The performance had ended, and the actors were gathered in twos and threes in the aisle backstage.
Mu Yiran saw Shi Yan chatting with Musk and others, but she didn't see Bai Shengsheng and Shi Youxi.
"We should be able to leave now, young officer. Are you able to get back by yourself?"
Guan Shiyan nodded and took out a band-aid from his crushed backpack. "Sister, your hand is bleeding."
Mu Yiran reached out to look; there was a scratch on her finger, with a little blood seeping out. This little injury was not as serious as a bite from Shi Youxi.
Guan Shiyan was so nervous that he acted as if Mu Yiran had some incurable disease. He wasn't satisfied with just a band-aid and dragged Mu Yiran to the hospital.
Mu Yiran then stuck the band-aid he had been fiddling with onto the boy's forehead.
"Your condition is quite serious. You should go to the school hospital as soon as possible. Do you have anyone from your family coming with you?"
"No need, Sister Mu." There's a hospital right in his house; there's no need to go anywhere else.
Guan Shiyan wanted to continue persuading Mu Yiran to go see a doctor together, but Mu Yiran's gaze was fixed on a certain spot.
"Hey, hurry up and go to the infirmary. If you're scared, go find those uncles in black clothes with drawings on their bodies and ask them to take you there. Send them a message when you get home."
After giving her instructions, Mu Yiran patted Guan Shiyan on the head and dashed into the concert hall.
"Sister—" Guan Shiyan saw Mu Yiran run towards Bai Shengsheng and Shi Youxi without turning her head. He turned away from the concert hall in disappointment, his thin and frail shadow cast on the golden tiles of the concert hall floor.
Guan Shiyan didn't plan to go to the hospital; he could take his medicine himself, so he intended to go straight home. But someone was already waiting for him.
The white Lincoln's side swayed as the driver opened the car door: "The old man wants you to go back."
Guan Shiyan: "...Okay."
...
After following Musk's bow, Shi Youxi went straight backstage, where her sister said she would wait for him.
But the person who was supposed to be there wasn't there.
Ignoring Musk's attempt to introduce him to the chairman of the Capital Ribin Music Association, Shi Youxi bypassed the crowd and called Mu Yiran.
The call didn't go through, so Shi Youxi kept trying. When someone grabbed the phone from his ear, he instinctively turned his head and asked, "Sister, where are you going—"
Bai Shengsheng's expression was a little stiff, and there was still lingering emotion in her eyes. She glanced at the phone that Shi Youxi was gripping tightly.
"elder sister?"
"...Mother, why are you here? Weren't you with Father?"
Shi Youxi turned his hands behind his back and changed the subject.
Bai Shengsheng smiled and reached out to stroke Shi Youxi's chin. "It's nothing, I just think your performance today was perfect. Congratulations, Xiaoxi."
She paused for a moment, then looked down and fixed her gaze on the boy's chest.
“You never used to wear these... They’re beautiful.”
"Who put this on Xiaoxi?"
For some reason, Shi Youxi didn't want Bai Shengsheng to know about his sister's existence, nor did he want Bai Shengsheng to notice his sister, so his answer was ambiguous.
"It's Alex, it's a back-to-school gift he gave me."
Bai Shengsheng suddenly became agitated. She grabbed Shi Youxi's shoulders, her voice trembling, "Alex? Who is he? When...when did he give it to you!"
Shi Youxi winced in pain. "Alex is a private tutor, Mother, what's wrong...?"
Bai Shengsheng couldn't hear anything. She pulled the brooch off and stared at it intently. The diamond on the brooch pierced her palm, causing it to become swollen and red.
Shi Youxi: "Mother, you..."
“Sheng Sheng”.
The man's low, husky voice carried a hint of tenderness, and Bai Shengsheng's expression froze upon hearing it.
Shi Yan walked to Bai Shengsheng's side, his large hand encircling the woman's slender waist, his deep eyes fixed on the woman in his arms. "What are you saying?"
Shi Youxi looked up at Shi Yan. His father was speaking to him, but his eyes and attention were all on his mother.
And the mother...
Bai Shengsheng smiled, her earlier excitement and embarrassment gone. She naturally pinned the brooch back on Shi Youxi, saying, "Xiaoxi's performance was a great success."
Shi Yan watched the interaction between his wife and son quietly. After Bai Shengsheng helped Shi Youxi put on the brooch, she turned to look at him, and the two stared at each other in silence for a moment.
"Really? Then we should celebrate!"
Mu Yiran arrived behind Shi Youxi at this moment.
What a terrible timing.
The air between the three people was thick with information, but Mu Yiran was like a hapless scavenger in the field, unable to eat the melon that was right in front of her.
Mu Yiran could barely play this high-level match!
Bai Shengsheng glanced at Mu Yiran who was running over and said with amusement, "Is this your new toy, Xiaoxi? It doesn't look as good as the old one."
Mu Yiran: "..." Please treat me as an outsider; there's no need to speak so loudly.
"She's just a new maid. Mother, you must be very tired after being out for so long today. Let's go back."
Bai Shengsheng stared at Shi Youxi, who was blocking Mu Yiran's way. The two had similar phoenix eyes, but Shi Youxi's eyes were as cold as Shi Yan's, as deep and unfathomable as if they could suck people's hearts away.
Bai Shengsheng: "Xiao Xi, you wouldn't be...?"
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