Your Yibao: [Where have you been @Penglai's Snow? Your family is looking for you everywhere now. Your mother is so anxious that she is crying! ]
Your Yibao: [@Penglai's Snow, please reply if you see this! You are so childish at such an adult level, why can't you discuss anything with your family! ]
Your Yibao: [@方有缘宝, @缘有方宝, has Peng Xue contacted you? ]
Mei Fang was awakened by Xia Yuan in his sleep. When he saw the message on the phone that Xia Yuan showed him, he was immediately quite surprised. "Why did Peng Xue run away from home? Do you know the reason?"
"It must be because of the communication with my family..."
Xia Yuan explained while calling Peng Xue: "I heard Xiaoxue complain before, saying that her family strongly opposed her learning music from her cousin. Once during an argument, she almost broke her bass. She was in a cold war with her family for a while because of this."
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"No, it's turned off..."
Xia Yuan, sitting on the bed with her hair disheveled, was now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. She kept biting her fingers and thinking hard about where Peng Xue would go.
"I should be the first person Xiaoxue thought of when she ran away from home, and she didn't contact me... Did she go to her cousin? Or did she go somewhere else... What if she ran away with an online friend and met a bad guy?"
Mei Fang gently lifted Xia Yuan's hair, pinched her shoulders and said, "Don't worry, Peng Xue is not a girl who trusts others so easily. Have confidence in her and wait for her to contact you."
At this time, Lin Youxi also woke up to the whispers between Xia Yuan and Mei Fang and asked them what happened. After listening to Xia Yuan's statement, Lin Youxi thought for a while and said, "Did Peng Xue run away from home because she had a quarrel with her parents, or did she leave quietly? I think it is important to figure this out."
So Xia Yuan called Yue Xinyi again and learned from her that she had not actually quarreled with her parents recently, but had talked to her class teacher about wanting to drop out of school.
After listening to Xia Yuan's statement, Lin Youxi fell into deep thought. "If that's the case, Peng Xue's running away from home might not be an impulse, but she had been preparing for it a long time ago. If we ask Peng Xue's parents whether they cleaned the room before she left, we will know."
"I, then I'll make another call—"
Mei Fang patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder and said, "There's no point in worrying now... Get up and wash up first. Maybe there will be news about Peng Xue in a while."
"Didn't Xiaoxue say before when we were climbing the mountain together that her dream was to travel around the world in a jeep? What if she really wants to go on a roaming trip this time?"
“I think this possibility is unlikely.”
Mei Fang patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Do you know what the first thing Peng Xue did after she gave me the bonus last year? She returned the bonus to me to compensate for my previous investment in her."
"She still owes me several thousand yuan. With Peng Xue's personality, it's impossible for her to just walk away without paying off her debt."
"Besides, you are her best friend, and you have agreed to form a band together, right? Or are you doubting your friendship with Peng Xue?"
"Of course I don't mean to doubt..."
Xia Yuan nodded gently, "Then let's wait and see."
Today is Saturday and there is no class, but Xia Yuan is a little absent-minded when getting up, washing, and eating. She is always staring at her phone, afraid of missing any message.
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi were also a little worried about Yuanyuan's mentality. While washing dishes together, they talked about Peng Xue's whereabouts.
"I don't know if they have called the police yet. Even though they have only been away from home for a while, we still need to ask the police to look for them."
"She didn't even leave a note. Peng Xue is such a troublemaker."
Mei Fang looked at Lin Youxi washing the dishes angrily, and immediately said with some concern, "You seem to be quite angry."
"Why aren't you angry? An eighteen-year-old girl is still doing such childish things. She's not a ten-year-old elementary school student."
Lin Youxi handed the washed dishes to Mei Fang and said, "Of course I don't have any extra feelings for Peng Xue, but I'm upset that she made Yuan Yuan worry, so I'm naturally angry."
"Your expression reminds me of something that happened a long time ago."
Mei Fang smiled and said, "Do you remember that Peng Xue insisted on walking home with us, but you disagreed with Yuanyuan bringing other friends along, and you even pulled Yuanyuan aside to say it out."
"Of course I remember that."
Lin Youxi nodded, "That was the first time I said no to Yuanyuan."
“So I was actually feeling jealous at the time.”
"Of course."
Lin Youxi did not deny it either, "That was the first time I felt that if I didn't say anything at that time, Peng Xue might slowly replace my position in Yuanyuan's heart."
Lin Youxi nodded gently, her eyes gradually falling on the dishes in her sink.
"She and Yuanyuan...are so compatible. They got along so well together until we were in junior high school. Every time I was with her next to Yuanyuan, I could hardly get a word in."
“But it definitely feels different with friends and family.”
"That's our current relationship, and I've grown a lot. But the most important thing is—"
Lin Youxi wiped her hands clean and pinched Mei Fang lightly on the face. "If it weren't for you, Fang, as a bond, the relationship between Yuanyuan and I would have definitely faded as we grew up."
"Because you are the most common topic between us."
After they finished washing the dishes, they were about to return to the living room to see what Xia Yuan was doing, but Xia Yuan ran over and yelled:
"Afang, yes!"
"Xiaoxue sent me a message!"
Xia Yuan's face was filled with an excited smile, "She said she was at the gate of our community. She really came to see me."
…
After Mei Fang and the others sent a message to Yue Xinyi, they also sent a message to Peng Xue's parents, and then prepared to go downstairs to pick up Peng Xue, but Lin Youxi did not go with them.
"She took such a long time to get here from Baimei County. She probably didn't have lunch. I'll make something for her at home."
"Thank you, thank you, Youxi, you are so gentle!"
Xia Yuan hugged Lin Youxi and kissed her on the face, "I really love you to death!"
"Why are you so happy? I'm just afraid that if I see Peng Xue, I won't be able to resist scolding her and make her run away again."
Lin Youxi pushed Xia Yuan away with some disdain, and the two looked at each other and suddenly smiled at the same time. Lin Youxi patted Xia Yuan's shoulder and said, "You and Ah Fang have a good chat with her, comfort her, and let her go back to school. Don't think too much."
"Yeah, I know."
Xia Yuan took Mei Fang's arm and said, "Ah Fang, don't be in a hurry to lecture her later. Let me speak first and we can listen to her ideas together."
"no problem."
Mei Fang and Xia Yuan came down the elevator hand in hand to see Peng Xue. As expected, they saw Peng Xue leaning against the gate of the community with her bass on her back, looking up at the sky. Seeing Xia Yuan and Mei Fang coming, she also smiled and greeted them.
Xia Yuan let go of Mei Fang's hand, quickly rushed over and hugged Peng Xue. Peng Xue hugged Xia Yuan and stroked her head as she did when they met every day, but her expression was not as cheerful as usual.
"Seeing that you are still so energetic, I feel relieved."
"What are you talking about? You are the one who makes us worry. You came to Jiangcheng to see us without telling the school or your family. Your parents are looking for you everywhere. How worrying!"
Peng Xue smiled and stuck out her tongue. She did not continue Xia Yuan's words. Instead, she put down the bass on her back and leaned against the door.
Xia Yuan watched her rummaging through the suitcase and immediately asked in confusion, "Take the things to my house and put them down. What are you doing at the door? Youxi is at home making a meal for you."
"I have actually been thinking about and preparing for this time away from home. I have actually thought about not seeing you, but I just can't bear to leave you, and then-"
As Peng Xue spoke, she took out a wad of money from her bag and handed it to Xia Yuan.
"This is the money that Boss Mei lent me before. Add to that the bonus I received before, and I should have paid it back by now."
Peng Xue smiled and said, "I came here specifically to pay back the money, and then to see you again, Yuanyuan."
"Xiaoxue... What do you mean by that—"
Peng Xue smiled and patted Xia Yuan's shoulder. "I don't want to study anymore. I'm 18 years old now. I want to go out into the world and make a living with this bass."
There is one more chapter, which must be available before 12 o'clock.
(End of this chapter)