Chapter 431: Discussing Yearning on the Yearning Tower
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“Butler, you think he’s being unreasonable too, don’t you?” Xu Chaomu said indifferently.
“It’s simply too much, how could he say such things to you.”
Butler Ling sighed. Shen Chi was good in every aspect, it’s just that sotis he could be so foolish it was as if he had a negative IQ.
“Then I won’t pay attention to him for three days, butler, you have to back up on this.”
“I will back you up, this ti, I won’t take Shen Chi’s side either, he really went too far.”
Xu Chaomu chatted with Butler Ling for a while, and her mood had significantly improved. She had been in a bad mood since Shen Chi lost his temper at her for no good reason last night.
She ate her breakfast slowly, and after finishing, she took a walk with Butler Ling in the garden.
She had put away that blue small card. Apologies that aren’t spoken out loud are just hooliganism; she won’t acknowledge it, acting as if she never saw it.
At noon, Shen Chi did not co back for lunch, and Xu Chaomu couldn’t be bothered to care.
The midday heat of sumr tends to make people drowsy, and after having lunch, Xu Chaomu ended up dozing off alone on the living room sofa.
She was so sleepy, her head nodding like a pecking chicken, and finally, unable to stay awake, she laid down on the sofa to sleep.
She didn’t have to worry about her sleeping position, as the Shen Family’s ho was now almost exclusively Shen Chi’s.
Shen Cexian’s health had always been poor, and he had long since moved to a sumr villa, buying a small villa there where he would stay during the sumr to escape the heat and recuperate.
Liu Rui had also gone with him to take care of Shen Cexian and rarely returned to the west wing.
As for Shen Shihan, he moved out of the Shen Family ho five years ago and started his own little family with Mo Shuifu. Shen Yanrou, too, bought her own apartnt outside.
The big family had scattered, each going their separate ways, no longer resembling its state from five years ago.
It’s still the sa sumr, but the flowers and trees in the garden have grown taller, and the green bricks of the villa are now covered with creeping vines.
Tis change but people don’t.
It seed as if she had just had a long dream…
She still rembered the day she ca to the Shen Family’s house thirteen years ago, how lively the Shen Family was back then…
Listening to the chirps of cicadas outside the window, Xu Chaomu fell asleep hugging a pillow.
This kind of sumr was so tranquil, every corner exuding an aura of serene and peaceful years.
When she woke up, it was already two in the afternoon. After a long sleep, she felt even better.
With no one to accompany her, she thought of giving Lou Yanli a call.
Having t Lou Yanli yesterday, Shen Chi had beco jealous, and Xu Chaomu thought Butler Ling was right, n should not be pampered.
She shouldn’t have to avoid seeing the people she wants to see just because he’s unhappy.
She had only given her number to Lou Yanli yesterday but forgot to ask for his. Consequently, she had to resort to asking Weiwei for help.
To her surprise, Yu Weiwei actually had Lou Yanli’s number and sent it over within a few seconds.
When Lou Yanli received Xu Chaomu’s call, he was in the office working on design drafts.
“Male god, are you busy?” Xu Chaomu laughed.
“Not busy, Chaomu, what’s up, missed already after a day?” Lou Yanli laughed as well.
“Yeah, yeah, missed you a lot, how co you didn’t call ?”
“I did last night, but you didn’t answer,” Lou Yanli shrugged.
Xu Chaomu then rembered that there were several missed calls from last night.
However, she had put her phone on silent mode early last night, so she didn’t bother to check.
“Hehe, sorry about that, male god. Are you free now?”
“I’m free.”
“Then I’m inviting you for afternoon tea, will you co?”
Lou Yanli checked his watch and smiled, “Sure, where to?”
“How about Xiangsi Teahouse near the school, what do you say?”
“Didn’t expect you to be so nostalgic.”
Xu Chaomu laughed, “Yep, yep, I’m just a nostalgic person. Let tell you, I’ve made it big now, but I haven’t forgotten you old friends.”
“Made it big?” Lou Yanli laughed out loud, “How big? Suddenly struck it rich? Or made it onto Forbes?”
“Co over, and I’ll tell you.”
“Alright, see you at Xiangsi Teahouse.”
Xu Chaomu’s bad mood had almost completely disappeared; her moods ca quickly and left quickly.
She thought if she wasn’t optimistic enough, she would have probably been driven to death by Shen Chi’s actions years ago.
Shen Chi, she figured, must have left many a young girl with profound psychological shadows.
After sprucing up a bit, Xu Chaomu grabbed her handbag and headed out.
Since Butler Ling had pledged to stand with Xu Chaomu these next few days, Xu Chaomu left without reporting to Shen Chi.
Xu Chaomu hailed a taxi and went to the school.
The Shen Family’s ho was neither close nor far from the school. When she arrived at Xiangsi Teahouse, she spotted Lou Yanli pulling up in his car.
It was the hottest part of the day, the blanched sun scorching the earth rcilessly.
The streets were nearly empty, giving a clear view of their forr school.
The high school was still the sa, and so was the large building; nothing had changed.
Now during the sumr break, the entire high school seed sowhat deserted.
She shielded her eyes from the sunlight and looked up at the classroom where she once stayed.
There, many, many mories lay buried…
She wondered if the high school horoom teacher was still there, that opportunistic old lady.
Back then, she despised her enough to grind her teeth in anger, but now it didn’t seem like much at all.
Who didn’t have a few teachers they loathed in school, after all?
“Chaomu,” Lou Yanli called out after parking his car.
He saw her too; coincidentally, they arrived at the teahouse at the sa ti.
“Male god!” Xu Chaomu waved at him with a laugh.
Lou Yanli ca over to her side, taking her bag, “Let’s go inside, it’s too hot out here.”
“Okay!”
Walking alongside Lou Yanli, Xu Chaomu noticed how much taller he had grown; he was now almost as tall as Shen Chi.
He wasn’t the little boy of the past anymore.
As they passed by Lou Yanli’s car, Xu Chaomu deliberately paused and snickered.
“Male god, is your car a Land Rover? It’s a very domineering car, nice. Later, take for a ride in it.”
“Didn’t you say you’ve made it big? Why did you co in a cab?”
“I only have the No. 11 bus,” Xu Chaomu laughed.
“Then you lied to about making it big.”
“Ah, I was worried you’d look down on and refuse to co out,” Xu Chaomu said.
“Just your usual chatter,” Lou Yanli laughed.
He led Xu Chaomu into Xiangsi Teahouse, where the proprietress imdiately greeted them with a smile.
Given the ti, the teahouse was exceptionally quiet, a rare occurrence for a custor to co by.
“What would you like to drink?” the proprietress asked.
Xiangsi Teahouse’s upper floor spoke of longing. Xu Chaomu observed that the proprietress was still the sa one from five years ago; she hadn’t changed at all.
Back in high school, she couldn’t have afforded such a fancy place; she had only passed by it several tis with her classmates.
“You choose,” Lou Yanli said, glancing at Xu Chaomu.
After five years without seeing her, this girl had grown even prettier, her features delicate, her face unadorned, radiant like a rose.
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