Mu Jingping held the letter tightly and burst into tears.
Shu Xin held Mu Jingjing's shoulders tightly, also bursting into tears, "Aunt Zhao is here to make your life better, you can't let her down."
After Mu Ningran returned to Fancheng, Shu Xin asked her to have a good rest, but she disagreed and started to work immediately.
Shu Xin thought that maybe going to work would allow her to spare some energy and stop thinking about those sad things, so she let her go.
Shu Xin would take Mu Jingjing with her whenever there was any entertainment or outing at work, hoping that she would see more of the outside world and get out of the shadow of the past as soon as possible.
…
The exam was coming up in a few days. Shu Xin went back to school to pick up some books and read them. When she came to the architecture department teaching building, she met Huo Jibai who was coming from the playground behind the school.
He was wearing the off-white sportswear that Shu Xin had chosen for him. He had a basketball hooked in his right hand and placed casually on his waist. His long bangs were wet with sweat and spread messily on his forehead. He had obviously just returned from playing basketball.
When he saw Shu Xin, he called out to her.
Shu Xin stopped and waited for him to come over. As he approached, a strong smell of male hormones mixed with sweat rushed towards her, "Is something wrong?"
"Can't I call you if nothing happens?" Huo Jibai raised his eyebrows displeased.
Shu Xin choked for a moment, then gently twitched the corner of her mouth, "Yes, that's great."
Huo Jibai turned around and walked towards the teaching building. After walking a few steps, he turned around and saw Shu Xin still standing there. He frowned and said, "Follow me."
"...Oh" Shu Xin walked over, "What do you want from me?"
Huo Jibai asked as he walked upstairs, "Did she give you the jade bracelet?"
she
Shu Xin was stunned for a moment before realizing that the woman Huo Jibai was talking about was Yao Huiqin, "Yes, actually your grandma..."
Huo Jibai glanced sideways at Shu Xin and said coldly, "She is not my grandma."
Shu Xin curled her lips and took a few steps closer to Huo Jibai, "I think Aunt Yao is really nice. Maybe you..."
"Don't mention her in front of me." Huo Jibai saw Shu Xin's persuasive look and knew what she wanted to say, so he interrupted her coldly.
Shu Xin snorted, "It was obviously you who mentioned it first."
"..." Huo Jibai.
When the two of them were approaching the classroom, Huo Jibai threw the basketball in his hand to Shu Xin and said, "Take it in for me. I'm going to wash my face." Then he turned and went to the bathroom.
Shu Xin had just taken a few steps while holding the ball when she noticed a burning gaze on her. She raised her eyes and saw Yang Yiqian standing at the back door of the classroom, looking at her with a cannibalistic expression.
Shu Xin thought of the last time Yang Yiqian got her drunk at Yixiang Building, and immediately she had no good expression. She glanced at her disdainfully, then looked away directly, ignoring her, and walked past her.
"Shu Xin, stop right here."
Shu Xin didn't even pick her up.
Yang Yiqian walked over and took Shu Xin's arm, "Are you deaf?"
Shu Xin withdrew her hand coldly and looked at Yang Yiqian with a calm expression, "Where is the dog barking?"
"I'm not a dog." Yang Yiqian's face turned red with anger.
"Did I tell you? Do you like to be in the right position so much?"
"You..." Yang Yiqian glared at Shu Xin fiercely, then stretched out her hand to grab the ball in Shu Xin's hand, "Give me the ball, it belongs to Ji Bai."
Shu Xin turned around and avoided it, "You also said it belonged to Huo Jibai, why should I give it to you?"
"Just because I am his fiancée, you are nothing but you dare to touch his balls." Yang Yiqian looked confident and stretched out her hand, "Give it to me."