"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Liu Miaomiao frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. She glanced at Liu Qingyun who suddenly appeared here and spoke in a cold voice.

Her younger brother has been living in his hometown with his parents since he graduated a few years ago. She doesn't think that his younger brother suddenly appeared here just to see her.

"Sister, I came to look for you." Liu Qingyun rubbed his face, which had just been punched, and said with evasive eyes: "My parents said they couldn't contact you, so they asked me to look for you..."

He spoke hesitantly, and Liu Miaomiao's eyes flashed and she knew why. Ever since she replaced the original owner, she had stopped the practice of sending back 3,000 yuan every month. It had been more than five months, and she should have realized it by now.

She also changed her phone number. When Liu's parents couldn't contact her, they asked Liu Qingyun to come find her and ask her why the ATM didn't deposit money into their cards.

Thinking of this, Liu Miaomiao curled up the corners of her mouth into a sneer, but the next moment she felt an intense stinging pain in her heart, as if she had suddenly fallen into icy water, or as if she was being slowly roasted over a fire, making her almost unable to stand.

These are not her emotions, but the remaining obsessions of the original owner.

Liu Qingyun, who was standing by, saw that she was about to collapse, so he reached out to pull her up, but couldn't help but complain, "Sister, why don't you contact our parents when you're fine?"

He has always been a good son in his parents' eyes. He has feelings for his sister but is not close to her. He cannot understand why she suddenly disappeared.

Liu Miaomiao suppressed the heavy and indescribable emotions after the heartache, did not respond to him, turned around and continued pushing the cart.

Liu Qingyun saw that she was silent, looked at the snack stand she was pushing, and then continued to speak: "Sister, why don't you go to work and set up a stall?"

"My parents said you haven't sent money back in a long time, and they asked me to ask you what's wrong. What happened to me?"

He kept chattering.

Perhaps Liu Miaomiao's silence bolstered his courage. Finally, he said in a somewhat reproachful tone, "Sister, even if something really happens to you, you should tell your family. It's not easy for me to come all the way here to find you..."

Liu Miaomiao listened to these words like a devil's voice, and finally couldn't help but interrupt him: "Liu Qingyun, I didn't ask you to come to me, and I won't send money home anymore."

The words that the original owner had been wanting to say but couldn't were shouted out by her.

"The money I earn isn't something I picked up. After sending money home every month, do you know what I live like every day? You think I can make money, right?!"

As she shouted out the words, the heavy emotion that belonged to the original owner in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

When the pedestrians not far away heard the shouting, they couldn't help but cast strange looks at the two of them, especially at the man Andy Lau.

Liu Qingyun was stunned by the shouting. He looked up and noticed that everyone was looking at him. His face suddenly became hot.

"Sister, that's not what I meant..." he explained awkwardly.

Liu Miaomiao ignored the gazes around her and didn't care about the embarrassment of Andy Lau standing there. She continued to push the cart back.

The road was long, and then Andy Lau finally stopped talking. Looking at the thin Liu Miaomiao pushing a stall alone, he wanted to help.

"Sister, let me push it." He smiled in a flattering manner.

Liu Miaomiao knew that her younger brother was not a bad person. She remembered that he used to follow her around when he was a child, and he was well-behaved and obedient in front of her when he grew up.

But it was difficult for her to like her brother, nor could she say she hated him. She just wanted to keep a certain distance from him.

Hearing that he wanted to help, Liu Miaomiao lowered her eyes and said indifferently: "No need, I can do it myself."

After being rejected, Andy Lau wanted to say something, but seeing the expression on her face, he didn't dare to speak for a moment.

When they were almost near the rental house where she was currently living, Liu Miaomiao stopped, turned around and said, "You've found me too. Is there anything else you want to follow me for?"

"Sister, I'm not here to see you..." Liu Qingyun started to explain, but seeing that she seemed unmoved, he stopped and scratched his head and said, "Then I'll leave you your current phone number, so that I can have an explanation if my parents ask about it later."

Liu Miaomiao and Liu Qingyun were standing on the road. She looked at him with a smile on his face. His facial features were somewhat similar to hers. His eyes were clear and there was no malice in them.

He had never experienced the helplessness and pain of the original owner, nor had he ever experienced that kind of cold despair. He lived in the sunshine, and even though she had just spoken harshly to him, he would not understand what she meant.

No one in this world can empathize with you.

Liu Miaomiao was silent for a long time, then raised her eyes and said calmly, "Okay, I'll give you my phone number. If my parents want to contact me, just let them call. Go away and don't follow me."

Andy Lau watched his sister enter her phone number on her mobile phone and slowly walk away with the stall. For a moment, he felt that his sister was trying her best to slowly separate herself from him and their parents.

What a strange idea! He smiled and shook his head.

…

Meeting Andy Lau was just a small episode. Apart from being affected by the original owner's mood for a moment, she still worked hard every day to sell braised pork rice and save money.

By the end of August, when the university town was about to start classes, Liu Miaomiao had almost enough funds to reach 100,000 yuan.

Her phone has been very quiet during this period, so quiet that it's a little eerie.

From the day she gave out her cell phone number, she was prepared to receive a call from her parents back home soon, but she didn't expect that after a month of silence, she didn't receive any news.

She would occasionally think about this, but after a moment's thought she would put it out of her mind. It was a waste of time to think about it.

Liu Miaomiao has other more important things to do now and has no time to waste.

When she had almost saved enough money, she decided to open a small restaurant as planned. The first step was to choose a location. She investigated for a few days and initially considered two places: one near the university town and the other near an office building.

But after looking around, she found no suitable shops for rent near the office building, so she had to rule out this option. However, there were a few near the university town.

One is a canteen contracted out from the school, and the other two are shops along the street.

The first thing Liu Miaomiao considered was of course the location of the cafeteria within the school. Apart from anything else, the fact that it had the entire school's traffic gave it an advantage over other stores.

But after asking about the price, she gave up. The rent was a bit too expensive and she wouldn't make much money if she spread it out evenly.

After excluding this, there are only two shops along the street. One is cheap but the location and environment are not very good. The other one is more expensive and occupies a similar amount of space, but the location is better in comparison.

Liu Miaomiao took a look and rented the latter shop, which had a more expensive rent. She signed a five-year contract at one time, paying annually and paying 40,000 yuan in rent upfront.

The task progress has reached 40%.