Li Ziqi: "What are you talking about! What do you mean 'seems like'! Explain yourself clearly, how could there possibly be any burial tombs there!"
"—Everyone! This is DaMi. I'm currently at the Senyama Cemetery in the new fourth district! I'm live streaming. Cough, I just saw in the local news that workers unearthed a set of fragments of a hair ornament during construction... Construction has been suspended now, and many archaeological experts have come here..."
"..."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, looking at her phone. The sounds had come from her phone.
Mu Yiran exited the live stream, leaned back on the sofa, looked at the people in front of her, and clapped her hands twice with a smile:
"The burial tomb seems to be real."
"Congratulations, Second Brother! This is truly a double celebration!"
"....."
Cheng Li's mind went blank. He looked at the woman's bright smile and seemed to realize something.
"you--"
"Ding ding ding!"
The assistant answered the phone, "Mr. Cheng! They want you to come over immediately!"
One of the shareholders also received a phone call, followed by a series of ringing phones.
"President Cheng! What should we do—"
"People in Haishi say the government will reclaim the land!"
"What about the project? What will happen to the project?!"
"We've invested a lot of money! Now that construction has stopped, where's the money?!"
Everyone crowded around Cheng Li, demanding a solution. The crowd that had been celebrating just a moment ago was now huddled together, their shouts growing louder and louder, filled with desperate screams.
Mu Yiran stood up, patted her skirt, and didn't even look at Cheng Li and the other two who were stuck inside.
Li Bu Huo and he quietly left the stage in triumph.
In the lounge, many employees stared wide-eyed as they picked up their phones and started battling it out in various company group chats.
Everyone realized that the Cheng family might be about to undergo a major upheaval.
Li Bu Huo followed behind Mu Yi Ran, and he already had several phone calls in his hand, all to the major shareholders.
There were also some small shareholders who had just followed Cheng Li, and it was quite clear what they meant by calling.
"President Su and the others called! This time, we've really got it in the bag!" Li Bu Huo's voice was filled with excitement.
He hadn't expected the burial tomb to be discovered so early. The timing was perfect, and it could be seen as a blow to his allies in the upcoming board vote.
"I'm going to Haishi right now! I'll tell the construction team there that they can start demolishing the building."
Mu Yiran laughed and said, "Go quickly, hey, wait a minute!"
Li Bu Huo had already reached the elevator entrance when he turned back and asked, "What's wrong?"
"If this project goes well, what about the bonus? When will it be credited to your account?"
It will be several years before the film and television resort is built, and she won't be able to collect any profits by then.
Li Bu Huo laughed and scolded as he answered the phone:
"You're practically the chairman now, why would you care about this little bonus?! I'm leaving now, I'll let you know if there's any news, take care of yourself!"
Mu Yiran watched the man enter the elevator with a smile, but as the door closed, the smile on her lips vanished instantly.
"Mr. Cheng! I heard the project was secured—" Chen Yiting ran over excitedly, then paused, taken aback by the woman's serious expression.
Are you unhappy?
Mu Yiran gave a perfunctory smile, and then said, "Have Attorney Hong come to my office."
"Ah, okay."
Chen Yiting watched the woman's retreating figure, which she didn't turn around, and felt a deep sense of loneliness.
Has Xiao Cheng forgotten about the birthday present she was supposed to give herself?
This time, CEO Cheng didn't take her with him on his business trip, only Ai Ni. She originally wanted to take leave and secretly go with him to give CEO Cheng a surprise.
But the woman was going abroad, and she didn't have time to get a visa, so she had to give up.
Chen Yiting muttered to herself as she looked at the rabbit, "It's alright, her birthday hasn't come yet. President Cheng certainly won't forget about it."
...
After talking with Lawyer Hong, it was already very late when I got home.
Mu Yiran, Uncle Lin, and Ai Ni finished their meal chatting and laughing, and then went to the small living room on the second floor to wait for Shi Youxi to return.
The young man has been busy expanding his business empire lately, and Mu Yiran is unsure if she will be able to see him today.
She sat on the sofa, sometimes tidying up the 16 photo albums, sometimes looking at sheet music.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the boy's furry head.
Mu Yiran slowly opened her eyes wide and looked at the head on her lap. "Shi Youxi?"
The boy buried his face in her lower abdomen and didn't say a word.
She was asleep leaning against the sofa, while Shi Youxi lay on her lap.
What a weird quirk! He doesn't sleep in the big bed, but sleeps on her lap.
The boy was over 180 cm tall, his legs were already hanging off the sofa, and his head was still squeezed in front of her. He was uncomfortable, but Mu Yiran was uncomfortable too!
Her legs were numb and she couldn't feel anything. Mu Yiran was paralyzed on one side. She patted his shoulder in discomfort.
"Shi Youxi! Wake up, get up! Get up now!"
"Um... Sister." The boy's voice was hoarse, filled with drowsiness.
Mu Yiran couldn't stand it, so she dug her hand into the hair at the back of his head and pulled his head away.
"Crash!" The tall figure rolled directly under the sofa.
"Legs! Legs! My legs! Oh my legs!"
Shi Youxi, with her messy hair sticking up, got up from the ground: "What's wrong with my leg!"
"You've made my skin numb!" Mu Yiran wrinkled her face in gratitude from the soreness and numbness, her hand unconsciously tightening its grip on Shi Youxi's hand.
Why sleep on my lap when you have a bed to sleep in?
Shi Youxi held her ankle, his five fingers rhythmically pressing on the woman's calf.
He felt the smoothness under his hand and whispered, "Seeing that my sister is sleeping so well, I want to sleep with her."
Mu Yiran pounded her thigh, "What did you say? A tongue twister?"
The young man laughed and made her feel comfortable before bringing her water and snacks. The two of them snuggled up on the sofa, and he watched the woman flip through the TV with great interest.
Shi Youxi had a bad feeling: "Sister wants to...see a movie?"
"Mmm!" Mu Yiran flipped through the pages, glancing at the boy's hesitant expression out of the corner of her eye, and asked, "If you have anything to say, say it before I find the movie."
"Once you start watching, I can't hear you."
Shi Youxi: "Why?"
Mu Yiran said matter-of-factly, "Watching a movie is like eating; we don't say a word!"
"It's not that we can't keep quiet about either of them."
Shi Youxi looked at her amusedly, "Who said that eating has to be noisy, and that if there's no background music, you have to make music?"
Mu Yiran: "Who! Who said that!"
The woman raised her eyebrows and shook her head, her lively eyes conveying, "It wasn't me! You dare say that and try!" The mole on the tip of her nose seemed to leap and bound with its owner.
Shi Youxi stared at it, a smirk playing on her lips. "Your older sister from before?"
Mu Yiran waved her hand dismissively, "Yesterday's business is dead!"
That was then, now he's a deadbeat!
Anyway, it wasn't her.
The boy propped his chin up and looked at the woman's profile illuminated by the TV projector light. The fur on her face made him feel itchy. Shi Youxi swallowed and took the woman's milk tea when she wasn't looking, then put it back in its place.
Seeing the familiar golden dragon on the screen, Shi Youxi let out a barely perceptible sigh.
"What are you looking at?"
Mu Yiran gave a name.
Shi Youxi: "...Another suspense film?"
Mu Yiran narrowed her eyes: "You don't like it?"
Shi Youxi smiled slyly: "...I like it."
Anyway, it doesn't matter what I watch, I know the plot won't last more than ten minutes.
He either watched the movie with spoilers from Mu Yiran, or Mu Yiran showed him the ending and then rewound to the beginning.
Even though the woman already knew the plot, she still liked to talk about it, pointing out the murderer to him and saying, "Look! This murderer is about to cause trouble."
The user experience was extremely poor.
Although he wasn't watching the movie.
The screen showed an unfamiliar movie plot. Shi Youxi waited for her to start fast-forwarding, but ten minutes into the movie, the woman still hadn't made a move.
Watching a movie in a completely normal way is very abnormal.
Mu Yiran sat upright and watched quietly for most of the time. She glanced at the boy beside her and casually asked, "What do you think of the character Chen Pei?"
Shi Youxi lazily raised his eyes, and the scene just froze on the second female lead, Chen Pei, appearing in front of the male lead with a new identity.
He narrowed his eyes, sat up straight, and looked at Mu Yiran with a thoughtful expression. "Which aspect are you referring to, sister?"
"Everyone online is saying that the male lead is a jerk. If he really loved the second female lead, he wouldn't hold a grudge against Chen Pei for not telling him about her identity change, and he wouldn't fail to recognize her."
Mu Yiran pursed her lips, "If you were the male lead..."
"I am not."
Mu Yiran: "Hypothetically speaking!"
Shi Youxi shook his head, "This assumption is invalid, because I am not the male lead, and I would not..." He looked into her eyes and said, word by word, "I would not fail to recognize the person I like."
Mu Yiran clicked her tongue. "What if it's not someone you like? Just someone you know... an elder?"
She specifically sought out this film to sound out Shi Youxi's opinion.
In the past few days, all the necessary tests have been done, but Mu Yiran still cannot find any reason to prevent her from brain death.
That leaves only one possibility: death caused by an accident.
Chen Yili's classmates were unaware of Cheng Ran's specific cause of death. August had arrived, and Mu Yiran was now truly helpless, waiting to die.
All she could do seemed to be give Shi Youxi a heads-up beforehand so he could be mentally prepared.
"I think the reason the male lead hates the second female lead is because he's experienced waiting time and time again."
"Because of hopeless waiting, even the deepest feelings may be worn away."
"Looking at it this way, it's not unreasonable to hate the second female lead..."
"What if it were you, older sister?"
Mu Yiran was taken aback and looked at him.
"If it were me? How could this become me? If it were me, the hometown of lilies would have bloomed, and this place wouldn't be able to be reached!"
"..."
The film's visuals are a mix of black and white, with flickering light illuminating the boy's handsome and smooth profile. Mu Yiran sees herself reflected in his eyes.
The light was weak, yet it easily illuminated his eyes.
Shi Youxi skipped over the gender issue, grabbed her hand that was on her lap, rubbed her little finger together, and then squeezed it in.
"If the older sister were Chen Pei, knowing that her boyfriend had been waiting for her all along, would she let him continue to wait in such despair?"
He glanced at the TV; the movie was nearing its end. The second female lead, seeking revenge, faked her death under her previous identity to avoid criminal charges and chose to leave the male lead forever.
The male protagonist, however, continues to wait shamefully and humiliatingly.
He mocked himself, harboring resentment, and cursed Chen Pei as he waited.
Mu Yiran clearly hadn't expected to be asked that question.
The boy's gaze was intense. Mu Yiran's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the television. She murmured, "If it were me... I probably wouldn't be so heartless. After all, I don't have any blood on my hands."
"At the very least, I'll say goodbye properly."
"..."
Mu Yiran felt that this topic was too heavy; how did it veer to the level of life and death?
Moreover, she is definitely not Chen Pei, because she is already hinting at Shi Youxi.
Mu Yiran patted the boy's mischievous hand, "Reality isn't that comical and melodramatic. With such advanced communication technology now, there's no such thing as not being able to wait for someone or not being able to find them."
She wasn't sure if she would have another time travel after this death, but at least they were in the same world, and Mu Yiran could also meet Shi Youxi in 2023.
Shi Youxi: "So if it's you, you'll definitely come back, right?"
Mu Yiran scratched her head, "Maybe?"
Shi Youxi was very stubborn, "You will come."
Mu Yiran nodded repeatedly, "Ah, yes, yes, yes!"
The boy was satisfied.
Having finished watching the movie and achieving her goal, Mu Yiran comfortably opened another suspense film. Shi Youxi saw a familiar plot and was about to make an excuse for Mu Yiran to do something else when his phone rang.
Shi Youxi answered the phone, and Guan Shiyan yelled, "Young Master! What are we going to do about your birthday this year?! Congratulations, you'll be a year older than me soon! Tsk tsk, you've already taken advantage of me!"
Mu Yiran looked over: "Little Guan, classmate?"
"Hey! Aunt Cheng! You two are still together so late?"
"..."
Mu Yiran was taken aback and before she could react, Shi Youxi picked up the phone and went to the corridor to answer it.
Not knowing what they were talking about, Mu Yiran glanced at the boy with his brows furrowed and silently opened her phone to read Lin Bo's text message.
Uncle Lin! How did you usually celebrate Shi Youxi's birthday?
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