When Mu Yiran arrived at the villa, she opened the door and saw the other servants waiting in the hall. "Miss Mu, the young master asked us to come and help you."
Mu Yiran: "...I see. Then I'll trouble everyone."
Didn't she say she didn't want anyone to touch her things? What's with her calling other people to help her tidy up now?
She didn't investigate further, and the group began searching and organizing items related to Shi Youxi from various rooms on the first floor.
This villa looked like it hadn't been lived in for a long time; all the furniture was covered up, making the high-ceilinged living room feel even more spacious.
Although Mu Yiran was tasked with cleaning up, she couldn't really get involved. All Mu Yiran needed to do was confirm which items belonged to Shi Youxi at the end.
So she started slacking off openly and honestly.
Mu Yiran wandered around the villa and ended up in the back garden. There she saw an artificial lake with azure water and other houses in Lanshan visible on the opposite bank. The secluded environment made it a perfect place for a birthday party.
"Ouch~"
A cry of pain came from the side.
Mu Yiran stepped out of the back garden and walked to the lakeside. She saw a middle-aged man who had fallen to the ground. She ran over and helped him up, asking, "Are you okay?"
The middle-aged man adjusted his glasses. "Oh ho, I'm fine, thank you. What kind of lousy road did you pave, old man?"
Mu Yiran: "..."
Are you from country Z?
The man looked her over with surprise, then burst into laughter like a crowing rooster. "Oh, yes, I am. You work for the Shi family, right?"
Mu Yiran sensed something was off about the man's expression and asked warily, "You're not a resident here, are you?"
This area belongs to the Shi family. Only two types of people are allowed to enter: visitors and thieves.
Mu Yiran couldn't hide her expression; she looked like she was about to call the police, which successfully made the man laugh.
The man pulled out his work ID, which was a teaching ID from the University of Leeds.
"I'm Bai Shengsheng's junior. I've come to visit my senior today because we haven't seen each other for a long time due to her poor health."
"Are you a teacher at the Joliszhu Art and Design Academy?!"
Mu Yiran exclaimed excitedly, "The jewelry design and fashion design programs at the Joliss School of Art and Design are among the top three in the world!"
Before she transmigrated here, Mu Yiran had already received an offer from Jolis and was supposed to go to Jolis for a year of exchange studies at the beginning of 2023.
Mu Yiran had even booked her plane ticket... Who would have thought she'd end up here and run into a fellow alumnus?
The man pushed up his glasses. "Yeah, what, are you perhaps a design student?"
"I...no, I'm just interested in jewelry design," Mu Yiran changed the subject. "But who knows, I might become Jolis's student in the future."
Mu Yiran chatted with the man by the lake for a while before he remembered that he had come to visit Bai Shengsheng. He gave Mu Yiran a business card and told her that he would invite her to visit the school next time.
"Sir, here's your bag." Mu Yiran picked up the black backpack from the ground and handed it to the man.
"Oh, I almost forgot, thank you, young lady." The man smiled and thanked her before jogging towards the villa.
The man walked through the pavilion and came to the courtyard of the villa. On the lawn in the courtyard, Bai Shengsheng and her family of three were already sitting there chatting with another reporter.
"Excuse me, senior, Mr. Shi, I forgot the time while taking pictures."
"Xiao Lin, you're still the same as always."
Bai Shengsheng wore a white vintage-style dress with a G brand monogram shawl draped over her shoulders. She had put on full makeup today, looking dignified and radiant.
Lin Zhicheng took out his camera from his bag and focused it on Bai Shengsheng and the other two. "We need a few more photos for this interview. If you and Mr. Shi don't mind, I'll take one for you."
Shi Yan glanced at Bai Shengsheng and, seeing that she was in good spirits, did not refuse. Shi Youxi remained silent throughout, quietly cooperating with Bai Shengsheng's requests.
So Bai Shengsheng and Shi Yan sat on the rattan chairs, while Shi Youxi stood behind them.
"Click!"
"I took so many pictures, I'll definitely choose the one with the prettiest senior."
Looking at the pure and delicate woman in the camera lens, Lin Zhicheng was suddenly reminded of the graduation photo taken many years ago, when Bai Shengsheng stood beside him with the same smile.
Many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed.
Bai Shengsheng smiled and stood up: "Then I'll trouble you."
Shi Youxi sat back down at the stone table, listening to his mother's conversation with the reporter and Lin Zhicheng. His gaze shifted from his father, who was only staring at his mother, to his mother.
After my mother returned to China after regaining consciousness, she drew many design drafts. As usual, my father commissioned a famous craftsman to produce all of my mother's designs into finished products.
Today, Bai Shengsheng wore a brooch she designed.
The interview ended shortly afterward. Bai Shengsheng was in poor health and could not withstand the cold winter winds of Liguo, so the reporter and Lin Zhicheng bid her farewell and left.
"Senior, I'll head back now. How about we meet for afternoon tea sometime in the future?"
Bai Shengsheng: "Of course."
Lin Zhicheng looked at Bai Shengsheng in Shi Yan's arms; he didn't even have a chance to shake hands or hug her...
“My senior has helped me a lot in the past, and if she ever needs anything in the future, I will definitely do my best to help her.”
"Then hurry up and fix today's photos, and get them published quickly. I can't wait to see them," Bai Shengsheng said playfully yet earnestly, leaning against Shi Yan's chest.
"Okay, consider it a birthday present for my senior. I'll make sure they report for duty properly."
They looked at each other in silence.
Lin Zhicheng took one last deep look at Bai Shengsheng, then turned and got into the car and drove away. In the rearview mirror, the woman dressed in pure white was completely surrounded by the tall figure of the man in black.
If it's not enclosed, it will scatter in the wind.
Bai Shengsheng stood at the entrance of the villa, grinning foolishly for a while, before going back inside. The other servants had already tidied up their belongings, and since Mu Yiran wasn't there, they were all chatting together.
"I heard that the gentleman has hired a famous foreign interior designer at great expense to renovate the villa. It will only take two weeks. How many workers will he need?"
“What do you mean by a lot of money? It’s perfectly normal for the master to spend as much money as he wants on his wife. He loves her so much.”
"Oh, didn't I hear that the master and madam would be coming to have dinner with the young master today? This is the first time they've come over instead of the young master going over."
An older maid who hadn't spoken until then chuckled cryptically upon hearing this: "What do you mean, 'having dinner with him'? There were reporters coming to interview you."
"They will take advantage of children to pretend."
"Sister Li, keep your voice down! What if someone hears us—"
"What interview?!"
Startled by the sound, Sister Li and the others turned around abruptly, "Miss Mu..."
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