Chapter 376: Childhood Friends Must Be Cultivated from a Young Age (59)

An Ziyu’s glass-like eyes looked over at her without blinking, and he said softly, “Luoluo.”

The moment Shen Mubai heard his voice, her body shuddered involuntarily.

She stammered, “I’m much better now.”

An Ziyu’s eyes curved slightly, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips, “I’m relieved that you’re okay.”

As soon as Shen Mubai saw him, she couldn’t convince herself that everything was fake.

Her gaze wandered as she said, “Mhm.”

An Ziyu probably understood how much of a psychological impact he had on the girl today.

Smiling, he said to Xiao Xueqing, “Since Luoluo is feeling better, I’ll take my leave, Aunt Xiao.”

Xiao Xueqing said, “Why don’t you stay for dinner?”

An Ziyu politely declined, then smiled slightly at Shen Mubai, “See you tomorrow.”

Shen Mubai wished he would disappear immediately from her sight and responded with difficulty, “See you tomorrow.”

After dinner and a bath, she couldn’t focus on her homework at all.

She rolled around in bed, feeling frustrated, and finally turned to the system for help, “System, what should I do?”

The system replied, “Cold mixed steamed fried egg.”

Shen Mubai yelled angrily, “I’m asking you a serious question!”

System: “Oh, I don’t know.”

Shen Mubai felt that turning to the system for help was stupid. She vowed never to rely on the system again, calling it a useless and ruthless spicy chicken.

(T/N: an internet slang for rubbish, garbage, or waste)

She had nightmares all night, all related to the young male lead. In her dream, he was a soft, gentle lamb but suddenly transformed into a big bad wolf, scaring Shen Mubai awake.

With dark circles under her eyes, she pretended to be weak when Xiao Xueqing knocked on her door to remind her about her morning run, “Mom, please tell Ziyu I don’t want to go for a run today.”

After a while, she quickly got up, washed up, and hurriedly stuffed a sandwich into her mouth, packing a carton of milk into her backpack, and ran out guiltily.

For the first time, Shen Mubai was one of the first students to arrive at school.

Even in the evenings, she used the excuse of not feeling well to leave school early.

Naturally, the teacher didn’t suspect anything, as Shen Mubai had always been a model student.

This way, Shen Mubai avoided An Ziyu for two days.

Realizing that this couldn’t continue, just as she was seriously considering pretending to have a boyfriend, there was a knock on her door.

Thinking it was Jiang Chen or Xiao Xueqing, she absentmindedly said, “Come in.”

The door opened, and a warm, gentle voice accompanied the person who entered, “Luoluo.”

Shen Mubai was startled, quickly turning to look at the person with a panicked expression, “What are you doing here?”

An Ziyu took in the expression on the girl’s face, his eyes darkening, but the smile on his lips remained gentle.

“I told Aunt Xiao that I’m here to discuss schoolwork with you.”

Shen Mubai groaned inwardly, thinking, “Mom, you’re pushing a wolf into your daughter’s den.”

Unbeknownst to her, Xiao Xueqing had been thinking along different lines for the past two days. She noticed her daughter seemed to be avoiding Ziyu and guessed that the two had some sort of disagreement.

Naturally, she wanted them to reconcile as soon as possible.

Moreover, she treated An Ziyu like her own son and trusted him completely, without a hint of suspicion.

An Ziyu walked up to her, his eyes filled with an unreadable emotion, and asked, “Have you hidden long enough?”