Chapter Fifty
"Don't look around, I'm not here."
Zhou Mo was shocked; this person also...
"Know you too well?" A chuckle came from the other end of the phone, as if Yu Xi were right next to her, whispering in her ear. Zhou Mo rubbed her earlobe and remained silent.
Yu Xi continued, "Sean came to see me and said that a pretty girl like you would be easily pursued and fall in love in college."
“I told him that Zhou Mo is not an ordinary pretty girl. She won’t be easy to pursue, nor will she easily fall in love.”
Just by listening to Yu Xi's voice, Zhou Mo could imagine Yu Xi's expression and actions when he said those words, and the obedient little dog turned into the unruly wild dog of the past.
Zhou Mo viewed this as a provocation and a test.
"What if you're wrong? There are so many people in college. What if I find someone I really like and we fall in love quickly?"
You won't.
"So certain?"
"Because I know you very well."
Zhou Mo tapped the back of her phone case with her index finger, a satisfied smile on her face. "People change, Yu Xi. Although I understand you well now, we're not together anymore."
"what you up to?"
"Real-time monitoring can be synchronized, right?"
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone. Zhou Mo thought Yu Xi would think about it for a long time before making a decision, but after only a few minutes, Zhou Mo's phone vibrated, and she subconsciously looked at it.
She discovered that Yu Xi had sent her a software package.
The phone spoke again, "I've sent you the installation package. Log in with my name and you can see the live home surveillance. I also have it in my room, but I've set a password."
Zhou Mo raised an eyebrow. Qi Xiao had already seen the boy off and walked towards Zhou Mo. Zhou Mo held out her hand, gesturing for her to wait.
Qi Xiao immediately realized that Zhou Mo was on the phone with Yu Xi.
She kicked the rubber pellets out of boredom, inwardly complaining about Yu Xi, who was still taking up Zhou Mo's time even though he wasn't around.
If she had known Zhou Mo valued family so much, she shouldn't have said that being friends and family would have been enough. That way, Zhou Mo wouldn't have approached Yu Xi.
"Aren't you going to tell me the password?"
“Isn’t it more fulfilling to discover things?” Yu Xi’s low, husky laughter rang out again. “More than whether you understand me, I’m curious whether you’re curious about me. That’s the origin of this surveillance.”
"Looks like you're quite resentful that I haven't been to your room for so long." Zhou Mo's gaze swept over the group of people running on the playground. "As parents, we should respect our children's privacy."
"Now you can choose to respect or spy."
Before Zhou Mo could answer, Yu Xi said to himself, "The teacher assigned a lot of test papers, and I'm going to do them now." At the end, he mischievously added, "If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself."
Yu Xi hung up the phone. Instead of opening the installation package, Zhou Mo put her phone back in her pocket and walked towards Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao immediately grabbed Zhou Mo's arm when she saw her coming.
"I just got rid of a little bee for you, is there a reward?"
Zhou Mo: "? What do you want?"
"How about we video call tonight?"
Qi Xiao increasingly enjoys acting coquettishly with Zhou Mo, and Zhou Mo lets her do as she pleases, which encourages Qi Xiao to become even more spoiled, "the kind where we sleep together on video."
"Qi Kai is checking up on you again tonight."
Qi Xiao's face immediately fell. "As expected, nothing can be hidden from you. I don't know what's wrong with him lately; he keeps calling me out of the blue."
"After all, this is Zhengyang City."
Qi Xiao understood what Zhou Mo meant, but she just didn't want to be controlled. When she was homeless before, she found a brother she could rely on. Because it was her own choice, she obeyed whatever Qi Kai asked her to do.
But now that she's grown up, Qi Xiao thinks that although the 'kindness' from her childhood can't be completely erased, she should have her own independent space.
"We can connect via video call, but remember to let me know you're safe."
Zhou Mo didn't have much contact with Qi Kai, but she could sense that Qi Kai was very stubborn. In fact, all three of them were very stubborn, which was why they were able to become friends in the past. It was just that their stubbornness was directed in different directions, which is why they eventually fell apart.
Yu Xi never said why the three of them broke off their friendship, and Zhou Mo never asked.
After all, it's someone else's privacy, and Zhou Mo isn't interested in anyone or anything other than Yu Xi.
However, as time went on, there were some things that one could choose not to know just because one was not interested. Knowing oneself and one's enemy is the key to victory in every battle. Moreover, she had a feeling that she might need Qi Kai or Shawn Ke in the future.
Qi Xiao had no idea what Zhou Mo was thinking. Having achieved her goal, she became happy again.
"Momo, do you really think Yu Xi will study properly when you can't see her?"
"Why do you say that? Weren't you just praising his grades last time?"
Qi Xiao pouted, "No, not really. Didn't I advise you not to associate with Yu Xi before? Part of the reason was Yu Xi's past, and another part was that I felt Yu Xi was a rootless person."
"No...root?" Zhou Mo's eyes were strange. Qi Xiao immediately understood what she was thinking and laughed as he reached out to hit her. Zhou Mo dodged Qi Xiao's slap by turning to the side. "I didn't say anything."
“Floating duckweed!” Qi Xiao had always known that Zhou Mo was a bit wicked, but now she realized that Zhou Mo was also a bit timid. “I feel like he’s indifferent to everyone and everything. It’s like he can do anything, but it’s also like he can’t do anything. That’s why when he became friends with Qi Kai and the others, Qi Kai said more than once after he got home that he felt Yu Xi didn’t treat him as a friend.”
"After talking so much, Qi Kai must have really made up his mind about it, so the slightest disagreement later led to their falling out and they were no longer friends."
"What disagreement?"
"Well..." Qi Xiao stammered, avoiding eye contact.
Zhou Mo didn't press her. "Tell me when you're ready."
Qi Xiao pursed her lips. "Zhou Mo, sometimes you shouldn't be too understanding. Otherwise, you'll really get bullied."
Will you bully me?
Qi Xiao shook his head.
"That settles it."
Qi Xiao's eyes lit up when she heard this. Like a little rabbit, she hooked her arm around Zhou Mo's shoulder expectantly. "Mo Mo, do you mean you're only understanding towards me?"
“I didn’t say that.”
That's exactly what you meant.
"That's your own interpretation."
Their voices, carried by the autumn wind, blended into the sounds of the world, forming an ordinary corner of the university campus.
Compared to others, Zhou Mo's college life was not very colorful. She did not join many clubs or the student union. She only signed up for the journalism club, which was related to her major. The composition of this club was not complicated, and there were no tedious meetings or endless social gatherings. Zhou Mo would only receive a notice to gather when there were school events.
The task this time is to interview a senior student.
After much deliberation, the staff decided to send their newest star, Zhou Mo, to conduct the interview.
Although Zhou Mo was not stage-frightened, she had no idea about the rhythm of an interview. However, after being encouraged and affirmed by others in the company, she still accepted the task.
After all, she plans to follow this path in the future.
If they don't even dare to interview a junior student now, how can they talk about what they'll do in the future?
Zhou Mo just didn't expect that this senior would be Wei Huai.
The name Wei Huai sounds like someone who is worldly-wise yet not cynical, but Wei Huai himself is completely different from the name. Anyone who has met Wei Huai will first marvel at how handsome he is, and then be intimidated by the cold aura around him.
"You're going to interview Wei Huai!" Fan Nannan saw Wei Huai's information on Zhou Mo's desk and became enthusiastic again.
Zhou Mo nodded. "He seems to be quite famous in their department."
"More than that! He's famous throughout our school! His handsome face and unique charm make him a heartthrob for girls."
Fan Nannan clasped her hands together, her face full of anticipation.
"A heartbreaker? I asked several girls in his department, and their opinions were mixed, but they all gave me the same advice: don't get close to Wei Huai."
"A male god, of course, has to be unique. I guess he must have a tough past, an unhappy childhood, and deep-seated psychological trauma. He's just waiting for a destined girl to save him."
Zhou Mo originally thought she could get some information from Fan Nannan, but instead she heard a bunch of nonsensical fangirl remarks.
When Fan Nannan saw Zhou Mo turn the chair back, she pulled it back to its original position.
"Don't turn around, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Any other tips for young women?"
Fan Nannan pursed her lips, "Handsome guy, huh? Just think about it, it's not illegal. Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore. Wei Huai is very capable and professional. He's always been number one in GPA, and he has a wide network of connections. He seems unapproachable, but he actually has many friends he can talk to. Many people have also seen him in contact with businessmen outside the school, the kind who wear black suits and drive luxury cars. They treat Wei Huai very respectfully, so some people speculate that Wei Huai is some kind of rich young master who will inherit the family fortune as soon as he graduates."
"oh?"
Zhou Mo became interested.
Seeing this, Fan Nannan smiled smugly, "Want to hear more?"
Zhou Mo turned around, picked up the beer lollipop on the table, and stuffed it into Fan Nannan's palm. "I want to hear it, I really want to hear it, Nannan, please tell me?"
Zhou Mo was used to acting coquettishly, and few people could resist her. However, after her parents passed away, she rarely acted like a little girl.
Fan Nannan already enjoyed looking at handsome men and beautiful women, and her resistance to Zhou Mo was almost zero; now she was completely captivated.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you everything."
“Wei Huai is not some rich young master.” Fan Nannan pulled Zhou Mo’s chair over and lowered her voice. “He is an orphan who was raised by a local powerful family to make gloves.”
When Fan Nannan saw that Zhou Mo was stunned, she assumed that Zhou Mo did not know what gloves meant.
"Doing things in the open makes it easy to get blamed."
Zhou Mo blinked. "Wei Huai."
Is this person trying to have it both ways, or is he secretly loyal to one side while serving another?
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