Mu Yiran was awakened by the vibration beside her.
The moment Mu Yiran opened her eyes and realized she was still lying on bed 6901, she was incredibly excited. She sat up abruptly, her face full of unbearable excitement.
Then, without waiting, he ran to the bathroom.
"Ah...that feels good."
After finishing her business, Mu Yiran finally had the mind to check the source of the vibration. It was the untraceable flip phone that Hongxin Q had given her. It was full of text messages Hongxin Q had sent her over the past few days.
They reported what "Cheng Ran" had been doing these past few days.
Ms. Cheng, your assistant has suddenly arrived.
[GG! He's taking me to the hospital for a checkup! And he'll have to draw blood!!]
[Ms. Cheng is in urgent need of help!]
[The package you ordered didn't include bribing hospital doctors; that's a separate charge! And there's no time to arrange it now.]
Okay, he's given up. You don't need to come back.
Ms. Cheng, we are now heading to your company's celebration banquet, which is on the 4th floor of the hotel.
This is the latest one.
Mu Yiran hadn't expected so many unexpected events to occur in just three days. Why did Li Buhuo suddenly show up...?
Worried that she wouldn't be able to handle the situation, Mu Yiran quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and covered herself up completely. The entire suite was quiet, and Mu Yiran was thinking about other things, so she didn't even notice the phone placed opposite her in the bedroom.
On the other end of the video, Shi Youxi couldn't help but stand up the moment he saw the woman sit up.
The homeroom teacher finished writing on the blackboard and turned around to see the handsome young man standing straight, holding his phone in his hand. "...Shi, do you have a question?"
All the students around him were looking at Shi Youxi.
The boy was very low-key and normal in school. He was a model student in everyone's eyes, with proper manners and good character. He rarely did anything out of the ordinary, but he was still very eye-catching and his every move attracted a lot of attention.
This was the first time anyone had ever seen him behave so strangely in class.
The boy seemed oblivious, his gaze fixed on his phone.
"Shi Youxi?"
The boy then looked up, his eyes heavy, and slowly said to his homeroom teacher, "Teacher, I'm not feeling well and would like to go to the infirmary to rest."
After Andrei's accident, Jingyi's school hospital was closed for a long time. Many parents complained and suggested that the school rebuild the clinic, fearing that their children might also have an accident. Therefore, the school had no choice but to close the original school hospital. Students who needed to see a doctor or rest went directly to the community hospital at the school gate.
The homeroom teacher looked at Shi Youxi. The boy's face was tense, and he was holding his phone tightly in his hand, saying that he felt unwell and needed to rest. This behavior was exactly the same as that of the students he had caught skipping class to go to the internet cafe across the street.
But this student is Shi Youxi.
Good students are always given special treatment by teachers. Not to mention Shi Youxi's consistently outstanding grades, just the fact that he comes from the Shi family alone makes it impossible for the homeroom teacher to refuse him entry.
He could only nod in a perfunctory manner, "Okay, it's only the last two months. You can't afford to neglect your health. Go now."
Shi Youxi walked out of the classroom under the envious and curious gazes of everyone. The next second, the boy took off running, as if he couldn't wait.
Although international schools have a more Westernized teaching system, they still maintain a basic class division system.
Shi Youxi's class is the one that aims to get into the top universities at home and abroad. All 30-odd students in the class are making a final push. Seeing that Shi Youxi can skip classes so easily, they feel more envy than sourness.
After all, they can't possibly skip school and classes for days and still maintain the top score in mock exams.
"Ah... I'm so envious. I wish I could experience Shi Youxi's life for even just one day, on the day of the exam!"
"Stop thinking about it. Have you finished that set of past exam papers? Look how casually Lao Liu grades the papers—it's because he's already finished all the practice questions."
"Damn... Is he even human? He finished all 30 sets of practice papers in two days? Wait a minute, isn't he self-studying? Why is he doing all this?"
"He's going to take the ACT exam, and I heard he even wants to take a double major. He must think it's useful to do it."
"Not human."
Li Li shook his head, his words full of admiration. He turned his gaze to Mo Yifan, who was also sitting in the back seat, and lowered his voice, "Mo Yifan also took the Lu Keli exam, but he seems so relaxed. Didn't he always compete with Shi Youxi in grades before?"
Class representative Chen Wu glanced at it as well, "Tsk, maybe he realized he couldn't compete so he gave up? I don't understand, but it's quite interesting. He does whatever Shi Youxi does, even trying to steal someone else's girlfriend."
The news of Mo Yifan and Shi Youxi arguing about Bai Yuning outside the conference room had already spread far and wide. Although some people have said in the past few days that Shi Youxi doesn't like Bai Yuning, they can all see that Shi Youxi used to treat Bai Yuning specially, and Mo Yifan does indeed like Bai Yuning.
"They always compare themselves to others and copy everything they do. If Shi Youxi really likes someone else and stops liking Bai Yuning, will Mo Yifan immediately change his mind too?"
Li Li snapped his fingers in secret: "Now I understand. The person Mo Yifan truly likes is actually Shi Youxi!"
Chen Wu: "What keen eyes, Master!"
"What are you saying! Li Li, have you finished that advanced calculus set? Come up here and solve problem number six."
Li Li: "........"
In the back row, Mo Yifan had a sullen face; he had heard all the whispers and discussions.
But so what? They're all clueless idiots. Besides, it's not certain who will imitate whom.
but...
Shi Youxi seems to have become more indifferent to Bai Yuning lately. He spends a lot of time looking at his phone, even more than he used to look at the woman in the painting.
Could it be that he has really changed his mind and stopped liking Bai Yuning so quickly?
However, I've heard that Shi Youxi seems to have a particularly good relationship with his stepmother.
Mo Yifan glanced at Shi Youxi's empty drawer, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
…
Meanwhile, Hongxinq was overjoyed to see that it was Cheng Ran who had returned. She glanced at the woman's masked face and asked, "Miss Cheng, are you going to do it yourself, or should I continue...?"
After all, it was agreed that it would be four days, and Cheng Ran paid for four days.
"Okay, I'm coming. You've worked hard these past few days." Mu Yiran unzipped her coat, glancing at the text message box where the girl was frantically typing. "Are you going to send me a message? Is something wrong?"
"Oh!" Speaking of this, Red Heart Q stopped taking off her clothes. "Miss Cheng, are you very familiar with that Assistant Li?"
"Not bad, did he discover anything?"
"He just asked me about my childhood,"
Mu Yiran was taken aback. "So sudden?"
According to the original owner's mother's diary, Li Bu Huo left the orphanage when the original owner was eight or nine years old. It wasn't until this year that she met Cheng Ran again. As for what happened in her childhood, she couldn't remember anything. After she talked to Li Bu Huo about it last time, he basically didn't mention their childhood anymore.
Why did you suddenly bring this up...?
“Yes, he asked me why I can eat asparagus now, even though I didn’t like it when I was little.” Redheart Q said seriously, “I feel like he’s discovered something and is testing me.”
"I understand." Mu Yiran said no more. No matter what, she had to find out Li Buhuo's thoughts herself.
The two quickly swapped clothes, and Redheart even helped her with her makeup to avoid too much of a difference.
Fifteen minutes later, Mu Yiran strolled back to the banquet hall and, following the directions given by Hongxinq, headed straight for Li Buhuo's table.
When Ai Ni saw her return, she pulled out a chair. Mu Yiran thanked her and winked at her, which startled Ai Ni.
Madam...this is the real Madam!
The woman's hair seemed to have been tied up again, revealing her smooth nape. Li Bu Huo glanced at her, then his gaze froze. He frowned, stared for a while, and then said in a low voice, "Mr. Cheng, where...did you go just now?"
After Mu Yiran sat down, she deliberately avoided talking to Li Buhuo. If the other party really sensed something, he would definitely take the initiative to speak.
really.
Mu Yiran turned around upon hearing his words, raising an eyebrow. "Where else could we go? The restroom, of course. Li Bu Huo, it seems you really can't handle it; you're drunk after just a few drinks."
Li Bu Huo stared at her face in surprise, closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again and looked at the back of the woman's neck. There was indeed a small mole there.
Cheng Ran has a small mole near her hairline on the back of her neck, which Li Bu Huo noticed when she was a child.
So he just misread it?
Li Bu Huo pinched the bridge of his nose and exhaled. "Maybe so. I've embarrassed President Cheng."
"Alright, at least you drank it for me. I'm a considerate boss, so thank you for your hard work. I'll give you a bonus when we get back!"
"Whether the bonus is increased or not is not up to you." Hearing the woman's relaxed and nonchalant tone, Li Bu Huo's doubts were dispelled.
Perhaps he was frightened by Shi Bianji and the Cheng family; his nerves had been on edge these past two days, and he had even doubted whether this Cheng Ran was a fake.
Looking back now, I realize how absurd that idea was.
Mu Yiran left the dinner party after only a short while, citing fatigue. Chen Yiting came to find Mu Yiran several times, but the acting manager stopped her and took her to another table.
When Mu Yiran saw Chen Yiting's chin, which had become so thin and pointed in just two days, she felt a pang of guilt. Just as she was thinking of taking Chen Yiting with her, her phone started ringing.
It was a video call made by Shi Youxi.
Mu Yiran's expression softened unconsciously as she walked out of the banquet hall and into a quieter corridor to meet him.
The phone screen beeped, and Shi Youxi's beautiful face filled the entire screen.
Mu Yiran laughed, but before she could say anything, she heard Shi Youxi's hoarse and dry voice, which trembled almost imperceptibly, sounding both panicked and cautious.
"Is that...your older sister?"
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