Chapter 135 Familiar
"Mother……"
Zhou Mu looked at Yan Songyu and called out, but she quickly changed her tone, "Mom, no, she's not my mom anymore, I won't acknowledge her anymore."
"Okay, if Mumu doesn't want to acknowledge it, then she doesn't have to. I've said it before, I really want to have a sensible and beautiful daughter like you."
Yan Songyu brought up the matter of adopting Zhou Mu again. She genuinely felt sorry for Zhou Mu and truly wanted to make amends to her.
"I...I'll think about it. Thank you, Aunt Yan..."
Zhou Mu relented and silently called out "Mom" in her heart.
She didn't stay at the Yan family's house for long. She was afraid that she would be tempted by the warm atmosphere and reveal everything, but she wasn't ready to face it.
"Why don't you stay at my place?" Yan Songyu urged.
Feifei clung to Zhou Mu's arm and said coquettishly, "Yes, we can sleep in the same bed tonight."
Zhou Mu forced a smile, but didn't dare look into Fei Fei's clear eyes. "I need to calm down by myself. I'll come and sleep with you next time."
The driver dropped Zhou Mu off at the residential complex opposite Ocean University, but Zhou Mu didn't go upstairs; instead, he wandered aimlessly through the streets.
Beep beep beep—
creak—
A car grazed past Zhou Mu's arm, leaving a long scratch on the ground, a reminder of the danger that had just occurred.
"Are you out of your mind? You don't want to live anymore and you're dragging me down with you! If you want to die, go somewhere else!"
The driver rolled down the window and, ignoring the rain, leaned out to hurl insults at Zhou Mu.
Several more cars then drove up, honking their horns incessantly to urge the car in front to leave the lane.
Beep beep beep—
Beep—beep beep beep—
...
Zhou Mu stood in the middle of the road in a daze, only remembering the blinding lights that shone brightly against the dim and gloomy sky, and everything in front of her was white.
She vaguely remembered Li Shuwei, the girl who shone brightly in the piano competition, but whose talent was fleeting and quickly faded.
She thought she had long forgotten the blood everywhere, the overwhelming red, but the scene now made her realize that she had never forgotten it; it was just hidden deep in her memory.
Zhou Mu learned from Li Shuwei to cherish her life, and it was then that she decided to become stronger and make Zhou Yue regret it. But today... she almost wanted to follow in Li Shuwei's footsteps. It turns out that life and death are really just a moment apart.
A car pulled over, and a girl wearing a sequined bodycon dress, dreadlocks, and heavy makeup got out. Holding a yellow umbrella, she disregarded the danger posed by the slippery oncoming vehicles and pulled the dazed Zhou Mu back to the side of the road.
"Are you alright?" The girl tore off a few tissues and wiped the rain off Zhou Mu's face. Her red eyes told a story of endless grievances.
Seeing Zhou Mu's distraught appearance, the girl simply pushed her into the car. She draped a small blanket from the back seat over Zhou Mu and took out a towel to wipe her hair and face.
"I know you must have suffered a lot of injustice, but nothing is more important than our own lives. Things will always pass, just like this heavy rain will definitely stop today."
She didn't ask Zhou Mu what had happened; that was her privacy.
"Pfft~" Zhou Mu suddenly laughed, "I used to think the same way, but things can always get worse."
"Is this the worst that can happen?" the girl asked.
Zhou Mu shook his head. "I don't know, maybe."
For her, knowing the truth should be a good thing, as it means she can get rid of Zhou Yue and her long-standing doubts will be answered. So why can't she be happy?
Why do people always have to make choices?
She has already endured so much suffering that wasn't hers to bear, so why take away her most cherished friend when she's trying to correct her mistakes?
The girl thought for a moment and said, "If it's not the worst time yet, you should persevere because there's still room for improvement. If it's already the worst time, you should persevere even more because the future will only be better than it is now."
Zhou Mu smiled upon hearing this, "You're right."
She looked at the girl in front of her carefully. Her appearance and temperament were completely opposite to Feifei's, but they were equally warm-hearted and kind, and equally warm and bright.
After a long while, the girl finally asked, "It seems you're alright now. Where do you want to go? I'll take you."
After a moment of reaction, Zhou Mu said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know. I have no relatives and I'm homeless."
She paused, then said wistfully, "No, I have an enviable, harmonious, and warm home, with loving family members, but I can't go back now."
"In that case, why don't you play a round with me?" the girl suggested.
"good."
Just as Zhou Mu agreed, the girl received a call from her friend urging her to keep the appointment.
"Alright, alright, I know. We're on our way. You all know the road conditions today."
After the girl finished speaking, she handed Zhou Mu an unopened bottle of mineral water, saying, "Have some water."
Zhou Mu: "Thank you!"
"You're welcome." The girl nimbly climbed into the driver's seat and started the car.
Seeing Zhou Mu lost in thought in the rearview mirror, and fearing she was getting stuck on something, I said, "Actually, I've also had times when I felt like the sky was falling."
She raised her left hand, and the large beaded bracelet slid down, revealing a gruesome wound on her wrist.
"Later, after overcoming this hurdle, I realized it was nothing special, and I also came to understand a truth: nothing is more precious than one's own life."
"You're amazing!" Zhou Mu said.
The girl said firmly, "You will be just as amazing as me, invincible."
"After all this talk, I still don't know your name. My name is Zhou Mu, the 'Mu' in 'dusk'."
"The mat has not yet dried, the morning dew has not yet dried."
As soon as Xi Weixi finished speaking, the car stopped.
"Are we there yet?" Zhou Mu glanced at the rain curtain; it seemed to be a clothing store.
"No, we're going to a bar. You can't go looking like a drowned rat."
Xi Weixi pushed Zhou Mu into the store and quickly picked out a pink crop top and a sequined bodycon skirt from a row of clothes. "How about this?"
Zhou Mu shook his head. "I have scars on my body, so I can't wear this."
"Then let's choose another one."
Xi Weixi then picked out a form-fitting dress for Zhou Mu that wasn't revealing. When Zhou Mu came out, she even whistled a lewdly, "You have a great figure!"
Xi Weixi even took Zhou Mu to a nearby hair salon to blow-dry her hair and gave her a stunning, bold red lip look before taking her to the bar.
The two were greeted with a warm welcome as soon as they entered the private room. "Hey, where did Xiao Xi pick up this beauty?"
"Go away, go away, my new friend. It's her first time here, don't scare her." Xi Weixi pushed the people away and introduced, "Zhou Mu, he's still a student, so keep your hands off him."
"How can you speak like that? How can you ruin our reputation in front of a newly acquainted beauty?"
The group consisted of both men and women. Although they seemed carefree and irreverent, Zhou Mu didn't see any impoliteness in their eyes.
But... Zhou Mu suddenly made eye contact with a boy in the corner, who looked at Zhou Mu with a faint smile in his eyes.
This person... looks familiar.
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