"Young mistress, we've arrived at school."
"Okay."
Since returning to the villa yesterday, Xuan Mingyu has not gone back to that house, just like the previous days. Bai Xiaoruo didn't take it too seriously and continued living her life as usual.
It's actually better if he doesn't come back. Every time I see him, I get so nervous, like he's going to eat me alive.
Today is my first day back at school.
Bai Xiaoruo originally wanted to keep a low profile, but Uncle Chen still took her to the school gate.
Hopefully, the other classmates won't see this, otherwise they'll start talking nonsense again.
As soon as Bai Xiaoruo opened the car door and got out, a pair of fair arms unexpectedly hugged her from behind. "Good morning, Xiaobai! Hehe~ What a coincidence, I was originally planning to have the driver pick you up from your house."
Bai Xiaoru was startled, but her tense nerves slowly relaxed when she saw who it was. "Shushu, you almost scared me to death."
"Oh, I just wanted to give you a surprise~ I was wrong~" Ji Shushu playfully stuck out her tongue and noticed the car behind Bai Xiaoruo.
Although Lao Chen didn't get out of the car today, Ji Shushu still recognized him at a glance.
The driver in the car... isn't this... isn't this the driver Xiaobai mentioned hiring a few days ago?
Why is it that Xiaobai is still going to school with this same uncle today?
Ji Shushu couldn't help but become suspicious. Was this the second time? Did Xiaobai always hire this driver? Something was definitely not right.
Thinking back to how Bai Xiaoruo had been stammering in the dormitory, Ji Shushu became increasingly worried.
"Shushu? Shushu?" Bai Xiaoru called out several times, waving her hand in front of Ji Shushu's eyes, finally pulling her back from her wandering thoughts.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"Shushu, shouldn't I be asking you what's wrong? What are you thinking about? We should go to school now, or we'll be late."
"Oh, okay... Xiaobai, you go in first. I just saw an old friend of mine, I'm going to talk to her for a bit."
"Okay then, hurry up, I'll wait for you at the classroom door."
"Okay, sure."
After Bai Xiaoruo left, Ji Shushu immediately took out her phone from her bag, opened her photo album, and found the license plate she had photographed a few days ago.
Thankfully, it hasn't been deleted yet.
I pulled out my contacts and called the housekeeper.
"Hello? Uncle Li? This is Shushu. Can you help me find someone to check a license plate number? Don't worry, I'm fine... Yes, I'll send you the picture in a bit... Okay, then find someone now... Okay, I'll wait for your message."
After hanging up the phone, Ji Shushu looked at the license plate photos she had taken earlier for a while.
Xiao Bai, the secret you're hiding must be related to this strange driver. Since you're unwilling to tell me yourself, I'll have to investigate it myself.
Ji Shushu ran breathlessly to the classroom door, where Bai Xiaoruo had been waiting for a while.
Upon seeing Ji Shushu arrive, Bai Xiaoruo followed her into the classroom.
After sitting down, Bai Xiaoruo put her schoolbag behind her chair. "Shushu, have you said hello to your friend?"
"What friend... Ah, right, hehe, you have no idea how coincidental it is, my friend is taking classes on the floor below us."
"The lower layer? Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. What's wrong?"
Bai Xiaoruo gave a speechless twitch of her lips. "Shushu, the lower floors are all teachers' offices. Is your friend a teacher?"
"Oh, right, right, look at my memory, haha, I misspoke, my friend is from the upper class. Okay, okay, let's not talk about my friend anymore, let's talk about something else."
"Hmm. Shushu, aren't you a boarding student? How come I saw you carrying a backpack to school today?"
"Oh, I applied to withdraw from the dorm just like you a couple of days ago."
"Why? You went through so much trouble to get your dad to let you stay in the dorm, why did you give it up?"
"Silly Bai~" Ji Shushu gently poked Bai Xiaoruo's forehead with her finger. "I'm doing this for you~ You've moved off-campus, what's the point of me staying in the dorm?" Ji Shushu looked around and lowered her voice. "You know how annoying those gossipy women in the dorm are. They can't stand the two of us. I'm just being magnanimous and not arguing with them. Maybe they've been celebrating ever since the night we moved out."
Bai Xiaoruo was amused by Ji Shushu's words, "So, we're actually heroes for leaving, setting them free."
"That's right~ Xiaobai, since we're both staying out all night, let's walk home together from now on~ It'll be nice to have company on the way. Back in elementary school, we used to hold hands and walk home together all the time, I really miss those days~"
"This..." Bai Xiaoruo began to hesitate.
Of course, she wanted to be with Ji Shushu all the time, but her current status simply didn't allow it.
Bai Xiaoruo had suggested walking, taking the bus, or using any other means of transportation, but her grandfather, Xuan Zhengsen, quickly called to disagree, saying that for her safety, Uncle Chen would have to follow her closely as soon as she stepped out of the school gate. He had originally planned to hire a bodyguard for Bai Xiaoruo, but gave up after Bai Xiaoruo's repeated resistance.
"Shushu... Actually, I don't live at the Bai family's anymore... but I live in a better place than the Bai family's, it's just very far from the school, so I can't go to and from school with you anymore, Shushu, I hope you can understand me."
Xiao Bai was indeed hiding something from me.
Ji Shushu didn't force Bai Xiaoruo to tell her today. Once they found out who the real owner of the car's license plate was, the truth about Xiaoruo's worries these past few days would come to light.
"Xiaobai, of course I understand you. It's okay. We've been at school for so long, we'll have a chance to go back together eventually."
"Um!"
Bai Xiaoruo nodded, thankfully Ji Shushu didn't dwell on it any further, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to explain it to her in detail.
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