It was already 8 p.m. when the two left the Ji family's old house.
Ji Yanchen drove with one hand, glancing slightly at the girl who was looking down at her phone. His tone was calm and deep: "I have some things to take care of tomorrow. If you're bored, I'll have Ye Chuan take you out for a drive?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Miao raised her eyes slightly and said casually, "We'll talk about it later. I might have to go see Qin Xiao."
Ji Yanchen reached out and touched the girl's head, his clear eyes softened by a gentle light. "Okay, I'll have Ye Chuan take you there."
"Um."
......
The next morning.
After packing her things, Shi Miao reached for her phone on the bedside table.
I opened WeChat and saw a message from Ji Yanchen: [Breakfast is on the table. Remember to reheat it if it gets cold.]
Shi Miao's eyes softened slightly as her jade-like fingers tapped the phone screen: 【Okay.】
Thinking of the extra pills in her bag, she opened her chat with Qin Xiao.
Meow Meow Meow: [Are you free today?]
The sun shines brightly: [What's wrong, missing me?]
Meow Meow Meow: [Tsk, you don't want the medicine anymore?]
The sun shines brightly: [Holy crap, Shi Xiaomiao, no, no, no, I made a mistake.]
Meow Meow Meow: [See you at the usual place.]
The sun is shining brightly: [Okay, dear.]
Shi Miao put away her phone, picked up her schoolbag, and went downstairs. There was no man in the villa anymore.
The table was laden with both Chinese and Western breakfast options.
She walked to the dining table, pulled out a chair, sat down, and casually picked up a steamed bun to eat.
Just then, my phone rang with a "ding".
Upon seeing this, she opened WeChat and saw a friend request with the name Ye Chuan in the contact.
She raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded in agreement.
Chuan Chuan Xi Liu: [Hello, Shi Miao, Brother Chen asked me to take you to see Qin Xiao.]
Meow Meow Meow: [Hmm, 10 AM.]
Chuan Chuan Xi Liu: [Okay, I'll come pick you up in a bit!]
*
Bauhinia Square.
"We're here. Do you need me to come with you?" Ye Chuan turned to look at the girl in the back seat.
Shi Miao glanced at him lazily and said in a rather indifferent tone, "No need, I might not be better for a while, you can go back first."
Ye Chuan nodded: "Okay, call me when you're ready."
"Okay, I'm off." Shi Miao picked up her schoolbag and got off the bus briskly.
With her hands in her pockets and her backpack slung over one shoulder, she walked leisurely toward the agreed-upon coffee shop.
At that moment, a man on a motorcycle snatched the bag from the woman standing by the roadside and rode towards her.
Shi Miao frowned slightly, quickly stepped forward, and forcefully pulled the man off the moving motorcycle, which crashed heavily into a trash can not far away.
"Holy shit, are you fucking crazy?" The man got up in pain and swung his fist to punch Shi Miao in the face.
"Tsk, so noisy." Shi Miao grabbed the man's arm and, before he could react, threw him over her shoulder.
Then he kicked the man in the shin, breaking it with a crack.
"Please let me go, I was wrong." The man's face turned deathly pale, and he rolled around on the ground clutching his leg, sweating profusely from the pain.
Shi Miao ignored him, bent down to pick up the bag the man had snatched from the ground, dusted it off, and walked straight toward the woman who had fallen to the ground.
She knelt down and helped the woman up, asking gently, "Are you alright?"
Gu Wanqing rubbed her wrist and said gratefully, "It's nothing, just a little scrape."
"Your bag." Shi Miao handed her the bag in her hand.
Gu Wanqing held her hand. "Thank you so much for just now. How about we exchange contact information? If you need any help in the future, just let me know."
"No need, it was just a coincidence." Shi Miao's voice was slightly low and hoarse, with a hint of nonchalance.
"Um...can we add each other on WeChat?" Gu Wanqing looked at the girl in front of her and felt a sense of closeness that made her want to get closer.
Seeing this, Shi Miao couldn't refuse any longer, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay."
The driver rushed over anxiously, asking nervously, "Madam, are you alright?"
Gu Wan replied calmly, "Yes, it's nothing."
Shi Miao glanced down at the time on her phone and said in a very soft voice, "I have something to do, I'll be going now."
Gu Wanqing asked with a smile in her eyes, "By the way, I still don't know your name."
"Shi Miao".
After saying that, the girl raised her hand to lower the brim of her hat and walked away without looking back.
*
"Shi Xiaomiao, you're ten minutes late!" Qin Xiao looked at Shi Xiaomiao walking towards him with displeasure.
"I ran into some trouble on the way." Shi Miao slowly put down her schoolbag, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Qin Xiao snorted and raised his eyebrows slightly, "I'm telling you now, you're not leaving until you produce five small pills."
"Alright, here you go." Shi Miao took out a small glass bottle full of pills from her bag and tossed it to him.
"Damn, couldn't you have been a little gentler with me? What if I broke it! But why are there so many this time?" Qin Xiao carefully took them and looked up at the girl opposite him.
Shi Miao leaned back slightly in her chair and said lazily, "I accidentally made too many. You'll have to auction off three of them every month."
Qin Xiao crossed his arms, his eyes flickering slightly. "Weren't you busy with school? How come you have time to do this again?"
"Don't give it to me." Shi Miao reached out to grab the glass bottle on the table.
"Ah...no, I'll shut up." Qin Xiao's brow twitched, and he quickly reached out to stop her. "By the way, why have you been coming to the capital so often lately?"
Shi Miao raised the corner of his eye and said in a low, gentle voice, "To treat people's illnesses."
Qin Xiao clicked his tongue, "The Ji family?"
Shi Miao raised a slight, flirtatious brow, "When did you become so smart?"
Qin Xiao twirled his water glass with his long, slender fingers and asked casually, "...What's going on between you and Ji Yanchen?"
Shi Miao rested her chin on one hand, her eyelids half-closed, her expression rather nonchalant on her fair face. "Boyfriend and girlfriend relationship."
"Damn it, Shi Xiaomiao, when did this happen? Why didn't you tell me!" Qin Xiao paused in his hand as he turned the glass, his eyes darkening.
Shi Miao raised her clear, cold eyes to look at him. "Don't you know now?"
"Alright then." Qin Xiao pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and concealed the emotions in them.
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