Chapter7

  A quiet mountain road, with dense green trees on both sides. The wind blows through the leaves, making a soft rustling sound, and the afternoon heat seems to have dissipated somewhat. The red glow of sunset envelops the earth, and Yintang Yao stands in the midst of the radiant light, his ash-brown short hair standing upright with a hint of stubbornness, yet strangely illuminated by the evening glow with a warm luster.

  "What are you doing here?!"

  His voice was fierce and his eyes were filled with rage.

  Xiaomi sat stupidly on the ground, she slowly raised her head from between her knees, her face was crystal clear, and there seemed to be mist in her shiny black eyes. She stared quietly at him, her eyes not moving, somewhat dazed, somewhat empty, as if she hadn't understood what he said.

  "What did you come here for?!"

  Yin Tangyao growled at her, clenching his fists in annoyance. He had told her he didn't want to see her, yet she insisted on coming over; from the bedroom window, he saw her walking alone on the mountain road, and had originally planned not to open the door for her, no matter how long she waited outside; but then, she suddenly stopped moving, sitting down by the side of the road like a lost soul, hugging her knees and burying her face, he didn't even know if she was crying or not; he was still prepared to ignore her, yet she sat there for two whole hours!

  What is she playing with?!

  Yin Tangyao grasped her shoulder and pulled her up from the ground, staring at her:

  "Hey! Speak up!"

  As he grasped her shoulder and shook it, Xiaomi gradually seemed to wake up from a dream. She shook her head, trying hard to clear herself from the illusion just now. It was impossible, it was her own misconception, she had often misjudged things in the past, desperately chasing and shouting, only to despairingly discover that they were just ridiculous misconceptions!

  And standing in front of her was Yoon Tae-oh...

  Although he is a bit fierce, a bit childish, a bit clumsy, and likes to bully her, she can feel the warmth of his breath, sense the shy and awkward care deep in his eyes, and seems to hear his heartbeat.

  The leaves rustled softly in the evening breeze.

  Is it an illusion again? She seemed to really hear that heartbeat, a heartbeat more gentle than the faint breeze in the evening glow...

  "...... Are you sick?" Taking a deep breath, her eyes were no longer absent-minded, and she gazed at him with concern.

  "No."

  "Are you feeling better? Is it a cold? A fever? Diarrhea? Or an upset stomach?"

  "I'm not sick! Can't you understand?"

  She seemed to really not understand, tiptoeing, stretching out her right hand and lightly placing the back of it on his forehead. Her hand was cool, like a snowflake in early winter, the snowflake floated into Yin Tangyao's body, coolly, making his heart skip a beat.

  "Uh, I guess I don't have a fever." Xiao Mi smiled, her smile was very light, as light as a snowflake. "Sorry, you always say you're not sick, so I didn't quite believe it."

  Yin Tang Yao's face was tense: "I'm asking you what are you doing here?!"

  "But you seem to have lost some weight and your complexion is a bit paler," she said, scrutinizing him with a puzzled expression. "Is there something else bothering you?"

  "Rice——Love——!"

  "Could it be... the heart..." She widened her eyes in surprise, terrified by this sudden thought, "Is it a heart problem?!"

  "Are you forever unable to understand what I'm saying!" Yin Tangyao shouted at her in anger, "I said I'm not sick! I said I don't want to hear your voice again, I don't want to see you again! Are you completely deaf?! Are you an idiot?!"

  Xiaomi stared blankly at him.

  The sunset fills the sky, and the mountain road is full of radiant light. The trees by the roadside rustle softly in the evening breeze, their leaves seemingly drunk to sleep in the warm red glow.

  After a long time, standing in front of him, she suddenly nodded and said:

  "Hmm, I don't understand."

  Her answer was indeed brief and to the point, Yin Tangyao glared at her, unsure whether he should be angry or amused, just like a balloon that had been inflated to the point of bursting suddenly being pricked by an inexplicable needle.

  She smiled wryly and said to him: "Because I'm not going to do what you say, so it's better if I just pretend not to understand anything."

  "You!"

  "I want to talk to you, I want to see you again, I want to stay by your side, I want to see you smile and be happy. So, all the things you said, I just can't understand them." Her clear and distinct gaze was like a crystal-clear spring, her lips curled up in a trembling smile as she stared straight at him, her eyes unwavering for an instant.

  Yin Tangyao let out a deep and intense feeling of annoyance from the bottom of his heart.

  "Damn it, what makes you think you can do whatever you want?!" His temples bulged with rage, the diamonds on his nose flashing a piercing light, "I said I don't want to see you, and that means I don't want to see you!"

  She smiled quietly.

  "Oh."

  Lowering her head, she took out a leather notebook from her bag, pulled up his hand and put the notebook in his palm: "This is the notes of various subjects for the past few days and some review materials. There are only half a month left before the exam, you must study hard."

  He glared at the book, his hand clenched into a fist, and the book was suddenly crumpled like a rotten leaf. He raised his arm...

  "Oh no!" She jumped up, hanging on his arm like a monkey, pulling hard and holding his arm tightly in her bosom. "Please don't! It'll take me the whole night to copy all this! Look at my dark circles, aren't they just like a giant panda's? Please, if I stay up late again, I might get sick too!"

  "Are you an idiot?!"

  "Huh?"

  "This kid is so resilient, even if you throw him out, he won't break! Why are you so tense?"

  "......Uh......Okay, hehe." She scratched her head in embarrassment and loosened his arm.

  His face was expressionless: "It should be torn apart." As he spoke, his lips were tightly pursed, and both hands grasped the book, only a slight force...

  "I'll disappear right away!" Xiao Mi shouted loudly, both hands hastily grasping his palm, repeatedly shouting, "I'll disappear immediately, don't tear it off!"

  Yin Tang Yao raised an eyebrow: "Even if I tear it up, you can just copy it again." It turned out that what she meant by being good to herself also felt very tiring when staying up late.

  "But then you'll see the note one day later."

  “……”

  "I can come see you tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow too. Maybe I'll even see you at school. But if you read my notes tonight, you might remember more of the content." She smiled sweetly, her eyes curved upwards, "Plus, I'll have time to organize some new study materials tonight too."

  In the sunset glow.

  On the straight mountain road, there were only him and her.

  He stared at her, his tall and handsome body somewhat stiff. For some reason, when he faced her, it seemed that many times he would only stare at her, and apart from this, he clumsily couldn't think of any other expression that was suitable.

  Her small hands clutched tightly onto his large palms.

  His hands were a bit burnt.

  Her hands were cool like last night's gentle rain.

  Xiaomi let go of him, scratched his hair awkwardly, coughed and said: "Well... I'll just head back first, you must take a look at the notes!" After finishing speaking, she slung her bag over her shoulder and turned to leave.

  He stared at her back, watching as she walked further and further away.

  "Halt! Who goes there?"

  Yin Tang yelled loudly, his expression also gloomy.

  This time she was very obedient and stood still, turning back to look at him:

  "Oh."

  "You——"

  She looked at him with confusion.

  "Are you here just for notes?!"

  "Uh, no."

  "Why?"

  "How is your illness now?"

  "I told you I'm not sick!!"

  "......Oh." It's just like how drunk people always say they're not drunk, and crazy people always say they're not crazy, Xiaomi thought to herself with a tongue-out expression.

  "What else?!" Yin Tang Yao glared at her fiercely.

  "Anything else?......" She scratched her hair, thought for a moment, and then her face turned slightly red, "Also, I haven't seen you in days, I..."

  "What else?!" He forced himself not to show the sudden joy that welled up from his heart and continued to ask with a straight face.

  She opened her eyes wide and stared at him blankly: "......it's all gone."

  "Want to die or what?! What else?!"

  "What else is there?"

  "Think for yourself!"

  Deep in thought...

  "Hurry up and say it!"

  She tugged at her hair in distress: "Is there anything else, can you tell me?" She really couldn't think of anything else. Sneaking a peek at him, wow, his expression was terrifying, his eyes seemed to be spewing fire, as if he would beat her up in the next second.

  "Rice——Love——!"

  Here is the translation:

  Here we go again. Every time he loses his temper, he yells at her by name, and she shrinks back, taking a step backward.

  "Hehe, sorry about that, I'm a bit brain-dead at the moment... Please, can you remind me? Just for a sec..."

  Xiaomi's face was full of smiles, but under his terrifying gaze, he took another step back.

  Yin Tang Yao took a deep breath, trying to hold back his anger, but when he opened his mouth, he still growled.

  "Who is he?!"

  "Who?"

  "Who is that little brat?!" I really want to strangle her to death, just strangle her to death!

  "Ah, you're talking about Hao Yang?"

  "...Hao Yang... calling out so intimately, Yin Tao Yue's heart suddenly felt like it was being tightly grasped."

  She carefully looked at him and asked in a low voice: "Are you jealous?" Hmm, his expression was gloomy and awkward.

  "Good grief! Who's being jealous!"

  "Hehe, I think you're not that stupid either."

  Yin Tang glared at her, his breathing rapid, his fists clenched, the notebook in his hand crackling with a "crack" sound, if that was her neck it would have been broken twenty-three times already!

  Xiaomi smiled: "Zheng Haoyang is my neighbor, I've known him since we were kids and we've always been classmates, so we're a bit more familiar with each other, that's all."

  "He likes you." The way that kid looked at her, it was as if he would swallow her whole, his intense possessiveness could be felt even from fifty meters away.

  "Uh-huh."

  "Do you know?" Yoon Tae-oh narrowed his eyes.

  "Yes."

  "Then you——" Then you still let him get close to you, then you still let him look at you with that gaze, then you still let him hold your hand and leave from in front of me! Yin Tangyao's entire body felt cold, a stinging pain spreading from his heart.

  "So, if I liked him, then I wouldn't have come to Shenyu; so, if for over a decade I couldn't like him, then it's impossible to suddenly change; so, if you're angry because of him, then you really are an idiot."

  Her voice was soft, her smile was light, and her eyes were clear and bright as she stared at him, as if he was indeed the biggest fool in the world.

  Yin Tang stared at her.

  Xiaomi stuck out her tongue at him: "Still angry?"

  Yin Tangyao continued staring at her.

  Xiaomi ruffled his hair and glared at him: "Then you can continue to be angry, I'm leaving." Turning around, she waved her hand behind her back and smiled, saying, "Bye-bye, remember to review your notes tonight."

  The sunset is like intoxication.

  Xiaomi has gone far away.

  Yin Tangyao lowered his head, opened the notebook that had become wrinkled in his palm, and the words inside were neat and elegant. Each word was written very carefully, as if the person who wrote it was afraid that others would not be able to see clearly.

  The book was turned over to the end.

  A line of words was written in the blank space on half a page:

  "You must study hard, otherwise you will fail and be very silly, I will laugh at you!"

  How hateful! Do you want to die?! Yintang Yao "slammed" the book shut, raised his head in annoyance, and saw that Xiaomiao's white skirt was gradually disappearing at the end of the mountain road. In the sky full of sunset glow, her figure suddenly seemed transparent, as if there were a pair of angel wings behind her.

  Early morning.

  The classroom door was kicked open!

  The loud noise made all the students in Class 2 of Guo Mao look up towards the entrance, and indeed, they didn't even need to look - with their eyes closed, they knew it was definitely Yin Tao Yue.

  The classroom door creaked back and forth, making a "creaking" sound, but how could Yin Tangyao's ears possibly hear it? He carelessly stuffed his earbuds into his ears to listen to music and walked towards the back seats of the classroom.

  "Bang!"

  The notebook was thrown onto the Xiaomi desktop, startling her. She looked up and gazed at Yin Tangyao, a surprised smile on her face: "Wow, you're here! I thought you wouldn't be coming to class for a few more days."

  Yin Tangyao expressionlessly sat down in the seat beside her: "It's very boring at home."

  "Have you finished reading the notes?"

  "No."

  "...not have?" She opened her mouth wide, "Why don't you look?"

  "Nonsense, I'll look if you want me to," he glared at her, "but I won't!"

  "You're going to fail the exam... you've already failed three subjects..." She said dejectedly, if she fails one more subject, she won't be able to get her degree certificate.

  "I don't care."

  "But..."

  "Who cares who goes to think about it anyway." Yin Tangyao lazily lay down on his desk and started sleeping.

  Pig~~~

  Idiot!!!

  Stupid!

  Xiaomi was so angry that she wanted to kick him, he was really infuriating. He had taken her for granted, right? Yeah, she cared about it, she didn't want him to be inadequate and then be laughed at by others in the future. But his nonchalant attitude was really asking to be beaten up!

  "Hey, wake up!" She pushed him hard.

  "I want to die!"

  "You can't be underqualified," she whispered to him, "if you're so sleepy then don't come to class!" "From today on, you need to start reviewing your lessons and pay attention in class too!"

  "You're so annoying!" Yin Tangyao raised his head in annoyance. If he was willing to come to school, she should be smiling secretly, but instead, she was nagging him to death.

  "I'm so annoyed," she said dejectedly, pouting her mouth. "What if you really don't pass...?"

  "What's the difference? I'll still graduate and join the family business anyway." He said coldly, as if there was no difference at all.

  "No way!"

  “……？”

  "If so, you will be laughed at and people will say that you only got in because of your mother. Others will laugh at you behind your back."

  "I don't care." He snorted coldly. She was wrong, no one dared to laugh at him, at least everyone would show respect in front of him, that's just how the world was.

  "I care!" Xiaomi bit her lip tightly, staring straight at him, "You should be outstanding, the best in the world. From childhood to adulthood, he has been outstanding and admirable."

  Yin Tang Yao lazily sized her up: "Whatever, whoever cares can go ahead and try their best." As he spoke, he lay down on the table again, preparing to sleep.

  "Hey~~~" She continued to push him hard, "Don't sleep, even if I try my best, a pig can't pass the exam."

  Bang!

  A watermelon exploded on Xiaomi's forehead!

  Yin Tangyao glared at her with a black line on his face: "Recently, you've been getting more and more arrogant." Damn it, I really have him in the palm of my hand, don't I!

  "Where is it..." She rubbed her temples in pain and said pitifully, "I'll try my best to help you pass, but you have to cooperate too. Sleeping all day, how can that be possible..."

  "I'll kill you!" He threatened, raising his hand.

  "Hehe," she grabbed his arm, squeezing out a cute smile, "Please, just cooperate a bit, it's not that hard, you'll pass easily."

  "What's the benefit?"

  "Huh?"

  "What's in it for me, or why should I cooperate with you?" Just as he said that, Yin Tangyao suddenly sensed a gloomy and pitch-black gaze. He abruptly lifted his head to meet the gaze, and across the distance, Yin Tangyao and Zheng Haoyang exchanged icy stares.

  "The benefit is that you can just pass, haha."

  "Not enough."

  "Huh?......" Xiao Mi's mouth was agape.

  Yin Tangyao suddenly lowered his head and kissed her lips forcefully, the kiss was short but had a hint of dominance.

  "Ah!" She hastily pushed him away, looking around nervously. Luckily, they were sitting in the last row, and most of their classmates hadn't noticed. Except... except for Zheng Haoyang, who was staring at her with an icy gaze that seemed to bore into her soul, as if he had seen everything.

  "Even a kiss is not enough." Yoon Tae-oh turned her head, which had been looking at Jung Ho-yang, back to face him, making her look only at him. "I want a gift."

  "Huh......? A gift?" She was stunned and instantly forgot about Zheng Haoyang.

  "If I pass, you have to give me a gift, will you or won't you?"

  "Oh," she scratched her hair, well, it's okay as long as he doesn't fail again, "what do you want?"

  "I don't know."

  "What?!?" She opened her eyes wide, "Then what should I give you?"

  "Nonsense! What's the point if you already know what the gift is?" He muttered, glaring at her, "Just remember it."

  "Oh, hehe." She smiled awkwardly, "Okay, I promise you."

  "Uh-huh."

  Yin Tangyao fell asleep on the table again.

  "How can you sleep again? Didn't you just say......" She said dazedly, this...this pig.

  "As long as I just pass, don't bother me!"

  "But..."

  "Shut up, say one more word and I'll show you the divorce papers!"

  Xiaomi scratched her head and smiled bitterly, what kind of world is this? It's clearly that he's not good enough, not her. Like this, for the entire morning class, he slept through all of it, she couldn't help but seriously suspect that his promise was just a delaying tactic.

  However, it turned out that Xiaomi was wrong.

  In the following days, Yin Tao actually started "studying"! He went to class in the classroom every day, although he slept more than he listened; He went to the library with her every day, although his sweet snoring always attracted the attention of other students; He asked her to help him with his homework every day, although he refused to look at notes and books, claiming that he only wanted to listen to her voice. By the end of the night, she was often dry-mouthed and tongue-tied, while he looked drowsy.

  He must have been a pig in his past life!

  Xiaomi was so annoyed that she wished she could grab his hair and kick him a few times. Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! What's good about sleeping?!

  But ——

  He slept so soundly, his lips curled up at the corners, and he fell asleep on the table like a child.

  Staring intently at Yoon Tae-oh who was fast asleep, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine as a cold gaze shot from behind her.

  She turned around in surprise.

  Ah, it's still Zheng Haoyang.

  He still always appears in places where she often appears, silently following her with that cold gaze.

  Xiaomi furrowed her brow, trying hard to ignore the faint unease in her heart, and shifted her gaze back to the book.

  Summer has arrived, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

  On one of the hottest days in summer, the final exams finally ended. When Xiaomi finally handed in her papers and walked out of the classroom, Yin Tangyao had already been waiting for her under the shade of a tree outside for forty minutes.

  "Did you hand in a blank paper?" she grasped him and asked in terror.

  "No."

  "Are you all going to answer randomly?"

  "No."

  "Why did you hand it in so early!" She gritted her teeth and glared at him, "Even if you didn't know the answers, you should have filled up all the blank spaces on the paper. As long as the bell hadn't rung, you shouldn't have stopped writing! Didn't I tell you?!"

  Yin Tang Yao looked at her with a good temper and a smile. This guy, who used to be gentle and weak, why is he getting more and more arrogant and yelling at him?

  But...

  It seems like it's still more adorable this way.

  "What are you laughing at? You can still laugh?" She was so angry that she almost fainted. "What if I don't pass?"

  "Let's go, I'm starving." He gave her a menacing stare to shut her up, then put his arm around her shoulders and headed in the direction of the Guiyuan cafeteria. "I want to eat diced pepper fish head today."

  Pig ah——!

  Xiaomi's eyes turned black and he felt so depressed that he wanted to throw his head back and let out a long howl.

  A few days later, a classmate got hold of some photocopied grade reports from the counselor and passed them to Xiaomi. When she saw them, she was stunned. Rubbing her eyes again and again, she almost wanted to use a magnifying glass to examine the report!

  That...

  What's going on here?!

  The final exam had five compulsory subjects, and the person with the best score in each subject was surprisingly the same person! The name of that person was...

  Yin! Tang! Yao!

  "Did you bribe the teacher?" Dragging Yin Tao Yao to a quiet big tree, Xiao Mi lowered her voice and stared at him disbelievingly, "Did you bribe all the teachers?"

  Yin Tangyao leaned against the tree trunk and said in a bad mood: "Want to die!"

  "You're overdoing it! Just ask the teachers to let you pass, why do you have to fake the best grades?! She's so anxious she's spinning around in circles, "Really stupid like a pig-headed person!"

  "Hey! This is my own hard work, isn't it?! And let me warn you, if I hear the word 'pig' from your mouth again, I'll beat you into a pig head!"

  "Did you take it yourself?......" She looked stunned.

  "Uh-huh."

  "Do you think I'm a pig?" She stared at him blankly. "Even if I were a pig, it's still impossible to believe."

  A burst of mournful cries came from the Shengyu campus.

  The glass door of the clothing store swung open and a blast of cool air from the air conditioner hit me in the face, it was like entering a different world compared to the scorching heat outside, so comfortable.

  The salesgirls in the store smiled and bowed to the two new customers who had just walked in.

  It should be a student, the boy is tall and handsome, dazzling like the summer sun, a small diamond on his nose adds a few points of unruly domineering air, the girl has curved eyes and short hair, looking very cute, but her forehead is inexplicably pink as if she had been hit hard by someone.

  "Hey! Haven't you prepared the gift yet?" Yin Tangyao glared at Xiaomi unhappily, how despicable, she had promised, but in the end, there was nothing, and now she was dragging him out to buy one.

  "Heh heh."

  "How dare you laugh!"

  Xiaomi scratched his hair nervously and glanced at him: "Actually, I've thought about it for a long time, but this thing is not easy for me to buy alone."

  "What's that?"

  "Hehe," she grabbed his hand and walked to the window display, where delicate shelves displayed pairs of new men's leather shoes, "I heard that this brand of shoes is very good quality."

  "Shoes?" Yin Tang Yao was stunned. "Why buy shoes?" He thought she would give him something very romantic as a gift.

  "Excuse me, which pair of shoes here is the most durable?" Xiao Mi asked the salesgirl.

  "Which one is the most durable?" The salesgirl was stunned, often customers ask which one is the most popular and comfortable, but rarely does anyone ask which one is the most durable.

  "Right," Xiao Mi smiled, "it's the kind of shoe that won't break even if you kick it against the door repeatedly, and it won't hurt your feet either." She turned her head to look at Yin Tangyao, sticking out her tongue in a smile, "if you often kick the classroom door, your feet should also be kicked sore, so buying a sturdy pair of shoes for you is the most suitable."

  “……”

  "Do you like it?" She shook his arm.

  "I don't like it!"

  "Ah, why?" She opened her eyes wide in surprise. "I thought for a long time before I came up with this most suitable gift."

  "Damn it!" Yin Tao Yao's face was stern, "Even if you don't want me to kick the door open, there's no need to beat around the bush like this!"

  "Huh?" Xiao Mi exclaimed, blinking his eyes. "Now I'm starting to believe that your grades are real." He wasn't actually that stupid after all.

  Bang!

  The fifth firework exploded on her forehead that day!

  Yin Tang's eyes narrowed in annoyance as he clenched his fists, a mix of emotions swirling inside him. He gazed at the red patch on her forehead, wanting to help her rub it away, but that despicable guy!

  "Are you angry?" Xiaomi asked cautiously, "Just kidding."

  He pursed his lips and said nothing.

  "Don't be so petty," she said with a smile, "Actually, the gift has been ready for a long time, but I wasn't planning to give it to you today."

  "You're cheating me again!" he muttered, "You've simply forgotten, haven't you?"

  "Not true."

  She gently grasped his hand and smiled at him.

  "Because your birthday is on Saturday, I'll give you the gift on that day."

  Yin Tang Yao's body trembled: "How...?" He had never told anyone his birthday, nor had he ever celebrated one.

  "Sorry, I also knew it unintentionally." She said in a low voice. If he didn't want to tell her, then there must be a reason.

  He gazed at her for a long time, took a deep breath and said: "Give me the gift on Saturday." That day, let myself not be alone anymore.

  "Hmm!"

  Xiaomi happily shook his hand, with a smile blooming like a flower.

  The final exam is over and summer vacation has begun.

  Qiu Guo Guo returned home with a heart full of excitement, she had booked her ticket early and hugged Xiao Mi and Cheng Yuan tightly before promising to bring back many delicious things when school starts again. Yang Ke Wei, on the other hand, quietly disappeared from the dormitory, with rumors circulating that a certain modeling company had taken notice of her and would be training her to walk the runway during the summer break.

  Cheng Wei didn't leave, because during the summer vacation, the dormitory building also needs to be on duty. Wherever Cheng Auntie is, her home is there. Xiaomi also stayed in Shengyu. For her, it's all the same wherever she goes, as her father won't return to China for several months.

  Maple Garden's Fifth Dormitory has become quiet, and the sound of footsteps echoes in the corridor. The weather is hot like a steamer, and Xiaomi spends most of her time in the dormitory blowing electric fans, reading books, and writing diaries. Chengyuan started her multiple part-time jobs and would only return late at night. The dormitory was often quiet with only Xiaomi alone, and it was impossible for her to spend all day with Yin Tao. As a result, she had more contact with Cheng's aunt.

  Xiaomi is always enthusiastically talking about some interesting things.

  Cheng Auntie always listened with a kind smile.

  Xiaomi suddenly fell silent while talking, staring blankly at the snow-white wall for a long time.

  Cheng Auntie would pat her hand and get up to fetch a bowl of cool green bean soup for her to drink.

  After a while, Xiaomi will finish drinking mung bean soup and start talking about interesting things with gestures.

  Cheng Auntie would quietly listen again.

  Time passed like this, and suddenly it was Thursday.

  That evening, Xiao Mi had just said goodbye to Yin Tao outside the dormitory building and had not yet entered Cheng's administrator dormitory when her phone rang.

  She smiled and picked up, silly, she wouldn't forget to give him a gift the day after tomorrow.

  "Hello?"

  "I am Yau's mother."

  The voice on the other end of the phone was elegant and majestic.

  Xiaomi was taken aback instantly.

  "Are you Mei Ai?"

  The Mercedes-Benz is comfortable and simple, not as luxurious as it often appears in movies. Yin Zhaoman wore a beige dress with no jewelry on her body, her skin was like jade, and a pair of eyes like night fog slowly scanned the little millet sitting beside her.

  "Yes, hello."

  Xiaomi had never seen such a beautiful woman, just looking at her made him feel like time suddenly froze, although he knew it was impolite to stare directly at her, but his gaze couldn't move away from her.

  Yin Zhao Man gazed at Xiao Mi for a long time, and didn't speak again for several minutes. Xiao Mi was puzzled, had she come here just to take a look at herself?

  "You're quite presumptuous." Yin Zhao Man said in a low voice, with a sharpness that didn't match her gentle and elegant appearance.

  "Huh?" Xiao Mi was startled.

  "Staring at elders without blinking, not even a bit of basic manners."

  "Oh," Xiao Mi scratched her head, "Sorry, Auntie. But didn't anyone tell you?"

  “……？”

  "You're so beautiful, you'll make people forget a lot of things." Xiaomi stuck out her tongue and smiled awkwardly.

  "Is this how you approach Yao, with such sweet words? Because he's a simple-minded child, you've been using these sweet words to deceive him all along?" Yin Zhao Man said coldly.

  Xiaomi's eyes widened in surprise: "Aunt..."

  "The girls around Yao, I've seen some, some are innocent, some are arrogant, some are pretentious, and some are sharp-tongued. But none of them have been able to move Yao's heart." Yin Zhao Man gazed at her coldly, with a dark depth in his eyes like an abyss, "But you're exceptional, actually being able to make Yao take a liking to you, even asking me to formally introduce you to him."

  Xiaomi was stunned.

  "All you have are sweet words, cheap sweet words. These words can move Yao, but they cannot move me."

  There is air conditioning in the car.

  A chill ran down her spine, and Yin Zhao Man's face seemed to be covered in frost.

  Taking a deep breath, Xiao Mi smiled wryly: "Auntie, how do you distinguish between sincere words and sweet talk? Was I deceiving you just now? Is it that only when one sees beautiful things and remains unmoved without praising them, is that considered an honest person?"

  "Hearts are different."

  "heart?"

  "Honesty has no ulterior motives, while sweet words are for one's own purposes." Yin Zhao Man said in a low voice, "Why have you come to Sheng Yu?"

  Xiaomi was stunned.

  "I've checked, and there's no blemish on your student record in Qingyuan. It wasn't because you committed a mistake that you were forced to transfer to Shengyu. Please tell me the reason why you transferred here."

  Xiaomi's body was stiff like a wooden puppet.

  "Moreover, why did you specifically transfer to the class where Yoru is in? The head of the student affairs office at Seiun recalls that at that time, a girl from Qingyuan borrowed something to inquire about Yoru's academic records. Was that girl you?"

  Yin Zhao Man gazed at her: "Please tell me, why did you deliberately get close to Yao."

  Xiaomi bit her lip, and her lips gradually turned pale.

  The air conditioner in the car makes a gentle humming sound.

  She couldn't speak a word, her mind was in a daze, and cold sweat broke out on her palms.

  "What do you think... I am why?"

  Xiaomi finally squeezed out this sentence, her back was already covered in sweat. No, she couldn't let Yin Tao know the reason, or else she would have no chance to stay by his side.

  Yin Zhao Man's eyes were cold and stern:

  "I won't let you stay by Yao's side, and you won't have a chance to get any of the property either, so please leave."

  "Property? You're talking about property?" Xiao Mi exhaled a breath of air, and her smile instantly returned to her face. "Alright, I know what to do."

  Yin Zhaoman slightly furrowed her brow, unable to understand why this girl was suddenly laughing so happily.

  Xiaomi gazed at her and said: "Auntie, please don't worry."

  ps: I'm so embarrassed, this little bit of content is really not enough to be considered a New Year's gift, so I'll just post it early:p. Whether or not there will be a New Year's gift, I have no idea, praying that today's writing goes smoothly～～～～hehe, anyway, still wishing everyone a happy and auspicious 2005^0^.

  Thanks for the long comments from Shadow and Zhi Huan, dear~~~~~

  I've read many comments from Zhi Huang and I always feel that she should be a delicate, sensitive and emotional person:)

  Also PS: Buding Bing'er, I've hugged you many times already, and it's getting embarrassing to hug you again, hehe~~~

  Also, thank you ss, I've already made the changes:) Dear everyone, if you also find any typos or missing words, please be sure to tell me!

  Finally: "Yao" and "Yao", think again, think again...

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