Alyssa Chia nudged her shoulder. "That's definitely how it is! Before, they were fighting over you at the conference room door. This time, it's probably Mo Yifan who wanted to take you away, but Shi Youxi disagreed!"

The other female students nearby chimed in, "Yeah, everyone knows Mo Yifan likes you, senior. He must have gotten into a fight with Senior Shi because of this!"

Bai Yuning smiled subtly; this was exactly the effect she wanted. And wasn't it true? Who else could Mo Yifan be in conflict with Shi Youxi if not for her sake?

"Don't say that. I have nothing to do with Mo Yifan. If my senior hears this, he'll ignore me again."

"Wow, I never knew Shi Youxi could be so jealous!"

Meanwhile, Chen Tingting listened to their conversation with her ear turned to the side. Why did Shi Youxi fight with Mo Yifan? Was it really for Bai Yuning?

They probably weren't talking about what happened in the woods!

Chen Tingting felt uneasy and annoyed by Jia Jingwen's words. Looking at Bai Yuning surrounded by everyone, she felt awkward and jealous.

Originally, they wanted to use Bai Yuning to get close to the Shi family, but now they've ended up sending Bai Yuning up there instead.

She could only pick up Mo Yifan, whom Bai Yuning didn't want!

She should have been the one being fawned over by everyone.

No, this is not what she wants!

"Well, it seems Shi Youxi and his stepmother have a very good relationship; they even let her attend his coming-of-age ceremony."

When Alyssa Chia thought of the scene she had just witnessed, the usually arrogant and aloof young man stood obediently in front of the woman. Cheng Ran seemed to be saying something seriously, but Shi Youxi listened attentively without showing any impatience.

Chen Tingting's eyes lit up. Oh right, Cheng Ran is here too...

"If you marry into the Shi family in the future, Yu Ning, she won't make things difficult for you, will she?"

Bai Yuning's lips twitched, then she quickly said embarrassedly, "What are you saying? We're still young..."

Seeing Bai Yuning's momentary stiffness, Chen Tingting suddenly thought of something and laughed, "It's really hard to say. After all, Cheng Ran gave Yuning a really bad attitude during the last rehearsal. Shi Youxi didn't even care about your feelings and just went with her."

Others may not know the exact relationship between Bai Yuning and Shi Youxi, but she does. Putting aside whether the Shi family would allow close relatives to marry, Bai Yuning is currently unable to deal with Cheng Ran alone.

Although she had only met Cheng Ran twice, she could clearly see Shi Youxi's attitude towards Cheng Ran each time. It was only because Bai Yuning was stubborn and tried to establish a relationship with her by taking advantage of a little bit of the wind and shadow.

Alyssa Chia: "Huh? Shi Youxi is so... obedient to her."

The people around exchanged glances. They were all in this circle and hadn't seen much of this kind of thing before. They had heard their parents talk about it, and they all had their own thoughts. It seemed that Cheng Ran probably didn't think much of Bai Yuning.

Was Youxi just playing around with Bai Yuning back then?

Bai Yuning was surprised that Chen Tingting brought this up. How could she still be so thoughtless, saying whatever came to mind!

"It's also my fault for not understanding the rehearsal situation at the time. I was afraid of delaying my senior. Besides, my senior is very respectful of his elders. If he only cared about spending time with me and ignored his stepmother, then I wouldn't like him."

Seeing the smirks and suspicious looks from those around her, Bai Yuning blurted out in a panic, "He left before I arrived last time, so he's just trying to coax me into being his dance partner this time, isn't he?"

"Look, he secretly practiced a cello piece to surprise me, and now he's urging me to come downstairs!"

"Wow—" Everyone looked over, and even Chen Tingting was stunned.

How come she didn't know that Bai Yuning had added Shi Youxi on WeChat?

Bai Yuning held up her phone, which displayed a WeChat chat window with the contact name "Senior" and a completely black profile picture.

Others hadn't seen Shi Youxi's WeChat, but as the student council president, he was still in the student council's large group chat. Many people from the publicity department had secretly checked Shi Youxi's profile picture, which looked like this!

"Wow—his tone is so gentle,"

"Then what are we waiting for? Yu Ning, hurry up and go downstairs! Let's go!"

Chen Tingting didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. She quickly hooked her arm around Bai Yuning's and smiled, "Let's go. Without you, no one will dare to start the duet."

Bai Yuning also forced a smile.

The group went down in a grand procession, and Bai Yuning turned off her phone.

Fortunately, she had created this alternate account a long time ago. Bai Yuning knew that Shi Youxi wouldn't care about such things, so she could do whatever she wanted without any problems. She had previously used this account to fabricate dating records between Shi Youxi and her and posted them on the school's online forum, which is why everyone started to think that the two of them were a couple.

This method works very well, and no one can find out anyway.

Surrounded by people, she was overwhelmed with anticipation and excitement, while the publicity department members were taking pictures with their DSLRs, completely unaware that the first WeChat member in their student union's group chat had changed their profile picture.

...

Mu Yiran held Shi Youxi's hand as the three of them slowly walked up the stairs. Mu Yiran felt the slightly cool touch under her palm and subconsciously tightened her fingers, transferring the warmth of her palm to Shi Youxi.

Shi Youxi blinked, his fingers tightening. He watched as the woman looked around curiously, but wouldn't look at him!

"Sister, are you still angry?"

Mu Yiran had just been asking Shi Youxi why he suddenly lost his temper.

But the boy kept his mouth shut and wouldn't say a word.

This left Mu Yiran feeling like she'd swallowed a dud, forced to hold her breath.

She said calmly, "If I say I'm angry, what are you going to do?"

Shi Youxi pursed her lips and lowered her head. "I'm sorry... I was wrong, sister. Please don't be angry."

"..."

The boy lowered his head, staring at her intently with unblinking eyes, his lips turned down.

He's the one who did something wrong, yet he's acting all aggrieved first!

Mu Yiran looked at his face, opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

What else can we do?

Of course we can only forgive him!

“I know why you’re angry,” Mu Yiran had always known about his morbid possessiveness, “but I want you to promise me that you’ll be more considerate of the occasion in the future, and that you can resolve any issues privately, okay?”

Shi Youxi pondered for a while, then nodded, "I promise you."

He acted rashly today, hitting Mu Yiran in front of her. Although he managed to restrain himself in time, he must have still frightened his sister...

Be more careful next time.

As for Mo Yifan... he will handle it privately as his sister suggested.

Shi Youxi hummed in agreement. While Mu Yiran was on the phone, he brazenly grabbed her arm and kneaded it repeatedly, as if trying to wipe away any dirt that might have accidentally gotten on it.

Then it takes on its own flavor.

Upon arriving at the entrance, students and parents were gathered inside, all dressed up in their finest attire, posing as they walked through the dark gold gate symbolizing academic success. Parents were taking photos in front of them.

Mu Yiran's mind was immediately diverted to taking pictures!

Take pictures of Shi Youxi! With her pretty face, there's bound to be a ton of amazing photos!

She had been wanting to take photos of Shi Youxi for a long time, and this opportunity had finally come.

Looking at the parents below with their long lenses and cameras, Mu Yiran realized she had made a mistake; she hadn't brought enough equipment!

"Hurry, hurry, buy me a DSLR camera! I need it right now!" Mu Yiran ordered Li Buhuo on the other end of the phone, who was dealing with the work she had abandoned. "Which one?"

Which one?

Mu Yiran didn't know the details, but seeing that the parents had brought complete photography equipment, Mu Yiran felt that she couldn't just bring a phone and embarrass Shi Youxi.

"Buy them all."

"What?!"

"Buy all the latest models on the market," Mu Yiran wanted all sorts of photos of Shi Youxi, even though Shi Youxi looked good no matter how she was photographed. Each camera produced a different feel.

Li Bu Huo didn't say a word more, just chuckled twice and hung up.

"Tsk."

Looking at the students queuing up, Mu Yiran started to get anxious. "It's too late. Ai Ni, why don't you take a taxi to Shiye now..."

"How about... we use my racket?"

Mu Yiran turned her head to look at the woman next to her who had a DSLR camera hanging on her back. The woman was wearing an apricot-colored dress, with long straight hair cascading down her back. She had beautiful features, and although you could tell she was no longer young, she was still so beautiful that you couldn't take your eyes off her.

Mu Yiran probably couldn't learn that gentle and graceful temperament even if she were given the same one in her entire life.

Stunningly beautiful!

Those eyebrows and eyes look kind of familiar, don't they?

Ai Ni, who was standing to the side, was stunned when she saw the woman.

This... isn't this Guan Shiyan in drag?!

Shi Youxi raised an eyebrow, a bad premonition came over her, and the next second someone pounced on her shoulder!

"Hey! Isn't this my young master? Why are you so slow? I'm waiting to hold your hand and leap over the dragon gate together!"

Guan Shiyan, his voice lingering, turned his head and was startled to see the person in front of Shi Youxi.

"Mom? What are you doing here?"