Chapter 42 I'll ship this couple first!

Yan Lingyu, holding an umbrella, stood outside and replied to An Shixia, "Mu Shen saw you. I guessed you wouldn't have brought an umbrella."

"So you came?"

An Shixia ran two steps toward him, and Yan Lingyu immediately tilted the umbrella toward her: "Yes."

"Tongtong, I don't have class this afternoon, and I want to go home. Let us take you back to school first."

Shen Tongtong was watching the two interact and shipping them when she was suddenly called out. Before the doting smile on her face had faded, she tried to calm herself down: "Um, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do, so I won't be going back to school. You guys go ahead."

An Shixia raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat disbelieving: "Is something the matter?"

She felt that Shen Tongtong was making things up, but she had no evidence.

"Yes, I made an appointment with a high school classmate. I forgot to tell you. She'll be coming to find me in a bit."

Shen Tongtong spoke with such certainty, as if it were a true story.

An Shixia looked at her and said, "Well then, we'll be going now. Are you going to wait here?"

Shen Tongtong quickly waved her hand: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, I'll wait here."

Yan Lingyu helped An Shixia into the car, walked to the driver's seat, and started the engine.

Watching the car drive away, Shen Tongtong logged into her alternate account on the campus network and posted the photos she had just taken.

[Ahhh, so sweet! School bully Yan's umbrella is always protecting school beauty An! I'm shipping this couple!]

Who said the school bully was cold and heartless? Look at him, he's got feelings for everyone!

After An Shixia gave up on He Huaisheng, she discovered that it wasn't raining outside...

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"Why are you suddenly going home?"

Yan Lingyu asked questions while driving.

"Since I have some time, I want to go home and visit. I didn't go home last week."

Yan Lingyu nodded slightly and said nothing more.

The journey home wasn't long; the rain had stopped by the time we were almost at the villa area, and the sun, which had been hiding behind the clouds, was peeking out.

"Brother Yu, would you like to come over for a visit?"

Yan Lingyu parked the car in front of the An family villa without unbuckling his seatbelt. An Shixia had just gotten out of the car when she poked her head in to ask him something.

Yan Lingyu really wanted to go in and sit down, not for any other reason than to let An Shixia stay a little longer.

However, he had canceled his company meeting to pick up An Shixia, and he needed to go back and resolve the issue as soon as possible.

"No, I have a meeting later. You go in first. Do you need me to pick you up tonight?"

An Shixia shook her head: "There's no 8 AM tomorrow. I'll have my driver take me there tomorrow."

Yan Lingyu's eyes darkened; he wouldn't see her again tonight.

Then let's beat He Huaisheng up again.

"Okay, you should go inside now, it's hot outside."

Yan Lingyu looked at the rising sun and couldn't bear to see An Shixia exposed to the sun.

"Okay, you should walk slowly too."

An Shixia waved to him and walked into the courtyard.

Yan Lingyu only drove away after she entered the gate, heading to the company.

"Mr. Yan, the head of Myriel has arrived in the conference room."

Yan Lingyu nodded expressionlessly, then held out his hand and handed him a document.

He glanced at it briefly, his expression remaining serious.

Pushing open the conference room door, I saw three foreigners with white skin and blond hair sitting inside.

“Hello, Mr. Yan, I'm Haswin, the head of Mairiel company.”

Yan Lingyu walked to the head of the table, placed the documents on the table, and sat down slowly, his index finger gently tapping the documents on the table.

“Mr. Hasven, since your company wants to discuss cooperation with us, please speak Chinese. This is not your country.”

Yan Lingyu looked calmly at the three people in charge opposite him, remaining composed.

Hassven's expression stiffened for a moment, then spread across his face with a smile: "Mr. Yan, I was wrong to think this through. I'd like to talk to you about it now..."

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"Miss is back!"

The housekeeper had just arranged for someone to sweep up the fallen flowers in the yard when he turned around and saw An Shixia.

An Shixia replied, "Yes, Uncle Liu, is anyone home?"

An Shaoyuan and An Zhiyu are probably at the company, Yun Ranshu should have gone to the piano association, and Xiao Yin is a painter who likes to travel around to find inspiration and also enjoys strolling around with her girlfriends.

An Shixia returned without informing her family, so it's unclear whether they are still there.

"Miss, you've come back at just the right time; only the master went to the company."

An Shixia nodded, casually put her bag on the sofa, and walked upstairs.

If nothing unexpected happens, Xiao Yin will be in the art studio.

She went straight to the studio. The door was open, and Xiao Yin was sitting quietly inside, painting something.

She didn't disturb them, sitting quietly outside the door watching.

Xiao Yin's painting was already taking shape. An Shixia was stunned for a moment, the person her mother was painting looked like herself.

Although the painting had not yet been given facial features, she could tell it from just a blurry figure.

An Shixia watched her reflection leap off the page, her heart feeling as if struck by something.

The mother can make herself appear in the painting without looking at a photo, just like a printed photograph.

Xiao Yin finished the last stroke, relaxed her neck, and turned her head to see An Shixia.

A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Xiaxia, when did you get back? Why didn't you call me?"

An Shixia laughed, her tone slightly coquettish: "Mom, I just wanted to see what you'd draw me like~"

Xiao Yin walked over and gently tapped her: "You, you, how could I possibly make you look ugly?"

"Of course not, Mom's drawings are the best!"

The two were making quite a racket talking, and An Zhiyu and Yun Ranshu, who were in the living room on the second floor, came over when they heard the noise.

"Why is Xiaxia back?"

As soon as An Zhiyu uttered those words, Yun Ranshu tapped him on the head: "What are you saying? Why can't Xiaxia come back?"

An Zhiyu exaggeratedly covered his face: "Hey, who's your husband? You hit me for Xiaxia's sake."

Yun Ranshu rolled her eyes at him: "Be normal, or I'll sleep in the study tonight."

An Zhiyu suddenly became serious: "Okay!"

Seeing her brother and sister-in-law getting along well, An Shixia smiled slightly.

Xiao Yin said to An Zhiyu, "Go to the kitchen and bring over some strawberries. Oh, and bring a plate of mangoes too."

An Shixia loves strawberries, and there are always strawberries at home, even when she's not home.

Mangoes are what Yun Ranshu likes.

"As you command, my lord!"

Watching An Zhiyu walk downstairs, Xiao Yin, holding An Shixia's hand with one hand and Yun Ranshu's hand with the other, headed towards the sofa in the living room.

"Is Xiaxia staying at home today?"

Xiao Yin suddenly asked.

An Shixia nodded: "I don't have classes for the first two periods tomorrow, so I'll stay at home tonight."

Xiao Yin was delighted to hear this: "What a coincidence! There's a jewelry auction today. You and Ran Shu can come with me and see if there's anything you like."

"Great! It's been a long time since I've been to an auction. What kind of auction is this one?"