Chapter 141 (141 Update)

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Yang Yu listened to her words and looked at the smile on her face.

He suddenly couldn't tell whether Mu Shaoting's current jealous and calculating demeanor meant she genuinely minded and was dissatisfied with He Han's presence, or whether she was just toying with him.

Subconsciously unwilling to accept the second possibility, he comforted himself that most girls are like this, especially a rich heiress like Mu Shaoting. She is used to being high and mighty, so she can accept dumping someone, but she cannot accept that someone has someone close to her behind her back.

He Han likes him, and she's being too obvious about it, so it's normal that Mu Shaoting is unhappy.

After comforting himself, Yang Yu finally turned to look at He Han.

He knew, of course, how He Han felt about him, and he also knew that He Han had just said those things only because she cared about him and felt indignant on his behalf.

He even agreed with He Han's words.

But it didn't work.

She wasn't Mu Shaoting, not the person he wanted.

“He Han, this is between the two of us, it has nothing to do with you,” Yang Yu said.

The hanging boots fell to the ground with a "thud," not the result she wanted, but the words she had expected.

He Han looked at him, her heart aching dully.

Mu Shaoting added fuel to the fire, saying, "That's it? It's that simple? Yang Yu, do you also care about your sister, so you can't bear to say anything to her?"

He Han: !!!

He Han glared at Mu Shaoting, feeling that she was vicious and hateful!

He's already said that, and she's still not satisfied!

Did she really have to break her heart?!

"Look, she's glaring at me again." Mu Shaoting pretended to be aggrieved. "Yang Yu, you'd better not come looking for me anymore, otherwise, I can't stand the way your sister looks at me."

"He Han, what are you doing?!" Yang Yu said anxiously. "I've already said this is between the two of us, what does it have to do with you? Why are you glaring at her? If you're so capable, glare at me instead!"

He Han: ...

He Han turned her head away in pain, biting her lip to stop herself from crying.

"Get out!" Yang Yu said to her. "Leave now! And never show your face in front of her again!"

“Brother Yu.” He Han’s voice trembled, incredulous.

This is not the ending Mu Shaoting wanted.

She said casually, "Doesn't she need to apologize to me?"

Yang Yu immediately said, "Apologize to her."

He Han: !!!

He Han couldn't believe it. "I have to apologize to her?! You want me to apologize to her?!"

"Otherwise what?" Mu Shaoting said coolly, "Should I apologize to you?"

He Han: ...

Yang Yu knew she was wronged, but there was nothing he could do. He had invested too much in Mu Shaoting, and he couldn't give up now.

So, we can only ask her to make do.

"Apologize," he said. "He Han, apologize."

He Han gave a sad smile, her expression tinged with indescribable loneliness.

She looked at the person she loved in front of her, turned around, and painfully wanted to leave.

But before she could take a step, she heard Mu Shaoting's soft words explode behind her.

"Yang Yu, I believe in fairness when it comes to relationships. What I have, others should have too; what I don't have, others shouldn't have either. You know I have two older brothers, and I've never had a good older brother I grew up with. But now you have a younger sister like this. Isn't that unfair to me?"

He Han turned to look at her, vaguely guessing what she wanted to say.

Sure enough, Mu Shaoting said softly, "If you really want to continue pursuing me, then you absolutely cannot let this younger sister stay. What do you think?"

He Han suddenly felt a chill.

My heart was pounding with anxiety and unease.

Her hair stood on end. She didn't understand what Mu Shaoting was doing.

Why were they so ruthless in their pursuit of her?

She's so cruel!

Are you really that heartless?!

"No, it won't happen," He Han thought, looking at Yang Yu opposite Mu Shaoting, trying to reassure herself. "Yang Yu won't agree to it."

They've known each other since childhood. How could he break off their friendship over all these years just because of Mu Shaoting?

He must have liked her deep down and couldn't bear to part with her; he wouldn't have said such cruel words.

She gazed at Yang Yu, her eyes filled with a love and pleading she herself hadn't even realized she possessed.

Mu Shaoting watched with a smile.

Mu Shaoting's roommate stood aside, watching with her.

He Han's identity is too ambiguous and too easy to cause instability in the relationship. Therefore, although the others felt that Mu Shaoting's request was a bit extreme, they did not think that she was being too unreasonable.

—We can't really keep He Han around and let her show up every now and then to cause us trouble, can we?

Yang Yu kept saying that he liked Mu Shaoting and only liked Mu Shaoting. Since he liked her so much, he should reassure Mu Shaoting and make a statement.

“I…” Yang Yu looked at He Han and saw the sad love in her eyes and her broken tears.

He looked into He Han's eyes and could almost see into her heart.

That heart that loves itself.

If he could, he wouldn't want to say what came next, but he had no choice. He needed Mu Shaoting, he needed Mu Shaoting to be his girlfriend.

He thought that He Han would have to make do for now. Once Mu Shaoting was gone, he would go back that night and apologize to her, telling her that it was all a last resort.

"My girlfriend doesn't like you. Don't ever show your face in front of me again," Yang Yu said with difficulty. "Just pretend we don't know each other."

With a "snap," it sounded as if something had broken.

He Han stared blankly at him, at the person she had loved since childhood, who was actually going to break off their friendship for Mu Shaoting.

How could he do this?!

How could he bear to do that?!

He Han felt as if his heart was being gripped, twisted, and cut by him.

Her tears suddenly fell.

"Fine," she said in despair, "I will never appear in front of you again."

"I wish you happiness." She gritted her teeth. "I wish you both happiness."

After saying that, He Han turned around and ran away crying.

Looking at her as if she had just broken up with her boyfriend, Mu Shaoting thought, "That's right, in her heart, what she experienced was indeed a breakup."

I told you long ago not to yell at her. If she hadn't picked it out herself, how would she have known she had a younger sister?

Sister, how ridiculous.

After watching the play, Mu Shaoting was satisfied and prepared to leave.

Yang Yu immediately chased after her and stopped her.

“Shaoting,” he looked at her, his voice gentle, “can you forgive me now?”

Mu Shaoting laughed as if he had heard a joke.

"Are you kidding me?"

Yang Yu's expression changed instantly. "You just said..."

“Yang Yu,” Mu Shaoting interrupted him, her hands in her coat pockets, her face cruelly calm. “I don’t like clinging to someone. If you keep doing this, there will only be three outcomes: one, you drop out of school; two, your parents lose their jobs; three, you drop out of school and your parents lose their jobs at the same time.”

"You know, if I wanted to, I could do it right now. Which one would you like to choose?"

Yang Yu: ...

Yang Yu was stunned.

He finally realized at this moment that Mu Shaoting was not only Mu Shaoting, but also the eldest daughter of the Mu family.

He always knew her identity, but he never truly realized what it meant.

So many people were pursuing Mu Shaoting, but not a single one of them was persistent and clingy.

It's not that they don't want to, or that they don't love, but that they have no other choice.

Rather, it was the eldest daughter of the Mu family who didn't give them that opportunity.

You can pursue Mu Shaoting when she's willing.

When she's unwilling, you can only stay away from Miss Mu.

At this moment, Yang Yu once again clearly saw the insurmountable chasm between the two of them.

Mu Shaoting didn't say anything more and walked briskly back to the dormitory with her roommate.

She went to the balcony and made a phone call to her counselor.

A short while later, Yang Yu received a call from his counselor.

He rushed over there.

The counselor sighed as she looked at the unremoved marks on his face.

"What are you doing? Do you think Mu Shaoting is so easy to woo? Roses may be beautiful, but they have thorns! Now look what's happened, all your scholarship and grant applications for this year have been cancelled. If there's another one, you can expect to be expelled!"

Yang Yu was surprised, "Mu Shaoting, she..."

"She called her advisor and said you were harassing her and trying to force her to be your girlfriend. She's here to study, not to date. Even a rich girl like her knows she's here to learn, but what about you? Are you trying to drop out of college now that you're a senior?!"

Yang Yu: ...

"Alright, go back now," the counselor said helplessly. "Don't ever show up in front of him again. I'm not trying to be mean, but Mu Shaoting is clearly not someone we can handle. He has his own circle of friends, and he'll talk to her when he wants to. What are you doing here, trying to eat swan meat? You're just being unrealistic!"

Yang Yu: ...

Yang Yu left the counselor's office in silence.

He didn't expect Mu Shaoting to act so quickly; she had just warned him and then immediately called the counselor.

She wasn't joking with him; she was serious.

This time it's just canceling all his scholarship and grant applications for this year; next time, it will mean dropping him out of school and his parents losing their jobs.

She kept her word.

Yang Yu realized once again that Mu Shaoting was a true heiress.

Whether he hit him or scolded him before, it was all because she, as Mu Shaoting, was giving him face.

If he takes advantage of her kindness, she will use her status as the eldest daughter of the Mu family to teach him a lesson.

Mu Shaoting is not someone he can control.

Thinking of this, Yang Yu almost instantly thought of He Han, whom he had broken his heart, and quickly picked up his phone to call her.

Since he couldn't be with Mu Shaoting, he had to win back He Han, the girl who loved him.

After dealing with Yang Yu, Mu Shaoting happily returned home on Friday night.

After returning from Duan Yi's house, Ye Qingxi immediately found her and asked, "Auntie, did Yang Yu bother you again after that?"

“It used to be there, but it’s not anymore.” Mu Shaoting looked at him with a smile. “What, are you still worried about your aunt?”

Ye Qingxi nodded. He was really worried!

The various villains in the Mu family, big and small, are giving him a real headache!

Mu Shaoting laughed, finding him genuinely adorable, like a little adult.

She pinched Ye Qingxi's cheek, and Ye Qingxi said softly, "If he's really annoying, Auntie, you can call Uncle."

“No need.” Mu Shaoting gently pinched his nose. “He’s not bothered by me anymore.”

He probably went to bother his sister.

Mu Shaoting found this amusing.

After all that commotion, it would be truly hilarious if that so-called younger sister could still accept him.

"Alright, let's not talk about him anymore." Mu Shaoting looked at her adorable little nephew. "Auntie's audition is the day after tomorrow, so I need to practice hard now."

Ye Qingxi nodded obediently and said, "Then Auntie, you practice, and I'll listen."

"Okay," Mu Shaoting said with a smile.

"Then Auntie, please take me with you on the day of the audition," Ye Qingxi requested.

He had to figure out a way to prepare for the songs he would give to Mu Shaoting later.

Mu Shaoting had only taken him out once by himself, and he had even caused him to fall. He was shaking his head almost instinctively.

"That won't do. There are a lot of people at the audition. It would be bad if something happened to you."

Ye Qingxi wasn't afraid at all. He wasn't really five years old, so what could possibly happen to him?

However, Mu Shaoting was unaware of this, and it was understandable that she was worried.

So he thought for a moment and said to her, "Then when we take the first test, Aunt, please take me with you."

Mu Shaoting: ...

Mu Shaoting was never used to refusing him, especially since he had just refused him once.

But she was also afraid that she wouldn't be able to take good care of Ye Qingxi by herself. With so many people around, if Ye Qingxi got hurt, she would be held responsible for the whole thing.

"Auntie~" Ye Qingxi said coquettishly.

Mu Shaoting had no choice but to say, "Let me think about it, let me think about it."

If she were to bring Ye Qingxi along, one person definitely wouldn't be enough; she would definitely need another person to ensure that Ye Qingxi would have someone by her side whenever she went to the restroom or performed in front of the stage.

But she couldn't tell her family about it—lest her father find out later and take his anger out on them.

I need to find someone I can trust—otherwise, something like what happened with Yang Yu might happen again.

Mu Shaoting was having a real headache.

Forget it, the preliminary test is still a long way off. The open selection is the day after tomorrow, and she might not even pass the open selection, so there's no need to worry about this candidate.

With this in mind, Mu Shaoting focused his attention on the audition again and started practicing his singing.

On a weekend morning, Mu Shaoting left home early. Ye Qingxi, the only one in the family who knew what she was really going to do, secretly cheered her on before leaving, hoping that everything would go well for her.

Sure enough, he received a call from Mu Shaoting the next day, saying that she had made it to the preliminary round.

The preliminary round would select one hundred people from the pool of auditionees. Mu Shaoting dared not be careless, so he chose a new song and practiced diligently.

Ye Qingxi didn't dare to be careless. She sat at her small desk, thinking about which of the songs she had written back then would be suitable for Mu Shaoting to use as the competition song for the top 100 to 60.

While Mu Shaowu was away, he secretly wrote down several poems on paper, struggling to make a choice.