Chapter 56

Yu Xi's eyes, which had been narrowed due to drunkenness, suddenly widened. The bottle in his hand spun a few times in his palm before slipping out of his hand. He grabbed the rim of the glass in a somewhat disheveled manner, thus preventing the bottle from falling to the ground.

He Ru smiled, resting her chin on her hand, "Such a big reaction! It seems you never expected this?"

"I thought you would consider yourself when I proposed to marry Zhou Mo, but it turns out you didn't at all?" He Ru picked up the end of Yu Xi's hair.

My neck itches, but my heart itches even more.

"marry?"

“Yes, although you and Zhou Mo are family now, you two aren’t even registered on the same household register, right? Once you’re married, not only can your names be on the same household register, but you can also have another marriage certificate.” He Ru deliberately added a seductive tone when he said this. Looking at Yu Xi’s trembling pupils, he knew that his younger brother was tempted.

Ignoring the bitterness in her heart, He Ru leaned back and said, "Ah Xi, I hope you're doing well, because you're family to me too."

“I…” Yu Xi hesitated. The alcohol in her blood evaporated instantly when she heard He Ru’s words. Her head was no longer dizzy, her eyes were no longer blurry, and her mind was clear. “I can’t do that. That’s not what Zhou Mo wants to do.”

Do you want to do it?

"I have no idea."

Yu Xi left after uttering those words, then stumbled out.

Looking at the mess on the table, He Ru sighed deeply, as if she wanted to sigh away all the sorrows of her life.

"How was the meal?" The chef who came in was the one He Ru had introduced Zhou Mo to before, and was also considered Yu Xi's mentor.

“I just looked at him from behind, and he’s gotten quite thin.”

He Ru's eyes instantly turned sharp. "If you really care about him, then don't hang around him."

"I've already apologized for what happened back then, so why are you still holding onto that little mistake I made?"

He Ru sneered, "An apology? Only when you completely disappear from Yu Xi's world can it be considered an apology."

The chef choked, and his face turned ugly. "People die for money, birds die for food. What's the difference between you and me?"

"Don't think you can cover up the truth just because you have power and influence."

"Once he finds out, let's see if he'll still consider you his brother."

The chef turned and left. He Ru stared blankly at the food on the table. Suddenly, he stood up and looked around the table, turning the mess on the table into a mess on the floor.

Hearing the commotion, the men outside immediately came in. Seeing that there was no danger, they silently began to pack up.

The man who had been following Zhou Mo walked up to He Ru and said, "Boss, Yu Xi went to his usual park, and our people are watching him."

He Ru glared at the man, who realized he had misspoke and immediately corrected himself, "Our people are secretly watching over Yu Xi."

"Don't you all think I have ulterior motives towards Yu Xi? Look, is he a criminal? Is he our target? Why do you need to say 'look'?"

He Ru's words may seem unreasonable, but as a subordinate, managing the boss's emotions is also a required course. "Of course not, because Yu Xi is a very important person to the boss. We have to pay attention to him at all times. Otherwise, if Yu Xi gets injured or goes missing again like this time, the boss will be very worried."

He Ru twitched the corner of her mouth and said nothing more, but her expression was clearly self-deprecating. Her words sounded fake, and her words sounded fake.

"He won't come back. Don't look at him anymore."

The man pondered He Ru's words, "What if we encounter..."

"Apart from that, everything remains the same."

He could only rely on his power and influence to give Yu Xi a little bit of compensation that Yu Xi didn't want.

Sometimes, he really felt that Yu Xi was too kind-hearted. He could endure everything that ordinary people could not. Just thinking about what Yu Xi had experienced made him feel suffocated.

Yu Xi can still pretend to be indifferent and accept the relationships brought by others.

He thought that perhaps he was wrong. Yu Xi was just naturally like this. He didn't like Zhou Mo. It just so happened that Zhou Mo barged in during one of his chaotic moments. Yu Xi wasn't good at refusing, so Zhou Mo took root in him.

Thinking this way made the bitterness in his heart feel a little better.

But then I thought again, wasn't he being too selfish?

Yu Xi sat on a park bench until dark. As night fell, his body trembled involuntarily. The puddle under his feet had been with him all day. By the moonlight, he looked at his reflection in the water.

I remember seeing Zhou Mo here once. She was sitting quietly, tears streaming down her face. There was no wind, and the tears didn't falter, falling straight down the curve of her chin and landing on her clothes, leaving a small gray stain.

The blue and white school uniform is very nice, and it looks even better on Zhou Mo.

Yu Xi actually really liked Zhou Mo's ponytail. It swayed back and forth like a cat toy to lure a kitten, making people want to reach out and touch it. Unfortunately, he had only touched the top of Zhou Mo's head and had never been able to stroke her hair from head to toe.

The information in her mind exploded. Yu Xi had no intention of organizing it, so she let the information pass by like a revolving lantern.

"Hey! Hey! No one is allowed to lie dead here."

Yu Xi ignored the noisy children's voices that reached her ears.

The child continued to tug at Yu Xi's legs, which were dangling off the chair, and said, "Didn't you hear me? No one's allowed to lie down and die here!"

"He's not dead."

"You'd be dead if you lay here all night!"

"What's it to you?"

“I’m taking care of this garbage area. If you die here, it’ll be difficult for me to throw you in the trash can, and I’ll be fined.”

"Employing child labor is illegal."

"I don't care, no one is allowed to lie dead here!"

Yu Xi finally opened her eyes, annoyed. The child was startled by Yu Xi's sudden opening of her eyes, took a step back, and assumed a defensive posture. After watching for a while and seeing that Yu Xi did not make any further moves, he was just about to relax when Yu Xi suddenly moved.

The child's head was pressed down onto the bench by Yu Xi's hand.

The child struggled a few times, then seemed to resign himself to his fate and stopped moving.

You shouldn't have gone to see her.

Li Sang said in a muffled voice, "It's none of your business."

"May I have your name?"

"Li Sang".

"You're wrong." Yu Xi kicked Li Sang in the butt. "Say it again."

"Li Sang".

"Wrong again." Yu Xi kicked him again.

Tears welled in Li Sang's eyes, but he refused to give Yu Xi the answer she wanted to hear. Yu Xi also turned cold and kept waiting for Li Sang to finish the conversation, since he never lacked time or energy.

"My name is Yu Ning, Yu as in Yu Xi, and Ning as in An Ning."

Yu Xi kicked Yu Ning again, and Yu Ning yelled. This time he was unhappy and started struggling again, but his small arms and legs were no match for Yu Xi. In the end, he only managed to make his face, which was pressed against the bench, turn red. "Then what do you want me to call you? Li Sang won't let me call you that, and neither will Yu Ning. You and Zhou Mo are both animals. I hate you both so much!"

"It's been almost a year, and you haven't made any progress at all."

Yu Xi let go, and Yu Ning remained in that position, crying with tears and snot streaming down her face. Children don't know the strength or posture to cry, and she just cried in a very ugly way. Yu Xi took a step back in disgust. Seeing this, Yu Ning rushed over and grabbed Yu Xi's thigh, smearing the mixture on Yu Xi's jeans.

"If this were my school uniform, I'd kill you."

"Waaaaah! I was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to Shawn and gone to find Sister Zhou Mo."

"Now you know how to call me 'sister'?"

“I know why I was able to leave Huyang District.” Yu Ning raised her thin, sunken face, her eyes bulging even larger. “But brother, you can understand me. I just want to live a better life, but why do I always choose the wrong path?”

Yu Xi ruffled Yu Ning's hair twice. "It's normal, because I always make the wrong choices too."

"Can I go home with you?"

"No, but you can go to treatment room number three."

Yu Ning was a little disappointed, but he still happily raised his face, "I'll tell my brother if Shawn comes looking for me again next time."

"unnecessary."

Yu Xi patted Yu Ning on the shoulder and turned to leave the park.

Yu Ning wanted to follow, but for some reason she stayed where she was, silently watching Yu Xi leave.

Zhou Mo returned to school, and Fan Nannan asked her with concern if she had found the family of the person named Yu Xi.

Zhou Mo: "Couldn't find it."

Fan Nannan: "Such a big person, won't get lost? Is he being kidnapped?"

“I don’t think I ever mentioned how old Yu Xi is,” Zhou Mo said, looking at Fan Nannan. “You know Yu Xi.”

Fan Nannan instinctively shook her head in denial, "How could I possibly know your family?"

“I’m not asking you. Your acquaintance with Yu Xi is none of my business, just like your relationship with Li Zhenliang is none of my business.”

Zhou Mo rarely speaks so bluntly. Usually, she will be a little roundabout, leaving room for the two of them to talk again when they meet next time. The last time she said this was to Ning Xiangjian.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason she spoke so rudely was mostly because of Yu Xi.

"What are you talking about?" Fan Nannan looked uneasy and avoided eye contact.

Zhou Mo was no longer in the mood to deal with people. "I'm a little tired, I'm going to sleep now."

As soon as the bed curtains were drawn, Fan Nannan's expression turned cold. She took out her phone, walked out of the dormitory, and called Li Zhenliang.

"She knows about my relationship with you."

"Isn't that normal?"

Fan Nannan frowned. "Do you have someone from Ming An's side? Otherwise, how would she know?"

Li Zhenliang's phone was on speakerphone on the coffee table, while he was examining an expensive geometric transparent glass, looking at his distorted reflection in it.

"I don't think He Ru would be attracted to a girl who is only beautiful. Of course, I don't deny He Ru's love at first sight. I just think he's not that stupid."

Fan Nannan: "So what do we do next? Zhou Mo is very impatient with me now."

Li Zhenliang: "Something happened on Ming'an's side, and she went back to deal with it. She must be in a bad mood. Please understand. She's the kind of person who wouldn't do something so drastic as to ruin things."

"You've never even met her, how do you know so much about her?"

"Also, she said Yu Xi couldn't be found."

Li Zhenliang's gaze, which had been observing the glass, slowly shifted to his phone. "Yu Xi is lost?"