President's Brand

Chapter 38

Xi Mu smiled, looked up at her and nodded, and asked pleasantly, "Auntie, are you alright?"

"Well, it's good! Ling He is very filial, and regularly buys tonics for me." Han Yashu had a gentle expression, and her warm smile reminded Xi Mu of that person involuntarily!

Han Yashu looked at her fixedly, feeling that she was thinner than two years ago, and her complexion was not very good, so she felt a little uncomfortable.To this child, she always felt that she owed something, but she didn't know how to make it up.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and each other was thinking deeply in silence.

The caramel cappuccino in her hand lost its taste, and her mouth was full of bitter taste, Xi Mu didn't want to recall those past events, she raised her hand to look at her watch, smiled and said: "Auntie, my lunch break is coming. If you have nothing to do, then we have time to have a deep chat."

Suddenly realizing his gaffe, Han Yashu nodded hastily, with a soft tone, "I'm wasting your time, go to work!"

Xi Mu picked up the bag politely, and was about to get up, but she suddenly said, "Mu Mu, Auntie really thank you for what happened back then!"

The movement of turning around was stunned, and the expression on Xi Mu's face suddenly became stiff, and she felt a deep sense of loss and sadness in her heart.She forced a smile, as if there was a big stone stuck in her throat, making it difficult for her to breathe.

"Auntie, goodbye!" Xi Mu's face was gloomy, and after forcing out these words, she turned her head and left, not daring to stay for another second.

Seeing her walking away, Han Yashu sighed softly. She liked this well-behaved girl from the bottom of her heart, but her background was too miserable, and...

Han Yashu watched her emaciated back disappear, feeling only regretful in his heart, blame the two children for their deep love and shallow relationship!
Walking out of the coffee shop, Xi Mu slowly restrained that hypocritical smile, bitter pain surged in his heart.

She pulled the corners of her mouth in self-deprecating manner, and she smiled softly. The kind of heartache that no one could understand made her physically and mentally exhausted.Her forced smile has deceived the people around her time and time again, but no matter how brightly she smiles in front of others, she can't deceive her heart!The heart is hurting, the heart is hurting, her pain, her helplessness, who can understand?
Two years ago, she sacrificed her only chance to be happy in exchange for such a thank you?She helped everyone, but in the end who would pity her?Even the person who cared for her so much hurt her and blamed her so much, what else could she believe?
Life is really ironic. What did she do wrong? Why did fate play tricks on her and let her bear all the joys and sorrows alone?

Back at Qin's Building, Xi Mu was completely out of shape after working all afternoon.

Day by day, life seems to be repeating the same life every day, but in this unchanging sameness, where does it seem to be different?When Xi Mu realized what was different, it made her hair stand on end.

On Saturday morning, she took the long-distance bus as usual and returned to the small town.Being close to her home, the familiar people and things around her make her feel warm, especially the friendly smiling faces and simple language of the neighbors in the neighborhood, so that she can relax her whole body.

When she got home, she was still greeted by her father's kind smiling face and hot meals on the table.With her father, she always felt peaceful and happy, just like when she was a child, she acted like a baby without restraint, played around to her heart's content, and didn't worry about anyone hurting her at all.

After dinner, Xi Mu obediently helped his father clean up the dishes, and the father and daughter talked and laughed with warmth.After arranging the fruits, bringing melon seeds and snacks, Xi Mu sat comfortably on the sofa and watched TV.Staying by her father's side, time always flies by very quickly. She chattered for a long time, and it was time for her father to go to bed in a blink of an eye.

Since his father was discharged from the hospital last time, Xi Mu has carefully arranged his daily routine so that he will not be sloppy.When the prescribed time came, Xi Mu took the initiative to drive his father to rest. Xi Mocheng couldn't hold back his daughter, so he had to follow her instructions and go back to sleep.

After tidying up the tea table, Xi Mu also went to wash up, and then went back to the room.

After returning to the room, she went online to read the news, then turned off the computer in boredom, and lay on the bed.

There was an orange lamp on the bedside, and on the pink single bed, Xi Mu was lying on her back looking at the roof, something flashed through her mind, she subconsciously picked up the phone, and quickly pressed a string of numbers with her fingers.When she pressed the last digit of the number, she was startled and her face turned pale.

With a buzzing sound in his head, Xi Mu looked at the screen of the phone with a pale face, and looked at the string of numbers, his heart pounded.What is she going to do?Why do you want to call him?Why do you want to tell him her whereabouts?
This realization made cold sweat break out on her forehead.After Xi Mu came back to his senses, he hurriedly erased the string of unsightly numbers, but just as the numbers on the screen were erased, the phone rang.

Xi Mu's hands trembled, and the phone almost fell to the ground.The name that jumped on the screen was the owner of the number she just deleted.

The ringtone vibrated, and the tingling feeling passed from the fingertips to her heart. Xi Mu sat up all of a sudden, looked at the phone in her hand with a frown, and suddenly wanted to throw it out, only to feel that the ringtone terrified her.

In this silent night, the elegant ringtone was like a spell to urge her to die, causing her to feel a palpitation of panic, and this unexplained panic made her more and more irritable.

The phone was still ringing persistently. She looked at the flickering screen, bit her lip, and struggled.

Did she answer the phone call or not?

The phone kept ringing, and the flashing light on the screen reflected the entanglement on her face, and finally at the last ring, Xi Mu answered the phone tremblingly.

"Hello..." Her voice was soft, with obvious depression in her voice.

"Where is it?" The male voice on the other end of the phone was low and cold, obviously showing his impatience.

Xi Mu took a deep breath and tried to calm his voice, "I... am at home."

Qiao Xiyao was holding the steering wheel with a bluetooth headset on his ears. Her voice came softly, which relieved his tense expression a bit.Hearing her forced calm voice, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)