Your mom is calling you back home for dinner.

  Luoshui No. 2 Middle School officially announced the start of the holiday, and for high school students in their third year who had been adjusting to monthly holidays due to intense exam preparation, as well as repeaters, they also gained liberation and freedom on this thirty-first day of the month.

  After being picked up by her sister from the bus station and taken home, the first thing Leng Yu did was to search the whole house for her little servant girl.

  Leng Xiao Yi is very important to her, specifically how important she is too shy to sort out, in short, what she most wants to do is to imprison Leng Xiao Yi within her line of sight.

  However, she was very anxious and flustered because she couldn't find Leng Xiaoyu.

  At this moment, Leng Yu Shu, who was always wearing an apron, was carefully calculating the income details in the counter. She rushed over and asked, "Sister, where is Xiao Yan going?"

  Sister was stunned, immediately lifted her face, a flustered expression appeared on her delicate and beautiful face, then she forced a smile, and shook her head slightly with great reluctance.

  "Hey, why aren't you watching her?" Irritated, Leng Yu frowned and spun around anxiously.

  Sister Leng Yu hastily put down what she was doing, hurriedly walked to her side with quick steps, and tightly grasped the corner of her apron with her pale and thin hands. She slightly shrunk her neck and nervously said: "She borrowed ten yuan from me and said she would go out for a walk... Should be, should be around here?"

  "Alas......" Ling Yu's small face was filled with discontent, and she stomped her foot anxiously.

  "Or... I'll go out and take a look with you?" asked his sister tentatively.

  Pursed lips suppressed his anger, cold rain forced a smile and shook his head, saying: "Forget it, I'll go find it myself..."

  "But I'm worried about you going out alone."

  Leng Yu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Right."

  Then Leng Yu closed up shop and set off on the road to find Xiao Yan with his sister's small hand in his.

  ……

  Abandoned park.

  Old Yang crouched on the ground with a bowl of noodles in his hands and a bottle of Xiao Zhi Jiang sauce beside him.

  Leng Xiao Ya gazed quietly at his stubborn and aged profile, slightly pursing her lips, immersed in an atmosphere that seemed warm.

  "Cold... little girl?"

  Old Yang put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Leng Xiaoyu with an unnatural smile.

  Leng Xiao Ya was stunned, her eyes dimming as she lowered her head, falling into a brief silence. She sniffled and lifted her face, smiling: "Yang Bo, thank you."

  Old Yang rubbed his rough hands together, lowered his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "Don't thank me, it sounds like you're going to leave as soon as you finish speaking..."

  Leng Xiao Yao's eyes widened slightly, and she forced a smile as she hesitated for a moment. Taking a deep breath, she lowered her gaze and spoke in a low, meaningful tone: "I think... I want to forget the past..."

  Old Yang looked puzzled for a moment, then forced a smile and said: "The path you've chosen yourself, as long as you think it's right, just keep going, no matter what others say. Anyway, I, Old Yang, will absolutely support you."

  She took in his solemn declaration, her eyes flashing with unshed tears as she smiled faintly and shrugged. "Thanks."

  Old Yang stared at her smile, lost in a daze, and slowly tears welled up from the corners of his eyes. He let out a low groan, lowered his head, and buried his face between his knees.

  Leng Xiao Yao turned her head to gaze at the sky, her expression joyful yet serene. The azure sky had patches of white clouds, and as she focused her eyes, it seemed as if she saw a mischievous face with a sly smile amidst the clouds, its calm and gentle gaze slanting towards her...

  After a while, she slowly lowered her head and muttered: "Luoli, you died as you should have..."

  ……

  ……

  Luoshui No. 2 Middle School

  The warm glow of sunset falls on the teaching building of the second year high school class.

  Class 2, in a deserted corner of the classroom, came a hesitant and stuttering girl's voice.

  Then---

  "No, no, it's... 'tsu', 'tsu', look at my mouth!"

  Xiao Yu and Ye Cai sat together at the table, leaning their small heads against each other. The former was sternly yet bashfully scolding, while the latter shrunk his neck and pouted, looking like a teacher reprimanding a misbehaving child.

  Squeak squeak~

  The phone rang, Ye Cai took it out and put it to her ear, accidentally touching the hands-free button, and heard: "Where are you going? Come back quickly!"

  "Almost back..."

  "Come on! Hurry up! Your sister has already arrived home, and we've been waiting for you. The meal is almost cold!"

  "Oh..." He impatiently shrunk his neck, held the phone away, and then hung up abruptly.

  Eavesdropping on all sides, Xiao Xue blinked her eyes and asked reluctantly: "Your mom is calling you back home for dinner?"

  Ye Cai's face was calm and her demeanor was astonished, she bowed from a distance and exclaimed: "Online slang comes so naturally to you, your talent is exceptional, your mind is full of clever ideas, I admire you, admire you..."

  Xiao Xue rolled her eyes and muttered: "You're writing nonsense..."

  Ye Cai smiled with a pleased expression, leaving behind a provocative and mischievous gaze, and began to pack up her desk.

  Xiao Xue would have definitely given her a heavy dose of disdain in the past, but now she was silent, her eyes dim and her lips pursed, her shoulders slumped as she gazed at Ye Cai with a sorrowful and resentful expression, watching as he rummaged through his textbooks.

  Ye Cai suddenly froze, looking at Xiao Xue with a sullen expression: "What are you spacing out for? Hurry up, you promised me you'd go to my place for the night."

  Xiao Xue was taken aback and said with a mix of grievance and suspicion: "When did I agree to that?"

  Ye Cai's eyes changed, raising an eyebrow and smiling slyly, "I understand, I understand. When a woman says 'no', it means 'yes'."

  Xiao Xue hesitated for a moment, took out her phone and said to herself: "I'd better tell Dad and Mom about it..."

  At this time, a sly and cunning glint flashed in Ye Cai's eyes, she pursed her lips to conceal it, and continued to collect the textbooks.

  And then, two minutes later——

  Two girls walked hand in hand to the central avenue of the campus, the one in front skipping and jumping with joy, the one behind dragging her head and walking slowly.

  Ye Cai turned back and said in a low tone: "You don't want to go to my home?"

  Xiao Xue raised her face and gazed at her with a sorrowful expression, pursing her lips and sighing: "There's always a feeling of being designed by someone..."

  Ye Cai waved her hand and said, "Don't think like that, okay? Consider it a favor I'm asking of you. I'll go back later and show you what I've written, alright?"

  Xiao Xue snorted and turned her face away, saying: "Not interested."

  "Ah——?" Ye Cai's eyes widened, and the entire world came to a standstill, turning into a desolate gray.

  Xiao Xue found a sense of relief and shook her head, pretending to be nonchalant, saying: "However, pointing it out, doesn't matter..."

  Dazed, joy overflowed in his eyes, Ye nodded forcefully and hummed a sound of agreement.

  ……

  Sitting on the bus, all the way, Xiao Xue was very embarrassed, because no matter the atmosphere of the venue, Ye Cai always held her hand, bearing too many gazes, making her sensitive and suspicious.

  From Ye Cai's body, she faintly felt a sense of intimate dependence, just like a sister complex. But coincidentally, Ye Cai happened to be taller than her, and her demeanor was like that of a little loli, so much so that the entire hand-in-hand scene looked quite incongruous.

  As she climbed the winding mountain road that led to a rarely visited neighborhood, Xiao Xue looked around nervously, twisting her head and asked uncertainly: "Ye Cai... your home isn't deep in the mountains is it?"

  Ye Cai pouted and blinked her eyes, saying: "Why say that?"

  Xiao Xue pointed around and said: "Look at this place, desolate and uninhabited... so quiet..."

  Ye Cai looked down on her and said: "Coward, I've been living here for several years."

  At this time, Xiao Xue raised her head and looked far away, vaguely seeing a villa roof in the depths of the forest, and pointed with joy: "Is that it? Do you live there?"

  She looked at him with a surprised expression and Ye Cai nodded impatiently, curling her lips and saying, "Otherwise, it's still the old mansion in the deep mountains?"

  Xiao Xue awkwardly smiled with embarrassment.

  Swiped card into the neighborhood, Xiao Xue logged in, Ye Caijing waited quietly on one side with a serious face, looking worried.

  Xiao Xue finished filling out the form and turned around, only to see Ye Cai in such an abnormal state. She hesitated for a moment before asking: "What's wrong?"

  Ye Cai took her out of the guard room, let out a long sigh, turned her head and said with a worried face: "Later, after you leave, don't look at my sister, do you understand? It's best not to take a glance."

  Xiao Xue was shocked and stuttered: "Why? Can't your sister be seen by people?"

  Ye Cai shook her head, filled with worry and said: "No, you'll understand when you go, she's a difficult person to get along with... In the past, I brought a few friends home to play, but she chased them out... and even held a kitchen knife."

  Xiao Xue's footsteps suddenly stiffened, her face uneasy and anxious, gazing at his heavy and gloomy profile, saying: "T-then what should we do?"

  Ye Cai let out a sigh and shook her head, then turned around with a forced smile and said: "Let's talk about it later."