfortable.

“Playing hard to get? Zhou Chenhao, I deeply regret relentlessly pursuing you in the past. Now, I absolutely won’t get entangled with you.

I’ve already told you, my life and death have nothing to do with you, so please leave my life.”

Zhou Chenhao gritted his teeth angrily, “I don’t want to care about your life or death either, but your family keeps pestering me.

Now that you’re back, you must give me an explanation. Where did you go for those two days you disappeared?”

Zhou Chenhao almost directly asked Chu Ning if she was with another man.

Chu Ning disdained telling Zhou Chenhao. Of course, she wouldn’t tell him about the absurd time travel, because no one would believe her.

“It’s none of your business.”

“You’re asking for it.”

Zhou Chenhao directly grabbed Chu Ning’s wrist, his eyes filled with coldness, “Chu Ning, don’t try to test my patience. You know I don’t have much patience with you.”

“I know.”

Chu Ning playfully curled her lips, “So, scram, why keep hounding me?”

“You…”

For a moment, Zhou Chenhao was speechless.

“Ningning.”

Chu’s mother and Tang Siqi came out, calling Chu Ning from afar.

Chu Ning glanced at her mother and Tang Siqi, broke free from Zhou Chenhao, and walked towards them.

Zhou Chenhao stood there, watching Chu Ning’s cold and aloof back, feeling that in just a few days, this woman had changed.

Before, no matter how he hurt her, she wouldn’t defy him.

She wouldn’t give him the cold shoulder.

The current Chu Ning was completely different.

Her attitude towards him was like that of a stranger.

“Child, you scared your mother to death.”

Chu’s mother hugged Chu Ning and burst into tears.

Chu Ning also felt that her time travel had been too sudden. Thankfully, she had returned. If she hadn’t, she would never have seen her mother and other relatives again.

“Mom, I’m sorry for worrying you.”

Wang Xiang had been with Chu’s mother. Seeing Chu Ning return, the weight on her chest instantly lifted.

“Ningning, my child, in the future, wherever you want to go, we won’t stop you, but you must tell us.”

Wang Xiang always treated Chu Ning like a daughter. This time Chu Ning’s disappearance had scared her.

Knowing that her son had wronged Chu Ning, even though she was unhappy with Chu Ning in her heart, she couldn’t blame her, only swallowing her grievances.

Chu Ning looked up at Wang Xiang, “I’m sorry, Auntie, for worrying you.”

Auntie?

Before, Chu Ning always called her Mom.

Wang Xiang looked at Chu Ning with trembling, “Ningning, do you really not want me as your mother?”

Chu Ning glanced at Zhou Chenhao standing two meters away, and said firmly, “Zhou Shao and I have broken off our engagement. From now on, our two families will have no more connection.”

Chu’s mother had also discussed it with her husband and son, and had long agreed to Chu Ning breaking off the engagement with the Zhou family, especially during Chu Ning’s disappearance, which made her even more determined.

Wang Xiang trembled, “Ningning, I promise you, I will persuade and discipline Chenhao. I’ve already dealt with him. About the broken engagement…”

“I won’t change my mind. Tomorrow, I’ll have someone send the betrothal gifts and related items to the Zhou family’s old house.”

Chu Ning’s attitude was firm. Wang Xiang had never seen Chu Ning so serious before. Her decisive attitude frightened her.

“Ningning, are you serious?”

“Yes.” Chu Ning said flatly.

Tang Siqi fully supported Chu Ning’s decision. She hugged Chu Ning and used a sarcastic tone to pour cold water on Wang Xiang.

“Ningning liked your son for five years. In these five years, Ningning has done everything she should and shouldn’t have done.

Now that she’s decided to let go, as the mother of the fickle Zhou Da Shao, you should be happy for him.”

Wang Xiang gritted her teeth, “I don’t agree, I absolutely don’t agree.”

The entire upper class knew that Chu Ning was the Zhou family’s future daughter-in-law that she had personally chosen. Moreover, at the engagement, she had boasted to her friends that they would all drink at their wedding.

Now, the wedding hadn’t even happened, and she was watching them break up. Wasn’t this slapping her own face?

The key was that it would affect the Zhou family’s reputation.

Chu Ning had said everything she needed to say. Even if Wang Xiang insisted, she didn’t give in.

Brother Chu Yunxuan and Chu’s father just arrived, and they also brought the police. After arriving, they found Chu Ning to take a statement.

Chu Ning could only follow them. On the way, Chu Ning had thought about her wording.

After all, if she said she time traveled to the past, everyone would think she was crazy.

She could only lie, “Dad, brother, I went to my aunt’s house, and didn’t want to be disturbed, so I didn’t bring my phone.”

When Chu Ning disappeared, Chu’s father had contacted his sister. At that time, his sister told him that Chu Ning hadn’t gone to her place.

Now Chu Ning said she went to her sister’s house.

Chu’s father was dubious, “Ningning, are you sure you’re not lying? Did you go to your aunt’s house?”

On the way to the police station, Chu Ning had contacted her aunt, Chu Junxia, and begged her to help cover for her.

Facing her father’s question, she was calm, “I’m not lying. I asked my aunt to help me hide it from you. I know I was wrong, Dad, let’s just end this here.”

Chu Ning didn’t know why she time traveled, but she thought carefully and was certain that her time travel was related to the rental house.

Tonight, she would move out and terminate the lease with the landlord tomorrow.

If she didn’t live in that house, she wouldn’t be afraid of time traveling again and having this kind of unexplained disappearance.

Hearing this, Chu’s father could only let it go.

He knew that his daughter was close to her sister, Chu Junxia. Because she didn’t have a daughter, her sister always treated Chu Ning like a daughter.

Sometimes, her sister would cover for Chu Ning.

Initially, it was her sister who encouraged her daughter to pursue Zhou Chenhao.

Chu’s mother interrupted, “Okay, it’s good that our daughter is safe. Let’s go home, Ningning.”

“Auntie, I’ll go back with you too. I want to sleep with Ningning tonight.”

Tang Siqi was a close friend of Chu Ning and was inseparable from her. Chu’s mother almost treated Tang Siqi as her own daughter.

“No problem.”

Thus, Chu Ning and Tang Siqi went back to the Chu family villa.

At home, Tang Siqi immediately cornered Chu Ning in her room.

“Ningning, come clean, where did you actually go?”

Tang Siqi knew Chu Ning better than anyone else and didn’t believe that Chu Ning’s disappearance was because she went to her aunt’s house.

She knew that what Chu Ning said to her father and the police at the police station were lies.

Chu Ning didn’t want to continue hiding it from Tang Siqi, and blurted out, “I time traveled. I went to 1976.”