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

Chapter 158 I feel like they have a pretty close relationship.
At 5:30 p.m., Zhang Muchen skipped evening self-study and left school.

At the school gate, she climbed into the passenger seat of Liu Wuyang's car and sat down skillfully.

As soon as he sat down, a faint scent of perfume lingered around his nose.

"Fasten your seatbelts," Liu Wuyang reminded her, turning her head slightly.

Zhang Muchen fastened his seatbelt and casually reached out to adjust the backrest position, only to find that it didn't need adjustment at all.

"Sister Yang, this seat is still at the angle I adjusted last time."

Liu Wuyang gripped the steering wheel, her eyes fixed on the road ahead: "No one rides in my car except you. The passenger seat has been empty the whole time."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Muchen's lips curled into a smile: "Tsk tsk, that's great. Yang-jie's passenger seat is mine."

Liu Wuyang frowned slightly when she heard Zhang Muchen's somewhat smug words, but she was too lazy to pay him any attention.

"By the way, Yang-jie, I sent you a message at noon, why did you take so long to reply?"

Liu Wuyang said in a calm tone, "I had just woken up then."

"Slept for so long?" Zhang Muchen looked at her curiously.

Liu Wuyang said expressionlessly, "Mind your own business."

Zhang Muchen gave an "oh" and tactfully looked down at his phone. However, he didn't see that Liu Wuyang in the driver's seat tensed slightly, her fingers unconsciously tightening around the steering wheel, and her eyebrows trembling slightly.

Why did I sleep until the afternoon...?

She knows best in her heart.

It was all because I played too recklessly this morning and passed out.

Thinking of the chaos and... indescribable scene that morning, Liu Wuyang bit her back teeth in embarrassment.

She glanced furtively at Zhang Muchen, who was looking down at his phone in the passenger seat.

"That brat..." Liu Wuyang muttered to herself.

There's a good chance they'll still be coming home every few days.

No, I have to be careful. I need to hide that thing well and make sure he doesn't find any trace of it.

She let out a soft breath, suppressing the sudden surge of shyness and her chaotic thoughts.

The sky outside the car window had darkened, and the city lights were gradually coming on.

The car sped past on the highway, its taillights flashing like streaks of light behind it.

Half an hour later, at the airport.

Zhang Muchen and Liu Wuyang arrived at the arrival gate ahead of time. Flight information was scrolling on the large screen, and announcements were made repeatedly.

A dozen minutes later, Zhang Muchen spotted something with his sharp eyes and suddenly raised his hand and waved into the distance.

“Over there,” he said.

Liu Wuyang followed his gaze and saw a woman in a white trench coat and a mask pulling a suitcase in the crowd.

"She's Xu Qing?" Liu Wuyang was slightly taken aback. "You could recognize her even with sunglasses and a mask on?"

"I'm naturally more sensitive to beautiful women," Zhang Muchen chuckled, then limped over.

"You brat..." Liu Wuyang frowned.

Ahead, the woman in white saw Zhang Muchen approaching and smiled as she removed her sunglasses and mask. Her fair skin was instantly exposed without any cover.

She wore light makeup, her eyebrows and eyes were soft and beautiful, and her features exuded gentleness and intellect. Time seemed to have left few traces on her face; instead, it added to her elegant charm.

Zhang Muchen smiled brightly: "Aunt Xu Qing, it's been a long time."

Xu Qing looked at him gently and said, "Mu Chen, you've grown so tall! When I went abroad, you were still in junior high school. You've grown so much in the blink of an eye."

"So tall and handsome, he looks exactly like your dad when he was young."

Zhang Muchen chuckled: "Auntie, you're getting younger and younger. I thought you were a female celebrity getting off a plane."

"You've always had a sweet tongue since you were little."

As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, she carefully examined Zhang Muchen's knees.

Suddenly, she frowned: "You were limping when you came over just now, were you injured?"

"I fell while playing basketball and scraped my knee, it's nothing serious." "You child..." Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, her expression clearly carrying a hint of reproach, "Why didn't you tell me you were injured sooner? You came to pick me up from the airport even in this condition, why weren't you resting at home?"

“How can I rest?” Zhang Muchen said with a grin. “When Auntie comes back, I will definitely come to pick her up in person. Even if my leg is broken, I will have someone push my wheelchair over.”

"Besides, if Xu Ranxi finds out I didn't come to pick you up, she'll definitely scold me to death."

"You're still the same as when you were a child," Xu Qing said, shaking her head helplessly.

Zhang Muchen: "Auntie, actually I was also brought here by a private car."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the side. Liu Wuyang was walking towards them.

"Auntie, you should know Sister Yang, right?"

Xu Qing followed his gaze and her eyes lit up slightly: "Xiao Liu?"
Liu Wuyang stepped forward, nodded slightly to her, and said politely, "Sister Qing, it's been a long time."

"Xiao Liu," Xu Qing looked her over, her expression gentle and meticulous, "you're even more beautiful than before."

Liu Wuyang: "Sister Qing, you're getting younger and younger."

Xu Qing's smile deepened: "I heard you went back to China and left the lab in the US. I was thinking of asking you out for a meal, but I couldn't find the time. Now it's perfect, we've run into each other today."

As she spoke, her gaze swept between the two of them, a hint of doubt in her voice: "But... how did you two meet?"

“I returned to China and worked as a teacher for a period of time. Zhang Muchen was my student.”

"No wonder." Xu Qing nodded. "We really are destined to meet."

"Sister Qing, let's go. This student has injured his knee and can't stand for too long," Liu Wuyang said.

"I'm really fine."

Zhang Muchen shrugged and even reached out to take the suitcase from Xu Qing's hand.

But Liu Wuyang stopped him first: "Don't be stubborn, I'll do it."

She naturally took the suitcase from Xu Qing's hands.

Xu Qing watched the interaction between the two, one after the other, her eyes flashing slightly with a meaningful look.

The three of them walked out of the airport terminal together, through the crowd, and arrived at the parking lot.

Liu Wuyang unlocked the car door, and Xu Qing got into the passenger seat.

Before starting the car, Xu Qing suddenly turned her head and asked, "Xiao Liu, are you still single?"

"I'm single."

Xu Qing nodded, then turned her gaze to Zhang Muchen in the back row: "What about Muchen? Didn't you have a boyfriend during your school years?"

Zhang Muchen was about to speak when Liu Wuyang interrupted him, saying, "He's a high school student; dating is forbidden at school."

Xu Qing smiled gently and didn't press the matter further. She turned her head to look at the night view outside the window: "Are schools still this strict now? When I was in school, they also cracked down on early relationships."

"Auntie, you must have had a lot of suitors when you were in school, right?" Zhang Muchen leaned over from the back row and asked with a smile.

Xu Qing: "I only remember a guy who was as tall and handsome as you, and he pursued me the most."

"Oh? What happened next?"

"Later he married someone else, and his child is now in high school."

"Tsk, he's really blind, missing out on such a good person as Auntie."

Zhang Beifang: Achoo!

Xu Qing smiled, her gaze fixed on her phone screen.

She typed a message on the screen and sent it.

[XiXi, I've arrived. MuChen came to pick me up.]

[Another friend of mine was there too, she's a real beauty. But I feel like she and Mu Chen are quite close.]

On the other side of the ocean, Xu Ranxi lay in bed, holding her phone.

"Clam?"

(End of this chapter)