How long has he been here?
Could it be... that they heard everything?!
Shi Youxi leaned against the glass door with his arms crossed, his indifferent eyes sweeping over Helian Xin's hands.
Helian Xin resisted the urge to hide her phone behind her back, forcing a smile. "You haven't answered me yet. Why did you suddenly come in? Don't you not smoke?"
Shi Youxi's gaze lingered on her face, and he said calmly, "I went to the restroom, and I didn't expect to see you here."
Helian Xin said stiffly, "It's quiet here. I just came here to answer a phone call!"
Shi Youxi chuckled: "I didn't say you were doing anything strange here..."
His eyes darted around as he countered, "Or are you actually doing something strange?"
Helian Xin's jaw clenched so tightly it ached. She looked away, let out a silent sigh, and then walked towards the door.
Approaching the young man, Helian Xin gazed at the face that had captivated her countless times. "What strange things could I possibly do? But you, Shi Youxi, are the ones who are more interested."
"How many times has this happened already? Why are you always surrounded by these flowers and plants! Cheng Ran is dead! Why can't you face reality!"
The anger of catching her in adultery made Helian Xin instantly forget the fear of being exposed, and she became somewhat hysterical:
"Don't forget, once you step out of your house, outside, you are my fiancé!"
Even if it was just a verbal engagement, Shi Youxi was still Helian Xin's fiancé!
"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're in Britain! Do you know that the media back home are watching my every move—"
Shi Youxi scoffed: "Does anyone here even care about you?"
The truth was laid bare like that, and Helian Xin's face flushed with shame and indignation as she said, "Shi Youxi!"
Shi Youxi dodged her grabbing hand, rubbed his bangs, and spoke casually with a hint of warning.
"Let me face reality. And what about you, Miss Helian? Are you planning to retire in your dream of becoming a movie queen, a dream you'll never achieve in your next few lifetimes?"
"Nobody here cares who your fiancé is, and even if he is, you have no right to interfere in my affairs."
Helian Xin's eyes reddened with anger, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes the next second.
But Shi Youxi remained indifferent with a cold face, not even glancing at her, and opened the glass door to walk out.
"Stop acting, there are no reporters."
"....."
Helian Xin hesitated, tears welling up in her eyes, unable to fall or hold them back.
"I don't care what you did in the past, but don't try to interfere in my affairs again."
Helian Xin retorted defiantly, "You want to break off the engagement? Do you dare! My uncle—"
For Shi Youxi, the question of marriage was not a threat at all, he glanced to the side.
"I heard your uncle is looking for his illegitimate child? Apparently, it's twins, a boy and a girl?"
Helian Xin's face turned pale instantly: "...What? What nonsense are you talking about!"
Shi Youxi: "Congratulations! You'll soon have a younger brother or sister at the same time. Please tell them that I will try my best to help Uncle Bochen find his relatives."
Five minutes later, the phone's tracker beeped. Shi Youxi looked at the location on the screen and left without looking back.
In the smoking room, Helian Xin's eyes were vacant, her mind filled with Shi Youxi's last words.
Does Helian Bochen have an illegitimate child?
Why didn't she know?!
Helian Bochen is sick, she knows he has late-stage liver cancer. It is because she knows this that she has the confidence to stay by Shi Youxi's side. The internal strife in the Helian family is getting more and more chaotic, and their power and wealth have begun to weaken compared to Shi Ye. The reason why those collateral branches dare not touch her and her mother is all because of Helian Bochen and Shi Youxi.
Because at that time, the only person who could possibly inherit Helian Bochen's position was her own niece!
But what about later?!
If there really is an illegitimate child, and if they are really found...
No... Absolutely not!
Helian Xin rushed out of the door in a panic. The automatic door opened with a whoosh and then closed again in front of Mu Yiran.
"Thump!"
Mu Yiran bumped her forehead against a cool body. She looked up at the palm of the hand covering her forehead, and then looked up at the pink hair.
Shi Youxi opened the automatic door, took the woman's hand, and said, "Keep watching, I'll take you away."
The two entered the elevator, and Mu Yiran saw him press B2. "How do we get to the parking lot? We came in an ambulance, should we take a taxi?"
Shi Youxi: "I've called someone to pick me up."
"Who?" Mu Yiran asked curiously, as if a thought had occurred to her, "Your emergency contact?"
"Emergency contact?" Shi Youxi frowned, feeling unfamiliar with the term.
"Who told you I have an emergency contact?"
Mu Yiran: "You don't know? It's written there by the college, and it's also in the file you left with Guan Yi. It just left a phone number."
Shi Youxi: "What's the number?"
Seeing that he genuinely seemed unaware of the matter, Mu Yiran opened the medical record and looked at it:
"0...666?"
Shi Youxi immediately knew who it was, and clicked her tongue, "I don't have an emergency contact, this isn't it, I don't admit it."
Mu Yiran: "How can you deny it? If you don't admit it, why did they fill it in for you?"
Shi Youxi said nonchalantly, "Since that column can't be left blank, just fill it in randomly."
Mu Yiran looked at him disapprovingly, "How can you just fill this out like that? You've always done this before?"
Shi Youxi: "There's nothing I can do, I don't have any emergency contacts."
He glanced at Mu Yiran, his voice low, "Besides, no one will come even if you fill it out."
"..."
Mu Yiran was stung by the boy's silent expression, and thinking of Shi Yan and Bai Shengsheng, her parents who were like cattle and horses, she instantly felt a surge of resentment.
"No! What if something happens to you like today and we can't find anyone to take care of you?"
Shi Youxi stared at her and suddenly said, "Sister, won't you be here?"
Mu Yiran froze, staring blankly at Shi Youxi, "I..."
Shi Youxi gripped the railing next to the elevator, squeezing the person in the corner. He lowered his head, his tone revealing a barely perceptible fear, a fear only he himself knew.
"You'll always be by my side, right?"
Mu Yiran opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word of refusal, "...I guess so."
Probably.
This time is different from before; she shouldn't be forced to leave Shi Youxi's side again.
Mu Yiran calmed herself down and nodded.
Yes, I will.
Shi Youxi's pupils froze for a moment, then without hesitation, he leaned down, grabbed Mu Yiran's hand, and rubbed it against her.
"Then there's no need for an emergency contact; my sister is enough."
"Hmph." Mu Yiran chuckled twice, then pinched his cheeks with her hands. "Don't give me that grinning face. You absolutely must fill in the emergency contact information!"
Shi Youxi pouted: "Then kick this one out and replace it with my sister."
"So who is this phone number?" Mu Yiran was still very curious; it couldn't just be a random number, could it?
The elevator arrived, and the two of them had just stepped out when they heard a strange scream from not far away.
"Little pink hair! I want to see little pink hair, Toki, hurry up!"
Shi Si was furious: "What's your hurry! If we're late, will his non-mainstream hair fade or something?!"
Guan Shiyan couldn't wait any longer; the parking lot was like his own backyard, filled with his complaints.
"I saw the same color in China a couple of days ago, and oh my god, it was absolutely hideous! I even imagined our young master Shi's face on it, and wow, it looked even uglier!"
"Who told him to ignore my advice and insist on dyeing it pink instead of yellow? I'll make him laugh to death! Get out of here!"
Shi Si was furious as he was being dragged along. "Yellow hair? You two are just as non-mainstream! Stay away from me! Don't infect me!"
Fortunately, Mu Yiran had only not seen Guan Shiyan for a little over a month, so she easily recognized their voices.
“It’s him,” Shi Youxi suddenly said from the side.
Mu Yiran: "Huh?"
Shi Youxi uttered each word clearly: "Former emergency contact person."
"Oh my! Look who's that! Pink hair! Young Master Shi!"
Guan Shiyan saw Shi Youxi's back and rushed over, howling like a banshee, "Turn around! Let me see how ugly he is—Holy crap!"
Guan Shiyan saw it, but what frightened him was not Shi Youxi, but the woman standing next to Shi Youxi.
That face... how could it look so alike?!
It's as if the photos on Shi Youxi's phone have stepped out!
Shi Si caught up from behind and also saw the tall, pink-haired man first. "Laugh at him? Why aren't you laughing anymore? Is he too ugly to laugh at...?"
Upon seeing Mu Yiran standing beside the boy, Shi Si's expression hardened, and he asked in surprise:
"You're Joris's teacher, aren't you?"
Upon hearing his words, Mu Yiran remembered her current identity and gave a polite smile, "You know me?"
Shi Si extended his hand and said with a faint smile, "We've met before at school, and we ran into each other when we went to his apartment. Don't you remember?"
Mu Yiran shamelessly shook hands with him, "Sorry, I have face blindness, but I'm sure I'll remember this time!"
"........"
Shi Si didn't respond. He stared intently at the watch on Mu Yiran's wrist. Guan Shiyan, who was next to him, also saw it, and the two exchanged surprised glances.
Then he looked at Shi Youxi.
Guan Shiyan was the first to react. He put away his previous nonchalant attitude, pushed up his frameless glasses, and said in a pretentious manner, "Hello, nice to meet you. I am Shi Youxi's best friend."
"My surname is Guan, you can call me—"
Mu Yiran smiled and replied, "Hello, Xiao Guan!"
Guan Shiyan was stunned for a moment, a strange sense of familiarity welling up inside him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it...
He stared at Mu Yiran as if he could somehow retain some memory, until a wall of flesh suddenly squeezed in front of him, knocking his glasses askew.
"Holy crap, what are you doing? Didn't you see me greeting your teacher?!"
Shi Youxi glanced at Shi Si beside her and sneered, "Do you need to look for so long to say hello? If you can't see clearly, go get a new pair of glasses."
Guan Shiyan was furious and poked his shoulder repeatedly with his finger.
"I'm warning you, show some respect for my glasses! I paid for this so I could see you clearly, you punk rocker!"
"Do you know how expensive these glasses are?! Is your face even worth it?!"
Shi Youxi pressed down on his hand, "I'll pay double, you better keep your eyes closed."
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Shi Si interrupted them at the right time, "Since you have nothing else to do, why don't you go back first? If the teacher doesn't mind riding back together, then we can go back together?"
Without him saying anything, Shi Youxi had already led Mu Yiran toward the parking space, and the four of them sat in the car in such an awkward and discordant way.
Mu Yiran remained silent in the back seat, maintaining her composure. Shi Youxi seemed to be playing along, also remaining silent, though he occasionally made small movements that prompted Mu Yiran to give him a warning look.
Guan Shiyan, who was peeking from the passenger seat, saw this scene clearly.
Hiss... That's strange.
That's so strange!
Thinking of Shi Youxi's various unusual behaviors, Guan Shiyan pushed up his glasses, pondered for a few seconds, and said casually:
"What caused the young master to be hospitalized this time?"
Shi Youxi glanced at him. "I had an iced coffee. I have gastritis."
Guan Shiyan said disdainfully, "That's it? I thought someone had drugged your coffee and was trying to force themselves on you. Turns out you're just asking for trouble."
"With your frail body, you can't even handle a cup of coffee..."
"It's not about courting death."
Guan Shiyan turned his head: "Huh?"
Shi Youxi slowly turned her gaze to Mu Yiran, "It was the coffee that Teacher Mu gave me."
"......."
Guan Shiyan swayed his hips seductively, raising an eyebrow at the woman in the back seat: "Teacher Mu?"
The driver glanced at her in the rearview mirror while driving.
Mu Yiran: "..."
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