When Su Qingluan heard Tian Xing'er say this, she was not curious, but instead thought, "Sure enough, you have something to say to me, right?" - after all, Tian Xing'er was a real teenager, and she had a straightforward personality. Any problems in her heart would immediately show on her face.
Although Su Qingluan still wanted to go home and rest immediately, she stopped and turned to look at Tian Xing'er: "Well, what's the problem? Ask it."
Perhaps she didn't expect Su Qingluan to agree so readily, without even any hesitation, and Tian Xing'er became embarrassed.
Su Qingluan knew that although the little girl in front of her had her own tangled emotions, she certainly couldn't hide anything, so she would definitely say what she wanted to say. She didn't rush to urge her, so she had to wait leisurely there - but in fact, because she was tired, even though she was still standing there, her mind was a little distracted.
...It's not that she was thinking about anything in particular, she was just too tired and couldn't concentrate. While Tian Xing'er was struggling, Su Qingluan began to think about the dozen or so home-cooked ways to cook freshwater fish - after all, she hadn't found any fish for tonight yet.
At this time, I heard Tian Xing'er's voice enter my ears——
"...What's the relationship? Why are you so different from others when you are together?" This voice...did not have Tian Xing'er's usual liveliness and cheerfulness, but instead had some rare grievance and uneasiness.
Su Qingluan was brought back to her senses by this question, and then she felt a little embarrassed: She was just distracted! She was actually distracted, it was really outrageous!
So, she walked a little closer to Tian Xing'er and gave an awkward yet polite smile: "Um... I'm so sorry, I didn't hear what you said just now. Can you say it again?"
I’m dying, dying, dying! Su Qingluan cursed herself in her heart: Ah, what’s going on? This body’s physical strength is too poor! Just because I’m a little tired, my attention is so distracted, even when the person I’m talking to is right in front of me, I lose my focus. Isn’t it so rude?
According to Tian Xing'er's personality, even if she didn't get scolded, she would probably be ridiculed. Su Qingluan sighed in her heart: Forget it, this is what she deserves. Whatever this girl wants to say, at least let her say it out loud.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan didn't hear Tian Xing'er's expected sarcastic words, but instead heard her sigh: "You also think it's stupid for me to ask this, right?"
...So what exactly are you asking...
"I don't quite understand what you mean." Su Qingluan held it in for a long time and could only utter this sentence.
"You...you and..." Tian Xing'er's pretty face flushed red, "What's going on between you and Mr. Mu?"
"What?" Mu Xingzhi? Was she asking about Mu Xingzhi?
Su Qingluan's face showed surprise, because in her opinion, she didn't quite understand what made Tian Xing'er so entangled. Wouldn't it be better to just ask such a simple question openly?
But in Tian Xing'er's eyes, it meant something else. She turned her head away in anger and shame, "Yeah, I saw it all just now. You two were in the kitchen... I know it's wrong to peek, but... but..."
"Wait a minute," Su Qingluan said, her expression growing increasingly confused. She quickly interrupted Tian Xing'er, "What did you see?" How could Tian Xing'er's words make it seem as if she and Mu Xingzhi had done something shameful in the kitchen? How come she didn't even know about it?
"I...I didn't listen to Mr. Mu and wait in the front hall. I followed him to the kitchen in the backyard..."
In fact, Tian Xing'er didn't really have any bad intentions at that time. It was just that she was able to finally go to the home of the person she had a crush on, and there was no one else around, so she subconsciously wanted to get to know the other person better.
So, Tian Xing'er somehow came to the backyard. In fact, because she was unfamiliar with the place, Tian Xing'er had no specific plan of where to go. Instead, she felt guilty because she knew that it was wrong to move around without permission, so she wanted to go back.
But at this moment, she saw the shadow of Mu Xingzhi's bulky and conspicuous wheelchair in the direction of the kitchen in her peripheral vision, so she couldn't help but follow it.
Immediately afterwards, a scene appeared that made Tian Xing'er feel mixed emotions.
In the afterglow of the setting sun filtering through the paper window, Su Qingluan looked exhausted, crouching on the ground and curling up into a ball. Mu Xingzhi watched her from behind.
Although Tian Xing'er couldn't see Mu Xingzhi's face clearly due to the angle and backlighting, the half-exposed side profile made the girl realize that Mr. Mu, who had always been regarded as handsome and elegant but with a mysterious background in the hearts of the villagers, was smiling at that moment.
Tian Xing'er wasn't quite sure what the smile meant, but she felt it was different from the gentle and polite smile she usually wore when looking at the villagers. It seemed looser and softer.
Then, she saw Mu Xingzhi stretch out his slender hand and touch the top of Su Qingluan's head - although Su Qingluan suddenly fell to one side for some reason, and stood up and got angry with Mr. Mu.
But Mr. Mu didn't seem angry at all.
Tian Xing'er also heard Su Qingluan calling Mu Xingzhi's name directly - before this, she even only knew that this man was called "Mr. Mu", as if this title was a secret that a little girl like her dared not easily reveal.
However, the way Su Qingluan called out the three words "Mu Xingzhi" sounded so familiar, as if she had called it that way a thousand times.
Mr. Mu seemed to be used to it and didn't care at all.
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