Chapter 67 (Sixty-seventh update)

Sixty-seven:

“They all want to go.” Mu Feng turned to look at Ye Qingxi.

Ye Qingxi looked up, pausing her action of squeezing the kitten's paws. "Them?"

"Your eldest uncle, your father, your aunt, and your youngest uncle."

Ye Qingxi: ...

Ye Qingxi thought to herself: And his brother too.

But what's wrong with his dad?

He's such a big star, coming to their school for the sports meet, that's just too much...

Ye Qingxi thought about it and felt worried for their school.

No, it's too easy to be recognized, too easy for something to happen.

Let's remove his father's name.

"Then I'll sign up for four projects," Ye Qingxi said, "one for each of us."

That should solve the problem, right?

"Four projects?" Mu Feng asked worriedly. "Can you manage them all? Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired," Ye Qingxi smiled.

What else?

Who can he remove?

"But I think my dad shouldn't come back. He's too famous and easily recognized."

Mu Feng: ...

Mu Feng once again expressed his disdain for Mu Shaowu's identity as an actor.

"If your dad isn't coming back, you can just report three names, right?"

“And my brother,” Ye Qingxi said, “Brother Qin Cheng also wants to participate.”

Mu Feng: ...

Mu Feng nodded. His little grandson was really popular across all age groups!

After finishing her meal, Ye Qingxi left with the food she had packed for Mu Shaoyan.

The road conditions were good today. When Ye Qingxi arrived at Mu Shaoyan's school gate, the senior students had not yet finished school.

He sat in the car waiting.

As I waited, I saw a sausage grilling machine set up in a small shop not far away.

Ye Qingxi felt a bit hungry.

"Uncle Li, would you like some grilled sausage? It's my treat," Ye Qingxi asked, leaning forward.

Li Wei shook his head, "Uncle doesn't eat."

"Then I'll go downstairs and buy one," Ye Qingxi said.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei unbuckled his seatbelt. "I'll go with you."

Ye Qingxi was still young, and although the small shop was just a few steps away, Li Wei was still worried that something might happen to him.

Ye Qingxi nodded, got out of the car, and walked to the store entrance.

He asked the owner to pick out three grilled sausages that had already popped open, and bought a drink, paying for them all at once.

"Uncle Li, you really don't want any?" Ye Qingxi picked up a stick and handed it to him. "If you really don't like it, then don't eat it. If you don't, then that's perfect, the three of us can each have one."

Li Wei couldn't help but laugh at his precocious and shrewd manner.

He had been driving for Ye Qingxi for a while, and he finally understood why their CEO, Mu, a man of such iron will and ruthlessness, was so caring and gentle towards this child.

It's true that children are really pitiful. Compared to Ye Qingxi, theirs can't even be called children; they're more like monkeys from Mount Emei.

"Okay." Li Wei took it. "Thank you, Xiao Xi."

"You're welcome." Ye Qingxi smiled and picked up another one to eat.

After finishing his meal, he didn't rush to get in the car. He took a couple of sips of his drink and stood at the school gate waiting for Mu Shaoyan.

While waiting, Ye Qingxi ran back to the place where she had bought the sausage before, bought another one, and then ran back to the school gate to wait.

Seeing that he bought the food but didn't eat it, Li Wei assumed that he wanted to wait and eat it with Mu Shaoyan later, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Finally, the senior students are out of school.

Mu Shaoyan was packing his schoolbag when he suddenly heard someone say, "He Guang, hurry up."

He Guang!

Mu Shaoyan looked back and saw that the other person's appearance was barely considered handsome, and he looked like a scholar, but was not strong enough to kill a chicken.

He vaguely remembered.

It's him!

When he was a junior in high school, he happened to see two senior students from his school bullying someone, and he taught them a lesson on the spot.

As a result, one of them ran away, but before leaving, he threatened him, telling him to wait, so he went to call for reinforcements.

Is Mu Shaoyan afraid of him?

He immediately called Lu Zhao and the others as well.

After hanging up the phone, he continued to lecture the one who hadn't managed to escape.

As it happened, He Guang was passing by.

He looked like the kind of well-behaved student who wouldn't fight, so Mu Shaoyan didn't want him to stay any longer, fearing he'd get involved in unnecessary trouble. So he yelled at him, "What are you looking at? Get lost!"

Sure enough, the other party left quickly.

Mu Shaoyan then forgot about the matter.

If Ye Qingxi hadn't mentioned it that day, Mu Shaoyan would have completely forgotten about this person, and it wouldn't have matched the name "He Guang" at all.

only……

Mu Shaoyan didn't quite understand. They had only crossed paths once, and he had only spoken in a bad tone. He hadn't hit him or scolded him, so why did Mu Shaoyan hold a grudge?

Sure enough, it's hard to be a good person, Mu Shaoyan shook his head.

Oh well, he won't have any further interaction with He Guang anyway, so let him be.

Mu Shaoyan didn't bother to argue and continued packing his schoolbag.

Duan Yi had already packed up and left the classroom before him.

He walked out of the teaching building and headed towards the school gate.

As they walked, they overheard the girls ahead whispering, "Mu Shaoyan's baby is here again."

"Yeah?"

"Look, someone posted that he wasn't waiting in the car today, he was waiting at the school gate. So cute."

Duan Yi: ?

Duan Yi took out his phone, opened the forum, and as soon as he clicked in, he saw information related to Ye Qingxi.

Breaking news! Mu Shaoyan's "baby" is here again! An adorable baby, photos included.

Original Poster: [Photos][Photos][Photos]

Wow! She's so cute!

[With looks like that, does the Mu family have some kind of looks-obsessed syndrome?!]

[So cute! She looks completely different from Mu Shaoyan!]

[Although, as long as Mu Shaoyan doesn't speak, dye his hair, or make a move, he seems quite well-behaved [facepalm]]

【What?! That's our school bully, and you call him a good girl?!】

[He was really well-behaved when he had black hair. We were in the same class in the first year of high school. Once I turned around and saw him sleeping. He was so handsome! I never imagined he would become the school bully later.]

So, could this little baby also be a school bully?

[I don't think so! Otherwise, my heart will break!]

Duan Yi: ...

What a pitiful baby, his good reputation has been ruined by his uncle.

"Wow~ She's so cute and pretty," the two girls in front of him exclaimed again.

"You know what, his looks really do resemble Mu Shaoyan's son."

"Impossible! This child looks to be four or five years old. If Mu Shaoyan were his father, he would have gotten someone pregnant and given birth to him when he was thirteen or fourteen."

Duan Yi: ...

"But I saw someone say that Mu Shaoyan is very chaotic in private, and he smokes, drinks, and has tattoos."

Duan Yi: ...It's a temporary tattoo, thank you.

"Huh? No way?"

"Besides, their family is so rich. Aren't the private lives of rich people always chaotic?"

Duan Yi: ...

“This…” the girl frowned.

“If it weren’t for his son, why would he care so much about him, calling him ‘baby’ so affectionately, and even going back to school to study for him?”

"this……"

Duan Yi simply couldn't listen anymore.

He stepped forward and said calmly, "Because he is his nephew."

Two girls whispering to each other: !!

"How did you know?" the two asked instinctively.

"Mu Shaoyan said it himself."

After refuting the rumors, Duan Yi quickened his pace and headed towards the school gate.

Two girls: ? ? ? !!

"No, who is he?" one of them asked, realizing what was happening.

"Duan Yi, you don't know Duan Yi?"

"Wow! It's Duan Yi! Why did Mu Shaoyan talk to him? What's their relationship?"

"They should be in the same class, but I heard from my friend that Duan Yi and Mu Shaoyan basically don't interact with anyone in the class. One is busy doing exams, and the other is impossible to find."

"So what he just did...?"

"I don't know."

The two looked completely bewildered and stared at each other in disbelief.

Ye Qingxi stood at the school gate, waiting for Mu Shaoyan while feeling the subtle, overt gazes from both above and below.

Although some of them felt they had hidden it well.

But who is Ye Qingxi?

He had experienced all sorts of gazes from the shadows in his past life, so he sensed them almost as soon as they looked in his direction.

These gazes, however, seemed to be devoid of malice, merely expressions of pure curiosity.

So Ye Qingxi didn't pay any attention.

He saw Duan Yi coming out from afar, and quickly raised his hand to wave at him, saying, "Brother Duan Yi~"

Duan Yi: !!!

Duan Yi looked up and saw the child from the post pop up on his phone.

He put away his phone and walked up to Ye Qingxi.

Ye Qingxi handed him the grilled sausage she had bought for him earlier, and said with a smile, "Brother Duan Yi, please have some grilled sausage."

Li Wei then realized that he had gone out of his way to buy another one specifically for this boy.

Duan Yi was somewhat surprised.

Li Wei secretly sized him up.

“Take it,” Ye Qingxi said.

Duan Yi looked at the smile on his face, her heart softened, and she couldn't bear to refuse. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, brother. Take care on your journey. We'll be there after we finish eating," Ye Qingxi said sweetly.

"Okay." Duan Yi said, then reached out and patted his head.

Ye Qingxi: ?

Duan Yi: ...

Duan Yi only realized what he had just done after he had touched her.

He was somewhat surprised, yet felt there was nothing surprising about it.

Ye Qingxi is pretty and well-behaved. She sweetly held up a grilled sausage and offered it to him. He couldn't help but pat her little head. Isn't that normal?

"Next time, your brother will treat you to candied hawthorns," he said.

"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied with a smile.

The students around them looked on, puzzled.

[Why does Duan Yi seem to know him too?]

He even gave Duan Yi a grilled sausage. Oh my god, what a sweet little boy!

[Duan Yi even touched him. I want to touch him too; it must feel really nice.]

【But I'm different. I want a grilled sausage. Can I have one too, baby?】

The baby also has a grilled sausage in his hand, which is reasonably assumed to be for Mu Shaoyan.

[Damn, there are grilled sausages to eat right after school! What makes Mu Shaoyan so special?!]

[Just now, while my friend and I were discussing this, Duan Yi passed by and said that this was Mu Shaoyan's nephew.]

[Nephew? Little nephew?! Not son!]

【How could it be my son! I said from the beginning it should be my nephew or grandnephew.】

Wait, how did Duan Yi know?

[Duan Yi said that Mu Shaoyan told him this.]

[Wait, why would Mu Shaoyan tell him? Are they close?]

[This shouldn't be! Duan Yi, the top student, is always at the top of the grade and never interacts with anyone, focusing solely on completing his exams. Mu Shaoyan, the school bully, is at the bottom of the grade and also never interacts with anyone because he's never even at school! How can they be close?]

Speaking of which, I happened to see them at the stairwell a few days ago; the dog was acting suspiciously.

Everyone: [? ? ? ? ]

Duan Yi, who was eating a grilled sausage: ...

What do you mean by sneaking around like a dog? He was clearly answering Mu Shaoyan's question openly and honestly. It was Mu Shaoyan who was sneaking around like a dog; only he was being sneaky.

Duan Yi was speechless and put his phone away again.

Ye Qingxi stood at the school gate and waited for a while before finally seeing Mu Shaoyan.

"Uncle!" he called out happily to Mu Shaoyan.

Mu Shaoyan had seen him long ago, and the moment he shouted, he rushed out of the crowd and stood in front of him.

He scooped Ye Qingxi up in his arms, spun him around twice as he always had, and then kissed him on the soft cheek. "Why did you get down? Why weren't you waiting in the car?"

"Here's a grilled sausage for you." Ye Qingxi handed over the sausage.

Mu Shaoyan was moved once again.

He held Ye Qingxi in his arms and said deliberately, "What should I do, baby? I've used all my hands to hold you, I don't have any hands left to hold you, what should I do?"

The classmates around me: ? ? ? !!!

What did they hear?!

Is this just her being affectionate?

Is that her being affectionate?!

You, a big school bully, are acting like a child?!

Is this appropriate?!