Grandma Liu's Invitation

  The campus is a bit desolate in autumn, and the whole campus is empty.

  The campus of this school is still very scenic in the eyes of outsiders, with a large green area that is well-maintained, and the style of the buildings and layout is also quite good. When parents come to visit their children, they will often take a look at the scenery, and their shining eyes seem to have returned to their student days.

  But for students on campus, things that are too familiar can't show any beauty at all, and might even become a place to hide dirt.

  Ye Cai returned to the classroom on her way, and was blown away by a gust of wind, her hair disheveled, her line of sight pulled away, staring at a certain teaching building in a daze, looking for a long time, feeling very strange.

  What was usually dismissed as an illusion had now become a huge psychological blow to Ye Cai, and this sense of unfamiliarity was rapidly expanding, making her feel terrified.

  Standing at the classroom door, stiff in posture, nervously staring with wide eyes, gazing around at the noisy classmates.

  "Chrysanthemum Brother----"

  A soft and gentle call, a delicate young man with his hair combed back, Li Wei sat upright in the distance, smiling at Ye Cai's mischievous grin.

  "Ah......uh?" Ye Shen was a bit dazed and uncertain.

  Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked over with light footsteps, slightly tilting her head.

  "What's on your mind?" He knocked against his arm.

  Ye Cai shook her head and smiled at him with a slight smile.

  "Hey, where's freedom?" the other person asked casually.

  Ye Cai's heart skipped a beat, and she forced a smile, saying: "I don't know, maybe he's on leave..."

  Li Wei blinked, her intentionally shortened eyelashes still unable to affect the lively spirit contained in those big eyes. She was thinking about how to continue the conversation when she found Ye Cai walking into the corridor with a daze, leaving only a slender back view.

  "Hmm——" With a strange, muffled sigh, Li Wei helplessly returned to her seat. Along the way, she glanced at Ye Cai, and even though it was just for a brief moment, her eyes seemed to have already become deep and unfathomable, looking dazed.

  ……

  Ye Cai was in a daze during both evening self-study sessions.

  Rory, who was sitting not far behind her on the left, wasn't much better off either. He was a bit high-strung and would zone out if he didn't keep himself in check.

  School's out, boarding students rush to their dorms, while day students head home.

  Ye Cai walked out of the school gate with a distracted expression, her head slightly lowered as she wandered aimlessly forward, completely unaware that she had unintentionally shaken off a certain lovesick stalker.

  A shrill whistle woke her up, and she looked around in confusion, only to find that she had passed the bus stop.

  He grasped his paws as if he was going to collapse, let out a mournful howl, and then hung his head in shame and slunk away with his tail between his legs.

  The autumn wind at night brushed against her face, a bit cool. Ye Cai shrunk his neck and stared wide-eyed in surprise, then rubbed his slightly hot face as if it was on fire, shook his head hard, and muttered to himself: "Can't even handle such a small thing, what's the point..."

  With hands in pockets and a nonchalant expression, Ye Cai quickly returned to normal.

  After a while, the bus arrived, and she climbed aboard. Surrounded by dazzling neon lights, the dreamlike street scene slowly retreated into the distance as Ye Cai stared blankly ahead, lost in thought.

  Ding ding!

  His whole body trembled, and he hastily picked up his phone to take a look. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and his breathing became weak.

  "Grandma Liu called..."

  ……

  She finally accepted it, of course, with a mentality of being lucky by chance.

  "Hey, auntie, it's so late, do you have something going on?" A timid and awkward tone.

  "Ah, that little leaf, Auntie has something to ask of you."

  "Hmm, you said......" At this time, Ye Cai's demeanor and posture were extremely gentle and elegant.

  "Cough, this... you know... about Xiao You's thing?" The other person seemed to have some difficulty speaking.

  "Huh?" Ye Cai's mind was preoccupied, not deeply thinking about the other person's words, but rather pondering and considering how to respond to several possible terrible situations that might happen next.

  "Oh... then... are you free now?"

  Ye Cai glanced at the night view outside the car window, furrowed her brow and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mm."

  "Oh, okay, Auntie... something's up and I'd like to talk to you in person. If it's convenient for you, come over and sit down for a bit."

  "Oh..."

  Clutching her phone tightly, Ye Cai lifted her chin, took a deep breath, furrowed her brow, and felt her heart in disarray.

  What's wrong with Aunt Liu?

  Could it be that Zi You's affair has been exposed?

  *sigh*...

  So annoying.

  ……

  Ding Dong!

  Ring the doorbell, stand still outside the door, purse your lips and hold your breath slightly, adjust your mood.

  The door opened and Liu Ayi stood behind it with a forced smile on her face, gently nodding her head.

  She changed into a pair of slippers and slowly walked in, looking around, Aizi You was not in the living room. Her dad wore glasses and sat on the sofa reading the newspaper. As she looked at him, he also raised his eyes and smiled lightly, nodding slightly.

  "Eh, Xiao Ye, come, sit." Liu Ayi sat on the single sofa, gesturing with her hands.

  Ye Cai sat stiffly across from him, forcing a awkward smile, his heart racing with anxiety.

  "What would you like to drink?"

  "Ah?!" She quickly stood up as if startled, and Ye Cai waved her hand repeatedly: "No need, no need, Auntie..."

  "How can that be? You're our guest now..."

  Liu Ayi insisted on this, raised an eyebrow and said to the old man sitting there reading the newspaper: "Old Ai, two cups of coffee."

  "Ah, okay, okay." Zi You's dad hastily put down the newspaper and stood up, hurrying to make coffee.

  Coffee arrived, and the faint mist floating on the surface of the water became Ye Cai's subconscious choice to shift her attention.

  "Cough, Xiao Ye, recently... your mom's mood is still okay, right?" Liu Ayi asked with concern.

  "Uh, okay..." Ye Cai lowered her head, thinking of that lazy and laid-back old mom, a warm and faint smile involuntarily curled up at the corner of her mouth.

  "That's good, that's good. Your mom always complained to me about your dad... cough, you know what I mean? Does your mom have a part-time job or something?" Aunt Liu seemed a bit awkward and spoke cautiously.

  "No, I'll just stay at home..." Ye Cai Ru honestly replied.

  "Oh, well... Auntie is going to ask you some private questions, don't mind, right?" Finally, Auntie Liu was making her move.

  "Huh? Private matters, huh......" He raised an eyebrow and glanced around, only to find that Zi Yu's dad was also sneaking a peek at him, causing his heart to skip a beat.

  This atmosphere... seems a bit eerie.

  "Hmm, well... it's a personal matter," said Liu Ayi, raising an eyebrow ambiguously at the end.

  "Ah......?" Looking at Auntie's inexplicable behavior, Ye Cai suddenly felt inexplicable fear.

  "Hehe, don't worry, don't worry, you can rest assured, Auntie has also been through it all, no need to be shy, right, Old Ai?"

  The old man was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Ah yes, that's right!"

  "Hehehe......" Ye Cai awkwardly smiled, thinking to herself that the couple's duet was unprofessional.

  "Huh? Drinking coffee, why aren't you drinking?" Liu Ayi was finding fault in everything.

  "Oh, oh......" Ye Cai took a sip of coffee, closed her eyes tightly and let out a strange cry, scalding herself and spitting it all over the table.

  "Oh no, I'm so sorry, I burned you..."

  Liu Ayi pulled out a handkerchief, bent down to wipe, raised an eyebrow and stared at her husband, "What's all this? Ah, Old Ai, you've scalded Little Ye like this..."

  "It's nothing, I'm fine, Auntie..." Ye Cai muttered.

  Grandma Liu suddenly stopped wiping the table, and without realizing it, she was only one step away from Ye Cai. She raised her face, nervously staring at Ye Cai's face, and instinctively sat down on the sofa with a plop.

  "Hehe......" Ye Cai was at a loss and could only laugh.

  "Xiao Ye, Auntie just realized that you're quite handsome, do you have a girlfriend?" Auntie suddenly asked such a question.

  "Hmm, no..." Ye Cai smiled and replied.

  With a thoughtful expression, Auntie forced a smile, furrowed her brow and hesitated for a long time before taking a deep breath, pursing her lips, raising an eyebrow to gaze at Ye Cai, and putting on a strained smile. Her lips opened and closed, and judging from her demeanor, it seemed like she was about to unleash a big move.

  Ye Cai pursed her lips tightly, opened her eyes wide, slightly lowered her head, and put on a serious listening expression.

  "Xiao Ye, what do you think... about Xiao You?"

  Bang!

  Suddenly, a loud noise similar to something crashing came from not far away, Ye Cai and the opponent's parents turned their heads at the same time, but saw that behind the scattered potted landscape stood a white-shirted, pantless, giant-breasted girl, she was scratching her temples with one finger, looking quite embarrassed and silly.

  Her mother was the first to react, waving her hand and scolding, "Quickly go in! Put on your clothes!"

  Ye Cai stared straight at the giant-breasted girl, falling into a deep shock, without realizing that the other party didn't dare to look her in the eye.

  Only saw that giant-breasted girl quickly lower her head and turn around, taking somewhat anxious steps to slip into the boudoir.

  A loud crash suddenly awakened Ye Cai from his daze.

  One after another, they withdrew their gaze. Auntie bowed her head and lowered her face, her hands tightly clasped together, unable to smile anymore.

  His father's eyes were dull, so he put down the newspaper, straightened his waist and leaned on the sofa, turned his head and stared blankly at the tightly closed door.

  An eerie silence.

  It's incredibly stressful, Ye Cai is sitting upright with a serious expression, wanting to cry and laugh at the same time, almost collapsing.

  "Xiao Ye, Auntie asked you, you should know about Xiao You's matter, right..."

  After the fuss over Ai Ziyou's eavesdropping incident, Auntie got straight to the point without beating around the bush.

  "Uh... it's just... her..." At this moment, it was a test of one's mental quality. Ye Cai didn't dare to bluff and started practicing Tai Chi.

  "Uh-huh, that's right, that day... Auntie saw you in her room... playing around, so you should know already?" Auntie had a tangled expression, as if she wanted to say "get out of my bed".

  "Hmph...". Ye Cai was speechless.

  "Uh..." Auntie also felt embarrassed, glanced at her husband who had a complex and helpless expression on his face, and continued: "Auntie doesn't want to say anything about you, after all, you two have been playing together since childhood, your feelings are very good... but what you did is really... too... too... unrighteous?"

  "Ah!?" Ye Cai's mouth was so big it could fit a large watermelon.

  "Xiao Ye, how could you be like that? Auntie doesn't even want to mention your name." Auntie complained with a heavy heart.

  "She's your friend, isn't she? In your circle, that means good buddies, right? But how could you...how could you lay a hand on your own good buddy? You...you...as the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows. And you...alas, have you forgotten that she used to be a boy?" Auntie was in a knot.

  "Alright, alright, alright, just stop talking, look at what you've got Xiaoye saying..." The old man waved his hand impatiently, as if he couldn't listen to this anymore.

  Auntie raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Cai with a mixture of helplessness and resentment, letting out a sigh that was almost inaudible.

  "Ah, Auntie, don't misunderstand... I, I was just curious at the time, yeah, we were just fooling around... didn't do anything out of line... really, I dare to guarantee."