Ella was a purebred British woman, at the peak of her beauty and pedigree. Her beautiful light gray eyes looked curiously at the jewelry box in Mu Yiran's hand. "Mu, where did you buy this watch? It's so beautiful."
Mu Yiran smiled faintly: "It was a gift from someone else."
She packed her things into her bag and called to the woman who was walking back to her desk, "Ella, do you know where Tessa went?"
Ella is also a newly arrived administrative counselor, and Tessa usually mentors her at work.
Ella shook her head. "I don't know. I couldn't contact her yesterday, and no one answered when I called."
"Don't you know where she lives?"
Ella: "Tessa rarely talks to me about her private life. Maybe she has something going on at home. But when I asked, Tessa didn't ask for leave. It's really worrying."
"I see..."
Mu Yiran looked at her phone at the last phone call Tessa made from the hospital. She hadn't noticed when Tessa left the hospital at the time, but now, thinking back, she hadn't seen her since the latter half of the ball. Tessa's voice sounded very urgent in the hospital...
It seems Shi Youxi was right; Tesa did indeed disappear because she was unable to protect herself.
Thinking of Shi Youxi, Mu Yiran felt a deep sense of powerlessness welling up from the bottom of her heart.
As she walked towards the school gate, she took out the jewelry box. She had come to school specifically to get this—a mechanical watch, a 18th birthday gift she had prepared for Shi Youxi.
Unlike ordinary hands, the second hand she made has a certain curve, like the upturned corner of a boy's eye, rotating second by second around the dial with black diamonds as the first layer.
Under the sunlight, the black diamond sparkled, exactly like Shi Youxi's smiling eyes.
Mu Yiran touched the watch face. All the parts inside were cobbled together by her. The movement parts were all found in antique shops nearby. Even the most expensive black diamond was obtained by selling several limited edition bags that Shi Youxi had given her.
She didn't dare to memorize it before because she was afraid Tesa would suspect her. Now that she can memorize it, Mu Yiran indirectly handed it back to Shi Youxi.
Mu Yiran pondered for a moment, realizing that she had never truly left anything for Shi Youxi, and had always been using other people's identities.
"But this is fine too..." Mu Yiran murmured to herself.
This is fine too.
She never had the chance to be a part of Shi Youxi's life, but she was fortunate enough to be able to accompany him for so long and witness him grow from a boy to a man. That's enough.
Shi Youxi's medication dosage is decreasing, and his condition is stable. Eliminating Tesa means that the elimination of the major traitor will also be quick, and he will be better positioned to become the leader of Shimen and Shiye.
It seems there's no need for me to stay any longer.
That year, Mu Yiran was still struggling to survive in a remote village in England, unable even to return to her parents' side.
But Mu Yiran will have it in 2023.
The longer she stays here, the longer Mu Yiran from 2023 will disappear. Mo Mumu will look for her, and perhaps her grandfather will too. She should think about how to return to 2023.
She should leave.
I'll say goodbye properly after I've spent Shi Youxi's birthday with him this time.
Well, it's just saying goodbye. It's not like we'll never see each other again.
Mu Yiran kept trying to convince herself until she felt a little more at ease, only to realize that she had actually walked into the cleaning building.
The haystack she came from was right in front of her, but... Mu Yiran walked around the haystack to the back and immediately saw the pool hidden in the bushes.
I hadn't noticed there was a water storage tank here before.
Mu Yiran only glanced at it, but was suddenly pushed from behind and fell hard into the pool. The pool was deeper than she had imagined, and Mu Yiran choked several times.
In her hazy vision, she seemed to see a woman standing by the pool.
She held her breath and swam quickly to the surface with her arms outstretched.
"Miss Mu!" Several hands reached down from the poolside, and Mu Yiran grabbed them and climbed onto the edge of the pool.
"Cough cough!"
The bodyguard asked anxiously, "Miss Mu, are you alright?"
Mu Yiran coughed up the water from her nose. "It's nothing... Hiss, are you from the Time Gate?"
She recognized one of them as the person who had been with Shi Youxi when she was discharged from the hospital that morning.
"Miss Mu, don't worry, it was the young master who asked us to protect you. Let's take you home first." Two bodyguards helped her up, and one of them took off his coat and covered Mu Yiran with it.
"Wait!" Mu Yiran stopped and glanced around the pool. "You've been near me the whole time?"
"Yes."
"Did you see a woman here just now? A woman wearing a white shirt."
The bodyguard shook his head: "No, we were right behind the building. We came over when we heard the splashing sound, but we didn't see anyone else."
Who was the person she just saw?
To be honest, it looks quite familiar.
The two bodyguards were terrified. They had heard that a colleague who was assigned to protect the young master's woman had died, and that colleague was now suffering in northern Myanmar for failing to protect her.
The two of them didn't dare to delay and hurriedly helped Mu Yiran leave.
corner.
Secia peeked out from behind the wall, frowned, and made a phone call.
"How about it?"
Secia immediately said, "You're not lying to me, are you? Mu Yiran isn't afraid of water at all!"
"How is this possible?!" the person on the other end of the phone exclaimed.
“Not only is she not afraid of water, she can swim, and…” Secia sneered as she watched Mu Yiran being escorted into the car and leaving. “Your fiancé is keeping a close eye on her; there are several bodyguards protecting her in secret.”
Even if Mu Yiran hadn't swum to the surface, she wouldn't have died.
Secia looked unwilling and said coldly into the phone, "As expected, you still have to do it my way. What do you think, Miss Helian?"
"......."
After hanging up the phone, Secia kicked the withered leaves from the haystack into the reservoir. The water rippled, casting distorted patterns on the faces of the people on the shore. Mo Mumu left the reservoir and asked Lin Nian, who had returned:
"How about it?"
Lin Nian was a little out of breath from running. "What can we do? She's only been missing for less than ten hours. The police won't even file a case. She hasn't even started school yet, so the school won't easily show you the surveillance footage. Besides, there aren't any surveillance cameras in this area..."
"Maybe you're overthinking it. You said she knows London very well, maybe she just went there for fun."
Mo Mumu shook her head coldly: "But she won't ignore my calls; she knows I'll be anxious."
Lin Nian sighed helplessly at her tense appearance. He had finally managed to take some time off his annual leave to go on a trip abroad with her. The two of them had planned to give Mu Yiran a surprise, but instead, they were given a shock instead.
"Don't worry, maybe she's just sleeping somewhere. I'll have someone report it to the embassy, and they'll definitely handle it immediately." Lin Nian unscrewed a bottle of soda water and handed it to Mo Mumu's lips.
Seeing her drink it, Lin Nian continued, "But since you're always worried about her disappearing, why didn't you just have her stay abroad with you when you applied to the school? It would have been more reassuring to have her by your side."
That was the original plan.
"Then why?"
Mo Mumu glanced at a scar on the back of her right hand, near the base of her thumb.
She gave an irrelevant answer: "Because it will put her at ease. It's not only extreme pain that's frightening; extreme happiness can be too."
“When Ranran is by my side… she is very happy, but the happier she is, the more afraid she is of sudden misfortune. So in order to prevent such pain from happening, she simply chose what she thought was a suitable way of getting along.”
Lin Nian knew some of Mu Yiran's experiences, but he still couldn't understand, "Isn't this a bit too much of a worrywart? Giving up the happiness of the present moment just because you're afraid of something unexpected happening."
Mo Mumu sneered, "A coward who only knows how to hide and lick his wounds."
She shoved the soda into Lin Nian's hand, turned and walked out of the school gate, saying, "Let's go."
Where to?
"We might have to queue at the embassy, so we need to find someone who will let us cut in line."
Who is it?
"Li Bingcheng".
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