Chapter 20: Strangely Frightening

Is... that the rare Young Master Jing I know?

That's what you know.

She even got in Young Master Jing's car? She even sat in the passenger seat; Young Master Jing's car has probably rarely been sat in, right?

What's her name?

Mu Youyu.

Surname Mu? Won't it be that Mu family?

No way, isn't it said the Mu family's only eldest daughter is abroad? Just a coincidence.

Exactly, Princess Yan is abroad, alright? Don't spout nonsense!

Mu Youyu's hand sliding on the screen obviously paused there.

The Mu family indeed still has a Miss Yan, an adopted daughter, who is her nominal cousin.

However, that person went abroad at age six and even as a child rarely saw her.

She rarely contacts that cousin and isn't close with her.

Jiang Liangjin leaned against the hotel sofa, head lowered, idly swiping the phone screen.

His gaze initially carried a hint of laziness, but the next second his finger suddenly stopped, and his expression sank slightly.

After a while, Yu Ci across from him lifted his head from his phone: "A Jin, you and Youbao have quite a few photos posted on the forum… and also mine and A Nan's."

Jiang Liangjin furrowed his brows.

Gu Xingnan opposite them typed something on the computer, Yu Ci's phone lagged, and the photos of several people on the forum disappeared.

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows: "A Nan, did you finish deleting?"

En.

Then that's fine; deleting them thoroughly saves trouble." Yu Ci leaned back against the chair, tone lazy.

Gu Xingnan is quite interested in black tech, has been learning since childhood, and deleting these is a breeze.

Hearing that, Jiang Liangjin silently turned off his phone screen and casually put it aside.

The dishes just happened to be all served.

Yu Ci took a sip of water, saw his childhood friend's rare gloomy look, and couldn't help teasing: "A Jin, Youbao's back, so don't keep a sour face all day, or you'll scare her away!"

Jiang Liangjin gave an 'en' and couldn't be bothered to listen closely.

Yu Ci got more energetic, sat up straight, and asked: "We could have had lunch with her at noon; why did we come out?"

The usually quiet Gu Xingnan lifted his eyelids: "You're stupid; give Youbao some buffer time, pressing too hard isn't good."

Yu Ci almost jumped up, pursed his lips, his expression looking somewhat aggrieved: "You're the stupid one!"

Gu Xingnan: "……"

He picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it in Yu Ci's bowl, saying nothing.

Someone who doesn't understand would think he's too lazy to argue, trying to stuff food to shut Yu Ci up.

Having grown up together, how could Yu Ci not understand him? He said: "My brain is really sharp! Or you eat it."

He put the fish into Gu Xingnan's bowl.

……

Jiang Liangjin habitually watched them argue, silently eating his meal.

After the meal, Yu Ci casually said: "Still going back to Lan Lin?"

"Not going back, let's go out and have fun." Jiang Liangjin said in his usual tone.

We'll check out school again tomorrow.

"Okay." Yu Ci agreed.

Whether he goes back or not doesn't matter; anyway, this morning's classes already gave his father face.

Gu Xingnan followed them.

In the classroom, Mu Youyu was still browsing the forum and found Jiang Liangjin's picture.

Obviously taken today, it's someone from Class A—a boy with a head of wine-red hair, tilted head, fiery gaze.

Mu Youyu looked at it for less than two seconds, the phone lagged, and the photo disappeared.

She was startled, logged back in, scrolled again, and discovered that the forum had no photos of her, Jiang Liangjin, Yu Ci, or Gu Xingnan.

Mu Youyu simply stopped looking, closed her phone, turned her head slowly, and saw many out-of-class students gathered outside the classroom window, their eyes fixed on her.

"Is this the childhood sweetheart of the three school hunks?"

"With that appearance… no wonder people say Young Master Jiang loses control when he sees her!"

"Wow, so white—worth the ten-minute walk from Building Five!"

"She looks so well-behaved!"

"……"

Although she's used to it, Mu Youyu still feels somewhat annoyed by the monkey-like stares.

She simply got up, greeted Bai Yun, and headed toward the school gate.

At Lan Lin, the gate is open during meal times, allowing students to come and go freely.

The outside students left behind watched her departing back one by one, full of reluctance.

"My goodness, how did the little beauty leave?"

"……"

After leaving the school gate, Mu Youyu unexpectedly discovered her second older brother standing beside Nan Feng.

Mu Xi wore a stylishly roguish outfit, his back to Mu Youyu, his aura aloof.

He was also surrounded by several youths.

Mu Youyu glanced over and happened to lock eyes with a girl standing close to a male student.

The girl looked unfriendly, her lips moving as if she were saying…

"What are you looking at?"

Mu Youyu felt puzzled; she knew staring at strangers was rude, but it had been an unintentional glance lasting no more than four seconds.

Still, her gaze had been drawn over by the other's unfriendly look.

She disliked the girl at first sight.

Mu Youyu looked away and ran straight to Mu Xi, her voice soft: "Brother!"

Mu Xi heard his sister's voice and instinctively turned, revealing his clear, delicate features.

Upon seeing that it was truly his precious little sister, a fond smile appeared on his delicate face.

He stepped forward, his tone clearly different from when speaking to others: "Youbao, why did you come out? Don't you want to go to class?"

Mu Youyu gave a light smile, shaking his hand coquettishly: "Yeah, I just wanted to go home, and then I saw you, brother!"

"Good, great, our Youbao behaved and attended half a day of class today." Mu Xi's lips curved, his voice full of affection.

Mu Xi felt that whether his little princess went to class or not didn't matter.

He had greeted someone the day before his sister went to Lan Lin; Youbao could leave the school gate whether she took leave or not, and the guard knew her.

Mu Xi thought his sister could come however she pleased, and any brother could support her for life.

Several boys seeing the brown-haired, delicate-featured Mu Youyu had their eyes light up and couldn't help but feel fond of her.

How did Xi Shao meet such a pretty little sister?

Afterwards, several people realized something and looked shocked.

Would Xi Shao also show such a smile?

It's strange and scary.

Mu Xi glanced over the crowd, a hint of coldness showing; his friends, receiving his deadly gaze, immediately straightened up, and the girls' soft posture of wanting to lean into nearby boys' arms also straightened.

A blond-haired male student tossed his trash into the bin, friendly expression: "This little sister is…. Xi Ge's girlfriend?"

However, when did Xi Ge start dating? How come he's only bringing her out now?

How could he see Xi Ge's shadow in this little sister?

This, could it be the legendary marital resemblance?

Also, they had successfully witnessed it, alright!

The girl nearby who had just been hostile toward Mu Youyu heard this and her face darkened.

If that were true, she wouldn't be the only girl among them.

In this circle, the girls related to Xi Shao are the most noble! That's truly someone no one in the whole C City, even the country, would dare to provoke!

Mu Xi gave the blond-haired person a cold glance: "This is my sister, show some respect."

This was an introduction to the people around.

"Wow, so it's the sister! The sister is great…" Before he could finish, Mu Xi gave his shoulder a heavy pat.

The boy's eyes carried a hint of possessive warning: "Hey, this is my sister."

The implication: stop calling her "little sister little sister".

The blond-haired male who called Mu Youyu's little sister was named Han Mo; hearing Mu Xi's words, he scratched his head and changed his wording: "Then, is Xi Ge's sister good?"

"Hiss, he's so protective of his precious sister, yet I haven't seen him have a girlfriend."

Mu Xi didn't mind; Han Mo felt this form of address could be used.

Several people were about to go eat.

However, now that the sister had come, Mu Xi's lips curved into a doting smile.

He bent down, using a voice others couldn't hear, asking: "Youbao, want to go eat?"

Mu Youyu obediently replied: "Brother, I've already eaten."

Mu Xi's slender, long fingers placed on her hair and rubbed.