"..."
"The heiress of the Lin Corporation, worth hundreds of billions, and for Christmas, she only has these two shabby Christmas trees for company? If word of this gets out, I don’t know how many people will die laughing. Tell , should I take a screenshot and show it to our classmates? You’ve always held your family background over their heads, and they’ve been desperate for sothing else to mock you about. This is pretty good material."
"Oh, and I almost forgot. Your grades are already a laughingstock. Now that you’ve missed nearly an entire sester of classes, congratulations—you’re number one again this sester. Dead last, that is."
"..."
"Honestly, if you didn’t tell otherwise, I would’ve thought you were living in so rundown hovel."
"..."
"And where’s that boyfriend of yours? Why haven’t I seen him?"
Lin Xi’s cheeks flushed slightly. "He’s still at the university!"
"Not bad, you actually dare to admit it. So tell , what do you see in him? Do you like that he makes you suffer? Or is it that he hasn’t forced you to live under a bridge?"
Si Wen was genuinely furious. When Lin Xi ran away from ho without a word, she had nearly gone mad with worry. The outside world was a dangerous place, and Lin Xi was the heiress to the Lin Corporation. What if soone tried to harm her for her wealth? After all, there was no shortage of news stories about the children of wealthy families being kidnapped and killed.
As Lin Xi stepped out of the footbath, Auntie Shen imdiately ca over to dry her feet. Lin Xi then led her friend’s video call into her room.
"Si Wen, listen to . Don’t call this Christmas tree ugly. I drew its branches myself, cutting them out bit by bit with scissors. I also painted them, stroke by stroke.
"And do you know how it blood? Xue Yang mixed up a magical solution and sprinkled it on the paper, and it blood overnight. Amazing, isn’t it?
"And this room—if I just sit on this stool, I can see the view outside. The last ti it snowed, we built a bunch of snown downstairs. Let tell you, the snown Xue Yang makes are absolutely wonderful, so tiny and charming.
"There’s also this laptop, which I use for research and to write my novels.
"And I chose the color for these bedsheets. They’re pink, aren’t they pretty? Let show you the second bedroom; it’s filled with clothes... all of which Xue Yang earned with his own two hands. And..."
"That’s enough, Lin Xi!" Si Wen cut her off.
"You’ve really changed. We used to talk about clothes, bags, and makeup, or the best places to travel for fun. Now, every other word out of your mouth is about your boyfriend, Xue Yang. Is he really that great?"
Lin Xi said earnestly, "Xue Yang is great. He’s truly wonderful. He’s the best boy in the world. If you t him, you’d definitely like him too."
When Lin Xi spoke of Xue Yang, she beca a completely different person, radiating a light of pure happiness. In all the years Si Wen had known her, she had never seen her like this.
"..."
This ti, it was Si Wen’s turn to be silent.
"Si Wen, I’ll show you his picture."
Lin Xi found her favorite photo in her phone’s album and sent it to her. She had originally intended to treasure this photo for herself, but Si Wen was her best friend. And what are best friends for? Sharing everything, of course.
Of course, boyfriends aren’t for sharing. Xue Yang could only be hers!
The photo was different from the others. It had been taken on the day of the first snow, when she and Xue Yang were building snown downstairs. In it, she and Xue Yang were sitting close together on the snowy ground. In front of them were five miniature snown that Xue Yang had made. Lin Xi’s head rested on Xue Yang’s shoulder, her smile as beautiful as a blossoming flower.
Xue Yang gazed at her tenderly. She looked beautiful and playful, while he was devastatingly handso. No matter how you looked at them, they were a perfect match.
Si Wen was silent. She looked down at the photos in her hand, which a private investigator had taken, and fell into deep thought.
In those photos, Lin Xi was smiling radiantly, and Xue Yang’s face was full of adoration. It was obvious they were in love and incredibly happy. Anyone who saw them would be unable to help but smile fondly. But compared to the picture Lin Xi had just sent, these still lacked a certain spark.
Si Wen wondered what was missing, until... she zood in on the photo on her phone and saw the five unique little snown in front of them.
Those were miniature versions of Lin Xi and Xue Yang, weren’t they?
Lin Xi, completely oblivious to Si Wen’s strange expression, had her attention fixed on her phone. In fact, there was another photo she had considered sending, but on second thought, she decided against it, worried it might cause trouble for others. She would wait for a chance to look at it with Si Wen on her phone soday.
Lin Xi was a traditional girl. She believed that being with the person you love should be a lively affair. Having a few children would certainly make things lively. As her best friend, Si Wen naturally understood this about her. They say that when a girl truly loves a man, she’ll want to have his children, because only then are the two of them truly connected.
"Lin Xi, you’re hopeless. Alright, I have to go. My phone is about to be confiscated. I told a little lie just to wait for this call, so if I get caught, I’m done for."
With that, Si Wen hung up.
Hearing that the call had ended, Auntie Shen ca in from outside.
"Miss, tell about this Xue Yang."
She genuinely thought of Lin Xi as her own daughter and didn’t want to see her deceived. The young miss is still young; it’s normal for her to be a poor judge of character. She had t plenty of people in her life and wanted to get a sense of who this Xue Yang was and what his character was like before she spoke with him further. In Auntie Shen’s view, Lin Xi was completely lovesick, and nothing anyone said would get through to her. She had to prescribe the right dicine for the ailnt.
Lin Xi, who saw Auntie Shen as both family and a friend, began to tell her all about Xue Yang. Auntie Shen didn’t remain idle; she found so ointnt and listened as she gently applied it for Lin Xi. Seeing her young miss so vibrant and alive filled her heart with both relief and a touch of worry. If she were to be separated from Xue Yang, she would be heartbroken, wouldn’t she?
"Miss, did you et Xue Yang right after you left ho?"
"No, I walked for a whole day until I reached University Town. It was the middle of the night when I t him. It was raining, too, and we were both soaked like drowned rats."
"Did he do anything unusual then?"
"Unusual... He offered to call the police for , but I wouldn’t let him. Then I just went ho with him. Not here, though. We rented this place later."
"Miss..."
"Auntie Shen, you should just call by my nickna, Xiao Xi. Xue Yang... he still doesn’t know about my identity."
Auntie Shen was taken aback. She had overheard parts of Lin Xi’s video call with Si Wen and was already filled with curiosity about this boy nad Xue Yang. She had originally assud he had deliberately taken in the young miss to eventually gain so benefit from the Lin Corporation. But it turned out he didn’t even know her identity.
Auntie Shen was completely thrown for a loop.
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