Ordinary observers in fast time travel

"Xiaoxue, over here!" Lu Qingqing excitedly waved to Mu Zhaoxue across the street.

Mu Zhaoxue waved to her, "Big brother, my classmate is here. You should go back first. Thank you for bringing me here."

Mu Fenggu waved his hand, "There's no need to thank me. Here, take this when you have dinner with your classmates later. Don't be stingy with the money." He took out three hundred-yuan bills from his wallet.

"No need, I have money," Mu Zhaoxue quickly replied.

"Take it." Mu Fenggu stuffed the money into Mu Zhaoxue's pocket without allowing her to refuse.

Mu Zhaoxue couldn't refuse, so she decided to go shopping later and see if there were any suitable toys to buy for her two nephews.

"Have fun! If it gets too late and there are no buses home, just call your older brother," Mu Fenggu said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, brother." Mu Zhaoxue nodded.

Watching the car drive away, Lu Qingqing asked curiously, "What was that just now?"

“My older brother. My older cousin,” Mu Zhaoxue said. “Let’s go, there’s still some time before we meet at 4:30, let’s go shopping first.”

"Good~"

At 4:45 PM, in a large private room at Yuelai Restaurant that could accommodate fifty people, Mu Zhaoxue and Lu Qingqing sat in an inconspicuous corner. By this time, quite a few people had already arrived in the room.

It had been almost two years since we last met, and everyone was a little awkward at first. But after all, we had worked together for three years, seen each other at our most disheveled, and had cried and laughed together. That deep-rooted familiarity made everyone quickly become harmonious again.

"Wow~ 10 seconds!" Lu Qingqing's eyes widened. Mu Zhaoxue in front of her was like a stranger to her at this moment. "Xiaoxue, have you been learning to solve Rubik's Cubes for the past two years?"

Mu Zhaoxue was amused by her surprised expression and felt quite pleased. "No, I just learned it. Didn't you see it just now too?"

These words were a devastating blow to Lu Qingqing. She looked at Mu Zhaoxue with suspicion and said, "Tell me, were you acting just now? You've actually been secretly cultivating for over ten years!"

"Just learned it? You just learned it and you can break the world record right away?" Lu Qingqing looked at him with an expression that said, "You're not being honest, you're not my friend."

"I'm nowhere near the world record." Mu Zhaoxue was overjoyed; she loved this feeling. "Do you know what the world record is?"

"How much? It can't be less than ten seconds? Can you even see what's going on with the Rubik's Cube?" Lu Qingqing was unaware of this.

"4.36 seconds."

"How much?" Lu Qingqing picked at her ear. "Is this enough time to pick up the Rubik's Cube?"

So, there are many geniuses, and no one knows where the limits of the human body are. Mu Zhaoxue smiled and said, "So I still have a long way to go."

Lu Qingqing was devastated. She had never known that her once quiet and reserved deskmate was actually a show-off. "Ah!" Lu Qingqing couldn't help but grab Mu Zhaoxue by the neck. "Tianhai University, give me back my deskmate! Waaah!"

"Let go, let go, I can't breathe!" Mu Zhaoxue exclaimed, her mouth agape.

The two made quite a commotion, quickly attracting everyone's attention. "Lu Qingqing, what are you doing?" Shangguan Min asked.

Lu Qingqing indignantly let go, and then began to recount Mu Zhaoxue's despicable pretentious behavior, saying that she was simply using her good classmate as a tool for showing off, and so on.

Upon hearing this, everyone was even more astonished, "Mu Zhaoxue, you really solved the Rubik's Cube in ten seconds?"

Feeling a little uncomfortable being watched by so many people, Mu Zhaoxue nodded, "Yes."

"Really? Can you show us?" Mu Xiaojun asked.

“Okay.” Mu Zhaoxue picked up the Rubik’s Cube and scrambled it casually.

"Wait, let me do it." Mu Xiaojun took the Rubik's Cube and twisted it a dozen times to make sure it was a jumbled mess. "Here, you try it."

Mu Zhaoxue took the Rubik's Cube and glanced at all six faces, quickly calculating the optimal path to solve it in her mind. Then, her hands flew across the cube. "Done!"

Mu Zhaoxue held the restored Rubik's Cube and shook it.

Everyone was stunned. What had happened?
"Ahem, we didn't time it just now, can we do it again?" one student said. "Yes, let's do it again," the others echoed.

Mu Zhaoxue had no problem with it. She casually handed it to the classmate next to her, "Li Ting, could you please break it up?"

"it is good."

The scene from before was repeated very quickly.

Everyone exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, 9.86 seconds!"

"too fast."

Just as everyone was marveling at the sight, a slightly shrill voice rang out from the crowd, "Did he deliberately bring a Rubik's Cube to the class reunion to show off?"

"Mu Zhaoxue, what do you take your classmates for? What? Did you get too discouraged in college? Are you here to feel superior?" The person who spoke was wearing a red and white plaid wool coat, paired with a dark brown long dress and leather boots. With her long, straight black hair and delicate, pretty face, she immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Wow~ Who is this? So beautiful!

"Ye Xiangxiang, don't you recognize me?"

"What? She's Ye Xiangxiang? My God, the change is too great."

"How come someone so beautiful wasn't chosen as the school beauty!"

Ye Xiangxiang rolled her eyes inwardly as she listened to her classmates' praise, thinking they were a bunch of ignorant fools, but the angle of her wildly upturned lips betrayed her true feelings.

"Mu Zhaoxue, why aren't you saying anything!" Ye Xiangxiang looked at Mu Zhaoxue with disdain. She was wearing a cheap cotton coat, and it looked old.

Mu Zhaoxue put the Rubik's Cube back into the bag. "I bought the Rubik's Cube today to give to my nephew. Lu Qingqing and I arrived early, so we played with the Rubik's Cube to pass the time. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Mu Zhaoxue couldn't understand why Ye Xiangxiang was targeting her. When they were in high school, they didn't have any interaction; they were just ordinary classmates.

Ye Xiangxiang was naturally dissatisfied with this answer, and she felt that Mu Zhaoxue looked down on her. "I was just asking casually, did you have to be so aggressive?"

Mu Zhaoxue remained silent; who was really being so aggressive?

"My answer just now was quite detailed and objective. I don't know which sentence made you think I was being aggressive," Mu Zhaoxue said calmly.

Your attitude! Ye Xiangxiang felt even more uncomfortable, staring at Mu Zhaoxue as if she wanted to devour her.

Seeing this, squad leader Li Junfeng quickly smoothed things over, "Ahem, is everyone here? Please take your seats, I'll have the waiter bring the food."

Mu Zhaoxue nodded, turned around and returned to her seat. There was a large bag of educational toys at her feet, all prepared for her nephews. Of course, she didn't forget the cute glutinous rice balls either.

The others were curious when they saw the large bag.

“They’re all toys,” Mu Zhaoxue said with a smile. “I have three nephews and one niece, they’re very cute.”

"Sigh, we've actually reached the age where we're supposed to be aunties and uncles," someone sighed.

"That's right, I was even pressured to get married when I came back this year."

"Yeah, me too. Oh my god, I'm only 19 years old, not even of legal marriage age yet. They're so cruel."

"I'm only 20, and I still rely on my parents to support me. How can I support others?" Other classmates shared the same sentiment.

"Mu Zhaoxue, you have so many nephews, don't your parents urge you to get married?" someone asked, looking at Mu Zhaoxue.

Mu Zhaoxue nodded, "They've urged me, but I'm still young and not in a hurry to get married."

"Exactly!" Everyone nodded in agreement. Soon, everyone forgot about what had just happened. Ye Xiangxiang, who was sitting in the front row, was furious but kept her eyes on Mu Zhaoxue, her teeth clenched.

"Xiangxiang, do you and Mu Zhaoxue have a conflict?" (End of Chapter)