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Under the clear sky, the Yu family villa is classical and unique in style, surrounded by flowers, plants and trees, with a faint floral fragrance wafting through the air.

At this moment, two women of different ages were sitting in the villa hall, smiling and talking about daily trivial matters.

"Yueyue, come and try the flower cakes that mom made for you. They were your favorite when you were a child."

The woman's voice was soft and had a hint of pleasure.

"Yeah, what my mom cooks is the best." Yu Yueyue smiled and looked at the particularly kind Shu Birou, her charming and beautiful eyes faintly shining with a crystal luster.

The system has reminded that if she fails to conquer the male protagonist and become the female protagonist, her existence will be erased from the book, and her existence will also be erased from the original world.

In the few days left, she wanted to take a good look at everything here.

The stone table had a smooth surface, and upon it lay a plate of exquisite, delicious flower cakes, which looked particularly tempting. Yu Yueyue lowered her eyes, her gaze following the table. She picked up a piece of the flower cake with her slender fingertips, opened her mouth and took a small bite. The indescribable freshness and sweetness spread across her tongue, becoming increasingly intense.

Yu Yueyue pinched the flower cake with her white and tender fingertips. She looked at the expectant woman, her lips stained with cookie crumbs, and a smile appeared on her face. Her voice was sweet and soft, "Mom's cooking is still so delicious."

Ever since Yu Yueyue grew up, she had become increasingly willful. It had been a long time since the mother and daughter had sat down to chat peacefully. So when Shu Birou heard her precious daughter's sweet words, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled, her voice still as gentle as always: "It's delicious, just eat more."

Yu Yueyue was stunned for a moment, and her nose felt inexplicably sore.

She was thinking: If her mother were still alive, she would probably be so gentle and considerate to her.

Under that caring gaze, Yu Yueyue nodded, feeling warm in her heart, and kept stuffing flower cakes into her mouth. Maybe she ate too fast and choked accidentally. She coughed hard and it took her a long time to recover.

"Silly child, why are you in such a hurry?" Shu Birou patted the woman's thin back gently, her soft voice tinged with blame. "Eat slowly, no one is trying to snatch the food from you."

Yu Yueyue nodded with emotion, but the tip of her nose was slightly red, which made her look a little pitiful.

Seeing the woman looking like she had been wronged, Shu Birou sensed something was amiss. Her eyes became worried and she asked, "Tell me the truth, did you have a fight with Shang Xu?"

Yu Yueyue paused for a moment, thinking of the man's departure this morning, cold and ruthless. Her heart seemed to be pulled violently by something, painful and uncomfortable. But in order not to worry the woman in front of her, she immediately shook her head and denied it: "No."

Shu Birou was puzzled and asked, "Then why didn't Shang Xu come with you today?"

"Mom, don't worry. Shang Xu is busy with work recently, so I didn't ask him to come with me." Yu Yueyue held the woman's hand and pretended to be natural and relaxed. "If you miss him, I'll take him to see you when he's not busy."

Hearing these words from her precious daughter, Shu Birou's anxious heart instantly calmed down. Thinking of the long days ahead, she worriedly warned, "It's good that there's no quarrel. If you're wronged in the business, don't bear it. Come back and tell mom. We in the Yu family will never let you suffer even a little bit of grievance. Do you understand?"

"Okay," Yu Yueyue couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth and muttered softly, "Mom, you didn't tell me this before."

Shu Birou raised her hand and touched the head of the woman opposite her. Her gentle voice was full of care: "No matter when, you are my precious daughter. No one can bully you."

Yu Yueyue sat on the sofa listening, her eyes felt inexplicably sore and uncomfortable.

Someone had said something similar to her before, her grandmother, but she could no longer hear it.

Gradually, she could no longer see the face of the woman in front of her, and her vision became blurred. Then, she fell into the woman's soft arms.

"Mom, I love you, I really love you..."

The humming sound was like that of a kitten, soft and with a crying tone, and it looked very aggrieved.

Shu Birou felt distressed and a little amused at the same time. How could this child still not change her bad habit of crying when she was a child? She really spoiled her.

There was no other way, Shu Birou had to coax the little crybaby in a gentle voice. Although she hadn't coaxed anyone for a long time and her skills were a little rusty, she still coaxed her little crybaby without much effort.

Her baby daughter is still as easy to coax as she was when she was a child.

-

In an office on a high floor, a man with a cold temperament sat at his desk. He was wearing a black suit and his white shirt was buttoned meticulously. At this moment, he lowered his head to read the documents, and his eyebrows revealed a bit of hostility, which was somewhat inconsistent with his cold and bony hands.

There were a few small knocks on the door. Shang Xu raised his head with some displeasure, and saw a gorgeous woman walking towards the door. His frown deepened a little.

Ning Zhili slowly approached the usually indifferent man and placed the box on the table. Her shining eyes were filled with a smile: "Brother Shang Xu, I brought you some snacks that you loved to eat when you were a child..."

"No, you can eat it yourself. I don't eat sweet things." Shang Xu looked down at the documents with a cold voice.

Ning Zhili was not surprised at all when she heard his answer. She pursed her lips and smiled, then changed the subject: "Brother Shang Xu, there is a banquet at the Gu family in a few days, and I want to go with you."

"Ningzhili."

The cold and loud voice completely lowered the atmosphere to the lowest point, and the woman next to him was stunned.

The broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted man stood up and glanced at the woman below him. His dark eyes revealed a hint of impatience: "I'll say it one last time. I don't like you."

The warning tone immediately weighed heavily on Ning Zhili's heart, making it difficult for her to breathe, and his subsequent words pierced her heart even more.

"Also, it's best to stop thinking about getting close to me." He pulled the corners of his lips, his cold voice full of disgust.

For some reason, Ning Zhili understood his hidden meaning. She opened her eyes slightly, looked up at the oppressive man, and said in disbelief, "Are you really in love with Yu Yueyue? But... you obviously can't forget that woman."

She was the one who met him first, so why does she always lose to those who came later?

She was unwilling to accept it.

Shang Xu frowned slightly, a little irritated: "This is my business."

This was not the first time Ning Zhili had seen his disgust for her; he had disliked her from the very beginning.

She still remembered that winter when the lake was freezing cold. She was still a little child, but she risked her life to save Shang Xu. However, all she got in return was his cold gaze. The childish little boy hated the girl who saved his life.

The wet clothes stuck to her skin and the cold wind blew. The thin Ning Zhili couldn't help but curl up her body to make herself feel better. The little boy who also fell into the water was treated in a way that made her envious. Many people surrounded him, fearing that something might happen to him, but his attitude towards those people was no better than her own, and he was still freezing cold.

After a long while, the people around finally realized who was the benefactor who saved their young master, and they hurriedly thanked her. However, Shang Xu's way of thanking her was to throw the thick cotton jacket that someone else had put on him at her.

Ning Zhili didn't know whether he hated the cotton-padded jacket or was afraid that she would freeze to death in front of him. After all, she was really cold and miserable at that time.

She looked at him with some gratitude, but he turned and left, not wanting to see the person who was standing in his way of death.

In fact, Ning Zhili desperately tried to save Shang Xu for a purpose. She hoped that the little boy who fell into the water could take her away from the orphanage.

Later, she made the right bet.

After that, Ning Zhili lived with the Shang family. She saw Shang Xu every day and unknowingly developed a crush on him.

But one night, Ning Zhili saw Shang Xu with his eyes closed, constantly calling a girl named "Nono", and an indescribable feeling of bitterness arose in her heart.

It turns out that the cold and unkind boy actually has a white moonlight hidden in his heart.

But she could never get into his heart.

…

The cold tone quickly brought her back to her senses.

Thinking of the gossip about Yu Yueyue, Ning Zhili suddenly had an idea in her mind. Then she sneered a few times, her eyes becoming playful. "Does Brother Shang Xu really think that Yu Yueyue has you in her heart? After all, she has dated so many men, maybe there is one among them who she can't forget."

After saying this, the woman turned and left.

As for the man's reaction later, she naturally guessed it and was satisfied with it.

The office instantly returned to its original silence. The man leaned back in his chair, with unspeakable emotions in his eyes.

It made him feel inexplicably upset.

But he didn't expect that there would be even more troublesome things waiting for him.

-

It was a dark night, with wind and rain outside, and the tall and strong trees were swaying.

At this moment, the only light left in the merchant's villa was the dim light on the third floor, and the woman in the room drank one glass of wine after another.

Yu Yueyue, who usually can't stand a few drinks, now holds the bottle tightly, fearing that it will suddenly disappear like her.

She was very drunk, the blush on her cheeks spread all the way to the tips of her ears, and there seemed to be a layer of mist in front of her eyes, making the things around her blurry and her head dizzy and heavy.

However, Yu Yueyue didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she wanted to indulge in this moment, because only in this way could she meet her grandmother whom she hadn't seen for a long time...

Under the orange sky, she once again came to the shabby and familiar alley. The thin figure of the old man in front of her was getting farther and farther away. She chased him anxiously, shouting the familiar name.

However, before she could catch up with the figure, it disappeared around the corner. She stopped, her eyes turned red, and tears kept falling down her cheeks to the ground.

She missed her grandma so much, but why didn't her grandma miss her at all? She didn't want to see her at all?

Just when Yu Yueyue was crying the most sadly, a beam of bright light fell on the corner, a little dazzling. She squinted her red eyes and saw the person she had missed for a long time in this life in the backlight...

She ran over desperately, fearing that he would suddenly disappear like her grandmother.

The rain outside was getting heavier, hitting the windows with a muffled sound.

Shang Xu rushed back from the rainy night, his black suit stained with a few drops of water, his hair in front was slightly wet and stuck to his fair forehead. The hostility in his eyes and eyebrows dissipated a lot, and he looked a little more youthful.

As soon as he pushed the door open, a soft thing bumped into his hard and strong chest, and then stayed in his arms and refused to leave.

A strong smell of alcohol wafted into his nose. It came from the woman below. He couldn't help but frown. Just as he was about to raise the corners of his mouth, he was stopped by the drunk woman below.

Yu Yueyue raised her head, held his face in her hands, and cried uncontrollably.

Shang Xu suddenly stopped and realized that the woman below was crying.

She sniffed, held his face, kissed him and called out, her soft voice sounding extremely aggrieved.

"Afang...Afang, I miss you so much."

There was an indescribable restlessness in Shang Xu's eyes, but he let her hold his face and kiss him, forbearing and restraining himself.

Ah Fang? Is he the man she can't forget?

He was annoyed and wanted to push her away to calm himself down.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and suddenly there were a few loud flashes of lightning, which illuminated the dark night a little.

Yu Yueyue ignored the hand that pushed her away and snuggled into the man's warm embrace. Her body trembled slightly, and she choked with tears and said, "I'm scared, I'm scared..."

Because of her, that hard and cold heart softened a little.