"Is that...your older sister?"
Mu Yiran was surprised by his question. She turned her head and pretended to be angry, saying, "What? It's only been a few days, and you don't recognize me anymore?"
The boy on the phone stared intently at her. When he heard the woman's sweet, soft scolding, his tense facial muscles slowly relaxed, as if a drowning person could breathe again.
The chilling, suffocating feeling gradually dissipated as the woman's clear voice rang out.
"I'm so heartbroken. I was thinking of working hard so I could go back and attend someone's coming-of-age ceremony. Now it seems I was just being delusional. That person doesn't care at all."
"Am I the only one thinking this—"
"I want to too."
Mu Yiran paused, "Hmm?"
Shi Youxi's eyes welled up with tears. He brought his phone closer, his chin bulging, his gaze fixed on her: "I miss you so much, sister."
The boy always spoke to her very directly, and Mu Yiran didn't think anything of it, only teasing him: "You really think that way? You look like you're about to cry."
"Yes, if my sister doesn't come back soon, I'm really going to cry."
Shi Youxi blinked, his long eyelashes glistening with moisture. His hair was blown across his forehead, strand by strand, making Mu Yiran's hands itch.
He seemed to be sitting in a car, his back to the camera was dark, only his face was visible. Shi Youxi tilted his head and rested it against the car window, saying softly:
"So sister, please have pity on me and come back before I cry."
"OK."
“…”
That coquettish tone was absolutely deadly.
Mu Yiran was speechless for a long time, completely losing her temper.
She was completely captivated by Shi Youxi's pitiful appearance.
Taking a deep breath, Mu Yiran nodded, "Alright, for the sake of our young master's pitiful state."
Mu Yiran originally took her medicine early so that she could return to his side sooner.
Seeing that she agreed, Shi Youxi smiled, her eyes crinkling at the corners, the light from her phone reflected in her half-exposed dark pupils.
"Then come back now. I've had Ai Ni book your plane ticket."
"..."
Why are you in such a hurry?
This guy really does whatever comes to mind.
She thought Shi Youxi was joking, but when she turned around, she saw Ai Ni looking up from her phone screen, excitedly asking, "Madam, shall we head to the airport now?"
Mu Yiran looked at the flight information displayed on her phone and rubbed her eyes helplessly, "What time is the flight?"
"Two hours later."
Mu Yiran returned to the banquet hall and told Li Buhuo what was going on.
"Aren't you leaving tomorrow? The plane tickets are already booked, is something urgent?"
"I guess so."
"My kids are urging me to get back to work."
"..."
Seeing Li Bu Huo's displeased expression, Mu Yi Ran knew that it must be because she had gotten too close to Shi You Xi and hadn't taken his words seriously last time.
"Just kidding, I'm still sick with my cold, there's nothing I can do here, I might as well go back sooner. Do you want to come with me?"
“Then I will too…” Li Bu Huo suddenly remembered Shi Bianji’s phone call. Since Shi Bianji knew that Cheng Ran was sick, it proved that he and Cheng Li had people in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
And it's right here in the company.
Li Bu Huo's eyes darkened and he changed his mind, saying, "No, I'll go with them tomorrow. President Cheng wants me to take the project proposal for the second half of the year back with me."
Mu Yiran nodded and said goodbye.
Back at the hotel, after packing my things, I threw my flip phone into the trash can by the door, and then Red Heart Q will take it away.
On the way to the airport, Mu Yiran looked through the messages on her phone from the past two days, and everything was exactly as Hongxinq had said.
A new message pops up at the bottom of the screen:
Sister, have you arrived at the airport yet?
Mu Yiran replied: [Almost there, it's late, don't wait for me, hurry up and study, senior high school student.]
After replying to his message, Mu Yiran was about to exit the chat window when her gaze fell on the chat history.
Mu Yiran frowned, her fingertips swiping up the screen, and in a few strokes she reached the chat history from the first day of her business trip.
She looked at it again and finally confirmed that, apart from the first day and today, Shi Youxi had not made a single video call to her in the two days in between, and there was only one message.
A sudden thought struck Mu Yiran as she recalled the first words Shi Youxi spoke to her during the video call.
"Is that your older sister?"
At the time, Mu Yiran thought You Xi had just said it casually, but now, looking back...
Could it be... that Shi Youxi already knows she's from another time, and also knows what she's been doing on her business trip these past few days?
Mu Yiran quickly dismissed the idea, knowing there was no evidence to back it up.
Time travel is a fantasy to most people unless they witness it firsthand.
And since she wasn't wearing any clothes, there was absolutely no trace of her...
But Shi Youxi's strange behavior seemed to indicate that he knew something.
Ai Ni sat in the passenger seat. After reporting her itinerary to Shi Youxi, she looked up and saw the taxi in the rearview mirror. It had been following her all the way, and she knew without a doubt who was in that car.
Why didn't Guan Shiyan go with them?
Ai Ni glanced behind her out of the corner of her eye, and a sense of confusion welled up in her mind. Moreover, the lady did not mention that Guan Shiyan had come to see her, as if... she had no idea that Guan Shiyan had come at all.
...
Li Bu Huo took the elevator to the top floor and asked the hotel manager to open room 6902, which Cheng Ran had just checked out of and hadn't had time to clean yet.
Li Bu Huo carefully checked every inch of the room but found no surveillance cameras or listening devices.
It seems that Cheng Li's people might really be monitoring Cheng Ran within the company.
Who could it be?
He pulled out the card and just as he opened the door, he bumped straight into Chen Yiting, who was raising her hand to turn the doorknob.
"...Assistant Li? How could you..." Chen Yiting blinked in confusion, her gaze darting behind Li Bu Huo.
Li Bu Huo looked into her eyes, walked out the door and closed it behind him. "Is there something you need?"
"I just wanted to see Ms. Cheng. She still has a cold and just drank some alcohol. I bought her honey water and sugarcane tea."
Chen Yiting was carrying a bag with beverage bottle-shaped objects inside; she wasn't lying.
Li Bu Huo looked at Chen Yiting. If there was anyone in the entire company who was closest to Cheng Ran and knew everything about her, it was Chen Yiting, besides himself.
"She had to go back to Shenzhen and Hong Kong first."
"Huh? I didn't know... Why didn't Mr. Cheng tell me..." Chen Yiting sighed dejectedly.
Looking at her blank face, Li Bu Huo could see everything she was thinking. Chen Yiting had been with the company for less than a year, and before Cheng Ran handed the project over to her, she had been a nobody.
Would Cheng Li really assign such a naive and innocent person to spy on Mu Yiran...?
"You seem to care a lot about CEO Cheng."
Chen Yiting exclaimed "Ah!" and then smiled sheepishly, "Yes, after all, if it weren't for President Cheng, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to take on such a big project. President Cheng is very encouraging and kind to me. There's not much I can do for her, so I can only do these small things..."
It's rare to see someone give Cheng Ran a "friend card".
Li Bu Huo raised an eyebrow and asked directly, "Then do you think there are any strange people around President Cheng lately?"
"A strange person?"
"Hmm, they're a nuisance, slacking off at work, and trying to curry favor with CEO Cheng. We can't keep people like that. I'll do a check. Graduation season is coming soon, and we need to recruit new people. It's time to fire some of them."
Chen Yiting: "..."
It feels like Assistant Li is talking about her in every single post...
Is this a warning shot to prepare her for being fired, or is it a dig at her for slacking off during her business trip these past few days?
Chen Yiting was terrified and dared not lie.
"Uh, probably not. If we're talking about currying favor..." Chen Yiting's eyes darted around, and she bit her lip, saying, "It should only be that female bodyguard."
Female bodyguard?
That girl named Ai Ni?
Li Bu Huo didn't expect Chen Yiting to talk about her, but this person was Shi Youxi's man and would never betray the Shi family.
People in the Shimen are all bound by contracts.
If anyone wishes to leave the Shi family and does not want to stay, they can leave with a clean identity. However, they must never betray or betray the Shi family, or they will suffer a terrible fate if caught. Although family matters are not as important as family, there are rules in place. If you break the rules of the Shi family, you will have to pay the price.
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