Chapter 27: The mission started off badly!
Aunt Xu? Su Mengxue saw him calling Xu Rong "Auntie" so familiarly. Thinking that they lived in the same family compound, she guessed that they must be acquaintances. She smiled and asked, "Yes, you know her too?"
"Aunt Xu and my mom have been friends for many years." He raised his hand and pointed westward. "Look, that building where the pink sheets are drying is her home."
Su Mengxue looked in the direction Lu Yuanzhou pointed and soon found the building he mentioned. She thought she had been delayed for a long time. Seeing the watch on his wrist, she asked, "What time is it now?"
Lu Yuanzhou raised his wrist to check his watch: "Half past nine."
Su Mengxue was shocked to realize that she was half an hour late for the visit she had agreed with Xu Rong. She didn't even have time to say goodbye to Lu Yuanzhou and ran quickly to the west.
Lu Yuanzhou looked at her staggering but agile back and asked anxiously, "Comrade, I don't even know your name."
Su Mengxue waved at him without looking back: "My name is Su Mengxue. Time is running out. Goodbye." As she spoke, she quickly ran towards Building 7.
"Where do you live then?"
As soon as Lu Yuanzhou finished speaking, he saw the woman running away. He stood there, his mind full of the pair of anxious red eyes when she gave him artificial respiration just now, and the sweat beads on her forehead falling on her eyelashes.
At this moment, the air still lingered with the faint scent of soap nuts she had brought with her as she ran past. A strange feeling suddenly crept into his heart, and he whispered the name several times: "Su Mengxue, Su Mengxue..."
At the same time, Su Mengxue ran all the way to the bottom of Building 7. She leaned against the wall and gasped for breath, with her hair stuck to her face by sweat.
She didn't bother to straighten her messy hair, and ran up to the second floor in two steps. She looked at the house number and knocked on the door.
Soon the door opened, and an old woman who looked to be about sixty years old came out. She was dressed simply and wore an apron. She should be the nanny in Xu Rong's family.
The old woman narrowed her eyes and looked at her. Her gaze swept over her sweaty collar and slightly messy hair, and she curled her lips downwards: "Little girl, you are Su Mengxue, right?"
Su Mengxue saw the old woman call out her name, thinking it must be Xu Rong's instructions. The corners of her lips curved up and she politely replied, "Hello, Auntie, I'm Su Mengxue. I made an appointment with Sister Xu this morning..."
"Go back." The old woman interrupted her harshly, her expression becoming increasingly cold. "Don't come here again."
Su Mengxue's pupils suddenly constricted, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes: "Auntie, why? I and..."
The old woman glanced at her sideways, her brows furrowed with impatience. "The lady asked me to tell you that she hates people who don't keep their promises. You won't have a chance in the future."
Su Mengxue was about to explain when the door slammed shut.
She froze in place, feeling a little helpless. Thinking of the jade pendant, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and knock on the door again.
The door was opened again, and the old woman came out again.
Su Mengxue looked at her and begged anxiously, "Auntie, I just encountered something on the road. I wasn't late on purpose... Could you let me in and talk to Sister Xu?"
The old woman's eyes flickered when she saw her humble appearance, and she subconsciously turned back to look towards the living room.
Su Mengxue took the opportunity to lean forward and block the door, shouting inside, "Sister Xu, please listen to my explanation. I encountered a fainted person on the way here, and I wasted time trying to save him. I hope you can give me another chance. I promise I will never be late again."
The old woman was afraid of disturbing Xu Rong, so she looked towards the living room with a nervous look on her face. Seeing that there was no movement in the living room, she turned around and whispered, "Little girl, if you continue to make trouble, I will have someone kick you out."
Su Mengxue knew that if she missed this opportunity, she would never get another one. She ignored the old woman's warning and added hurriedly, "Sister Xu, please listen to my explanation. I really didn't mean to do that. The person I just saved is called Lu..."
"Don't say useless things, just leave!"
When the old woman reached out to push her, steady footsteps were heard behind her, and soon Xu Rong, wearing a silk nightgown, appeared in front of them.
Su Mengxue stood up straight and smiled at her: "Hello, Sister Xu."
When the old woman saw Xu Rong coming, she stepped aside with her hands down and explained, "Madam, this little girl was making a fuss and refused to leave. I couldn't stop her for a while."
Xu Rong raised her hand to stop her from talking and said coldly, "Alright, Aunt Liu, you go in first."
The old woman glanced at Su Mengxue in reproach and went inside.
Xu Rong looked at Su Mengxue, sized up her clothes, and raised her eyebrows slightly. "I admit that your clothes are indeed well made, but I will never wear them for someone as unpunctual as you. You can go back."
"Sister Xu, I just..."
"You mean you're saving people?" Xu Rong scoffed. "That's enough. People like you who have no sense of time and a bunch of excuses are annoying to me even if I look at them for even a second."
"Sister Xu, I really didn't lie to you. The person I saved..."
Xu Rong's expression suddenly changed, and she said coldly, "That's enough. I'm very busy every day and have no interest in your affairs. No matter what the reason, being late is being late. This is an unchangeable fact. I only care about the results."
She paused, then added without pausing for argument: "If you don't leave, I'll have someone ask you to leave."
Su Mengxue knew that continuing would only make her angry, so she shut up helplessly and said nothing more.
Xu Rong rolled her eyes at her, turned around and slammed the door.
Su Mengxue looked at the closed door and left Building 7 dejectedly.
She was in a low mood on the way back. Her plan of making clothes for Xu Rong to earn money to buy a jade pendant was ruined. How could she raise the money in such a short time?
Thinking of the jade pendant, she looked at the white shirt wrapped in brown paper in her hand, her eyes darkened. She cheered herself up and prepared to find Chen Yanzhi who lived in the same family compound. She wanted to take the opportunity to return the shirt to have a good talk with him, hoping that he could give her a few more days.
This time she found the house number easily. After arriving at the third floor of Building 9, she knocked on the door gently.
It was Shen Min who opened the door. She looked at Su Mengxue for a few times, a hint of understanding flashed in her eyes, and she curled her lips and asked knowingly, "Are you here to return my brother's shirt?"
Su Mengxue responded with a smile and handed the things in her hand to Shen Min. She glanced at the pair of men's leather shoes at the entrance and asked casually, "Is your brother home?"
Shen Min reached out and took the clothes from her hand, her fingertips pausing on the brown paper: "Unfortunately, he just went out."
Su Mengxue thought that it would be the same to say it to Shen Min, so she spoke again: "Actually, I came here today to talk about the jade pendant..."
"My brother paid for the jade pendant." Shen Min said impatiently, "Didn't you guys agree on a time? Then you can talk to him directly."
After she finished speaking, she took a half step back toward the door and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go in."
Seeing that Shen Min didn't want to continue chatting with her, Su Mengxue thought of Xu Rong just now. In order to avoid making the situation unpleasant, she concealed her disappointment and pulled a smile at the corner of her lips: "I'm fine."
"Okay, goodbye!" Su Min said and quickly closed the door.
Su Mengxue bit her lip and walked out with a worried look on her face.
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Shen Min stuffed the brown paper bag into Shen Yanzhi's hand, put her hands on her hips and looked him up and down: "Brother, you don't know how beautiful Su Mengxue dressed up this time. Since you gave her the address, why are you hiding from her?"
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