Lin Fangyi was abroad when she learned that she had a younger brother.
Her delicate face was instantly filled with surprise, her usually squinted eyes widening as if she couldn't believe the sudden news.
However, the surprise lasted only a moment before it quickly dissipated, replaced by joy and anticipation.
As the second oldest sister in the family, although she didn't have to be as busy with the family's complicated affairs as her eldest sister, she was never absent from her younger sisters' growth process.
Whether it's the little acts of care in daily life or the meticulous guidance in studies, she can be seen by the younger girls at almost every important moment.
Now, facing this younger brother who seemed to have suddenly appeared as if bestowed by heaven, Lin Fangyi's heart is naturally filled with endless curiosity.
She couldn't wait to meet the little guy she had never met, imagining whether he looked like his mother or his father, and the sweet "sister" he might call out to her.
However, Zhang Rui, the housekeeper who was supposed to pick her up at the airport, was nowhere to be seen.
Lin Fangyi looked around the arrival hall, her eyes scanning every face in the crowd, but she still couldn't see that familiar figure.
"Oh dear, this is really distressing."
Lin Fangyi gently touched her chin, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.
She wasn't bothered by the waiting itself, but rather by the worry that if they missed each other, Zhang Rui would be waiting for her at the airport in vain.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh to herself, "Oh, what a pity. I was hoping to see my brother as soon as possible."
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"Why is there absolutely no sound?"
Standing outside the ward door, Liu Leyao pressed her body tightly against the door, her ears almost touching the door panel, listening intently and carefully to the sounds coming from inside the room.
Time passed by, and she remained motionless in that position, afraid of missing even the slightest sound.
However, after listening for a long time, all she heard was a faint sound, like someone licking something, and nothing else. She couldn't hear any human voices at all.
"What exactly is going on?"
Liu Leyao frowned slightly and muttered to herself.
She wanted to ask someone, but Shen Lanxin had already left, leaving only a man who looked like a lunatic, constantly scanning his surroundings.
She didn't recognize the man and didn't intend to talk to him, because if she were discovered, it would be bad for her identity as Liu Leyao.
So she simply stretched out her right hand, grabbed the doorknob, and prepared to pull the door open.
After turning the door a few times, she was surprised to find that it was locked, and no matter how hard she tried, the door remained firmly in place.
"Oh dear, that's outrageous! They're injured, and they won't even let anyone in to visit them!"
Liu Leyao couldn't help but complain. Since Shen Lanxin hadn't told her who was in the ward beforehand, Liu Leyao naturally assumed that Mu Liuyun was injured and therefore hospitalized.
"Hmph, you told me you were here, and when I came, you turned me away!"
Thinking of this, Liu Leyao stomped her feet in anger, and the small steamed bun seemed to tremble slightly.
"Are we going to keep playing hard to get? This is so incredibly boring!"
She thought angrily, a nameless fire rising in her heart.
You have to know, she went through a lot of hardships to find this place!
Several days ago, she and Wang Shirong arrived in Mohe together.
However, when they finally arrived at this vast and boundless land, they found it incredibly difficult to pinpoint Mu Liuyun's exact location. No matter how much they inquired and pleaded, the answers they received remained vague and unclear.
This area is remote, and there is almost no difference between the villages.
Even with the video of Er Ya's convenience store as a clue, the lack of obvious landmarks meant that locals couldn't accurately tell her where to go to find the exact location.
What frustrated her even more was that, despite being a high-profile celebrity, it seemed that few people here knew her identity, and even no one cared about her arrival.
And so, after two days of fruitless running around, Wang Shirong, who is always afraid of the cold, finally decided to open the shop.
He simply retreated to a warm and comfortable hotel, no longer accompanying Liu Leyao on her search.
Then she was left alone to continue wandering through the villages in the cold wind, tirelessly asking passersby for news about Mu Liuyun.
Until the night before last, when Liu Leyao saw that Mu Liuyun hadn't updated her videos, she couldn't suppress her curiosity and, almost without thinking, left a short comment under Mu Liuyun's previous video using her main account: "Why aren't you updating?"
The phrase "a single stone stirs up a thousand ripples" perfectly describes the effect of Liu Leyao's comment.
Although Liu Leyao didn't have much influence in Mohe, the situation was completely different on short video platforms.
A flood of comments appeared below her video, pushing her to the top of the list and numerous netizens tagging "Erya's Little Shop".
Just then, the account owner, who regularly follows the updates, noticed the message and sent a private message to Liu Leyao without hesitation.
When Liu Leyao asked Mu Liuyun where she was, Mu Liuyun pretended not to know her!
Faced with this situation, Liu Leyao couldn't help but chuckle to herself: This guy really knows how to act! However, she wasn't in a hurry to expose him, but continued to ask, "I'm your fan, and I hope we can have the opportunity to work together."
Her message quickly received a reply: "My home is in Beiji Village."
Those few simple words made Liu Leyao unable to suppress her laughter any longer, and she chuckled, "Hmph, in the end he couldn't hold back, could he? What a proud and impatient man!"
However, Liu Leyao also knew that this was because Mu Liuyun liked her too much.
Although Mu Liuyun had already taken the initiative to apologize to her, Liu Leyao had no intention of easily forgiving him.
In Liu Leyao's view, she had already given Mu Liuyun the greatest possible patience and tolerance.
But to everyone's surprise, Mu Liuyun was so fearless and arrogant because of her favor.
"Don't forget, you're just a substitute for Lin Xuelan!"
Liu Leyao secretly thought that when the two met later, she would definitely teach this arrogant guy a lesson and completely suppress his overly proud self-esteem!
Thinking about what she was going to do later, Liu Leyao pressed her ear tightly against the door, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, forming a barely perceptible smile, as if everything was under her control.
"Holy crap!"
"Who are you?!"
Startled by the sudden noise, Liu Leyao sat up abruptly and turned to see the lunatic who had been sitting in the chair rushing out of the hospital while holding his phone.
"Is he really a lunatic?"
She frowned, muttered something, and then pressed her ear back against the door.
"If you won't let me in, I'll listen carefully to what you're doing."
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