"What?"
Bai Yuning laughed, her laughter innocent and naive. "Auntie, you don't know, do you? Last time you were at school, a lot of people saw the senior carrying you to the infirmary."
"..."
"It's really nothing, but Auntie, your private life shouldn't affect your senior."
"She was all lovey-dovey with the school doctor one minute, and then she was all tangled up with her stepson the next. Anyone who saw that would talk."
“Senior is indifferent and doesn’t care, but if Auntie continues to play dumb, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?” Bai Yuning looked worried, as if she was genuinely considering Shi Youxi’s feelings.
“I…” I didn’t.
Mu Yiran opened her mouth to deny it, but found that what Bai Yuning said was true.
Regardless of what others might think, ultimately it's because Cheng Ran's "smell" is too alluring.
"Auntie can see it, right? I genuinely like my senior." Bai Yuning made no attempt to hide her feelings. Her straightforward affection made her provocation and rudeness towards Mu Yiran seem somewhat justified.
"So, I hope you won't get hurt in any way,"
“Especially from his family.”
"..."
Perhaps Bai Yuning's words were shallow, but they still stung Mu Yiran. She didn't want to become a family member like Shi Yan and Bai Shengsheng, causing harm to Shi Youxi.
Perhaps I really should be more careful...
Mu Yiran withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the tall, straight back of the young man in the hall.
As if sensing something, Shi Youxi suddenly turned around, and the two looked at each other through the voices.
Mu Yiran softened her gaze as she looked at him, then said calmly to Bai Yuning, "Thank you for reminding me, but classmate..."
"Recognize your place."
Mu Yiran spoke in a cold tone. She wore high heels, light makeup, and bright red lips. Her temperament was aloof yet extremely imposing as she glanced at Bai Yuning, whose face was flushed.
"What is my identity, and what is your status?"
"Do you even have the right to criticize me?"
"........"
Even if the original owner of the body has a bad reputation, as long as she hasn't done anything illegal or immoral, a consensual relationship shouldn't be tarnished as a stain on a girl's life.
Not to mention being despised and scorned by a naive young girl.
These words struck a nerve with Bai Yuning. Her fingers clenched tightly, her eyes filled with disdain and resentment, but she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
One's background is always absolute, and Cheng Ran's background is destined to be thousands of places higher than Bai Yuning's, a stepdaughter of the Bai family.
This is also what Bai Yuning hates the most.
Mu Yiran chuckled, her eyes darting around before she returned to her nonchalant demeanor. "Besides, if you really like Xiaoxi, you should be trying your best to please me, your stepmother, right now. You'd be groveling before me, how dare you come up to me and sow discord?"
"you!"
"Auntie, what are you saying?" Shi Youxi and the other two finished their conversation and walked over to Mu Yiran's side.
The ferocity on Bai Yuning's face vanished, and she instantly transformed back into the pure and innocent high school girl.
"Just chatting. This little classmate seems to care about you a lot." Mu Yiran glanced at Bai Yuning, whose face was stiff, and said no more.
"Is everything ready? Let's go home."
"Um."
Shi Youxi had no interest in anyone else's concern except for Mu Yiran. He wanted to go home quickly, as his sister still needed to take care of him, the patient.
The man with the tattooed arm drove the car over. Mu Yiran, with Shi Youxi protecting her head, went in first, then looked at the three people outside the car, "Little Guan and Little Tongxue, are you coming too? I'll take you home?"
"No need," Shi Youxi said coldly. He stepped into the car and slammed the door shut behind him.
Mu Yiran: "Why not? There's enough room."
Shi Youxi blocked her view, rolled down the car window halfway, and said to Guan Shiyan, who was standing outside cursing at her, "They get carsick and hate riding in cars. They prefer walking."
Guan Shiyan: "..."
Yes, he likes hiking, and he even likes tap dancing in the rain!
Bai Yuning, who was standing next to her, reached out to pull the doorknob. "I'm not dizzy. Thank you for taking me home, senior."
The car door was locked. Shi Youxi's phoenix eyes were cold and deep. Bai Yuning met his gaze, her fingers froze, and she dared not move again.
"Did you hear that? We'll trouble you to take them home, Senior Guan."
Guan Shiyan pretended to be deaf; he was happy as long as Shi Youxi was unhappy: "...Auntie, I want to go too—"
Shi Youxi raised an eyebrow: "Eight."
Guan Shiyan said righteously, "I do indeed enjoy hiking."
"?"
Mu Yiran was speechless: "But it's raining right now."
"I love walking in the rain."
Mu Yiran: "...It's so good to be young."
Guan Shiyan stepped in front of Bai Yuning, pulled her back a step, and waved goodbye to the two people in the car: "Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely take good care of this student. Goodbye."
Before he could finish speaking, Shi Youxi rolled up the car window, stepped on the gas with his tattooed arm, and the taillights streaked across the road.
Bai Yuning had been mistreated by Cheng Ran and had nowhere to vent her anger, but unexpectedly, Guan Shiyan offered to take her home.
She was overjoyed.
Although the official family is not as good as the Shi family, it's still not bad.
So this person's previous indifference was all an act. That makes sense; Bai Yuning knows how popular her type of looks are at school.
The only one with poor judgment is Shi Youxi. But the harder something is to conquer, the more attractive it is.
It would be good to add Guan Shiyan before that.
She lowered her head with feigned modesty and said to Guan Shiyan beside her, "Um, thank you, senior... but it's raining, let's go buy an umbrella."
A braking sound came from the side, and Bai Yuning looked up.
He noticed that Guan Shiyan, who had been standing next to him, had somehow gotten into a taxi.
Bai Yuning: "...Senior, you..."
With the car window half-rolled down, Guan Shiyan pointed his thumb at the taxi behind them and said simply, "Go buy it yourself. The money has already been paid. Whether you take it or not is up to you."
After saying that, the taxi driver stepped on the gas, spraying Bai Yuning's face with exhaust fumes.
A cold wind and rain howled past, and Bai Yuning felt a sharp pain in her face.
......
As night fell, Mu Yiran lay exhausted on her bed.
Shi Youxi is too annoying. It's not enough for Mu Yiran to accompany him to take his medicine. He either has a headache or pain in the back of his hand, and he keeps pestering Mu Yiran for pain relief.
She only stopped when she couldn't take it anymore and slapped Shi Youxi on the back of the head. After finally coaxing him back to his room, Mu Yiran felt like all her energy had been drained by the boy.
She texted Shi Yan the time she would be going to Qinheyu the day after tomorrow, and he replied with "received".
Mu Yiran was sleepy and her eyes were blurry with tears. She looked at the wall of bags next to the dressing table, and the white Brikin bags were faintly visible in the darkness.
Why did this bag appear at the 2023 Qinheyu event? Mu Yiran thought she might as well bring the bag to Qinheyu and see.
Right on time, Mu Yiran closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
March 28, 2023.
Shanghai Wenzhai Residence.
Wen Qingyu came out of the study with a swollen face and a deep handprint on her face, which was from Wen Zaosi. Wen Zaosi had lost another bet, and this time he had also embezzled Wen's public funds. Now Wen's projects were short of funds and were hitting walls everywhere when it came to financing.
At this juncture, Wen Qingyu, who wanted Wen Zaosi to pay for her trip to Jolis, naturally became the target of his venting.
When Jiang Wen saw the injuries on her face, she could only hug her and cry. They both had a premonition that if things continued like this, the life of luxury they had worked so hard to achieve would be squandered by Wen Zaosi.
"No, we can't do that."
A calculating glint flashed in Jiang Wen's eyes. She looked sharply at Wen Qingyu, who could only cry, and said, "Go find Lu Tingyi right away. He has the Mu family's key."
"Mom, why are we going there? It's a place where dead people lived, it's terrifying!"
"Mu Yiran definitely has some assets left by her mother and grandmother. Just that Qinheyu in the capital is worth more than all the other properties under your father's name!"
"And that brand her mother created before, go find it. Mu Yiran definitely owns a company. As long as we find the relevant donation documents, we'll have a chance to take it back!"
“These things should have been your father’s to begin with, and they will be yours in the future! If you want to continue being a rich young lady, you have to rely on yourself. You can’t rely on your father. The Wen Group will be acquired by someone else sooner or later due to bankruptcy.”
Wen Qingyu bit her lip, and as she listened to Jiang Wen's words, greed gradually arose in her heart.
Why is it that she, the eldest daughter of the Wen family, is living such a miserable life, while Mu Yiran is able to live a life of fame and fortune thanks to her inheritance?
“Okay, I’ll go.” Wen Qingyu took out her phone and called Lu Tingyi directly.
The call connected quickly, and a gentle male voice came through: "Qingyu, what's wrong?"
Wen Qingyu deliberately remained silent. She covered her nose and sobbed a few times, "Brother Tingyi..."
"You cried? What's wrong, Qingyu? Don't worry, tell me slowly. I'll help you solve whatever it is."
Wen Qingyu's eyes flashed, and she sobbed a few more times before saying, "I just remembered that my cousin took one of my birthday presents and never returned it. That...that was a gift from you, Brother Tingyi, when we were little."
Lu Tingyi pondered for a moment, "Have you asked Ranran? Maybe she just forgot."
"My cousin probably still holds a grudge against me; she's not answering her phone."
"She's not answering?"
"Um... so Brother Tingyi, don't you... have a key to my cousin's house?"
Fearing that Lu Tingyi would realize her purpose, Wen Qingyu changed the subject, saying, "I've called her several times but she hasn't answered. I'm quite worried. Otherwise... let's go to my cousin's house to check on her."
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