After the class ended, the three of them slowly stood up after all their classmates had left the classroom.
It was lunchtime, and they were going home for lunch. Xia Youyou, protected by the two men, headed towards Xiao Hai's School of Economics. They met at the intersection of the medical school, and Cao An went to pick up Na Ru, while the others waited at the intersection.
"Brother Qi, Sister Youyou." When Xiao Hai saw the two of them, he waved and walked forward, stretched out his long arm, and put it around Qi Siling's neck.
"Call me sister-in-law!" Qi Siling was dissatisfied with his address.
"What sister-in-law? I'm from her mother's family, and she's still my sister. You should also call me Brother Xiao Hai."
"I think you want to be beaten!" Qi Siling tilted his head, grabbed his arm, and twisted Xiao Hai behind his back.
"It hurts! Brother Qi, I was wrong!" Xiao Hai admitted his mistake quickly, without any of his previous arrogance.
Xia Youyou stood aside, watching their playfulness with a smile on her face. They had been friends since childhood, which made her a little envious. She once had an online playmate, but she was a bit slow to warm up. That girl had family to keep her company, was more cheerful and outgoing than she was, and had many friends. Gradually, she faded out of her world, immersing herself in her own.
"What are you thinking about?" Qi Siling noticed that she was absent-minded and looked at her with some concern.
Xia Youyou came back to her senses and shook her head, "I didn't think about anything."
Qi Siling was about to ask when Cao An and Na Ru approached from a distance. He was a little surprised. Why was that woman still following them?
Seeing his expression was off, Xia Youyou turned around, following his gaze. Seeing Naru, a smile crept onto her face. "Sister Naru," she said, taking Naru's hand. "Today we have beef stew with potatoes, both of which we like."
Na Ru smiled and shook her hand. "Let me introduce you to a friend." She turned around and pulled the woman, who was tightly blocked by Cao An, to her side. "Her name is Chen Caiyun. She's in the same class as me. I'll take her out to dinner later, okay?"
Xia Youyou looked at the woman with a little surprise. She was the one who bought the house.
Chen Caiyun's expression remained normal, and she greeted the group as if nothing had happened. "Hello, my name is Chen Caiyun."
The air suddenly became quiet, and several people looked at her strangely, and she began to look a little embarrassed.
"Well, I just heard that the food in your house is delicious, and I want to try it." Chen Caiyun spoke with some difficulty. Being stared at by the two big guys in her previous life, she couldn't help but feel nervous.
Xia Youyou saw her embarrassment and didn't want to make it difficult. "Okay, let's go together."
Xiao Hai didn't know anything and just followed in confusion. The three men walked side by side. "What's wrong?" They all looked a little strange. Was there something wrong with that woman?
The two looked at him but didn't say anything. They just gave him an ambiguous look and let him figure it out for himself.
Xiao Hai looked puzzled. He glanced at the two of them and then looked at the three women in front of him.
"Tsk, why are you still keeping me in suspense?"
"I'm not keeping you in suspense. Didn't you see her last time?"
Xiao Hai remembered that it seemed to be the father and daughter who lived at No. 10 Maihua Street, and this was the daughter.
Then his eyes changed, and he looked Chen Caiyun up and down again, but he didn't say anything. He just glanced at her and then turned his eyes away.
Several people returned to the restaurant, greeted Liu Hui, and one of them took a plate of food to the backyard.
Chen Caiyun didn't want to join them, but Xia Youyou poured her a bowl of food and pushed her along. "Since we're friends from now on, let's eat together. Don't be polite."
Chen Caiyun took out a dime from her pocket and put it on the back window. She was not here to take advantage, so she would do what she had to do.
Xia Youyou's opinion of her changed a little. Thinking back to the two times she had met her before, the middle-aged man had always looked exploitative. She didn't expect that her daughter was actually quite capable.
They sat down at the square table in the main hall. Xia Youyou and Qi Siling occupied a bench, and Chen Caiyun sat together, while Cao An and Xiao Hai sat on each side.
Because there were outsiders present, the two of them did not discuss today's results at the table, and they never talked about it when Na Ru was around.
Chen Caiyun felt a little uneasy as she ate the food in her lunch box. The more she ate, the more she thought the food tasted like something from another world. This made her even more certain that someone in this group must have been reborn.
She looked calm, not looking at any of them. As for who else had been reborn like her, she would slowly discover it later.
At the dinner table, everyone was just focused on eating and no one was talking. Even Xiao Hai, who usually liked to show off, was silent.
Qi Siling ignored everyone else and helped Xia Youyou pick up some food. He watched her finish her meal before starting to eat himself.
Chen Caiyun carefully observed everyone, as if completely oblivious to the day she'd been forced back by the two men and collapsed to the ground. She ate slowly, finishing her last bite before anyone else put down their chopsticks. She stood up calmly, "Naro, I'm done. I'm going back to school first."
Na Ru thought about the morning class and stood up, "I'll go with you."
Then he moved closer to Xia Youyou and said, "Youyou, we haven't finished our morning homework yet, so we have to go back to school first."
"Okay." Xia Youyou nodded, and Cao An beside her stood up and prepared to send Na Ru away.
"Please sit down, we can go back by ourselves." Na Ru saw him stand up and hurriedly stopped him.
Cao An ignored him, finished his last bite, and wiped his mouth. "Let's go."
Then he turned to the people sitting there and said, "Clean up here."
There's nothing we can do about it. This guy is always like this, he'll pick you up no matter it's windy or rainy.
Chen Caiyun looked at the burly man who followed closely and walked side by side with her, and she felt indescribable envy in her heart.
In her previous life, she was tricked into working in the illegal coal mines of the south, digging coal day and night. Not to mention the men, all of them were poor people who had been deceived. In that dark underground coal mine, many people died in unknown ways. When they died, they were buried on the spot, and no one knew or discovered.
It wasn't until ten years later that she was rescued. Unable to find her, her family sold all their belongings and searched across the country, until they both passed away years later. She knew her father's stingy nature, but the fact that he was willing to sell his property after she went missing showed how much he loved her, even though she was a girl and wasn't liked by her grandparents.
The three of them came out of Anhai Restaurant. Chen Caiyun was tactful enough to go ahead and leave the other two some space to be alone.
"Do you have any opinions about Caiyun?" Na Ru could see the wariness in their eyes from the moment they met.
"No." Cao An had no expression on his face, but he didn't have any objection.
"Then why do you treat others like this?"
"What's wrong with us?" Cao An was puzzled, frowning and looking down at her. She was as beautiful as ever, taking off her heavy coat and wearing a long trench coat that accentuated her figure, making her look even taller. Disbelief was written on her cold and beautiful face.
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