Chapter Four: Stopped at the Door
As dusk fell, almost everyone had left the school.
Only a few people remained standing along the street.
Looking around, Xu Yihuan was not among them.
Uncle Liu and Wu Qingqing were dumbfounded.
If Xu Yihuan isn't waiting for them here, where else could she go?
We couldn't possibly walk back on our own two legs, could we?
A bad feeling crept into Wu Qingqing's heart.
"Didn't you say Xu Yihuan would be waiting for us here? Where is she?"
Uncle Liu swallowed hard, his heart pounding.
But he still forced himself to remain calm, got out of the car, and drove around for a couple of hours, but didn't see Xu Yihuan.
I had no choice but to turn around and get back on the bus.
"I wonder where that brat has run off to."
Liu Changyuan cursed and muttered as he prepared to shift gears and leave.
Wu Qingqing's eyes widened.
Are we just going to leave like this?
"Don't forget! What I want is still in Xu Yihuan's hands!"
Wu Qingqing became anxious.
No matter what, we can't abandon Xu Yihuan at this time, because the points exchange system can only take effect once she gets that thing.
Liu Changyuan was obviously aware of this as well.
Hearing Wu Qingqing say that, his two little mustaches tensed up.
I don't know who I'm trying to comfort.
"It's alright, Qingqing."
"Xu Yihuan might be on her way back right now. Don't forget, Xu Yihuan has that soft-hearted personality that makes her vulnerable to being trampled on by everyone."
"We just need to explain that we couldn't find her when we got back. Who told her to be so willful and not wait for us to come back?!"
Liu Changyuan became more and more certain as he spoke, even reassuring himself.
He deftly raised his hand to shift gears, then floored the accelerator and sped off.
Wu Qingqing felt the push against her back and gripped the handrail tightly.
Looking at the scenery rushing past the window, he could only comfort himself that Liu Changyuan's guesses were all correct.
The Maybach drove into the Lishui Bay villa area early on.
Butler Zhang drove the car to the doorstep without any hindrance.
Xu Yihuan got off the bus carrying her schoolbag.
I glanced casually at the room next door.
That's Zhou Yanzhe's house.
In the past, when Uncle Liu drove back, he would always prioritize taking Zhou Yanzhe and Wu Qingqing back.
Then, because it was only a short walk, Xu Yihuan always walked back from Zhou Yanzhe's house by herself.
This is the first time I've been able to get right to my doorstep.
When I saw that the familiar Volkswagen wasn't parked at the entrance next door.
Xu Yihuan raised an eyebrow and dialed a number.
After giving a few casual instructions, Xu Yihuan turned around and went home after the call ended.
There was no one else in the house except for the housekeeper who cooked.
In the past, if Xu Yihuan had encountered such a situation, she would have already gone to Zhou Yanzhe's house to freeload a meal.
They would also bring their homework along, asking Zhou Yanzhe to teach it.
In the end, I felt like I had no home.
Now that I've been reborn, I realize how shameless I was back then.
Xu Yihuan carried her schoolbag over one shoulder and went back to her bedroom.
Sitting at my desk.
I took an English novel from the small bookshelf on my desk.
Tucked inside the novel is a blue academic talisman. This talisman was obtained by her mother after her mother took her to Puji Temple, where a master calculated her birth chart and blessed it.
This thing from my past life just suddenly disappeared.
At that time, she didn't believe in gods or Buddhas, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
Looking back now.
Wu Qingqing may have relied on this to achieve a comeback by changing her score.
It caused me to get a zero on the college entrance exam.
Xu Yihuan picked up the blue academic talisman with her fair and slender fingers, stared at it quietly for two seconds, and then released it.
The academic talisman just fell into the inner compartment of his backpack.
You can't see it at all unless you look closely.
Then, Xu Yihuan took out something of similar size from her school uniform pocket and put it back in its original place.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a sachet given as a gift by the merchant when you purchase something.
Next, Xu Yihuan placed the original English book in the very center of her desk, making it extremely conspicuous.
After doing all this, Xu Yihuan gently patted her schoolbag, acting as if nothing had happened.
They leisurely strolled downstairs.
However, at that moment, Xu Yihuan's phone suddenly rang.
The sudden ringing of the bell sounded particularly jarring in the otherwise quiet atmosphere.
I glanced at my contacts.
Xu Yihuan's eyes curved into a smile, and then she hung up the phone without hesitation.
Her call was to the property management company.
The entrance to the Lishui Bay villa area.
The all-black Volkswagen was parked at the entrance.
No matter how many times the horn was blared, the pole in front of it remained unmoved.
The security guard stood at the door, waving his hand impatiently.
"Since you are not residents here, you should leave now."
"We don't let unfamiliar cars in."
Liu Changyuan was stunned.
"How is that possible? I pick up and drop off my daughter from school every day without any problems, how could something have gone wrong now!"
As he spoke, Liu Changyuan seemed to realize something.
He gritted his teeth: "Did Xu Yihuan tell you not to let us in?!"
"That bitch Xu Yihuan! She was the one who didn't wait for us, and now she's making things difficult for us. Isn't she just taking advantage of us because we have no background or power?!"
"Let me tell you, I advise you to let me in right now, or I'll complain about you and make you lose your job!"
Actually, the security guard did have some recollection of this man.
He often picked up and dropped off Young Master Zhou and Miss Xu to and from school.
He must be the Zhou family's driver.
Now, hearing these foul words coming from his mouth...
The security guard immediately frowned. With such a dirty mouth, he deserved to be fired.
The security guard adopted his professional demeanor and roared at Liu Changyuan with the fierce look of a burly man.
"What's wrong with you? Can't you see? The barrier here is automatic; your license plate wasn't even registered. If you keep doing this, I'll call the police!"
Liu Changyuan was startled and quickly withdrew his body from the car window.
But even in defeat, he wouldn't back down, and still uttered a harsh statement.
"You just wait!"
Xu Yihuan is extremely protective of her own. Once you tell Xu Yihuan, she will definitely help them file a complaint against this security guard!
Uncle Liu's face was fierce, and he immediately dialed Xu Yihuan's number.
It rang for almost a minute before automatically hanging up.
Uncle Liu refused to believe it and called again, but the phone was switched off.
Uncle Liu frowned, looking at the phone in his hand, somewhat puzzled. Was the phone broken and unable to make calls?
Wu Qingqing, sitting in the back row, probably understood what had happened.
After waiting for so long, she was getting a little impatient.
"Uncle, are you all better yet?"
I got home much later than usual today.
If she had been any later, she probably wouldn't have made it to the Zhou family's dinner.
You should know that the Zhou family wouldn't be so kind as to leave food for themselves.
Liu Changyuan tossed his phone onto the passenger seat.
He suppressed the irritation in his eyes, and his two small mustaches twitched up in anger.
"If you ask me, why don't you just call the homeowner? I can raise the barrier and let you go."
The security guard couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that the car wasn't turning around and leaving, and was just sitting there, he couldn't help but offer some advice.
Upon hearing this, Liu Changyuan became even angrier, his beard bristling and eyes wide with fury.
Did he think they didn't know to call the homeowners?
The problem is, that little bitch Xu Yihuan isn't answering the phone at all right now.
Liu Changyuan sat in the driver's seat, patted the steering wheel, and exhaled forcefully.
Finally, it seemed like he had thought of something.
He turned to the back seat, his gaze landing on Wu Qingqing's face with a hint of caution.
"Qingqing, why don't you... give the Zhou family a call?"
"Didn't you say that Mrs. Zhou and Mr. Zhou both value you highly?"
"Just give them a call, they'll definitely let us in."
"Besides, don't you still need to get Xu Yihuan's academic talisman? If we can't get in, you'll have even less chance of getting it."
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