Chapter 137: Are You Moved?

"It's like you haven't eaten in half a year." Zhao Qiu Hua was between laughter and tears, looking at the empty plates and bowls in front of her.

An Yinan shook her head, "Qiu Hua, you don't understand. I've been missing someone's cooking so much I was almost lovesick."

Zhao Qiu Hua rolled her eyes, but her heart felt warm.

"Right, wait a moment, this gift is for Yuanyuan." An Yinan took a red box and handed it to Xie Yuanyuan.

"Can I open it?" Xie Yuanyuan asked.

An Yinan nodded, "Of course. It's for you; if you don't open it, are you going to keep it to hatch eggs?"

"An, Yi, Nan, you're asking for a beating." Xie Yuanyuan glared, looking at the person who couldn't speak properly, and though she shouted, she didn't actually lay a hand on her.

However, after opening the box, she rubbed her sore eyes.

Inside the box were various candies, a whole box full, with a card written on top.

"Yuanyuan, men are all fleeting clouds. I wish to cover all the sweetness in your life; may your smile be like a flower and your heart sweeter than honey."

Xie Yuanyuan looked up at An Yinan, not saying thank you; they didn't need thank yous between them.

"Are you moved?"

"Mm." Xie Yuanyuan nodded honestly.

"Don't! Let go of me first, you can't just 'not dare to move'! You're going to strangle me."

Only then did everyone realize that An Yinan's question had been, "Dare to move?"

In an instant, the entire Xiao Yuan burst into laughter, and even the usually aloof Yun Shu curled the corners of her lips.

"Alright, alright, don't be moved yet; there will be plenty more surprises in the future."

While speaking, An Yinan took out a purple gift box and gave it to Zhao Qiu Hua.

"Mine?" Zhao Qiu Hua pointed at herself. An Yinan nodded earnestly with an expression that said 'what a silly question,' making Zhao Qiu Hua suppress her curiosity and a sudden urge to beat this child—how did she get so cheeky after just one trip out?

"Open it and see," An Yinan said.

After Zhao Qiu Hua opened it, it was a light purple dress, with a slightly cinched waist design that made her skin look very fair, and the scattered floral pattern made it look even more gentle.

"It's too expensive." Zhao Qiu Hua reluctantly tried to return it to An Yinan.

An Yinan shook her head, "Qiu Hua, I treat you like a sister, yet you treat me like an outsider."

That pitiful little look made it seem as if refusing her was like committing a grave error.

Zhao Qiu Hua was very moved; she understood why An Yinan had given her such a dress.

She had once had a light purple dress, but it had been deliberately ruined by Sun Xiaoqin. Because of this incident, she had made a huge scene, and everyone in the Educated Youth Courtyard knew about it; naturally, An Yinan had heard of it too.

That dress had been mailed to her by her mother, and she had cherished it dearly; even now, the ruined dress was still kept in her wardrobe.

And An Yinan had replaced it for her with a dress that was even better looking than that one.

How could she not be moved?

Everyone naturally realized this too, and they all smiled without saying a word.

"Here, how could I leave out my sister Xiue?" An Yinan handed a sky-blue box to Li Xiue.

Li Xiue looked at An Yinan, then at everyone else, before finally opening the sky-blue box.

This box also contained clothes, but not a dress; it was a white floral-print blouse and a pair of sky-blue trousers.

Li Xiue had a relatively conservative personality; a dress didn't suit her, but these trousers and the blouse were something she could accept.

"So pretty! Li Xiu'e, hurry and try it on." Xie Yuanyuan's mouth hung open as she looked at Li Xiue's outfit.

"Yes, go try it on quickly, I haven't seen clothes like this before either." Zhao Qiu Hua also nodded hurriedly.

Li Xiue felt a bit shy and looked at Zhao Qiu Hua, "Together?"

Zhao Qiu Hua thought about it and nodded, and the two went to another room to change.

Zhao Qiu Hua came out first; the light purple dress made her straightforward nature seem a bit gentler, and her complexion looked even fairer.

"So beautiful." Xie Yuanyuan watched with starry eyes.

Zhao Qiu Hua smoothed out the clothes; the cinched waist design still made her feel a bit self-conscious, but it made her waist look soft and slender.

Just then, Li Xiue came out. The white floral blouse paired with the sky-blue trousers gave Li Xiue a touch of capability, yet it didn't lack a woman's softness. The blouse had two ribbons that looked like dancing butterflies, ready to take flight.

"Is this a bit tight?" Li Xiue tugged at her waist uneasily.

An Yinan smiled, "Not tight, it's perfect."

How could her eye for detail be wrong? She had long since memorized her friends' measurements in her heart.

Xie Yuanyuan also shook her head, "Not tight, not tight at all. It's beautiful—no, no, it's stunning."

Xie Yuanyuan suddenly remembered what An Yinan had said. Stunning—wasn't that the most appropriate description?

Under everyone's admiring gazes, Li Xiue slowly shed her nervousness and became genuinely confident.

Actually, in An Yinan's eyes, Li Xiue was very well-suited for ancient-style clothing, but she couldn't do that now; it would cause big trouble.

Li Xiue and Zhao Qiu Hua looked at Xie Yuanyuan. Xie Yuanyuan wiped her face, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

Zhao Qiu Hua and Li Xiue exchanged a look and both smiled.

The two of them had been worried that if An Yinan gave them clothes, Yuanyuan would be unhappy, but who would have thought...

"What are they laughing at me for?" Xie Yuanyuan asked, looking at An Yinan.

An Yinan said with a smile, "Laughing at how cute you are, how sincere you are, laughing at you being our little ray of sunshine; seeing you makes us very happy."

"That's right, I am Xie Yuanyuan, after all." The little one was extremely proud.

Everyone burst into laughter again.

At this moment, Xie Shuyang was standing outside the gate of the Xiao Yuan; hearing the girls' laughter, he turned back.

Not only did he not dare to be honest with Xie Yuanyuan, he didn't even dare to be honest with his own heart.

An Yinan was right; he was a coward.

Inside the room, An Yinan ruffled Xie Yuanyuan's hair, "Right, remember, you only ever be Xie Yuanyuan; don't change for anyone."

Xie Yuanyuan nodded heavily.

After parting ways with the sisters, An Yinan returned to her Xiao Yuan, with Yun Shu following closely behind.

"The Chief asked me to give this to you." After handing the note to An Yinan, Yun Shu withdrew on his own.

They had been getting along with An Yinan for many days now, and they had come to understand An Yinan's habit of strongly disliking having people around when she was doing things.

They would consciously withdraw from the courtyard, but if there was any movement in the courtyard, they could also arrive in time.

The note was very simple: "Regardless of whether you acknowledge the Yun Family or not, the Yun Family is behind you; do what you want to do."

It was very simple, yet it gave a lot of courage.

She recognized this handwriting; it came from the head of the Yun Family, Yun Fei.

Free to act? The feeling of having someone backing her up seemed quite nice. With all the things that had happened recently, her acceptance of the Yun Family had increased a lot, unlike before when they were like strangers, with neither resentment nor love.

Now it felt more like the feeling between family members; they had less courtesy, and she had less guardedness.

An Yinan sorted the translation documents that Yun Mo had sent over recently; they had sent many telegrams to the Northeast Camp urging her.

Now there were already over twenty translated documents; even if she worked around the clock, she would still need more than half a month to translate them.

Moreover, after she roughly sorted them, they were surprisingly all books on physics.

It made her think of her own unfinished half of a Mind Map.