The school beauty is aloof? Whatever, she has a younger sister.

Chapter 146 Master Duan Shui
Zhang Muchen leaned against the headboard, tapping her fingertips on her phone screen, typing a line: "Auntie, are you planning to go back to China this time?"

After a few seconds.

I'm not going back to the US for now.

I plan to stay in the country.

Zhang Muchen: [Where's Xu Ranxi? Is she coming back?]

Xu Qing: [She hasn't figured it out yet, so she won't be coming back for now.]

Zhang Muchen tilted her head: [Still haven't figured it out?]

Xu Qing: [That child is being difficult. She's been abroad for four years, and you haven't contacted her much.]

Zhang Muchen: [Aunt Xu Qing, I'm just busy with my studies...]

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Boston, USA, the sun was shining brightly.

Inside a villa, the tranquil air was shattered by an angry voice.

"He's still busy with his studies? He was at the bottom of his class in math in junior high and always copied my answers."

Xu Ranxi sat on the edge of the bed, holding Xu Qing's phone in her hand.

Her fair chin was taut, her eyes fixed intently on the words on the screen.

"They're all excuses." She said through gritted teeth, each word clear and stubborn.

After saying that, she tossed her phone onto a cushion beside the bed. Then, she leaped out of bed in a flash.

Sunlight streamed through the sheer curtains, illuminating the girl and outlining her petite figure.

Xu Ranxi is only 1.62 meters tall, but she stands ramrod straight. She is wearing a dark gray short-sleeved knit sweater, which is well-fitting and the hem falls just over her skirt, revealing her slender waist.

She wore a pleated mini skirt, revealing a section of her clean calves covered by flesh-colored leggings.

She was wearing white knee-high socks and white platform shoes.

She has a sweet and girly vibe, but her eyes reveal a "don't mess with me" attitude.

This aura combined with this outfit is like a powder keg wrapped in a candy shell, ready to explode at any moment.

Just as Xu Ranxi stood there angrily, another figure on the bed chuckled softly.

Xu Qing sat on the edge of the bed, wearing a cream-colored loungewear dress. Her hair was styled in a bun, with a few wisps of hair falling across her forehead, swaying slightly with her gentle movements.

Compared to Xu Ranxi's gritted teeth and furious expression, she was gentle and doting.

"Xi Xi," Xu Qing said softly.

"How should I start talking to him?"

"Mom, stop talking to him." Xu Ranxi turned around angrily.

Xu Qing tilted her head, her eyes still holding that leisurely smile: "Didn't you say you didn't care before we started talking?"

"I just don't care."

Xu Ranxi turned her back, her voice stubborn.

She stood by the window, sunlight falling on her hair, but unable to penetrate her awkward little mood.

Xu Qing smiled gently: "Xi Xi, then I'll say goodnight to him and tell him to go to sleep early."

"Mom, no—"

Xu Ranxi turned around, her voice tinged with panic.

Xu Qing blinked: "Hmm? What's wrong?"

Xu Ranxi bit her lip, her eyes flickering.

She lightly tapped the floor with her toe, hesitated for a few seconds, and muttered softly, "Mom... could you ask him if he wants me to come back to China?"

"Just...asking by the way."

“I don’t want to go back, but if he wants to, I can consider it.”

Xu Qing's smile deepened as she looked down and picked up her phone: "Okay, I'll ask while I'm at it."

[Mu Chen, Xi Xi is currently hesitating about whether or not to return to China to study.]

【What do you think? 】

After a while, the reply came: "I think it's good to be back."

[Didn't another shooting happen over there recently? At least it's safer in China.]

[Auntie, tell her that I'll teach her when she gets back.]

The message had just arrived when Xu Ranxi moved closer to Xu Qing.

She stared at the screen with disgust, her lips curling into a sharp sneer. "Pah, pah, pah."

"He's at the bottom of the math class, yet he's teaching me? How can he be so shameless?"

Xu Qing smiled without saying a word and continued tapping on the screen.

Okay, then I'll go back to China first to prepare.

[XiXi still needs to complete some procedures here; it will take some time if she really wants to go back to China.]

As soon as the message was sent, Xu Ranxi muttered to herself, "Who said I have to go back?"

Xu Qing looked up at her gently and said, "No one said you can just not go back if you don't want to."

Xu Ranxi didn't speak, her eyes fixed on the screen, wanting to see how Zhang Muchen would reply.

After a while.

Okay, Auntie. Tell Xixi to be careful over there. I'll message her to remind her later.

Xu Qing chuckled and tilted her phone slightly so her daughter could see the words on the screen.

For a fleeting moment, Xu Ranxi's eyes lit up before quickly suppressing them again.

"Hmph, I won't reply to your messages." She turned her face away.

Xu Qing sat on the edge of the bed, a gentle smile in her eyes. She gently stroked her daughter's long hair, her voice soft and tender: "I'll go back to China this time to scout things out. See if Mu Chen has any girls lingering around him."

She paused, as if deliberately hinting, "After all, he's from the North, so it's not strange that he's surrounded by several girls."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ranxi suddenly looked up at her, her tone full of resentment.

"Mom, I'm not interested in him."

"What business is it of mine how many girls he's with?"

"Yes, yes." Xu Qing nodded, her smile deepening.

"I didn't say you cared, I was just looking."

She softened her tone: "Xixi, Mom won't interfere with your affairs. But if you really have a boy you like, Mom will fully support you."

Xu Ranxi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes flashed.

She knew there was a deeper meaning behind her mother's words.

My uncle and mother from the north didn't end up together because their families objected.

"Mom..." she called softly, looking at Xu Qing with suspicion, "You didn't come back to China this time to get together with Uncle from the North."

Xu Qing gently extended her finger and touched her lips: "Shh."

"Xixi, I won't break up other people's families." She smiled, her tone calm as still water, "But I have a small wish, and only you can help me fulfill it."

"What wish?" Xu Ranxi blinked.

Xu Qing leaned close to her daughter's ear and whispered a few words.

Xu Ranxi, who had been listening attentively, suddenly froze, her cheeks flushed red, and her ears turned crimson.

"mom--!"

She gave a coquettish laugh and protested in a low voice, "I already said, I don't have any special feelings for him."

Xu Qing smiled without saying anything, only patting her head lightly: "Okay, just pretend that your mother didn't say anything."

Xu Ranxi moved her lips and changed the subject: "Mom, I'm going to see a movie with my classmates. I'm leaving now."

Before she could finish speaking, the small figure rushed out the door, and her voice drifted far out of the room.

On the other side of the ocean.

After sending a message to Xu Ranxi, Zhang Muchen casually tossed his phone onto the bedside table.

With a click, he turned off the room light.

Outside the window, the moonlight, like water, quietly spilled into the room.

He lay flat on his back, staring blankly at the ceiling for a while.

"If Xu Ranxi really returns to China, it seems like the number of girls around me will increase by one?"

Thinking of this, he slowly turned over.

“Don’t worry if you have too much debt; don’t be bitten by too many lice.”

"There are too many girls. Consider it a test of my ability to balance things out."

Zhang Muchen closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)